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S.P.A.L.
Full nameSocietà Polisportiva Ars et Labor
Nickname(s)I Biancazzurri (The White and Blues)[1]
Gli Estensi (The House of Este)[2]
Founded1907; 117 years ago (1907) as Circolo Ars et Labor
2005; 19 years ago (2005) (refounded)
2012; 12 years ago (2012) (refounded)
GroundStadio Paolo Mazza,
Ferrara, Italy
Capacity16,134[3]
OwnerTacollano Holdings LLC[4]
ChairmanJoe Tacopina
Head coachAndrea Dossena
LeagueSerie C Group B
2023–24Serie C Group B, 11th of 20
Websitehttp://www.spalferrara.it/
Current season

Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (Italian pronunciation: [spal]), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The team plays in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian football league system.

Founded in 1907, since 1928 they have played their home matches at Stadio Paolo Mazza, named after Paolo Mazza (chairman of the club 1946–1977).

In total, SPAL have participated in 24 top-tier, 28 second-tier, 43 third-tier, 7 fourth-tier and 1 fifth-tier league seasons. The club's best finish was when they came fifth in the 1959–60 Serie A; they also reached the 1961–62 Coppa Italia final.

The club is chaired by the American lawyer and businessman Joe Tacopina, the current manager is Andrea Dossena.

History

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From foundation to World War II

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Poster celebrating 10 years since the foundation of SPAL

The club was founded in March 1907 as Circolo Ars et Labor (Latin for Art and Work Club) by the Salesian priest Pietro Acerbis. In the early stages, it was mainly a cultural and religious association, then in 1913 it became a multi-sports company, taking the name of Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor (Latin for Sports Club Society of Art and Work) The team began its professional activity under the aegis of the Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio) in 1919, competing in the second-tier tournament.

SPAL played in the top flight league from 1920 to 1925, reaching the qualification playoff for the National Finals in 1921–22. From 1925 until the Second World War, they played in Serie B and Serie C: in this period, the club's all-time top striker Mario Romani scored 130 goals in 189 games during two different periods with the white-blues (1925–32 and 1937–38).

Between 1939 and 1943 the club temporarily changed its name to Associazione Calcio Ferrara, wearing the black and white colours of the city. After the suspension of the championships due to war, in 1945 the club returned to the name SPAL and to the light blue and white kits.

The golden period in Serie A

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Paolo Mazza, chairman of SPAL from 1946 to 1977

In 1946 Paolo Mazza became chairman of the club. After five consecutive seasons in Serie B, SPAL won promotion to Serie A after finishing the championship first in 1950–51. The white-blues subsequently stayed in the top division for most of the 1950s and 1960s, competing in 16 out of 17 Serie A seasons from 1951 to 1968.[5]

SPAL finished fifth in 1959–60, thus obtaining the best placement in its history. Also, in 1961–62 they played in the Coppa Italia final, losing against Napoli. In the early stages of 1962–63 season, in which the club finished in eighth place, the white and blues reached the top of the league table. During those years, the club was a launchpad for many young players, among them Fabio Capello.

Fabio Capello at SPAL in 1966

In 1963–64 they were relegated to Serie B, but they came back to Serie A after only one year, and remained in the top division until 1968. At the end of the last season in the top flight, SPAL won the Cup of Italian-Swiss Friendship.

From 1970s to 21st century

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During 1970s, 1980s and 1990s SPAL played mostly in Serie B and Serie C/C1.

Paolo Mazza quit the presidency in December 1976 and was replaced by Primo Mazzanti. The former chairman died in December 1981 and three months later Ferrara's Stadio Comunale was named after him.

In 1990, Giovanni Donigaglia became chairman of the club: between 1990 and 1992 SPAL obtained back-to-back promotions from Serie C2 to Serie B, under the management of Giovan Battista Fabbri. Donigaglia left the presidency in 2002 with the squad in Serie C1. He was replaced by Lino di Nardo.

