Cavese 1919
S.r.l., commonly known as just Cavese, is an Italian
football club based in
Cava de' Tirreni
Cava de' Tirreni (; Cilentan: ''A Càva'') is a city and '' comune'' in the region of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, northwest of the town of Salerno. It lies in a richly cultivated valley surrounded by wooded hills, and is a p ...
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, that currently plays in . The first city club was founded in 1919 as Unione Sportiva Cavese. It was refounded as Pro Cavese in 1974. In 2012, the club, known as S.S. Cavese 1919
S.r.l. at that time, merged with another local side "U.S.D. Pro Cavese 1394", but retained the "Cavese 1919" brand. The club was most recently in
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 ...
in 1984.
History
From U.S. Cavese, Pro Cavese to S.S. Cavese 1919
The team was founded in 1919 as Unione Sportiva Cavese, and played its first match ever against
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 ...
, ended in a 3–2 win for the ''Aquilotti''. In 1922 the team merged with Libertas Sporting Club, another local team, in order to build a more competitive side. That same year, the team was admitted to the
Prima Divisione (the equivalent of the nowadays'
Serie A
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). After a few years near the bottom of the table, the death of their coach and an economic crisis lead to their demotion in 1925.
After languishing in the lower levels of Italian Football for 10 years, S.S. Cavese was promoted to the Prima Divisione (at that time became the 4th highest division) in 1937. With a new stadium Stadio Francis Palmentieri and star player
Virgilio Levratto
Virgilio Felice Levratto (; 26 October 1904 – 18 September 1968) was an Italian association football player and later a coach, who played as a striker.
Club career
Levratto was born in Carcare. Throughout his club career, he played for F.C. ...
, the ''Aquilotti'' rose to the
Serie C
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The unification of the Lega Pro ...
. However, in 1948 the club ran into more economic trouble, sending them back into the minor divisions. In 1964 the club played its way to the Serie D despite a 3-point penalty. In 1974, Cavese merged with Pro Salerno, another Serie D team, and renamed itself as Pro Cavese. After the merge, several new clubs were founded and named after "Pro Salerno" a few times. Pro Cavese returned to Serie C in
1977
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and took back its original denomination in 1980.
In 1981, Cavese was able to gain its first (and only) promotion to Serie B. The first Serie B season for Cavese ended in a 15th place which allowed the team to avoid relegation. The
1982–83 Serie B
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Teams
Atalanta, Monza, Arezzo and Campobasso had been promoted from Serie C, while Milan, Bologna and Como had been relegated from Serie ...
season was the top season ever for the Campanian team in its whole history: in fact, Cavese was almost to reach promotion to
Serie A
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, ending the first half of the season in a third placed, which would allow the promotion, and sixth at the end of the season. That championship is remembered especially for the crushing 2–1 victory in
San Siro
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against
A.C. Milan
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. The scorers were
Joe Jordan
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for Milan, and Tivelli and Di Michele for Cavese. However, the next season Cavese relegated to
Serie C1, and was not able to reach Serie B anymore. The team was even cancelled from Italian football in 1991, and readmitted in the
Eccellenza Campania with the denomination S.S. Cavese 1919.
In the 2000s, Cavese went back to the professional Italian leagues and in the
2005–06 Serie C2 season it was able to win the division and come back to Serie C1. In the
2006–07 Serie C1 season, a third place in the regular season allowed Cavese to play the promotion playoffs: after a 5–2 defeat to
Foggia in the first leg, Cavese nearly overturned it in the second leg, winning it 3–1 and being eliminated by a late Foggia goal during injury time.
They defeated
Napoli
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
2–1 in a friendly match in the beginnings of 2009.
Starting from 2010, fans of the club also became the shareholders.
Local photographer, Michele Angelo Sica, became the executive director ( it, Amministratore unico).
[
In the end of ]2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione
The 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-third football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the third since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.
It will be divided into two ...
season (ex-Serie C1), Cavese relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (ex-Serie C2). But in July 2011, the club did not appeal against the exclusion of the first team from professional football by Co.Vi.So.C.
Sica also made a press release in August 2011, stating the logo and color of the club were used by others without approval. S.S. Cavese 1919 had a team participated in a local league Campionato Regionale di Attività Mista in 2011–12 season.
The membership of "S.S. Cavese 1919 S.r.l." in the Italian Football Federation was finally revoked in June 2016, despite the club already given the name of "Cavese 1919" to the phoenix club circa 2012.
