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| Full name | Associazione Sportiva Sambenedettese S.r.l. | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Samb | |||
| Founded | 1923; 102 years ago (1923) 1994; 31 years ago (1994) (refounded) 2006; 19 years ago (2006) (refounded) 2009; 16 years ago (2009) (refounded) 2013; 12 years ago (2013) (refounded) 2021; 4 years ago (2021) (refounded) | |||
| Ground | Stadio Riviera delle Palme, San Benedetto del Tronto | |||
| Capacity | 13,708 | |||
| Chairman | Vittorio Massi | |||
| Manager | Ottavio Palladini | |||
| League | Serie D Group F | |||
| 2023–24 | Serie D Group F, 4th of 18 | |||
| Website | https://sambenedettesecalcio.eu/ | |||
A.S. Sambenedettese S.r.l. is anItalian association football club, based inSan Benedetto del Tronto,Marche. Sambenedettese currently plays inSerie D.
The club was founded in 1923 asU.S. Sambenedettese.
In 1956, the club was first promoted toSerie B, a division where they spent a total of 21 seasons (the last time of which was in 1989). In the 1980s, they also had a youngWalter Zenga as a goalkeeper in their stint in the Italian second division.
In 1994, the club went bankrupt and was successively forced to restart fromEccellenza. In 2000, the club was acquired byLuciano Gaucci and eventually won promotion back to professionalism in 2001 and then toSerie C1 just a year later.
In 2009, the club was forced to restart again from Eccellenza, this time asU.S. Sambenedettese 1923.
In 2012–13 season, Sambenedettese won Group F of Serie D, but it was not promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione as it was excluded by Federal Council's decision for incomplete documentation of submission to the league.[1] The company behind the club also changed the name toU.S. Sambenedettese 1923 S.r.l. at that time.[2] Refounded asA.S.D. Sambenedettese Calcio,[3] the club restarted from Eccellenza Marche and promptly won promotion to Serie D. On 4 August 2015, Franco Fedeli acquired the then-Serie D club, and in 2016 Sambenedettese were promoted back to Lega Pro as the Group F winner of2015–16 Serie D. The club was known asS.S.D. Sambenedettese ARL at that time.[4] At the start of 2016–17 season the company behind the club changed the name toS.S. Sambenedettese S.r.l. (P.IVA 02177180441), but marketing asS.S. Sambenedettese Calcio. In 2020, the club was sold by Franco Fedeli to Italian-Argentine entrepreneur andBangor City F.C. ownerDomenico Serafino.[5] However, less than a year later, after Serafino failed to comply with several financial requirements, the club was declared bankrupt.
The club's naming rights were then acquired by entrepreneur Roberto Renzi and was refounded asA.S. Sambenedettese. After repaying all debts, the newly reformed club was formally accepted by the Italian Football Federation, this way maintaining their spot in the Serie C league.[6] The club was however excluded from Serie C due to financial irregularities and successively admitted toSerie D following a successful appeal and the payment of a league membership fee.[7]
In 2023, Sambenedettese were also excluded from Serie D, and the club's naming rights were assigned to fellow Serie D club Porto d'Ascoli, who restarted under the new denomination ofU.S. Sambenedettese.
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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The team's colors are red and blue.
The main rivalry is withAscoli. They are in the same province – Province of Ascoli Piceno.
