Armando Picchi Calcio is an Italian association football club located in

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

, Tuscany. It plays in

Promozione The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level. Depending on each league's lo ...

, Tuscany round. Its colors are all-dark red.

History

The Armando Picchi Calcio of Livorno was founded near to the death of the homonymous Leghorn champion

Armando Picchi Armando Picchi (; 20 June 1935 – 27 May 1971) was an Italian football player and coach. Regularly positioned as a libero, he captained the Internazionale side known as "La Grande Inter". Club career Early career Born in Livorno, Picchi start ...

Livorno Calcio Unione Sportiva Livorno 1915 (formerly A.S. Livorno Calcio, commonly known as Livorno), is a semi-professional Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. They compete in Serie D, the top tier of semi-professional Italian football after ...

relegated to the Italian

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

in 1970, Leo and Enzo Picchi (brother and cousin of Armando) took over the local team ''GS Don Bosco Livorno''. In collaboration with

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, they transformed it into the ''Armando Picchi Sports Group'' as a new

football reality. Alongside its first time, Armando Picchi Calcio can boast of a fine youth sector, that won two Italian championships at the ''Allievi'' and ''Juniores'' level, respectively in 1973 and 1974. In the wake of these results, the company has always emphasized the youth sector by collaborating with

and

. The first team played for seven seasons in the Italian

Eccellenza 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 ...

, won the championship in 2002 and obtained the first historic promotion in the Italian

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 ...

championship. The team has participated in six consecutive editions in

and then promotion 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 ...

in the 2007–2008 season. Relegation to

followed relegation to

, where it plays in Tuscany round. Notable players who have played in the junior sector of Armando Picchi Calcio are the brothers Cristiano and

Alessandro Lucarelli Alessandro Lucarelli ( born 22 July 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who last played for Parma as a defender. Playing career Alessandro Lucarelli started his professional career at Piacenza, whose youth sides he also represent ...

Leonardo Pavoletti Leonardo Pavoletti (; born 26 November 1988) is an Italian professional footballer who captains club Cagliari and plays for the Italy national team as a forward. Early and personal life Known to friends as 'Pavoloso', Pavoletti played tenni ...

and Stefano Brondi.

Honours

Regional championships

**Winners (1): 2002–03

Youth championships

*Campionato Allievi Nazionali Dilettanti **Winners (1): 1973–74 *Campionato Juniores Dilettanti **Winners (1): 1974–75

Divisional movements

References

External links

Official homepage
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