A.S. Melfi
Encyclopedia
Associazione Sportiva Melfi is an Italian association football
club, based in Melfi
, Basilicata.
The team's colors are yellow and green.
The home ground of Melfi is the "Stadio Arturo Valerio" which has a capacity of 4,100 persons.
In the 2010-11 season, Melfi is taking part to its ninth consecutive season in the fourth level of Italian professional football, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, the rebranded Serie C2
.
It has always played in amateur categories, before being promoted to Serie C2
for the first time in 2003.
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 Melfi
Melfi
Melfi is a town and comune in the Vulture area of the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.-Geography:On a hill at the foot of Mount Vulture, Melfi is the most important town in Basilicata's Vulture, both as a tourist resort and economic centre.-Early history:Inhabited...
, Basilicata.
The team's colors are yellow and green.
The home ground of Melfi is the "Stadio Arturo Valerio" which has a capacity of 4,100 persons.
In the 2010-11 season, Melfi is taking part to its ninth consecutive season in the fourth level of Italian professional football, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, the rebranded 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...
.
History
The club was founded in 1929.It has always played in amateur categories, before being promoted to 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...
for the first time in 2003.
Current squad
Honours
- 1 Coppa Italia RegionaleCoppa ItaliaThe Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
: 1992 - 1 promotion in Serie C2Serie C2Lega 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...
: 2003 - 4° better placing in Serie C2Serie C2Lega 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...
: 2006