Football Club Verbano Calcio, or simply Verbano, is an
Italian association football club, based in
Besozzo
Besozzo is a town and municipality located in the province of Varese, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Besozzo hosts a small historical centre with churches and noble houses, so-called Palazzi, in its upper part which is in part pedestri ...
, Lombardy. Verbano currently plays in
Eccellenza.
History
The club was founded in 1979 after the merger of Unione Sportiva Besozzo (founded in 1905) and N.A.G.C. Sant’Andrea (founded in 1927).
At the end of the
2010–11 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 ...
season, Verbano was promoted by
repechage
Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild car ...
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 ...
for the first time.
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In the 2012–13 Serie D
The 2012–13 Serie D was the sixty-fifth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system.
It consisted of 162 teams divided into nine 18-team divisions.
...
the club was relegated to eccellenza.
Colors and badge
The team's colors are red and black.
References
External links
Official Site
Football clubs in Lombardy
Association football clubs established in 1979
1979 establishments in Italy
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