Valle d'Aosta Calcio was an Italian association football club, based in

Aosta Aosta ( , , ; ; , or ; or ) is the principal city of the Aosta Valley, a bilingual Regions of Italy, region in the Italy, Italian Alps, north-northwest of Turin. It is situated near the Italian entrance of the Mont Blanc Tunnel and the G ...

, Aosta Valley.

History

The two previous bankruptcies

From the foundation to Aosta 1911

The origins of the team go back to 1911 when ''Augusta Prætoria Sports'' was founded. The club, became ''A.S. Aosta'' in 1931 and ''U.S. Aosta 1911'' in 1945, has played in

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 ...

from the season 1941–42 to 1942–43, from 1945–46 to 1947-48 and in the year 1951–52. ''U.S. Aosta 1911'' went bankrupt in 1998 after having played the last season in Promozione Piedmont and Aosta Valley.

Valle d'Aosta Calcio

''U.S. Valle d’Aosta Châtillon Saint-Vincent Fenusma'' was founded in 1997, acquiring the sports title of

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 ...

club ''U.S. Châtillon Saint-Vincent'' based in Saint-Vincent. The club became Valle d’Aosta Calcio in 2000, transferring its seat to

. Aosta Valley was the champion of 2007–08 Eccellenza Piedmont Group; Aosta Valley relegated from 2009–10 Serie D to Eccellenza two year after. The club became bankrupt in 2010, after the relegation.

Football in Aosta Valley now

Since 2010, A.S.D. Vallée d’Aoste Charvensod have claimed to be the heir of the club, however the sports title and assets have never been acquired. In 2012 when Saint-Christophe was promoted to

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 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 ...

, the club changed their common name to just Vallée d’Aoste in order to represent the whole valley. The team, however, has no intentions to acquire the sports title and assets.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are red and black.

References

Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Piedmont and Aosta Valley Association football clubs established in 1911 Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Serie C clubs Aosta 1911 establishments in Italy 2010 disestablishments in Italy {{Italy-footyclub-stub