Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Vivi Altotevere Sansepolcro is an
Italian association football club located in
Sansepolcro
Sansepolcro, formerly Borgo Santo Sepolcro, is a town and ''comune'' founded in the 11th century, located in the Italian Province of Arezzo in the eastern part of the region of Tuscany.
Situated on the upper reaches of the Tiber river, the town ...
, Tuscany. It currently plays in
Serie D.
History
It was founded in 1921 and refounded in 1978 and 2014.
The Unione Sportiva Sansepolcro, founded in 1921, failed in 1982 after two consecutive championships played 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 ...
. The legacy of the old society is collected by the Gruppo Sportivo Borgo, born in 1978 as a society of pure academy. In 1983, the team entered the championship of the
Terza Categoria, which won in the 1984–1985 season, promoting to the
Seconda Categoria. In 1985–1986, G.S. Borgo was promoted to the
Prima Categoria. In 1987–1988, thanks to the second place in Prima Categoria, the team won promotion to
Promozione
The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level. Depending on each league's lo ...
.
The team achieved promotion to
Eccellenza in 1991–1992, while in 1993–1994 was promoted to National Amateur Championship or
Serie D. Since then the team has played continuously in Serie D.
On 4 July 2000, the team was renamed Altotevere Calcio, part of a project to create a single company based in Sansepolcro, Citta di Castello and with the achievement of professional categories. For various reasons, after only two seasons Altotevere Calcio returns to the old name Sansepolcro Calcio.
On 20 June 2009, the Sansepolcro won the Scudetto Junior by beating Savona in the final on penalties.
In the
2010–11 Serie D
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season Sansepolcro gained access to the play-off for promotion in
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 ...
but eventually was eliminated.
In the 2016–17 season it plays in Serie D Group G.
Colours and badge
Its colours are white and black.
References
External links
Official homepage
Football clubs in Tuscany
Association football clubs established in 1921
Serie C clubs
1921 establishments in Italy
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