F.C. Pro Vasto
Encyclopedia
Football Club Dilettantistico Vasto Marina is an Italian association football
club based in Vasto
, Abruzzo
. The club was founded in 1902 and subsequently refounded in 1981, 1995, and 2010. Their official colours are red and white.
and Serie C2
. The club renamed to Pro Vasto in 1952, but was cancelled in 1981 due to financial problems. A minor local team in Promozione
league called Società Sportiva Incoronata took its place, and switched denomination to Associazione Calcio Vasto 82 one year later, being promoted to Serie D
in 1984 only to be relegated back in 1987. After this relegation, the club changed again denomination, this time to Vastese Calcio, being promoted back to Serie D in 1988, and returning to Serie C2 in 1990 after a successful season in the Italian top amateur level.
Relegated from Serie C2 in 1994, the club was successively readmitted back into professionalism to fill a league vacancy, but the club declared bankruptcy only one year later. In 1997 local Promozione club Vasto Marina changed its denomination to the current one of Football Club Pro Vasto, and made two consecutive promotions to return to Serie D in 1999, being however relegated to Eccellenza
in 2000. A new property then acquired the club, immediately bringing it back into the Italian fifth tier one year later, and returning into Serie C2 in 2004. Pro Vasto was then relegated to Serie D in 2007, and played there until 2009, when the club won the league after a 2–1 win against Tolentino in the last match of the season after winning the last ten matches in a row. The club is therefore took part into Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in the 2009–10 season.
After bankruptcy in 2010, the club were forced out of business. Later that year, they were refounded under the new name Football Club Dilettantistico Vasto Marina.
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...
club based in Vasto
Vasto
Vasto is a town and comune on the Adriatic coast of the Province of Chieti in southern Abruzzo, Italy. The population is now just over 40,000.-History:According to tradition, the town was founded by Diomedes, the Greek hero...
, Abruzzo
Abruzzo
Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...
. The club was founded in 1902 and subsequently refounded in 1981, 1995, and 2010. Their official colours are red and white.
History
Originally known as Vastese, the club was founded in 1903, and since then spent several seasons in the Italian lower professional tiers of Serie C1Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
and Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
. The club renamed to Pro Vasto in 1952, but was cancelled in 1981 due to financial problems. A minor local team in Promozione
Promozione
Promozione is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 7th 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...
league called Società Sportiva Incoronata took its place, and switched denomination to Associazione Calcio Vasto 82 one year later, being promoted to Serie D
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 1984 only to be relegated back in 1987. After this relegation, the club changed again denomination, this time to Vastese Calcio, being promoted back to Serie D in 1988, and returning to Serie C2 in 1990 after a successful season in the Italian top amateur level.
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...
in 2000. A new property then acquired the club, immediately bringing it back into the Italian fifth tier one year later, and returning into Serie C2 in 2004. Pro Vasto was then relegated to Serie D in 2007, and played there until 2009, when the club won the league after a 2–1 win against Tolentino in the last match of the season after winning the last ten matches in a row. The club is therefore took part into Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in the 2009–10 season.
After bankruptcy in 2010, the club were forced out of business. Later that year, they were refounded under the new name Football Club Dilettantistico Vasto Marina.