History
Existence of football clubs in L'Aquila can be traced back to 1910, when an amateur club called Football Club L'Aquila, then unregistered to the Italian Football Federation, was already existing. In 1926, the club started using red and blue as official colours. In 1929, a new club called Società Sportiva Città dell'Aquila was founded, but lasted only a very few years. In September 1931 Associazione Sportiva L'Aquila was founded, as derivation of a local fascist sports organization, starting playing in the locally-organized Seconda Divisione. After two promotions, in 1934 L'Aquila spent its first season in the Serie B league. In 1936 the head coach Attilio Buratti died and several team players were seriously injured in a train accident in Contigliano. The club later did not manage to escape relegation and ended its Serie B tenure after three seasons.
On December 1937 the club played a Coppa Italia game against Juventus F.C., losing 4–1 to the bianconeri. The club spent a total five consecutive seasons in Serie C before the club was dismissed during wartime. In 1943 the club was refounded as Sportiva L'Aquila 1944 (1944 being the year when the club would have restarted its sports activities), playing Serie C three more seasons (from 1945 to 1948). In 1958, after several seasons spent in minor leagues, the club was readmitted to Serie C, where it spent 10 seasons, being relegated to Serie D in 1969. The club won promotion to Serie C2 in 1979, being again relegated to amateur football in 1982.
In 1993 the club was readmitted to Serie C2 to fill a league vacancy, but the club was ultimately cancelled 12 months later due to bankruptcy. In 1994 Associazione Sportiva L'Aquila was founded and admitted to Eccellenza, then become Vis L'Aquila in 1995 after a merger with Serie D team Paganica Calcio. In 1998 the club won promotion to Serie C2, and reached Serie C1 in 2000 after winning a playoff against Acireale.
In 2004 the club relegated back to Serie C2, only to be cancelled once again and readmitted to Eccellenza under the current denomination. In 2009, following the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, the club was promoted to Serie D under deliberation of the Lega Dilettanti (amateur football leagues committee), after it was realized the club was unable to complete the league, with two games yet to be played and the rossoblu topping the league at the time. In the 2009–10 season it was promoted from Serie D to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B.
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