Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Portogruaro Calcio (usually referred to as Portogruaro) is an Italian association football club, based in

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. Currently it plays in

Eccellenza Veneto Eccellenza Veneto is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Veneto, Italy. It is competed amongst 32 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also hav ...

History

Calcio Portogruaro-Summaga

Foundation

The club was founded in 1990 as Calcio Portogruaro-Summaga and also known as Portosummaga after the merger of then-

Promozione The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level. Depending on each league's lo ...

clubs ''Associazione Calcio Portogruaro'' (founded in 1919 in the city of Portogruaro) and ''Associazione Calcio Summaga'' (from Summaga, a ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'' of Portogruaro itself).

From 2007 to 2013

In the

Serie C2 2007-08 Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), English physicist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Series, the ordered sets used i ...

regular season, Portosummaga finished third in Girone B, and qualified for the promotional playoffs. The team defeated fourth-placed

SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly known as S.P.A.L. (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The team plays in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1907, since ...

in the semi-finals, because it was the higher classified team after the pair ended in 4–4 aggregate tie. In the finals, it defeated second-placed Bassano Virtus 5–3 on aggregate to win promotion to, the then-called

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978� ...

for the 2008–09 season. On 9 May 2010, under the tenure of former Serie A defender

Alessandro Calori Alessandro Calori (born 29 August 1966) is an Italian association football, football coach and former player, last in charge as head coach of Ternana Calcio, Ternana. As a defender (association football), defender, he is mostly remembered for his ...

, the club defeated

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on the final matchday to gain promotion to the Serie B, and they therefore marked their first appearance in the Italian second tier in the 2010–11 season. However, the club was relegated to

after only a single season in

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

, finishing 21st. In the 2012–13 season the club was relegated to

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

A.S.D. Portogruaro

The club was refounded with the current name in the summer 2013 restarting from

. In 2019 the local entrepreneur Andrea Bertolini bought the club, at the end of the season the team obtained the promotion to

without ever losing a game.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are dark-red and black.

Honours

* 2 Campionati di Promozione 1992–93, 2018–19 * 2 Campionati di Eccellenza 1995–96, 1997–98 * 1 Campionato di Serie D 2003–04 * 1 Campionato di Prima Divisione 2009–10 * 1 Coppa Disciplina 2009–10

References

External links

Official site
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