Recent years

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The club went bankrupt in 2005,[6] and were reformed as SPAL 1907, under the terms of Article 52 of N.O.I.F.[7] In the summer of 2012, after suffering a second bankruptcy, the club was refounded for the second time as Real SPAL and would begin life in Serie D[8] under the same N.O.I.F. article.[9]

At the end of the 2012–13 season the club took back its original name. Giacomense, a club founded in 1967 at Masi San Giacomo, a frazione of Masi Torello, had moved to the city of Ferrara; on 12 July 2013, owner Roberto Benasciutti made a deal with the Colombarini family for a merger between SPAL and Giacomense, with the latter giving its sports title to SPAL and continuing to play in Ferrara. The club initially adopted the name S.P.A.L. 2013, in order to continue the football history of the whiteblues, then they took back the original denomination of S.P.A.L.. Walter Mattioli became president, with Simone and Francesco Colombarini as main shareholders.

Whiteblues supporters at stadio Paolo Mazza celebrating promotion to Serie A on May 18, 2017

They finished the 2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season in sixth place, thus qualifying for the inaugural unified 2014–15 Lega Pro season. In 2015–16, the squad won promotion to Serie B for the first time since the 1992–93 season, after finishing first in group B of the Lega Pro. The following year they came first in Serie B, thus obtaining promotion to Serie A after a 49-year absence.[10] In their first season back in Serie A, SPAL avoided relegation by finishing in 17th place.[11] At the end of the 2018–19 season they confirmed their presence in the top flight for a third consecutive year, finishing 13th. The club had mixed fortunes in the 2019–20 season and, after gaining just 15 points in 23 games, coach Leonardo Semplici was dismissed in February 2020, replaced by Luigi Di Biagio.[12] SPAL were relegated to Serie B, finishing in last place with 20 points. The club reached the 2020–21 Coppa Italia quarter-finals, becoming the only team from Serie B to advance to that stage in the competition.

In August 2021, the club was acquired by the American lawyer and businessman Joe Tacopina. Some media say that the real owners behind Mr. Tacopina are brothers Alessandro Bazzoni and Lorenzo Bazzoni, Italian businessmen presumed to be linked with the government of Nicolas Maduro.[13][14] SPAL was relegated to Serie C at the end of the 2022–23 season.[15] On January 25, 2024, Tacopina revealed the name of the new co-owner of the club, American broker and businessman Marcello Follano, with whom he founded a new parent company controlling SPAL, Tacollano Holdings LLC.[16]

Colours, badge and nicknames

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The team's colours are light blue and white, which derive from the Salesians' emblem. The home kit, since 1962, has been composed of a vertical striped light blue-white shirt, white trainers and white socks. The only exception to light blue and white was when the club adopted a black and white kit between 1939 and 1943 (when it was named A.C. Ferrara), in honour of Ferrara's civic colours.

The team's badge features an oval-shaped light blue escutcheon, with a white band in the upper section, on which is written the acronym S.P.A.L. in golden characters. Also, in the lower section, the black and white emblem of the city is featured. From 1980 until mid-1990s, the official badge featured a fawn, another symbol of the club.[17]

SPAL's most common nicknames are Biancazzurri (from the club colours, light blue and white) and Estensi (from the House of Este, ancient European noble dynasty that ruled Ferrara from 1264 to 1598).[18]

Stadium

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Main article: Stadio Paolo Mazza
Internal view of the stadium in 2018
  • Campo di Piazza d'Armi (1919–28)
  • Stadio Paolo Mazza (1928–)

The current home ground of SPAL is the 16,134 seater Stadio Paolo Mazza. The stadium was opened in September 1928 as Stadio Comunale, then took on its current name in February 1982, in honour of the former president of the club Paolo Mazza, who died two months earlier.

