SSD FC Messina
{{short description|Association Football Club in Messina, Sicily}}
{{distinguish|ACR Messina}}
{{primary sources|date=August 2018}}
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| fullname = Football Club Messina
S.r.l.
| nickname = Giallorossi (Yellow-and-red)
| founded = 1969 (as Camaro)
| dissolved = 2021
| ground = San Filippo-Franco Scoglio,
Messina, Italy
| capacity = 38,730
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| season = 2021–22
| position = Serie D/I (excluded during season)
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Football Club Messina was an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily, formerly known as S.S.D. Città di Messina and U.S.D. Camaro Messina, and disbanded in 2021.
History
=Foundation=
The club is the direct heir of U.S.D. Camaro Messina, an amateur football club from the Messina neighbourhood of Camaro that was founded in 1969.{{cite news |url=https://www.messinacalcio.org/2019/06/22/i-due-messina-una-storia-vecchia-che-storicamente-ha-portato-fortuna/ |publisher=Messina Calcio.org |language=it |access-date=15 July 2019 |date=22 June 2019 |title=I due Messina una storia vecchia che storicamente ha portato fortuna}}
=Città di Messina=
In 2010 the club was renamed to S.S.D. Città di Messina.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportcasertano.it/04-06-2012/calcio/39800/alla-scoperta-delle-possibili-avversarie-del-gladiator-la-citta-di-messina/ |title=Alla scoperta delle possibili avversarie del Gladiator: la Città di Messina |website=sportcasertano.it |date=4 June 2012 |access-date=20 August 2018|language=it}}
In the season 2011–12 the team was promoted from Eccellenza Sicily Group B{{cite web|url=http://www.cittadimessina.com/site/campionato-serie-a/ |title=Campionato Regionale di Eccellenza – Girone B « Città di Messina |publisher=S.S.D. Città di Messina|date=n.d. |access-date=20 August 2018}}{{failed verification|date=August 2018}} to Serie D after playoffs.{{cite press release|url=http://www.cittadimessina.com/site/festa-promozione-foto-isolino/ |title=Festa Promozione (Foto Isolino) |publisher=S.S.D. Città di Messina |date=n.d. |access-date=20 August 2018}}
However, they were then relegated twice, and won two straight promotion in 2017 from {{ill|2016–17 Promozione Sicily|it|Promozione Sicilia 2016-2017}} and 2018 from {{ill|2017–18 Eccellenza Sicily|it|Eccellenza Sicilia 2017-2018}} to find themselves back to Serie D for the 2018–19 Serie D, at the same level with the historical main team in the city, ACR Messina. The club escaped relegation in 2019 after winning a playoff against Locri.
=Football Club Messina=
In the summer of 2019, the club was acquired by supermarket entrepreneur Rocco Arena, who was also the owner of Spanish club CF Independiente Alicante (heir of Alicante CF).{{cite news |url=http://www.messinatoday.it/sport/calcio-citta-messina-nuovo-presidente-rocco-arena-maurizio-lo-re-19-giugno-2019.html |publisher=MessinaToday.it |language=it |access-date=15 July 2019 |date=19 June 2019 |title=Calcio, il Città di Messina ha un nuovo presidente: prende il posto di Maurizio Lo Re}}{{cite news |url=https://www.messinasportiva.it/arena-in-sicilia-per-notaio-e-conferenza-voglio-riportare-in-alto-messina/|publisher=Messina Sportiva |language=it |access-date=15 July 2019 |date=18 June 2019 |title=Arena in Sicilia per notaio e conferenza: "Voglio riportare in alto Messina"}}
On 13 July 2019, the Italian Football Federation approved a change name request for the club, which was renamed Football Club Messina.{{cite news |url=https://www.messinasportiva.it/ora-e-ufficiale-il-citta-cambia-nome-rinasce-il-football-club-messina/ |publisher=Messina Sportiva |language=it |access-date=15 July 2019 |date=13 July 2019 |title=Ora è ufficiale: il Città cambia nome, rinasce il Football Club Messina}}
In the 2020–21 Serie D season, FC Messina ended in second place, behind crosstown rivals ACR Messina. They later won the Serie D Girone I playoffs, defeating Acireale in the semifinal and Gelbison in the final, thus ensuring them the right to be admitted to Serie C in case of a league vacancy.
In July 2021, following Serie D Girone A champions Gozzano's withdrawal, FC Messina applied to be readmitted to Serie C.{{cite news |url=https://messina.gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/sport/2021/07/13/fc-messina-tra-d-ammissione-o-ripescaggio-in-c-tutte-le-ipotesi-c12bc28c-5170-4ac9-b7d4-0e499dbe1f43/ |publisher=Gazzetta del Sud |language=it |access-date=21 July 2021 |date=13 July 2021 |title=Fc Messina tra D, ammissione o ripescaggio in C: tutte le ipotesi}} However, the request to be readmitted was denied by the Lega Pro committee, and successively also on appeal, due to the club's inability to provide a valid surety in time.{{cite news |url=https://www.goalsicilia.it/news/82996/Fc-Messina-fumata-nera-il-Collegio-di-Garanzia-dello-Sport-conferma-l-esclusione-dalla-Serie-C/ |publisher=GoalSicilia |language=it |access-date=30 August 2021 |date=6 August 2021 |title=Fc Messina: fumata nera, il Collegio di Garanzia dello Sport conferma l'esclusione dalla Serie C}}
The 2021–22 Serie D campaign saw club owner Rocco Arena relinquishing from investing in the club during the season. In December the club released most of its players and failed to show up at two consecutive league games, thus being excluded from the league with immediate effect.{{cite web |language=it |url=https://www.messinasportiva.it/ora-e-ufficiale-fc-messina-estromesso-dal-campionato-ammenda-da-20-000-euro/ |accessdate=15 December 2021 |date=15 December 2021 |publisher=Messina Sportiva |title=Ora è ufficiale: Fc Messina estromesso dal campionato. Ammenda da 20.000 euro}}
Colors and badge
Its colors are yellow and red. They usually play with blue kit, to avoid getting confused with the principal team of the city, ACR Messina.
Stadium
The club originally played its home games in the old stadium of the city, the 11,900 seater Stadio Giovanni Celeste.{{cite web|url=http://www.cittadimessina.com/site/societa/ |title=Società|publisher=S.S.D. Città di Messina |date=n.d. |access-date=20 August 2018}}{{failed verification|date=May 2018}}
In 2018 the club announced their relocation to the newly rebranded "Despar Stadium" in the outskirts of the city, a football field owned by local amateur football club Camaro. However, as the stadium did not meet the minimum requirements to host Serie D games, Città di Messina used the city's main venue Stadio San Filippo as its home for the beginning of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalsicilia.it/news/37264/Citt-di-Messina-Despar-Stadium-non-omologabile-per-la-serie-D-/|title = Città di Messina: 'Despar Stadium' non omologabile per la serie D?|date = 31 August 2018}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|https://www.messinafc.it/}} {{in lang|it}}
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Category:Association football clubs established in 1969
Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2021
Category:1969 establishments in Italy