S.S. Monopoli 1966

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.

Monopoli 1966
Full nameSocietà Sportiva Monopoli 1966
Founded
  • 1966 
GroundStadio Vito Simone Veneziani,
Monopoli, Italy
Capacity6,880
ChairmanEnzo Mastronardi
ManagerGiuseppe Scienza
LeagueSerie C Group C
2020–21Serie C Group C, 11th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Predecessor

A.C. Monopoli
Former AC Monopoli logo

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 from Terza Categoria, the lowest level of the Italian football.

History

A.S. Liberty Monopoli
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

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.

Colors and badge

Its colors are white and green.

Current squad
As of 31 January 2022

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 Leonardo Loria (on loan from Pisa)
2 DF  ITA Francesco Basile
3 DF  ITA Mario Mercadante
4 DF  ITA Nicola Bizzotto
5 DF  ITA Francesco Pambianchi
7 MF  ITA Ernesto Starita
8 MF  ITA Marco Piccinni
9 FW  ITA Francesco Grandolfo
10 FW  ITA Alessandro Rossi (on loan from Lazio)
11 MF  BFA Abdoul Guiebre
15 DF  ITA Michele Fornasier
16 MF  ITA Biagio Morrone (on loan from Lazio)
17 DF  SEN Joel Baraye (on loan from Padova)
18 FW  ITA Mattia D'Agostino (on loan from Ascoli)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  ITA Flavio Romano
21 MF  ITA Andrea Bussaglia
22 GK  ITA Mattia Guido
23 DF  ITA Matteo Arena
24 MF  ITA Christian Nina
25 MF  ITA Francesco Vassallo
26 DF  ITA Antonio Natalucci
27 MF  ITA Zaccaria Hamlili
29 FW  ITA Gennaro Borrelli (on loan from Pescara)
33 MF  ITA Christian Langella (on loan from Pisa)
35 DF  ITA Mattia Novella
77 MF  ITA Orlando Viteritti
98 MF  ITA Alessandro Quaini (on loan from Pisa)

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
— GK  ITA Francesco Lovecchio (at Nardò)
— GK  ITA Nicolas Oliveto (at RG Ticino)
— DF  ITA Ivan De Santis (at Paganese)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ITA Andrea Cianciaruso (at Molfetta)
— FW  ITA Andrea De Paoli (at Ascoli, obligation to buy)
— FW  ITA Manuel Nocciolini (at Grosseto)

Honors

References
  1. "REDUSLIM - IncHealth GMBH".
  2. "S. S. Monopoli 1966 | U mnapl!".
  3. "Gomonopoli.it - This domain was registered with Match.it".

Notes
  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 eague
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