AC Ancona

Ancona
Full nameAssociazione Calcio Ancona S.p.A.
Nickname(s)I Dorici (The Dorians)
I Biancorossi (The Red and Whites)
Founded1905 (Ancona Calcio)
2004 (AC Ancona)
Dissolved2010
GroundStadio del Conero
Capacity23,967

Associazione Calcio Ancona, commonly referred to as Ancona, was an Italian football club based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 2004 as the phoenix club of defunct 1905 club Unione Sportiva Anconitana, which changed its name to Ancona Calcio in 1982. It used clause in the Article 52 of N.O.I.F.) with its last denomination. In 2010 it went bankrupt. Another club of the city, U.S. Ancona 1905 claimed as the phoenix club. However, the club also folded in 2017, with a second phoenix club, A.C. Anconitana, was founded in the Eccellenza. They merged with S.S. Matelica Calcio 1921 to found Ancona-Matelica, who aim to have their name changed back to just "Ancona" in 2022.

The nicknames of the team were i Dorici (The Dorians) and i Biancorossi (The Red and Whites).