F.C. Sporting Neapolis Mugnano

Football club infobox
clubname = Neapolis Mugnano

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fullname = Football Club Sporting Neapolis Mugnano
nickname = "biancoblu"
founded = 1936 (Football Club Sangiuseppese) 2006 (Football Club Neapolis)
ground = Stadio Andrea Vallefuoco, Mugnano di Napoli, Naples, Italy
capacity = ? | chairman = Fabrizio Bouchè Mario Moxedano
manager = Antonio Porta
league = Serie D/I
season = 2007-08
position = Serie C2/C, 18th
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Football Club Sporting Neapolis Mugnano is an Italian football club located in Naples, Campania. It has strong ties with San Giuseppe Vesuviano as that is where the club played and was named from 1936 until 2006.

Since 2006 after going bankrupt "Football Club Sangiuseppese" was taken over and renamed Neapolis, the club also moved area slightly and changed its colours to white and blue. During the 2006-07 season, they achieved promotion into Serie C2.

History

The club started its life as Football Club Sangiuseppese, it was founded in 1936cite news|url=http://web.tiscali.it/sangiuseppesecnd/lastoria.htm|publisher=F.C. Sangiuseppese|title= La Storia Della Sangiuseppese Calcio|date=22 June 2007] in the Province of Naples town San Giuseppe Vesuviano. The club wore yellow and blue shirts, known in Italy as "gialloblù", starting their league performances in "Terza Divisione". These early seasons were not very successful and the club commonly finished bottom.

Sangiuseppese eventually gained promotion to "Seconda Divisione" in 1939cite news|url=http://web.tiscali.it/sangiuseppesecnd/lastoria.htm|publisher=F.C. Sangiuseppese|title= La Storia Della Sangiuseppese Calcio|date=22 June 2007] , their efforts in Second Divisione saw them reach the quarter-finals of the end-grouping. For a brief period after World War II, the club played in Serie C for the 1946-47 and 1947-48 seasons. After that the club fell into obscurity.

1970-71 saw the club return to more notable success, they were competing in Seconda Categoria and won promotion from it to the Prima Categoria. Four years after this, the club achieved another promotion and they were placed into the Promozione Campania; club trainers during this period included Montalto, Improta, Sgambato, Ambrosio and Lovless respectivelycite news|url=http://web.tiscali.it/sangiuseppesecnd/lastoria.htm|publisher=F.C. Sangiuseppese|title= La Storia Della Sangiuseppese Calcio|date=22 June 2007] .

Sangiuseppese won promotion up into the Interregionale league after 1980-81, today's equivalent is Serie D. Spilabotte's goals helped the club during the two seasons they spent up in it. They competed against clubs such as Crotone, Juve Stabia and Savoia before being relegated.

The relegation itself in 1982-83 was difficult for the club to take as two teams who survived had the same amount of points as them, but Sangiuseppese had a worse goal difference. After their relegation the club played in regional competitions such as "Promozione Campania" and would only gain promotion from it in 1988-89.

erie C2 and Pro Sangiuseppese

For the first time in their history, the club gained promotion from Serie D after just one season back in the league, this meant Sangiuseppese would be competing in Serie C2. In this division they performed respectably, ending 3rd in their first season, missing out on promotion to Ischia Isolaverde and Acireale.

The following two seasons, they did not pose a threat in the championship race, but consistently finished in the top half of the table. By 1994 the club had began to decline in form and just a year later they suffered a relegation to Serie D (known as C.N.D. at the time). They were unable to bounce straight back to Serie C2 and after a mid-table finish, Sangiuseppese became defunct because of financial difficulties in 1996.

However, by 1997 the club had been refounded under the name Pro Sangiuseppesecite news|url=http://web.tiscali.it/sangiuseppesecnd/lastoria.htm|publisher=F.C. Sangiuseppese|title= La Storia Della Sangiuseppese Calcio|date=22 June 2007] after a team from the city called Scalese took action to rename their club to carry on the legacy of Sangiuseppese; Pro Sangiuseppese started their first season back in the "Promozione Campania", which was successfully captured in the 1997-98 season. This was followed up by becoming champions of Eccellenza Campania, beating out Ottaviano by one point. [cite news|url=http://www.calciodilettante.org/albo_campionati/Eccellenza_1998_99/EccellenzaA_1998_99.htm|publisher=CalcioDilettante.org|title= Eccellenza 1998-99|date=22 June 2007]

Into the new millennium Pro Sangiuseppese were back in Serie D, returning with a 4th place finish above established regional sides such as Sorrento and Frosinone. Although promotion eluded them, on the field the 2000s were somewhat of a stable time for the club; they finished in the top 10 for seven consequative seasons.

Neapolis - recent events

Off the field, Sangiuseppese were having problems and became bankrupt in 2006. Mario Moxedano and Ezio Bouchè moved in to take over the club; for a while their name was changed to Football Club Neapolis and then Football Club Sporting Neapolis [cite news|url=http://www.alternapoli.com/v2/articolo.asp?ida=314&idsez=5|publisher=AlterNapoli.com|title= Sognando il derby|date=22 June 2007] . Although the club had changed name and has moved to Naples (training at Sant'Antimo), many of the former Sangiuseppese players remained at the club.

Neapolis were successful in the 2006-07 season, they achieved promotion from Serie D after beating out competition from Angri and Siracusa. For the 2007-08 season, the club has played in Serie C2 and shared the Stadio Arturo Collana in the Vomero area of Naples with Internapoli Camaldoli. At the end of the season the club relegated back to Serie D and moved to Stadio Andrea Vallefuoco, located in Mugnano di Napoli, a suburb of Naples.

Current squad

"As of December 18, 2007" [cite news|url=http://www.sportingneapolis.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=35|publisher=SportingNeapolis.it|title= Sporting Neapolis - Squadra|date=22 June 2007]

Honours

*Serie D / Interregionale
**Champions: 1989-90, 2006-07

*Eccellenza Campania
**Champions: 1998-99

*Promozione Campania
**Champions: 1979-80, 1980-81, 1988-89, 1997-98

References

External links

*it icon [http://www.sportingneapolis.it/ SportingNeapolis.it]
*it icon [http://web.tiscali.it/sangiuseppesecnd/ Page about Sangiuseppese]