Cesena FC
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Full name | Cesena Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | I Cavallucci Marini (The Seahorses) I Bianconeri (The White and Blacks) | |||
Founded | 1973 2018 as Romagna Centro Cesena | as Polisportiva Martorano |||
Ground | Stadio Dino Manuzzi | |||
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Chairman | John Aiello, Peter Ciaccia[1] | |||
Manager | Michele Mignani | |||
League | Serie B | |||
2023–24 | Serie C Group B, 1st of 20 (promoted) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Cesena Football Club is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. Currently it plays in Italy's Serie B from 2024 to 2025 after promotion from Serie C in 2023–24. It has claimed to be the phoenix club of AC Cesena since 2018, the year that the club folded.
History
[edit]Foundation
[edit]The club was founded in 1973,[2] at which time it was known as Polisportiva Martorano.[2][3]
Serie D
[edit]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
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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]
Cesena FC
[edit]After instantly winning promotion to Serie D, the club was renamed Cesena Football Club.
In the 2019–20 season, the club competed in the Serie C's Girone B.
In 2023–24 season, Cesena secured promotion to the following season's Serie B as Serie C Girone B champion.
Colours and badge
[edit]As Romagna Centro, the team's colours were light blue and white.[2][9][10]
The current shirt colors are black and white, so that the nickname of the club is "bianconeri".
Stadiums
[edit]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
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- As of 9 August, 2024[13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
[edit]- ^ "LA SOCIETÀ" (in Italian). Cesena FC. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "Romagna Centro, l'inesorabile scalata dalla Terza alla serie D". Il Tirreno (Massa-Carrara edition) (in Italian). Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "La Storia" (in Italian). A.S.D. Romagna Centro Cesena. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "Romagna Centro in "D": una promozione storica". Corriere Cesenate (in Italian). 2 May 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Scelta la cordata di Pubblisole, nasce la nuova avventura del "Cesena FC"". Cesena Today (in Italian). 23 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Studenții în Italia. "U" a făcut scor cu cei de la Romagna Centro: 8-1. Sâmbătă întâlnim Perugia!" (Press release) (in Romanian). FC Universitatea Cluj. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "COMUNICATO SETTORE GIOVANILE" (Press release) (in Italian). A.S.D. Romagna Centro Cesena. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Gironi 2018/2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Romagna Centro". TuttoCalciatori (in Italian). Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ a b "A.S.D. Romagna Centro". emiliaromagnasport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Romagna Centro-Piacenza anticipata a sabato 21 febbraio". Sport Piacenza (in Italian). 16 February 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Il Romagna Centro per rafforzare il vivaio del Cesena: accordo fatto". Cesena Today (in Italian). 4 July 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Cesena squad". Soccerway.
External links
[edit]- Official website
(in Italian)