SS Audace Cerignola

Audace Cerignola

Full name	Società Sportiva Audace Cerignola srl
Founded	1912
Ground	Stadio Domenico Monterisi, Cerignola, Italy
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Danilo Quarto
Manager	Giuseppe Raffaele
League	Serie C Group C
2023–24	Serie C Group C, 7th of 20
Home colours Away colours

S.S. Audace Cerignola, commonly known as Audace Cerignola or simply Cerignola, is an Italian association football club from Cerignola, Apulia. They play in the Serie C Group C.

History

The club was originally founded in 1912 as Gruppo Sportivo Cerignola. They played Serie C from 1935 to 1937, after which they exclusively took part at amateur leagues.

The club voluntarily stepped out in 2013 due to financial issues, and restarted from Prima Categoria only a year later. In 2017 they returned to play Serie D, a league they had not played since the year 2000.

In 2019, Audace Cerignola ended the season in an impressive second place, behind AZ Picerno; in the following playoffs, they made it to the final, where they defeated Taranto, thus ensuring a priority slot in the Serie C repechages.

However, due to a number stadium-related issues, the Italian Football Federation denied Serie C entry to the club. ^[1] After winning a first appeal to the Italian National Olympic Committee Court, ^[2] and FIGC declining Audace Cerignola's admission due to other stadium-related technicalities, ^[3] on 5 August 2019 the CONI Court once again overturned the latter's decision, confirming Audace Cerignola's right to take part in the 2019–20 Serie C. ^[4]

Audace Cerignola were finally promoted to Serie C in the 2021–22 Serie D season, as Group H champions, under the guidance of head coach Michele Pazienza. ^[5]

Current squad

As of 19 January 2025 ^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ITA Stefano Greco 3 DF   ITA Luca Russo 5 MF   ARG Galo Capomaggio 6 DF   ARG Santiago Visentin 7 DF   ITA Giuseppe Coccia 8 MF   ITA Mattia Tascone 9 FW   ITA Francesco Salvemini 11 MF   ITA Vittorio Parigini 12 GK   ITA Umberto Saracco 13 MF   ARG Giancarlo Bianchini 14 MF   ITA Lorenzo Paolucci 15 DF   ITA Alessandro Ligi 17 FW   GAM Sulayman Jallow 18 FW   ITA Alessandro Faggioli

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF   ARG Santiago Velásquez 20 MF   ESP Miguel Ángel Sainz-Maza 22 GK   ITA Giuseppe Fares 23 DF   ITA Lorenzo Gonnelli 24 FW   ITA Alessandro Carnevale 25 DF   ITA Raffaele Romano 26 FW   ITA Francesco Lorusso 28 DF   ITA Christian Basile 29 FW   ITA Luigi Cuppone 55 DF   ITA Luca Martinelli 70 FW   MAR Ismail Achik(on loan from Bari ) 71 MF   ITA Donato Ianzano 72 MF   ITA Giuseppe Pio Carrozza 77 FW   ITA Giovanni Volpe(on loan from Catanzaro )

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   ITA Luca Gagliano (at Rimini until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   ITA Nicolas Iurilli(at Manfredonia until 30 June 2025)

References

1. "Ripescaggi e Riammissioni Serie B e Serie C: le decisioni del Consiglio Federale" (in Italian). Ysport.eu. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
2. "Accolti ricorsi sia di Bisceglie che Cerignola. Girone C a 21 squadre?" (in Italian). Sporterni. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
3. "Figc: Bisceglie in C, respinto il Cerignola" (in Italian). Teleregione. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
4. "Serie C: Audace Cerignola ripescata, accolto il ricorso dal Collegio di Garanzia del Coni" (in Italian). SKY Sport Italia. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
5. "Cerignola in festa: l'Audace è in Serie C" (in Italian). FoggiaToday. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
6. "Italy - USD Audace Cerignola - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

External links

• Official website