Valle d'Aosta Calcio was an Italian association football club, based in

Aosta Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of ...

, Aosta Valley.

History

The two previous bankruptcies

From the foundation to Aosta 1911

The origins of the team go back to 1911 when Augusta Praetoria Sports was founded. The club, became ''A.S. Aosta'' in 1931 and ''U.S. Aosta 1911'' in 1945, has played in

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 ...

from the season 1941–42 to 1942–43, from 1945–46 to 1947-48 and in the year 1951–52. U.S. Aosta 1911 went bankrupt in 1998 after having played the last season in Promozione Piedmont and Aosta Valley.

Valle d'Aosta Calcio

''U.S. Valle d’Aosta Chatillon Saint Vincent Fenusma'' was founded in 1997, acquiring the sports title of

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 ...

club ''U.S. Châtillon Saint Vincent'' based in Saint-Vincent. The club became Valle d’Aosta Calcio in 2000, transferring its seat to

. Aosta Valley was the champion of 2007–08 Eccellenza Piedmont Group; Aosta Valley relegated from

2009–10 Serie D The 2009–10 Serie D was the sixty-second edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It consisted of 167 divided into six 18-team divisions, one 1 ...

to Eccellenza two year after. The club bankrupt in 2010, after the relegation .

Football in Aosta Valley now

Since 2010, A.S.D. Vallée d’Aoste Charvensod have claimed to be the heir of the club, however the sports title and assets have never been acquired. In 2012 when Saint-Christophe 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 ...

, the club changed their common name to just Vallée d’Aoste in order to represent the whole valley. The team, however, has no intentions to acquire the sports title and assets.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are red and black.

References

Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Piedmont and Aosta Valley Association football clubs established in 1911 Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Serie C clubs Aosta 1911 establishments in Italy 2010 disestablishments in Italy {{Italy-footyclub-stub