S.S.D. Audace Cerignola

S.S.D. Audace Cerignola, commonly known as Audace Cerignola or simply Cerignola, is an Italian association football club from Cerignola, Apulia.

Audace Cerignola
Full nameSocietà Sportiva Dilettantistica
Audace Cerignola srl
Founded1912
GroundStadio Domenico Monterisi,
Cerignola, Italy
Capacity8,000
ChairmanNicola Grieco
ManagerAlessandro Potenza
LeagueSerie D
2018–19Serie D/H, 2nd (playoff winners)

Current squad
As of 11 October 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  ITA Luca Russo
7 MF  ITA Lorenzo Longo
8 MF  ITA Alessio Esposito
15 DF  ITA Iliando Ujka
16 MF  ITA Domenico Di Cecco
19 FW  ITA Claudio Parise
30 DF  ITA Gabriele Tancredi (on loan from Ternana)
— GK  ITA Francesco Tricarico
— DF  ITA Giuseppe Abruzzese
— DF  ITA Aldo Caiazza
— DF  ITA Giancarlo Di Cillo
— DF  ITA Daniele Dinoia
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  ITA Luca Matere
— DF  ALB Tom Syku
— MF  ITA Francesco Barrasso
— MF  ARG Sebastián Caballero
— MF  ITA Tommaso Coletti
— MF  ITA Angelo Nardella
— FW  ITA Nicola Loiodice
— FW  ITA Mario Marotta
— FW  CUB Samon Reider Rodríguez
— FW  ITA Gianluca Sansone
— FW  SRB Luka Sinđić

History

The club was originally founded in 1912 as Gruppo Sportivo Cerignola. They played Serie C from 1935 to 1937, after which they exclusively took part at amateur leagues.

The club voluntarily stepped out in 2013 due to financial issues, and restarted from Prima Categoria only a year later. In 2017 they returned to play Serie D, a league they had not played since the year 2000.

In 2019, Audace Cerignola ended the season in an impressive second place, behind AZ Picerno; in the following playoffs, they made it to the final, where they defeated Taranto, thus ensuring a priority slot in the Serie C repechages.

However, due to a number stadium-related issues, the Italian Football Federation denied Serie C entry to the club.[1] After winning a first appeal to the Italian National Olympic Committee Court,[2] and FIGC declining Audace Cerignola's admission due to other stadium-related technicalities,[3] on 5 August 2019 the CONI Court once again overturned the latter's decision, confirming Audace Cerignola's right to take part in the 2019–20 Serie C.[4]

References
  1. "Ripescaggi e Riammissioni Serie B e Serie C: le decisioni del Consiglio Federale" (in Italian). Ysport.eu. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. "Accolti ricorsi sia di Bisceglie che Cerignola. Girone C a 21 squadre?" (in Italian). Sporterni. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. "Figc: Bisceglie in C, respinto il Cerignola" (in Italian). Teleregione. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  4. "Serie C: Audace Cerignola ripescata, accolto il ricorso dal Collegio di Garanzia del Coni" (in Italian). SKY Sport Italia. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.


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