Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Perugia, Umbria, direct heir of the old Perugia Calcio and A.C. Perugia, excluded from Italian football because of financial troubles. Perugia, in the season 2012-13 will play in Lega Pro Prima Divisione after the promotion from the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/B.

A.C. Perugia was founded in 1905, and was cancelled in 2005 after having spent a large part of recent years in Serie A (its last relegation came in 2004).

The team also won the Intertoto Cup in 2003.

The club is also known for going through the entire 1978–79 Serie A season unbeaten and still not winning the championship, instead finishing runners-up.

Perugia had become known for taking a chance on players from "non-traditional" footballing nations, and was the first European team of Japanese star Hidetoshi Nakata.

Other famous former foreign players included Ahn Jung-Hwan, Rahman Rezaei and Al-Saadi Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

The team came under scrutiny when its owner, Luciano Gaucci, criticized and eventually terminated the contract of his own player, Ahn Jung-Hwan of South Korea, for scoring the golden goal that knocked Italy out of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Perugia (Italian pronunciation: [peˈruːdʒa] ( listen); (Latin: Perusia) is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about 164 kilometres (102 mi) north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area.

The history of Perugia goes back to the Etruscan period. The city is also known as a university town, with the University of Perugia (about 34,000 students), the University for Foreigners (5,000 students), and some smaller colleges, also. There are annual festivals and events: the Eurochocolate Festival (October), the Umbria Jazz Festival, and the International Journalism Festival (in April).

Perugia is a well-known artistic centre of Italy. The famous painter Pietro Vannucci, nicknamed Perugino, was a native of Città della Pieve near Perugia. He decorated the local Sala del Cambio with a beautiful series of frescoes; eight of his pictures can also be admired in the National Gallery of Umbria. Perugino was the teacher of Raphael, the great Renaissance artist who produced five paintings in Perugia (today no longer in the city) and one fresco. Another famous painter, Pinturicchio, lived in Perugia. Galeazzo Alessi is the most famous architect from Perugia. The city symbol is the griffin, which can be seen in the form of plaques and statues on buildings around the city.

Luigi Agnolin (born 21 March 1943 in Bassano del Grappa). Is a former football referee from Italy. He is mostly known for supervising four matches in the FIFA World Cup. One in 1986 and three in 1990. He also refereed the European Cup final in 1988.

Leonardo Massoni (born 17 February 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924 on loan from Serie B team Sassuolo.

Born in Pietrasanta, the Province of Lucca, Massoni started his career at Lucca team Lucchese. He spent 2 seasons loaned to Viareggio in 2006–07 and 2007–08 season, winning Serie D and remain in Serie C2 by winning the relegation playoffs in 2008. After the bankrupt of Lucchese he was signed by Serie B team Sassuolo but farmed back to Viareggio in co-ownership deal, rejoining Lucchese team-mate Maikol Benassi and Luca Ruglioni. He played 28 league matches that season and played both legs of promotion playoffs. Despite the team finished as the losing semi-finalists, Viareggio promoted to fill the vacancies left by the bankrupted teams on 30 July. On 25 June Sassuolo bought him back but re-sold to Prima Divisione team Verona in another co-ownership deal, along with Sassuolo team-mate Filippo Pensalfini and Andy Selva. He only played 6 times in the league and 1 more in the promotion playoffs. On 5 July 2010 Viareggio re-signed Massoni and also borrowed Davide Bertolucci from Verona. He almost played all the matches for Viareggio, only missed 3 league matches due to suspensions. In the cup he played 3 out of 6 possible matches. He started in the relegation playoffs, partnered with Lorenzo Fiale, winning Cosenza in aggregate.