Fußball Club Südtirol is an Italian association football club, based in the city of Bolzano, in the autonomous province South Tyrol. The club was formerly known as its bilingual name F.C. Südtirol – Alto Adige. They will play in Serie B for the first time in the 2022–23 season after having been crowned Serie C champions in the current campaign. History In the early ‘90s came the idea to bring professional football back to South Tyrol, because since the ‘80s with FC Bolzano, no South Tyrolean team played in a professional league. Negotiations for the takeover of FC Bolzano, which was in financial difficulties, failed. A South Tyrolean entrepreneurial group then took over SV Milland, founded in 1974 and based in a district of Brixen, which played before the acquisition in the season 1994/95 in the regional Eccellenza, but was relegated after that season into the Promozione. 1995-2000: In the amateur leagues The team was renamed FC Südtirol–Alto Adige in 1995; Alto Adige is the Italian name of the province while Südtirol is its German indigenous name. The club started its first season in 1995 in the regional Promozione (then still the seventh-highest league in Italy). Immediate promotion to the Eccellenza was achieved via a first place finish. From the 1997/98 season, the club played in the national league Serie D (V). Each season, the FC Südtirol was able to improve. In 2000, then under coach Giuseppe Sannino, it was promoted to Serie C2 (IV), the lowest professional league. 2000–2010: FC Südtirol in Serie C2 (IV) In 2000 the company incorporated as Fußballclub Südtirol S.r.l., thus becoming F.C. Südtirol and relocating to Bolzano (though it was legally based in Brixen until 2011). The club was able to establish itself quickly in the professional league. The aim of the club was to achieve promotion into Serie C1 as soon as possible. The team failed in the following seasons each time in the play-offs. FC Südtirol got into financial difficulties and then focused more on youth work. Just before the end of the season 2008/09, youth coach Alfredo Sebastiani took over the first team. With him, the club avoided relegation in the play-outs against Valenzana Calcio. Under Sebastiani, the team in 2009/10 reached for the first time promotion to Serie C1 (III), by finishing the season in first place. 2010 to today: from Serie C to the second division In the 2010–11