ASD Città di Varese

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Città di Varese, or simply Città di Varese or Varese, is a football club based in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. The club was founded in 2019 by three fans, following the dissolution of Varese Calcio, and have won the Terza Categoria in their debut season. In 2020 Città di Varese merged with Busto 81, and gained the right to play in the 2020–21 Serie D Group A.

Not to be confused with S.S.D. Varese Calcio.
Città di Varese
Full nameAssociazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Città di Varese
Founded26 July 2019 (2019-07-26), as A.S.D. Città di Varese
GroundStadio Franco Ossola
Capacity8,213
PresidentPaolo Girardi [1]
Head coachCorrado Cotta[2]
LeagueSerie D
2021–22Serie D Group A, 4th of 20
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was established by three football fans from Varese – Stefano Pertile,[3] Stefano Amirante[4] and Cesare Bonazzi[5] – on 26 July 2019, with the purpose to "keep alive" Varese's name in the Italian football league system, following the dissolution of Varese Calcio.[6][7] As a matter of fact, Città di Varese adopted the historic colours of the football club founded in 1910 (red and white), but never openly claimed any inheritance of the ceased team.

In its maiden season, coached by Stefano Iori,[8] Città di Varese won the 2019–20 Terza Categoria Varese Group B, the lowest tier of the Italian football pyramid.[9][10] On 16 July 2020,[11] prior to the 2020–21 season, the club merged with Busto 81 (a club based in Busto Arsizio, no longer interested in pursuing the football activity) and obtained the right to participate in the Serie D Group A, Italy's fourth division.[10]

Players

Current squad
As of 13 August 2021[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Luca Trombini
4 DF Italy ITA Gabriele Premoli
5 DF Italy ITA Gianluca Parpinel
6 DF Italy ITA Emanuele Marcaletti (on loan from Atalanta)
7 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Baggio
8 MF Italy ITA Donato Disabato
9 FW Italy ITA Luca Di Renzo
10 FW Nigeria NGA Osarimen Ebagua
11 MF Italy ITA Marco Pastore
12 GK Italy ITA Elia Priori (on loan from Monza)
13 DF Italy ITA Mattia Monticone
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Italy ITA Thomas Aiolfi
17 FW Italy ITA Roberto Cappai
19 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Gibertoni
20 FW Nigeria NGA Kenneth Mamah
21 FW Albania ALB Elios Minaj
22 GK Italy ITA Morgan Pedretti
23 DF Italy ITA Francesco Mapelli
24 DF Italy ITA Giovanni Foschiani
29 MF Italy ITA Francesco Cantatore
31 MF Italy ITA Francesco Gazo
38 MF Italy ITA Andrea D'Orazio

Honours

References
  1. "La società" (in Italian). Città di Varese. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. "Gianluca Porro nuovo allenatore del Città di Varese | Città di Varese" (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. "Comincia la terza categoria con un (Città di) Varese in più". VareseNews (in Italian). 20 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ""Ecco perché abbiamo fatto nascere il Città di Varese"". VareseNews (in Italian). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. "Il "Città di Varese" piange Cesare Bonazzi". VareseNews (in Italian). 9 October 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. "Comincia la terza categoria con un (Città di) Varese in più". VareseNews (in Italian). 20 September 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. "Città di Varese in Terza Categoria, le prime parole della neonata società". VareseSport (in Italian). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. "Stefano Iori sulla panchina del nuovo "Città di Varese"". VareseNews (in Italian). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  9. "Risultati Terza Categoria Varese - Girone B - Lombardia - 2019-20". www.tuttocampo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  10. "Inizia l'avventura del nuovo Città di Varese: "Serenità e continuità"". VareseNews (in Italian). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  11. "UFFICIALE: Busto 81-Città di Varese, deliberata la fusione per incorporazione". Notiziario del Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  12. "Rosa Serie D | Città di Varese" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 November 2020.


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