Initially it had a capacity of 4,000. Then, in concomitance with the promotion of SPAL to Serie A, in 1951 it was subjected to a heavy restructuring that brought capacity to 25,000. Between 1960s and 1980s it was renovated again, reducing the number of possible spectators to 22,000 until the mid-2000s.

From 2005 to 2016 the stadium capacity was limited to 7,500 due to safety reasons and cost containment. In 2016–17, after the club's promotion to Serie B and then to Serie A, the stadium was restructured again to match the modern needs of comfort and safety. In the summer of 2018 a further remodeling took place, in order to bring the total capacity from 13,135 seats to 16,134.[19]

Sponsors

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Kit sponsors

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Players

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See also: Category:SPAL players

Current squad

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As of 3 September 2024[26]

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 Italy ITA Riccardo Melgrati
3 DF Italy ITA Matteo Bruscagin
5 MF Nigeria NGA Theophilus Awua
6 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Fiordaliso
7 FW Italy ITA Mirco Antenucci (captain)
8 MF Morocco MAR Omar El Kaddouri
9 FW Iceland ISL Óttar Magnús Karlsson
10 MF Italy ITA Igor Radrezza
11 FW Italy ITA Emanuele Rao
12 GK Italy ITA Cesare Galeotti
13 DF Italy ITA Vincenzo Polito
14 MF Italy ITA Fabio Parravicini
16 DF Italy ITA Edoardo Sottini
17 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Iglio
18 DF France FRA Jean-Claude Ntenda (on loan from Juventus)
19 DF Italy ITA Daniele Mignanelli
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Italy ITA Roberto Zammarini
21 DF Italy ITA Matteo Bachini
22 GK Italy ITA Marco Meneghetti
23 DF Italy ITA Matteo Arena (vice-captain)
24 DF Italy ITA Filippo Saiani
26 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Bassoli
27 MF Italy ITA Alessandro Boccia
28 DF Italy ITA Luca Calapai
29 MF Togo TOG Steven Nador
30 FW Italy ITA Umberto Camelio
33 FW Italy ITA Ludovico D'Orazio
77 FW Morocco MAR Soufiane Bidaoui
80 MF Liechtenstein LIE Marcel Büchel
82 MF Moldova MDA Cristian Antonciuc
90 MF Ivory Coast CIV Ladji Mori Kane

Youth sector

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SPAL Primavera players that received a first-team squad call-up during the current season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
91 FW Guinea GUI Oumar Conté
92 FW Italy ITA Leroy Cecchinato
93 FW Italy ITA Tommaso Angeletti
No. Pos. Nation Player
94 DF Italy ITA Alex Roda
95 FW Italy ITA Simone Tarolli

Out on loan

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As of 3 September 2024

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 ITA Lorenzo Abati (at Ascoli)
— GK Italy ITA Enrico Alfonso (at Virtus Verona)
— GK Italy ITA Francesco Costantini (at Puteolana)
— GK Italy ITA Luca Martelli (at Forlì)
— GK Italy ITA Luca Romagnoli (at Treviso)
— GK Senegal SEN Demba Thiam (at Juve Stabia)
— DF Austria AUT Philipp Breit (at Catanzaro)
— DF Senegal SEN Ibrahima Keita (at Termoli)
— DF Italy ITA Federico Ribello (at Corticella)
— DF Slovakia SVK Michal Svoboda (at Dukla Prague)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Italy ITA Riccardo Vesprini (at Reggina)
— MF Italy ITA Andrea Carbone (at Siracusa)
— MF Italy ITA Nicolò Contiliano (at Carpi)
— MF Italy ITA Alessandro Murgia (at Hermannstadt)
— MF Italy ITA Filippo Puletto (at Carpi)
— FW Switzerland SUI Salah Aziz Binous (at Chieri)
— FW Senegal SEN Serigne Deme (at Sasso Marconi)
— FW Italy ITA Andrea La Mantia (at Catanzaro)
— FW Italy ITA Alessandro Orfei (at Union Clodiense)

