From 1904 to 1987 The club was founded in 1904 as
U.S. Sanremese, but the football team was founded only in 1911. The
US Sanremese was born by the merger of the first two local teams: the
Ausonia and the
Speranza. The team played three seasons in
Serie B from 1937–38 to 1939–40 when they were relegated in
Serie C. In the 1937–38 season gets the
9th place in Serie B that is the best result ever in club history. It's the only Italian team to have played in every championship of
Serie C in a sole national division from 1952–53 to 1957–58. with Sanremese in the 1974–75 season The team from 1977–78 to 1978–79 came from
Serie D to
Serie C1. The club played seven consecutive seasons in
Serie C1 from 1979 to 1980, when it achieved an historic
4th place, to 1985–86 when they retreated in
Serie C2 and the next year in
Serie D.
Anglo-Italian Cup In the season 1980–81 it played the
Anglo-Italian Cup, called in this year
Talbot Challenge Cup. The team won 3–1 with
Hungerford Town and 2–1 with
Bridgend Town, draw 2–2 with
Oxford City and lost 1–0 with
Poole Town. It ranked third in the group with 7 points, dominated by
Modena then won the competition.
The bankruptcy In the summer of 1987 the company fell after 83 years of existence because of the large debts.
From 1987 to 2008 The rebirth The club was refounded in 1987 allocating by the
Terza Categoria as
Sanremese Football Club 1904 On 1992 with the merger with
Sanremo 80, it filming the historic name of
U.S. Sanremese Calcio 1904.
Eccellenza In the league 1991–92 and 1995–96 the club won the regional
Eccellenza Liguria gaining promotion to
Serie D and the
1995–96 Regional Coppa Italia Liguria:. The club played four seasons in
Serie D from 2000–01 to 2001–04 when was admitted to
Serie C2. The team played three seasons in
Serie C2 from 2004–05 to 2006–07 when it retreated to
Serie D. On the season 2005–06 lost the final
Coppa Italia Serie C with the
Gallipoli lose away 1–0 and at home wins 2–1. From November 2007, most of the players leave the team, become in the meantime
USD Sanremese 1904, which was in strong crisis of liquidity, for non-payment of wages, thus leading to relegation from the
Serie D.
From 2009 to 2011 The second refoundation On 4 August 2009 the Ospedaletti-Sanremo, just promoted from the
Promozione Ligure girone A, after the agreement with
Carlo Barillà for the cessation of the homonymous team that he was founded, changes name in
U.S.D. Sanremese Calcio 1904: so the company's family
Del Gratta has been the only legitimate heir of the old society.
2009–10 Eccellenza In the league 2009–10, coached by Giancarlo "Carlo" Calabria Sanremese wins the regional
Eccellenza Liguria gaining promotion in
Serie D. and the
Regional Coppa Italia Liguria:. It eliminated in the
Coppa Italia Dilettanti 2009-2010 from
Bolzano, in the quarter-finals losing for 1–2 at home and equalizing 0–0 away.
2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione On 4 August 2010 became
U.S. Sanremese Calcio 1904 the team obtained the admission into
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione group A for the 2010–11 season. The club initially survived relegation on the pitch after a 3-2 aggregate win over
Sacilese Calcio in the playoff round.
The owners Del Gratta arrested resign After the arrest, of 15 March 2011, of
Marco and his father
Riccardo Del Gratta, respectively President and Director General, the company was temporarily administered by
Giancarlo Lupi, a brother-in-law of the President Marco Del Gratta. They are accused of being the beneficiaries of the alleged threats and extortions to players of Sanremese, so that the latter rescind the onerous contracts signed in the summer. Since 16 March 2011, after the resignations of the owners
Marco and
Riccardo Del Gratta, the new CEO was
Giuseppe Fava, who was previously responsible for the youth sector.
Liquidation On 30 June 2011, the club wasn't able to enter
2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione for failure to submit the required surety agreement and was so subsequently liquidated.
The new Sanremese After a year of inactivity, in the summer 2012 the club was refounded as
A.S.D. Sanremese by the entrepreneur
Luca Colangelo and currently president, restarting from
Terza Categoria Savona/Imperia. In the summer 2013 the club placed 2nd was promoted to repechage in
Seconda Categoria. Its home stadium has been the
Campo Sportivo Pian di Poma in
Sanremo. The club on 6 October 2013, after a disastrous start on the
group AB of Seconda Categoria Liguria sacked
Mattia Moraglia, the coach of last season, replaced until the resignations of 21 October by
Marco Pinto and after by
Fabrizio Gatti. The club was promoted to
Prima Categoria after the play off round. In 2015, the club gave up its membership to allow another local club, ASD Carlin's Boys, to change its name to
Unione Sanremo and restart from
Eccellenza. The club won the
Coppa Italia Dilettanti in 2016, thus ensuring automatic promotion to
Serie D on their first year. The club was renamed
Sanremese Calcio in 2019. Its home stadium is the
Stadio Comunale in
Sanremo. ==Chronology==