Circolo Sportivo Ponziana 1912 (A.S.D. Ponziana) is an Italian association football

Football in Italy

Football is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup 4 times , trailing only Brazil . Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful European nation in the subject of football...

 club based in the city of Trieste

Trieste

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, founded in 1912.

Currently playing in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Group of Promozione

Promozione

Promozione is the name of a level of football in Italy. It is considered to be the 7th level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level...

, the 7th level of the Italian football league, Ponziana however did spend some time in the Yugoslav First League

Yugoslav First League

The Yugoslav First League was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and socialist Yugoslavia...

 following World War II, due to the city of Trieste's unique political situation

Free Territory of Trieste

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 at this time. Trieste's other club U.S. Triestina Calcio

U.S. Triestina Calcio

Unione Sportiva Triestina is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.It is in the season 2010-11 from Serie B, having returned there in 2002 after 11 seasons in Serie C and Serie D, the club was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-History:The club was...

 remained in the Italian League during this period however.

Ponziana also competed in the Campionato Alta Italia 1944

Campionato Alta Italia 1944

This championship was disputed during the second World War and wasn't recognized by the FIGC until 2002, though Spezia's Scudetto is considered a "decoration"....

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Past players include Giovanni Galeone

Giovanni Galeone

Giovanni Galeone is an Italian football manager.-Playing career:Galeone, born in Naples, moved to Northern Italy in his youth years, and played for Ponziana Trieste, Monza and Udinese, where he spent most of his playing career.-Managing career:Galeone started his coaching career at 34 for Serie D...

 and Guglielmo Cudicini, whose son Fabio

Fabio Cudicini

Fabio Cudicini is an Italian former professional football goalkeeper, who played from 1955 to 1973. With his he was one of the tallest goalkeepers of his time....

 and grandson Carlo

Carlo Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini is an Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. In his 10 years at Chelsea he established himself as one of England's best goalkeepers before injury and the arrival of Petr Cech displaced him as first-choice...

 both also went on to be professional players.

Past managers include Pietro Pasinati

Pietro Pasinati

Pietro Pasinati was an Italian football striker, and later manager.Pasinati was born in Trieste....

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External links

• Official site (Italian)