A.S.D.C. Gozzano also known as Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Calcio Gozzano, Associazione Calcio Gozzano, or simply Gozzano, is an Italian association football club, based in

Gozzano, Piedmont Gozzano (; ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Novara. Gozzano borders the following municipalities: Bolzano Novarese, Borgomanero, Br ...

. Gozzano currently plays in

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History

The club was founded on the 1 April 1920 as ''Club Sportivo Juventus'', and later adopted the current name. It became member of the

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(Italian Football Federation) in 1924.Contrada Mazzetti 2015
- ''contradamazzetti.it'' After playing consistently for many decades in the amateur league of Piedmont, in the 1978–79 season the team was promoted to

for the first time; it then reached the category again in

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and seasons. After more than 9 decades spent competing in the Italian amateur leagues, in the 2017–18 season the club won the A group of

, and was promoted to the

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, reaching a professional championship for the first time in its history. It was then relegated to Serie D in the 2019–20 season.

Colors and badge

The team's historic colors are red and blue. From 1985 to 1995 the players wore red and white halved shirts derived from the colours of the town emblem (which is also pictured into the club badge).

Stadiums

Since the 1950s, A.C. Gozzano's home stadium is

Stadio Alfredo d'Albertas The Stadio Alfredo d'Albertas is a football stadium in Gozzano, Italy, currently in use by the team A.C. Gozzano. Constructed around 1950, and originally named ''Stadio di Monterosso'' (taking its name from the neighbourhood in which it stands), ...

on 3 Via Madonna di Luzzara, Monterosso. Totally renovated and upgraded in 2019 after "cusiani" team's first promotion to

, the stadium is named after the club's longest serving president (H.E. marquis Alfredo d’Albertas, 1916 – 1992) and has a seating capacity of approx 1,500. As the stadium wasn't ready to use for the 2018–19 season, Gozzano used Stadio Silvio Piola on 5 Via Massaua,

Vercelli Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around 600 BC. ...

as the venue for most part of its home games (both in 2018-19 Serie C and ). The club also used Stadio Silvio Piola of Novara for the opening match of 2018–19 Serie C. After a couple more official matches played in Vercelli at the beginning of 2019–20 season, Gozzano headed back to "d'Albertas" stadium on September 15, 2019.

References

External links

* Gozzano, Italy Football clubs in Piedmont and Aosta Valley Association football clubs established in 1920 1920 establishments in Italy Serie C clubs {{Italy-footyclub-stub