That Cerignola is absolutely experiencing its golden years there is no doubt, the first two seasons among professionals, played at high levels and ending in the play offs, confirm it. However, there is one fact that, more than anything, makes this decade indelible for the yellow and blue colours: in the last thirteen seasons, regardless of the category, the Audace has finished its championship among the top seven in the standings. The last year below tenth place dates back to 2009/2010, when the Ofantini finished eleventh in Excellence as newly promoted players. The second place of the following season opened a cycle that continues to this day, although it culminated with the advent of the Grieco family.
The unstoppable climb from the First Category to the return to Serie D after 17 years, then the hunt for professionalism. Fifth place as a freshman in 2018, second place and (useless) victory in the play offs in 2019, fourth place before the 2020 lockdown, then the most difficult year, 20/21, which started with the goal of salvation and ended just a few centimeters from the play offs, a seventh position which laid the foundations for the historic promotion a year later.
In his first year in C he achieved an extraordinary fifth place, a trend then confirmed, despite the thousand difficulties, by the precious seventh place achieved on Saturday evening. In total, four promotions and two play-offs out of two in Serie C, thirteen seasons played at a high level, numbers that would make even the most famous companies envious, but which first of all highlight a new, long and historic football spring for the city. The conditions to continue in this vein are all there, but now it’s play-off time and dreaming costs nothing.
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