F.C. Sangiuseppese
Encyclopedia
Football Club Neapolis Frattese is an Italian association football
club located in Frattamaggiore
, Campania.
It currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.
as Football Club Sangiuseppese and it played here from 1936 until 2008.
After its bankruptcy in 2008 it was taken over and renamed Football Club Neapolis Mugnano and played in Mugnano di Napoli
until 2011, moving area slightly and changed its colours to white and blue. During the 2009-10 season, they achieved promotion respectively into Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.
At the end of the 2010-2011 season, the club merged with A.S.D. Virtus Frattese of Frattamaggiore
changing its denomination to Football Club Neapolis Frattese and transferring their seat to Frattamaggiore
. The club also changed its colours to black with a white star, reflecting the historcal colors of Frattese.
town San Giuseppe Vesuviano. The club wore yellow and blue shirts, known in Italy as gialloblù, starting their league performances in Terza Divisione. These early seasons were not very successful and the club commonly finished bottom.
Sangiuseppese eventually gained promotion to Seconda Divisione in 1939, their efforts in Second Divisione saw them reach the quarter-finals of the end-grouping. For a brief period after World War II, the club played in Serie C
for the 1946–47 and 1947–48 seasons. After that the club fell into obscurity.
1970–71 saw the club return to more notable success, they were competing in Seconda Categoria
and won promotion from it to the Prima Categoria
. Four years after this, the club achieved another promotion and they were placed into the Promozione Campania
; club trainers during this period included Montalto, Improta, Sgambato, Ambrosio and Lovless respectively.
Sangiuseppese won promotion up into the Interregionale league after 1980–81, today's equivalent is Serie D
. Spilabotte's goals helped the club during the two seasons they spent up in it. They competed against clubs such as Crotone
, Juve Stabia
and Savoia
before being relegated.
The relegation itself in 1982–83 was difficult for the club to take as two teams who survived had the same amount of points as them, but Sangiuseppese had a worse goal difference. After their relegation the club played in regional competitions such as Promozione Campania
and would only gain promotion from it in 1988–89.
after just one season back in the league, this meant Sangiuseppese would be competing in Serie C2
. In this division they performed respectably, ending 3rd in their first season, missing out on promotion to Ischia Isolaverde
and Acireale
.
The following two seasons, they did not pose a threat in the championship race, but consistently finished in the top half of the table. By 1994 the club had begun to decline in form and just a year later they suffered a relegation to Serie D
(known as C.N.D. at the time). They were unable to bounce straight back to Serie C2 and after a mid-table finish, Sangiuseppese became defunct because of financial difficulties in 1996.
However, by 1997 the club had been refounded under the name Pro Sangiuseppese after a team from the city called Scalese took action to rename their club to carry on the legacy of Sangiuseppese; Pro Sangiuseppese started their first season back in the Promozione Campania, which was successfully captured in the 1997–98 season. This was followed up by becoming champions of Eccellenza Campania
, beating out Ottaviano by one point.
Into the new millennium Pro Sangiuseppese were back in Serie D
, returning with a 4th place finish above established regional sides such as Sorrento and Frosinone
. Although promotion eluded them, on the field the 2000s were somewhat of a stable time for the club; they finished in the top 10 for seven consequative seasons.
Off the field, Sangiuseppese were having problems and became bankrupt in 2006. Mario Moxedano and Ezio Bouchè moved in to take over the club; for a while their name was changed to Football Club Neapolis and then Football Club Sporting Neapolis, moving to Naples
(training at Sant'Antimo
).. But the new name not was recognized by Lega Serie C and many of the former Sangiuseppese players remained at the club.
Neapolis were successful in the 2006–07 season, they achieved promotion from Serie D
after beating out competition from Angri
and Siracusa
. For the 2007–08 season, the club has played in Serie C2
and shared the Stadio Arturo Collana
in the Vomero
area of Naples with Internapoli Camaldoli
. At the end of the season the club relegated back to Serie D
and moved to Stadio Andrea Vallefuoco, located in Mugnano di Napoli
.
In 2009-10 Serie D was promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.
changing its name to Football Club Neapolis Frattese and moving to the town.
Football in Italy
Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...
club located in Frattamaggiore
Frattamaggiore
-Geography:It is located in the Afragola hinterland. At the 2001 census the municipality had a population of 32,731 inhabitants and a land area of 5.32 km² . It is bordered by Afragola, Cardito, Crispano, Frattaminore, Grumo Nevano, and Sant'Arpino....
