A.S.G. Nocerina S.r.l., was an Italian association football 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 withdrew from the league in 2015 and was replaced by A.S.D. Città di Nocera 1910 (formerly "Città di Agropoli"), which known as A.S.D. Nocerina 1910 since July 2016. A.S.G. Nocerina S.r.l. was a new

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to replace A.G. Nocerina 1910 S.r.l., while the latter, formerly known as U.S. Nocerina S.r.l. and Polisportiva Nocera Superiore, was a phoenix club of "A.C. Nocerina S.p.A." (formerly "A.G. Nocerina"). A.C. Nocerina bankrupted in 1988.

History

A.G. Nocerina and A.C. Nocerina

The club was founded in 1910 as "Associazione Giovanile Nocera". The club was incorporated as "Associazione Calcio Nocerina S.p.A." in 1978. In the same year the club promoted to

Serie B The Serie B (), currently named Serie 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 season. It had been ...

U.S. Nocerina, A.G. Nocerina 1910 and A.S.G. Nocerina

In 1988, A.C. Nocerina was excluded from professional league. At the same time, another football club from

Nocera Superiore Nocera Superiore ( nap, Nucèrë or ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It was the core of the ancient city of ', later known as ', ' and then ' ( it, Nocera dei Pagani), which a ...

: Polisportiva Nocera Superiore, was relocated to

as a phoenix club, namely Unione Sportiva Nocerina, The club was incorporated as a '' società a responsabilità limitata'' in 1994. The club was then known as Associazione Giovanile Nocerina 1910 S.r.l. in 2000. In 2008, a new

of the same club was incorporated, namely A.S.G. Nocerina S.r.l. Dilettanti. The club was admitted to

2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-second football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the second since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into ...

season on 30 July 2009, thus dropping amateur ( it, dilettanti) from the legal suffix of the club. Another A.S.G. Nocerina, A.S. Gioventù Nocerina, was the former name of the

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(5-a-side-football) team A.S. Pagani Futsal, which was used until 2003. The two A.S.G. Nocerina had no relation to each other.

Serie B

In 2011, A.S.G. Nocerina won

promotion from

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978 ...

. So returning to it after 32 years for the third time (if counting the club as the legitimate successor of A.C. Nocerina), following the two seasons played in 1948 and in 1979. Nocerina was relegated at the end of the season after finishing 20th in the Serie B table and returned to the

Sporting fraud controversy and withdrawal from league

On 10 November 2013, Nocerina played a match at local rivals

Salernitana Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919, commonly referred to as Salernitana, is an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recentl ...

, a derby widely publicized in the Italian media as the "derby of shame". Immediately prior to the match, a number of Nocerina players allegedly received death threats from a group of thirty Nocerina supporters known as "Ultras", after those supporters were barred from the match by local authorities. The Nocerina players were reticent to take the pitch after hearing of the death threats, and kickoff was delayed 40 minutes until the players were finally convinced to begin the match. Within the first two minutes of the match, Nocerina utilized all three of their allowed substitutions, due to injury. Five additional Nocerina players subsequently went off injured, leaving Nocerina with only six men on the pitch. The match was finally abandoned after 21 minutes. The reason for the high number of injuries was because the players didn't "warm up". As the players left the pitch, fans threw objects such as bottles, lighters, and food at the players in response for causing the game to be called off early. A subsequent investigation by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) into the events surrounding the match was conducted. The investigation resulted in Nocerina being found guilty of sporting fraud, as the injuries allegedly suffered by the eight Nocerina players were actually faked, due to the players' unwillingness to participate in the Salernitana match. As a result of the findings of the investigation, FIGC announced on 29 January 2014 that Nocerina was to be fined €10,000 and demoted from the Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Nocerina would be reassigned to a lower division, to be determined by FIGC. Several players was also banned from football temporarily, despite some ban were shortened after appeal. On 1 August 2014 Nocerina was assigned to

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 ...

. In July 2015 the first team of the club withdrew from Eccellenza Campania, as well as not seeking to join any league such as

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 th ...

Phoenix club

In 2015, another club from the another ''

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 ...

'' was relocated to Nocera Inferiore and renamed to A.S.D. Città di Nocera 1910.

Colors and badge

The team's colours are red and black. The club's nickname is the mastiffs.

Former players

Former managers

Honours

;A.S.G. Nocerina *

group B **Champions: 2010–11 *

Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione The Supercoppa di Serie C, formerly named Supercoppa di Lega Pro, is an Italian football competition played by the three group winners of Serie C, inaugurated in 2000. Forerunners The FIGC introduced a third-level national football championship f ...

**Winner: 2011 ---- ;A.C. Nocerina *

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 ...

**Champions: 1946–47, 1977–78 * Scudetto Dilettanti **Champions: 1961–62

The last 10 seasons

References

External links

Official website of A.S.G. Nocerina

Official website of A.G. Nocerina 1910
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