A.S.D. Akragas Calcio
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| Full name | Società Sportiva Akragas Città dei Templi |
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| Nickname(s) | Giganti, Akragantini, Biancoazzurri, Il Gigante |
| Founded | 1939 (inactive) 1952 (reactivated) |
| Ground |
Stadio Esseneto, Agrigento, Italy |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| President |
 Silvio Alessi |
| Manager |
Raffaele Di Napoli |
| League | Lega Pro (Girone C) |
| 2015–16 | Lega Pro/I, 12th |
| Website | Club home page |
Società Sportiva Akragas Città dei Templi, commonly referred to as S.S. Akragas, is an Italian association football club based in Agrigento, Sicily. The club was founded in 1929 and currently plays in the Lega Pro.
An ancestor of the club was known to have played since at least the early-1930s as Associazione Calcio Agrigento. The club had moderate success in the lower divisions of Italian football; it progressed beyond the regional Sicilian scene to Serie C for the first time in the 1939–40 season.
By the late 1940s A.C. Agrigento had fallen in stature, competing in the regional Promozione Sicily league after being relegated; their decline fully set in 1952 when the club became defunct due to financial difficulties.
Following the previous club's closure, Akragas was revamped and a new team was set up by chairman Enzo Lauretta during 1952. The club was renamed Unione Sportiva Akragas, rather than using the Italianized version of the name, the club paid homage to the city's Magna Graecia roots. A noted figure in Sicilian football, Carmelo Di Bella was put in place as the club's first manager, while Gaspare Gallo was its first captain. To attract the attention of the supporters of defunct Agrigento, Akragas changed its colour, abandonning its violet and taking the white and blue of Agrigento.
In the 2013–14 season, Akragas barely missed out on promotion to Lega Pro in favour of Savoia, but would go on to achieve this in the next season by winning Group I of the Serie D league. They began to play in the Lega Pro after the 2015–16 season.
The team plays in a light blue and white striped kit.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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