S.C. Marsala 1912

Football club infobox
clubname = Marsala


fullname = Sport Club Marsala 1912
nickname = "Biancazzurri" (White-blues)
"Lilybetani"
founded = 1912
ground = Municipale Nino Lombardo Angotta,
Marsala, Italy
capacity = 10,000 | chairman = Giovanni Carta
Salvatore Giacalone
manager = Giacomo Costigliola
league = Promozione Sicily
season = 2006-07
position = Sicilian "Seconda Categoria" – A, 1st
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Sport Club Marsala 1912 is an Italian football club from the city of Marsala, Sicily. It was founded in 1912 and its official and historical colours are white and blue. The team is also referred to as "lilybetani", after Lilybaeum, the ancient name of Marsala during the Roman period.

History

Marsala was founded in 1912, after the First World War they were entered into the Coppa Federale Siciliana which was competed amongst the top Sicilian sides Marsala, Palermo, Messinese and Catanese. Marsala lost in the semi-finals heavily against eventual winners Palermo.

The first professional appearance for the club is dated 1942, when the team ended round N of Serie C in sixth place. Since then, Marsala played 28 other times at the Serie C level, narrowly missing promotion to Serie B in 1960 (second placed in the round C) and launching several young players which then obtained notoriety even at the worldwide level such as, in more recent times, Marco Materazzi and Patrice Evra.

The team declared bankruptcy in 2000, after a Serie C1 season ended with a relegation. A new team, Associazione Sportiva Marsala 2000, was founded as relocation of existing Eccellenza club "Don Bosco Partinico". The team immediately promoted to Serie D, but was cancelled in 2004 immediately after another relegation after losing playoffs to Ariano Irpino, again because of financial troubles.

Following the end of the 2006-07 season, four different teams were representing the city of Marsala:
* U.S.D. Petrosino Marsala, an Eccellenza team officially based in Petrosino but playing its home matches in Marsala;
* S.C. Marsala A.S.D., a minor local club formerly known as "Bosco 1970" that were crowned Promozione champions in 2007, being therefore elected to play Eccellenza the following season;
* U.S. Kennedy J.F., a Prima Categoria club hailing from the local "frazione" of Birgi, home of the Trapani-Birgi Airport, that gained promotion to Promozione in 2007;
* and S.C. Marsala 1912, the direct and legal heir of the historical local club, re-registered to the Italian Football Federation in 2006, which played and won Seconda Categoria in 2006-2007.

In June 2007, after failing to find an agreement with Sport Club Marsala, Marsala 1912 agreed for a merger with Kennedy Birgi. The new club will assume the denomination of A.S.D. S.C. Marsala 1912 and will take part to the 2007-08 regionally-organized Promozione league. [cite web|accessdate=2007-07-05|language=Italian|publisher=Marsala.it| url=http://a.marsala.it/index.php?mod=page&nw=2:5:6:2007:3411|title=È fusione tra U.S. Kennedy Birgi e S.C. Marsala 1912|date=2007-06-28] [cite web|accessdate=2007-07-05|language=Italian|publisher=Marsala.it| url=http://a.marsala.it/index.php?mod=page&nw=2:5:07:2007:3452|title=Quale sarà il futuro del calcio a Marsala?|date=2007-07-04]

Notable former players

*flagicon|Italy Pietro Accardi
*flagicon|Italy Gabriele Cioffi
*flagicon|France Patrice Evra
*flagicon|Italy Marco Materazzi
*flagicon|Italy Gaspare Umile

Notable former managers

*flagicon|Italy Carmelo Di Bella
*flagicon|Italy Pasquale Marino
*flagicon|Italy Ettore Trevisan

References

External links

*it icon [http://www.marsala1912.it/societa.php Marsala1912.it]
*it icon [http://www.marsalacalcio.altervista.org/vecchiosito.htm Fan site (covering SC Marsala history until 2004)]