{{short description|Italian association football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Distinguish|SSD Varese Calcio}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Varese FC | image = Logo Varese FC 2025.svg | image_size = 180px | fullname = Varese Football Club | nickname = | short name = | founded = {{Start date and age|2019|7|26|df=yes}}, as A.S.D. Città di Varese | dissolved = | ground = Stadio Franco Ossola | capacity = 8,213 | owner = | chrtitle = President | chairman = Paolo Girardi <ref name=societa>{{Cite web|title=La società|date=2 August 2020 |url=https://www.cittadivarese.it/la-societa/|publisher=Città di Varese|access-date=13 August 2021|language=it-IT}}</ref> | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Corrado Cotta<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gianluca Porro nuovo allenatore del Città di Varese {{!}} Città di Varese |date=5 April 2022 |url=https://www.cittadivarese.it/2022/04/05/gianluca-porro-nuovo-allenatore-del-citta-di-varese/ |access-date=2022-04-05 |language=it-IT}}</ref> | league = {{Italian football updater|Varese}} | season = {{Italian football updater|Varese2}} | position = {{Italian football updater|Varese3}} | website = {{URL|https://www.varesefc.com/}} | pattern_b1 = _kappagianto1r | pattern_la1 = _kappagianto1r | pattern_ra1 = _kappagianto1r | pattern_sh1 = _kappagianto1w | pattern_so1 = | body1 = FF0000 | leftarm1 = FF0000 | rightarm1 = FF0000 | shorts1 = FFFFFF | socks1 = FF0000 | pattern_b2 = _kappagianto1w | pattern_la2 = _kappagianto1w | pattern_ra2 = _kappagianto1w | pattern_sh2 = _kappagianto1r | pattern_so2 = | body2 = FFFFFF | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = FF0000 | socks2 = FFFFFF | pattern_b3 = _kappagianto1n | pattern_la3 = _kappagianto1n | pattern_ra3 = _kappagianto1n | pattern_sh3 = _kappagianto1n | pattern_so3 = | body3 = 000066 | leftarm3 = 000066 | rightarm3 = 000066 | shorts3 = 000066 | socks3 = 000066 }} '''Varese Football Club''', or simply '''Varese FC''' or '''Varese''', is a football club based in Varese, Lombardy, Italy. The club was founded in 2019 as ASD Città di Varese by three fans, following the dissolution of Varese Calcio, and won the Terza Categoria in their debut season. In 2020, the club merged with Busto 81 and gained the right to play in the 2020–21 Serie D Group A. They changed their name back to Varese FC in 2025.
==History== The club was established by three football fans from Varese – Stefano Pertile,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-20|title=Comincia la terza categoria con un (Città di) Varese in più|url=https://www.varesenews.it/2019/09/comincia-la-terza-categoria-un-citta-varese-piu/855295/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=VareseNews|language=it}}</ref> Stefano Amirante<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-13|title="Ecco perché abbiamo fatto nascere il Città di Varese"|url=https://www.varesenews.it/2019/08/perche-nascere-citta-varese/846247/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=VareseNews|language=it}}</ref> and Cesare Bonazzi<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-09|title=Il "Città di Varese" piange Cesare Bonazzi|url=https://www.varesenews.it/2019/10/citta-varese-piange-cesare-bonazzi/861331/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=VareseNews|language=it}}</ref> – 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-20|title=Comincia la terza categoria con un (Città di) Varese in più|url=https://www.varesenews.it/2019/09/comincia-la-terza-categoria-un-citta-varese-piu/855295/|access-date=2020-08-08|website=VareseNews|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=26 July 2019|title=Città di Varese in Terza Categoria, le prime parole della neonata società|url=https://www.varesesport.com/2019/citta-di-varese-in-terza-categoria-le-prime-parole-della-neonata-societa/|access-date=2020-08-09|website=VareseSport|language=it-IT}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-29|title=Stefano Iori sulla panchina del nuovo "Città di Varese"|url=https://www.varesenews.it/2019/07/stefano-iori-sulla-panchina-del-citta-varese/842527/|access-date=2020-11-17|website=VareseNews|language=it}}</ref> Città di Varese won the 2019–20 Terza Categoria Varese Group B, the lowest tier of the Italian football pyramid.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Risultati Terza Categoria Varese – Girone B – Lombardia – 2019–20|url=https://www.tuttocampo.it/2019-20/Lombardia/TerzaCategoria/GironeBVarese/Risultati|access-date=2020-08-08|website=tuttocampo.it|language=it}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> On 16 July 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|title=UFFICIALE: Busto 81-Città di Varese, deliberata la fusione per incorporazione|url=https://www.notiziariocalcio.com/serie-d/ufficiale-busto-81-citta-di-varese-deliberata-la-fusione-per-incorporazione-164245|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Notiziario del Calcio|language=it}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2020-07-24|title=Inizia l'avventura del nuovo Città di Varese: "Serenità e continuità"|url=https://www.varesenews.it/2020/07/la-presentazione-del-citta-varese-diretta/948901/|access-date=2020-08-08|website=VareseNews|language=it}}</ref>
On 23 May 2025, the club formally reverted to its historic name, Varese Football Club, moving away from its previous designation, Città di Varese SRL.<ref>{{cite web | title=Città di Varese - Sito web Ufficiale | url=https://cittadivarese.it/il-varese-cambia-volto-nasce-ufficialmente-il-varese-football-club-ecco-il-nuovo-logo/ }}</ref>
==Players== ===Current squad=== {{updated|4 February 2026}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rosa Serie D {{!}} Città di Varese|url=https://www.cittadivarese.it/la-rosa/|access-date=17 November 2020|language=it-IT}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ROM|pos=GK|name=Gabriel Bugli}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Leonardo Taina}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Manuel Costante}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Matteo Bruzzone}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Federico Bertoni}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Giuseppe Secondo}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Pietro Marangon}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Umberto Agnelli}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Vittorio Salera}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Orso Maria De Ponti}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Andrea Malinverno}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Andrea Sassudelli}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=Abraham Sovogui}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Luca Palesi}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Tommaso Tentoni}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Filippo Guerini}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Lorenzo Berbenni}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Pietro Cogliati}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ALB|pos=FW|name=Frenci Qeros}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Niccolò Romero}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Matteo Barzotti}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Riccardo Pliscovaz}} {{Fs end}}
==Honours== * '''Terza Categoria Varese''' (Level 9) ** '''Winners (1):''' 2019–20 <small>(Group B)</small>
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.varesefc.com/}} {{in lang|it}}
{{Serie D}} {{Football in Italy}}
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