SS Monopoli 1966

Monopoli 1966
Full nameSocietà Sportiva Monopoli 1966
NicknamesIl Gabbiano (The Seagull)
I Biancoverdi (The White and Greens)
Founded1966; 59 years ago (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/
Current season

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

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A.C. Monopoli

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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[citation needed] from Terza Categoria, the lowest level of the Italian football.

History

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A.S. Liberty Monopoli

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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

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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

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former logos

Its colors are white and green.

Current squad

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As of 11 September 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
1 GK  ITA Mirko Albertazzi
3 DF  ITA Emanuele Di Santo
4 DF  ITA Nicola Bizzotto
5 DF  ITA Antony Angileri
6 DF  ITA Mirko Miceli
7 MF  ITA Marcello Falzerano
8 MF  ITA Cristian Battocchio
9 FW  ITA Salvatore Longo
10 FW  ITA Giovanni Volpe (on loan from Catanzaro)
11 FW  SEN Maguette Fall (on loan from Virtus Entella)
15 MF  ITA Jean Freddi Greco
16 DF  ARG Bruno Valenti
17 FW  ITA Mattia Tirelli
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  ITA Riccardo Calcagni
20 DF  ITA Renato Cascella
21 FW  ITA Emanuele Scipioni
22 GK  ITA Edoardo Piana (on loan from Udinese)
31 DF  NGA Sulaiman Oyewale
33 DF  ITA Diego Rossi (on loan from Cesena)
34 DF  ITA Diego Ronco
35 DF  ITA Stefano Piccinini (on loan from Cittadella)
37 MF  ITA Lorenzo Bordo
45 FW  GHA Philip Yeboah
72 FW  ITA Luca Lattanzi
77 MF  ITA Orlando Viteritti
99 MF  ITA Antonio Imputato

Out on loan

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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
GK  ITA Christian Sibilano (at Manfredonia until 30 June 2026)
MF  ITA Simone Calvano (at Crotone until 30 June 2026)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ITA Matteo Capozzi (at Imolese until 30 June 2026)
MF  ITA Paolo Virgilio (at Martina until 30 June 2026)

Honors

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References

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  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

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  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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