- U.S. Pontedera 1912
Football club infobox
clubname = Pontedera
fullname = Unione Sportiva Pontedera 1912 SRL
nickname = "Granata"
founded =1912
ground =Stadio Ettore Mannucci ,Pontedera ,Italy
capacity = 4,405 | chairman =Carletto Monni
manager =Davide Cei
league = Serie D/E
season = 2007-08
position = Serie D/E, 3rd
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FFFFFFUnione Sportiva Pontedera 1912 is an Italian football club located in
Pontedera ,Tuscany . It currently plays inSerie D . Its colors are all-darkred .Founded in
1912 , Pontedera, a team from a city in thePisa neighbourhood, playedSerie C for several years without never gaining a single promotion toSerie 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 theItaly national football team coached byArrigo 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 evenEccellenza 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 17th 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. Fact|date=August 2007Marcello Lippi , head coach of Italy national team and World Cup champion in the2006 FIFA World Cup , started his professional managing career as Pontedera head coach in 1985/1986.Notable former managers
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Marcello Lippi External links
*it icon [http://www.uspontedera1912.it Official website]
*it icon [http://www.forzapontedera.com www.forzapontedera.com]
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