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 SSD Varese Calcio.

Città di Varese

Full name	Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Città di Varese
Founded	26 July 2019; 5 years ago (2019-07-26), as A.S.D. Città di Varese
Ground	Stadio Franco Ossola
Capacity	8,213
President	Paolo Girardi [1]
Head coach	Corrado Cotta[2]
League	Serie D Group A
2023–24	Serie D Group A, 3rd of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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  ITA Luca Trombini 4 DF  ITA Gabriele Premoli 5 DF  ITA Gianluca Parpinel 6 DF  ITA Emanuele Marcaletti (on loan from Atalanta) 7 DF  ITA Alessandro Baggio 8 MF  ITA Donato Disabato 9 FW  ITA Luca Di Renzo 10 FW  NGA Osarimen Ebagua 11 MF  ITA Marco Pastore 12 GK  ITA Elia Priori (on loan from Monza) 13 DF  ITA Mattia Monticone

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  ITA Thomas Aiolfi 17 FW  ITA Roberto Cappai 19 DF  ITA Alessandro Gibertoni 20 FW  NGA Kenneth Mamah 21 FW  ALB Elios Minaj 22 GK  ITA Morgan Pedretti 23 DF  ITA Francesco Mapelli 24 DF  ITA Giovanni Foschiani 29 MF  ITA Francesco Cantatore 31 MF  ITA Francesco Gazo 38 MF  ITA Andrea D'Orazio

Honours

• Terza Categoria Varese (Level 9)
  • Winners (1): 2019–20 (Group B)

References

1. "La società" (in Italian). Città di Varese. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
2. "Gianluca Porro nuovo allenatore del Città di Varese | Città di Varese" (in Italian). 5 April 2022. 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". 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.

External links

• Official website (in Italian)