A.S.D. Giarre Calcio 1946 was an Italian association football club located in

Giarre Giarre () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily. The town is located about southeast of Palermo and around north of Catania. Geography Giarre is bounded by the municipalities of Acireale, Mascali, Milo, Ri ...

, Sicily. Its colors were yellow and blue.

History

The club's roots can be traced back to a club known as Associazione Sportiva Iona, founded by a president named Bottino. Due to financial constraints, the club was forced to fold and was refounded in 1948 as Societa Sportiva Giarre, in the town of

the men who brought it about were; * Nardo Patanè * Isidoro Pino * Giovanni Trovato * Angelo Villaggio * Salvatore Alpino * Nardo Barbagallo * Ignazio Cocuccio * Narciso Creati * Giovanni Panebianco * Sebastiano Cavallaro In its history, Giarre also played Serie C for several years; its last appearance in professional football is dated 1993/1994, when the team relegated to

Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...

and was successively cancelled because of financial troubles. Its best result is a fourth place in 1992/1993

Serie C1/B Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...

under coach

Gian Piero Ventura Gian Piero Ventura (; born 14 January 1948) is an Italian football manager. His playing career as a midfielder was spent in the lower leagues, having not made the grade at Sampdoria, where he began his coaching career with the youth team in 197 ...

, successively coach of several

Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...

teams. Giarre F.C. achieved a second place in the 2005–06 Coppa Italia Dilettanti; this result allowed the Sicilian Serie D team to play in the

Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...

. In the first round, Giarre played against

ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Florence, Tuscany. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while ...

Stadio Artemio Franchi The Stadio Artemio Franchi is a football stadium in Florence, Italy. It is currently the home of ACF Fiorentina. The old nickname of the stadium was "Comunale". When it was first constructed, it was known as the ''Stadio Giovanni Berta'', after ...

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

. Giarre lost 3–0 to Fiorentina, after ending 0–0 the first half. The club ended its history in 2008, after the property sold the football rights to a new franchise based in the neighbouring city of

Misterbianco Misterbianco (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region of Sicily, located about west of Catania and about southeast of Palermo. Misterbianco borders the following municipalities: Camporoton ...

. A phoenix club named A.S.D. Sporting Giarre was formed and, through a number of sports rights acquisitions, reached Eccellenza in 2014 as A.S.D. Giarre Calcio. After having returned to play Serie D during the 2021–22 season, Giarre were however excluded from the league due to financial issues.

Notable former managers

Adriano Lombardi Adriano Lombardi (7 August 1945 – 30 November 2007), nicknamed , was an Italian football player and coach, mostly known for his time spent at Avellino. Career Lombardi played as a midfielder with many teams, in particular Perugia, Como and Ave ...

References

External links

Official homepage

Unofficial homepage

Giarre Story
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