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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	Francesco Tomei
League	Serie C Group C
2022–23	Serie C Group C, 7th 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.

Predecessor

A.C. Monopoli

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.

History

A.S. Liberty Monopoli

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.

S.S. MonosPolis and S.S. Monopoli 1966

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.

Colors and badge

former logos

Its colors are white and green.

Current squad

As of 1 February 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 6 DF   ITA Michele Fornasier 8 FW   ITA Andrea De Paoli 9 FW   ITA Christian Tommasini (on loan from Pescara) 10 FW   ITA Giuseppe Borello 11 MF   ITA Francesco Ardizzone (on loan from Lecco) 12 GK   ARG Joaquin Domingo Dalmasso (on loan from Lecco) 13 DF   ITA Pasquale Fazio 14 MF   ITA Orlando Viteritti 16 DF   ITA Manuel Ferrini 17 MF   ITA Claudio Cristallo 18 DF   ITA Salvatore Dario La Vardera (on loan from Cosenza) 19 MF   ITA Carlo De Risio

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF   ITA Nicola Bizzotto 23 FW   ITA Giuseppe Simone 24 DF   ITA Mirco De Santis 27 MF   ITA Zaccaria Hamlili 28 FW   CRO Marin Čubretović 29 FW   ITA Alessandro Arioli (on loan from Cosenza) 30 MF   ITA Matteo Mazzotta 33 MF   ITA Danilo Bulevardi 39 FW   ITA Francesco Grandolfo 44 FW   ARG Franco Sosa (on loan from Cerignola) 55 GK   ITA Ludovico Gelmi (on loan from Atalanta) 77 MF   ITA Lorenzo Peschetola 78 MF   ITA Gennaro Iaccarino (on loan from Napoli) 80 MF   ITA Mattia Vitale (on loan from Sampdoria) 95 DF   ITA Luca Barlocco

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ITA Riccardo Cargnelutti (at Giugliano until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Vito Dibenedetto (at Nardò until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Gaetano Vitale (at Sorrento until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Samuele Spalluto (at Trento until 30 June 2024)

Honors

• Coppa Italia Serie D
  • Champions: 2014–15

References

Notes

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to S.S. Monopoli 1966.

• (in Italian) Official website
• (in Italian) Bad Boys'87 Official website (archived 26 February 2009)

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