Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Sulmona Calcio 1921 is an
Italian association football club, based in
Sulmona
Sulmona ( nap, label= Abruzzese, Sulmóne; la, Sulmo; grc, Σουλμῶν, Soulmôn) is a city and ''comune'' of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. It is located in the Valle Peligna, a plain once occupied by a lake that disappeared in ...
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Abruzzo
Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy wi ...
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The club is currently disbanded; this follows a previous dissolution in 2008 and subsequent reformations in both 2011 and 2015. The club last competed in 2015–16, finished fourth in the Promozione Abruzzo, the seventh division of Italian football.
History
Foundation
The club was founded in 1921,
its sporting history characterized by continuous movement between regional championships, national amateurs championships and semiprofessionals.
The return in Serie D and the decline
In the 2013–2014 season, after winning the
Eccellenza Abruzzo
Eccellenza Abruzzo is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Abruzzo, Italy. It is competed amongst 18 teams and the winner is promoted to Serie D (usually to Girone F). The clubs that finishes between the second and the fifth plac ...
, the club returned to
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 18 years. Unfortunately, the club was immediately relegated back to the Eccellenza Abruzzo after losing the relegation play-off. After another failed campaign, finishing bottom of the Eccellenza Abruzzo, they were relegated to the Promozione.
Promozione and re-foundation
In the summer of 2015, as a result of the continuing problems associated with past debts and previous mismanagement, the club merged with A.S.D. Circle (enrolled in Abruzzo Promotion) and Real Sulmona (youth sector in the area) that give birth to Pro Sulmona Calcio 1921. However, the club soon renounced its place in the Promozione Abruzzo 2016-17 and were directly replaced by A.S.D. Sulmonese Ofena; a new club born of a merger between Real Ofena and a local youth team from Sulmona.
Colors and badge
The team's colors are white and red.
Famous players
References
External links
Official homepage
Football clubs in Abruzzo
Sulmona
1921 establishments in Italy
Association football clubs established in 1921
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