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Unione Sportiva Città di Pontedera (formerly Unione Sportiva Pontedera 1912) is an Italian association football club located in Pontedera, Tuscany. Currently it plays in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football.

Pontedera

Full name	Unione Sportiva Città di Pontedera
Nickname(s)	Granata
Founded	1912
Ground	Stadio Ettore Mannucci, Pontedera, Italy
Capacity	5,014
Chairman	Gianfranco Donnini
Manager	Pasquale Catalano
League	Serie C Group B
2021–22	Serie C Group B, 14th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1912, Pontedera, a team from a city in the Pisa neighbourhood, played Serie C for several years without never gaining a single promotion to Serie B. In 1993/1994, a second place in Serie C2/B allowed Pontedera to be promoted to Serie C1: during that season, the team was known for having longily been the only undefeated team in all Italian professional leagues, and for having incredibly won 2–1 to the Italy national football team coached by Arrigo Sacchi in a friendly match played in April 1994. Pontedera played Serie C1 just in 1994/1995, and relegated to Serie D in 2001, and even Eccellenza in 2002. Pontedera returned to Serie D in 2005, after having won its Eccellenza round.

In 2006 Maurizio Mian's Gunther Corporation briefly held a controlling interest in Pontedera. Pornographic film actor Ilona Staller ("Cicciolina") was installed as the club "godmother", while another pornographic actress Valentine Demy served as one of three club Presidents, alongside a Polish lap dancer named Karolcia and a British rapper named Prodigal1.[1] The performance was related to Mian's left-libertarian views on reproductive rights and his upcoming appearance in the 2006 Italian general election.[2]

Marcello Lippi, head coach of Italy national team and World Cup champion in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, started his professional managing career as Pontedera head coach in 1985–1986.

Serie D 2010–11

At the end of the 2010-11 Serie D season, Pontedera gained access to the Serie D play-off for promotion in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, but they were eliminated in the third round.

Back into professionalism

In the 2012-13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, Pontedera finished second in Girone B, and was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. This was the second consecutive promotion for the team. The 2013–14 season saw Pontedera topping the Lega Pro Prima Divisione table for the earlier weeks of the season, and then completing the regular season in eighth place and thus ensuring a Serie B promotion playoff spot, then losing to Lecce on penalties in the first round.

Colors and badge

Its colours are all-dark red.

Current squad

As of 2 September 2022[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Alessandro Siano 3 DF  ITA Giuseppe Aurelio 4 DF  ITA Riccardo Baroni (on loan from Modena) 5 DF  ITA Mattia Pretato 6 DF  ALB Cristian Shiba 7 FW  ITA Cristian Mutton 8 MF  ITA Riccardo Ladinetti 9 FW  CRO Tomi Petrović (on loan from Pordenone) 10 MF  ITA Tommaso Fantacci (on loan from Empoli) 11 FW  ITA Antonio Cioffi (on loan from Napoli) 12 GK  ITA Daniele Cagnina 13 MF  ITA Giovanni Catanese 14 DF  ITA Leonardo Di Bella 15 DF  ITA Giovanni Bonfanti (on loan from Sampdoria)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ITA Nicolas Izzillo (on loan from Pisa) 17 FW  ITA Marzio Casadidio 18 MF  ITA Matteo Guidi 19 DF  ARG Marcos Espeche 20 MF  ITA Giacomo Benedetti 21 MF  ITA Gabriele Perretta 22 GK  ITA Giuseppe Stancampiano 23 MF  ITA Marco De Ioannon 25 FW  ITA Francesco Nicastro 26 MF  ITA Cosimo Tripoli 27 DF  ITA Alessandro Marcandalli (on loan from Genoa) 28 DF  ITA Marco Somma (on loan from Sampdoria) 29 DF  ITA Riccardo Martinelli

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ITA Mattia Di Furia (at Arezzo U19 until 30 June 2023)

Notable former managers

• Marcello Lippi

References

External links

• (in Italian) Official website

На других языках

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[de] US Città di Pontedera

Die Unione Sportiva Città di Pontedera ist ein italienischer Fußballverein aus der toskanischen Kleinstadt Pontedera. Die Geschichte des Vereins ist durch eine Reihe von Auf- und Abstiegen gekennzeichnet, bei denen die dritthöchste Ligaebene die höchste jemals erreichte darstellt. Seit der Saison 2013/14 spielt der Klub in der dritthöchsten Profiliga Italiens, der Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Den Vereinsfarben Dunkelrot und Weiß entsprechend werden die Spieler auch Granata genannt. Bekannt ist die US Città di Pontedera insbesondere durch ihren ehemaligen Trainer Marcello Lippi, der hier seine Trainerkarriere begann.

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- [en] U.S. Città di Pontedera

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[ru] Понтедера (футбольный клуб)

«Понтедера» (итал. Unione Sportiva Città di Pontedera) — итальянский футбольный клуб из одноимённого города. Клуб выступает в Высшем дивизионе Профессиональной лиги — третьем по силе дивизионе чемпионата Италии. Основан в 1912 году, домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Этторе Мануччи», вмещающем 5 014 зрителей. «Понтедера» никогда в своей истории не поднималась в Серию А и в Серию Б. В третьем дивизионе итальянского футбола клуб провёл в общей сложности 19 сезонов, в сезоне 2013/14 «Понтедера» заняла восьмое место в своей группе и попала в плей-офф за выход в Серию Б, но уступила в первом же раунде клубу «Лечче».

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