SS Monopoli 1966

Monopoli 1966

Full name	Società Sportiva Monopoli 1966
Nickname(s)	Il Gabbiano (The Seagull) I Biancoverdi (The White and Greens)
Founded	1966; 59 years ago (1966)
Ground	Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani, Monopoli, Italy
Capacity	6,880
Chairman	Francesco Rossiello
Manager	Alberto Colombo
League	Serie C Group C
2024–25	Serie C Group C, 3rd of 20
Website	http://www.monopolicalcio.it/1966/
Home colours Away colours
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

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^{[citation needed]} 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.

Colors and badge

former logos

Its colors are white and green.

Current squad

As of 18 August 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 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 MF  ITA Danilo Bulevardi 11 FW  SEN Maguette Fall (on loan from Virtus Entella) 13 DF  ITA Pasquale Fazio 15 MF  ITA Jean Freddi Greco 16 DF  ARG Bruno Valenti 17 FW  ITA Mattia Tirelli 20 DF  ITA Renato Cascella 21 FW  ITA Emanuele Scipioni 22 GK  ITA Edoardo Piana (on loan from Udinese)

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ITA Simone Calvano 28 FW  CRO Marin Čubretović 29 FW  SEN Youssouph Cheikh Sylla 30 MF  ITA Matteo Mazzotta 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 71 DF  ITA Claudio Cellamare 72 FW  ITA Luca Lattanzi 77 MF  ITA Orlando Viteritti 98 FW  ITA Nicolò Bruschi 99 MF  ITA Antonio Imputato — DF  ITA Emanuele Di Santo — DF  NGA Sulaiman Oyewale

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 — MF  ITA Matteo Capozzi (at Imolese until 30 June 2026)

Honors

• Coppa Italia Serie D
  • Champions: 2014–15

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

External links

• (in Italian) Official website
• (in Italian) Bad Boys'87 Official website (archived 26 February 2009)