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| Full name | Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Unione Fincantieri Monfalcone | ||
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| Founded | 1912 1994 (refounded) 2016 (refounded) | ||
| Ground | Campo Sportivo Comunale Monfalcone, Italy | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Gabriele Montanari | ||
| League | Promozione Friuli-Venezia Giulia | ||
| 2021–22 | Promozione Friuli-Venezia Giulia Group B, 5th of 16 | ||
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Unione Fincantieri Monfalcone (usually referred to as MonfalconeorUFM Monfalcone) is the mainItalian association football club inMonfalcone (province ofGorizia,Friuli-Venezia Giulia). In the football season 2016-2017 it has played inTerza CategoriaFVG.
The sports club, born in 1912 during the Austro-Hungarian dominion, started its activity after the end ofWorld War I.
The team, already active in 1919, grew progressively until entering the Seconda Divisione of the Italian football championship, the last step before the highest national category, and it witnessed its fusion in 1923 with two other local clubs: S.C. Monfalcone and G.S. Cantiere Navale Triestino.
Unexpectedly winning the C round ofPrima Divisione championship in 1929, the team was admitted to the firstSerie B for1929-1930 and for the following two seasons.
In November 1932 the great financial crisis ofCantiere Navale Triestino, the company managing the local harbour, forced the Italian team to retire after 6 days, which meant its relegation to theprevious category.
Being in trouble in the period before theSecond Italo-Ethiopian War, it managed to make up the lost ground and after only 3 seasons it went back playing in third level championships, which from 1935 to not long ago were calledSerie C.
After interrupting the activities for warfare, in 1945 the sports club split in two: Associazione Calcio Monfalconese (ACM) and Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Monfalcone (CRDA Monfalcone). Such division didn't last long and, after 7 years of individual activities, the two teams unite in the name of CRDA Monfalcone.
In 1962 Monfalcone wonSerie D Championship and could therefore take part inSerie C 1962-1963; in 1968 it changed name intoAssociazione Calcio Monfalcone. It was relegated fromSerie C at the end of1970-71 championship and for about 20 years the team competed for championships inSerie D andEccellenza.
In 1993 the club closed and, in 1994, a new sports club was founded with the name of Unione Sportiva Calcio Monfalcone. Starting fromTerza Categoria, it shortly escalated 5 categories until being promoted, in 2002, toSerie D.
At the end of the2010–11 Eccellenza season, the club relegated toPromozione, but decided to merge with the second team of the city, Fincantieri Calcio, in order to remain in Eccellenza and build a stronger club, taking the current name in the process.[1]
In2012–13 Eccellenza season, after 10 years, the club was promoted back toSerie D where it remained only for one year given that at the end ofseason 2013-14 it was relegated toEccellenza. Winning the latter championship it was promoted back again toSerie D, but this didn't last the next season given the economic situation of the club.
Winning 2016-17 championship inTerza Categoria, the team was promoted toSeconda Categoria.
Its colours are blue and white.
