Scafatese Calcio 1922
Società Sportiva Scafatese Calcio 1922 is an Italian association football club located in Scafati, Campania that currently plays in the Serie D league.
History
Foundation
Founded in 1922, the club was initially named Unione Sportiva Scafatese. Initially playing in the Second and Third Division championships, they beat Avellino 15–0 in their 1941 match. Reached Serie C for the first time, they played for two seasons before the interruption of World War II.Serie B
After the championships resumed, Scafatese enrolled in the 1945–'46 Serie C championship and finished third. Due to the resignation of two preceding teams it was promoted to Serie B for the '46–'47 season. Gialloblù closed the championship in fourth place in their first year of the league, winning the same amount of points as Lecce, with Ternana and Pescara promoted to Serie A. During the '47–'48 championship however, they placed twelfth, and were relegated to Serie C due to recent reforms.Scafatese retired at the start of the 1948–'49 Serie C championship from financial difficulties, after scoring a single point in 11 days.
From the 1950s to the 1970s
After retiring, Scafatese participated in the First Division championship for 3 seasons. When the Fourth Series was established, however, they participated in the Promotion championship from 1952–'53 for 2 seasons. Relegated to the First Division afterwards, the team remained there until '56–'57, when it was promoted to the national amateur championship. During the '57–'58 season, Scafatese won their group ahead of Turris, but lost during the next phase. Things took a turn following year as the Canaries came second in group D, behind their cousins Angri. In the '59–'60 season, Scafatese entered the national finals, and after beating Libertas Potenza, Morrone and Calangianus, they played finals in Rimini for the title against Ponziana from Trieste. After a 1–1 draw, however, the referee decided the match with a coin flip, and Scafatese won.The 1960s saw the team compete in Serie D for nine consecutive years, with its highest placement at fourth during the '62–'63 season, but they were eventually demoted at the end of the '68–'69 championship. In the early 70's, Scafatese was relegated to First Category, but returned after a year to the Promotion. The team was close to returning to the fourth series several times, concluding the seasons 1972–'73 and '74–'75 in second place, but finally returned to Serie D in the '75–'76 season. In '76–'77 and '77–'78, the Canaries played in the Serie D championship, demoting Scafatese at the end of the latter.
From the 1980s to the 2000s
After the demotion, the team struggled to recover. A crisis of results in 1983–'84 caused Scafatese to sink into the First Category, and only returned to register in the Promotion after merging with Don Bosco Oplonti in 1986. The yellow-blues placed second in '87–'88 behind Ebolitana, and again in '88–'89 in second place behind Nocerina but this time they were still rescued in the Interregional. From the '89–'90 season the Canaries played eight consecutive championships in the fourth series, winning salvation on the last day more than once, until relegation came in the '96–'97 season. In both the '97–'98 and '98–'99 seasons, Scafatese played in the regional Eccellenza championship with little satisfaction.From the 2000s to the 2010s
The 1999–2000 championship, however, proved to be exciting, in fact with twenty victories, nine draws and only one defeat against the grey-reds of Angri, Scafatese won the tournament and returned to Serie D after three years, however in the 2000–'01 season the Canarini relegated following the 2–1 defeat in Olbia on the penultimate day of the championship. In '03–'04 the yellow-blue team managed to return to Serie D by beating Gragnano 2–1 on the last day of the championship at the Romeo Menti in Castellammare di Stabia. This time the Gialloblù achieved safety in Serie D in the '04–'05 season after winning the play-out match.After fourth place in the 2005–'06 season, the following year they managed to return to Serie C, after an exciting duel with Sibilla Cuma from Bacoli, who were five points behind at the end of the season. The typical formation of the Scafatese team that won the '06–'07 Serie D championship coached by Egidio Pirozzi is: Sorriso, Baylon, Santamaria, Cordua, De Franco, Ginobili, Marzano, Marasco, Cosa, Sarli, Spinelli. And so on 6 May 2007, Scafatese finally landed in C2, defeating the Lazio team Pisoniano 6–3 at the Comunale di Scafati in front of around seven thousand spectators.
In Serie C2 in the 2007–'08 season, Scafatese, after avoiding direct relegation on the last day by winning at home to Real Marcianise, crossed Val di Sangro in the play-outs, saving themselves at the end of the double match. In the '08–'09 championship this time the team managed to achieve its seasonal objective by avoiding the play-outs two days early and therefore directly saving itself in a year where the Canaries performed well, just as there was a quiet salvation also in the '09–'10 season.