Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an
Italian football club based in
Livorno,
Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Italian
Serie B. The team's colors are dark red or maroon (
amaranto in Italian, from which the team nickname derives). The best placement in Italian Serie A was second place in 1942–43 season, during which the
amaranto gave life to a head-to-head competition with
Torino. The team play their home matches at the 18,200 seater
Stadio Armando Picchi.
History
Founded in 1915 as
U.S. Livorno, the club ended the
Italian Football Championship 1919–20 in second place, losing the final to
Internazionale. One year later, they were defeated in the semi-final by arch-rivals
Pisa. In 1933, the club moved to the current stadium, originally named after
Edda Ciano Mussolini, daughter of fascist dictator
Benito Mussolini. Successively, Livorno ended as Serie A runners-up in the
1942–43 season. Livorno left Serie A in 1949 after seven consecutive seasons. They relegated to
Serie C soon after, making a return to Serie B in 1955 for a single season and again from 1964 to 1972. The club was then cancelled in 1991, being forced to start from
Eccellenza; two consecutive promotions led the team back to
Serie C2. The club was promoted to
Serie C1 in 1997 and was acquired by Aldo Spinelli two years later. Under the new property, Livorno returned to Serie B in 2001.
Livorno were promoted to Serie A after finishing third in the
Serie B 2003–04, one of...
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