Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Portogruaro Calcio (usually referred to as Portogruaro) is an Italian association football club, based in

Portogruaro Portogruaro ( vec, Porto, fur, Puart) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. The city is the centre of a district, made up of 11 ''comuni'', which form the Venezia Orientale with the San Donà di Piav ...

, Veneto. Currently it plays in Eccellenza Veneto.

History

Calcio Portogruaro-Summaga

Foundation

The club was founded in 1990 as Calcio Portogruaro-Summaga and also known as Portosummaga after the merger of then-

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clubs ''Associazione Calcio Portogruaro'' (founded in 1919 in the city of Portogruaro) and ''Associazione Calcio Summaga'' (from Summaga, a '' frazione'' of Portogruaro itself).

From 2007 to 2013

In the

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regular season, Portosummaga finished third in Girone B, and qualified for the promotional playoffs. The team defeated fourth-placed SPAL in the semi-finals, because it was the higher classified team after the pair ended in 4–4 aggregate tie. In the finals, it defeated second-placed

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5–3 on aggregate to win promotion to, the then-called Lega Pro Prima Divisione for the 2008–09 season. On 9 May 2010, under the tenure of former Serie A defender

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, the club defeated Verona on the final matchday to gain promotion to the Serie B, and they therefore marked their first appearance in the Italian second tier in the 2010–11 season. However, the club was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione after only a single season in Serie B, finishing 21st. In the 2012–13 season the club was relegated to

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A.S.D. Portogruaro

The club was refounded with the current name in the summer 2013 restarting from

. In 2019 the local entrepreneur Andrea Bertolini bought the club, at the end of the season the team obtained the promotion to Eccellenza Veneto without ever losing a game.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are dark-red and black.

Honours

* 2 Campionati di Promozione 1992–93, 2018–19 * 2 Campionati di Eccellenza 1995–96, 1997–98 * 1 Campionato di Serie D 2003–04 * 1 Campionato di Prima Divisione 2009–10 * 1 Coppa Disciplina 2009–10

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Portogruaro Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Veneto Association football clubs established in 1990 Serie B clubs Serie C clubs Serie D clubs Eccellenza Promozione 1990 establishments in Italy Phoenix clubs (association football) 2013 establishments in Italy