S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio
Encyclopedia
Unione Sportiva Sambenedettese is an Italian association football
club, based in San Benedetto del Tronto
, Marche. The club was founded in 1923. Sambenedettese currently plays in Serie D
, having last been in Serie B
in 1989. The team's colors are red and blue.
The club refound in 2009 as U.S. Sambenedettese 1923, but as a company, it known as U.S. Sambenedettese 2009 S.S.D.R.L.
and Sambenedettese (Samb, Samba). To many it may seem like the biggest derby in the Marche region is between Ascoli and Ancona, this is not the truth. The last time the "derby" was played between Ascoli and Sanbenedettese in a league season was in 1986. San Benedetto Del Tronto is a city in the province of Ascoli Piceno, only 20 minutes away from the city of Ascoli Piceno. It is an intense hate of each other, with the pride of each area defended passionately. It is said that a person who wears the oppositions colours in their territory, trouble is most likely to occur.
Mariano Bogliacino
Franco Causio
Luca Cigarini
Julio César de León
Walter Zenga
Stefano Tacconi
Silvio Spann
Stefano Borgonovo
Franco Selvaggi
Giuliano Fiorini Luigi Cagni
Stefano Colantuono
Nedo Sonetti
Zbigniew Boniek
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, based in San Benedetto del Tronto
San Benedetto del Tronto
San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and comune in Marche, Italy, in the province of Ascoli Piceno. It lies on the Adriatic Sea. San Benedetto del Tronto is an important little town on the Marche coast, an active fishing port and one of the main seaside resorts on the central Adriatic coast.Located...
, Marche. The club was founded in 1923. Sambenedettese currently plays 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...
, having last been in Serie B
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
in 1989. The team's colors are red and blue.
The club refound in 2009 as U.S. Sambenedettese 1923, but as a company, it known as U.S. Sambenedettese 2009 S.S.D.R.L.
Rivalries
The biggest derby in the Marche region is between AscoliAscoli
-Places of Italy:*Ascoli Piceno, a city and provincial seat in Marche*Ascoli Satriano, a town in the Province of Foggia*Porto d'Ascoli, a civil parish of San Benedetto del Tronto, in the province of Ascoli Piceno*Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche...
and Sambenedettese (Samb, Samba). To many it may seem like the biggest derby in the Marche region is between Ascoli and Ancona, this is not the truth. The last time the "derby" was played between Ascoli and Sanbenedettese in a league season was in 1986. San Benedetto Del Tronto is a city in the province of Ascoli Piceno, only 20 minutes away from the city of Ascoli Piceno. It is an intense hate of each other, with the pride of each area defended passionately. It is said that a person who wears the oppositions colours in their territory, trouble is most likely to occur.
Notable former players
Guglielmo BacciGuglielmo Bacci
Guglielmo Bacci is an Italian football coach and a former player.-Player:He has played for 4 seasons in the Serie A for A.S. Roma and Udinese Calcio.-Coach:...
Mariano Bogliacino
Mariano Bogliacino
Mariano Adriàn Bogliacino is a Uruguayan football midfielder who currently plays for Bari.-Career:Bogliacino begun his career as a football player in his hometown team, Plaza Colonia. He showed great technical potential in the Uruguayan Premiership, playing as offensive midfielder, left wing ad...
Franco Causio
Franco Causio
Franco Causio is an Italian, World Cup winning former footballer who played for Juventus for many years in the 1970s and 1980s.-Biography:Causio was born in Lecce , and moved to Juventus when he was 17....
Luca Cigarini
Luca Cigarini
Luca Cigarini is an Italian football midfielder who currently plays for Atalanta B.C. in Serie A.-Club career:He was one of the notable youth products in 2005 Parma squad, alongside Daniele Dessena...
Julio César de León
Julio César de León
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Walter Zenga
Walter Zenga
Walter Zenga is a retired Italian footballer and current manager. He is a long-time goalkeeper for the Italian national team and Internazionale. He also holds Romanian citizenship...
Stefano Tacconi
Stefano Tacconi
Stefano Tacconi is an Italian association football player. He is the only goalkeeper to have won all international club competitions.-Career:Tacconi got his first significant experience at Spoleto football club...
Silvio Spann
Silvio Spann
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Stefano Borgonovo
Stefano Borgonovo
Stefano Borgonovo is a retired Italian footballer who played as a striker.-Football career:Born in Giussano, Province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Borgonovo began his professional career with Como Calcio, making his debuts at 17 in a Serie A match against Ascoli Calcio. After a loan spell at S.S...
Franco Selvaggi
Franco Selvaggi
Franc Selvaggi is a former Italian football player. Born in Pomarico, province of Matera, he was a striker.In Serie A career he was played for Ternana, A.S. Roma, Cagliari, Torino, Udinese and Inter. For the Italian national team he was 1982 World Champion but never played a match in that event....
Giuliano Fiorini Luigi Cagni
Luigi Cagni
Luigi "Gigi" Cagni is an Italian football former player and current manager of Vicenza in Serie B.- Player :Cagni, a defender, made his Serie A debut for Brescia in 1970, in a league match lost 4-0 to Cagliari...
Notable former managers
Davide BallardiniDavide Ballardini
Davide Ballardini is an Italian association football manager who is currently the head coach at Serie A club Cagliari...
Stefano Colantuono
Stefano Colantuono
Stefano Colantuono is an Italian football manager, currently in charge as head coach of Atalanta.-Playing career:...
Nedo Sonetti
Nedo Sonetti
Nedo Sonetti is an Italian veteran football manager.-Career:Sonetti was born in Piombino, southern Tuscany and lives now in Gorle.He played in Serie B and Serie C for Spezia Calcio 1906 and Reggina....
Zbigniew Boniek
Zbigniew Boniek
Zbigniew "Zibì" Kazimierz Boniek is a former Polish footballer and coach. He first played at Zawisza Bydgoszcz and later at Widzew Łódź. Boniek was named by Pelé as one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers and by FIFA as one of the 100 best-ever players. On 12 October 2009 he received a Golden...