S.S. Akragas Città dei Templi
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Full name | Società Sportiva Akragas Città dei Templi | ||
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Founded | 1929 (as A.C. Agrigento) 1952 (reformed) |
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Ground | Stadio Esseneto, Agrigento, Italy |
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Capacity | 15,000 | ||
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Manager | ![]() |
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League | Lega Pro | ||
2014–15 | Serie D/I, 1st (promoted) | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
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Società Sportiva Akragas Città dei Templi, commonly referred to as simply Akragas, is an Italian association football club based in Agrigento, Sicily. The club was founded in 1929. They will play Lega Pro in 2015–16 after gaining promotion from Serie D.
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History
The foundation
An ancestor of the club was known to have played since at least the early-1930s as Associazione Calcio Agrigento.[1] The club had moderate success in the lower divisions of Italian football; it progressed beyond the regional Sicilian scene to Serie C for the first time for the 1939–40 season.[2]
By the late 1940s Agrigento had fallen in stature, they were competing down in the regional Promozione Sicily league after being relegated;[2] the decline fully set in by 1952 and the club became defunct due to financial difficulties.[2]
Return as Akragas
Following the previous club's closure, little Akragas was revamped and a new team was set up by chairman Enzo Lauretta during 1952. The club was renamed Unione Sportiva Akragas,[3] rather than using the Italianized version of the name, the club paid homage to the city's Magna Graecia roots. A noted figure in Sicilian football, Carmelo Di Bella was put in place as the club's first manager, while Gaspare Gallo was its first captain.[4] To attract the attention of the supporters of defunct Agrigento, Akragas changed its colour, abandonning its violet and taking the white and blue of Agrigento.
In the 2013–14 season, Akragas barely missed promotion to Lega Pro in favour of Savoia, but successfully achieved it on the very next one by winning the Group I of the Serie D league. They will play Lega Pro in 2015–16.
Colours and badge
The team play in light blue and white stripes.
Current squad
- As of 26 September 2015[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
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- Runners-up (1): 1982–83
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- Winners (3): 1980–81; 1991–92; 2014–15
- Runners-up (2): 1958–59; 2013–14
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- Winners (1): 2012-13
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- Winners (3): 1956–57; 1977–78
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- Runners-up (1): 1952–53
References
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External links
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