Extreme Football Tourism: ITALY: AS Urbino (±1961-2003) / Urbino Calcio (2003-2012) / ASD Urbino Pieve (2012-2016) / ASD Urbino 1921 (2016-2023) / ASD Urbino Calcio 1921 (2023-)

Stadio Comunale Montefeltro, Urbino (ASD Urbino Calcio 1921, formerly AS Urbino / Urbino Calcio / ASD Urbino Pieve / ASD Urbino 1921)

Italy, region: Marches = Marken = Marche

26 IV 2026 / ASD Urbino Calcio 1921 - SS Jesina Calcio 0-1 / Eccellenza Marche (= ITA level 5)

Timeline

1921 / Foundation of a sports club in Urbino, a town in the Marches, Central Italy, which takes on the name Polisportiva Robur. Footballing activities may already have taken place under the wings of this omnisport club in the mid-1920s, but further details are not available regarding the matter.
1927 / Foundation of a football club in Urbino, Associazione Sportiva (AS) Urbino, formed as a breakaway club of Polisportiva Robur. AC Urbino settles on a newly laid-out pitch, Campo Quattro Venti – only a stone’s throw away from the Raphael monument to the north of the historic inner-city of Urbino.
1930 / According to one source, AS Urbino conquered its first provincial title in 1930, but further details are lacking.
1933 / We find AS Urbino in the Second Division of the Marches’ regional league system – with the club gaining promotion to the First Division in one of the following six seasons. Also in 1933, the club is joined by goalkeeper Arnaldo Sentimenti, who hails from Emilia-Romagna.
1934 / After one year with AS Urbino, goalkeeper Arnaldo Sentimenti earns himself a contract with AC Napoli, going on to have spells at AC Carpi, AP Napoli, and US Palermo, ultimately hanging up his boots in 1949. Sentimenti would pass away at the age of 83 in 1987.
1943 / Champions in the Marches’ First Division Group A, 2 points ahead of runner-up Aviosportiva Jesi, AS Urbino qualifies for the promotion play-offs, only to withdraw voluntarily in favour of the aforementioned club. All footballing activities are suspended in the following two years (1943-45) as World War II draws to a close.
1945 / As regular league football is resumed across Italy, AS Urbino is placed in Serie C, the third level of the countries’ football pyramid.
1946 / Finishing in third-last place in Serie C Group B South, AS Urbino suffers relegation into the Marches’ First Division – only to be spared this fate due to extra places in Serie C turning out to be available following the withdrawal of other clubs.
1947 / Finishing bottom of the table in Serie C Group B Central Italy, AS Urbino drops back into the regional divisions along with AC Sammaurese and SS Edera Ravenna. Being placed in the Marches’ First Division for the 1947-48 season, we lose trace of the club’s achievements in the following decade.
1961 / AS Urbino wins promotion from the Marches’ Seconda Categoria Regionale to the Prima Categoria, i.e. the fifth tier of the Italian football pyramid – right below Serie D. Also in 1961 – or possibly in 1960 – the club abandons its Campo Quattro Venti, settling at the newly laid-out Stadio Comunale Montefeltro, only several dozens of yards down the road, on the northside of Urbino’s town centre.
1965 / Champions in the Marches’ Prima Categoria Group A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals Ava Victoria, AS Urbino goes on to suffer defeat in a play-off match against Group B champions AS San Crispino, thus missing out on promotion to Serie D.
1966 / Finishing in joint first place in the Marches’ Prima Categoria Group A with US Vigor Senigallia, AS Urbino meets its rivals in a tie-break match at Stadio Tonino Benelli in Pesaro, eventually winning the match – and thereby the title – after a penalty shoot-out (0-0 A.E.T.). Thus qualifying for the promotion play-offs, the club once more suffers defeat against the champions of Group B, this time SS Portorecanati (2-0), thus missing out on acceding to Serie D.
1967 / Champions in the Marches’ Prima Categoria Group A, 1 point ahead of closest rivals SP Alma Juventus Fano, AS Urbino finally manages to win promotion to Serie D – the fourth and lowest tier of Italian football – by going on to defeat Group B winners Elpidiense Cascinare in a play-off. The successful coach is Oscar Castellini.
1970 / Finishing in second-last place in Serie D Group D, AS Urbino drops back into the regional divisions, alongside US Vigor Senigallia and bottom club CA Faenza.
1976 / Finishing in second-last place in Promozione, AS Urbino descends into Prima Categoria, by this time the sixth tier of the Italian football pyramid, along with SS Portorecanati and bottom club Cherubino Calcio 1966 ASD.
