Associazione Sportiva Melfi is an Italian association football club, based in

Melfi Melfi (Neapolitan language, Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Vulture area of the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Geographically, it is midway between Naples and Bari. In 2015 it had a population of 17,7 ...

, Basilicata. The club currently play in

Eccellenza Lucana The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Ao ...

History

The club was founded in 1929. Melfi has always played in amateur leagues, before being promoted to

Serie C2 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 ...

for the first time in 2003.CALCIO CHE PASSIONE....
In the 2012–13 season, the club enjoyed its eleventh consecutive season in the fourth tier of Italian football,

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 ...

. The team had a decent season, finishing eighth out of 18 teams. In the 2013–14 season they won a historic promotion to the

2014–15 Lega Pro The 2014–15 Lega Pro was the first season of the unified Lega Pro division in place of the old Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione. The league is composed of 60 teams divided into three different groups of 20 each. Teams A total of 60 team ...

, the third tier, due to the merger of the two divisions of Lega Pro, as well as a reduction of the whole league from 69 teams to 60.

Colours and badge

The team's colours are yellow and green.

Stadium

The home ground of Melfi is the "Stadio Arturo Valerio" which has a capacity of 4,100 persons.

Honours

* 1 Coppa Italia Regionale: 1992 * 1 promotion in

: 2003 * 4° better placing in

: 2006

Notes

External links

Official site
Football clubs in Basilicata Melfi Association football clubs established in 1929 Serie C clubs 1929 establishments in Italy {{Italy-footyclub-stub