ASD Victor San Marino

This article is about the football club that competes in the Italian league system. For the national team, see San Marino national football team.

San Marino Calcio
Full nameAssociazione Camachista San Marino Calcio
Nickname(s)Titani (The Titans)
Founded1960; 63 years ago, (as Società Sportiva Serenissima)
2021; 3 years ago (2021) as ASD Victor San Marino
GroundStadio di Acquaviva
Acquaviva, San Marino
Capacity2,000
PresidentLuca Della Balda
ManagerEmmanuel Cascione
LeagueSerie D
2023–24Serie D/D, 4th of 18

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Victor San Marino,[1] better known as Victor San Marino, is a Sammarinese professional football club based in the city of Acquaviva, that competes in the Serie D, the fourth tier of Italian football, since being promoted in 2023.

The original club was founded in 1960[2] as S.S. Serenissima (Società Sportiva Serenissima), before merging with S.S. Juvenes in 1973, changing its name to A.C. San Marino[2] (Associazione Calcio San Marino), after which it changed its name to, San Marino Calcio[2] in 1988, and again in 2021 to its current name, A.S.D. Victor San Marino (Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Victor San Marino). It is the only football club based in the Republic of San Marino authorized by the FIGC to compete in the Italian football league[3] The club colours are sky blue and white, reminiscent of the Sammarinese flag.

Historically, the highest level reached by the club was the Italian third tier, with a highest finish of tenth place. This makes it therefore the only Sanmarinese football team to have played in a professional league, as the national tournament of San Marino is amateur-level. Since the club is a full member of the Italian league system, it would hypothetically represent Italy in continental competitions, rather than its home country.

On 4 July 2019 the sports title of the San Marino Calcio is transferred to the Cattolica Calcio, which takes the name of "Cattolica Calcio San Marino" and which is admitted to the Serie D championship.[4] The company retained its legal and administrative headquarters in the Republic of San Marino,[5] but sporting activity took place in Cattolica and the colors become yellow and red.[4] In 2021, the team was refounded to represent San Marino in the Italian league system.[6] After which, they got promoted to Serie D, which they will be competing in the 2023–24 season.

  1. ^ "Calcio, Victor San Marino: il mister è Gianni D'Amore, il vice Giampaolo Ceramicola" (in Italian). altarimini.it. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "San Marino Calcio history" (in Italian). sanmarinocalcio.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
  3. ^ "San Marino Calcio – Storia". 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Ufficiale: il Cattolica Calcio SM è in serie D. "Muore" la Giovane Cattolica • newsrimini.it". newsrimini.it (in Italian). 5 July 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  5. ^ sanmarinocalcio.it. "Il Cattolica-San Marino Calcio ha depositato la domanda d'iscrizione per la stagione 2019/2020". sanmarinocalcio.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Si è costituita l'Associazione Sportiva Football Club San Marino 2021" (in Italian). Tutto Campo. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.