Unione Sportiva Poggibonsi is an
Italian association football club located in
Poggibonsi
Poggibonsi is a town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Central Italy. It is located on the River Elsa (river), Elsa and is the main centre of the Valdelsa, Valdelsa Valley.
History
The area around Poggibonsi was already settled in the Neolithic ...
, Tuscany. It currently plays in .
History
The club was founded in 1925 as Unione Sportiva Poggibonsi. It was renamed Poggibonsi Valdelsa in 2002 and played under this name at the professional level in the 2002–03
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 ...
.
After that season, the team was excluded from playing Serie C2 by the federation because of financial problems and admitted to
Eccellenza
The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football.Official ...
instead. At the beginning of the 2004–05 season, the club was refounded under his original name US Poggibonsi and promptly won the league in its first attempt.
US Poggibonsi calcio – Comune di Chianciano Terme
/ref> Poggibonsi played in the 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 ...
from 2004 to 2006, when the club, which ended the 2005–06 Serie D season in third place, was promoted because league winners Fortis Spoleto and second-placed Fortis Juventus were unable to play in the Serie C2 league. The club ended its 2006–07 Serie C2 campaign in thirteenth place, one point above the relegation playoff spots, and therefore remained 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 ...
(the rebranded Serie C2) in the 2007–08 season.
Poggibonsi were relegated back to Serie D on 2013–14, after completing their season in 16th place.
Colors and badge
The team colors are red and yellow.
References
External links
Official homepage
Football clubs in Tuscany
Association football clubs established in 1925
Serie C clubs
1925 establishments in Italy
Poggibonsi
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