SS Monopoli 1966

Monopoli 1966
Full nameSocietà Sportiva Monopoli 1966
Nickname(s)Il Gabbiano (The Seagull)
I Biancoverdi (The White and Greens)
Founded1966 (1966)
GroundStadio Vito Simone Veneziani,
Monopoli, Italy
Capacity6,880
ChairmanFrancesco Rossiello
ManagerAlberto Colombo
LeagueSerie C Group C
2024–25Serie C Group C, 3rd of 20
Websitehttp://www.monopolicalcio.it/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.

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 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 11 July 2025.[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
3 DF  ITA Federico Pace
4 DF  ITA Nicola Bizzotto
5 DF  ITA Antony Angileri
6 DF  ITA Mirko Miceli
8 MF  ITA Cristian Battocchio
10 MF  ITA Danilo Bulevardi
12 GK  ITA Mirko Albertazzi
13 DF  ITA Pasquale Fazio
15 MF  ITA Jean Freddi Greco
16 DF  ARG Bruno Valenti
18 MF  ITA Paolo Virgilio
19 MF  ITA Carlo De Risio
20 DF  ITA Renato Cascella
21 FW  ITA Emanuele Scipioni
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  ITA Simone Calvano
28 FW  CRO Marin Čubretović
30 MF  ITA Matteo Mazzotta
45 FW  GHA Philip Yeboah
45 FW  SEN Youssouph Cheikh Sylla
71 DF  ITA Claudio Cellamare
77 MF  ITA Orlando Viteritti
98 FW  ITA Nicolò Bruschi
— DF  ITA Emanuele Di Santo
— DF  ITA Diego Ronco
— DF  ITA Diego Rossi (on loan from Cesena)
— MF  ITA Lorenzo Bordo
— FW  ITA Salvatore Longo
— FW  ITA Mattia Tirelli

Honors

References

  1. ^ "REDUSLIM - IncHealth GMBH".
  2. ^ "S. S. Monopoli 1966 | U mnapl!".
  3. ^ "Gomonopoli.it". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Monopoli squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

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 league
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