ASD Imperia

{{short description|Italian association football club}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Imperia | image = ASD_Imperia_logo.svg | upright = 0.7 | fullname = Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Imperia | nickname = | founded = 2006 (RivieraPontedassio2006)<br />2008 (P.R.O. Imperia) | ground = Stadio Nino Ciccione,<br />Imperia, Italy | capacity = 3,300 | chairman = Fabrizio Gramondo | manager = Nicola Ascoli | league = Serie D, Girone A | season = 2023–24 | position = Eccellenza Liguria, 1st (promoted) | pattern_la1 = _black_stripes | pattern_b1 = _blackstripes | pattern_ra1 = _black_stripes | leftarm1 = 0000FF | body1 = 0000FF | rightarm1 = 0000FF | shorts1 = 0000FF | socks1 = 0000FF | pattern_la2 = _borderonblack | pattern_b2 = _borderonblack | pattern_ra2 = _borderonblack | leftarm2 = 0000FF | body2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = 0000FF | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = 0000FF| }} '''Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Imperia''' commonly referred to as simply '''Imperia''' (formerly '''A.S.D. Pro Imperia'''), is an Italian association football club located in Imperia, Liguria and since 13 July 2012, after the disappearance from football of the former Imperia Calcio, the club is the main team of the city.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sanremonews.it/2012/07/13/leggi-notizia/argomenti/imperia-golfo-dianese/articolo/calcio-siglato-laccordo-tra-la-pro-imperia-e-lasd-imperia-marco-alberti-una-sola-squadra-con-i.html | title=Calcio: Siglato l'accordo tra la Pro Imperia e l'Asd Imperia. Marco Alberti: "Una sola squadra con i colori nerazzurri" | date=13 July 2012 }}</ref> The club plays in Serie D.

==Predecessors == ===From U.S. Imperia to A.S.D. Imperia Calcio===

The origins of football in Imperia go back to 1923 when was founded ''Unione Sportiva Imperia'' and refounded in 1987 as ''A.S. Imperia '87''.

{{fact span|text=In 2008 by the last President Antonio Gagliano with ''A.S.D. Imperia Calcio'', changing the name of the club Progetto Olimpia Imperia created in 2007. Since 2012 the club is disbanded.|date=May 2019}}

==History== ===From A.S.D. RivieraPontedassio 2006 to A.S.D. Imperia===

==== A.S.D. RivieraPontedassio 2006 ==== The club was founded in 2006 as ''A.S.D. RivieraPontedassio 2006'' after the merger with ''Riviera Calcio Imperia'' (founded in 1970) and ''Valle Impero Pontedassio'', a club born in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liguriasport.com/archivio/14-calcio/10692-pro-imperia-.html |title=P.R.O. Imperia |access-date=2011-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724181323/http://www.liguriasport.com/archivio/14-calcio/10692-pro-imperia-.html |archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref>

==== From P.R.O. Imperia to Pro Imperia ====

===== From Prima Categoria to Serie D ===== In 2008 the club merged with ''Onegliese'' and ''SanBart 80'' and changed its name in ''A.S.D. P.R.O. Imperia''. ''P.R.O'' stands for Pontedassio, Riviera and Onegliese.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} In 2010 the club changed its name to ''A.S.D. Pro Imperia'' and was promoted to Serie D in the 2010–11 season, obtained by winning the promotion play-off of Eccellenza Liguria,{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} after an ascent started in Prima Categoria in the 2008–09 season.

==== A.S.D. Imperia ==== On 13 July 2012 the club was renamed '''A.S.D. Imperia''' following the disappearance from football of the former Imperia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.puntosanremo.it/news/2012/07/13/ufficiale-nella-prossima-stagione-ci-sara-una-sola-imperia-calcio-in-serie-d_4d24b0cb-b5ab-433f-b1b4-a439a2c592bd |title=PuntoSanremo: Sanremo Notizie, Eventi e Attività - Ufficiale, nella p… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218094935/http://www.puntosanremo.it/news/2012/07/13/ufficiale-nella-prossima-stagione-ci-sara-una-sola-imperia-calcio-in-serie-d_4d24b0cb-b5ab-433f-b1b4-a439a2c592bd |archive-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Colors and badge== Since 13 July 2012 the team has changed its colors from white (the historic color of ''Riviera Calcio''), black and blue to black and blue (the traditional colors of former Imperia).{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

==Honours== *'''Serie D''' **'''Winners''': 1969–70 (group A), 1977–78 (group A), 1980–81 (group A) *'''Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti''' **'''Winners''': 1998–99 (group A) *'''Eccellenza Liguria''' **'''Winners''': 2005–06, 2019–20 *'''Prima Categoria''' **'''Winners''': 2009–10 (group A) *'''Seconda Categoria''' **'''Winners''': 2008–09 (group A)

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121015051737/http://asdimperia.it/asdimperia/ Official Site] {{in lang|it}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Imperia}} Category:Football clubs in Liguria Category:Association football clubs established in 2006 Category:2006 establishments in Italy Category:Imperia Category:Serie D clubs