A.S. Sambenedettese S.r.l. is an Italian association football club, based in

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. Sambenedettese currently plays in

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History

Foundation

The club was founded in 1923 as ''U.S. Sambenedettese'', and spent 21 seasons in

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...

(last time in 1989) and 39 seasons in

Serie C The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

/LegaPro.

The first refoundation

In 1994 the sports title of Sambenedettese S.p.A. was transferred to a new company named A.S. Sambenedettese Calcio that assumes the debts of the previous company.

The second refoundation

In 2006 the sports title of S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio was transferred to a new company of the same name ( P.IVA 01702690445).

The third refoundation

The club was refounded in 2009 as U.S. Sambenedettese 1923 by the company U.S. Sambenedettese 2009 S.S.D. A.R.L. In 2012–13 season it won Group F of Serie D, but it was not promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione as it was excluded by Federal Council's decision for incomplete documentation of submission to the league. The company behind the club also changed the name to U.S. Sambenedettese 1923 S.r.l. at that time.

The fourth refoundation

In summer 2013 the club was refound as A.S.D. Sambenedettese Calcio by the entrepreneur Gianni Moneti restarting from Eccellenza. with the 2013–14 season seeing the club claim the victory in Eccellenza Marche and promotion from Serie D. The next year Manolo Bucci joined the company with Moneti, with the new company aiming to win the Serie D Girone F, but at the end of season the club finished in third place and lost the first match of the play-offs. On 17 June 2015 Bucci left Sambenedettese and Moneti looked for another partner. On 4 August 2015 Moneti, sold the company to Franco Fedeli, who two days later submitted repechage to apply for Lega Pro to

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. In 2016 the club were promoted back to Lega Pro as the Group F winner of

2015–16 Serie D The 2015–16 Serie D was the sixty-eighth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system. The phoenix club of Parma Calcio was added to this league. P ...

. The club was known as S.S.D. Sambenedettese ARL at that time. At the start of 2016–17 season the company behind the club changed the name to S.S. Sambenedettese S.r.l. (P.IVA 02177180441), but marketing as S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio. On 2020, the club was sold by Franco Fedeli to Italian-Argentine entrepreneur and

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owner

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. However, less than a year later, after Serafino's failure to comply with several financial requirements, the club was declared bankrupt.

The fifth refoundation

The club's name was then assigned to entrepreneur Roberto Renzi and the club was refounded as A.S. Sambenedettese. After repaying all debts, was formally accepted by the Italian Football Federation, this way maintaining their spot in the Serie C league. The club was however excluded from Serie C due to financial irregularities and successively admitted to

following a successful appeal and the payment of a league membership fee.

Players

First team squad

Colors and badge

The team's colors are red and blue.

Rivalries

The main rivalry is with

Ascoli Ascoli may refer to: Places in Italy *Ascoli Satriano, a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region *Province of Ascoli Piceno, a province of the Marche region **Ascoli Piceno, a city which is the seat of the province above ...

. They are in the same province – Province of Ascoli Piceno.

Honours

Coppa Italia Serie C Coppa Italia Serie C ( it, Serie C Italian Cup), formerly named Coppa Italia Lega Pro, is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie C in Italian football first held in 1972. Format There are a total of six rounds in the c ...

:Winners: 1991–92

References

External links

Official site
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