Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Sanremese Calcio, commonly referred to as Sanremese and officially as S.S.D. Unione Sanremo S.r.l., is an Italian association football club, based in Sanremo,

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. The historical U.S. Sanremese Calcio 1904 was liquidated in 2011. The present-day club was established in 2015. Currently it plays in

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History

From 1904 to 1987

The club was founded in 1904 as ''U.S. Sanremese 1904'', but the football team was founded only in 1911. The US Sanremese Calcio 1904 was born by the merger of the first two local teams: the ''Ausonia'' and the ''Speranza''. The team played three seasons in

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

from 1937–38 to 1939–40 when they were relegated in

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. In the 1937–38 season gets the 9th place in

that is the best result ever in club history. It's the only Italian team to have played in every championship of

in a sole national division from 1952–53 to 1957–58. Giampiero Ventura - US Sanremese 1974-75

The team from 1977–78 to 1978–79 came from

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. The club played seven consecutive seasons in

from 1979 to 1980, when it achieved an historic 4th place, to 1985–86 when they retreated in

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 ...

and the next year in

Anglo-Italian Cup

In the season 1980–81 it played the

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, called in this year Talbot Challenge Cup. The team won 3–1 with

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and 2–1 with Bridgend Town, draw 2–2 with Oxford City and lost 1–0 with Poole Town. It ranked third in the group with 7 points, dominated by

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then won the competition.

The bankruptcy

In the summer of 1987 the company fell after 83 years of existence because of the large debts.

From 1987 to 2008

The rebirth

The club was refounded in 1987 allocating by the

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as ''Sanremese Football Club 1904'' On 1992 with the merger with ''Sanremo 80'', it filming the historic name of U.S. Sanremese Calcio 1904.

Eccellenza

In the league 1991–92 and 1995–96 the club won the regional

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gaining promotion to

and the 1995–96 Regional Coppa Italia Liguria:.

Between Serie C2 and Serie D

In the season 1997–98 won the

and lost in the final scudetto with the

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from 1998–99 to 1999–2000 when it retreated to

. The club played four seasons in

from 2000–01 to 2001–04 when was admitted to

. The team played three seasons in

from 2004–05 to 2006–07 when it retreated to

. On the season 2005–06 lost the final

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with the

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lose away 1–0 and at home wins 2–1. From November 2007, most of the players leave the team, become in the meantime ''USD Sanremese 1904'', which was in strong crisis of liquidity, for non-payment of wages, thus leading to relegation from the

The radiation

On 10 July 2008 the club was declared inactive to the

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after being refused entry to the League of Eccellenza, because of the large debts. In summer 2008, the last president ''Carlo Barillà'' refounded the team with the same name of ''U.S.D. Sanremese 1904'', that played in the season 2008–09 in

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From 2009 to 2011

The second refoundation

On 4 August 2009 the Ospedaletti-Sanremo, just promoted from the

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Ligure girone A, after the agreement with ''Carlo Barillà'' for the cessation of the homonymous team that he was founded, changes name in ''U.S.D. Sanremese Calcio 1904'': so the company's family Del Gratta has been the only legitimate heir of the old society.

2009–10 Eccellenza

In the league 2009–10, coached by Giancarlo "Carlo" Calabria Sanremese wins the regional

gaining promotion in

. and the Regional Coppa Italia Liguria:. It eliminated in the

Coppa Italia Dilettanti 2009-2010 The Coppa Italia Dilettanti (Italian for: Italian Amateurs Cup) is an annual knock-out competition for teams from the fifth and sixth levels of Italian football: the Eccellenza and the Promozione. All ties except for the final, which is held at th ...

from

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, in the quarter-finals losing for 1–2 at home and equalizing 0–0 away.

2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

On 4 August 2010 became U.S. Sanremese Calcio 1904 the team obtained the admission into

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group A for the 2010–11 season. The club initially survived relegation on the pitch after a 3-2 aggregate win over

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in the playoff round.

=The owners Del Gratta arrested resign

= After the arrest, of 15 March 2011, of Marco and his father Riccardo Del Gratta, respectively President and Director General, the company was temporarily administered by ''Giancarlo Lupi'', a brother-in-law of the President Marco Del Gratta. They are accused of being the beneficiaries of the alleged threats and extortions to players of Sanremese, so that the latter rescind the onerous contracts signed in the summer. Since 16 March 2011, after the resignations of the owners ''Marco'' and ''Riccardo Del Gratta'', the new CEO was Giuseppe Fava, who was previously responsible for the youth sector.

=Liquidation

= On 30 June 2011, the club wasn't able to enter

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for failure to submit the required surety agreement and was so subsequently liquidated.

The new Sanremese

After a year of inactivity, in the summer 2012 the club was refounded as A.S.D. Sanremese by the entrepreneur Luca Colangelo and currently president, restarting from Terza Categoria Savona/Imperia. In the summer 2013 the club placed 2nd was promoted to repechage in

. Its home stadium has been the ''Campo Sportivo Pian di Poma'' in Sanremo. The club on 6 October 2013, after a disastrous start on the group AB of Seconda Categoria Liguria sacked ''Mattia Moraglia'', the coach of last season, replaced until the resignations of 21 October by ''Marco Pinto'' and after by Fabrizio Gatti. The club was promoted to

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after the play off round. In 2015, the club gave up its membership to allow another local club, ASD Carlin's Boys, to change its name to Unione Sanremo and restart from Eccellenza. The club won the Coppa Italia Dilettanti in 2016, thus ensuring automatic promotion to

on their first year. The club was renamed Sanremese Calcio in 2019. Its home stadium is the Stadio Comunale in Sanremo.

Chronology

Italian Football Championship

The U.S. Sanremese Calcio 1904 has played 60 national leagues: :* 3 times in

: the first on 1937–38, the last on 1939–40 :* 38 times in

Lega Pro 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 ...

: the first on 1934–35, the last on 2010–11 :* 19 times in

: the first on 1963–64, the last on 2007–08.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are light blue and white, the second shirt is red.

Stadio Comunale

The A.S.D. Sanremese such as the historic U.S. Sanremese Calcio 1904 played at the Stadio Comunale of Sanremo, site in Corso Mazzini 15. In the 2012–13 season had played here in Promozione Liguria girone A the A.S.D. Carlin's Boys, team founded in 1947 by the co-founder

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and currently main team of the city. The stadium has the grass field and a capacity of around 4,000 seats: :* 850 in covered tribune :* 2250 in hailstorm: 1050 in the upper ring, 1200 in than lower :* 850 in the area for the guests :* 8 in the balcony floor for the reporters and three locations for the cameras.

Honours

: ** Winners:

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Serie C 1946-47 Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), English physicist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Series, the ordered sets used i ...

group ASecond in the final round A of the Northern of Serie C: it is non-promoted in Serie B. *

: ** Winner:

1978–79 *

: ** Promoted: 1997–98 ** National Runners-up: 1997–98 *

: ** Winners: 1991–92, 1995–96, 2009–10 *

: ** Runners-up: 2005–06 * Coppa Italia Dilettanti: **Winners: 2015–16 *Regional Coppa Italia Liguria: ** Winners: 1995–96, 2009–10

Notes

References

External links

Official fans site

Official encyclopedia site
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