Marsala Football Club

Marsala was founded in 1912. It is also known as lilybetani, after Lilybaeum, the ancient name of Marsala during the Roman period. After the First World War, it was entered into the Coppa Federale Siciliana, which was competed amongst the top Sicilian sides Marsala, Palermo, Messinese and Catanese. Marsala lost heavily in the semi-finals against eventual winner Palermo. The club's first professional appearance was in 1942, when the team ended round N of Serie C in sixth place. Since then, Marsala has played 28 other times at the Serie C level, narrowly missing promotion to Serie B in 1960 (second placed in round C) and launching several young players who then obtained notoriety even at the worldwide level, such as Marco Materazzi and Patrice Evra. The team declared bankruptcy in 2000 after a Serie C1 season ended with a relegation. A new team, Associazione Sportiva Marsala 2000, was founded as a relocation of the existing Eccellenza club Don Bosco Partinico. The team was immediately promoted to Serie D, but it was cancelled in 2004 immediately after another relegation after losing playoffs to Ariano Irpino, again because of financial troubles. Following the 2006–07 season, four teams were representing the city of Marsala:

U.S.D. Petrosino Marsala, an Eccellenza team officially based in Petrosino but playing its home matches in Marsala; S.C. Marsala A.S.D., a minor local club formerly known as Bosco 1970 that were crowned Promozione champions in 2007, being therefore elected…