SS Murata

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.

Murata

Full name	Società Sportiva Murata
Founded	1966
Ground	Stadio Fonte dell'Ovo
Capacity	600
Chairman	Danilo José Cappovilla
Manager	Sergio Grassi
League	Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio
2023–24	Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, 5th of 16
Home colours Away colours

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.

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	Agg.
2006-07	2006-07 UEFA Cup	1QR	APOEL	0–4	1–3	1–7
2007-08	2007-08 UEFA Champions League	1QR	Tampere United	1–2	0–2	1–4
2008-09	2008-09 UEFA Champions League	1QR	IFK Göteborg	0–5	0–4	0–9

Current squad

As of 4 February 2025 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SMR Elia Benedettini 2 DF  BRA Rafael Schneider 4 MF  SMR Alberto Baldazzi 5 MF  BRA Luigi Petillo 6 DF  ITA Alessandro Castorina 7 MF  BRA Luiz Felipe 8 MF  ITA Giacomo Francesconi 9 FW  ITA Alessio Zecchinato 10 FW  BRA João Echel 11 DF  ITA Gennaro D'Ascenzio 12 GK  ITA Michele Magnani 13 DF  SMR Alex De Biagi 15 MF  SMR Francesco Guidi

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  CHI Gerónimo Zupel 19 MF  ITA Davide Diurno 20 MF  BRA João Daguer 21 MF  CUB Alessandro Pasos 22 FW  ITA Francesco Salemme 23 DF  ITA Luca Tomassoni 24 MF  ITA Luigi Piscopo 25 MF  ITA Edoardo Bellocchi 26 DF  ITA Riccardo Pagliuso 27 MF  ITA Manuel Socciarelli 69 DF  ITA Francesco Monterosso 75 FW  BRA Weslei Dalla Vecchia 99 GK  ITA Diego Martinez

Managers

• Gianluigi Pasquali (–2008)
• Massimo Agostini (2008–10)
• Alberto Manca (2010–11)
• Ivo Crescentini (2012–13)
• Fabio Baschetti (2013–14)
• Paolo Tarini (2014–15)
• Matteo Cecchetti (2015–16)
• Fabrizio Constantini (2016–17)
• Loris Martinini (2017)
• Gori Massimo (2017–19)
• Achille Fabbri (2019–22)
• Roberto Sarti (2022–22)
• Giuseppe Angelini (2023–24)
• Sergio Grassi (2024–)