U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918 Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918 S.r.l, commonly known as Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in northeast Italy. Originally founded in 1918, the club folded and was re-established several times in its history. As of the 2017–18 season, it plays in Serie C, Italian third level. The club was founded in 1918 as merger of local teams "Ponziana" and "Foot-Ball Club Trieste". The club reached "Seconda Divisione" (now known as Serie B) in 1924. The club successively featured in the first-ever Serie A season in 1929, and
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