A.S.D. Akragas Calcio
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| Full name | Akragas Calcio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio Esseneto di Agrigento, Agrigento, Italy (Capacity 8,500) |
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| Chairman |  Calogero Pontei |
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| League | Eccellenza Sicily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | Eccellenza Sicily - A, 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Akragas Calcio, commonly referred to as simply Akragas, is an Italian football club based in Agrigento, Sicily; the club was founded in 1952. Previously Akragas played in Serie C but currently they play in Eccellenza Sicily for the 2007–08 season.
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[edit] History
An ancestor of the club was known to have played since at least the early-1930s as Associazione Calcio Agrigento.[1] The club had moderate success in the lower divisions of Italian football; it progressed beyond the regional Sicilian scene to Serie C for the first time for the 1939–40 season.[2]
By the late 1940s Agrigento had fallen in stature, they were competing down in the regional Promozione Sicily league after being relegated;[2] the decline fully set in by 1952 and the club became defunct due to financial difficulties.[2]
[edit] Return as Akragas
Following the previous club's closure, a new one was set up by chairman Enzo Lauretta in its place during 1952. The club was named Unione Sportiva Akragas,[3] rather than using the Italianized version of the name, the club paid homage to the city's Magna Graecia roots. A noted figure in Sicilian football, Carmelo Di Bella was put in place as the club's first manager, while Gaspare Gallo was its first captain.[4]
[edit] Honours
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- Runners-up (1): 1982–83
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- Winners (2): 1980–81; 1991–92
- Runners-up (1): 1958–59
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- Winners (2): 1956–57; 1977–78
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- Runners-up (1): 1952–53
[edit] References
- ^ "Coppa Italia: il dossier sulle 19 big in campo", Lega Nazionale Dilettanti, 7 October 2007.
- ^ a b c "Storia dell’Akragas Calcio", Criluge Flash, 7 October 2007.
- ^ "Libri. Presentata la storia ilustrata dell'Unione Sportiva Akragas", Akragas.net, 7 October 2007.
- ^ "Fotogallery Anni '50", Conosecrel Akragas, 7 October 2007.
