Football Club Canavese was an
Italian association football club located in
San Giusto Canavese
San Giusto Canavese (known as 'L Zerb in Canavese dialect, turned in modern dialect as San Giust) is an Italian municipality with 3,273 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin in the Piedmont region.
San Giusto Canavese borders the following ...
, Piedmont.
History
Canavese was formed by the 2001 merger of the two clubs ''U. S. Sangiustese'' founded in 1946 and ''A. S. Volpiano'' founded in 1919.
It played five years 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 ...
before earning promotion in 2006. In 2005 they made it to the second round of promotion playoffs before losing to
Cirié
Cirié (; or ''Siriè'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin.
Cirié borders the following municipalities: Nole, San Carlo Canavese, San Maurizio Ca ...
in extra-time. The following year, Canavese won Girone A with 74 points, leading to a direct promotion to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. Their first two seasons there were successful, just missing the promotion playoffs in 2007–08 and finishing in the top half of the league in 2008–09. However, their follow-up was less inspiring, finishing 13th in Girone A, avoiding the relegation playoffs by one point.
Canavese didn't join 2011–12
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status.
History
Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging ...
and excluded from all football.
"Lega Pro: 4 squadre già out, 16 iscritte con riserva". Riviera Oggi.
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Colors and badge
Its colors are blue and garnet.
References
External links
Official Site
Football clubs in Piedmont and Aosta Valley
Metropolitan City of Turin
Association football clubs established in 2001
Association football clubs disestablished in 2011
Serie C clubs
2001 establishments in Italy
2011 disestablishments in Italy
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