Eccellenza Sicily
Encyclopedia
Eccellenza Sicily
Founded
1991
Nation
 Italy
Feeder To
Serie D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...


Relegation To
Promozione
Promozione
Promozione is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 7th level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level...

Divisions
Group A
Group B
Number of Teams
32
Cups
???
Current Champions (2006-07)
Alcamo
U.S.D. Alcamo
Unione Sportiva Dilettantistica Alcamo is an Italian association football club from Alcamo, Sicily, which played and won the Sicilian Round A of Eccellenza division in the 2006–2007 season....

 (Group A)
Libertas Acate (Group B)

Eccellenza Sicily (known in its native tongue as Eccellenza Sicilia) is the regional Eccellenza
Eccellenza
Eccellenza is the sixth level of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Aosta Valley which share 2 divisions...

 football division for clubs on the Isle of Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. It is competed amongst 32 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...

. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.

Group A

TeamCityProvince2007-08 season
A.S.D. Agroericino Custonaci
Custonaci
Custonaci is a town and comune in South-Western Sicily, Italy, administratively part of the province of Trapani.- Economy :The coast around Mount Cofano attracts tourists to the pretty seaside village of Cornino....

Trapani
Province of Trapani
Trapani is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Trapani.It has an area of 2,460 km², and a total population of 425,121...

Promozione
A.S.D. Akragas Calcio
A.S.D. Akragas Calcio
Akragas Calcio, commonly referred to as simply Akragas, is an Italian association football club based in Agrigento, Sicily; the club was founded in 1939...

Agrigento
Agrigento
Agrigento , is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy, and capital of the province of Agrigento. It is renowned as the site of the ancient Greek city of Akragas , one of the leading cities of Magna Graecia during the golden...

Agrigento
Province of Agrigento
Agrigento is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It has an area of 3,042 km², and a total population of 454,370...

Eccellenza A, 12th
A.S.D. Audace Città di Monreale Monreale
Monreale
Monreale is a town and comune in the province of Palermo, in Sicily, Italy, on the slope of Monte Caputo, overlooking the very fertile valley called "La Conca d'oro" , famed for its orange, olive and almond trees, the produce of which is exported in large quantities...

Palermo
Province of Palermo
The Province of Palermo is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily, a major island in Southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. The Province of Palermo has 82 comuni , 1,239,272 inhabitants, and is 4,992 km² .-External links:...

Promozione
A.S.D. Campobello
A.S.D. Campobello
Associazione Sportiva Dilettante Campobello is an Italian association football club located in Campobello di Mazara, Sicily. It played last season in Eccellenza Sicily...

Campobello di Mazara
Campobello di Mazara
Campobello di Mazara is an Italian town in Sicily, part of the province of Trapani. Its inhabitants are scattered in the town center and the minor seaside frazioni of Tre Fontane and Torretta Granitola, populated mostly during the summer period...

Trapani
Province of Trapani
Trapani is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Trapani.It has an area of 2,460 km², and a total population of 425,121...

Serie D/I
A.S.D. Carini Carini
Carini
Carini is a town and comune in the Province of Palermo, Sicily, 13 miles by rail WNW of Palermo. It has a population of 25,752....

Palermo
Province of Palermo
The Province of Palermo is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily, a major island in Southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. The Province of Palermo has 82 comuni , 1,239,272 inhabitants, and is 4,992 km² .-External links:...

Eccellenza A, 9th
A.S. Città di Bagheria Bagheria
Bagheria
Bagheria is a town and comune in the Province of Palermo in Sicily, Italy.-Etymology:According to some sources, the name Bagheria originates from the Phoenician term Bayharia meaning "land that descends toward the sea." Other sources claim that it derives from the Arabic Bāb al-Gerib, or "windy...

Palermo
Province of Palermo
The Province of Palermo is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily, a major island in Southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. The Province of Palermo has 82 comuni , 1,239,272 inhabitants, and is 4,992 km² .-External links:...

Eccellenza A, 11th
U.S.D. Favara Calcio Favara
Favara
Favara can refer to:*Favara, Agrigento, a town in Italy*Favara, Valencia, a town in Spain...

Agrigento
Province of Agrigento
Agrigento is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It has an area of 3,042 km², and a total population of 454,370...

Promozione
A.S.D. Folgore Selinunte Castelvetrano
Castelvetrano
Castelvetrano is a town and comune in the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The archeological site of Selinunte is located within the territory of the comune. It was the birthplace of Giovanni Gentile, the key philosopher of the Fascist movement in Italy.The town is predominantly a farming town,...

Trapani
Province of Trapani
Trapani is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Trapani.It has an area of 2,460 km², and a total population of 425,121...

