Associazione Sportiva Atletico Calcio was an

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club based in

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and

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, Sardinia. It was founded in 1963. The club folded in 2008.

History

Associazione Sportiva Atletico Calcio was founded in 1963 as Atletico Cagliari and was renamed before ''Atletico Sirio'' in 1996 and again ''Atletico Elmas'' in 1998. Only in the summer 2002 it was renamed with the last denomination. The team has played 10 seasons in

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: from 1996–97 to 1999-2000 and from 2001–02 to 2006-07 when it was relegated to

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. In the summer 2008, after its 11th place in

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, ''Atletico Elmas'' merged with Decimese Aurora & Decimo founding A.S.D. Atletico Decimomannu and so it was dissolved.

Colors and badge

Its colors were white, yellow and green.

Stadium

It played at the Stadio San Biagio Villasor in

, which has a capacity of 1,200.

From 2008 to the present day

After two seasons from 2008 to 2010 in

, in the summer 2010 ''A.S.D. Atletico Decimomannu'' was merged with ''Polisportiva Elmas Elmas'' (club of Prima Categoria Sardinia) founding A.S.D. Atletico Elmas. In the summer 2012, after a 15th place, it didn't join 2012-13 Eccellenza and was relegated to Promozione.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Atletico Calcio, AS Defunct football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Sardinia