Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Ponziana (formerly Circolo Sportivo Ponziana 1912) is an Italian association football club based in the city of

Trieste Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into prov ...

, founded in 1912. Currently playing in the Promozione Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the 7th level of the Italian football league, Ponziana however did spend some time in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

following World War II, due to the city of Trieste's unique political situation at this time. Trieste's other club, Triestina, remained in the Italian League during this period. Ponziana also competed in the

Campionato Alta Italia 1944 The 1944 Divisione Nazionale, better known as Campionato Alta Italia was a football championship organized by the Italian Social Republic and disputed in Northern and Central Italy in 1944 among Serie A and Serie B teams plus others. The tournament ...

. Past players include

Giovanni Galeone Giovanni Galeone (born 25 January 1941) is an Italian football manager and former player. Playing career Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played as a midfielder for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, w ...

, Erminio Asin and Guglielmo Cudicini, whose son

Fabio Fabio is a given name descended from Latin '' Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

and grandson Carlo both also went on to be professional players. Past managers include Pietro Pasinati.

External links

Official site
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