Associazione Sportiva Andria BAT or simply A.S. Andria is an Italian

Italy

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 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club, based in Andria

Andria

-Places:Italy*Andria, a city in the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani*Roman Catholic Diocese of Andria, a Roman Catholic diocese...

, Apulia

Apulia

Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...

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The team currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

The team's colors are blue and white.

Fidelis Andria

The club was founded in 1971 as A.S. Fidelis Andria (Associazione Sportiva Fidelis Andria). In its denomination of Fidelis Andria, the team played for years between Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 and Serie C1: its last Serie B experience was in 1999.

Andria BAT

The club was refounded in 2005 as A.S. Andria BAT (Associazione Sportiva Andria BAT). BAT stands for Barletta

Barletta

Barletta is a city and comune located in the north of Apulia in south eastern Italy. Its current population is 94,140.It is famous for the Colossus of Barletta, a bronze statue, representing a Roman Emperor...

-Andria

Andria

-Places:Italy*Andria, a city in the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani*Roman Catholic Diocese of Andria, a Roman Catholic diocese...

-Trani

Trani

Trani is a seaport of Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, in the new Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani , and 40 km by railway West-Northwest of Bari.- History :...

, as in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani

Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani

The Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani is a province of Italy in the Apulia region. The establishment of the province took effect in June 2009, and Andria was appointed as its seat of government on May 21, 2010....

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The team played in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione from 2005-06 to 2008-09 season.

At the end of the 2008-09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2008-09

The 2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season will be the thirty-first football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the first since the renaming from Serie C2 to Lega Pro....

 the team was admitted in Lega Pro Prima Divisione after the forced relegation of Avellino

U.S. Avellino

Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...

 in 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...

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Current squad

Notable former players

Nicola Amoruso

Nicola Amoruso

Nicola Amoruso is a former Italian association football player who played as a striker. His nicknames were piede caldo and Dinamite.- Career :...

 Marco Capparella

Marco Capparella

Marco Capparella is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for L'Aquila Calcio in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.-Career:On 1 July 2011, Capparella signed a contract with L'Aquila for the 2011/2012 season....

 Bernardo Corradi

Bernardo Corradi

Bernardo Corradi is an Italian footballer, who is currently a free agent. He was a former Italian international.-Early career:...

 Cristiano Lupatelli

Cristiano Lupatelli

Cristiano Lupatelli is an Italian football goalkeeper who is currently playing at Genoa. He is known for his goatee and sideburns with his bald head.-Career:Lupatelli won a scudetto while playing for A.S. Roma in 2000/2001...

 Bruno Pesce

Bruno Pesce

Bruno Pietro Pesce Rojas is a naturalized Palestinean football who plays for Olympia Agnonese in the Italian Serie D .-Career:...

External links

• Official website