A.S.D. Solbiatese Calcio 1911 is an Italian association football club located in

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and also representing the town of Solbiate Arno (

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), Lombardy. It currently plays in Eccellenza Lombardy/A.

History

Foundation

The club was founded in 2012 after the merger of A.S. Solbiatese Arno Calcio and S.S. Sommese 1920.

Before the merger

Solbiatese Arno Calcio

The team was founded in 1911 as A.S. Solbiatese Calcio in Solbiate Arno and spent several seasons in

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and

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. It was refounded as Solbiatese Arno Calcio in 2000, taking ''Solbiatese Arno Calcio'', by merging with A.S. Arno Calcio (founded 1980 in the same town). During the seasons 2007–10, their top scorer has been Massimo 'Max' Marsich. In the 2010–11 season, the club was relegated from

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

group B to

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. In the next season it was again relegated to Promozione Lombardy

S.S. Sommese 1920

The team was founded in 1920 in

. In the 2011–12 it was ranked 2nd in Eccellenza Lombardy/A and was defeated by

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in the final playoffs.http://www.sommesecalcio.com/2012/06/sommese-1-2-real-vicenza.html

Colors and badge

Its colors are black and blue.

References

External links

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