U.S. Città di Pontedera

Not to be confused with Pontevedra CF.

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

Paolo Indiani

League

Lega Pro/B

2015–16

Lega Pro/B, 7th

Home colours

Away colours

Unione Sportiva Città di Pontedera (formerly Unione Sportiva Pontedera 1912) is an Italian association football club located in Pontedera, Tuscany. Currently it plays in Lega Pro.

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 summer 2006, The Gunther Corporation purchased Pontedera. It was reported in The Guardian newspaper on 17 May 2007 that the owner of Pontedera is a dog named Gunther IV, who inherited it from Gunther III who in turn inherited it from his owner Countess Libenstein.

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 2016.^[1]^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
29	GK	Gianclaudio Lori
12	GK	Alessandro Giacomel
1	GK	Leonardo Citti
4	DF	Giacomo Risaliti
6	DF	Lorenzo Polvani
5	DF	Federico Vettori
21	DF	Alessandro Videtta
13	DF	Nicolò Curti
2	DF	Lorenzo Borri
23	DF	Claudio Zappa (on loan from Juventus)
24	DF	Riccardo Massa
3	DF	Andrea Gemignani
19	DF	Riccardo Calcagni

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Daniel Gemignani
18	MF	Giacomo Calò
17	MF	Gianmarco Chella
8	MF	Simone Della Latta
16	MF	Francesco Corsinelli
30	MF	Elvis Kabashi (on loan from Juventus)
20	MF	Luca Bargiggia
10	MF	Francesco Di Santo
7	FW	Claudio Santini
15	FW	Roberto Bonaventura
9	FW	Davide Cais (on loan from Juventus)
11	FW	King Udoh (on loan from Juventus)

Notable former managers

Marcello Lippi

References

↑ http://www.uspontedera.it/atleti/
↑ "PONTEDERA, I NUMERI DELLE MAGLIE" (in Italian). U.S. Città di Pontedera. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

External links

(Italian) Official website

Lega Pro 2016–17 clubs

Girone A	Alessandria Cremonese Como Carrarese Giana Erminio Arezzo Pontedera Pavia Livorno Lucchese Olbia Piacenza Renate Pro Piacenza Siena Tuttocuoio Prato Viterbese Lupa Roma Racing Roma

Girone B	AlbinoLeffe Bassano Virtus Gubbio Reggiana Modena Venezia Südtirol Parma FeralpiSalò Padova Pordenone Lumezzane Sambenedettese Teramo Mantova Ancona Santarcangelo Maceratese Alma Juventus Forlì

Girone C	Akragas Casertana Catania Catanzaro Cosenza Fidelis Andria Foggia Fondi Juve Stabia Lecce Matera Melfi Messina Monopoli Paganese Reggina Siracusa Taranto Vibonese Virtus Francavilla

Lega Pro seasons

Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29

Prima Divisione	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35

Serie C	1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78

Serie C1	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Lega Pro Prima Divisione	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Lega Pro	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio defunct

League competitions	Serie A Prima Divisione defunct Divisione Nazionale defunct Serie B Lega Pro Lega Pro Prima Divisione defunct Lega Pro Seconda Divisione defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione defunct Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana

Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 Italian football scandal Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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