Associazione Sportiva Pizzighettone was an Italian association football club, based in

Pizzighettone Pizzighettone ( Pizzighettonese: ) is a ''comune'' of the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy. The main population centre is located on the river Adda and is divided into two parts: Pizzighettone on the east bank and Gera on the ...

, Lombardy.

History

The club was founded in 1919 and up to season 1994–95 took part just to regional amateur championships, such as

Eccellenza Lombardy Eccellenza Lombardy ( it, Eccellenza Lombardia) is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Lombardy, Italy. It is competed amongst 48 teams, in three groups (A, B and C). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club ...

. In 1995, the club promoted 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 ...

, the top division of amateur football, which also a cross-regional league. After a long history of amateur leagues for years, in 2003 the team was 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 their history, under their coach

Roberto Venturato Roberto Venturato (born 14 April 1963) is an Australian-born Italian football coach and former player, most recently in charge as manager of Serie B club SPAL. Playing career Venturato was born in Australia to Italian immigrants who moved back ...

. Having won promotion playoffs in 2005, Pizzighettone were promoted to

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), 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 ...

. It was relegated to Serie C2 in 2007 after play-out. The following year it was relegated to

, but it was readmitted in

2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-first football (soccer) league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the first since the renaming from Serie C2 to Lega Pro. It was divid ...

(ex-Serie C2). In this season it was again relegated to

. After the bankruptcy of

U.S. Pergocrema 1932 Unione Sportiva Pergolettese 1932 is an Football in Italy, Italian association football club, based in Crema, Lombardy, Crema, province of Cremona, Lombardy. It currently plays in Serie C, the third level of Italian football. History From P ...

, Pizzighettone moved to

Crema Crema or Cremas may refer to: Crema * Crema, Lombardy, a ''comune'' in the northern Italian province of Cremona * Crema (coffee), a thin layer of foam at the top of a cup of espresso * Crema (dairy product) Crema is the Spanish word for cream. I ...

and changed to the color and name of Pergocrema's predecessor:

U.S. Pergolettese 1932 Unione Sportiva Pergolettese 1932 is an Football in Italy, Italian association football club, based in Crema, Lombardy, Crema, province of Cremona, Lombardy. It currently plays in Serie C, the third level of Italian football. History From P ...

.Crema on line , Crema, ora è ufficiale, ecco la Pergolettese
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Legacy

Since 2013, Real Pizzighettone became the major football team of the town. The club was relegated to

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 ...

in 2016.

Colours and badge

The team's colours are white and light blue.

Players

Players with international caps include: *

Davide Astori Davide Astori (; 7 January 1987 – 4 March 2018) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a central defender. After playing youth football for Pontisola and AC Milan, Astori started his senior career at Serie C clubs Pizzighettone ...

(2006–07) *

Krassimir Chomakov Krasimir Chomakov ( bg, Красимир Чомаков; born 8 June 1977 in Plovdiv) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Chomakov is a former Bulgarian international and played with Maritsa Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, ...

(2006–07) *

Sergio Porrini Sergio Porrini (; born 8 November 1968) is an Italian football coach and former player. A tenacious, reliable, and determined defender, he was known for his tactical versatility and work-rate, as he was capable of playing both as a full-back an ...

(2004–09)

References

External links

Official site (Wayback machine archive)

Entry in Soccerway.com
Defunct football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Lombardy Association football clubs established in 1919 Association football clubs disestablished in 2012 Serie C clubs Province of Cremona {{Italy-footyclub-stub