Assocazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Marsala 1912 is an Italian association football club based in the city of

Marsala Marsala (, local ; la, Lilybaeum) is an Italian town located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily. Marsala is the most populated town in its province and the fifth in Sicily. The town is famous for the docking of Gius ...

, Sicily. The club plays in .

History

Marsala was founded in 1912. It is also known as ''lilybetani'', after Lilybaeum, the ancient name of Marsala during the Roman period. After the First World War, it was entered into the

Coppa Federale Siciliana Coppa Federale Siciliana (which translates as the Sicilian Federal Cup) was a Sicilian football competition which took place during May 1920. The tournament took place just once, in the aftermath of World War I. The winners of the competition were ...

, which was competed amongst the top Sicilian sides Marsala,

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, Messinese and

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. Marsala lost heavily in the semi-finals against eventual winner Palermo. The club's first professional appearance was in 1942, when the team ended round N of Serie C in sixth place. Since then, Marsala has played 28 other times at the Serie C level, narrowly missing promotion to Serie B in 1960 (second placed in round C) and launching several young players who then obtained notoriety even at the worldwide level, such as Marco Materazzi and Patrice Evra. The team declared bankruptcy in 2000 after a

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), 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 ...

season ended with a relegation. A new team, Associazione Sportiva Marsala 2000, was founded as a relocation of the existing Eccellenza club ''Don Bosco Partinico''. The team was immediately promoted to Serie D, but it was cancelled in 2004 immediately after another relegation after losing playoffs to

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, again because of financial troubles. Following the 2006–07 season, four teams were representing the city of Marsala: * U.S.D. Petrosino Marsala, an Eccellenza team officially based in

Petrosino Petrosino ( Sicilian: ''Pitrusinu'') is a town and ''comune'' in Sicily, Italy, administratively part of the province of Trapani, located between the municipalities of Marsala and Mazara del Vallo Mazara del Vallo (; ) is a town and ''comune ...

but playing its home matches in Marsala; * S.C. Marsala A.S.D., a minor local club formerly known as ''Bosco 1970'' that were crowned

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 ...

champions in 2007, being therefore elected to play Eccellenza the following season; * U.S. Kennedy J.F., a Prima Categoria club hailing from the local '' frazione'' of Birgi, home of the Trapani-Birgi Airport, that gained promotion to Promozione in 2007; * and S.C. Marsala 1912, the direct and legal heir of the historical local club, re-registered to the

Italian Football Federation The Italian Football Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio; FIGC), known colloquially as ''Federcalcio'', is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and the technical department is in Coverciano, Florence. It ...

in 2006, which played and won Seconda Categoria in 2006–2007. In June 2007, after failing to find an agreement with Sport Club Marsala, Marsala 1912 agreed to merge with Kennedy Birgi. The new club assumed the denomination of A.S.D. S.C. Marsala 1912, and participated in the 2007–08 regionally organized Promozione league. In 2008–09, Marsala 1912 won promotion to Eccellenza through play-offs, after defeating Palermo-based club Sporting Arenella in the final, so they played in the Italian 6th tier the following season. In the 2011–12 season, Marsala was relegated to Eccellenza. After some seasons in the minor leagues, Marsala returned to Serie D in 2015 under head coach

Rosario Pergolizzi Rosario Pergolizzi (born 7 October 1968) is an Italian football coach and former player. Playing career Pergolizzi, a defender, made his professional debut with Sardinian team Olbia Calcio; he then moved to Napoli, where he made a single appeara ...

; the club was, however, relegated back to Eccellenza in the first season, then returning to Serie D in 2018, staying in the top Italian amateur tier for two seasons before a period of steep decline that led them to get down to Eccellenza and then

. In 2024, the club acquired the sports title of Eccellenza club Mazara 46 (formerly known as Mazarese), and assured a place in the top regional amateur as a consequence.

Colors and badge

The official and historical colours of the club are white and blue.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marsala Football clubs in Italy Marsala Football clubs in Sicily Association football clubs established in 1912 Serie C clubs 1912 establishments in Italy