F.C. Fossombrone (formerly F.C. Bikkembergs Fossombrone) is an
Italian association football located in
Fossombrone, Marche. The small club was made popular after it was acquired by Belgian fashion designer
Dirk Bikkembergs
Dirk Bikkembergs (born 2 January 1959) is a Belgian fashion designer.
Early life
Dirk Bikkembergs was born in Cologne, Germany, as his father was in the Belgian Army. He lived most of his years in Diepenbeek, Limburg, Belgium. In 1982, Bikkem ...
.
History
The club was founded on 16 June 1949 by a group of local sportsmen in the town of Fossombrone as Polisportiva Forsempronese. Since then, the club spent all of its history playing at the amateur level, arriving up to
Eccellenza. In 2005, Dirk Bikkembergs decided to acquire the club and started a huge rebranding, also renaming it F.C. Bikkembergs Fossombrone, with the aim to use the team as a laboratory for styling and fabric technology, in order to make all of his designs tested and promoted directly by football players.
In 2006–07 season, under head coach
Gabriele Morganti, with former managerial experiences also at professional level, new players were attracted, the club directly decided to target promotion to
Serie D. The club reached the regional semi-final in the
Coppa Italia Dilettanti, being stopped by
Piano San Lazzaro
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The club changed its name to U.S. Ancona 1905 from S.S. Piano San Lazzaro in 2010, due to the bankruptcy of the main football t ...
before they might claim a spot for the final, while in the league they missed promotion only by one point of the leader, being defeated in the national playoff finals by Torgiano of Umbria.
The following season did not change that much, as Fossombrone, under a new head coach, ended again in second place, missing promotion for a second consecutive time. However, promotion to Serie D finally arrived in 2008–09, with Fossombrone being crowned
Eccellenza Marche winners.
At the end of the
2009-10 Serie D season Bikkember.gs decided to sell the club.
In the season 2010–11, from Serie D group F relegated to
Eccellenza Marche, also due to the strong downgrading now by neglect of Bikkembergs.
Colours and badge
Fossombrone always played with blue and white color uniforms with strips since the club was established in 1949. However, since the arrival of Dirk Bikkembergs, kits were completely rebranded in a more original way, with home jerseys being white with blue swirls, while the away is black with a butterfly pattern. Dirk Bikkembergs has also changed the after-game look, discarding the traditional
jacket
A jacket is a garment for the upper body, usually extending below the hips. A jacket typically has sleeves, and fastens in the front or slightly on the side. A jacket is generally lighter, tighter-fitting, and less insulating than a coat, which ...
and
tie
Tie has two principal meanings:
* Tie (draw), a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports
* Necktie, a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders
Tie or TIE may also refer to:
Engineering and technology
* Ti ...
for
jeans
Jeans are a type of pants or trousers made from denim or dungaree cloth. Often the term "jeans" refers to a particular style of trousers, called "blue jeans", with copper-riveted pockets which were invented by Jacob W. Davis in 1871 and paten ...
and
tracksuit-like
leather jacket. This portrays Fossombrone more as the young team that they are, and Bikkembergs uses the squad to try out his latest designs in
sportswear.
Achievements
*
Eccellenza:
**Winners: 2008–2009
**Runners-up: 2006–2007, 2007–2008
References
External links
Site of the youth sector
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Football clubs in Italy
Football clubs in the Marche
Association football clubs established in 1949
1949 establishments in Italy