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| Full name | Fidelis Andria 2018 | ||
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| Nickname | Leoni Azzurri(Blue Lions) | ||
| Founded | 1971(as AS Fidelis Andria) 2005(as AS Andria BAT) (refounded) 2013(as SS Fidelis Andria 1928)(refounded) 2018(as SSD Fidelis Andria 2018)(refounded) | ||
| Ground | Stadio Degli Ulivi Andria,Italy | ||
| Capacity | 9,140 | ||
| Chairman | Giuseppe Di Benedetto | ||
| Manager | Ciro Danucci | ||
| League | Serie D Group H | ||
| 2023–24 | Serie D Group H, 4th of 18 | ||
| Website | http://www.fidelisandria.it/ | ||
Fidelis Andria 2018 or simplyFidelis Andria is an Italianfootball club based inAndria,Apulia. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes inSerie D Group H.
Fidelis Andria play their home matches atStadio Degli Ulivi, which has a capacity of 9,140. The stadium is located inAndria itself.
The club was founded in 1971 asA.S. Fidelis Andria (Associazione Sportiva Fidelis Andria). At that time, the club wore red and yellow, and it was the second club in town.
In 1978, following the collapse of A.S. Andria, the club decided to adopt blue and white, the traditional colours of the town.
With these colours, the club played for years in theSerie B andSerie C1: last playing in Serie B in 1999.
After the 2004–05 season, the club declared bankruptcy.
In summer 2005, the club was refounded asA.S. Andria BAT[1] (Associazione Sportiva Andria BAT). The BAT stood for Barletta-Andria-Trani, as in theprovince of Barletta-Andria-Trani.
The team played in theLega Pro Seconda Divisione from the 2005–06 to 2008–09 seasons.
At the end of the2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, the team was admitted intoLega Pro Prima Divisione after the forced relegation ofAvellino inSerie D. At the end of the2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season, the club was relegated after the play-offs, but didn't enroll in theLega Pro Seconda Divisione league.
In its place, in summer 2013, a new team calledS.S.D. Fidelis Andria 1928 was founded and admitted toEccellenza Apulia.[2]
The team ended the season 2013–2014 in 2nd place. After winning the national play-offs, Fidelis Andria were promoted toSerie D, the top level of the Italian non-professional football association.
In season 2014–15, Fidelis Andria played in Group H ofSerie D. On April 26, after winning 3–2 away atCavese, the club was promoted toLega Pro, the third-highest football division in Italy, two matches before the end of the regular season. After the regular season, Fidelis Andria took part in theScudetto Serie D tournament, in order to assign the amateur champions' title. The team was eliminated in the group stages.
Since July 1, 2015, having become a member of the Italian Professional Football League (Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico), commonly known asLega Pro, the club changed its name inS.S. Fidelis Andria 1928.
Fidelis Andria ended the season2015–16 at 7th place, which allowed the club to participate in the next2016–17 Coppa Italia. On May 7, after the last match of the season inCatania, bossLuca D'Angelo announced he wouldn't renew his contract with the club.
In July 2018 the club was declared bankrupt and was denied registration for the upcoming Serie C, based on Covisoc's assessment.[3][4] 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 to assume its sporting title.[5] The reborn club was admitted to Serie D.[6]
In 2021, Fidelis Andria was admitted to play inSerie C to fill a league vacancy. The club played two seasons in the Serie C before being relegated back to Serie D in 2023.
The team's colors are blue and white. The club crest, representing a rampant lion, is based on elements from the city ofAndria's badge.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Nicola AmorusoMarco CapparellaBernardo CorradiCristiano Lupatelli
Bruno Pesce
Matjaž Florijančič
Adolfo Ovalle
