   associazione sportiva livorno calcio is an italian football club based in livorno, tuscany. the club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in italian serie b. the team's colours are dark red or maroon (amaranto in italian, from which the team nickname derives). the best placement in italian serie a was second place in 1942â43 season, during which the amaranto gave life to a head-to-head competition with torino. livorno calcio play their home matches at the 19,238 seater stadio armando picchi. ==history==  founded in 1915 as us livorno, the club ended the italian football championship 1919â20 in second place, losing the final to internazionale. one year later, they were defeated in the semi-final by arch-rivals pisa. in 1933, the club moved to the current stadium, originally named after edda ciano mussolini, daughter of fascist dictator benito mussolini. successively, livorno ended as serie a runners-up in the 1942â43 season. livorno left serie a in 1949 after seven consecutive seasons. they relegated to serie c soon after, making a return to serie b in 1955 for a single season and again from 1964 to 1972. the club was then cancelled in 1991, being forced to start from eccellenza; two consecutive promotions led the team back to serie c2. the club was promoted to serie c1 in 1997 and was acquired by aldo spinelli two years later. under the new property, livorno returned to serie b in 2001. livorno were promoted to serie a after finishing third in the
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