A.C.D. Nardò (usually referred to as simply Nardò) is an
Italian association football club, based in
Nardò, Apulia. It currently plays in
Serie D
The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...
.
History
The club was founded in 1925 as ''U.S. Neritina''.
Serie C
It has a quite glorious past, with three seasons in the Italian
Serie C
The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, 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 ...
, the former 3rd level of Italian football, between the 60s and the 70s and having won 3 Coppe Italia Regionali and 1 Coppa Italia di Serie D.
From the 1998–99 to the 2001–02 season it has played in
Serie C2
Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status.
History
Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...
.
Radiation and refoundation
On 6 November 2013 after renouncing to play four games in Serie D Nardò was removed by LND.
Before the 2014–15 season the club bought the sporting rights of ''ASD Copertino'' (from
Copertino
Copertino (; historical ; ), also known in English as Cupertino, is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.
History
Following Charles of Anjou's successful campaign in 1266, the Hohenstaufen tow ...
), establishing ''ACD Nardò''. It was subsequently admitted to Eccellenza Pugliese.
Colors and badge
The official color of the team is amaranth.
References
External links
Club website
Football clubs in Apulia
Nardò
Association football clubs established in 1925
Serie C clubs
1925 establishments in Italy
ACD Nardò
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