Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Vastese Calcio 1902 (formerly F.C. Pro Vasto) is an Italian association football club based in

Vasto Vasto ( Abruzzese: '; , ) is a ''comune'' on the Adriatic coast of the Province of Chieti, in southern Abruzzo, Italy. During the Middle Ages it was called ''Guastaymonis'', '' Vasto d'Aimone'' or ''Waste d'Aimone''. Fascist Italy called the city ...

Abruzzo Abruzzo (, ; ; , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; ), historically also known as Abruzzi, is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million. It is divided into four ...

. The club was founded in 1922 and subsequently refounded in 1981 and 1995. As of summer 2010 the club is dissolved, and reformed in 2012 as Vastese Calcio 1902. It plays 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 ...

History

Originally known as ''Vastese'', the club was founded on July 4, 1922, and since then spent several seasons in the Italian lower professional tiers of

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 ...

and

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 ...

. The club renamed to ''Pro Vasto'' in 1952, but was cancelled in 1981 due to financial problems. A minor local team in

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 ...

league called ''Società Sportiva Incoronata'' took its place, and switched denomination to ''Associazione Calcio Vasto 82'' one year later, being promoted to

in 1984 only to be relegated back in 1987. After this relegation, the club changed denomination again, this time to ''Vastese Calcio'', being promoted back to Serie D in 1988, and returning to Serie C2 in 1990 after a successful season in the Italian top amateur level. Relegated from Serie C2 in 1994, the club was successively readmitted back into professionalism to fill a league vacancy but the club declared bankruptcy only one year later. In 1997 local Promozione club ''Vasto Marina'' changed its denomination to the current one of ''Football Club Pro Vasto'' and made two consecutive promotions to return to Serie D in 1999. However, the club was relegated to

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

league in 2000. A new property then acquired the club bringing it back into the Italian fifth tier, one year later and returning into Serie C2 in 2004. F.C. Pro Vasto was then relegated to Serie D in 2007 and played in this league until 2009, when the club won the tournament after a 2–1 win against Tolentino in the last match of the season after winning the last ten matches in a row. The club then took part in the

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 ...

in the 2009–10 season. After bankruptcy in 2010, the club was forced out of business. In 2012 ''San Paolo Calcio Vasto'' assumed the name ''Vastese Calcio 1902'' and joined Promozione. It was promoted to Eccellenza Abruzzo in 2013 at the first attempt.

Colours and badge

The club's official colours are red and white.

References

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