The club was founded in July 1913 as Verdi Football Club in honour of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born in the province of Parma, adopting its yellow and blue as its In December of the year, the club changed its name to Parma Football Club and began wearing white shirts emblazoned with a black cross. Parma began playing league football during the 1919–20 season and launched plans to build a stadium – Stadio Ennio Tardini – for the club two years later. Parma became founder members of Serie B after finishing runners-up in the Prima Divisione in the 1928–29 season, where would remain for three years before being relegated and changing name to Associazione Sportiva Parma. In the 1935–36 season, Parma became founding members of Serie C, where they would remain until they secured a return to Serie B in 1943.
Italian football was then brought to a halt as World War II intensified, although Parma did make an appearance in the Campianto Alta Italia in 1944. Following the restart of organised football, Parma enjoyed three years in Serie B, then split into two regional divisions, before again being relegated in 1948–49 to Serie C, where they would spend another five seasons before an eleven-year spell in Serie B, including the achievement of ninth position in 1954–55, a club record at that time. Parma also made their debut on the European stage during the 1960–61 season, defeating Swiss side AC Bellinzona in the Coppa delle Alpi, but relegation to Serie C followed in 1964–65 season.
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