a.s. cosenza calcio was an italian football club based in cosenza, calabria. the club was an illegitimate phoenix club of cosenza calcio 1914 s.p.a., by the relocation of a local club from castrovillari to cosenza in 2003 (with a new team was refound in castrovillari as u.s. castrovillari calcio). however, cosenza 1914 was re-admitted to 2004–05 serie d, making that season have two teams from cosenza in the fifth tier. in 2005 the old cosenza folded. however, in 2007 a.s. cosenza calcio (p.i. 02688160783) also folded, with another team from rende (rende calcio) was relocated to cosenza as fortitudo cosenza (p.i. 01960520789). s.s. rende was found in the same year to replace rende calcio.