A.S.D. Tre Pini Matese was an Italian association football club based in

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Piedimonte Matese Piedimonte Matese () is a (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italy, Italian region of Campania, located about 82 km north of Naples and about 40 km north of Caserta. Geography Piedimonte Matese borders the following mun ...

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. Although based in Campania, the club were members of

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(Molise) and Eccellenza (Molise).

History

The club was founded in 2012 as A.S.D. Tre Pini Sporting Matese. Tre Pini Sporting Matese was admitted to

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for the 2012–13 season, winning promotion to Promozione Molise after finishing as champions and recording a total of 76 points from 30 games. During the 2015–16 season, Tre Pini finished as runners-up to Polisportiva Gioventù Calcio Dauna in Eccellenza Molise. There was some controversy over Dauna and U.S. Venafro's involvement in a corruption scandal. As a result of this, several representatives of Gioventù Dauna received fines ranging from €5,000 to €10,000, while the other accused club, Venafro, was fined a sum of €4,000. Dauna's first-place finish was awarded, to second-placed Tre Pini, with the accused club; set to remain in Eccellenza for the subsequent campaign. Consequently, Tre Pini; was temporarily admitted to

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 ...

for the 2016–17 season. However, following this decision, a federal tribunal found Dauna innocent of any wrongdoing and its title and subsequent promotion; was restored, placing Tre Pini Matese back in Eccellenza.

Cup run

The 2013–14 season saw the club compete in the Coppa Italia Dilettanti Molise for the first time in its history. Tre Pini failed to make it past the group stage. The following season, the team qualified for the semi-finals of the

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. And this was mirrored in the 2015–16 season. The 2016–17 season saw them top their group; and reach the quarter-finals of the tournament. However, Tre Pini would fall to a (6–5 aggregate defeat) after winning the home leg 3–2, then losing 2–4 away to

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Colors and club crest

Tre Pini's home colours were green and white. The club's badge depicted three pine trees atop three peaks paid homage to the town

and the surrounding area in the mountainous

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Nearby clubs

Their closest rivals in terms of distance were

A.S.D. Alliphae A.S.D. Alife is an Italian association football club based in Alife, Caserta, Campania. The club currently plays in Prima Categoria Molise. History The club was founded in 2007 as A.S.D. Atletico Matese Alife () and has been sponsored by Ban ...

, an Alife-based club, and then the more established

-based outfit Casertana. The distance between Alife and Piedimonte Matese is about 3.3 miles (5.5 km), whilst Caserta is approximately 24 miles (40 km) away.

Matches

Tre Pini Matese twice met local rivals Casertana in the same calendar year, with the first encounter coming on 11 February 2016, when they hosted a

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against Casertana, which saw ''I Falchetti'' run out 10−0 winners. Following their crushing defeat back in February, a rematch was contested at Tre Pini's - ''Stadio Pasqualino Ferrante;'' on 21 August during the 2016−17 pre-season. Goals from Matmute and Giorno were enough to give the away side a second successive victory over their rivals.

Sponsorship and kit manufacturers

Tre Pini Matese's home and away kits were produced by Italian international sports brand Zeus Sports and, their shirts sponsor was ' ''Città di Piedimonte Matese'''.

Players

Current squad

Former players

* Marco Di Baia * Federico Barile * Nicolas Barone * Simone Carpentino * Guido Cinicola * Francesco Cristillo * Claudio Di Domenico * Vincenzo Fappiano * Luigi Rega * Simone Marra * Raffaele Di Nardo * Domenico D'Ovidio * Pietro Pacilio * Vittorio Pellegrino * Alessio Raucci * Gianmarco Raviele * Alessandro Ferrante * Daniele Napoletano * Stefano Di Sorbo * Vincenzo Varricchione * Giuseppe Zotti

Player records

Most goals Daniele Napoletano – 119 : 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 Most goals in one season Daniele Napoletano – : 43 : 2015–16, 2016–17

Non-playing staff

;Staff

Club honours

Domestic

League

Prima Categoria (Girone A) :*Winners: 2012−13 Promozione Molise :*Winners: 2013−14

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:*Runners-up: 2015–16

Cup

* Coppa Italia Dilettanti Molise :*Winners (2): 2018–19, 2019–20

Managers

* Mario Morra (2014–2016) * Alessandro Cagnale (2016–2017) * Marco Palazzo (2016–2017) * Ernesto Geloso (2017) * Silvano Romagnini (2017–2019) * Alfonso Camorani (2019–2020)

Club records

Longest winning run *10 matches Longest home winning streak *14 matches Biggest wins *Home **8–1 against Cliternina, 18 December 2016 (

) **8–1 against Turris Santangiolese, 10 March 2013 (

) **7–0 against Forulum, 16 December 2012 (

) **6–0 against Cerro Al Volturno, 24 March 2013 (

) **6–1 against Aurora Pizzone, 14 October 2012 (

) **5–2 against Spinete, 3 December 2016 (

) **5–1 against Atletico Sant. Agapito, 13 January 2013 (

) **4–0 against Pesche, 20 January 2013 (

) **4–0 against Civitanova, 14 April 2013 (

) **4–1 against San Pietro Avellana, 21 October 2012 (

) **4–2 against Atletico Sanniti, 4 November 2012 (

) *Away **1–5 against Bagnolese, 9 December 2012 (

) **0–5 against Alliphae, 14 January 2017 (

) Biggest losses *Home **0−10 against Casertana, 11 February 2016 (

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) *Away **4–0 against Montenero, 21 April 2013 (

) **4–2 against Forulum, 5 May 2013 (

)

References

External links

Official Website

Official Twitter Page

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