Modica Calcio
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Associazione Sportiva Dilettante Modica Calcio is an Italian association football
club, based in Modica
, Sicily.
Modica's team colours are red and blue and it currently plays in Eccellenza Sicily
.
during the 2005–06, but was immediately relegated after playoffs and then cancelled because of financial irregularities. Successively, a new property bought Eccellenza
club A.S.D. Pol. Libertas Acate from the neighbouring city of Acate
; the new club, commonly referred to as Libertas Acate-Modica, won the Round B of Eccellenza Sicily
league being therefore promoted to Serie D
. The club was expected to reassume the original denomination from the following season, but this change was made effective only before the beginning of the 2009–10 season.
It in the season 2010-11, from Serie D
group I relegated, in the play-out, to Eccellenza Sicily
, where it plays in the current season.
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 Modica
Modica
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, Sicily.
Modica's team colours are red and blue and it currently plays in Eccellenza Sicily
Eccellenza Sicily
Eccellenza Sicily is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs on the Isle of Sicily, Italy. It is competed amongst 32 teams, in two different groups . The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D...
.
History
The club Modica Calcio was founded in 1932 and has a long history in Italian non-league football. Modica played in Serie C2/CSerie C
The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico , commonly known as Lega Pro , is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino...
during the 2005–06, but was immediately relegated after playoffs and then cancelled because of financial irregularities. Successively, a new property bought Eccellenza
Eccellenza
Eccellenza is the sixth level of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Aosta Valley which share 2 divisions...
club A.S.D. Pol. Libertas Acate from the neighbouring city of Acate
Acate
Acate is a small town and comune in the south of Sicily, Italy, part of the province of Ragusa. It is located in the Dirillo River valley, 34 kilometers from Ragusa....
; the new club, commonly referred to as Libertas Acate-Modica, won the Round B of Eccellenza Sicily
Eccellenza Sicily
Eccellenza Sicily is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs on the Isle of Sicily, Italy. It is competed amongst 32 teams, in two different groups . The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D...
league being therefore promoted to Serie D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
. The club was expected to reassume the original denomination from the following season, but this change was made effective only before the beginning of the 2009–10 season.
It in the season 2010-11, from Serie D
Serie D
Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over a million football players and thousands of football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Lega Pro Seconda Divisione , and is thus considered the...
group I relegated, in the play-out, to Eccellenza Sicily
Eccellenza Sicily
Eccellenza Sicily is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs on the Isle of Sicily, Italy. It is competed amongst 32 teams, in two different groups . The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D...
, where it plays in the current season.