A.S.D. Maccarese Calcio was an Italian football club headquartered in Maccarese, a ''frazione'' of

Fiumicino Fiumicino () is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 80,500 (2019). It is known for being the site of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, the busiest airport in Italy and the eleventh-bu ...

, itself part of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital (formerly Province of Rome). The club was also known as S.S. Maccarese until renamed to A.S. Giada Maccarese in 2002. In 2013, the club, known as A.S.D. Maccarese Calcio at that time, was relocated and renamed as A.S.D. Trastevere Calcio. However, since 2013, several namesake were founded as phoenix clubs of Maccarese, by the former chairman Dante Papili.

History

Maccarese was founded in 1934 in the present day Maccarese ''frazione'' of

''comune''. The ''comune'' was formed in 1992 from a split from Rome ''comune''. Both Fiumicino (XXXVII) and Maccarese (, XLII and , XLIII) were previously separate zones of Circoscrizione XIV of Rome. The

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(FIGC) registration number of the club was 75,992. In the 1990s, the club was known for signing future Serie A players

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, who played for the team in

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Lazio league from 1997 to 2000 and then Eccellenza Lazio in . The club received a windfall revenue in 2011 due to Moscardelli's debut in Serie A and a bonus mechanism of FIGC. The club was renamed to A.S. Giada Maccarese in 2002. According to the club, Giada was in fact means Gia. Da., the initials of the Chairman Dante Papili and his brother Giancarlo Papili. Prefix ''dilettantistica'' (stands for amateur) and suffix ''calcio'' (stands for football) were added to the denomination some times later, as A.S.D. Giada Maccarese Calcio. The club played in Eccellenza Lazio from 2000–01 season to . In the last season the club relegated. In 2012, the club also renamed to A.S.D. Maccarese Calcio. In the single season as A.S.D. Maccarese Calcio, the club finished as the 15th in the group A of 2012–13 Promozione Lazio. In 2013, A.S.D. Maccarese Calcio was folded after selling its sports title. The legal person of the club was relocated and renamed as A.S.D. Trastevere Calcio. However, a phoenix club of Maccarese was founded in the same year in the

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. Both "new" Maccarese and "new" Trastevere were folded in 2014, however, and replaced with namesakes.

Phoenix clubs

Pol. Maccarese Giada

Pol. Maccarese Giada was a phoenix club of Maccarese since the 2013 relocation of A.S.D. Maccarese Calcio, formerly known as A.S.D. Giada Maccarese Calcio, from Maccarese to

Trastevere Trastevere () is the 13th ''rione'' of Rome: it is identified by the initials R. XIII and it is located within Municipio I. Its name comes from Latin ''trans Tiberim'', literally 'beyond the Tiber'. Its coat of arms depicts a golden head of a lio ...

. Pol. Maccarese Giada was founded in 2013 by the relocation of

Pol. Monterotondo Lupa Polisportiva Monterotondo Lupa was an Italian association football club headquartered in Monterotondo, in the Province of Rome, but played their home match inside Rome. In 2013, the club relocated to Maccarese ''frazione'' of Fiumicino ''com ...

from Monterotondo to Maccarese. According to the press release of the club, Dante Papili, former chairman of Giada Maccarese, also joined the board of Maccarese Giada. The club also affiliated to

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. In terms of city, the shuffle effectively made the team from Maccarese "promoted" from

Lazio to

, while the team from

"promoted" from

Terza Categoria The Terza Categoria is the lowest level of amateur football in Italy. It is the ninth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Terza Categoria level progresses to their closest regional league in the ...

Rome to Promozione Lazio by using the spot of A.S.D. Maccarese Calcio. The team from Monterotondo retained in Eccellenza Lazio by using the spot of

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. However, the new club was short-lived, the first team of Maccarese was expelled from the football league pyramid after only one season in

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Nuovo Maccarese / Fregene Maccarese

After the first team of Pol. Maccarese Giada was dissolved in 2014, another phoenix club was founded as A.S.D. Nuovo Maccarese Calcio 1934, by the renaming of A.S.D. Casalotti in 2017 (a namesake of

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''frazione'' of Rome). The registration number of the club was 916,147. It was reported that Dante Papili also served as the chairman of Nuovo Maccarese, as well as the new club affiliated to the existing youth team of Giada Maccarese. As of 2018–19 season, the first team of Nuovo Maccarese participated in

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Group D. However, the team played the home matches in Stadio Aristide Paglialunga in Fregene ''frazione'' of Fiumicino. Another football club, S.F.F. Atletico, also based in Stadio Aristide Paglialunga. In 2019, Nuovo Maccarese was renamed into A.S.D. Fregene Maccarese Calcio.

A.S.D. Giada Maccarese C.L.

A.S.D. Giada Maccarese C.L. is a youth academy based in Maccarese and chaired by Dante Papili. The registration number of the club was 945,128.

Others

In mid-2018, Pol. Pian due Torri (a namesake of area of Rome), announced to move the team to Maccarese, which participated in 2018–19

Group A. Pian due Torri played their home matches in Stadio Emilio Darra in Maccarese ''frazione'' of Fiumicino. It was reported that Dante Papili also served as chairman of Pian due Torri, but rebutted by Pian due Torri official website.

Notable former players

Honours

Lazio (Group A) **Runner-up (1999–2000)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maccarese Calcio, ASD Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Lazio Association football clubs established in 1934 1934 establishments in Italy Association football clubs disestablished in 2013 2013 disestablishments in Italy Sport in Fiumicino