Captains

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Argentinian midfielder Oscar Massei was awarded honorary citizenship by the city of Ferrara in 2007, as one of the most representative players in club's history[27]

Below a chronological list of SPAL captains since 1950.[28]

Name Years Name Years
Italy Giovanni Emiliani 1950–53 Italy Marcello Castoldi 1953–54
Italy Edoardo Dal Pos 1954–59 Argentina Oscar Massei 1959–61
Italy Sergio Cervato 1961–65 Argentina Oscar Massei 1965–68
Italy Carlo Dell'Omodarme 1968–69 Italy Enrico Cairoli Jul. 1969–Oct. 1973
Italy Lucio Mongardi Oct. 1973–Jun. 1975 Italy Sergio Reggiani 1975–76
Italy Ottavio Bianchi 1976–77 Italy Franco Pezzato 1977–79
Italy Mauro Gibellini 1979–81 Italy Rosario Rampanti 1981–82
Italy Mirco Brilli 1982–83 Italy Giuseppe De Gradi 1983–85
Italy Elio Gustinetti 1985–86 Italy Fabio Perinelli 1986–87
Italy Arturo Vianello 1987–88 Italy Massimo Pellegrini 1988–89
Italy Francesco Cini 1989–90 Italy Franco Fabbri 1990–91
Italy Giuseppe Brescia 1991–93 Italy Andrea Mangoni 1993–94
Italy Giuseppe Brescia 1994–96 Italy Eugenio Sgarbossa 1996–97
Italy Fausto Pari 1997–98 Italy Alfonso Greco 1998–99
Italy Massimo Gadda 1999–00 Italy Emanuele Cancellato Jul. 2000–Jan. 2002
Italy Cristian Servidei Jan. 2002–Jun. 2002 Italy Francesco Zanoncelli 2002–03
Italy Manuel Milana 2003–06 Switzerland David Sesa 2006–08
Italy Luis Fernando Centi Jul. 2008–Feb. 2009 Italy Marco Zamboni Feb. 2009–Jun. 2012
Italy Davide Marchini 2012–13 Italy Massimiliano Varricchio 2013–14
Italy Nicolas Giani 2014–17 Italy Luca Mora Jul. 2017–Jan. 2018
Italy Mirco Antenucci Jan. 2018–Jun. 2019 Italy Sergio Floccari 2019–21
Italy Francesco Vicari 2021–22 Italy Salvatore Esposito Jul. 2022–Jan. 2023
Italy Lorenzo Dickmann Jan. 2023–Jul.2023 Italy Mirco Antenucci Jul. 2023–

Technical staff

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Position Staff
Head of technical staff Italy Alex Casella
Head coach Italy Andrea Dossena
Deputy head coach Italy Samuele Olivi
Technical assistant Italy Emanuele Dogliani
Technical assistant Italy Riccardo Leardi
Match analyst Italy Mario Enrico Braco
Goalkeeping coach Italy Massimo Di Pasquale
Fitness coach Italy Mauro Franzetti
Injury recovery Italy Carlo Oliani
Team manager Italy Alessio Cirulli
Head of medical staff Italy Fabrizio Aggio
Physiotherapist Italy Marcello Bertolani
Physiotherapist Italy Piero Bortolin
Physiotherapist Italy Daniele Zannini

Source: [1]

Chairmen history

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SPAL have had several presidents (chairmen) (Italian: presidenti, lit. 'presidents' or Italian: presidenti del consiglio di amministrazione, lit. 'chairmen of the board of directors') over the course of their history. Some of them have been the main shareholder of the club. The longest-serving is Paolo Mazza.[29][30]

