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{{short description|Italian football club}}
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{{unreferenced|date=October 2016}}
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| clubname = Vogherese
| image = Stemma Vogherese 2019.png
| image_size = 130px
| fullname = Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica AVC Vogherese 1919
| nickname = ''Rossoneri'' (the red&blacks), ''AVC''
| founded = 1919<br/>1959, 2015, 2019 (refounded)
| dissolved = 
| ground = Stadio Comunale Giovanni Parisi, Voghera
| capacity = 4,000
| chairman = Oreste Cavaliere
| manager = Rino D'Agnelli 
| league   = [[Serie D]] Girone A
| season   = [[2023–24 Serie D|2023–24]]
| position = 14th
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'''Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica AVC Vogherese 1919''' (briefly '''Vogherese''' or '''Voghera''') is an Italian football club, based in the town [[Voghera]], Lombardy that plays in [[Serie D]]. It plays at Voghera's [[Stadio Comunale (Voghera)|Stadio Comunale Giovanni Parisi]], with a capacity of 4,000 seats. The team colors (e.g. uniforms and badge) are red and black, as is its nickname "Rossoneri" (literally "the red and blacks").

== Foundation ==
[[File:A.C._Voghera.gif|thumb|Historic badge]]
'''Associazione Vogherese Calcio''' was founded on 26 November 1919 at the ''Trattoria Pistone''.

After a dozen championships between second and first division, in 1930 Vogherese lost the playoff for promotion to Serie B in Piacenza for three goals to two.

In 1932, the Italy national team played a winning friendly in Voghera, by six to two.

In the late 1930s until 1942 the Vogherese were called ''V.I.S.A. Voghera'', only to return to ''A.V.C. Vogherese'' in championship 1942–43.

Between 1945 and 1948 was the peak for football in Voghera with three consecutive seasons in [[Serie B]]. Then the relegation to [[Serie C]] in the 1950s, in 1959 the company experienced a severe financial crisis that led to the cessation of sport.

== Refoundation ==
To continue the football tradition of '''A.C. Voghera''', the ''Associazione Ragazzi Cairoli'', founded in 1948 took the place of Vogherese, recovering only in 1994 the name of the bankrupt company, competing in amateur tournaments Lombard until its return to [[Serie D]].

At the end of the 1980–81 season it was promoted to the Serie C2, remaining so until the 1987–88 season.

Demoted in Serie D, the team would still play between this league and Serie C2: it was relegated from C2 at the end of the 1998–99 season.

Although the team finished the season in third place and managed to win the playoffs, it was not enough to get the repechage to Serie C2.

In the 2010–11 season, Voghera gained access to the [[Serie D]] promotion play-off, advancing through the group stage to the semifinals, where it was eliminated by [[A.C. Rimini 1912|Rimini]].

=== Liquidation and following refoundations ===
In summer 2013, the club was not able to enter [[2013–14 Serie D]] and so was subsequently liquidated.

The first attempt to re-start the activity took place in 2015, when three football clubs based in Voghera (Nord Voghera, Torrevillese and Orione) united in a new company called '''Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Voghera''', which joined the [[Prima Categoria]] in 2015-2016 and was promoted to [[Promozione]] in 2017–2018. However, just one year later, the club again filed for bankruptcy, withdrawing from the championship in winter 2018.

After some months, businessman Oreste Cavaliere took over [[A.S.D. OltrepòVoghera]] (another club based in Voghera, playing its football in Eccellenza), renaming it '''Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica AVC Vogherese 1919''' and re-starting the "rossoneri" history.

==External links==
*[https://www.avcvogherese1919.it/ Official website]

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