S.C. Marsala
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| Full name | Sport Club Marsala 1912 |
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| Nickname(s) |
Biancazzurri (White-blues) Lilybetani |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Ground |
Stadio Antonino Lombardo Angotta, Marsala, Italy |
| Capacity | 13,500 |
| Chairman | Salvatore Giacalone |
| Manager | Nicolò Sciacca |
| League | Eccellenza Sicily |
| 2011–12 | Serie D/I, 15th |
Sport Club Marsala 1912 is an Italian association football club based in the city of Marsala, Sicily. Currently the club plays in Eccellenza Sicily.
Marsala was founded in 1912: it is also referred to as lilybetani, after Lilybaeum, the ancient name of Marsala during the Roman period.
After the First World War it was entered into the Coppa Federale Siciliana which was competed amongst the top Sicilian sides Marsala, Palermo, Messinese and Catanese. Marsala lost in the semi-finals heavily against eventual winners Palermo.
The first professional appearance for the club is dated 1942, when the team ended round N of Serie C in sixth place. Since then, Marsala played 28 other times at the Serie C level, narrowly missing promotion to Serie B in 1960 (second placed in the round C) and launching several young players which then obtained notoriety even at the worldwide level such as, in more recent times, Marco Materazzi and Patrice Evra.
The team declared bankruptcy in 2000, after a Serie C1 season ended with a relegation. A new team, Associazione Sportiva Marsala 2000, was founded as relocation of existing Eccellenza club Don Bosco Partinico. The team immediately promoted to Serie D, but was cancelled in 2004 immediately after another relegation after losing playoffs to Ariano Irpino, again because of financial troubles.
Following the 2006–07 season, four different teams were representing the city of Marsala:
In June 2007, after failing to find an agreement with Sport Club Marsala, Marsala 1912 agreed for a merger with Kennedy Birgi. The new club assumed the denomination of A.S.D. S.C. Marsala 1912 and took part to the 2007–08 regionally-organized Promozione league. In 2008–09, Marsala 1912 won promotion to Eccellenza through play-offs, after defeating Palermo-based club Sporting Arenella in the final, so they played in the Italian 6th tier the following season.
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