Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Imperia commonly referred to as simply Imperia (formerly A.S.D. Pro Imperia), is an Italian association football club located in

Imperia Imperia (; lij, Inpêia or ) is a coastal city and ''comune'' in the region of Liguria, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Imperia, and historically it was capital of the ''Intemelia'' district of Liguria. Benito Mussolini created the ...

, Liguria and since 13 July 2012, after the disappearance from football of the former Imperia Calcio, the club is the main team of the city. In the 2011–12 season the club has played in

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

after promotion from

Eccellenza Liguria Eccellenza Liguria is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the northern Italian region of Liguria. It consists of 16 teams competing in one group. The winning team is promoted to Serie D, the top level of Italian amateur football ...

. In the 2011–12 and in the 2012–13 seasons in

, when the club was relegated to

, it has been the team more representative of the

province of Imperia The Province of Imperia ( it, Provincia di Imperia, french: Province d'Imperia, Ligurian: ''Provinsa d’Imperia'') is a mountainous and hilly province, in the Liguria region of Italy, situated between France to the north and the west, and the L ...

Predecessors

From U.S. Imperia to A.S.D. Imperia Calcio

The origins of football in Imperia go back to 1923 when was founded ''Unione Sportiva Imperia'' and refounded in 1987 as ''A.S. Imperia '87''.

History

From A.S.D. RivieraPontedassio 2006 to A.S.D. Imperia

A.S.D. RivieraPontedassio 2006

The club was founded in 2006 as ''A.S.D. RivieraPontedassio 2006'' after the merger with ''Riviera Calcio Imperia'' (founded in 1970) and ''Valle Impero Pontedassio'', a club born in 1983.

From P.R.O. Imperia to Pro Imperia

= From Prima Categoria to Serie D

= In 2008 the club merged with ''Onegliese'' and ''SanBart 80'' and changed its name in ''A.S.D. P.R.O. Imperia''. ''P.R.O'' stands for Pontedassio, Riviera and Onegliese. In 2010 the club changed its name to ''A.S.D. Pro Imperia'' and was promoted to

in the 2010–11 season, obtained by winning the promotion play-off of

, after an ascent started in

Prima Categoria The Prima Categoria is a level of football in Italy. It is the seventh level (since 2014–15) in the Italian football league system and is organized by the National Amateur League by the Regional Committees. Each individual league winner within ...

in the 2008–09 season.

A.S.D. Imperia

On 13 July 2012 the club was renamed A.S.D. Imperia following the disappearance from football of the former

Colors and badge

Since 13 July 2012 the team has changed its colors from white (the historic color of ''Riviera Calcio''), black and blue to black and blue (the traditional colors of former

Honours

:Winners: 1969–70 (group A), 1977–78 (group A), 1980–81 (group A) *Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti :Winners: 1998–99 (group A) *

:Winners: 2005–06, 2019–20 *

:Winners: 2009–10 (group A) *

Seconda Categoria The Seconda Categoria is a level of football in Italy. It is the 8th level (since 2014-15) in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Seconda Categoria level progresses to their closest regional league in the ...

:Winners: 2008–09 (group A)

References

External links

Official Site
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