| Clubname: | Fidelis Andria |
| Fullname: | Fidelis Andria 2018 |
| Nickname: | Leoni Azzurri (Blue Lions) |
| Founded: | 1971 (as AS Fidelis Andria) 2005 (as AS Andria BAT) (refounded) 2013 (as SS Fidelis Andria 1928)(refounded) 2018 (as SSD Fidelis Andria 2018)(refounded) |
| Capacity: | 9,140 |
| Chairman: | Giuseppe Di Benedetto |
| Manager: | Ciro Danucci |
| Website: | http://www.fidelisandria.it/ |
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Fidelis Andria 2018 or simply Fidelis Andria is an Italian football club based in Andria, Apulia. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes in .
Fidelis Andria play their home matches at Stadio Degli Ulivi, which has a capacity of 9,140. The stadium is located in Andria itself.
The club was founded in 1971 as A.S. Fidelis Andria (Associazione Sportiva Fidelis Andria). At that time the club worn red and yellow and it was the second club in town.
In 1978, after the collapse of A.S. Andria, the club decided to wear blue and white, which are the traditional colours of the town.
With these colours, the club played for years in the Serie B and Serie C1: last playing in Serie B in 1999.
After the 2004/05 season the club declared bankruptcy.
In summer 2005 the club was refounded A.S. Andria BAT[1] (Associazione Sportiva Andria BAT). The BAT stood for Barletta-Andria-Trani, as in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani.
The team played in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione from the 2005–06 to 2008–09 seasons.
At the end of the 2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season the team was admitted into Lega Pro Prima Divisione after the forced relegation of Avellino in Serie D. At the end of the 2012-13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the club was relegated after the play-offs, but didn't enroll in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione league.
In its place, in summer 2013 a new team called S.S.D. Fidelis Andria 1928 was founded and admitted to Eccellenza Apulia.[2]
The team ended the season 2013–2014 in 2nd place. After winning the national play-offs, Fidelis Andria were promoted to Serie D, the top level of the Italian non-professional football association.
In season 2014–15,Fidelis Andria played in Group H of Serie D. On April 26, after winning 3–2 away at Cavese, the club was promoted to Lega Pro, the third highest football division in Italy, two matches before the end of the regular season. After the regular season, Fidelis Andria took part in the Scudetto Serie D tournament, in order to assign the amateur champions' title. The team was eliminated in the group stages.
Since July 1 2015, having become a member of the Italian Professional Football League (Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico), commonly known as Lega Pro, the club changed its name in S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928.
Fidelis Andria ended the season 2015–16 at 7th place, which allowed the club to participate in the next 2016–17 Coppa Italia. On May 7, after the last match of the season in Catania, boss Luca D'Angelo announced he wouldn't renew his contract with the club.
In July 2018 the club was declared bankrupt and was denied registration for the upcoming Serie C, based on Covisoc's assessment.[3] [4] On the date of the deadline for Serie D registration, a group of investors led by Marco Di Vincenzo formed S.S.D. Fidelis Andria 2018 as a reincarnation of S.S. Fidelis Andria 1928 to assume its sporting title.[5] The reborn club was admitted to Serie D.[6]
In June 2022 the club informed the media that the club's main Sponsor for the season 2022-2023 was the American Holding Group "7Crocketts"; the operation has been conduced by the Investment Banking Advisory Firm MergersCorp M&A International.[7]
The team's colors are blue and white. The club crest, representing a rampant lion, is based on elements from the city of Andria's badge.
Nicola Amoruso Marco Capparella Bernardo Corradi Cristiano Lupatelli
Matjaž Florijančič
Adolfo Ovalle