S.P.A.L.

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	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". 1907 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. years ago) (as "Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor"); Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". 2005 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. years ago) (refounded); Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". 2012 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. years ago) (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 home page
	Current season

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.

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

No.		Position	Player
1		GK	Etrit Berisha
3		DF	Luca Ranieri (on loan from Fiorentina)
4	File:Flag of Serbia.svg	DF	Nenad Tomović
5	File:Flag of Poland.svg	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	23x15px	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	23x15px	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	File:Flag of Poland.svg	DF	Jakub Iskra
94	23x15px	FW	Jaume Cuéllar
95	23x15px	FW	Marko Janković
97	23x15px	GK	Maurice Gomis
98		DF	Riccardo Mastrilli
99		FW	Enrico Brignola (on loan from Sassuolo)

Out on loan

As of 5 October 2020

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

S.P.A.L. Media

Paolo Mazza.jpg

Paolo Mazza, chairman of SPAL from 1946 to 1977
1966–67 SPAL - Fabio Capello.jpg

Fabio Capello at SPAL in 1966
Curva Ovest SPAL-Bari 2017.jpg

Whiteblues supporters at stadio Paolo Mazza celebrating promotion to Serie A on May 18, 2017
0 Stadio Paolo Mazza - Ferrara - SPAL - 2018 - 07.jpg

Internal view of the stadium in 2018
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