Name Years Name Years
Italy Don Pietro Acerbis 1907–11 Italy Conte Buosi 1911–12
Italy Aminta Gulinati 1912–15 Italy Antonio Santini 1919–21
Italy Enrico Bassani 1921–24 Italy Gaetano Ridolfi 1924–27
Italy Giannino Bonfiglioli 1927–28 Italy On. Ferri 1928–31
Italy Giuseppe Turbiani
Italy Carlo Osti		 1931–32 Italy Comm. Gandini 1932–33
Italy Umberto Barbè
Italy Giulio Divisi		 1933–34 Italy Luigi Orsi 1934–35
Italy Giovanni Argazzi 1935–36 Italy Nino Fiorini 1936–37
Italy Angelo Vissoli 1937–39 Italy Annio Bignardi 1939–41
Italy Augusto Caniato 1941–43 Italy Edmondo Bucci 1945–46
Italy Paolo Mazza 1946–77 Italy Primo Mazzanti 1977–85
Italy Giorgio Rossatti 1985–86 Italy Francesco Nicolini 1986–89
Italy Albersano Ravani 1989–90 Italy Giovanni Donigaglia 1990–96
Italy Vanni Guzzinati 1996–97 Italy Giovanni Donigaglia 1997–02
Italy Lino Di Nardo 2002–05 Italy Gianfranco Tomasi 2005–08
Italy Cesare Butelli 2008–12 Italy Roberto Ranzani 2012–13
Italy Walter Mattioli 2013–21 United States Joe Tacopina 2021–

Managerial history

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See also: Category:SPAL managers

SPAL have had many managers and head coaches throughout their history, below is a chronological list of them.[31][30]

