A.S.D. Giarre Calcio

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Giarre

Full name

Associazione Sportiva Giarre
Calcio

Nickname(s)

Founded

1946

Ground

Stadio Regionale,
Giarre, Italy
(Capacity 4,200)

Chairman

Federico Spampinato

Manager

Pino Zingherino

League

Eccellenza

2006-07

Serie D/I, 13th





Home colours





Away colours

Associazione Sportiva Giarre Calcio is an Italian football club located in Giarre, Sicily. It currently plays in the Eccellenza. Its colors are yellow and blue.

Giarre Calcio placed second in the 2005-06 Coppa Italia Dilettanti^[1]; this result allowed the Sicilian Serie D team to play in the Coppa Italia. In the first round, Giarre played against ACF Fiorentina of Serie A in Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence. Giarre lost 3-0 to Fiorentina, after ending 0-0 the first half^[2].

1 History
2 Notable former players
3 Notable former managers
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The earliest roots for the club can be traced back to a club known as Associazione Sportiva Iona, founded by a president named Bottino.^[3] Due to financial constraints, the club was forced to fold and was refounded in 1948 as Societa Sportiva Giarre, in the town of Giarre the men who brought it about were;

Nardo Patanè
Isidoro Pino
Giovanni Trovato
Angelo Villaggio
Salvatore Alpino

Nardo Barbagallo
Ignazio Cocuccio
Narciso Creati
Giovanni Panebianco
Sebastiano Cavallaro

In its history, Giarre also played Serie C for several years; its last appearance in professional football is dated 1993/1994, when the team relegated to Serie C2 and was successively cancelled because of financial troubles. Its best result is a fourth place in 1992/1993 Serie C1/B under coach Giampiero Ventura, successively coach of several Serie A teams.