, Campania.
It currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.
Brief history
It was founded in 1936 in San Giuseppe VesuvianoSan Giuseppe Vesuviano
San Giuseppe Vesuviano is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 20 km east of Naples...
as Football Club Sangiuseppese and it played here from 1936 until 2008.
After its bankruptcy in 2008 it was taken over and renamed Football Club Neapolis Mugnano and played in Mugnano di Napoli
Mugnano di Napoli
Mugnano di Napoli is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 10 km northwest of Naples. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 31,602 and an area of 5.27 km²...
until 2011, moving area slightly and changed its colours to white and blue. During the 2009-10 season, they achieved promotion respectively into Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.
At the end of the 2010-2011 season, the club merged with A.S.D. Virtus Frattese of Frattamaggiore
Frattamaggiore
-Geography:It is located in the Afragola hinterland. At the 2001 census the municipality had a population of 32,731 inhabitants and a land area of 5.32 km² . It is bordered by Afragola, Cardito, Crispano, Frattaminore, Grumo Nevano, and Sant'Arpino....
changing its denomination to Football Club Neapolis Frattese and transferring their seat to Frattamaggiore
Frattamaggiore
-Geography:It is located in the Afragola hinterland. At the 2001 census the municipality had a population of 32,731 inhabitants and a land area of 5.32 km² . It is bordered by Afragola, Cardito, Crispano, Frattaminore, Grumo Nevano, and Sant'Arpino....
. The club also changed its colours to black with a white star, reflecting the historcal colors of Frattese.
Foundation
The club started its life as Football Club Sangiuseppese, it was founded in 1936 in the Province of NaplesProvince of Naples
The Province of Naples is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital city is Naples, within the province there are 92 Comuni of the Province of Naples.-Demographics:...
town San Giuseppe Vesuviano. The club wore yellow and blue shirts, known in Italy as gialloblù, starting their league performances in Terza Divisione. These early seasons were not very successful and the club commonly finished bottom.
Sangiuseppese eventually gained promotion to Seconda Divisione in 1939, their efforts in Second Divisione saw them reach the quarter-finals of the end-grouping. For a brief period after World War II, the club played in Serie C
Serie C
The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
for the 1946–47 and 1947–48 seasons. After that the club fell into obscurity.
Seconda Categoria
Seconda Categoria is the actual name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 9th level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Seconda Categoria level progresses to their closest regional league in the Prima Categoria level...
and won promotion from it to the Prima Categoria
Prima Categoria
Prima Categoria is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the eighth level in the Italian football league system and is organized by the National Amateur League by the Regional Committees. Each individual league winner within the Prima Categoria level progresses to their...
. Four years after this, the club achieved another promotion and they were placed into the Promozione Campania
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...
; club trainers during this period included Montalto, Improta, Sgambato, Ambrosio and Lovless respectively.
Sangiuseppese won promotion up into the Interregionale league after 1980–81, today's equivalent is 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...
. Spilabotte's goals helped the club during the two seasons they spent up in it. They competed against clubs such as Crotone
F.C. Crotone
Football Club Crotone is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in Serie B, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 9,631-seat capacity.-History:...
, Juve Stabia
S.S. Juve Stabia
Società Sportiva Juve Stabia is an Italian football club, based in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania. The club was first founded in 1907 and has been refounded at various points during its history, the most recent being in 2002....
and Savoia
F.C. Savoia 1908
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Calcio Savoia is an Italian association football club located in Torre Annunziata, Campania. It currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are all-white....
before being relegated.
The relegation itself in 1982–83 was difficult for the club to take as two teams who survived had the same amount of points as them, but Sangiuseppese had a worse goal difference. After their relegation the club played in regional competitions such as Promozione Campania
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...
and would only gain promotion from it in 1988–89.
Serie C2 and Pro Sangiuseppese
For the first time in their history, the club gained promotion from Serie DSerie 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...
after just one season back in the league, this meant Sangiuseppese would be competing in Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
. In this division they performed respectably, ending 3rd in their first season, missing out on promotion to Ischia Isolaverde
A.S.D. Ischia Isolaverde
The Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Ischia Isolaverde is an Italian association football club located in Ischia, Campania. It currently plays in Serie D...
and Acireale
A.S. Acireale
Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Acireale Calcio 1946 is an Italian association football club, based in Acireale, Sicily. The club have spent most of their history in Serie C, although they have played for two seasons in Serie B.-History:...
