A.C. Paternò 2004

Football club infobox
clubname = Paternò


fullname = Associazione Calcio Paternò 2004
nickname = -
founded = 1908 2004 (refounded)
ground = Stadio Falcone e Borsellino, Paternò, Italy
capacity = 6,000
chairman = Giovanna Orlando
manager = Franco Pannitteri
league = Serie D/I
season = 2006-07
position = Serie D/I, 11th
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Associazione Calcio Paternò 2004 [ [http://w3.serie-d.com/sd/vwgdummy.asp?DEFLANG=it&node=ir_societa&open=contacts.asp%3FDEFLANG%3Dit%26campionato%3DCP_r00%26squadra%3Dpaterno Paternò page @ Serie-D.com] ] is an Italian football club located in Paternò, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D. Its colors are red and blue.

The first football team in Paternò is generally considered to have been established in 1908. Following the World War II, several teams were founded in the city, including "Polisportiva Paternò", which managed to reach Serie D in 1961/1962. Following the promotion, Paternò unsuccessfully attempted to win the league and promote to Serie C for the next years, despite players such as Gaetano Troja, a young striker who played Serie A with Palermo, and goalkeeper Marcello Trevisan, who later played also for Napoli; notably, in season 1965/1966 Paternò was on the verge of being promoted, as the team was placed first with a one-point lead over Massiminiana of Catania, but a defeat in the last seasonal match caused the team to be overtaken at the top of the table, and Massimiana promoted to Serie C. In 1976/1977 Paternò relegated to "Promozione", but managed to readily go back to Serie D the next year. The last and final promotion for Polisportiva Paternò came in 1985/1986; the old club would be no more able to play Serie D before its cancellation in 1989/1990. The next year, a new club, named Associazione Sportiva Paternò Calcio, was founded, and managed to reach Eccellenza in 1993/1994.

Paternò returned to play Serie D in 2000/2001, following a clear triumph in the 1999/2000 Eastern Sicilian Eccellenza round. The Serie D season, started with no particular hopes to win the league and a new coach, Pasquale Marino, ended in a surprising league win that brought Paternò to Serie C2 for its first time. Paternò's first Serie C2 campaign was even more wonderful, as the "rossoblu" ended the regular season in third place, and successively defeated S.S.C. Giugliano in the playoff semi-finals and Foggia in the finals, therefore gaining the third consecutive promotion. The 2002/2003 Serie C1 campaign was however not that lucky, as Paternò was defeated by L'Aquila in the relegation playoffs; however, the team was admitted back to Serie C1 because of league vacancies. The 2003/2004 season, with Maurizio Pellegrino as coach, ended in a lacklustre relegation after playoffs to Vis Pesaro, was the last for the club, that declared bankruptcy in the summer. The new club, with the current denomination, was admitted to play Promozione, and reached Serie D in 2006.

Notable former players

*flagicon|Italy Giuseppe Pagana
*flagicon|Italy Marcello Trevisan
*flagicon|Italy Gaetano Troja

Notable former managers

*flagicon|Italy Pasquale Marino

References

External links

* [http://www.paternocalcio.net/ UnOfficial homepage]