SS Monopoli 1966

Monopoli 1966
Full nameSocietà Sportiva Monopoli 1966
Nickname(s)Il Gabbiano (The Seagull)
I Biancoverdi (The White and Greens)
Founded1966; 58 years ago (1966)
GroundStadio Vito Simone Veneziani,
Monopoli, Italy
Capacity6,880
ChairmanFrancesco Rossiello
ManagerAlberto Colombo
LeagueSerie C Group C
2023–24Serie C Group C, 17th of 20
Websitehttp://www.monopolicalcio.it/1966/
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

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A.C. Monopoli

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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

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A.S. Liberty Monopoli

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Former Liberty Monopoli logo

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

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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

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former logos

Its colors are white and green.

Current squad

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As of 30 August 2024.[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Samuele Vitale
3 DF Italy ITA Federico Pace
4 DF Italy ITA Nicola Bizzotto
5 DF Italy ITA Antony Angileri
6 DF Italy ITA Mirko Miceli
7 FW Italy ITA Carmine De Sena
8 MF Italy ITA Cristian Battocchio
9 FW Italy ITA Francesco Grandolfo
10 MF Italy ITA Danilo Bulevardi
11 FW Argentina ARG Federico Vázquez
12 GK Italy ITA Giovanni Garofani (on loan from Juventus)
13 DF Italy ITA Pasquale Fazio
16 DF Argentina ARG Bruno Valenti
17 MF Italy ITA Claudio Cristallo
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Italy ITA Paolo Virgilio
19 MF Italy ITA Carlo De Risio
20 DF Italy ITA Renato Cascella
21 FW Italy ITA Emanuele Scipioni
23 MF Italy ITA Simone Calvano
24 DF Italy ITA Mirco De Santis
25 DF Italy ITA Manuel Ferrini
28 FW Croatia CRO Marin Čubretović
30 MF Italy ITA Matteo Mazzotta
33 DF Italy ITA Moustapha Yabre
45 FW Ghana GHA Philip Yeboah
71 DF Italy ITA Claudio Cellamare
77 MF Italy ITA Orlando Viteritti
98 FW Italy ITA Nicolò Bruschi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Argentina ARG Tamir Berman (at Latina until 30 June 2025)

Honors

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References

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  1. ^ "REDUSLIM - IncHealth GMBH".
  2. ^ "S. S. Monopoli 1966 | U mnapl!".
  3. ^ "Gomonopoli.it - This domain was registered with Match.it".
  4. ^ "Monopoli squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

Notes

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  1. ^ with a claimed world record of 102 points, surpassed only in 2008 by Championnat de France amateur semi-professional team Croix-de-Savoie – now named Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C. – that scored 108 points
  2. ^ defeating Celano in the playoff finals after the second place in the league
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