Clubname: | Cuneo |
Fullname: | Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Cuneo Calcio Femminile |
Dissolved: | 2017 |
Chrtitle: | Chairperson |
Chairman: | Eva Callipo[1] |
Mgrtitle: | President |
League: | – |
Season: | 2016–17 |
Position: | Serie A, 7th of 12 |
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Cuneo Calcio Femminile is a women's association football club from Italy. The team competed in the top-level Serie A twice, last in 2016–17. After that season they sold their Serie A licence to Juventus, who were starting a women's professional team. The club only fielded youth teams since afterwards, as an affiliated club of Cuneo.
The history of the club began in 1985 in some youth leagues.[2] The name Cuneo Calcio Femminile though only was adopted later after renamings. In the 1990s the club was promoted to the Serie B but did not play there for monetary reasons.
In 2009 Eva Callipo became vice-chairperson and chairperson in 2012. Under her the club finally played the Serie B and won it twice. In its final season in 2016-17 the clubs was spared relegation on the last matchday. After the season the club sold its place to Juventus FC, which the male professional club started their own women team.[3] At the same time Cuneo Calcio Femminile was affiliated to A.C. Cuneo 1905, the male professional club of the city Cuneo .[4]