Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Vivi Altotevere Sansepolcro is an Italian association football club located in

Sansepolcro Sansepolcro, formerly Borgo Santo Sepolcro, is a town and ''comune'' founded in the 11th century, located in the Italian Province of Arezzo in the eastern part of the region of Tuscany. Situated on the upper reaches of the Tiber river, the town ...

, Tuscany. It currently 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

It was founded in 1921 and refounded in 1978 and 2014. The Unione Sportiva Sansepolcro, founded in 1921, failed in 1982 after two consecutive championships played in

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 legacy of the old society is collected by the Gruppo Sportivo Borgo, born in 1978 as a society of pure academy. In 1983, the team entered the championship of the

Terza Categoria The Terza Categoria is the lowest level of amateur football in Italy. It is the ninth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Terza Categoria level progresses to their closest regional league in the ...

, which won in the 1984–1985 season, promoting to the

Seconda Categoria The Seconda Categoria is the 8th level (since 2014–15) in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Seconda Categoria level progresses to their closest regional league in the Prima Categoria level. Depending on ...

. In 1985–1986, G.S. Borgo was promoted to the

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 1987–1988, thanks to the second place in Prima Categoria, the team won promotion to

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 ...

. The team achieved promotion to

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

in 1991–1992, while in 1993–1994 was promoted to National Amateur Championship or

. Since then the team has played continuously in Serie D. On 4 July 2000, the team was renamed Altotevere Calcio, part of a project to create a single company based in Sansepolcro, Citta di Castello and with the achievement of professional categories. For various reasons, after only two seasons Altotevere Calcio returns to the old name Sansepolcro Calcio. On 20 June 2009, the Sansepolcro won the Scudetto Junior by beating Savona in the final on penalties. In the

2010–11 Serie D The 2010–11 Serie D was the sixty-third edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It originally consisted of 166 teams, with two divisions allocat ...

season Sansepolcro gained access to the play-off for promotion in

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 ...

but eventually was eliminated. In the 2016–17 season it plays in Serie D Group G.

Colours and badge

Its colours are white and black.

References

External links

Official homepage
Football clubs in Tuscany Association football clubs established in 1921 Serie C clubs 1921 establishments in Italy {{Italy-footyclub-stub