A.S.D. SolbiaSommese Calcio A.S.D. SolbiaSommese Calcio A.S.D. SolbiaSommese Calcio is an Italian association football club located in Somma Lombardo and also representing the town of Solbiate Arno (Province of Varese), Lombardy. It currently plays in Eccellenza Lombardy/A. The club was founded in 2012 after the merger of A.S. Solbiatese Arno Calcio and S.S. Sommese 1920. The team was founded in 1911 as A.S. Solbiatese Calcio in Solbiate Arno and spent several seasons in Serie C and Serie C2. It was refounded as Solbiatese Arno Calcio in 2000, taking "Solbiatese Arno Calcio", by merging with A.S. Arno Calcio (founded 1980 in the same town).
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