Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Ponziana (formerly Circolo Sportivo Ponziana 1912) is an Italian association football club based in the city of

Trieste Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the Province of Trieste, ...

, founded in 1912. Currently playing in the Promozione Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the 7th level of the Italian football league, Ponziana however did spend some time in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

following World War II, due to the city of Trieste's unique political situation at this time. Trieste's other club,

Triestina Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to US Triestina or just Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the northern Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. Originally established in 1918, Triestina was one of the fo ...

, remained in the Italian League during this period. Ponziana also competed in the

Campionato Alta Italia 1944 The 1944 Divisione Nazionale, better known as Campionato Alta Italia was a association football, football championship organized by the Italian Social Republic and disputed in Northern Italy, Northern and Central Italy in 1944 among Serie A and Ser ...

. Past players include

Giovanni Galeone Giovanni Galeone (born 25 January 1941) is an Italian football manager and former player. Playing career Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played as a midfielder for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, wh ...

Erminio Asin Erminio Asin (born 27 March 1914) was an football in Italy, Italian footballer. He played for 3 seasons (9 games, no goals) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma. External links

1914 births Year of death missing Italian men's footballers Seri ...

and

Guglielmo Cudicini Guglielmo () is the Italian form of the masculine name William. It may refer to: People with the given name Guglielmo: * Guglielmo I Gonzaga (1538–1587), Duke of Mantua and Montferrat * Guglielmo Agnelli (c. 1238 – 1313), Italian sculptor and ...

, whose son

Fabio Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented in Portuguese as ''Fábio'' (with t ...

and grandson

Carlo Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...

both also went on to be professional players. Past managers include

Pietro Pasinati Piero Pasinati, born Pietro Pasinati (; 21 July 1910 – 15 November 2000) was an Italian football player and manager, who played as a striker. Club career Pasinati was born in Trieste. During his club career, he played for Italian teams ...

External links

Official website
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