I of Serie D and were promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, the fourth level of the Italian league. After winning the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/B title, the club was then admitted to play in the unified 2014–15 Lega Pro season. A.C. Riunite Messina Since the summer of 2014, the new name of the club is Associazioni Calcio Riunite Messina. In the 2014–15 season, the club was relegated to Serie D, but it was readmitted to Lega Pro for involvement in sporting fraud. Since the summer of 2015, the new owner and president is Natale Stracuzzi. The club failed to submit its surety by the 5 July 2017 deadline and was expelled by Lega Pro. A successor club, A.C.R. Messina S.s.d. a r.l. was admitted to the 2017–18 Serie D. Rivalries Messina's biggest rivals are Reggina, located on the mainland, due to their close proximity and matches are known as Derby dello Stretto ("Derby of the Strait") as Messina and Reggio Calabria are separated by the Strait of Messina. Catania S.S.D and Palermo F.C (“Derby of the Sicily”) Colors and badge Its colours are yellow and red. Current squad Out on loan Notable players Salvatore Aronica Emanuele Curcio Julio César de León Arturo Di Napoli Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos Antonio Nocerino Alessandro Parisi Igor Protti Rahman Rezaei Christian Riganò Salvatore Schillaci Marco Storari Salvatore Sullo Atsushi Yanagisawa Riccardo Zampagna Marco Zoro Stadium The former club Football Club Messina Peloro have played their home matches in the new Stadio Comunale San Filippo since the 2004–05 to 2008–09 season. Since the season 2009–10 plays here the current team of A.C. Riunite Messina 1947. The capacity of the stadium is 37,895 seats. It is named after the part of the city in which it is located, but a couple of petitions aim to rename it after the former Messina manager Franco Scoglio or the Messina Saint Hannibal Mary Di Francia. The old stadium, the 11,000 seater Stadio Comunale Giovanni Celeste, is now used by S.S.D. Città di Messina, the second team of the city. Honours Serie B 1 Champions: 1962–63 Serie C 2 Champion : 1949–50, 1985–86 Serie C2 3 Champions: 1982–83, 1999–00, 2013–14 Serie D 3 Champions: 1973–74 (Group I), 2012–13 (Group I), 2020-21 (Group I) Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti 1 Champion : 1997–98 Sicilian Championship 1 Winners: 1924–25 Whitaker Challenge Cup 2 Winners: 1905, 1906 References External links Official twitter facebook instagram Football clubs