S.P.A.L. 1907

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. Founded in 1907, the team 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 S.p.A.
Nickname(s)	Gli Spallini I Biancazzurri (The White and Blues) Gli Estensi (The House of Este)
Founded	1907 (1907) (as "Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor") 2005 (2005) (refounded) 2012 (2012) (refounded)
Ground	Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy
Ground 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

Players

Current squad

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. Position Player 1 GK Etrit Berisha 3 DF Luca Ranieri (on loan from Fiorentina) 4 DF Nenad Tomović 5 DF Bartosz Salamon 6 MF Salvatore Esposito 7 MF Simone Missiroli 8 MF Mattia Valoti 9 FW Alberto Paloschi (vice-captain) 10 FW Sergio Floccari (captain) 11 MF Alessandro Murgia 12 GK Cesare Galeotti 13 MF Georgi Tunjov 14 FW Federico Di Francesco (on loan from Sassuolo) 15 MF Federico Zanchetta 17 MF Leonardo Sernicola (on loan from Sassuolo) 19 MF Lucas Castro

No. Position Player 20 DF Caleb Okoli (on loan from Atalanta) 21 FW Sebastiano Esposito (on loan from Internazionale) 22 GK Demba Thiam 23 DF Francesco Vicari (third captain) 24 MF Federico Viviani 25 DF Riccardo Spaltro 27 MF Gabriel Strefezza 32 DF Marco Sala (on loan from Sassuolo) 41 DF Lorenzo Dickmann 77 MF Marco D'Alessandro 89 DF Jakub Iskra 94 FW Jaume Cuéllar 95 FW Marko Janković 97 GK Maurice Gomis 98 DF Riccardo Mastrilli 99 FW 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. Position Player GK Marco Meneghetti (at Südtirol until 30 June 2021) DF Kevin Bonifazi (at Udinese until 30 June 2021) DF Igor Julio (at Fiorentina until 30 June 2021, obligation to buy)

No. Position Player DF Paolo Cannistrà (at Cavese until 30 June 2021) MF 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

Youth

• Campionato Primavera B
  • Winners (1): 1964–65