Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Puteolana 1902 is an

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club based in

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, currently playing in

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. Originally founded in 1902 as Puteoli Sport, they changed their name to ''U.S. Puteolana'' in 1919 and played at professional level under different denomination in the subsequent years. The historic Puteolana have played in the First Division Championship (Serie A), during the early 1920s, the last time they played in a professional league was

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in 2003. The nicknames of the team were ''Diavoli rossi'' (Red Devils).

History of Puteolana 1902

Puteoli Sport

The club was founded during 1902 as an eclectic institution oriented to multiple sports under the banner of Puteoli Sport, this is the foundation date that the club officially carries with it today. A few years later in 1909 the name was changed to Puteoli Sporting Club. For the 1913–14 season they were entered into a

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organised league in the form of the

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, which at the time was the third level of Italian football (today's equivalent is

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U.S. Puteolana

Italian Football Championship

After World War I the club was renamed for the third time, this time to Unione Sportiva Puteolana. They were entered into the ''

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'' Championship (Serie A) for the 1919–20 season; here they competed against the top clubs in the Campania region and qualified for the semi-finals of

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, eventually losing out to Fortitudo Roma. The following season they were entered into the championship again, beating sides such as

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and

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 ...

. Despite qualifying for the next round FIGC put them in last place due to irregularities, ending their season early. As Italian football split into two factions after the main teams had a disagreement with FIGC, Puteolana played in the CCI run league (called ''

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'') which featured most of the big clubs. In the Campania section they competed against six other teams and won all 12 fixtures. They then defeated Anconitana, before facing Fortitudo in Rome for a chance to meet

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in the league's final for the championship. However, Putelolana lost 2–0 to Fortitudo, essentially meaning they ended the season with a top four finish. Despite their respectable position in the previous season, the club were not enrolled into the newly reunited league (because of economic problems), instead competing in the far lower ''III Divisione''. The club climbed up two divisions and by 1925–26 were back in the top level championship, however they lasted just one season as they lost all of their games in the Campania section.

Decline

The club disappeared from upper-level competition for a large period of time, from 1926 until 1947. During this period they competed in competitions such as the provincial ULIC youth leagues and various seasons spent in purely amateur divisions such as I Divisione, II Divisione and III Divisione. Eventually Puteolana won I Divisione in 1947–48 and were promoted up to the Promozione Interregionale, which was just one step below

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at the time. They would bounce between Serie D and Promozione Campania for much of the 1950s and 1960s. After being promoted from Promozione Campania in 1969–70, they spent the entire decade of the 1970s in Serie D generally around mid table area, the closest they came to gaining promotion was a 4th-place finish in 1973–74. The start of the 1980s brought the club into turmoil, they were relegated in three successive seasons before becoming defunct in 1982. However, that season a team from the city of

called Internapoli moved to

because they were having problems with their home

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and thus changed their name to S.C. Puteolana 1909. After just four seasons in Serie D and one in Promozione, the new club too was folded in 1986.

Campania Puteolana

A club founded in 1975 in the

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but had moved to

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in Naples, moved again in 1986 to Pozzuoli as a means to carry on the older clubs legacy in the city. It was a man named Mario Giocondo Mauriello who engineered the move and the club changed its name from ''Campania Ponticelli'' to Società Sportiva Calcio Campania Puteolana. Campania Puteolana was playing in

gaining a 6th-place finish in their first season since the rebirth. The same season in the

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they finished as runners-up to

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, after losing the two-legged final 3–1. Under the management of

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(his first managerial job) the club were relegated to

the following year, however Brazilian manager

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led them straight back up as champions. After two more seasons in the lower half of Serie C1 they were relegated down and then relegated from Serie C2 by 1992, instead of carrying on in the city the Campania club moved back to Naples and would eventually fall into obscurity.

From Comprensorio Puteolano to F.C. Puteolana 1902

To carry on the legacy of the city's historic club, it was refounded as Comprensorio Puteolano in 1992 by Fiore, Corvo, Morelli and Cesarano; the club started the 1992–93 season in the Promozione Campania. After one season back, the club was promoted up into Eccellenza and then straight back up into

. Puteolano spent several seasons in Serie D during this period, generally finishing in respectable positions (notching up a 3rd and 4th-place finish). Eventually in 1999–00 promotion into

came, the club were now back at professional level, they came very close to recording a successive promotion with a 4th-place finish. However, by 2002–03 the club were once again relegated to Serie D and two years later back down to

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. Between 2005 and 2008, the legal entity of the club has been Football Club Puteolana 1902; they remained in the Eccellenza league for three seasons, before being relegated into Promozione.

2008-09: A.S.D. Atletico Puteolana 2008

The club was born by Football Club Puteolana and Gragnano (a Serie D club) union, becoming in Serie D for the 2008–09 season.

2012: Puteolana 1902

In 2012, at "Domenico Conte" stadium returns to play in a major championship (this time it is D series), thanks to the transfer dell'Internapoli Football Club in Pozzuoli, which gives life to the SSD Puteolana 1902 Internapoli. In 2014, the club reacquires the historical denomination becomin
S.S.D. Puteolana 1902

Colors and badge

The team's colours were maroon, known locally as ''granata''.

Chronology

Notable former players

Giulio Migliaccio Giulio Migliaccio (; born 23 June 1981) is an Italian retired football midfielder. He started at lower league sides Savoia, Puteolana, Bari, Giugliano, and Ternana before later featuring for Atalanta, Palermo, and Fiorentina in the Serie A. Cl ...

Notable former managers

Bruno Pesaola Bruno Pesaola (; 28 July 1925 – 29 May 2015) was a professional Italian Argentine football player and manager, who played as a winger. He is most famous for his time with Italian clubs Fiorentina and S.S.C. Napoli Società Sportiva Calci ...

Honours

III Divisione *Winners: 1924–25

*Winners: 1988–89

*Runners-up: 1986–1987

*Winners: 1999–00

*Winners: 1969–70 *Promoted: 1993–94 Promozione Campania *Winners: 1962–63 *Promoted: 1951–52, 1992–93 Prima Divisione Campania *Winners: 1947–48

References and notes

External links

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