S.P.A.L.

Italian association football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna

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 nameSocietà Polisportiva Ars et Labor
Nickname(s)Gli Spallini
I Biancazzurri (The White and Blues)
Gli Estensi (The House of Este)
Founded1907; 117 years ago (1907) (as "Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor")
2005; 19 years ago (2005) (refounded)
2012; 12 years ago (2012) (refounded)
GroundStadio Paolo Mazza,
Ferrara, Italy
Capacity16,134
OwnerVetroresina S.p.A.
ChairmanWalter Mattioli
Head coachPasquale Marino
LeagueSerie B
2019/2020th of 20 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Name changes change

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

Players change

Current squad change

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 change

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 change

Domestic change

League titles change

Cups change

European change

References change

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