SS Monopoli 1966

Monopoli 1966
Full nameSocietà Sportiva Monopoli 1966
NicknamesIl 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
2025–26Serie C Group C, 7th 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

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 of several teams that were, as a consequence, relegated. Since then, Monopoli has played in what is now known as Serie C.

Colours and badge

former logos

Its colours are white and green.

Current squad

As of 22 August 2026[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 Andrea Di Bari
5 DF  ITA Antony Angileri
6 DF  ITA Stefano Piccinini
7 FW  ITA Andrea Capone
10 FW  SEN Maguette Fall
11 DF  NGA Sulaiman Oyewale
13 DF  ITA Matteo Colombara
14 DF  ITA Filippo Tosi (on loan from Cremonese)
15 MF  ITA Jean Freddi Greco
16 DF  ITA Bruno Valenti
17 MF  ITA Simone Calvano
18 MF  LTU Skirmantas Paukštys
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  ITA Riccardo Calcagni
20 FW  ITA Mattia Sardo
21 FW  ITA Emanuele Scipioni
22 GK  ITA Michele Tommasi
23 DF  ITA Cristian Cerretti
24 GK  ITA Mattia Gagliano
26 DF  ITA Adriano Puccio
33 DF  ITA Edoardo Olivieri (on loan from Modena)
60 MF  ITA Francesco Gioielli
61 MF  ITA Luca Garritano
70 MF  ITA Alessandro Cortinovis
- FW  ITA Nicolas Parravicini
- DF  ITA Raffaele Pucino

Out on loan

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

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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