Unione Sportiva Ancona 1905, commonly referred to as Ancona, was an

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club based in

Ancona Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...

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. The club changed its name to U.S. Ancona 1905 from S.S. Piano San Lazzaro in 2010, due to the bankruptcy of the main football team of the city,

A.C. Ancona Associazione Calcio Ancona, commonly referred to as Ancona, was an Italian football club based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 2004 as the phoenix club of defunct 1905 club Unione Sportiva Anconitana, which changed its name to Ancona Calc ...

. However, after a relegation in 2017, U.S. Ancona 1905 withdrew from the football pyramid.

History

The club was founded in 1948 as Società Sportiva Piano San Lazzaro and after its 2nd place in 2009–10

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it was renamed in 2010, after another failure of the main football club of the city,

, changing its denomination to Unione Sportiva Ancona 1905, maintaining the same league.
US Ancona 1905 then became the new Ancona and the main football club of the city, but it is not its legitimate heir, having not yet acquired its brand and its sports title.

2010–11 season

The club in the season 2010–11 obtains a prestigious "triplete": * winning the 2010–11

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, obtaining so too the direct promotion to

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, beating in the final 3–1 the team of

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group B, Marino, * after having previously won the "Regional Coppa Italia Marche" and * winning also the league of

allowing the promotion of the aforementioned Latium team Marino, finalist of 2010–11 Coppa Italia Dilettanti.

2011–12 season

The club in the season 2011–12 plays in Serie D group F with the objective of obtaining an immediate promotion to

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. On 29 November 2011, after the incredible remount suffered with

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who drew 2–2 to sawing 2 goals in the final minutes the coach was sacked and substituted by Marco Osio, until 3 February 2012 when he rescinds the contract by mutual agreement with the company. The new coach of the team becomes

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. The team was ranked 3rd qualifying so for the

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, but it was eliminated from

Sambenedettese A.S. Sambenedettese S.r.l. is an Italian association football club, based in San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche. Sambenedettese currently plays in Serie D. History Foundation The club was founded in 1923 as ''U.S. Sambenedettese''. In 1956 ...

in the second round.

2012–13 season

In the 2012-13 season, the club played to the third round of the 2012–13 Coppa Italia Serie D where they lost to

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on penalties 4-3 after drawing the game at 3-3. In the Serie D group F, the club was placed seven in the group.

Promoted to professionalism and disestablishment

In the 2013–14 season, Ancona won the Serie D title and thus ensured promotion to the

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, and back into professionalism. However, after finished as the 20th of the Group B of

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season, the club did not join the

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Legacy

Phoenix club of the city, "U.S. Anconitana A.S.D." was formed in

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in 2017. Another phoenix club, but for Piano San Lazzaro, as of 2017–18 season played in

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. It was refounded in 2016.

Colors and badge

The team's color are white and

Stadium

Ancona 1905 play their home matches at the 25,000 capacity, Stadio del Conero, located in the city of

Honours

: ** Winner (1): 2010–11 *

: **Champion (1): 2010–11

References

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