U.S. Ancona 1905

Ancona

Full name	Unione Sportiva Ancona 1905
Nickname(s)	i Dorici (The Dorians) i Biancorossi (The Red and Whites)
Founded	1905 (Ancona) 2004 (AC Ancona) ———— 1948 (SS Piano San Lazzaro) 2010 (US Ancona)
Dissolved	2004 (Ancona) 2010 (AC Ancona)
Ground	Stadio del Conero,[1] Ancona, Italy
Ground Capacity	23,983
President	Andrea Marinelli
Head coach	Giovanni Cornacchini
League	Lega Pro/B
2013–14	Serie D/F, 1st (promoted)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Unione Sportiva Ancona 1905,^[2][3] commonly referred to as Ancona, is an Italian association football club based in Ancona, Marche. It plays in the Lega Pro league.

History

Football in Ancona

A.C. Ancona

Former AC Ancona logo

The origins of football in Ancona go back to 1905 when was founded Unione Sportiva Anconitana, changing its name to Ancona Calcio in 1982 and being refounded in 2004 as Associazione Calcio Ancona.
In the summer 2010, the club failed join in Serie B and any of the lower divisions and filed for bankruptcy.

US Ancona 1905

The club was founded in 1948 as Società Sportiva Piano San Lazzaro and after its 2nd place in Eccellenza Marche it was refounded in 2010, after failure join of the historical club,^[4] changing its denomination to Unione Sportiva Ancona 1905,^[5] maintaining the same league.
US Ancona 1905 becames so the new Ancona and then the main football club of the city, but it is not his legitimate heir not having yet acquired its brand and its sports title.^[6]

2010–11 season

The club in the season 2010–11 obtains a prestigious "triplete":^[7]

• winning the Coppa Italia Dilettanti 2010/11, obtaining so too the direct promotion to Serie D, beating in the final 3–1 the team of Eccellenza Lazio group B, Marino,^[8]
• after having previously won the Regional Coppa Italia Marche and^[9]
• winning also the league of Eccellenza Marche^[10][11] allowing the promotion of the latium Marino,^[12] finalist of Coppa Italia Dilettanti.^[13]

2011–12 season

The club in the season 2011–12 plays in Serie D group F with the objective of obtaining an immediate promotion to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. On 29 November 2011, after the incredible remount suffered with Riccione who drew 2–2 to sawing 2 goals in the final minutes^[14] the coach Massimiliano Favo was sacked and substituted by Marco Osio,^[15] until 3 February 2012 when he rescinds the contract by mutual agreement with the company. The new coach of the team becomes Sauro Trillini.^[16] The team was ranked 3rd qualifying so for the Promotion playoffs, but it was eliminated from Sambenedettese in the second round.

Back to professionalism

In the 2013–14 season, Ancona won the Serie D title and thus ensured promotion to the 2014–15 Lega Pro, and back into professionalism.

Colors and badge

The team's color are white and red-yellow.

Stadium

Ancona 1905 play their home matches at the 25,000 capacity, Stadio Conero, located in the city of Ancona.

Current squad

As of 14 February, 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Gianclaudio Lori GK Giuseppe Polizzi GK Giuseppe Aprea GK Giovanni Renzi DF Emilio Dierna DF Loris Bacchetti DF Lorenzo Paoli DF Marco Mallus DF Tommaso D’Orazio DF Gabriele Cilloni DF Alessandro Di Dio DF Francesco Cangi DF Aurelio Barilaro MF Domenico Tenace

No. Position Player MF Luca Gelonese MF Gianluca Sampietro (on loan from Sampdoria) MF Leo Di Ceglie MF Lorenzo Bambozzi MF Dario Arcuri MF Cristiano Camillucci MF Luca Parodi MF Alessando Morbidelli FW Rafael Bondi FW Giancarlo Lisai (on loan from Carpi) FW Giacomo Tulli FW Daniele Paponi (on loan from Bologna) FW Diogo Tavares FW Luca Cognigni (on loan from Carpi)

References

External links

• Official website