S.S. Monopoli 1966




















Monopoli 1966
S.S. Monopoli 1966 logo.png
Full nameSocietà Sportiva Monopoli 1966
Founded
  • 1958

  • 1966 (refounded)

  • 1995 (refounded)

  • 2003 (refounded)



  • 2010 (relocation of Liberty Bari)

Ground
Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani,
Monopoli, Italy
Capacity6,880
ChairmanEnzo Mastronardi
ManagerGiuseppe Scienza
LeagueSerie C
2016–17
Lega Pro/C, 15th
















Home colours














Away colours


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.




Contents





  • 1 Predecessor

    • 1.1 A.C. Monopoli



  • 2 History

    • 2.1 A.S. Liberty Monopoli


    • 2.2 S.S. MonosPolis and S.S. Monopoli 1966



  • 3 Colors and badge


  • 4 Current squad

    • 4.1 Out on loan



  • 5 References


  • 6 Notes


  • 7 External links




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.[note 3]



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 2019

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






























































No.

Position
Player
1

Italy

GK

Marco Pissardo (on loan from Inter)
3

Italy

DF

Mario Mercadante
4

Italy

DF

Riccardo Gatti (on loan from Atalanta)
5

Argentina

MF

Federico Scoppa
6

Italy

DF

Mattia Sanzone
8

Italy

MF

Enrico Zampa
9

Italy

FW

Francesco Salvemini (on loan from Potenza)
10

Greece

MF

Dimitris Sounas
11

Italy

FW

Ettore Mendicino
12

Italy

GK

Lorenzo Crisanto (on loan from Roma)
13

Italy

DF

Antonio Mangione
14

Italy

DF

Daniele Cavallari (on loan from Rimini)
15

Italy

DF

Gianmarco Antonacci


























































No.

Position
Player
16

Italy

DF

Alessandro Bastrini
17

Italy

DF

Daniele Donnarumma
18

San Marino

FW

Filippo Berardi (on loan from Torino)
19

Italy

FW

Doudou Mangni
20

Greece

DF

Aris Rotas
21

Italy

FW

Federico Gerardi
22

Italy

GK

Marino Bifulco
23

Italy

MF

Lorenzo Paolucci (on loan from Pescara)
24

Italy

MF

Giuseppe Maimone (on loan from Lecce)
25

Italy

MF

Matteo Montinaro
26

Italy

DF

Michele Ferrara
27

Italy

MF

Vittorio Fabris
28

Italy

DF

Ciro De Franco


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


Italy

GK

Giuseppe Convertini (at Brindisi)


Italy

DF

Loris Bacchetti (at Cavese)














No.

Position
Player


Italy

FW

Giacomo D'Addabbo (at Sampdoria U17)


Italy

FW

Francesco Di Cosola (at Terlizzi)


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


  3. ^ the lowest level of the italian football




External links





  • (in Italian) Official website


  • (in Italian) Bad Boys'87 Official website






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