| Full name | Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Football Club Lucca 2011 |
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| Nickname(s) | Rossoneri (Red-Blacks) | ||
| Founded | 1905 2008 (refounded) 2011 (refounded) |
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| Ground | Stadio Porta Elisa, Lucca, Italy (Capacity: 7,386) |
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| Chairman | Nicola Giannecchini | ||
| Manager | Giacomo Lazzini[1] | ||
| League | Eccellenza Tuscany/A | ||
| 2010-11 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione B, 7th | ||
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Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Football Club Lucca 2011[2] is an Italian football club, based in Lucca, Tuscany that currently plays in Eccellenza Tuscany.
The club was founded in 1905 and having last been in Serie A in 1952.
The team's colors are red and black. Their home ground is the Stadio Porta Elisa, which is situated on the Via dello Stadio in Lucca.
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The club was founded on 25 May 1905, giving the town of Lucca its first football team. Originally named Lucca Football Club the club was founded by the Vittorio brothers and Guido Mensini. The first large achievement by the club was winning the Goblet of the King during the 1919/20 season, not long after the tournaments foundation. The same season Lucca won the Regional cup of Tuscany.
In 1924 the club merged with another local team and changed its name to Unione Sportiva Lucchese-Libertas. During the 1920s, notable players at the club included Ernesto Bonino and Giovanni Moscardini.
The 1930s saw the club been promoted to Serie B, and then in 1936, Lucchese won promotion to Serie A the top league in Italy, they stayed there for three seasons. The club were relegated to Serie B as World War II started. Prior to the war players such as Egri Erbstein, Aldo Olivieri and Antonio Perduca were fan's favorites. Lucchese promoted again to Serie A in 1947 and stayed there for 5 seasons.
In 1984 it changed its name to A.S. Lucchese Libertas.
The club spent also several seasons in Serie B (last 1998–99) and Serie C1, being also coached by Luigi Simoni, UEFA Cup-winning coach with Inter Milan.
In 2008 the club folded due to financial issues and was admitted in the Italian bottom division Terza Categoria before being declared bankrupt in December 2008.
A new franchise called Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Sporting Lucchese was admitted to Serie D to represent the city of Lucca.
In its first season of existence, Sporting Lucchese promptly won the Girone E round of Serie D, thus acquiring the right to take part to the 2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.
The club has also taken the old denomination of Associazione Sportiva Lucchese Libertas 1905 starting with the new season, after the Sporting Lucchese owner acquired the naming and logo rights of the old franchise in a public auction. Lucchese made second consecutive promotion after finishing Group B of Lega Pro Seconda Divisione as champion in 2009–10 and has played in Lega Pro Prima Divisione in the 2010–11 season.
In summer 2011, it does not appeal against the exclusion of Covisoc and disappears so from the professional football.[3]
On August 1, 2011 a new franchise was founded to represent the city of Lucca called Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Football Club Lucca 2011 and in the currently season it plays in Eccellenza Tuscany.[4]
Tuscany League Division 1:
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