S.S. Murata

S.S. Murata is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Murata, a civil parish of the city of San Marino. The club was founded in 1966. Murata currently plays in Girone B of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The team's colours are black and white.

Murata
Full nameSocietà Sportiva Murata
Founded1966
GroundCampo sportivo di Montegiardino
Capacity1,000
ChairmanDavide Graziosi
ManagerAchille Fabbri
LeagueCampionato Sammarinese di Calcio
2019–205th

Overview

They won their first Sammarinese national title in 2006, and repeated as champions the next two years. As UEFA decided to include Sammarinese champions in the first preliminary round of the UEFA Champions League starting from the 2007–08 season, Murata were the first Sanmarinese team to take part in the main European competition (see below for details). In order to reinforce the team, in July 2007 the club signed 41-year-old former Brazilian star and 1994 FIFA World Cup champion Aldair, gaining some headlines in the Italian sports news because of the move.[1] Another former Serie A star, 43-year-old striker Massimo Agostini, played for Murata from 2005 to 2008. In July 2008, Murata announced that they were hoping to sign former Brazil international Romário so he could play in the club's upcoming UEFA Champions League fixtures.[2] They also approached the former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, but both declined Murata's offer.[3] On July 17, 2007, Murata became the first Sanmarinese team to play in a UEFA Champions League fixture, contesting a First Qualifying Round tie against Tampere United from Finland. The home game of the two-legged tie was played at San Marino Calcio's Olimpico Stadium and resulted in a 2–1 win for Tampere. Murata lost the away leg 2–0 and were eliminated.

Honours
2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
1997, 2007, 2008
2006, 2008, 2009.

European record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round APOEL 0–4 1–3 1–7
2007–08 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round Tampere United 1–2 0–2 1–4
2008–09 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round IFK Göteborg 0–5 0–4 0–9

Current squad

As of 28 September, 2021 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 Pasquale Castelgrande
2 DF  ITA Paolo Gori
3 DF  SMR Michele Carlini
5 DF  SMR Fabio Vitaioli
6 MF  ITA Alessio Cangini
8 MF  SMR Matteo Nanni
9 FW  SMR Marco Bernardi
10 FW  ITA Alessio Indelicato
11 FW  SMR Marco Casadei
12 DF  ITA Andrea Genghini
16 MF  SMR Alex Toccaceli
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  SMR Carlo Valentini
19 MF  ITA Ivan Tani
20 DF  ITA Christian Babbini
21 GK  SMR Simone Benedettini
22 DF  ITA Federico Poppi
23 GK  SMR Achille Terenzi
24 FW  ITA Andrea Comuniello
44 MF  SMR Niccolò Alberigi
79 GK  SMR Luca Lelli
88 DF  SEN Hervé Diedhiou (Captain)

Managers
  • Gianluigi Pasquali (–2008)
  • Massimo Agostini (2008–10)
  • Alberto Manca (2010–11)
  • Ivo Crescentini (2012–13)
  • Fabio Baschetti (2013–14)
  • Paolo Tarini (2014–15)
  • Matteo Cecchetti (2015–16)
  • Fabrizio Constantini (2016–17)
  • Loris Martinini (2017)
  • Gori Massimo (2017–19)
  • Achille Fabbri (2019–)

References
  1. "Aldair riparte da San Marino. Miccoli-Palermo, ci siamo" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
  2. "San Marino's Murata target Romario for UCL". ESPNsoccernet. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  3. "Romario, Schuey turn down Champs Lge chance". ESPNsoccernet. 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
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