A.S.D. Calcio Club Vittoria 2020 is an Italian association football club, based in Vittoria, Sicily.

History

The club was founded in 1968. After years as an amateur club, Vittoria were first promoted to

Serie C2 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 t ...

in 1978, being relegated back to

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 ...

only two years later. The club went bankrupt in 1994 and was refounded as ''A.S. Vittoria'', resuming from

Promozione The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level. Depending on each league's ...

and returning to Serie D in 1997. In 2003, under the guidance of head coach Domenico Giacomarro and with the new denomination of ''F.C. Vittoria'', they returned to

as Serie D playoff winners to fill a league vacancy. A second consecutive promotion to

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 ...

followed in 2004 with

Nevio Orlandi Nevio Orlandi (born 30 January 1954) is an Italian football manager. Career Playing Orlandi spent his career playing for several amateur teams, including Akragas throughout the 1970s and the 1980s, and being nicknamed ''l'agricoltore'' (the pea ...

as manager, again after winning the league playoffs. The club's stay in the Italian third division however lasted only one season, as they were relegated back to Serie C2 the following year. A number of financial problems then led the club to a disastrous season in 2005–06 and a second consecutive relegation, then followed by exclusion from the Italian football system, being replaced by Junior Vittoria as the top club in the city. The club played and won

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 ...

in 2006–07 season, being therefore promoted to

. Junior Vittoria merged with P.D. Comiso soon after, forming A.C.D. Città di Vittoria and playing in

for the 2007–08 season. This new club did not however have any success, and was excluded itself in 2015, after being relegated to Promozione, due to financial struggles. More attempts to restart the club in 2015 and 2017 followed with little success as well. In 2020, ''Club Calcio Vittoria'' was founded and admitted to Promozione.

Colours and badge

Vittoria's official colours are red and white.

References

Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Sicily Vittoria, Sicily Association football clubs established in 1968 Serie C clubs 1968 establishments in Italy A.C.D. Città di Vittoria {{Sicily-stub