A.S.G. Nocerina

Nocerina

Full name	Associazione Sportiva Giovanile Nocerina
Nickname(s)	Mastini (Mastiffs)
Founded	1910
Ground	Stadio San Francesco d'Assisi, Nocera Inferiore, Italy (Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman	Giovanni Citarella
Manager	Gaetano Auteri
League	Serie B
2010-11	Lega Pro Prima Divisione B, 1st (promoted)
Website	(Italian) Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Associazione Sportiva Giovanile Nocerina (English: Youth Sport Association Nocerina) is an Italian association football club, based in Nocera Inferiore, Campania.

Nocerina in the season 2011-12 plays in Serie B.

History

The club was founded in 1910.

Games with Juventus

In 1978 Nocerina had challenged Juventus (lost 1–3 in Stadio Comunale, now Stadio Olimpico di Torino).

The most important match in the team history was in 1996, when Nocerina challenged the European and Intercontinental Champions of Juventus, in a game valid for the Coppa Italia. After the 0–0 result in the first leg, Juventus won the second leg for 2–1 at the Delle Alpi of Turin, but Nocerina was on 0–1 at the end of the first half.

Serie B

Nocerina in the season 2010-11, from Lega Pro Prima Divisione promoted to Serie B.^[1] So returning to it after 32 years for the third time, following the two seasons played in 1948 and in 1979.

Colors and badge

The team's colours are red and black. The club's nickname is the mastiffs.

Current squad

Players

As of 22 August, 2011 ^[2]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Pier Graziano Gori 2 DF Alessandro Nigro 3 DF Roberto Di Maio 4 DF Ciro De Franco 5 DF Marco Pomante 6 MF Vincenzo De Liguori 7 MF Nicola Petrilli 8 MF Alessandro Bruno 9 FW Luigi Castaldo 10 FW Maikol Negro 11 DF Riccardo Bolzan 13 DF Raffaele Alcibiade 14 MF Cristian Suarino (on loan from Catania) 15 MF Gabriel

No. Position Player 17 DF Liberato Filosa 20 MF Manuel Scalise 21 MF Lorenzo Del Prete (on loan from Siena) 22 FW Emanuele Catania 23 FW Gianvito Plasmati 27 FW Salvatore Caturano (on loan from Empoli) 28 MF Vincenzo Nitride (on loan from Torino) 70 FW Diego Farias (on loan from Chievo) 82 FW Giovanni Cavallaro 87 MF Massimiliano Marsili 89 GK Stefano Russo (on loan from Parma) 92 MF Daniele Donnarumma (on loan from Napoli) 99 FW Mario Ramaglia

Notable former players

• Guglielmo Bacci

Honours

• Serie C
  • Champions: 1946–47, 1977–78
• Lega Pro Prima Divisione group B
  • Champions: 2010-11
• Scudetto Dilettanti
  • Champions: 1961/1962
• Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione
  • Winner: 2010-11

The last 10 seasons

Season	Pos.	League	Comments
2000/01	15.	Serie C1 (B)	relegated after playout, re-admitted after clubs reshuffle
2001/02	16.	Serie C1 (B)	relegated after playout
2002/03	3.	Serie C2 (C)	failure in a promotion playoff
2003/04	9.	Serie C2 (C)	-
2004/05	17.	Serie C2 (C)	remained after playout
2005/06	13.	Serie C2 (C)	-
2006/07	16.	Serie C2 (C)	relegated after playout
2007/08	3.	Serie D (I)	-
2008/09	2.	Serie D (H)	admitted in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
2009/10	13.	Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (B)	admitted in Lega Pro Prima Divisione after clubs reshuffle
2010/11	1.	Lega Pro Prima Divisione (B)	promoted in Serie B

References

1. ^ http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/legapro/?action=read&idnet=dHV0dG9sZWdhcHJvLmNvbS0yNzMwNQ
2. ^ http://www.beneventocalciospa.it/index.php?option=com_joomleague&func=showPlayers&p=3&ttid=27&Itemid=107

External links

• Official Website (Italian)
• Supporter's Website (Italian)