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ASD Battipagliese

Italian football club

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ2891756 ↗
Source-derived summary

Associazione Sportiva Battipagliese Calcio 1929, also known as Battipagliese, is an Italian football club from Battipaglia, Campania. The club currently plays in Eccellenza.

History

Foundation

The history of Battipagliese can be traced back to the founding of the comune Battipaglia. The football club was founded in 1929, the same year as the comune and so the two have grown together. It was founded by president Giuseppe Agnetti, director of sport Fioravante Di Cunzolo and former football player, and trainer Salvatore De Crescenzo.

For the 1933–34 season they were placed in the inter-regional league of Seconda Divisione, facing teams from Campobasso and Potenza.

Serie C1-C2

During its history Battipagliese played many years in Serie C1 and Serie C2. The club had promotion into Serie C1 in the seasons of 1989–90 and 1996–97. During 1997, Battipagliese shocked U.S. Città di Palermo when the unexpectedly defeated them in a play off to stay in Serie C1.

Serie D

It was relegated from Serie D in the 2004–05 season after finishing 18th.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “ASD Battipagliese” as italian football club. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1929, 1933, 1989, 1996—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1929. The account is most persuasive where Battipagliese, Italian and football can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as italian football club. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2891756. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1929, 1933, 1989 and 1996.

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This entry incorporates text from “ASD Battipagliese” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.