A.S. Varese 1910
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| Full name | Varese Calcio Società Sportiva Dilettantistica a R.L. |
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| Nickname(s) | Leopardi (The Leopards) |
| Founded | 22 March 1910 2004 (refounded) 2015 (refounded) |
| Ground |
Stadio Franco Ossola, Masnago, Varese, Italy |
| Capacity | 8,213 |
| League | Eccellenza |
| 2014–15 | Serie B, 21st (relegated) |
| Website | Club home page |
Varese Calcio S.S.D. a R.L. is an Italian football club from Varese. It currently plays in Eccellenza. It was founded as Varese Football Club [sic] on 22 March 1910. It became Associazone Sportiva Varesina in 1923, Varese Sportiva in 1926, reverted to Varese F.C. from 1946 to 2004, and then Associazione Sportiva Varese 1910 (A.S. Varese 1910) from 2004 to 2015.
The club was formed on March 22, 1910 as Varese Football Club, with the goal of promoting football and other open air games. All members, both players and management, paid dues of 1 Lira every month. The club's colours were white and purple and the local market place doubled as the club's first ground. A rope fenced off the pitch from the public, and dressing rooms were improvised in an alley restaurant.
The club played numerous friendly matches before joining any sort of league or organised competition. Early opponents included the "Aurora" of Busto Arsizio, the "Libertas" of Gallarate, the Luino, the Unione Sportiva Milanese, the Ausonia, and Inter. The club took the first steps on the Italian league ladder by entering the Lega Regionale Lombarda in 1914, and the first official championship saw the Varesini playing in their original colours of purple and white silk. The club's American goalkeeper, Sormani, distinguished himself in this first official season as one of Varese's star players.
In May 1915 the war interrupted the season, but by 1919, World War I had ended and life returned to its regular rhythm with a resurgence of interest in football and other recreational activities.
In 1926–27, the club's colours became white and red ("bianco-rosso"), to match the colours of the city. In the quarter of Masnago, a stadium named Stadio del Littorio was constructed. It was renamed in September 1950 to Stadio Franco Ossola, in honour of a player who had transferred from Varese to Torino Calcio and died in the 1949 Superga air disaster.
Varese, a town not far from Milan, is highly regarded by various athletes who dress "bianco-rosso" (white-red) thanks to Military Territorial Compartments (between the most known players Giuseppe Meazza).
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