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Cremonese
File:US Cremonese logo.svg
Full name Unione Sportiva Cremonese S.p.A.
Nickname(s) I Grigiorossi (The Gray and Reds)
Le Tigri (The Tigers)
Founded 24 March 1903; 121 years ago (1903-03-24)
Ground Stadio Giovanni Zini
Ground Capacity 20,641
Owner Giovanni Arvedi
President Paolo Rossi
Coach Fabio Pecchia
League Serie B
2020–21 Serie B, 13th of 20
Website Club home page

Unione Sportiva Cremonese, commonly referred to as Cremonese, is an Italian football club based in Cremona, Lombardy. It currently plays in Serie B.

Some of the famous players who played for Cremonese include Pasquale Vivolo, Antonio Cabrini, Gustavo Dezotti, Anders Limpar, Enrico Chiesa, Gianluca Vialli, Michelangelo Rampulla, Giuseppe Favalli, John Aloisi and Władysław Żmuda.

History

File:Cremonese through the ages 2.jpg
The performance of Cremonese in the Italian football league structure since the first season of a unified Serie A (1929/30).

Cremonese was in Serie A in its first season (1929–30) but entered a long period of decline, languishing in the lower leagues before the late 1970s. By 1984 they had achieved promotion to Serie A, with one-year spells in 1984–85, 1989–90 and 1991–92.

Cremonese had a successful run in the 1992/93 Anglo-Italian Cup, beating Bari 4–1 in the semi-final, and Derby County 3–1 in the final at the old Wembley Stadium: Cremonese's scorers were Corrado Verdelli, Riccardo Maspero and Andrea Tentoni, with Derby's goal scored by Marco Gabbiadini.

Under Luigi Simoni, Cremonese returned to Serie A in 1993. With a side containing quality in the form of defenders Luigi Gualco and Corrado Verdelli, midfield playmaker Riccardo Maspero and forwards Andrea Tentoni and Matjaž Florijančič, Cremonese held their own in Serie A with a 10th-place finish in 1993–94, but would be relegated in 1996.

Relegation resulted in the decline of the club, plummeting to Serie C2 by 2000 before achieving successive promotions back to Serie B by 2005. Giovanni Dall'Igna, another defender from the Serie A years, has since returned to the club. However, Cremonese were relegated to Serie C1 in the 2005/2006 season. Cremonese have tried to return to Serie B since: they had a good attempt in the 2009/10 season, when they were beaten by Varese in the promotion play-off final (2–1 on aggregate). Eventually they succeeded in 2017.

Honours

U.S. Cremonese honours
Type Competition Titles Seasons/Years
Domestic Serie C 3 1935–36 (Girone B), 1941–42 (Girone B), 1976–77 (Girone A)
Lega Pro Prima Divisione 1 2004–05 (Girone A)
Serie D 1953–54 (Girone C)
Prima Categoria 1967–68 (Girone B)
Worldwide Anglo-Italian Cup 1992–93

Divisional movements

Series Years Last Promotions Relegations
A 7 1995–96 - Decrease 5 (1930, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1996)
B 30 2020–21 Increase 4 (1984, 1989, 1991, 1993) Decrease 7 (1935, 1938, 1951, 1978, 1997, 1999, 2006)
C
C2
43
4
2016–17 Increase 7 (1936, 1942, 1977, 1981, 1998, 2005, 2017)
Increase 1 (2004 C2)
Decrease 1 (1999 C1)
Decrease 3 (1952, 1967, 1969)
84 out of 89 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D 5 1970–71 Increase 3 (1954, 1968, 1971) Never

Players

Current squad

As of 11 September 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Italy DF Alessandro Fiordaliso
3 Italy DF Emanuele Valeri
4 Italy GK Enrico Alfonso
5 Italy MF Riccardo Collodel
6 Italy DF Luca Ravanelli
7 Uruguay FW Jaime Báez
8 Italy MF Filippo Nardi
9 Italy FW Daniel Ciofani
10 Italy FW Cristian Buonaiuto
11 Italy FW Luca Strizzolo
12 Italy GK Marco Carnesecchi (on loan from Atalanta)
13 Italy DF Andrea Meroni (on loan from Sassuolo)
14 Italy MF Luca Valzania (on loan from Atalanta)
15 Italy DF Matteo Bianchetti
16 Italy MF Paolo Bartolomei
17 Italy MF Leonardo Sernicola (on loan from Sassuolo)
No. Position Player
18 Italy FW Luca Vido (on loan from Atalanta)
19 Italy MF Michele Castagnetti
22 Poland GK Dorian Ciezkowski
23 Italy DF Alessandro Crescenzi
27 France DF Daniel Frey
29 Italy FW Samuel Di Carmine
32 Italy DF Christian Dalle Mura (on loan from Fiorentina)
45 Senegal GK Mouhamadou Sarr
55 Italy DF Caleb Okoli (on loan from Atalanta)
94 Italy MF Francesco Deli
98 Italy FW Luca Zanimacchia (on loan from Juventus)
99 Italy FW Marco Zunno
Italy MF Nicolò Fagioli (on loan from Juventus)
Italy MF Gianluca Gaetano (on loan from Napoli)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Italy MF Stefano Cella (at Virtus Verona)
Italy FW Matteo Ghisolfi (at Grosseto until 30 June 2022)

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head Coach Italy Fabio Pecchia
Assistant Coach Italy Antonio Porta
Goalkeeper Coach Italy Ferdinando Coppola
Fitness Coach Italy Marco Antonio Ferrone
Physiotherapist Italy Andrea Gualteri
Italy Carlo Bentivoglio
Italy Alessandro Rivetti
Kinetotherapist Italy Cristian Freghieri
Chief Doctor Italy Diego Giuliani
Club Doctor Italy Fabrizio Frittoli
Video Analyst Italy Igor Quaia

External links