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.
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.
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 2010–11edit
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 professionalismedit
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 badgeedit
Its colours are all-dark red.
Current squadedit
As of 1 September 2023[3]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Not to be confused with Pontevedra CF Unione Sportiva Citta 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 PontederaFull nameUnione Sportiva Citta di PontederaNickname s GranataFounded1912GroundStadio Ettore Mannucci Pontedera ItalyCapacity5 014ChairmanGianfranco DonniniManagerMax CanziLeagueSerie C Group B2022 23Serie C Group B 6th of 20WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway colours Contents 1 History 1 1 Serie D 2010 11 1 2 Back into professionalism 2 Colors and badge 3 Current squad 3 1 Out on loan 4 Notable former managers 5 References 6 External linksHistory editFounded 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 2006 Maurizio Mian s Gunther Corporation briefly held a controlling interest in Pontedera Pornographic film actor Ilona Staller Cicciolina was installed as the club godmother while another pornographic actress Valentine Demy served as one of three club Presidents alongside a Polish lap dancer named Karolcia and a British rapper named Prodigal1 1 The performance was related to Mian s left libertarian views on reproductive rights and his upcoming appearance in the 2006 Italian general election 2 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 edit 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 edit 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 editIts colours are all dark red Current squad editAs of 1 September 2023 3 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp USA Luca Lewis on loan from Cesena 2 DF nbsp ITA Lorenzo Gagliardi on loan from Genoa 3 MF nbsp ITA Samuele Angori on loan from Empoli 4 DF nbsp ITA Gabriele Calvani on loan from Genoa 5 DF nbsp ITA Riccardo Martinelli6 DF nbsp ITA Mattia Pretato7 FW nbsp ITA Michele Ambrosini8 MF nbsp ITA Federico Marrone9 FW nbsp ITA Daniel Fossati on loan from Genoa 10 MF nbsp ITA Giacomo Benedetti11 FW nbsp ITA Simone Ianesi13 MF nbsp ITA Giovanni Catanese No Pos Nation Player14 FW nbsp ITA Luca Paudice16 MF nbsp ITA Lorenzo Ignacchiti on loan from Empoli 18 MF nbsp ITA Matteo Guidi19 DF nbsp ARG Marcos Espeche20 MF nbsp ARG Isaias Delpupo on loan from Cagliari 21 MF nbsp ITA Gabriele Perretta22 GK nbsp ITA Giuseppe Stancampiano23 DF nbsp ITA Cristian Cerretti25 FW nbsp ITA Francesco Nicastro26 FW nbsp ITA Gabriele Selleri27 MF nbsp ITA Alessandro Provenzano30 GK nbsp ITA Niccolo VivoliOut 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 DF nbsp ITA Leonardo Di Bella at Cenaia until 30 June 2024 No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp ITA Jacopo Ciofi at Montevarchi until 30 June 2024 Notable former managers editMarcello LippiReferences edit Tutti pazzi per Mian e Gunther IV Il Tirreno 6 June 2010 Retrieved 26 December 2021 Laicita pillola abortiva e pallone Mian si compra anche il Pontedera in Italian la Repubblica 24 March 2006 Retrieved 29 December 2021 Pontedera squad Soccerway Retrieved 26 September 2022 External links edit in Italian Official 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 US Citta di Pontedera amp oldid 1173538435, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
