A.S. Pro Belvedere Calcio Vercelli
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| Full name | Football Club Pro Vercelli s.r.l. |
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| Nickname(s) |
Bianche Casacche (White Shirts), Leoni (Lions) |
| Founded | 1892 (as sport club S.G. Pro Vercelli) 1903 (as football division U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio) 2010 (refounded) |
| Ground |
Stadio Silvio Piola, Vercelli, Italy |
| Capacity | 5,500 |
| President | Massimo Secondo |
| Head Coach | Moreno Longo |
| League | Serie B |
| 2016–17 | Serie B, 16th |
| Website | Club home page |
Football Club Pro Vercelli, commonly known as Pro Vercelli, is an Italian association football club based in Vercelli, Piedmont. Mostly renowned as one of the most successful teams in the early football era of Italy, with seven national titles (all won between 1908 and 1922), they currently play in the Serie B league.
The origins of football in Vercelli go back to 1892 when it was founded as Società Ginnastica Pro Vercelli (Pro Vercelli Gymnastics Society), and 1903 with its Football Division.
The first official match for the football division of S.G. Pro Vercelli took place on 3 August 1903 against the Forza e Costanza.
The club won seven Italian Football Championships from 1908 to 1922: 1908, 1909, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1920–21, and 1921–22.
The introduction of professionalism in Italian football, and the rise of teams from larger industrial and business cities such as Milan and Turin, led Pro Vercelli to a slow but continuous decline. They played Serie A for their last time to date in 1934–35, and went ultimately relegated also from the 1947–48 Serie B, starting a long period out of the two top divisions of Italian football, even being relegated to Italy's amateur league, Serie D, in multiple times. They regained professional status for good after winning promotion and the Scudetto Dilettanti in the season 1993–94.
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