Calcio Fiorentino Calcio Fiorentino Calcio fiorentino (also known as calcio storico "historic football") is an early form of football and rugby that originated in 16th-century Italy. Once widely played, the sport is thought to have started in the "Piazza Santa Croce" in Florence. There it became known as the "giuoco del calcio fiorentino" ("Florentine kick game") or simply "calcio"; which is now also the name for association football in the Italian language. The game may have started as a revival of the Roman sport of harpastum. Calcio was reserved for rich aristocrats who played every night between Epiphany and Lent. Even popes,
A.S.D. Calcio Ivrea plays always in Promozione Piedmont and Aosta Valley group B ranking 2nd in the league and 3rd in the subsequent play offs. In the season 2011–12 it was promoted to Eccellenza after winning the group B of Promozione Piedmont and Aosta Valley group B, also conquering the regional Scudetto of Promozione. In the summer 2012 the club that plays in Eccellenza Piedmont and Aosta Valley group A was renamed A.S.D. Calcio Ivrea, thus becoming the new "Ivrea". The team's color is orange. A.S.D. Calcio Ivrea Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Calcio Ivrea commonly referred to as A.S.D. Calcio Ivrea or simply Ivrea