.
The following two seasons, they did not pose a threat in the championship race, but consistently finished in the top half of the table. By 1994 the club had begun to decline in form and just a year later they suffered a relegation 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...
(known as C.N.D. at the time). They were unable to bounce straight back to Serie C2 and after a mid-table finish, Sangiuseppese became defunct because of financial difficulties in 1996.
However, by 1997 the club had been refounded under the name Pro Sangiuseppese after a team from the city called Scalese took action to rename their club to carry on the legacy of Sangiuseppese; Pro Sangiuseppese started their first season back in the Promozione Campania, which was successfully captured in the 1997–98 season. This was followed up by becoming champions of Eccellenza Campania
Eccellenza Campania
Eccellenza Campania is the regional Eccellenza football league for clubs in the Southern Italian region of Campania, Italy. It is composed of 32 teams, divided into divisions A and B, which are 2 of the 28 total Eccellenza divisions in all of Italy. The two winners of the divisions are...
, beating out Ottaviano by one point.
Into the new millennium Pro Sangiuseppese were back in 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...
, returning with a 4th place finish above established regional sides such as Sorrento and Frosinone
Frosinone Calcio
Frosinone Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.It in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B....
. Although promotion eluded them, on the field the 2000s were somewhat of a stable time for the club; they finished in the top 10 for seven consequative seasons.
From Sangiuseppese to Neapolis Mugnano
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
(training at Sant'Antimo
Sant'Antimo
Sant'Antimo is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 13 km north of Naples.-External links:*...
).. But the new name not was recognized by Lega Serie C and many of the former Sangiuseppese players remained at the club.
Neapolis were successful in the 2006–07 season, they achieved promotion from 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...
after beating out competition from Angri
U.S. Angri Calcio 1927 A.S.D.
Unione Sportiva Angri Calcio 1927 Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica was an Italian association football club located in Angri, Campania.Angri does not join 2011-12 Serie D and excluded from all football.Its colors were grey and red....
and 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...
. For the 2007–08 season, the club has played in Serie C2
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consists of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–11 the teams are only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each...
and shared the Stadio Arturo Collana
Stadio Arturo Collana
Stadio Arturo Collana is a football stadium in Naples, Italy; it is located in the Vomero area of the city. The stadium was built in the latter part of the 1920s, originally under the name Stadio XXVIII Ottobre....
in the Vomero
Vomero
Vomero is a central district of Naples, with a population of about 48,000.-Geography:Vomero is a hilly and heavily urbanized area in the center of Naples...
area of Naples with Internapoli Camaldoli
Internapoli Camaldoli S.S.D.
Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Internapoli Città di Marano is an Italian association football club based in the Vomero area of Naples, Campania. Founded as S.C.Vomero in 1909, the club has been re-founded several times, first under the Cral Cirio in 1935 and Internapoli dominion in 1964...
. At the end of the season the club relegated back 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...
and moved to Stadio Andrea Vallefuoco, located in Mugnano di Napoli
Mugnano di Napoli
Mugnano di Napoli is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 10 km northwest of Naples. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 31,602 and an area of 5.27 km²...
.
In 2009-10 Serie D was promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.
Neapolis Frattese
At the end of the 2010-11 season the club merged with A.S.D. Virtus Frattese, a football club based in FrattamaggioreFrattamaggiore
-Geography:It is located in the Afragola hinterland. At the 2001 census the municipality had a population of 32,731 inhabitants and a land area of 5.32 km² . It is bordered by Afragola, Cardito, Crispano, Frattaminore, Grumo Nevano, and Sant'Arpino....
changing its name to Football Club Neapolis Frattese and moving to the town.
Current squad
To see the players of the current team click here.Honours
- Serie DSerie DSerie 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...
/ InterregionaleSerie DSerie 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...
- Champions: 1989–90, 2006–07
- Eccellenza CampaniaEccellenza CampaniaEccellenza Campania is the regional Eccellenza football league for clubs in the Southern Italian region of Campania, Italy. It is composed of 32 teams, divided into divisions A and B, which are 2 of the 28 total Eccellenza divisions in all of Italy. The two winners of the divisions are...
- Champions: 1998–99
- Promozione CampaniaPromozionePromozione 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...
- Champions: 1979–80, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1997–98