Parma Football Club (formerly Parma Associazione Calcio) is an Italian football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, nicknamed Ducali (The Duchy Men), Crociati (Crusaders) and Gialloblu (Yellow-Blues). The club plays its home matches in the 29,050 seater Stadio Ennio Tardini. Parma were a top-flight team in Italian football in the 1990s, especially in the domestic and European Cup competitions, having been crowned UEFA Cup. Following the Parmalat scandal which caused the owning company to collapse, Parma has experienced a troubled period, having been under controlled administration until January 2007 and always fighting hard to avoid relegation.

The club was founded in July 1913 as Verdi Football Club, it was named so in honour of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born in the city of Parma. By December of the same year, the club had changed its name to Parma FC.