FC Crotone

Crotone

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Full name	F.C. Crotone S.r.l.
Nickname(s)	I Pitagorici (The Pythagoreans) Gli Squali (The Sharks) I Rossoblu (The Red and Blues)
Founded	1910 (1910)
Ground	Ezio Scida
Capacity	16,547
Chairman	Gianni Vrenna
Manager	Giovanni Stroppa
League	Serie C Group C
2022–23	Serie C Group C, 9th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

F.C. Crotone S.r.l is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1910, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 16,547-seat capacity. The club currently competes in Serie B.

History

The first team from Crotone, Milone Crotone, was founded in 1910 and participated in several minor leagues including Prima Divisione (which later would be known as Serie C). Following World War II, a new club, Unione Sportiva Crotone replaced the previous one, playing seven seasons in Serie C.

In 1963 the club was relegated to Serie D, but returned to the third division the following year, remaining there for fourteen consecutive seasons, missing promotion in 1977 when finishing third behind Bari and Paganese. In 1978, following the Italian football league reorganisation, Crotone was relegated to Serie C2 and the following year was declared bankrupt. A new club, Associazione Sportiva Crotone, began competing again in the Prima Categoria (eighth division).

Crotone was promoted to Serie C2 in 1984–85, but only for one season. The team's name was changed to Kroton Calcio, and the club was promoted again to C2 after the 1986–87 season, where it played until 1991. A second bankruptcy led to the foundation of Football Club Crotone Calcio with Raffaele Vrenna as chairman, starting in the Promozione (7th level). Crotone gained successive promotions to Serie C2 and C1, winning in the play-offs against Locri and Benevento, respectively.

Under Antonello Cuccureddu, Crotone first reached Serie B in 2000, returning to the second level two seasons later. Again in division two in 2004, after disposing of Viterbese in the promotion play-offs, it remained in the category until the 2006–07 season.

After being beaten by Taranto in the 2008 play-offs, Crotone returned to the second division the following season, defeating Benevento.

The team was promoted to the Italian top flight (Serie A), for the 2016–17 season for the first time in its history. They finished in 17th, securing a place in the next Serie A season, by beating Lazio 3–1 on the last matchday, knocking down Empoli as they lost their match against Palermo. The following season Crotone failed to avoid relegation after their loss against Napoli in the last match of the Serie A campaign, returning in Serie B after two seasons.

Colors and badge

Team colours are dark blue and red.

Current squad

As of 17 August 2018.

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	Alex Cordaz (captain)
3	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Cuomo
5	DF	SRB	Vladimir Golemić
6	MF	SWE	Marcus Rohdén
7	MF	ITA	Marco Firenze
8	MF	ROU	Adrian Stoian
9	FW	ITA	Andrea Nalini
10	MF	LBY	Ahmad Benali
11	DF	ITA	Davide Faraoni
12	GK	ITA	Giacomo Figliuzzi
14	MF	BIH	Ćazim Suljić
16	MF	ITA	Giovanni Crociata
17	FW	CRO	Ante Budimir

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ITA	Andrea Barberis
19	DF	ITA	Riccardo Marchizza (on loan from Sassuolo)
20	MF	ITA	Salvatore Molina
21	MF	ITA	Niccolò Zanellato
22	GK	ITA	Marco Festa
23	MF	VEN	Aristóteles Romero
24	FW	ITA	Nicola Nanni
25	FW	NGA	Simy
26	MF	ITA	Bruno Martella
27	DF	ITA	Federico Valietti (on loan from Genoa)
31	DF	ITA	Mario Sampirisi
32	FW	ARG	Claudio Spinelli (on loan from Genoa)
33	DF	FIN	Sauli Väisänen (on loan from S.P.A.L.)

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Primavera squad

As of 5 January 2017.

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	Matias Macci
–	GK	ITA	Umberto Pettinato
–	GK	LTU	Nerijus Tabokas
–	DF	ITA	Francesco Amaranto
–	DF	ITA	Marco Capone
–	DF	ITA	Michele Carrozza
–	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Cuomo
–	DF	ITA	Adolfo Federico
–	DF	ITA	Augusto Nebbioso
–	MF	ITA	Mario Aggiorno
–	MF	ITA	Francesco Araldo
–	MF	ITA	Felice Cimino
–	MF	ITA	Armando Cistaro

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	ITA	Matteo Gennari
–	MF	ITA	Pasquale Giannotti
–	MF	ITA	Daniele Pupa
–	MF	ITA	Francesco Villa
–	FW	ITA	Pietro Bartolotti
–	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Borello
–	FW	ITA	Marco Calderaro
–	FW	ITA	Antonio Colacchio
–	FW	ITA	Mario Fiorentino
–	FW	ITA	Gianfranco Galli
–	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Gerace
–	FW	ITA	Francesco Pellizzi

Managers

• Antonio Bacchetti (1954–55)
• Bruno Giordano (1996–97)
• Antonello Cuccureddu (1999–01)
• Giuseppe Papadopulo (2000–01)
• Antonio Cabrini (2001)
• Stefano Cuoghi (2001–02)
• Franco Selvaggi (2002)
• Gian Piero Gasperini (2003–06)
• Andrea Agostinelli (2004–05)
• Elio Gustinetti (2006–07)
• Guido Carboni (2007)
• Francesco Moriero (2008–09)
• Franco Lerda (2009–10)
• Leonardo Menichini (2010)
• Eugenio Corini (2010–11)
• Leonardo Menichini (2010–12)
• Massimo Drago (2012–15)
• Ivan Jurić (2015–2016)
• Davide Nicola (2016–2017)
• Walter Zenga (2017–)

External links

• Official website Template:It icon