Virtus Francavilla Calcio the end of the 2013/2014 season with the historic Francavilla Calcio. In that year it won the Eccellenza Apulia championship coming back in Serie D. In the season 2014–15 the team was promoted for the first time, from Eccellenza Apulia to Serie D. At the end of the 2015–16 Serie D, the team was fromoted in the 2016–17 Lega Pro. For the first time in the football history of Francavilla Fontana, the team reached a professional league, the third highest football division of Italy. The team's main colors are blue and white. Virtus Francavilla Calcio Virtus Francavilla Calcio, commonly known
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