Novara Calcio Novara Calcio Novara Calcio is an Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont. In December 1908 the "F.A.S. (Football Association Studenti)" was created by eight students of "Liceo Carlo Alberto", aged between 15 and 16 years; among them an engineer, Gianni Canestrini, and a lawyer, Piero Zorini. In Novara in those days, there were other small clubs like "Voluntas", "Pro Scalon", "Ginnastica e Scherma", "Forza & Speranza", "Collegio Gallarini" and many other student bodies. The best players from these teams came together to form "Novara Calcio", and made their debut in the Italian league on 3 November 1912. The first
Rugby union in Italy first official rules of "calcio fiorentino" were recorded in 1580, although the game had been developing around Florence for some time before that date. The game involved teams of 27 kicking and carrying a ball in a giant sandpit set up in the Piazza Santa Croce in the centre of Florence, both teams aiming for their designated point on the perimeter of the sandpit. British communities brought rugby to Genoa between 1890 and 1895, with other games in Italy around 1909. The society that organised the first games dissolved soon after them. Italian rugby's traditional heartland consists of the small