U.S. Città di Pontedera

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Pontedera
US Pontedera 1912 logo.png
Full nameUnione Sportiva Città di Pontedera
Nickname(s)Granata
Founded1912
GroundStadio Ettore Mannucci,
Pontedera, Italy
Capacity5,014
Chairman
Manager
LeagueSerie C Group B
2020–21Serie C Group A, 8th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Away colours

Unione Sportiva Città di Pontedera (formerly Unione Sportiva Pontedera 1912) is an Italian association football club located in Pontedera, Tuscany. Currently it plays in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football.

History[]

Founded in 1912, Pontedera, a team from a city in the Pisa neighbourhood, played Serie C for several years without never gaining a single promotion to Serie B. In 1993/1994, a second place in Serie C2/B allowed Pontedera to be promoted to Serie C1: during that season, the team was known for having longily been the only undefeated team in all Italian professional leagues, and for having incredibly won 2–1 to the Italy national football team coached by Arrigo Sacchi in a friendly match played in April 1994. Pontedera played Serie C1 just in 1994/1995, and relegated to Serie D in 2001, and even Eccellenza in 2002. Pontedera returned to Serie D in 2005, after having won its Eccellenza round.

In summer 2006, The Gunther Corporation purchased Pontedera. It was reported in The Guardian newspaper on 17 May 2007 that the owner of Pontedera is a dog named Gunther IV, who inherited it from Gunther III who in turn inherited it from his owner Countess Libenstein.[citation needed]

Marcello Lippi, head coach of Italy national team and World Cup champion in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, started his professional managing career as Pontedera head coach in 1985–1986.

Serie D 2010–11[]

At the end of the 2010-11 Serie D season, Pontedera gained access to the Serie D play-off for promotion in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, but they were eliminated in the third round.

Back into professionalism[]

In the 2012-13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, Pontedera finished second in Girone B, and was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. This was the second consecutive promotion for the team. The 2013–14 season saw Pontedera topping the Lega Pro Prima Divisione table for the earlier weeks of the season, and then completing the regular season in eighth place and thus ensuring a Serie B promotion playoff spot, then losing to Lecce on penalties in the first round.

Colors and badge[]

Its colours are all-dark red.

Current squad[]

As of 15 July 2021[1][2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Edoardo Sarri
2 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Milani
3 DF Italy ITA Paolo Ropolo
4 MF Italy ITA Lorenzo Bardini
5 DF Italy ITA Giacomo Risaliti
6 MF Italy ITA Francesco Benassai
7 FW Italy ITA Mauro Semprini
8 MF Italy ITA Andrea Caponi
10 MF Italy ITA Gianluca Barba
13 MF Italy ITA Giovanni Catanese
15 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Bisconti
16 DF Italy ITA Stefano Parodi
20 MF Italy ITA Giacomo Benedetti
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Italy ITA Gabriele Perretta
25 DF Italy ITA Francesco Vaccaro
27 MF Italy ITA Giovanni Benericetti
28 FW Italy ITA Matteo Tersigni
30 GK Italy ITA Mattia Di Furia
34 MF Italy ITA Gianmarco Regoli
— GK Italy ITA Alex Sposito (on loan from Empoli)
— DF Ivory Coast CIV Aboubakar Bakayoko
— DF Argentina ARG Marcos Espeche
— DF Albania ALB Cristian Shiba
— MF Italy ITA Francesco D'Antonio
— FW Italy ITA Simone Magnaghi (on loan from Pordenone)
— FW Italy ITA Cristian Mutton

Notable former managers[]

  • Marcello Lippi

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.uspontedera.it/atleti/[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "PONTEDERA, I NUMERI DELLE MAGLIE" (in Italian). U.S. Città di Pontedera. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

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