Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Boca Pietri is an Italian association football club

Football in Italy

Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...

 from Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

, Emilia-Romagna, but currently playing home games in Vignola

Vignola

Vignola is a city and comune in the province of Modena , Italy.Its economy is based on the cultivation of fruit, but mechanical industries and services companies are present....

, in the province of Modena

Province of Modena

The Province of Modena is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena.It has an area of 2,689 km², and a total population of 659,925 . There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Modena.At May 31, 2005, the main comuni by population...

. The club was founded in 1966 as Associazione Calcio Boca. In 2002 the club merged with Felsina San Lazzaro (a team from San Lazzaro di Savena

San Lazzaro di Savena

San Lazzaro di Savena is an Italian comune of some 30,000 inhabitants in the province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna.- Geography :...

 founded in 1930 as F.C. San Lazzaro), and its denomination changed to A.C. Boca San Lazzaro. The club has played Serie D/C

Serie D

Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...

 in 2005–06, winning it and gaining the right to play 2006–07 season in Serie C2

Serie C2

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. However, the team relegated to Serie D after just a single season, being defeated on playoffs by Sansovino

A.C. Sansovino

Associazione Calcio Sansovino is an Italian association football club, based in Monte San Savino, Tuscany. Sansovino currently plays in Serie D...

, and successively even to Eccellenza

Eccellenza

Eccellenza is the sixth level of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Aosta Valley which share 2 divisions...

.

On June 2009, A.C. Boca detached itself from F.C. San Lazzaro and acquired the league rights from newly-promoted Serie D club Dorando Pietri Carpi, which was abandoned after its shareholders opted to join forces with Carpi F.C. 1909

Carpi F.C. 1909

Carpi Football Club 1909 is an Italian football club located in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna.The club currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione.- A.C. Carpi :...

. The club chose for a merger with Prima Categoria

Prima Categoria

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 outfit Vignolese to bypass Serie D relocation laws (that do not allow to move sport rights to a province from another), and will play its home games in Vignola for the 2009–10 season. F.C. San Lazzaro maintained its place in Eccellenza.

Notable former players

Marco Ballotta

Marco Ballotta

Marco Ballotta is a retired Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.His senior club career spanned a quarter of a century, but Ballotta was never capped for the Italian national team...

 Fabio Bazzani

Fabio Bazzani

Fabio Bazzani is an Italian association football striker, who currently plays for A.S.D. Mezzolara.He is a striker, notable for his headers, as well as his shooting and strength.-Career:...

 Emiliano Biliotti Antonio Di Natale

Antonio di Natale

Antonio Di Natale is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Udinese.A versatile striker with a lethal eye for goal, Di Natale can play anywhere in the front line, as a lone striker or out wide in an attacking trident. He is notable for his dribbling skills, pace and for his ability to...

 Krassimir Chomakov

Krassimir Chomakov

Krassimir Chomakov is a Bulgarian football player who is currently unattached.-Career:Chomakov is a former Bulgarian international and played with Maritsa Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia, Ravenna and Lecce...

External links

Official homepage Article about Boca San Lazzaro 2005/2006 promotion in Serie C2