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 (Error: Need valid year, month, day years ago) (as "Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor"); Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". 2005 (Error: Need valid year, month, day years ago) (refounded); Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". 2012 (Error: Need valid year, month, day 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	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

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, chairman of SPAL from 1946 to 1977
Fabio Capello at SPAL in 1966
SPAL fans celebrating a goal scored in the 1991–92 season
Whiteblues supporters at stadio Paolo Mazza celebrating promotion to Serie A in May 2017
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 whiteblues' history