Santarcangelo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Emilia-Romagna. The club didn't sign up for the Eccellenza in 2019 and so dissolved.

History

The club was founded as ''A.S.D. Santarcangelo'' as a sports association in 1926. It is the most supported club within the Santarcangelo di Romagna area.

SquadraMia takeover and Lega Pro promotions

After a thorough analysis by the founders of ''SquadraMia'' (a non-profit web-venture that aimed to purchase and manage an Italian football team whereby the venture's members vote on matters normally reserved for traditional club management, akin to Ebbsfleet United F.C. in England), between various clubs who were part of a final evaluation stage. On 23 July 2009, ASD Santarcangelo was chosen as the ideal team for their project with 96.4% of total preferences. The association subsequently acquired 10% of the club shares. In the season 2010–11, Santarcangelo won the Group F of Serie D and was promoted 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 ...

for the first time. After the

2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into t ...

season, the club terminated its agreement with SquadraMia. Following a fifth place in the

2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2013–14 Seconda Divisione season is the thirty-sixth and final football league season of Italian Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the sixth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It is divided into two phases: t ...

, Santarcangelo was admitted to the inaugural season of the unified third tier of Italian football, 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 ...

Colors and symbol

The society uses yellow and blue, that appear also in the shield; as team's symbol they have the Romagna's cock.

Ground

The stadium where the team plays home matches, is dedicated to the memory of Valentino Mazzola. Taking into account all sectors, the ground has a capacity of 3000 seats and field dimensions of 65m x 105m.

Players

Former players

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santarcangelo Football clubs in Italy Serie C clubs Association football clubs established in 1926 Football clubs in Emilia-Romagna 1926 establishments in Italy