SPAL 1907

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Spal
Full name	SPAL 1907 SpA
Nickname(s)	Spallini; Biancazzurri (White-Blues); Estensi
Founded	1907
Ground	Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara, Italy (Capacity 19,000)
Chairman	Gianfranco Tomasi
Manager	Angelo Alessio
League	Serie C2/B
2007-08	Serie C2/B, 4th
Home colours 　 Away colours

SPAL 1907 is an Italian Association Football club, based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1907 as Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor (SPAL) and refounded in 2005. Spal currently plays in Serie C2/B, having last been in Serie A in 1968. The team's colors are blue and white.

Contents 1 History 2 Squad 3 Famous players 4 External links

[edit] History

Although a provincial side, Spal have nonetheless played a significant role in Italian football history. The club spent 16 out of 17 years in Serie A between 1951 and 1968, finishing 7th in 1960 and 8th in 1963. Notable players to pass through the club's ranks include Oscar Massei, Dante Micheli, Fabio Capello and Osvaldo Bagnoli. The club's history since 1968 has been one of constant movement between the lower three divisions of Italian professional football, last appearing in Serie B in 1992-93.

In 1962 Spal reached the Italian Cup final, but it was defeated by SSC Napoli (at that time a Serie B team - in the history of this competition it was the only time a Serie B team won the cup).

[edit] Squad

No. Position Player GK Gianni Careri GK Marco Costantino GK Gabriele Millemaggi DF Mauro Bianchi DF Luca Franchi DF Guido Ghetti DF Fabio Gianella DF Mirco Giorgi DF Matteo Mangoni MF Cristian Servidei MF Gianmario Specchia DF Alessandro Turone MF Marco Andreotti

No. Position Player MF Andrea Barbi MF Cheikh Merai Chadi MF Luca Marighelli MF Tommaso Pittaluga MF Paolo Rossi MF Eros Schiavon FW Marco Agostinelli FW Nicola Bisso FW Raffaele Franchini FW Christian La Grotteria FW Gianluca Laurenti FW David Sesa

[edit] Famous players

• Dionisio Arce
• Osvaldo Bagnoli
• Alberto Bigon
• Pietro Broccini
• Fabio Capello
• Sergio Cervato
• Matthew Kemp
• Oscar Massei
• Alberto Orlando
• Armando Picchi

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Old S.P.A.L. Official site
• Unofficial site

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