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Monopoli 1966

Full name	Società Sportiva Monopoli 1966
Nickname(s)	Il Gabbiano (The Seagull) I Biancoverdi (The White and Greens)
Founded	1966; 58 years ago (1966)
Ground	Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani, Monopoli, Italy
Capacity	6,880
Chairman	Francesco Rossiello
Manager	Alberto Colombo
League	Serie C Group C
2023–24	Serie C Group C, 17th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Società Sportiva Monopoli 1966 is an Italian association football club located in Monopoli, Apulia. They currently play in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football.

The origins of football in Monopoli go back to 1958 when was founded A.C. Monopoli. After winning Eccellenza Apulia in the 2004–05 season ^{[note 1]} it has played in Serie D/H for the 2005–06 season obtaining the promotion to Serie C2 ^{[note 2]} where it played the 4 seasons following. The team did not enter Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in June 2010 and restarted^{[ citation needed]} from Terza Categoria, the lowest level of the Italian football.

A new club was founded in the summer 2010 as A.S. Liberty Monopoli, after the relocation of Eccellenza club A.S.D. Liberty Bari 1909 from Bari to Monopoli.

In the 2011–12 season the team was promoted from Eccellenza Apulia to Serie D.

In the summer 2012 the club was renamed S.S. MonosPolis, then in 2014 Società Sportiva Monopoli 1966 ^{[1] [2] [3]}

In the 2014–15 season won the Coppa Italia Serie D and was the finalist of the nation play off of Serie D; in the summer 2015 it was admitted to Lega Pro for involvement in the sporting fraud of several teams that were, as a consequence, relegated. Since then, Monopoli has played in what is now known as Serie C.

former logos

Its colors are white and green.

As of 20 July 2024. ^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ITA Samuele Vitale 2 DF   ARG Tamir Berman 4 DF   ITA Antony Angileri 8 FW   ITA Andrea De Paoli 10 FW   ITA Giuseppe Borello 13 DF   ITA Pasquale Fazio 14 MF   ITA Orlando Viteritti 16 DF   ITA Manuel Ferrini 17 MF   ITA Claudio Cristallo 19 MF   ITA Carlo De Risio 20 DF   ITA Nicola Bizzotto 24 DF   ITA Mirco De Santis 28 FW   CRO Marin Čubretović

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 MF   ITA Matteo Mazzotta 33 MF   ITA Danilo Bulevardi 39 FW   ITA Francesco Grandolfo — DF   ITA Federico Pace — FW   ITA Franco Sosa — FW   GHA Philip Yeboah — MF   ITA Gaetano Vitale — DF   ITA Moustapha Yabre — DF   ITA Claudio Cellamare — DF   ITA Renato Cascella — DF   ITA Vito Dibenedetto — MF   ITA Alessandro Tataru

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

• Coppa Italia Serie D
  • Champions: 2014–15

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