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]
Audace Cerignola were finally promoted to Serie C in the 2021–22 Serie D season, as Group H champions, under the guidance of head coach Michele Pazienza.[5]
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audace, cerignola, audace, cerignola, commonly, known, audace, cerignola, simply, cerignola, italian, association, football, club, from, cerignola, apulia, they, play, serie, group, audace, cerignolafull, namesocietà, sportivaaudace, cerignola, srlfounded1912g. S S Audace Cerignola commonly known as Audace Cerignola or simply Cerignola is an Italian association football club from Cerignola Apulia They play in the Serie C Group C Audace CerignolaFull nameSocieta SportivaAudace Cerignola srlFounded1912GroundStadio Domenico Monterisi Cerignola ItalyCapacity8 000ChairmanDanilo QuartoManagerMichele PazienzaLeagueSerie C Group C2022 23Serie C Group C 5th of 20Home coloursAway colours Contents 1 History 2 Current squad 2 1 Out on loan 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe 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 Audace Cerignola were finally promoted to Serie C in the 2021 22 Serie D season as Group H champions under the guidance of head coach Michele Pazienza 5 Current squad editAs of 7 February 2024 6 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 nbsp LTU Titas Krapikas 2 DF nbsp ITA Fabricio Olivera 3 DF nbsp ITA Luca Russo 4 DF nbsp ITA Giacinto Allegrini captain 5 MF nbsp ARG Galo Capomaggio 6 DF nbsp ARG Santiago Visentin 7 MF nbsp ITA Giuseppe Coccia 8 MF nbsp ITA Raffaele Bianco 9 FW nbsp ITA Giancarlo Malcore 10 FW nbsp ITA Luca Lombardi on loan from Ancona 11 FW nbsp ITA Vito Leonetti 12 GK nbsp ITA Giuseppe Fares 13 MF nbsp ARG Giancarlo Bianchini 15 DF nbsp ITA Alessandro Ligi 17 FW nbsp ITA Filippo D Andrea 18 MF nbsp ITA Aldo Bezzon No Pos Nation Player 20 MF nbsp ESP Miguel Angel 21 DF nbsp ITA Alberto Tentardini 22 GK nbsp ITA Salvatore Trezza 23 DF nbsp ITA Lorenzo Gonnelli 24 FW nbsp ITA Zak Ruggiero 28 DF nbsp ITA Christian Basile 29 MF nbsp ITA Mattia Tascone 30 DF nbsp ITA Umberto De Luca 30 GK nbsp ITA Davide Barosi on loan from Ascoli 34 DF nbsp ITA Agostino Rizzo on loan from Avellino 55 DF nbsp ITA Luca Martinelli 72 DF nbsp ITA Paolo Giofre 77 MF nbsp ITA Matteo Ghisolfi on loan from Cremonese 80 MF nbsp ITA Alessandro Carnevale 99 FW nbsp ALB Dardan Vuthaj Out on loan edit Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player GK nbsp ITA Umberto Saracco at Lecco until 30 June 2024 FW nbsp ITA Samuele Neglia at Virtus Francavilla until 30 June 2024 No Pos Nation Player FW nbsp ITA Sabino Signorile at Messina until 30 June 2024 FW nbsp ARG Franco Sosa at Monopoli until 30 June 2024 References edit Ripescaggi e Riammissioni Serie B e Serie C le decisioni del Consiglio Federale in Italian Ysport eu 12 July 2019 Retrieved 12 July 2019 Accolti ricorsi sia di Bisceglie che Cerignola Girone C a 21 squadre in Italian Sporterni 23 July 2019 Retrieved 23 July 2019 Figc Bisceglie in C respinto il Cerignola in Italian Teleregione 25 July 2019 Retrieved 25 July 2019 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 Cerignola in festa l Audace e in Serie C in Italian FoggiaToday 24 April 2022 Retrieved 24 April 2022 Italy USD Audace Cerignola Soccerway Soccerway Retrieved 10 August 2022 External links editOfficial website nbsp This article about an Italian football club is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SS Audace Cerignola amp oldid 1207966180, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
