Associazione Sportiva Gualdo Casacastalda is an Italian association football club, based in Gualdo Tadino,

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and also representing Casacastalda, a ''frazione'' of Valfabbrica, Umbria. The club currently plays in

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 ...

Umbria.

History

Gualdo Casacastalda

The club was founded in 2013 after the merger between A.S. Gualdo Calcio and A.S.D. Casacastalda. During the second half of the 2012–2013 season, the idea of a merger between Gualdo, playing in Eccellenza at the time, and Casacastalda, playing in

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 ...

, began to grow. The two companies are a few km away, and the proponent of the idea was Matteo Minelli, Gualdese entrepreneur and honorary president of the Casacastalda. The initiative, carried out by the two companies with the support of the respective municipalities, leads to the birth of the new Associazione Sportiva GualdoCasacastalda officially presented on 11 July 2013. The new company uses the old sports title of Casacastalda, and enrolled in the Serie D.

Before the merger

Gualdo Calcio

The club was founded in 1920 as Società Sportiva Gualdo and made several appearances in professional football, reaching the

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

promotion playoffs twice, in 1995 and 1998.

Casacastalda

The club was founded in 1984. In the season 2011–12 the team was promoted for the first time, from Eccellenza Umbria to

after playoffs.

Colors and badge

The color of the home shirt is red (in representation of ''Gualdo''), while that of the away is yellow (in representation of ''Casacastalda'').

Non-playing staff

*Head coach

Roberto Balducci The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

*Fitness coach

Antonio Macrì Antonio Macrì (; – January 20, 1975), popularly known as ("Unca Tony"), was a historical and charismatic boss of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. He was born in Siderno on the Ionian coast of Calabri ...

References

External links

Official site
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