S.P.A.L.

Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly known as S.P.A.L. (Italian pronunciation: [spal]), is a professional football club from Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The club was founded in 1907 and plays in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football. They have played their home matches at Stadio Paolo Mazza since 1928.

SPAL

Full name	Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor
Nickname(s)	Gli Spallini I Biancazzurri (The White and Blues) Gli Estensi (The House of Este)
Founded	1907; 117 years ago (1907) (as "Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor") 2005; 19 years ago (2005) (refounded) 2012; 12 years ago (2012) (refounded)
Ground	Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy
Capacity	16,134
Owner	Vetroresina S.p.A.
Chairman	Walter Mattioli
Head coach	Pasquale Marino
League	Serie B
2019/20	20th of 20 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Name changes

• 1907–2005: SPAL
• 2005–2012: SPAL 1907
• 2012–2013: SSD Real SPAL
• 2013–2018: SPAL 2013
• 2018–Present: SPAL

Players

Current squad

As of 5 October 2020^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  Albania Etrit Berisha 3 DF  Italy Luca Ranieri (on loan from Fiorentina) 4 DF  Serbia Nenad Tomović 5 DF  Poland Bartosz Salamon 6 MF  Italy Salvatore Esposito 7 MF  Italy Simone Missiroli 8 MF  Italy Mattia Valoti 9 FW  Italy Alberto Paloschi (vice-captain) 10 FW  Italy Sergio Floccari (captain) 11 MF  Italy Alessandro Murgia 12 GK  Italy Cesare Galeotti 13 MF  Estonia Georgi Tunjov 14 FW  Italy Federico Di Francesco (on loan from Sassuolo) 15 MF  Italy Federico Zanchetta 17 MF  Italy Leonardo Sernicola (on loan from Sassuolo) 19 MF  Argentina Lucas Castro

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  Italy Caleb Okoli (on loan from Atalanta) 21 FW  Italy Sebastiano Esposito (on loan from Internazionale) 22 GK  Senegal Demba Thiam 23 DF  Italy Francesco Vicari (third captain) 24 MF  Italy Federico Viviani 25 DF  Italy Riccardo Spaltro 27 MF  Brazil Gabriel Strefezza 32 DF  Italy Marco Sala (on loan from Sassuolo) 41 DF  Italy Lorenzo Dickmann 77 MF  Italy Marco D'Alessandro 89 DF  Poland Jakub Iskra 94 FW  Bolivia Jaume Cuéllar 95 FW  Montenegro Marko Janković 97 GK  Senegal Maurice Gomis 98 DF  Italy Riccardo Mastrilli 99 FW  Italy Enrico Brignola (on loan from Sassuolo)

Out on loan

As of 5 October 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  Italy Marco Meneghetti (at Südtirol until 30 June 2021) — DF  Italy Kevin Bonifazi (at Udinese until 30 June 2021) — DF  Brazil Igor Julio (at Fiorentina until 30 June 2021, obligation to buy)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  Italy Paolo Cannistrà (at Cavese until 30 June 2021) — MF  Italy Davide Mazzocco (at Virtus Entella until 30 June 2021)

Honours

Domestic

League titles

• Serie B
  • Winners (2): 1950–51, 2016–17
• Serie C
  • Winners (3): 1937–38, 1972–73, 1977–78
  • Runners-up (4): 1941–42, 1942–43, 1969–70, 1970–71
• Lega Pro
  • Winners (1): 2015–16
• Serie C1
  • Winners (1): 1991–92
  • Runners-up (1): 1995–96
• Serie C2
  • Winners (1): 1997–98
  • Runners-up (1): 1990–91

Cups

• Coppa Italia
  • Runners-up (1): 1961–62
• Coppa Italia Serie C
  • Winners (1): 1998–99
  • Runners-up (1): 1988–89
• Supercoppa di Lega Pro
  • Winners (1): 2016

European

• Cup of Italian-Swiss Friendship
  • Winners (1): 1968

References

1. "Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor – Squadra". spalferrara.it. Retrieved 26 March 2018.