A.S. Acireale
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| Full name | Associazione Sportiva Acireale SRL |
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| Nickname(s) | Granata | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio Tupparello, Acireale, Italy |
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| Capacity | 6,800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Santo Massimino | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Santo Giuffrida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Promozione Sicily, Round C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Serie C1/B, 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Associazione Sportiva Acireale is an Italian football club, based in Acireale, Sicily. The club have spent most of their history in Serie C, although they have played for two seasons in Serie B.
[edit] History
A.S. Acireale is a team from a city of 55,000 inhabitants 18 Km away from Catania. The club's roots can be traced back to a previous club in in the city, from who's ashes the current incarnation rose from; the older club in the city played between 1928 and 1935.
Acireale was founded in 1946, making its debut in Serie C. The team reached its culmination in 1992/1993 when, after a long period played in Serie C1, C2 and D, the team, coached by Giuseppe Papadopulo, surprisingly gained its first promotion to Serie B. During its first Serie B season in 1993/1994, Acireale avoided relegation after having won a play-off against Pisa Calcio on penalties. But, in its next season, Acireale was not able to repeat their feat, and were relegated to Serie C1. Acireale successively played consecutively four season in Serie C2, a period which ended in 2003 after being promoted on playoffs. However, after a disappointing Serie C1 season in 2005/2006, ended with a relegation to Serie C2, Acireale dropped because of financial troubles, and a new property registered the club to the Promozione regional league, the 7th level in the Italian football league system.
[edit] Notable former players
Arturo Di Napoli- Walter Mazzarri
- Paolo Orlandoni
- Gaetano Vasari
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