S.S. Murata

Murata

Full name	Società Sportiva Murata
Founded	1966
Ground	Campo sportivo di Montegiardino
Capacity	1,000
Chairman	Libero Casadei
Manager	Fabio Baschetti
League	Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
2014–15	Group A, 6th
Home colours Away colours

S.S. Murata is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Murata, a civil parish of the city of San Marino. The club was founded in 1966. Murata currently plays in Girone B of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The team's colours are black and white.

Overview

They won their first Sammarinese national title in 2006, and repeated as champions the next two years. As UEFA decided to include Sammarinese champions in the first preliminary round of the UEFA Champions League starting from the 2007–08 season, Murata were the first Sanmarinese team to take part in the main European competition (see below for details). In order to reinforce the team, in July 2007 the club signed 41-year-old former Brazilian star and 1994 FIFA World Cup champion Aldair, gaining some headlines in the Italian sports news because of the move.^[1] Another former Serie A star, 43-year-old striker Massimo Agostini, played for Murata from 2005 to 2008. In July 2008, Murata announced that they were hoping to sign former Brazil international Romário so he could play in the club's upcoming UEFA Champions League fixtures.^[2] They also approached the former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, but both declined Murata’s offer.^[3] On July 17, 2007, Murata became the first Sanmarinese team to play in a UEFA Champions League fixture, contesting a First Qualifying Round tie against Tampere United from Finland. The home game of the two-legged tie was played at San Marino Calcio's Olimpico Stadium and resulted in a 2–1 win for Tampere. Murata lost the away leg 2–0 and were eliminated. Although they have not been successful in European competition, Murata currently hold the record for most goals scored in European competition by a Sammarinese team, two – one in the UEFA Champions League and one in the UEFA Cup.

Honours

• Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio: 3

2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

• Coppa Titano: 3

1997, 2007, 2008

• San Marino Federal Trophy: 3

2006, 2008, 2009.

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006–07	UEFA Cup	First qualifying round	APOEL	0–4	1–3	1–7
2007–08	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round	Tampere United	1–2	0–2	1–4
2008–09	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round	IFK Göteborg	0–5	0–4	0–9

Current squad

As of August 2008 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 Frederico Gasperoni 2 DF Mattia Fretta 7 MF Carlo Valentini 8 MF Roberto Teodorani 9 FW Francesco Cesarini 10 FW Maurizio di Giuli 12 DF Nicola Albani 13 DF Fabio Vitaioli 15 DF Giulio Molinari 17 FW Cristian Protti 21 DF Raffaele Carlini 23 MF Matteo Carattoni 25 GK Daniele Donati

No. Position Player 26 MF Claudio Pari 28 DF Stefano Conti 29 MF Michele Rastelli 30 DF Gianluca Bollini 32 DF Luca Albani 48 MF Fabio Vannoni 64 DF Pasquale D'Orsi 70 GK Cristiano Scalabrelli 77 FW Manuel Marani 82 MF Fabio Bollini 98 MF Alex Gasperoni 99 FW Marco Casadei - FW Massimo Agostini

References

1. "Aldair riparte da San Marino. Miccoli-Palermo, ci siamo" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
2. "San Marino's Murata target Romario for UCL". ESPNsoccernet. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
3. "Romario, Schuey turn down Champs Lge chance". ESPNsoccernet. 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-07-09.

External links

• Official page