Castel Rigone Calcio was an Italian association football club, based in

Castel Rigone Castel Rigone is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Passignano sul Trasimeno, Umbria, central Italy. As of 2001, it had 406 inhabitants, and is located 12 km from Passignano. According to tradition, the name derives from that ...

, a ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

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Passignano sul Trasimeno Passignano sul Trasimeno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region of Umbria, located about 20 km northwest of Perugia. Passignano was home to a historic Italian airplane factory, the SAI Ambrosini, now ...

, Umbria. Castel Rigone last played in

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of ...

History

The club was founded in 1998. In 2002 it was promoted from

Terza Categoria The Terza Categoria is the lowest level of amateur football in Italy. It is the ninth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Terza Categoria level progresses to their closest regional league in th ...

Umbra, the lowest league in its region, to

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

Umbra in just 4 years through 4 successive championships. In 2009 it was promoted to

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

as runners-up and Coppa Umbria Eccellenza winners. In 2013 it was promoted (as Group E champions) to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione for the first and only venture in the pros, but ended second from bottom at season's end. However, it refused to return to Serie D and was excluded, closing the senior side. It now handles only youth football.

Colors and badge

The team's colors were white and blue.

References

External links

Official Website
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