Eccellenza A, 8th
S.S.D. Gattopardo Palma Palma di Montechiaro
Palma di Montechiaro
Palma di Montechiaro is a town and comune in the province of Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy.Formerly known as Palma, in 1863, Montechiaro was added to the name, in honour of the Chiaramonte family whose stronghold is close to the town.-Main sights:*Mother Church*Castle*Benedictine Monastery*Ducal...

Agrigento
Province of Agrigento
Agrigento is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It has an area of 3,042 km², and a total population of 454,370...

Eccellenza A, 3rd
A.S.D. Kamarat Cammarata
Cammarata
Cammarata is a comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 km southeast of Palermo and about 35 km north of Agrigento on the eponymous mountain in a territory rich of forests....

Agrigento
Province of Agrigento
Agrigento is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It has an area of 3,042 km², and a total population of 454,370...

Eccellenza A, 14th
S.S.D. Licata 1931
S.S.D. Licata 1931
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Licata 1931 is an Italian association football club located in Licata, Sicily. The traditional club colours of Licata is yellow and blue; known in Italy as giallloblu...

Licata
Licata
Licata is a city and comune located on the south coast of Sicily, at the mouth of the Salso River , about midway between Agrigento and Gela...

Agrigento
Province of Agrigento
Agrigento is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It has an area of 3,042 km², and a total population of 454,370...

Eccellenza A, 6th
S.C. Marsala A.S.D. Marsala
Marsala
Marsala is a seaport city located in the Province of Trapani on the island of Sicily in Italy. The low coast on which it is situated is the westernmost point of the island...

Trapani
Province of Trapani
Trapani is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Trapani.It has an area of 2,460 km², and a total population of 425,121...

Eccellenza A, 10th
G.S. Mazara 1946
G.S. Mazara 1946
Mazara Calcio A.S.D., formerly Gruppo Sportivo Mazara 1946, is an Italian football team from Mazara del Vallo, Sicily.It, in the season 2011-12 plays in Eccellenza Sicily.The official team colours are canary yellow and blue...

Mazara del Vallo
Mazara del Vallo
Mazara del Vallo is a town and comune in southwestern Sicily, Italy, which lies mainly on the left bank at the mouth of the Mazaro river, administratively part of the province of Trapani....

Trapani
Province of Trapani
Trapani is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Trapani.It has an area of 2,460 km², and a total population of 425,121...

Eccellenza A, 5th
A.P.D. Parmonval Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...

Palermo
Province of Palermo
The Province of Palermo is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily, a major island in Southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. The Province of Palermo has 82 comuni , 1,239,272 inhabitants, and is 4,992 km² .-External links:...

Promozione
A.S.D. Pol. Ribera 1954 Ribera
Ribera
Ribera is a Spanish word that translates into "the basin of a river", and may refer to:Locations* Ribera, Agrigento, a comune in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy...

Agrigento
Province of Agrigento
Agrigento is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It has an area of 3,042 km², and a total population of 454,370...

Promozione
Pol.D. Splendore Villabate Villabate
Villabate
Villabate is a comune in the Province of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 8 km southeast of Palermo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 19,441 and an area of 3.8 km²....

Palermo
Province of Palermo
The Province of Palermo is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily, a major island in Southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Palermo. The Province of Palermo has 82 comuni , 1,239,272 inhabitants, and is 4,992 km² .-External links:...

Eccellenza A, 7th

Group B

TeamCityProvince2007-08 season
A.S.D. Aci Sant'Antonio Calcio Aci Sant'Antonio
Aci Sant'Antonio
Aci Sant'Antonio is a comune in the Province of Catania in the Italian region of Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 10 km northeast of Catania....

Catania
Province of Catania
Catania is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania.It has an area of 3,552 km², and a total population of 1,073,881 . There are 58 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Catania...

Eccellenza B, 8th
S.S.D. Acireale Calcio 1946 Acireale
Acireale
Acireale is a coastal city and commune in the north-east of the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy, at the foot of Mount Etna, on the coast facing the Ionian Sea. It is a diocese, famous for its churches, including the Neo-Gothic St. Peter's Basilica, St...

Catania
Province of Catania
Catania is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania.It has an area of 3,552 km², and a total population of 1,073,881 . There are 58 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Catania...

Eccellenza B, 4th
A.S.D. Aurora Viagrande Calcio Viagrande
Viagrande
Viagrande is a comune in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 11 km north of Catania...

Catania
Province of Catania
Catania is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania.It has an area of 3,552 km², and a total population of 1,073,881 . There are 58 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Catania...

Promozione
A.S.D. Biancavilla Biancavilla
Biancavilla
Biancavilla is a town and comune in the Province of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. It is located between the towns of Adrano and S. Maria di Licodia, 32 kilometers northwest of Catania.The town was founded on 8 January 1488 by Albanian refugees...

