Cesena

Full name	Cesena Football Club
Nickname(s)	I Cavallucci Marini (The Seahorses) I Bianconeri (The White and Blacks)
Founded	1973
Ground	Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Capacity	23,860[ citation needed]
Chairman	John Aiello [1]
Manager	Domenico Toscano
League	Serie C Group B
2022–23	Serie C Group B, 2nd of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Cesena Football Club is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. Currently it plays in Italy's Serie C. It has claimed to be the phoenix club of AC Cesena since 2018, the year that the club folded.

History

Foundation

The club was founded in 1973, ^[2] at which time it was known as Polisportiva Martorano. ^{[2] [3]}

Serie D

In the 2012–13 season, the team was promoted for the first time, from Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna Group B to 2013–14 Serie D Group D, as Romagna Centro. ^{[2] [4]} The club was also compared to Chievo, ^[4] which was a second team behind Hellas Verona, but promoted to Serie A.

R.C. Cesena

In July 2018, after the bankruptcy of the main football team of the city, A.C. Cesena, a group of local businessmen acquired Romagna Centro and proposed to rename it to Cesena F.C., to act as a phoenix club. However, the image rights of A.C. Cesena were acquired later. ^[5] The club played a friendly match against Romanian club Universitatea Cluj in 2018–19 pre-season. ^[6] In July 2018, Romagna Centro announced that the youth sector would train with former A.C. Cesena players. ^[7] However, the club was later known as R.C. Cesena, and was assigned to Group F of 2018–19 Serie D. ^[8]

After instantly winning promotion to Serie D, the club was renamed Cesena Football Club.

In the 2019–20 season the club is competing in the Serie C's Girone B.

Colours and badge

As Romagna Centro, the team's colours were lightblue and white. ^{[2] [9] [10]}

The current shirt colors are black and white, so that the nickname of the club is "bianconeri"

Stadiums

The club played their home matches in Centro Sportivo Romagna Centro, located in Via Calcinaro, Martorano frazione. ^{[2] [4] [10]} The club also played their Serie D home matches in Stadio Dino Manuzzi, ^{[11] [12]} the larger stadium in the city.

The stadium is quite famous in Italy, and has also hosted some Euro 2019 U-21 matches, charity matches and some other events like concerts.

Honours

• Eccellenza:
  • Winner (1): 2012–13

Current squad

As of 5 January 2024 ^[13].

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ITA Matteo Pisseri 4 MF   ITA Riccardo Chiarello 5 MF   ITA Ivan Varone 7 FW   ITA Daniele Donnarumma 8 MF   ITA Saber Hraiech 9 FW   ALB Cristian Shpendi 10 FW   SLE Augustus Kargbo 11 FW   ITA Roberto Ogunseye 13 DF   ITA Luca Coccolo 14 MF   ITA Tommaso Berti 15 DF   ITA Andrea Ciofi 17 MF   ITA Emanuele Adamo 18 FW   ITA Simone Corazza

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF   ITA Giuseppe Prestia 20 MF   ITA Francesco De Rose 24 MF   ITA Edoardo Pierozzi (on loan from Fiorentina) 25 DF   ITA Antonio David 26 DF   ITA Matteo Piacentini 28 DF   ITA Luigi Silvestri 30 MF   ITA Alessandro Giovannini 34 GK   ITA Giulio Veliaj 46 GK   ITA Alessandro Bagli 61 GK   ITA Alessandro Siano 70 MF   ITA Matteo Francesconi 73 DF   ITA Simone Pieraccini 77 MF   ITA Giovanni Nannelli

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   USA Luca Lewis (at Pontedera until 30 June 2024) — GK   ITA Lorenzo Pollini (at Trestina until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   ALB Stiven Shpendi (at Empoli until 30 June 2025) — FW   ITA King Udoh (at Gubbio until 30 June 2024)

References

External links

• Official website (in Italian)