Football Club Bolzano 1996, commonly known as FC Bolzano or simply Bolzano (), was an

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based in

Bolzano Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The ...

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( ; ; ), often known in English as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its shorter Italian name Trentino-Alto Adige, is an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy, located in the ...

. The club last competed in

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, the sixth tier of the

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, before merging in 2015 with Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Virtus Don Bosco, to form a new club called ASDC Virtus Bolzano. After the merger, the club did not dissolve immediately, continuing to operate its youth sector until 2017. Founded as a football-only club in 1931 and known by its final name since 1996, FC Bolzano eventually expanded its activities to include other sports over the years. It was the first club from

to compete in

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

, the second tier of Italian football, although never during the era of a

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. Until the 2022–23 season — when

FC Südtirol Fußball Club Südtirol is an Italian association football club, based in the city of Bolzano, in the autonomous province of South Tyrol. The club was formerly known as its bilingual name F.C. Südtirol – Alto Adige. They played for the first ...

made its debut in Serie B — no other team from the region had matched this achievement. For this reason, FC Bolzano held the most prominent footballing tradition in the region for over seventy years.

Honours

Serie C The Serie C (), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing ...

**Champions (1): 1946–47

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* Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in South Tyrol Sport in Bolzano Association football clubs established in 1931 Association football clubs disestablished in 2016 1931 establishments in Italy 2017 disestablishments in Italy {{Italy-footyclub-stub