SS Murata
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Società Sportiva Murata | ||
| founding | 1966 | ||
| president | Libero Casadei | ||
| Website | muratacalcio.com | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Federico Rossini | ||
| Venue | Campo sportivo di Montegiardino | ||
| Places | 1,000 | ||
| league | Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio | ||
| 2019/20 | 5th place | ||
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Società Sportiva Murata is a San Marines football club from Murata , a district (Curazia) of the city of San Marino .
history
The association was founded in 1966. In 1985 he was one of the 17 teams that took part in the first championship, which was played in the A1 series . The club narrowly escaped relegation by two points. In 1988, however, the transition to the second class had to be started when one was only penultimate. However, the immediate recovery succeeded and in the following years they occupied midfield. 1993/94, the club qualified for the first time for the championship playoffs, but retired with a 1: 3 defeat in the first game against FC Domagnano .
The first title win came in 1997 when SS Virtus could be beaten 2-0 in the cup final. In the following years they managed to qualify for the playoffs several times in the championship, but were regularly eliminated in the first round. It was only in the 2000/01 season that they could progress, the end of the line was in the semi-finals after a 0-1 win against SS Cosmos . The club have made it to the finals every time since 2003, and in 2005 SS Murata made it to the final for the first time. However, FC Domagnano prevailed with 1: 2.
In the following season as leaders of the Girone B succeeded in qualifying for the finals, in which they remained undefeated and through a goal by Alex Gasperoni against the final opponent SS Pennarossa for the first time San-Marinese champions.
In 2007, the team achieved their second cup victory after beating Libertas Borgo Maggiore 2-1 in the final. In 2007, Murata also took part for the first time in history (it was the first time a club from San Marino took part in the Champions League qualification part) in the Champions League.
In the first qualifying round they met Finnish champions Tampere United . At home they even took a 1-0 lead, but Tampere was able to turn the game around with two goals in the second half. Still, it was a strong performance. In the second leg in Finland, the San Marines lost to Tampere United 0-2.
In 2008 Murata again took part in the Champions League qualification. The opponent in the first qualifying round is the Swedish champions IFK Göteborg . For these two games Murata wanted to sign seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher .
The most famous player in the club's history is the Brazilian Aldair . The three-time World Cup participant joined the team in 2007.
successes
- San Marine Championship (3): 2006 , 2007 , 2008
- San Marine Cup (3): 1997, 2007, 2008
- San Marine Supercup (3): 2006, 2008, 2009
European Cup balance sheet
| season | competition | round | opponent | total | To | Back |
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| 2006/07 | Uefa cup | 1st qualifying round |
 APOEL Nicosia
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1: 7 | 1: 3 (A) | 0: 4 (H) |
| 2007/08 | UEFA Champions League | 1st qualifying round |
 Tampere United
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1: 4 | 1: 2 (H) | 0: 2 (A) |
| 2008/09 | UEFA Champions League | 1st qualifying round |
 IFK Gothenburg
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0: 9 | 0: 5 (H) | 0: 4 (A) |
Overall record: 6 games, 6 defeats, 2:20 goals (goal difference −18)