Catania
Province of Catania
Catania is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania.It has an area of 3,552 km², and a total population of 1,073,881 . There are 58 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Catania...

Promozione
U.S.D. Camaro Messina Messina
Province of Messina
Messina is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina.-Geography and demography :...

Eccellenza B, 2nd
A.S.D. Due Torri Piraino
Piraino
Piraino is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 130 km east of Palermo and about 60 km west of Messina...

Messina
Province of Messina
Messina is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina.-Geography and demography :...

Eccellenza B, 6th
G.S.D. Enna Calcio Enna
Enna
Enna is a city and comune located roughly at the center of Sicily, southern Italy, in the province of Enna, towering above the surrounding countryside...

Enna
Province of Enna
Enna is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Enna.It has an area of 2,562 km², and a total population of 177,200 . There are 20 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Enna...

Eccellenza A, 4th
S.S.D. Milazzo Milazzo
Milazzo
Milazzo is a town and comune in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy.The city is situated between two bays, one of Milazzo and the east to the west of Patti, in a strategic place in the north-eastern Sicily.Located 43 km from the provincial capital, is part of the metropolitan area of the Strait...

Messina
Province of Messina
Messina is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina.-Geography and demography :...

Promozione
A.S.D. Nuova Aquila Grammichele Grammichele
Grammichele
Grammichele ; Latin: Echetla; Medieval: Occhiolà) is a town and comune in the province of Catania in Sicily, southern Italy. It is located at the feet of the Hyblaean Mountains, some 13 km from Caltagirone.-History:...

Catania
Province of Catania
Catania is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania.It has an area of 3,552 km², and a total population of 1,073,881 . There are 58 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Catania...

Eccellenza B, 7th
N.F.C. Orlandina A.S.D. Capo d'Orlando
Capo d'Orlando
Capo d'Orlando is a comune in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy and is considered the capital of comprensorio dei Nebrodi. Well-known as a vivacious, active, touristic and commercial center, Capo d'Orlando is also the birthplace of the poet Lucio Piccolo, cousin of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa...

Messina
Province of Messina
Messina is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina.-Geography and demography :...

Eccellenza B, 9th
A.C. Paternò 2004
A.C. Paternò 2004
Associazione Calcio Paternò 2004 is an Italian association football club located in Paternò, Sicily. It currently plays in Eccellenza Sicily. Its colors are red and blue....

Paternò
Paternò
Paternò is a town and comune in the Province of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy.-History:The site of Paternò was settled before 3500 BCE. Its inhabitants were probably the Sicani, although it was located in mainly Sicel territory; its initial name was Inessa. The modern name derives form the Greek...

Catania
Province of Catania
Catania is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania.It has an area of 3,552 km², and a total population of 1,073,881 . There are 58 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Catania...

Serie D/I
A.S.D. Ragusa Calcio Ragusa
Ragusa, Italy
Ragusa is a city and comune in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Ragusa, on the island of Sicily, with around 75,000 inhabitants. It is built on a wide limestone hill between two deep valleys, Cava San Leonardo and Cava Santa Domenica...

Ragusa
Province of Ragusa
The Province of Ragusa is a province in the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy, located in the south-east of the island. Its capital is the city of Ragusa, which is the most southerly provincial capital in Italy.-Geography:...

Promozione
A.S.D. Rosolini Rosolini
Rosolini
Rosolini is a comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily . It's located about 200 km southeast of Palermo and about 40 km southwest of Syracuse. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 20,927 and an area of 76.2 km².Rosolini borders the following municipalities: Ispica,...

Siracusa Eccellenza A, 10th
U.S.D. Trecastagni Trecastagni
Trecastagni
Trecastagni is a comune in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 11 km north of Catania...

Catania
Province of Catania
Catania is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania.It has an area of 3,552 km², and a total population of 1,073,881 . There are 58 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Catania...

Eccellenza B, 5th
A.S.D. Universal Misterbianco Misterbianco
Misterbianco
Misterbianco is a comune in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 6 km west of Catania...

Catania
Province of Catania
Catania is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania.It has an area of 3,552 km², and a total population of 1,073,881 . There are 58 comunes in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Catania...

Eccellenza B, 14th
Pol. Villafranca Tirrena Villafranca Tirrena
Villafranca Tirrena
Villafranca Tirrena is a comune in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 180 km east of Palermo and about 12 km northwest of Messina...

Messina
Province of Messina
Messina is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Messina.-Geography and demography :...

Eccellenza B, 6th

Champions

Here are the past champions of the Sicilian Eccellenza, organised into their respective group.

