- U.S. Siracusa
Football club infobox
clubname = Siracusa
fullname = Unione Sportiva Siracusa SrL
nickname = "Azzurri" (All-Blues),
"Aretusei"
founded =1924
ground =Stadio Nicola De Simone , Syracuse,Italy
capacity = 6,200 [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=club_details&clubID=4250] | chairman = flagicon|Italy Luigi Salvoldi
manager = flagicon|Italy Domenico Giacomarro
league = Serie D/I
season = 2007-08
position = Serie D/I, 4th
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=fffFFF|socks2=FFFFFFUnione Sportiva Siracusa, commonly referred to as simply Siracusa or the abbreviation US Siracusa, is an Italian football club located in Syracuse,
Sicily . The club was founded in 1924 and for most of its history has played in the lower divisions of professionalItalian football ;cite news|url=http://www.profondoblusr.altervista.org/stagioni/annoxanno.htm|publisher=Profondo Blusr|title=Anno per anno|date=26 September 2007 ] however, they currently play inSerie D for the 2007–08 season.The highest position Siracusa have finished a season at within the
Italian football league system is 5th inSerie B , this was achieved during 1950–51.cite news|url=http://www.profondoblusr.altervista.org/stagioni/annoxanno.htm|publisher=Profondo Blusr|title=Anno per anno|date=26 September 2007 ] As well as gaining several promotions during its history, Siracusa have won theCoppa Italia Serie C . For many years the club used the name "Associazione Sportiva Siracusa", until they fell into financial troubles in the mid-1990s.History
The earliest clubs representing the city of Syracuse were brought to the city by English sailors. The earliest of which were named Ortigia 1907; as the name suggests that club was founded in 1907, Esperia and Insuperabile. However,
cycling remained the most popular sport by far during this time so these clubs did not reach much prominence.Early years
This club was founded as Gruppo Sportivo Tommaso Gargallo on
1 April 1924 , by two men who were part of the military, the lieutenant of the 75° infantry Genisio Pioletti and his advanced captain Luigi Santuccio. The club were entered into the ItalianSerie C league. Successively the team switched its denomination to Associazione Sportiva Siracusa.In 1945-46, Siracusa was admitted to
Serie B , where played for seven consecutive seasons. After a relegation to the amateur leagues, Siracusa returned to Serie C in 1970-71, after two playoffs against "Fincantieri", a team fromPalermo , both ended in a tie: then, Siracusa won a tie-breaking coin toss and was awarded promotion.In 1978-79, Siracusa won the Italian Serie C Cup, defeating Biellese in the final. That same year, Siracusa promoted to Serie C1, where played for two season. Siracusa played Serie C2 until 1988, when, under coach
Paolo Lombardo , the Sicilian club gained promotion to Serie C1. In 1994-95, despite serious financial troubles, Siracusa almost reached promotion to Serie B, losing on playoffs to Avellino. Successively, the team was not able to go on financially, and Siracusa was consequently cancelled by theItalian Football Federation . The second local team, U.S. Marcozzi Siracusa 1956 of regional "Promozione" league, successively switched to the current denomination, thus taking on the legacy of the old club.Return
The team reached Serie D in 1999, but quickly relegated to
Eccellenza . Siracusa returned to play Serie D in 2002; since then, the Sicilian team is unsuccessfully trying to reach a Serie C spot.Notable former players
*flagicon|Italy
David Balleri
*flagicon|ItalyLeonardo Colucci
*flagicon|ItalyMarco Giampaolo
*flagicon|ItalyPasquale Marino Notable former managers
*flagicon|Italy
Enzo Benedetti
*flagicon|ItalyCarlo Facchin
*flagicon|ItalyPaolo Lombardo
*flagicon|ItalyMario Perazzolo
*flagicon|ItalyGiuliano Sonzogni
*flagicon|CzechoslovakiaČestmír Vycpálek Honours
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Serie C ::*Promoted (2): 1940–41; 1945–46*
Coppa Italia Serie C ::*Winners (1): 1979*
Serie C2 ::*Runners-up (2): 1978–79; 1988–89*
Serie D / I Divisione::*Promoted (2): 1937–38; 1970–71*
Eccellenza Sicily ::*Winners (1): 1997–98:*Promoted (1): 2001–02*Promozione Sicily::*Promoted (1): 1995–96
References
External links
*it icon [http://www.siracusacalcio.it/ Official homepage]
* [http://siracusacalcio.tifonet.it/ Informative fanpage]
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