A.C. Sterilgarda Castiglione
Encyclopedia
Football Club Sterilgarda Castiglione Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica is an Italian association football
club, based in Castiglione delle Stiviere
, Lombardy. Sterilgarda Castiglione currently plays in Serie D
.
) of Marmirolo
and the local team of A.S.D. Savoia from Terza Categoria Mantova
. In the season 2009-10 the club was promoted from the Eccellenza Lombardy
to the Serie D
.
In summer 2010 the club has changed its name in the current one inserting that of the main sponsor, Sterilgarda S.p.A., known dairy company.
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 Castiglione delle Stiviere
Castiglione delle Stiviere
Castiglione delle Stiviere is a town and comune in the province of Mantua, in Lombardy, Italy, 30 km northwest of Mantua by road.-History:During the War of the Spanish Succession, the French under the duc de Vendôme occupied it....
, Lombardy. Sterilgarda Castiglione currently plays in 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...
.
History
The club was founded in 2008 as F.C. Castiglione Savoia A.S.D., after the merger of Nuova A.C. Marmirolo (with the transfer of its sports title of EccellenzaEccellenza
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...
) of Marmirolo
Marmirolo
Marmirolo is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 130 km east of Milan and about 7 km northwest of Mantua...
and the local team of A.S.D. Savoia from Terza Categoria Mantova
Terza Categoria
Terza Categoria is the name of the lowest level of "amateur" football in Italy. It is considered to be the 10th and lowest level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Terza Categoria level progresses to their closest regional league in the Seconda...
. In the season 2009-10 the club was promoted from the Eccellenza Lombardy
Eccellenza Lombardy
Eccellenza Lombardy is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Lombardy, Italy. It is competed amongst 54 teams, in three different groups . The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D...
to the 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 summer 2010 the club has changed its name in the current one inserting that of the main sponsor, Sterilgarda S.p.A., known dairy company.