U.S. Siracusa
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| Full name | Unione Sportiva Siracusa srl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Azzurri (All-Blues), Aretusei |
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| Founded | 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio Nicola De Simone, Syracuse, Italy |
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| Capacity | 2,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Luigi Salvoldi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Domenico Giacomarro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Serie D/I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Serie D/I, 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Unione Sportiva Siracusa is an Italian football club located in Syracuse, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are all-blue.
The first football team to represent the city of Syracuse was founded in 1924, under the name Gruppo Sportivo Tommaso Gargallo, playing Serie C. Successively the team switched its denomination to Associazione Sportiva Siracusa.
In 1945/1946, 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 1970/1971, after two playoffs ended in a tie: then, Siracusa was promoted following a successful coin flipping.
In 1978/1979, 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 1994/1995, 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 the Italian Football Federation. The second local team, U.S. Marcozzi Siracusa 1956 of regional Promozione league, successively switched to the current denomination, thus becoming the main football team in Syracuse. 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.
[edit] External links
- (Italian) Official homepage
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