From U.S.D. Pro Cavese 1394 to Cavese 1919
In July 2012, another club, U.S.D. Pro Cavese 1394, homage to one of the previous name, Pro Cavese, signed an agreement with S.S. Cavese 1919 to act as a phoenix club.[ U.S.D. Pro Cavese 1394 also applied to play in ]2012–13 Serie D
The 2012–13 Serie D was the sixty-fifth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system.
It consisted of 162 teams divided into nine 18-team divisions. ...
. Circa 2013–14 season Pro Cavese was renamed to U.S.D. Cavese 1919, and then the current name Cavese 1919 in the late 2010s.
U.S.D. Pro Cavese 1394 was formerly known as A.S.D. Città de la Cava 1394 ,[ based in ]Cava de' Tirreni
Cava de' Tirreni (; Cilentan: ''A Càva'') is a city and '' comune'' in the region of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, northwest of the town of Salerno. It lies in a richly cultivated valley surrounded by wooded hills, and is a p ...
in Campania season. Cava won the national promotion play-offs of that division, but requires to deposit €31,000 for the actual spot in 2012–13 Serie D season.[ Before 2011, the team was known as Vis Sangiorgio ,] based in Castel San Giorgio
Castel San Giorgio (Campanian: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. In 2011, it had a population of 13,411.
History
The town, founded in 1810 and located near the site of the anci ...
. A.S.D. Vis San Giorgio also participated in . The club had yet another name A.S.D. Paestum Città dei Templi, based in Paestum
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''frazione'', Capaccio-Paestum (not to be confused with S.S. Akragas Città dei Templi), but the club was takeover by businessman from Castel San Giorgio in 2009, and proposed to rename to A.S.D. Città di Castel San Giorgio (not to be confused with other team of the city, such as A.S.D. Castel San Giorgio (registration number 620,901)[ and A.S.D. Castel San Giorgio Calcio (registration number 620,516)). Paestum was relegated in season, but repêchage on 31 July 2009. Paestum was known as U.S. Poseidon before 2005–06 season (registration number 61,766), also based in Capaccio-Paestum.]
Some fans of the original S.S. Cavese 1919, also founded another phoenix club " S.C.S.D. Cava United F.C." in 2014[ (registration number 941,251), stating they are still fans of Cavese, but not agree with the club re-foundation by buying the sports title from other club.][ Cava United participated in ]Terza Categoria
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.[ While Poseidon, another predecessor of the current "Cavese 1919", was also re-founded as U.S. Poseidon 1958 in Capaccio-Paestum (registration number 620,531). Poseidon reached Promozione Campania in 2014. Another team, Aquilotto Cavese (registration number 934,893), was founded by a fans association Associazione Sogno Cavese in 2011,][ which also related to 2014 founded Cava United.]
In April 2014, U.S.D. Cavese 1919 was penalized 3 points in 2013–14 Serie D
The 2013–14 Serie D was the sixty-sixth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system.
It consisted of 161 teams, after the exclusion of Nardò and ...
season, while the Chairman ( it, Presidente, lit=President) Salvatore Manna was banned from football for 1 year, for some misconducts.[ He resigned as the chairman in the same month.
Cavese 1919 promoted back to Serie C in 2018. The club was selected as one of the replacement of the teams that fails to register for ]2018–19 Serie C
The 2018–19 Serie C was the fifth season of the unified Serie C division, the third tier of the Italian football league system.
Teams
The league originally featured 60 teams. However, it saw the bankruptcy and subsequent withdrawal of S.S. Fi ...
. Cavese reached the finals of the promotion play-offs of 2017–18 Serie D
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Group H. But even as one of the winners of the play-offs (9 winners from 9 groups in total), it did not guarantee promotion.
Colors and badge
Team colors are blue and white.
Players
Current squad
Club Officials
Board of Directors
* Last updated: 30 October 2020
* Source:Board of directors
Current Technical staff
* Last updated: 30 October 2020
* Source:Technical staff
Notable former players
Honours
*Serie D
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: Winners (1): 2002–2003
* Supercoppa di Serie C
: Winners: 2006
References
External links
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Football clubs in Italy
Football clubs in Campania
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Serie B clubs
Serie C clubs
Association football clubs established in 1919
1919 establishments in Italy
Association football clubs established in 2012
2012 establishments in Italy
Phoenix clubs (association football)
Fan-owned football clubs
Serie D clubs