Fidelis Andria 2018 or simply Fidelis Andria is an Italian

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club based in

Andria Andria (; Barese: ) is a city and ''comune'' in Apulia ( southern Italy). It is an agricultural and service center, producing wine, olives and almonds. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the Apulia region (behind Bari, Taranto, and Fogg ...

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. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes in . Fidelis Andria play their home matches at

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, which has a capacity of 9,140. The stadium is located in

itself.

History

A.S. Fidelis Andria (1971–2005)

The club was founded in 1971 as A.S. Fidelis Andria (''Associazione Sportiva Fidelis Andria''). At that time the club worn red and yellow and it was the second club in town. In 1978, after the cancellation of A.S. Andria, the club decided to wear blue and white, which are the colours of the town as well. With these colours, the club played for years between

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and

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 ...

: its last Serie B experience was in 1999. After 2004/05 season the club declared bankrupt.

A.S. Andria BAT (2005–2013)

In summer 2005 the club was refounded A.S. Andria BAT (''Associazione Sportiva Andria BAT''). BAT stands for Barletta-Andria-Trani, as in the

province of Barletta-Andria-Trani The Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani is a province of Italy in the Apulia region. The establishment of the province took effect in June 2009, and Andria was appointed as its seat of government on 21 May 2010. It was created from 10 municipalitie ...

. The team played in

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

from 2005–06 to 2008–09 season. At the end of the 2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season the team was admitted in

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after the forced relegation of

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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 ...

. At the end of the 2012-13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the club was relegated after play-off, but didn't enroll in the

league.

S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928 (2013–2018)

In its place, in summer 2013 a new team called S.S.D. Fidelis Andria 1928 was founded and admitted to

Eccellenza Apulia Eccellenza Apulia ( it, Eccellenza Puglia) is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the Southern Italian region of Apulia, Italy. It is competed among 18 teams, in one group. The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The ...

. The team ended season 2013–2014 at 2nd place. After winning the national Play-offs, Fidelis Andria have been promoted to

, the top level of the Italian non-professional football association. Season 2014–15 Fidelis Andria played on Group H of

. On April 26, winning 3–2 away at

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, the club has been promoted to

Lega Pro 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 ...

, the third highest football division in Italy, two matches before the end of regular season. After the regular season, Fidelis Andria have taken part to the

Scudetto The ''scudetto'' (Italian language, Italian for: "little shield") is a decoration having the colors of the flag of Italy which is sewn onto the jersey of the Italian sports clubs that won the highest level championship of their respective sport in ...

Serie D tournament, in order to assign the amateur champions' title. The team has been eliminated in the group stages. Since July 1, 2015, being a member of Italian Professional Football League (''Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico''), commonly known as

, the club has changed its name in S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928. Fidelis Andria ended season 2015–16 at 7th place, which admits the club to participate to next 2016–17 Coppa Italia. On May 7, after last match of the season in

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, boss

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announced he wouldn't have renewed his contract with the club.

S.S.D Fidelis Andria 2018 (2018– )

In July 2018 the club was declared bankrupt and was denied registration for the upcoming Serie C, based on Covisoc's assessment. On the date of the deadline for Serie D registration, a group of investors led by Marco Di Vincenzo formed S.S.D. Fidelis Andria 2018 as a reincarnation of S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928 and to assume its sporting title. The reborn club was admitted to Serie D. In June 2022 the club informed the media that the club main Sponsor for the Season 2022-2023 will be the American Holding Group "7Crocketts", the operation has been conduced by the Investment Banking Advisory Firm MergersCorp M&A International.

Colors and crest

The team's colors are blue and white. The club crest, representing a rampant lion, is based on elements from city of

badge.

Current squad

Notable former players

* Nicola Amoruso * Marco Capparella *

Bernardo Corradi Bernardo Corradi (; born 30 March 1976) is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward, and current coach. He played top-division football for several teams in Italy, Spain, and England, and last played for Canadian side Montreal Impa ...

* Cristiano Lupatelli * Bruno Pesce *

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* Adolfo Ovalle

References

External links

Official Webpage
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