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Associazione Calcio Porto Torres (commonly referred as A.C. Porto Torres, Porto Torres or Porto Torres calcio) is an Italian association football club located in
Porto Torres Porto Torres (; ) is a (municipality) and a city of the Province of Sassari in north-west of Sardinia, Italy. Founded during the 1st century BC as , it was the first Roman colony of the entire Sardinia, island. It is situated on the coast at abo ...
,
Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...
. The club currently plays regional football in the second division of Sardinia's
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 ...
, the 6th tier of
Italian football Football ( ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only Brazil (with five), runners-up in two finals both against Brazil, (1970, 1994) and ...
. His home ground is the town's municipal stadium located in the "Cittadella dello sport" area (the same area is also known as "Stadio comunale", "Campo sportivo comunale" or "Nuovo stadio"). The A.C. Porto Torres is the main football club of the town. A.C. Porto Torres must not be confused with A.S.D. Torres, another football association located in the town of
Sassari Sassari ( ; ; ; ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 120,497 inhabitants as of 2025, and a functional urban area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, it contains ...
.


History

The club was founded in 1960 in Porto Torres, a small town in the
Gulf of Asinara The Gulf of Asinara is a sea sector included between the Asinara Island, Cape Falcone and the town of Castelsardo, in northern Sardinia, Italy. The communes facing its coast include also Stintino, Porto Torres, Sassari, Sorso Sorso () is a ...
. The club competed in the
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 ...
from 2010 to 2014. In 2010 the has celebrated his 50th anniversary.


Colors and badge

Its colors are red and blue.


Notable former players

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Michele Fini Michele Fini (born 14 June 1974) is an Italian football coach and former player. Playing career Fini was born in Sorso, Province of Sassari. A midfielder, started his career at Sardinian clubs. In summer 1995 he was signed by Ancona. In Januar ...
* Alessandro Frau *
Salvatore Pinna Salvatore Pinna (born 23 August 1975) is an Italians, Italian Association football, football coach and a former Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who works as a technical coach with SEF Torres 1903, Torres. External links

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* Nicolò Trenta * Gianfranco Sanna


References

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