Associazione Sportiva Calcio Ebolitana 1925 (formerly Società Sportiva Ebolitana 1925) is an Italian association football club located in

Eboli Eboli ( Ebolitano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of Campania, southern Italy, in the province of Salerno. An agricultural centre, Eboli is known mainly for olive oil and for its dairy products, among which the famous buffalo mozzarella from the ...

Campania Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the i ...

History

The club was founded in 1925, and spent its seasons between

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 ...

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Ao ...

and Interregionale. He played 12 championships in fifth series, finishing up to seventh (in 1991 and 1999). In 2004 he moved to the forefront as a company run by fans, as they bought the sports title from the town of

and with the help of its fans managed to register to the championship of Eccellenza. The same year he won the championship, getting the Fair Play Award of Eccellenza by the Board and promoted to

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 ...

. The Return is enshrined in Serie D with a new record: in fact, at the end of the championship, earned 51 points, finishing in 8th place. On 27 May 2007 relegated to Eccellenza after only two years in Serie D, after losing the play-out to Lavello. On 17 February 2010 won Regional Italian Cup by beating Arzanese in the final after penalty kicks (2–2 after extra time). Moreover, the same year, following the 2nd place in the standings behind Battipagliese, Ebolitana gained access to the playoffs. There won against Real Nocera, Isernia and Arzanese, thanks to away goals and promoted to Serie D. On 8 May 2011 got its first historical promotion to

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 ...

, after finishing in first place in Group I with 89 points (with an average of 2.49 per game), beating the last day the second-placed and direct competitor A.S.D. Forza e Coraggio, by winning on the field of the newly promoted Aprilia 3–1. Also, Ebolitana reached the semi-finals of Scudetto Dilettanti, where was defeated by Cuneo on penalties. In 2011/2012 season the team manages to join, albeit with difficulty, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. The adventure lasts only one year in the Lega Pro with the inevitable relegation back to Serie D. In summer 2012 it does not appeal against the exclusion of Covisod from

and so was excluded from all football. Later in the same year it was reformed as ASC Ebolitana 1925, restarting from Prima Categoria Campania, where it finished 10th in Group G for the 2012–13 season. It was admitted the next season to Promozione Campania.

Colors and badge

Its colors were white and blue.

Famous players

Famous Brazilian midfielder

Dirceu Dirceu José Guimarães, known as Dirceu (; 15 June 1952 – 15 September 1995), was a Brazilian association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, notably for Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Botafogo and the Brazil national ...

played for the club towards the end of his career.

References

External links

Official homepage
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