1979 / AS Urbino wins promotion from Prima Categoria to Promozione – meanwhile the sixth tier in the Italian football pyramid.
1983 / AS Urbino finishes as runner-up in Promozione Marche Group A, 5 points behind champions SS Durantina.
1984 / AS Urbino finishes as runner-up in Promozione Marche Group A, 18 points behind runaway champions SS Vis Pesaro.
1985 / Champions in Promozione Marche Group A, 4 points ahead of closest followers SS Biagio Nazzaro, AS Urbino wins promotion to the Campionato Interregionale, as the Serie D (fifth tier of Italian football) had meanwhile been renamed.
1992 / Finishing in third-last place in Campionato Interregionale Group G, AS Urbino drops back into the regional divisions, alongside ASD Audax Calcio Piobbico, US Tolentino, ASD Villalba Ocres Moca, and bottom club Urbania Calcio.
1993 / AS Urbino finishes as runner-up in Eccellenza Marche, the top division of the Marches’ regional football pyramid – and the sixth tier in Italian football – 3 points behind champions US Tolentino.
1995 / Finishing in third-last place in Eccellenza Marche, AS Urbino descends into Promozione along with SS Cerreto and bottom club Polisportiva Lunaro.
1999 / Runner-up in Promozione Marche Group A, AS Urbino manages a return to Eccellenza after four seasons.
2002 / AS Urbino signs Giacomo Ceredi, a former Serie A player at AS Pescara (1991-95). The midfielder would stay with the club for the following two seasons.
2003 / Champions in Eccellenza Marche, 5 points ahead of runner-up SP Grottammare, AS Urbino wins promotion to Serie D, the fifth tier of Italian football; moreover, the club also manages to win the Marches’ Regional Cup (Coppa Italia Dilettanti Marche). In the summer of 2003, the club changes its name to become Urbino Calcio.
2005 / Finishing in fifteenth place in Serie D Group F, Urbino Calcio avoids relegation following a win in a relegation play-off against AS Santarcangelo (2-0 aggr.).
2006 / Finishing in second-last place in Serie D Group F, Urbino Calcio drops back into Eccellenza, alongside Nuova Avezzana Calcio, UC Pergolese, and bottom club ASD Frascati Calcio.
2011 / Finishing bottom of the table in Eccellenza Marche, Urbino Calcio suffers relegation into Promozione along with ASD Real Metauro, SSD Centobuchi, and AC Sangiustese. However, marred by financial difficulties, the club chooses to drop back one extra level, into Prima Categoria, the eighth tier of the Italian football pyramid.
2012 / Finishing in sixteenth place in Prima Categoria Marche Group A, AS Urbino undergoes the humiliation of being retrograded into Seconda Categoria, the ninth level of Italian football. However, following the 2011-12 season, the club concludes a merger with ASD Pieve di Cagna Calcio, resulting in the foundation of Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica (ASD) Urbino Pieve, with first team football being played in Urbino’s Stadio Montefeltro – and in Prima Categoria, the level of Pieve.
2015 / Finishing in thirteenth place in Prima Categoria Marche Group A – by this time the seventh tier of Italian football due to a reorganisation of the national league pyramid – ASD Urbino Pieve avoids relegation in a successful play-off against US Peglio 1978.
2016 / ASD Urbino Pieve takes on the new name Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica (ASD) Urbino 1921.
2017 / Finishing in fourteenth place in Prima Categoria Marche Group A, ASD Urbino 1921 avoids relegation in a successful play-off against ASD Tavernelle Calcio.
2019 / Champions in Prima Categoria Marche Group A, ASD Urbino 1921 wins promotion to Promozione.
2020 / Taking over ASD Atletico Alma di Fano, an Eccellenza club in financial trouble based elsewhere in the Marches’ region, in what is officially a merger, in which the name ASD Urbino 1921 is retained, the club from Urbino returns to Eccellenza after a nine-year absence.
2022 / Finishing in fourteenth place in Eccellenza Marche, ASD Urbino 1921 avoids relegation in a successful play-off against ASD Urbania, played at that club’s Stadio Giuseppe Guerra (0-1).
2023 / ASD Urbino 1921 changes its name to become ASD Urbino Calcio 1921.
2024 / Finishing in fifth place in Eccellenza Marche, ASD Urbino Calcio qualifies for the promotion play-offs, in which the club knocks out SSD Montefano Calcio in the semis (1-4), only to suffer defeat in the final against GSD Castelfidardo (1-0).

Note - Below, a compilation of photos of two different visits: pictures 1-8 = non-matchday visit, April 28th, 2026 / pictures 9-28 = match visit, April 26th, 2026.