A.S.D. Nocerina 1910, known as Nocerina and formerly known as Città di Nocera, is an Italian

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club based in

Nocera Inferiore Nocera Inferiore ( nap, Nucèrä Inferiórë or simply , , locally ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in Campania in southern Italy. It lies west of Nocera Superiore, at the foot of Monte Albino, some 20 km east-sou ...

, Campania. The club was founded in 2015 by using the sports title of Città di Agropoli, after the major club of the city,

A.S.G. Nocerina A.S.G. Nocerina S.r.l., was an Italian association football club, based in Nocera Inferiore, Campania. The club withdrew from the league in 2015 and was replaced by A.S.D. Città di Nocera 1910 (formerly "Città di Agropoli"), which known as ...

withdrew from the football leagues. The club was purchased in 2022 by three American businessmen Giancarlo Natale, Raffaele Scalzi, and Louie A. Goros. This marks the first Americans in history to purchase an Italian soccer club in Southern Italy. The club currently plays in

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

History

Città di Agropoli

A.S.D. Città di Agropoli was a football club that attributed to the ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' Agropoli but based in

Campagna Campagna (Italian: ) is a small town and ''comune'' of the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of Southern Italy. Its population is 17,148. Its old Latin name was Civitas Campaniae (City of Campagna). Campagna is located in one of the v ...

, in the Province of Salerno. The club also played in Angri and

Battipaglia Battipaglia () is a municipality (''comune'') in the province of Salerno, Campania, south-western Italy. Famed as a production place of buffalo mozzarella, Battipaglia is the economic hub of the Sele plain. History Formerly part of the ancien ...

in the past. The club was named "Città di Agropoli" but had no relation with

U.S. Agropoli 1921 Unione Sportiva Agropoli 1921 is an Italian football club based in Agropoli, Campania. Currently it plays in Italy's Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian lea ...

, the winner of 2011–12

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 Ita ...

Group B. Città di Agropoli won

Promozione The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth 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. Depending on each league's lo ...

Campania Group D in the same season. Città di Agropoli played 3 seasons in Eccellenza Campania from 2012 to 2015. In the last season, Città di Agropoli finished as the 12th of Group B, while

finished as the equal 7th in the same group.

A.S.D. Nocerina 1910

After

withdrew from the league in 2015, Città di Agropoli, based in

, was merged with A.S.D. Matteo Solferino, a five-a-side football club from

. The new club, Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Città di Nocera 1910 (A.S.D. Città di Nocera 1910) also headquartered in Nocera Inferiore but inherited the "sports title" of Città di Agropoli in 2015–16

season. The two ''comuni'' were from the same province, thus such relocation was allowed in the regulation. In the first season, Città di Nocera won Eccellenza Campania Group B and the promotion to

2016–17 Serie D The 2016–17 Serie D was the sixty-ninth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system. A total of 162 teams, divided on geographical grounds into 9 gro ...

season. The club was renamed to "A.S.D. Nocerina 1910" in July 2016. The club was penalized 3 points in 2018, due one of the predecessors, A.S.D. Matteo Solferino, fielded an ineligible player during 2014–15 season.

Players

Former players

Honours

**Champions: 2015–16 (as Città di Nocera) *

Campania **Champions: 2011–12 (as Città di Agropoli)

References

External links

* Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Campania Association football clubs established in 2015 2015 establishments in Italy

ASD Nocerina 1910 A.S.D. Nocerina 1910, known as Nocerina and formerly known as Città di Nocera, is an Italian football club based in Nocera Inferiore, Campania. The club was founded in 2015 by using the sports title of Città di Agropoli, after the major club o ...

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