Name Years Name Years
Italy Carlo Marchiandi 1919–22 Hungary Armand Halmos 1922–23
Italy Giuseppe Ticozzelli 1923–24 Czech Republic Walter Alt 1924–27
Italy Carlo Osti
Italy Carlo Marchiandi		 1927–28 Hungary Béla Károly 1928–29
Hungary György Hlavay 1929–31 Italy Francesco Mattuteia
Italy Adolf Mora Murer		 1931–32
Czech Republic Walter Alt 1933–34 Czech Republic Mihály Balacics 1934–35
Hungary György Hlavay
Italy Guido Testolina		 1935–36 Italy Paolo Mazza 1936–37
Italy Euro Riparbelli 1937–39 Italy Paolo Mazza 1939–42
Italy Giorgio Armari
Italy Bruno Maini		 1942–43 Hungary József Viola Jul. 1945–Jun. 1946
Italy Guido Testolina Jul. 1946–Jun. 1947 Italy Giuseppe Marchi Jul. 1947–Jun. 1948
Italy Bruno Vale Jul. 1948–Jun. 1949 Italy Antonio Janni Jul. 1949–Jun. 1954
Italy Bruno Biagini Jul. 1954–Jun. 1955 Italy Fioravante Baldi Jul. 1955–Jun. 1956
Italy Paolo Tabanelli Jul. 1956–Jun. 1958 Italy Fioravante Baldi Jul. 1958–Apr. 1960
Italy Serafino Montanari Apr. 1960–Jun. 1960 Italy Luigi Ferrero Jul. 1960–Sep. 1961
Italy Serafino Montanari Sep. 1961–Apr. 1963 Italy Aurelio Marchese Apr. 1963–Jun. 1963
Italy Giacomo Blason Jul. 1963–Apr. 1964 Italy Giovan Battista Fabbri Apr. 1964–Nov. 1964
Italy Francesco Petagna Nov. 1964–Oct. 1968 Italy Serafino Montanari Oct. 1968–May 1969
Italy Giovan Battista Fabbri May 1969–Oct. 1969 Italy Tito Corsi Oct. 1969–Jun. 1970
Italy Cesare Meucci Jul. 1970–Jun. 1972 Italy Eugenio Fantini Jul. 1972–Oct. 1972
Italy Mario Caciagli Oct. 1972–Jan. 1975 Italy Guido Capello Jan. 1975–Jun. 1975
Italy Francesco Petagna Jul. 1975–Dec. 1975 Italy Umberto Pinardi Dec. 1975–Feb. 1976
Italy Guido Capello Feb. 1976–Nov. 1976 Italy Giovanni Ballico Nov. 1976–Dec. 1976
Italy Ottavio Bugatti Dec. 1976–Feb. 1977 Spain Luis Suárez Feb. 1977–Jun. 1977
Italy Mario Caciagli Jul. 1977–Jun. 1980 Italy Battista Rota Jul. 1980–Mar. 1982
Italy Ugo Tomeazzi Mar. 1982–Jun. 1982 Italy Gaetano Salvemini Jul. 1982–Dec. 1982
Italy Giovanni Seghedoni Dec. 1982–Jun. 1983 Italy Giovanni Galeone Jul. 1983–Oct. 1984
Italy Giancarlo Danova Oct. 1984–Dec. 1984 Italy Giovanni Galeone Dec. 1984–Jun. 1986
Italy Ferruccio Mazzola Jul. 1986–Jun. 1987 Italy Giancarlo Cella Jul. 1987–Nov. 1987
Italy Giovan Battista Fabbri Nov. 1987–Jun. 1988 Italy Giorgio Veneri Jul. 1988–Dec. 1988
Italy Francesco Paolo Specchia Dec. 1988–Jun. 1989 Italy Luciano Magistrelli Jul. 1989–Jan. 1990
Italy Nello Santin Jan. 1990–Jun. 1990 Italy Paolo Lombardo Jul. 1990–Feb. 1991
Italy Giovan Battista Fabbri Feb. 1991–Oct. 1992 Italy Rino Marchesi Oct. 1992–Apr. 1993
Italy Giovan Battista Fabbri Apr. 1993–Jun. 1993 Italy Gian Cesare Discepoli Jul. 1993–Jan. 1995
Italy Vincenzo Guerini Jan. 1995–Sep. 1995 Italy Salvatore Bianchetti Sep. 1995–Feb. 1997
Italy Alfredo Magni Feb. 1997–Jun. 1997 Italy Gianni De Biasi Jul. 1997–Jun. 1999
Italy Giancarlo D'Astoli Jul. 1999–Jun. 2000 Italy Alessandro Scanziani Jul. 2000–Nov. 2000
Italy Mauro Melotti Nov. 2000–Nov. 2001 Italy Fabio Perinelli Nov. 2001–Mar. 2002
Italy Mauro Melotti Mar. 2002–Jun. 2002 Italy Walter De Vecchi Jul. 2002–Oct. 2002
Italy Giuliano Sonzogni Oct. 2002–Oct. 2003 Italy Gian Cesare Discepoli Oct. 2003–Jun. 2004
Italy Massimiliano Allegri Jul. 2004–Jun. 2005 Italy Paolo Beruatto Jul. 2005–Feb. 2006
Italy Walter Nicoletti Feb. 2006–Jun. 2006 Italy Leonardo Rossi Jul. 2006–Jun. 2007
Italy Francesco Buglio Jul. 2007–Feb. 2008 Italy Roberto Labardi Feb. 2008
Italy Angelo Alessio Feb. 2008–Jun. 2008 Italy Aldo Dolcetti Jul. 2008–Nov. 2009
Italy Egidio Notaristefano Nov. 2009–Feb. 2011 Italy Gian Marco Remondina Feb. 2011–Jun. 2011
Italy Stefano Vecchi Jul. 2011–Jun. 2012 Italy David Sassarini Jul. 2012–Jun. 2013
Italy Leonardo Rossi Jul. 2013–Oct. 2013 Italy Massimo Gadda Oct. 2013–Jun. 2014
Italy Oscar Brevi Jul. 2014–Dec. 2014 Italy Leonardo Semplici Dec. 2014–Feb. 2020
Italy Luigi Di Biagio Feb. 2020–Aug. 2020 Italy Pasquale Marino Aug. 2020–Mar. 2021
Italy Massimo Rastelli Mar. 2021–Jun. 2021 Spain Pep Clotet Jul. 2021–Jan. 2022
Italy Roberto Venturato Jan. 2022–Oct. 2022 Italy Daniele De Rossi Oct. 2022–Feb. 2023
Italy Massimo Oddo Feb. 2023–Jun. 2023 Italy Domenico Di Carlo Jul. 2023–Oct. 2023
Italy Leonardo Colucci Oct. 2023–Feb. 2024 Italy Domenico Di Carlo Feb. 2024–Jun. 2024
Italy Andrea Dossena Jul. 2024–

