S.S. Akragas Città dei Templi

Akragas

Full name

Società Sportiva Akragas Città dei Templi

Nickname(s)

Giganti, Akragantini, Biancoazzurri, Il Gigante

Founded

1929 (as A.C. Agrigento)
1952 (reformed)

Ground

Stadio Esseneto,
Agrigento, Italy

Capacity

15,000

President

Silvio Alessi

Manager

Pino Rigoli

League

Lega Pro (Girone C)

2014–15

Serie D/I, 1st (promoted)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Società Sportiva Akragas Città dei Templi, commonly referred to as simply Akragas, is an Italian association football club based in Agrigento, Sicily. The club was founded in 1929. They will play Lega Pro in 2015–16 after gaining promotion from Serie D.

History

The foundation

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]

Return as Akragas

Following the previous club's closure, little Akragas was revamped and a new team was set up by chairman Enzo Lauretta during 1952. The club was renamed 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] To attract the attention of the supporters of defunct Agrigento, Akragas changed its colour, abandonning its violet and taking the white and blue of Agrigento.

In the 2013–14 season, Akragas barely missed out on promotion to Lega Pro in favour of Savoia, but would go on to achieve this in the next season by winning Group I of the Serie D league. They will play in Lega Pro for the 2015–16 season.

Colours and badge

The team play in light blue and white stripes.

Current squad

As of 10 February 2016^[5]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Roberto Maurantonio
		GK	Alessandro Vono
		GK	Antonio Lo Monaco

		DF	Ciro Capuano
		DF	Daniele Marino
		DF	Thiago Cazé da Silva
		DF	Andrea Scrugli
		DF	Zach Muscat ^[6]
		DF	Alessio Grea
		DF	Andrea De Rossi

		MF	Bruno Vicente
		MF	Urban Žibert

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Juan Alberto Mauri
		MF	Salvatore Aloi
		MF	Francesco Salandria
		MF	Maiko Candiano
		MF	Nikolay Dyulgerov

		FW	Salvatore Roghi
		FW	Vito Leonetti
		FW	Mattia Fiore
		FW	Fabio Aveni
		FW	Giuseppe Madonia
		FW	Matteo Di Piazza
		FW	Matias Cristaldi

Non-playing staff

Manager: Pino Rigoli
Technical coordinator: Sergio Almirón^[7]

Honours

Serie C2:

Runners-up (1): 1982–83

Serie D:

Winners (3): 1980–81; 1991–92; 2014–15
Runners-up (2): 1958–59; 2013–14

Eccellenza Sicily:

Winners (1): 2012-13

Promozione Sicily:

Winners (3): 1956–57; 1977–78

Prima Categoria Sicily:

Runners-up (1): 1952–53

References

↑ "Coppa Italia: il dossier sulle 19 big in campo". Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. 7 October 2007.
1 2 3 "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.
↑ "Team – Prima Squadra". Società Sportiva Akragas Città dei Templi (in Italian). Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ http://agrigentoweb.it/calciomercato-muscat-allakragas-da-malta-dicono si-05_01_2016
↑ UFFICIALE: Akragas, Almirón rescinde ma resta come coordinatore area tecnica tuttolegapro.com (Italian)

External links

Official website

Serie D seasons

1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio (defunct)

League competitions	Serie A Serie B Lega Pro Lega Pro Prima Divisione defunct Lega Pro Seconda Divisione defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia

Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 Italian football scandal Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

S.S. Akragas Città dei Templi

Players Managers Presidents Seasons Honours Records and Statistics

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