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Cremonese

Full name	Unione Sportiva Cremonese S.p.A.
Nickname(s)	La Cremo I Grigiorossi (The Gray and Reds) Le Tigri (The Tigers) I Violini (The Violins)
Founded	24 March 1903; 121 years ago (1903-03-24)
Ground	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Capacity	20,641
Owner	Giovanni Arvedi
President	Paolo Rossi
Head coach	Giovanni Stroppa
League	Serie B
2022–23	Serie A, 19th of 20 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Unione Sportiva Cremonese, commonly referred to as Cremonese, is an Italian football club based in Cremona, Lombardy, which plays in the Serie B following their relegation from the top flight in the 2022–23 season.

History

Cremonese was in the 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. ^[1]

Under Luigi Simoni, Cremonese returned to Serie A in the 1993–94 season. 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 the 1995–96 season.

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, returned to the club. However, Cremonese were relegated to Serie C1 in the 2005–06 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. In the 2021–22 Serie B, Cremonese finished second to earn promotion to the 2022–23 Serie A. ^[2] Despite achieving promotion, coach Fabio Pecchia resigned from his post. ^[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 20 January 2024 ^[4]

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   SEN Fallou Sarr 3 DF   ITA Emanuele Valeri 5 DF   ITA Luca Ravanelli 6 MF   COD Charles Pickel 7 FW   URU César Falletti 8 MF   ITA Michele Collocolo 9 FW   ITA Daniel Ciofani 10 FW   ITA Cristian Buonaiuto 11 FW   GHA Felix Afena-Gyan 13 DF   ITA Alessandro Tuia 15 DF   ITA Matteo Bianchetti 17 DF   ITA Leonardo Sernicola 18 DF   ITA Paolo Ghiglione 19 MF   ITA Michele Castagnetti 20 MF   ARG Franco Vázquez

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK   ITA Gianluca Saro 22 GK   DEN Andreas Jungdal 26 DF   BUL Valentin Antov (on loan from Monza) 31 DF   ITA Yuri Rocchetti 32 MF   ARG Gonzalo Abrego (on loan from Godoy Cruz) 33 DF   ITA Giacomo Quagliata 37 MF   SVN Žan Majer 44 DF   GEO Luka Lochoshvili 74 FW   ITA Frank Tsadjout 77 FW   NGA David Okereke 90 FW   ITA Massimo Coda (on loan from Genoa) 97 GK   ITA Alessandro Livieri (on loan from Pisa) 98 FW   ITA Luca Zanimacchia

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   ITA Federico Agazzi (at Alcione until 30 June 2024) — DF   AUT Emanuel Aiwu (at Birmingham City until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Luca Munaretti (at Renate until 30 June 2024) — DF   SEN Maissa Ndiaye (at Železničar Pančevo until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Lorenzo Bernasconi (at Atalanta until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Mattia Scaringi (at Olbia until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Daniel Frey (at Pro Vercelli until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Christian Acella (at Perugia until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Andrea Bertolacci (at loan to Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Alessio Brambilla (at loan to Gubbio until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Francesco Cerretelli (at Carrarese until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Matteo Ghisolfi (at Cerignola until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Tommaso Milanese (at Ascoli until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Filippo Nardi (at Reggiana until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Fausto Perseu (at Latina Calcio until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Joshua Tenkorang (at Lecco until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Luca Valzania (at Ascoli until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Alberto Basso Ricci (at loan to Lumezzane until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Blue Mamona (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Marco Zunno (at loan to Messina until 30 June 2024) — FW   CIV Cedric Gondo (at loan to Reggiana until 30 June 2024)

Former players

Some of the famous players who played for Cremonese include:

• Antonio Cabrini
• Enrico Chiesa
• Giovanni Dall'Igna
• Giuseppe Favalli
• Riccardo Maspero
• Michelangelo Rampulla
• Corrado Verdelli
• Gianluca Vialli
• Pasquale Vivolo
• Gustavo Dezotti
• John Aloisi
• Juary
• Władysław Żmuda
• Matjaž Florijančič
• Anders Limpar

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Giovanni Stroppa
Assistant coach	Andrea Guerra
Fitness coach	Fabio Allevi
Fitness coach	Andrea Primitivi
Fitness coach	Giovanni Saffioti
Goalkeeper coach	Nicola Dibitonto
Goalkeeper coach	Andrea Sardini
Technical coach	Giuseppe Brescia
Rehab coach	Cristian Freghieri
Match analyst	Vittorio Vona
Head of medical staff	Dott. Diego Giuliani
Club doctor	Dott. Alberto Gheza
Physiotherapist	Carlo Bentivoglio Augusto Bagnoli Lorenzo Franchi Davide Mazzoleni Gian Paolo Fagni
Team Manager	Federico Dall’Asta
Sporting director	Simone Giacchetta
Secretary	Francesca Cremaschi

Honours

Divisional movements

Series	Years	Last	Promotions	Relegations
A	8	2022–23	–	5 ( 1930, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1996)
B	31	2021–22	5 ( 1984, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2022)	7 ( 1935, 1938, 1951, 1978, 1997, 1999, 2006)
C C2	43 4	2016–17	7 ( 1936, 1942, 1977, 1981, 1998, 2005, 2017) 1 ( 2004 C2)	1 ( 1999 C1) 3 ( 1952, 1967, 1969)
86 out of 91 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D	5	1970–71	3 ( 1954, 1968, 1971)	Never

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to US Cremonese.

• Official website (in Italian)
• Profile at Serie B (in Italian)