Varese FC

Not to be confused with SSD Varese Calcio.
Varese FC
Full nameVarese Football Club
Founded26 July 2019 (2019-07-26), as A.S.D. Città di Varese
GroundStadio Franco Ossola
Capacity8,213
PresidentPaolo Girardi [1]
Head coachCorrado Cotta[2]
LeagueSerie D Group A
2023–24Serie D Group A, 3rd of 20
Websitewww.varesefc.com

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,[3] Stefano Amirante[4] and Cesare Bonazzi[5] – 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.[6][7] 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,[8] Città di Varese won the 2019–20 Terza Categoria Varese Group B, the lowest tier of the Italian football pyramid.[9][10] On 16 July 2020,[11] 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.[10]

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.[12]

Players

Current squad

As of 4 February 2026[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  ROU Gabriel Bugli
— GK  ITA Leonardo Taina
— DF  ITA Manuel Costante
— DF  ITA Matteo Bruzzone
— DF  ITA Federico Bertoni
— DF  ITA Giuseppe Secondo
— DF  ITA Pietro Marangon
— DF  ITA Umberto Agnelli
— DF  ITA Vittorio Salera
— MF  ITA Orso Maria De Ponti
— MF  ITA Andrea Malinverno
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ITA Andrea Sassudelli
— MF  FRA Abraham Sovogui
— MF  ITA Luca Palesi
— MF  ITA Tommaso Tentoni
— MF  ITA Filippo Guerini
— MF  ITA Lorenzo Berbenni
— FW  ITA Pietro Cogliati
— FW  ALB Frenci Qeros
— FW  ITA Niccolò Romero
— FW  ITA Matteo Barzotti
— FW  ITA Riccardo Pliscovaz

Honours

References

  1. ^ "La società" (in Italian). Città di Varese. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Gianluca Porro nuovo allenatore del Città di Varese | Città di Varese" (in Italian). 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Comincia la terza categoria con un (Città di) Varese in più". VareseNews (in Italian). 20 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ^ ""Ecco perché abbiamo fatto nascere il Città di Varese"". VareseNews (in Italian). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Il "Città di Varese" piange Cesare Bonazzi". VareseNews (in Italian). 9 October 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Comincia la terza categoria con un (Città di) Varese in più". VareseNews (in Italian). 20 September 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Città di Varese in Terza Categoria, le prime parole della neonata società". VareseSport (in Italian). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Stefano Iori sulla panchina del nuovo "Città di Varese"". VareseNews (in Italian). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Risultati Terza Categoria Varese – Girone B – Lombardia – 2019–20". tuttocampo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Inizia l'avventura del nuovo Città di Varese: "Serenità e continuità"". VareseNews (in Italian). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  11. ^ "UFFICIALE: Busto 81-Città di Varese, deliberata la fusione per incorporazione". Notiziario del Calcio (in Italian). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Città di Varese - Sito web Ufficiale".
  13. ^ "Rosa Serie D | Città di Varese" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 November 2020.


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