Group A

  • 1991-92 Vittoria
  • 1992-93 Milazzo
  • 1993-94 Gravina
  • 1994-95 Nissa
  • 1995-96 Orlandina
  • 1996-97 Mazara
    G.S. Mazara 1946
    Mazara Calcio A.S.D., formerly Gruppo Sportivo Mazara 1946, is an Italian football team from Mazara del Vallo, Sicily.It, in the season 2011-12 plays in Eccellenza Sicily.The official team colours are canary yellow and blue...

  • 1997-98 Agrigento
  • 1998-99 Gattopardo
  • 1999-00 Panormus

  • 2000-01 Pro Favara
  • 2001-02 Marsala
    S.C. Marsala 1912
    Sport Club Marsala 1912 is an Italian association football club from the city of Marsala, Sicily. It was founded in 1912 and its official and historical colours are white and blue...

  • 2002-03 Fincantieri
  • 2003-04 Folgore Castelvetrano
  • 2004-05 Campobello
    A.S.D. Campobello
    Associazione Sportiva Dilettante Campobello is an Italian association football club located in Campobello di Mazara, Sicily. It played last season in Eccellenza Sicily...

  • 2005-06 Paternò
  • 2006-07 Alcamo
    U.S.D. Alcamo
    Unione Sportiva Dilettantistica Alcamo is an Italian association football club from Alcamo, Sicily, which played and won the Sicilian Round A of Eccellenza division in the 2006–2007 season....

  • 2007-08 Nissa
    Nissa F.C. A.S.D.
    Nissa Football Club Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica, commonly known as Nissa, is an Italian association football club, based in Caltanissetta, Sicily. They will compete the 2008–09 season in Serie D, after having won the Eccellenza Sicily A...

  • 2008-09 Mazara
    G.S. Mazara 1946
    Mazara Calcio A.S.D., formerly Gruppo Sportivo Mazara 1946, is an Italian football team from Mazara del Vallo, Sicily.It, in the season 2011-12 plays in Eccellenza Sicily.The official team colours are canary yellow and blue...

  • 2009-10 Marsala
    S.C. Marsala 1912
    Sport Club Marsala 1912 is an Italian association football club from the city of Marsala, Sicily. It was founded in 1912 and its official and historical colours are white and blue...

  • 2010-11 Licata
    S.S.D. Licata 1931
    Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Licata 1931 is an Italian association football club located in Licata, Sicily. The traditional club colours of Licata is yellow and blue; known in Italy as giallloblu...


Group B

  • 1991-92 Partinico
  • 1992-93 Bagheria
  • 1993-94 Canicatti
  • 1994-95 Caltagirone
  • 1995-96 Peloro Messina
    F.C. Messina Peloro
    Associazione Calcio Rinascita Messina is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D.- Brief history :The origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F.C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues...

  • 1996-97 Vittoria
  • 1997-98 Siracusa
    U.S. Siracusa
    Unione Sportiva Siracusa, commonly referred to as simply Siracusa or the abbreviation US Siracusa, is an Italian association football club located in Syracuse, Sicily. The club was founded in 1924 and for most of its history has played in the lower divisions of professional Italian football...

  • 1998-99 Caltagirone
  • 1999-00 Paternò

  • 2000-01 Belpasso
  • 2001-02 Misterbianco
  • 2002-03 Modica
    Modica Calcio
    Associazione Sportiva Dilettante Modica Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Modica, Sicily.Modica's team colours are red and blue and it currently plays in Eccellenza Sicily.-History:...

  • 2003-04 Giarre
    A.S. Giarre Calcio
    Giarre Football Club was an Italian association football club located in Giarre, Sicily. Its colors were yellow and blue.-History:The earliest roots for the club can be traced back to a club known as Associazione Sportiva Iona, founded by a president named Bottino...

  • 2004-05 Comiso
    P.D. Comiso
    Associazione Calcio Dilettantistica Città di Vittoria is an Italian association football club located in Vittoria, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are red and white.The club was previously known as Polisportiva Dilettante Comiso...

  • 2005-06 Licata
    S.S.D. Licata 1931
    Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Licata 1931 is an Italian association football club located in Licata, Sicily. The traditional club colours of Licata is yellow and blue; known in Italy as giallloblu...

  • 2006-07 Libertas Acate-Modica
  • 2007-08 Castiglione
    A.S.D. Castiglione
    Associazione Sportiva Dilenttantistica Castiglione is an Italian association football club located in Castiglione di Sicilia, Sicily. It currently plays in Eccellenza. The team's colors are white and orange.-Foundation:...

  • 2008-09 Milazzo
  • 2009-10 Acireale
  • 2010-11 Palazzolo
    A.C. Palazzolo (Sicily)
    Associazione Calcio Palazzolo Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica is an Italian association football club located in Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D Girone I after promotion from Eccellenza Sicily in the 2010-11 season.- History :...



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