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
  • 1958
  • 1966 (refounded)
  • 1995 (refounded)
  • 2003 (refounded)
  • 2010 (relocation of Liberty Bari)
GroundStadio Vito Simone Veneziani,
Monopoli, Italy
Capacity6,880
ChairmanEnzo Mastronardi
ManagerGiuseppe Scienza
LeagueSerie C Group C
2018–19Serie C Group C, 8th of 19
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 29 January 2020

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Vittorio Antonino
3 DF Mario Mercadante
4 MF Francesco Giorno
5 DF Matteo Arena
6 DF Simone Pecorini
7 FW Francesco Salvemini (on loan from Potenza)
8 MF Marco Piccinni
9 FW Luigi Cuppone (on loan from Pisa)
10 MF Vittorio Triarico
11 MF Radoslav Tsonev (on loan from Lecce)
14 DF Filippo Oliana (on loan from Sampdoria)
15 DF Gianmarco Antonacci
16 DF Andrea Maestrelli (on loan from Arezzo)
17 DF Daniele Donnarumma
No. Position Player
18 MF Alessio Tuttisanti
19 FW Christian Mariano
20 MF Giuseppe Carriero (on loan from Parma)
21 DF Arensi Rota
22 GK Pietro Menegatti
23 MF Giuseppe Fella
25 FW Riccardo Moreo (on loan from Cosenza)
27 FW Giacomo D'Addabbo
28 DF Ciro De Franco
30 DF Cristian Hadžiosmanović (on loan from Sampdoria)
31 DF Massimo Tazzer
32 FW Nicola Nanni (on loan from Crotone)
33 FW Jefferson

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
DF Michele Ferrara (at Sicula Leonzio)
No. Position Player
MF Enrico Zampa (at Rieti)

Honors

References
  1. http://www.pugliacalcio24.it/?action=read&idnotizia=12620
  2. http://www.monopolicalcio.it/work/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=457:campagna-abbonamenti-stagione-sportiva-2012-13&catid=34:demo-content
  3. http://gomonopoli.it/sport/calcio/15744-monos-polis-imminente-la-presentazione-della-squadra.html

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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