Pro Sesto

Pro Sesto 1913 S.r.l. (formerly Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Nuova Pro Sesto and initially Associazione Calcio Pro Sesto) is an association football club, based in Sesto San Giovanni, Lombardy, Italy. Pro Sesto currently plays in Serie C, having last been in Serie B in 1950.

History

Foundation and beginnings (1913-1915)

In the early twentieth century, football made its appearance in the Milanese hinterland, parallel to the birth of large heavy industry.

In 1913, thanks to the economic effort of some fans of this new sport, the Societa Ginnico Sportiva Pro Sesto (en: Pro Sesto Gymnastic Society) was born.

At the helm of the newborn association is placed Iginio Trasi who in addition to the function of president also carries out the role of coach, teaching the principles of this sport to young people recruited in the streets of the city.

Financial problems pushed managers to save on game uniforms: to insert the light blue on the white shirts, the players were forced to sew a horizontal band of fabric.

Pro Sesto joined the Italian Football Federation in 1914 by enrolling in the Third Category Regional Championship organized by the Lombardy Regional Committee, obtaining a flattering 3rd place for a novice club.

The first official match, certified by the Federation, played by Pro Sesto is dated January 17, 1915, when the Sestesi faced the Lombard National Team; the match ended 2-1 in favor of the biancocelesti.

The First World War and the first dissolution (1915-1922)

With the outbreak of the First World War, it was interrupted all types of sporting activities from 1915 until 1919 when, thanks to the commitment of the new president Guido Tozzi, Pro Sesto re-entered in the Lombard championships, participating in the Group B of Promozione 1919/20 and immediately being promoted to the First Category, the highest level of the archaic Italian football cha

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