Parma spent just one season in Serie C before they were relegated for a second successive season and found themselves in Serie D in 1966. The club was in turmoil and, having been ordered into liquidation by the Court of Parma in 1968, it was the absorption of local side A.C. Parmense that brought about a change of name to Associazione Calcio Parma and a change of fortune in both financial and sporting terms, as four years of playing in Serie D and three years in Serie C saw Parma find themselves back in Serie B. However, it was a brief sojourn in Serie B as they were relegated in their first season in the division. A return to Serie B did not materialise until the end of the 1970s and again the club lasted just one season in the second tier of Italian football.
Under Cesare Maldini's management Parma again returned to Serie B after winning their division in 1984 with final day victory over San Remo with Juventus-bound Stefano Poli scoring the only goal of the game. Il Ducali against spent just one year in Serie B before a return under was shorter than hoped as they spent just one season in the league, finishing third from bottom and being relegated as a result. Arrigo Sacchi returned the club to Serie B in 1986 and the club finally managed to stay there under the stewardship of Zdeněk Zeman and Giampieri Vitali. Nevio Scala was appointed manager in 1989.
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