AD Voluntas Calcio Spoleto
{{short description|Italian football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
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|founded = 2006
|ground = Stadio Comunale,
Spoleto, Italy
|capacity = 1,500
|manager = Ezio Brevi
|league = Eccellenza
|season = 2019–20
|position = 2nd
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Associazione Dilettantistica Voluntas Calcio Spoleto (or simply Voluntas Spoleto) is an Italian association football club located in Spoleto, Umbria. They play their home matches at Stadio Comunale with a capacity of 1,500.{{cite web |url=https://www.duemondinews.com/spoleto-ufficialmente-riaperto-lo-stadio-comunale/m |title=Questa sera i primi calci al pallone con il triangolare amichevole tra Ducato, BM8 e Pol.Pen. – foto |website=Due Mondi News |language=Italian |date=30 December 2019 }}
History
The club was founded in 2006 after the bankruptcy of historic team of A.S. Fortis Spoleto F.C. in 1932,{{efn|The team was renamed to Virtus Spoleto in 1942. In 1963, Virtus Spoleto and A.C. Spoleto merged to form Associazione Sportiva Spoleto. The team was reestablished in 1980 as Federazione Calcistica Spoleto. Afterwards, F.C. Spoleto and S.S. Nuova Virtus Spoleto merged to be Polisportiva Nuova Spoleto. It was renamed to Spoleto Calcio in 1993. Later on, it was reborn as Fortis Spoleto in 2003. It changed its name to Associazione Dilettantistica Voluntas Calcio Spoleto in 2006. In 2019, the name was changed to Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Spoleto Calcio.}} just promoted to Serie C2 in the season 2005–06.
The team was promoted to Serie D in the 2009–10 season after an ascent started in Promozione Umbria in the 2006–07 season.{{Cite web|url=https://spoletosport.it/|title=SpoletoSport - il quotidiano sportivo della tua città|website=SpoletoSport}}
In July 2019, Saudi princess Noura bint Saad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud became the president of the club.{{cite web |url=https://www.thechampionsvoice.com/historico-una-princesa-arabe-saudi-presidenta-de-un-club-de-futbol-masculino-en-italia/ |title=Histórico: Una princesa árabe saudí, presidenta de un club de fútbol masculino en Italia |website=The Champions Voice |language=Italian |date=3 July 2019 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1529416/sport |title=Princess becomes first Saudi woman to head sports club |website=Arab News |date=22 July 2019 }}
The team finished second in the Eccellenza Umbria 2019–20 season (it). In August 2020, the Saudi president decided to leave the club, and not to register them for the next season.{{cite web |url=https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/norah-al-saud-spoleto-principessa-araba-eccellenza-italiana/w625i25t54dl1wt8h53raad1m |title=Norah Al Saud e lo Spoleto: una principessa araba nell'eccellenza italiana |website=Goal.com |language=Italian |date=31 August 2020 }}
Colors and badge
Its colors are white and red.
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{in lang|it}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20111110232211/http://www.spoletocalcio.it/ Official Site]
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Category:Football clubs in Italy
Category:Football clubs in Umbria
Category:Association football clubs established in 2006
Category:2006 establishments in Italy
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