Potenza SC: Difference between revisions

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nickname = ''[[Rossoblù]]'' (Red-Blues);<br/>''Leoni'' (Lions) |

founded = 19192004 (re-founded) |

dissolved = 20122011|

ground = [[Stadio Alfredo Viviani]],<br/>[[Potenza]], [[Italy]] |

'''Potenza Sport Club [[Società a responsabilità limitata|S.r.l.]]''' was an Italian [[association football|football]] club, based in [[Potenza]], [[Basilicata]]. The club was re-founded in 2004 as '''A.S. Calcio Potenza''', (legal suffix [[Società a responsabilità limitata|S.r.l.]] was added circa 2005<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/38.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_6542_lstAllegati_Allegato0_upfAllegato.pdf|title=CAMBIO DI DENOMINAZIONE SOCIALE|date=17 September 2005|accessdateaccess-date=26 May 2018|page=14|publisher=Italian Football Federation|language=Italianit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909211053/http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/38.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_6542_lstAllegati_Allegato0_upfAllegato.pdf#|archive-date=2016-09-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>) after the merger{{factcitation needed|date=May 2018}} of the old A.S.C. Potenza (founded in 1983) and '''F.C. Potenza''' (founded in 1919 and previously known as '''Potenza S.C.'''), and changed its name to Potenza S.C. in 2006. It inherits the history of the previous ''Potenza S.C.''.{{fact|date=May 2018}} The club was expelled from [[2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione]] in mid-season.

Potenza also took part in five [[Serie B]] seasons from [[1963–64 Serie B|1963–64]] to [[1967–68 Serie B|1967–68]]. The biggest success of her was finishing 5th in Serie B in 1964-651964–65 season.

In March 2010 Potenza was excluded from the [[Lega Pro Prima Divisione]] with immediate effect after the club was found guilt of matchfixing regarding a league game against [[Salernitana Calcio 1919|Salernitana]] onin April 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2010/03/19/news/presunto_illecito_punite_salernitana_e_potenza-2775451/ |work=La Repubblica |language=Italianit |accessdateaccess-date=26 May 2018|date=19 March 2010 |title=Presunto illecito: punite Salernitana e Potenza|publisher=Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso|ISSN=2499-0817}}</ref> The verdict was partly reverted on appeal, where it was allowed Potenza to complete the season; however, the club will nevertheless appear as last-placed in the final table, thus forcing the club to play in the [[Lega Pro Seconda Divisione]] for the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/GdM_dallabasilicata_NOTIZIA_01.php?IDNotizia=323798&IDCategoria=12 |work=La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno |language=Italianit |title=Potenza retrocesso ma giocherà le gare|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812213119/http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/GdM_dallabasilicata_NOTIZIA_01.php?IDNotizia=323798&IDCategoria=12|archivedatearchive-date=12 August 2014 |accessdateaccess-date= 26 May 2018|date=2 April 2010 }}</ref> OnIn July 2010 the club was excluded by the Italian football federation due to financial problems, and successively admitted into the [[Eccellenza]] amateur league.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www2.lnd.it/documenti/leggi/comunicati/130155?lid=11|title=Comunicato Ufficiale №6|date=27 August 2010|access-date=25 May 2018|publisher=LND Comitato Regionale Basilicata|language=Italianit|format=Microsoft Word}}</ref> However, the club did not participate in any league in 2011–12 season.

In April 2012, the membership of the club in Italian Football Federation.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/54.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_31615_StrilloComunicatoUfficiale_lstAllegati_Allegato_0_upfAllegato.pdf|title=Comunicato Ufficiale №132/A|date=4 April 2012|accessdateaccess-date=25 May 2018|publisher=Italian Football Federation|language=Italianit}}</ref>

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