Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Marsala Calcio is an Italian association football club based in the city of

Marsala Marsala (, local ; la, Lilybaeum) is an Italian town located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily. Marsala is the most populated town in its province and the fifth in Sicily. The town is famous for the docking of Gius ...

, Sicily. Currently the club plays in

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History

Marsala was founded in 1912: it is also referred to as ''lilybetani'', after Lilybaeum, the ancient name of Marsala during the

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period. After the First World War it was entered into the

Coppa Federale Siciliana Coppa Federale Siciliana (which translates as the Sicilian Federal Cup) was a Sicilian football competition which took place during May 1920. The tournament took place just once, in the aftermath of World War I. The winners of the competition were ...

which was competed amongst the top Sicilian sides Marsala,

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, Messinese and

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. Marsala lost in the semi-finals heavily against eventual winners Palermo. The first professional appearance for the club is dated 1942, when the team ended round N of

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in sixth place. Since then, Marsala played 28 other times at the Serie C level, narrowly missing promotion to

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in 1960 (second placed in the round C) and launching several young players which then obtained notoriety even at the worldwide level such as, in more recent times,

Marco Materazzi Marco Materazzi (; born 19 August 1973) is an Italian former professional footballer and manager. Early in his career, Materazzi played with various Italian teams in Serie B and Serie C, and with Everton in the Premier League. He spent two per ...

and

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. The team declared bankruptcy in 2000, after a

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season ended with a relegation. A new team, Associazione Sportiva Marsala 2000, was founded as relocation of existing

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 ...

club ''Don Bosco

Partinico Partinico ( Sicilian: ''Partinicu'', Ancient Greek: ''Parthenikòn'', Παρθενικόν) is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. It is from Palermo and from Trapani. Main sights *Church of ''S ...

''. The team immediately promoted to

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, but was cancelled in 2004 immediately after another relegation after losing playoffs to

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, again because of financial troubles. Following the 2006–07 season, four teams were representing the city of Marsala: * U.S.D. Petrosino Marsala, an

team officially based in

Petrosino Petrosino ( Sicilian: ''Pitrusinu'') is a town and ''comune'' in Sicily, Italy, administratively part of the province of Trapani, located between the municipalities of Marsala and Mazara del Vallo Mazara del Vallo (; ) is a town and ''comune ...

but playing its home matches in Marsala; * S.C. Marsala A.S.D., a minor local club formerly known as ''Bosco 1970'' that were crowned

champions in 2007, being therefore elected to play Eccellenza the following season; * U.S. Kennedy J.F., a

Prima Categoria The Prima Categoria is a level of football in Italy. It is the seventh level (since 2014–15) in the Italian football league system and is organized by the National Amateur League by the Regional Committees. Each individual league winner within t ...

club hailing from the local ''

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'' of Birgi, home of the Trapani-Birgi Airport, that gained promotion to Promozione in 2007; * and S.C. Marsala 1912, the direct and legal heir of the historical local club, re-registered to the

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in 2006, which played and won

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in 2006–2007. In June 2007, after failing to find an agreement with Sport Club Marsala, Marsala 1912 agreed for a merger with Kennedy Birgi. The new club assumed the denomination of A.S.D. S.C. Marsala 1912 and took part to the 2007–08 regionally organized Promozione league. In 2008–09, Marsala 1912 won promotion to Eccellenza through play-offs, after defeating Palermo-based club Sporting Arenella in the final, so they played in the Italian 6th tier the following season. In the season 2011–12 it was relegated to

Colors and badge

The official and historical colours of the club are white and blue.

Notable former managers

Carmelo Di Bella Carmelo Di Bella (January 30, 1921 – September 9, 1992) was an Italian football player and manager. Di Bella spent the vast majority of his career in Sicily where he was a prominent figure in the footballing scene, especially in relation to the ...

Pasquale Marino Pasquale Marino (born 13 July 1962) is an Italian football manager and former midfielder. He most recently served as the manager of Crotone. Career Playing career In his playing career, started for his home team, Marsala, Marino never played in ...

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marsala Football clubs in Italy Marsala Football clubs in Sicily Association football clubs established in 1912 Serie C clubs 1912 establishments in Italy