Forlì Football Club, commonly known as Forlì (), is an

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club based in

Forlì Forlì ( ; ; ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is, together with Cesena, the capital of the Province of Forlì-Cesena.The city is situated along the Via Emilia, to the east of the Montone river, ...

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, who compete in

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, the fourth tier of the

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History

From the foundation to 2007

The original club, called ''Foot-Ball Club Forlì'', was founded in 1919, and was last in

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in 1947. Later, the name changed into ''Associazione Calcio Forlì''. Forlì placed last in 2005–06 Serie C2 season, being relegated to

, but was excluded by the federation because of financial troubles. The historical club was put in the Terza Categoria division with the new name ''ASD Nuovo Forlì 1919''.

From 2007 to today

In July 2007 football in

was reborn as Football Club Forlì Dilettantistica which became the heir of the old ''F.C. Forlì'', with the acquisition of sports title of the former second club of the city: the ''ASD AC Sporting Forlì''. After a season in

Promozione The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth 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. Depending on each league's ...

, two in

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football.Official ...

and two in

in 2012 the club was promoted to

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Colors and badge

Its colors are white and red.

References

External links

Official site
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