Associazione Sportiva Gualdo Casacastalda is an Italian association football club, based in

Gualdo Tadino Gualdo Tadino (Latin: ''Tadinum'') is an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in northeastern Umbria, on the lower flanks of Monte Penna, a mountain of the Apennines. It is NE of Perugia. History Gualdo has a long history and was o ...

Umbria Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The re ...

and also representing Casacastalda, a ''frazione'' of Valfabbrica, Umbria. The club currently plays in

Prima Categoria The Prima Categoria is the seventh level (since 2014–15) in the Italian football league system and is organized by the National Amateur League by the Regional Committees. Each individual league winner within the Prima Categoria level progress ...

Umbria.

History

Gualdo Casacastalda

The club was founded in 2013 after the merger between A.S. Gualdo Calcio and A.S.D. Casacastalda. During the second half of the 2012–2013 season, the idea of a merger between Gualdo, playing in

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

at the time, and Casacastalda, playing in

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 ...

, began to grow. The two companies are a few km away, and the proponent of the idea was Matteo Minelli, Gualdese entrepreneur and honorary president of the Casacastalda. The initiative, carried out by the two companies with the support of the respective municipalities, leads to the birth of the new Associazione Sportiva GualdoCasacastalda officially presented on 11 July 2013. The new company uses the old sports title of Casacastalda, and enrolled in the Serie D.

Before the merger

Gualdo Calcio

The club was founded in 1920 as Società Sportiva Gualdo and made several appearances in professional football, reaching the

Serie C1 Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...

promotion playoffs twice, in 1995 and 1998.

Casacastalda

The club was founded in 1984. In the season 2011–12 the team was promoted for the first time, from Eccellenza Umbria to

after playoffs.

Colors and badge

The color of the home shirt is red (in representation of ''Gualdo''), while that of the away is yellow (in representation of ''Casacastalda'').

Non-playing staff

*Head coach, Roberto Balducci *Fitness coach, Antonio Macrì

References

External links

Official site
Association football clubs established in 2013 Football clubs in Umbria 2013 establishments in Italy * {{Italy-footyclub-stub