Jesina

Societa Sportiva Dilettantistica Jesina Calcio is an Italian association football club located in Jesi, Marche. It currently plays in Serie D.

History

Foundation

Unione Sportiva Jesina was born on 15 March 1927 by the merger of Juventus Aesina and SS Mazzini Jesi. The first official match was played against Fano resulting in a 6–6 draw. In December 1930 the club changed its name and became Associazione Sportiva Jesi. In 1933 the club was promoted to the third tier Serie C, a division where the Leoncelli played until the World War II giving the town of Jesi matches against major city teams such as Taranto, Pescara, Venezia, Vicenza, Udinese and Padova.

From 1945 to 1978

After the war the club change his name to Societa Sportiva Jesina. Except for the 1953–1954 season, Jesina established as a Fourth Tier team with sporadics appearances to Serie C. It was not until the end of 1975–1976 season the team was relegated to the regional championship.

The Golden Era (1978–1991)

Then Leopoldo Latini, a local businessman, takes over the club. In few years promotion to Serie D was achieved and 1981 the team regained professional status winning a promotion playoff in Arezzo against Riccione. Serie C was recently split into two divisions and Jesina performed well in Serie C2 until 1983–1984 when they were crowned champions and were promoted to Serie C1. Jesina were one of the best 72 teams in the country. The fairytale ended after only 1 year, the team were relegated after losing their head-to-head matches against SPAL. The swan song of the Latini era comes the next year, when Jesina loses the final of Coppa Italia di Serie C against Virescit Boccaleone. In those days, Luca Marchegiani wore the biancorossi shirt and a young Roberto Baggio was an opponent. At the end of the 1990–1991 season, the team lose after penalty kicks a relegation playout and financial crisis sends Jesina another division down re