S.S. Verbania Calcio

Not to be confused with F.C. Verbano Calcio.

Verbania

Full name	Società Sportiva Verbania Calcio
Nickname(s)	Biancocerchiati (White-ringed)
Founded	1959
Ground	Stadio Carlo Pedroli, Verbania, Italy (Capacity: 2,510[1])
Chairman	Francesca Pangallo[2]
Manager	Emiliano Bigica[3]
League	Eccellenza Piedmont and Aosta Valley/A
2010-11	Eccellenza Piedmont and Aosta Valley/A, 2nd
Home colours Away colours

Società Sportiva Verbania Calcio, shortened as Verbania, is an Italian association football club located in the town of Verbania, Piedmont.

History

The club was founded in 1959 after the merging of Verbania Sportiva and Libertas Pallanza. Verbania Sportiva was founded in 1947 and played the season, 1947-48, in Serie C, the third level of Italian football.

The new club spent the majority of its history in the semi-professional and regional levels of Italian Football, in Serie D and Eccellenza; but in the early period of its history, it played 7 seasons in Serie C (currently Lega Pro Prima Divisione), from 1966-67^[4] to 1972-73.^[5]

Second classified in 2010-2011 Eccellenza Piedmont-Aosta Valley,^[6] it will play the 2011-2012 season in the same category.

Colors, badge and Stadium

The clubs colour is white ringed by a blue-yellow-red strip and the club's home ground is the Stadio Carlo Pedroli.^[1] One of the clubs most notable players is Maltese striker, Carmel Busuttil, who played over 100 times for Malta, and scored 23 international goals.

Notes and References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Italian) Stadium's infos at Verbania Calcio website
2. ^ (Italian) Organizational chart of Verbania Calcio
3. ^ (Italian) Article on Azzurra News website
4. ^ See also: it:Serie C 1966-1967#Girone A
5. ^ See also: it:Serie C 1972-1973#Girone A
6. ^ (Italian) Results of Verbania in 2010-2011 season

External links

• (Italian) Verbania Calcio official website