Virtus CiseranoBergamo 1909 is an Italian association football club from

Ciserano Ciserano (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,270 and a ...

, Lombardy. It was born in 2019 as a merger of ''Ciserano Calcio'' and ''Virtus Bergamo'', itself a direct heir of ''Alzano Virescit'', a club that also played

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 ...

in its history.

History

Alzano Seriate

FC AlzanoCene officially merged with fellow Lombardy and Serie D side

Aurora Seriate Calcio Aurora Seriate Calcio or simply Aurora Seriate was an Italian association football club, based in Seriate, Lombardy. Aurora Seriate last played in Serie D. History The club was founded in 1967 and developed in the next decade within the parish ...

on 31 May 2015 to become Alzano Seriate 1909.

The football in Alzano before the merger

Foot-Ball Club Alzano

The origins of football in Alzano go back to 1909 when was founded Foot-Ball Club Alzano.

Alzano 1909 Virescit F.C.

In the summer 1993 was founded Alzano 1909 Virescit Football Club with the merger between ''Foot-Ball Club Alzano'', from Alzano Lombardo, and ''Centro Giovanile Virescit Boccaleone'', a club from

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

, which enjoyed some success in its

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 ...

period in the 1980s. The new club started from

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 ...

in 1993 and obtained two consecutive promotions that brought it to play Serie C1. Alzano then won Serie C1/A in 1999, placing first ahead of

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and ...

. The

experience for Alzano however lasted only one season, as the team relegated back to Serie C1 the next year. The club then relegated to

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in 2003 and was successively cancelled by the federation because of financial troubles.

A.S.D F.C. Alzano 1909

The club was refounded in 2004 as A.S.D F.C. Alzano 1909, the side played for three seasons in Prima Categoria Lombardy.

AlzanoCene

The club was refounded in the summer 2007 with the merger between A.S.D. Football Club Alzano 1909 (playing in Prima Categoria Lombardy), from

Alzano Lombardo Alzano Lombardo (Bergamasque: ) is a in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, northern Italy. Alzano received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree of 11 March 1991. It is home to the San Martino Museum of Religious Art and the Basi ...

and Ardens Cene (playing in

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 ...

) from

Cene Cene may refer to: People * Cene Marković, Serbian commander * Cene Prevc (born 1996), Slovenian ski jumper * Charles Le Cène (1647?–1703), French controversialist * Ilhami Çene (born 1909), Turkish fencer * Michel-Charles Le Cène (1684–17 ...

.Alzano Cene 1909
/ref> In the season 2007–08 it was promoted from

The football in Cene before the merger

From U.S. Cene to Ardens Cene

The origins of football in Cene go back to 1947 when was founded U.S. Cene which in 1965 was refounded as Ardens Cene.

Colors and badge

It's official colours are white and black. It's badge is similar to

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Honours

: ** Winners (1): 1998–99 *

: ** Winners (1): 1984–85 *

: ** Winners (1): 1983–84, 1994-95 *

Coppa Italia Serie C Coppa Italia Serie C ( it, Serie C Italian Cup), formerly named Coppa Italia Lega Pro, is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie C in Italian football first held in 1972. Format There are a total of six rounds in the c ...

: ** Winners (1): 1985–86, 1997-98

References

External links

None currently available. Football clubs in Lombardy Association football clubs established in 2007 Serie B clubs Serie C clubs Serie D clubs 2007 establishments in Italy Virtus Bergamo Phoenix clubs (association football) {{Italy-footyclub-stub