US Cremonese

Cremonese

Full name	Unione Sportiva Cremonese S.p.A.
Nickname(s)	I Grigiorossi (The Gray and Reds) Le Tigri (The Tigers)
Founded	24 March 1903 (1903-03-24)
Ground	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Capacity	20,641
Owner	Giovanni Arvedi
President	Paolo Rossi
Coach	Fabio Pecchia
League	Serie B
2023–24	Serie B, 4th of 20
Website	http://www.uscremonese.it/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

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	-	5 (1930, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1996)
B	30	2020–21	4 (1984, 1989, 1991, 1993)	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)
84 out of 89 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D	5	1970–71	3 (1954, 1968, 1971)	Never

Players

Current squad

As of 26 January, 2021

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Enrico Alfonso
2	DF	ITA	Alessandro Fiordaliso
3	DF	ITA	Emanuele Valeri
4	DF	ITA	Michele Fornasier
6	MF	SWE	Samuel Gustafson
7	FW	ITA	Lorenzo Colombo (on loan from Milan)
8	MF	ITA	Francesco Deli
9	FW	ITA	Daniel Ciofani
10	FW	ITA	Cristian Buonaiuto
11	FW	ITA	Fabio Ceravolo
14	MF	ITA	Luca Valzania (on loan from Atalanta)
15	DF	ITA	Matteo Bianchetti
16	MF	ITA	Paolo Bartolomei
17	FW	ITA	Luca Strizzolo
19	MF	ITA	Michele Castagnetti

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	ITA	Emanuele Terranova
21	DF	ITA	Nadir Zortea (on loan from Atalanta)
22	GK	ITA	Giacomo Volpe
23	DF	ITA	Alessandro Crescenzi
25	DF	ITA	Luca Ravanelli (on loan from Sassuolo)
27	GK	ITA	Andrea Zaccagno
28	GK	ITA	Marco Carnesecchi (on loan from Atalanta)
30	MF	ITA	Filippo Nardi (on loan from Novara)
33	DF	ITA	Luca Coccolo (on loan from Juventus)
70	MF	ITA	Gianluca Gaetano (on loan from Napoli)
77	FW	ITA	Matteo Ghisolfi
80	FW	ITA	Leonardo Bia
95	MF	ITA	Marco Pinato (on loan from Sassuolo)
99	FW	SVN	Žan Celar (on loan from Roma)

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Stefano Cella (at Gozzano)
—	MF	ITA	Stefano Girelli (at Pergolettese)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Manuel Poledri (at Crema)

Coaching staff

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

External links

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