San Marino Calcio San Marino Calcio San Marino Calcio is a Sammarinese expatriated football club based in Serravalle, playing in the Italian football league system, unlike fellow Sammarinese clubs. Being a full member of the Italian league system means the club would represent Italy in continental competitions should it qualify similarly to Monaco representing France and Welsh clubs representing England. The club was founded in 1960 as S.S. Serenissima ("Società Sportiva Serenissima"). Serenissima merged with S.S. Juvenes in 1973, changing its name to A.C. San Marino ("Associazione Calcio San Marino") and in 1988–89 to its current name, San Marino Calcio. The club currently
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