Club records

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League

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Below is a table showing the participation of SPAL in the Italian football leagues.[32]

Level Tournament Participations Debut season Last season Total
1º Prima Categoria 2 1920–21 1921–22 24
Prima Divisione 3 1922–23 1924–25
Serie A 19 1951–52 2019–20
2º Seconda Divisione 1 1925–26 28
Prima Divisione 3 1926–27 1928–29
Serie B 24 1933–34 2022–23
3º Prima Divisione 4 1929–30 1932–33 43
Serie B-C Alta Italia 1 1945–46
Serie C 13 1936–37 2024–25
Serie C1 19 1982–83 2004–05
Lega Pro Prima Divisione 4 2008–09 2011–12
Lega Pro 2 2014–15 2015–16
4º Serie C2 6 1989–90 2007–08 7
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 1 2013–14
5º Serie D 1 2012–13 1

Individual

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Below is a table showing the recordmen of matches played and goals scored for SPAL in the Italian football leagues.[32]

League appearances
228 Italy Giuseppe Brescia (1988–93, 1994–96)
  • 210 Italy Aulo Gelio Lucchi (1951–59)
  • 198 Italy Manuel Lazzari (2013–19)
  • 195 Italy Ermelindo D'Agostini (1934–43)
  • 189 Italy Mario Romani (1924–32, 1937–38)
  • 186 Italy Aldo Barbieri (1925–33, 1935–36)
  • 183 Italy Francesco Vicari (2016–22)
  • 182 Italy Luigi Olasi (1930–37)
182 Italy Mauro Gibellini (1971–73, 1975–81)
  • 181 Italy Ferdinando Donati (1970–71, 1972–74, 1976–79)
  • 174 Italy Carlo Novelli (1955–57, 1959–65)
  • 165 Italy Lucio Fasolato (1971–72, 1974–79)
League goals
  • 129 Italy Mario Romani (1924–32, 1937–38)
  • 92 Italy Aldo Barbieri (1925–33, 1935–36)
  • 81 Italy Franco Pezzato (1964–67, 1972–76, 1977–79, 1983–84)
  • 59 Italy Emanuele Cancellato (1997–02)
  • 52 Argentina Oscar Massei (1959–68)
  • 49 Italy Mauro Gibellini (1971–73, 1975–81)
  • 46 Italy Bruno Braga (1929–35)
  • 43 Italy Girolamo Bizzarri (1993–95)
43 Italy Mirco Antenucci (2016–19, 2023–)
  • 38 Italy Goffredo Colombi (1949–53)
  • 36 Italy Carlo Novelli (1955–57, 1959–65)
  • 34 Morocco Rachid Arma (2008–09, 2011–12)
  • 33 Italy Tiziano Manfrin (1974–79)
33 Italy Gianmarco Zigoni (2015–17)
31 Italy Mario Astorri (1942–43, 1945–46)

Honours

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Below is a list of titles and cups won by SPAL throughout their history.[29]

Domestic

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League titles

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Cups

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European

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Youth

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  • Campionato Primavera Serie B
    • Winners (1): 1964–65
  • Campionato De Martino Serie A
    • Winners (1): 1967–68
  • Campionato Nazionale Under-18
    • Winners (2): 2021–22, 2022–23

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