PHOTO GALLERY: COPPA VATICANA 2012-13

Dirseco

Fortitudo 2007

New Hermes

 

Pantheon SD

The 2012-2013 Coppa Vaticana began in October, and features the above four teams plus FC Guardia, which represents the Swiss Guard (apologies for the lack of a photograph of the team of Fribourg expatriates). The Coppa Vaticana began in 1985, some 12 years after the national league championship, and Telepost won the inaugural competition. The Attivita Calcistica Dipendenti Vaticani (ACDV - the Vatican City FA, to give a loose translation) was co-founded by Dr. Sergio Calci, who died last month, and several other individuals who were interested in football.

Records show that the Coppa Vaticano was not competed for between 1996 and 2006. Dirseco are the current holders of both the league championship (finishing 5 points in front of Telefoni) and the Coppa Vaticano. Not only that, but they also won the 2012 Super Cup when they defeated Gendarmeria, a team representing the Vatican police force, 4:1.

LIST OF COPPA VATICANA WINNERS

1985 Telepost

1986 Hermes

1987 Autoparco

1988 Servizi Tecnici

1989 Telepost

1990 Telepost

1991 Serv. Tecnici

1992 Dirseco

1993 Dirseco

1994 Dirseco

1995 Telepost

2007 Pantheon 2007

2008 Hermes

2009 Hermes

2010 Dirseco

2011 Telefoni

2012 Dirseco

More information will be posted on the Coppa Vaticana as and when it becomes available.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks and appreciation go to the ACSCV for supplying the photographs.