 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva ye1940, Atalanta yakaita zvakaringana munhandare yepamusoro, kunyangwe hazvo ligi yenyika yakamiswa pakati pa1943 na1945 nekuda kweHondo Yenyika II. Atalanta yakawana nzvimbo yechishanu mu194748 Serie Apasi pemurairidzi Ivo Fiorentini, mugumo wayo wepamusoro weligi kusvika 2017. Chikwata chakawana mukurumbira se provinciale terribile chikwata chinotyisa chedunhu panguva ino semhedzisiro yekubudirira kwayo kurwisa zvikwata zvinozivikanwa zvemadhorobha zvakaita se Grande Torino, iyo yakahwina Serie A kashanu muma1940. Atalanta yakawana mid-tafura yekupedzisa mukati mema1950s uye yakaramba iri muSerie A kusvika 1958, payakadzingwa nekuda kwekupomerwa kwekugadzirisa mutambo. Mhosva idzi dzakaonekwa kuti hadzisi dzechokwadi gore rakatevera, mushure mekunge kirabhu yadzokera kuSerie A nekukunda zita rayo rechipiri reSerie B. 