U.S. Cremonese

Cremonese
	File:US Cremonese logo.svg
Full name	Unione Sportiva Cremonese S.p.A.
Nickname(s)	I Grigiorossi (The Gray and Reds); Le Tigri (The Tigers)
Founded	24 March 1903; 121 years ago
Ground	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Capacity	20,641
Owner	Giovanni Arvedi
President	Paolo Rossi
Coach	Fabio Pecchia
League	Serie B
2020–21	Serie B, 13th of 20
Website	Club home page

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

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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 11 September 2021

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

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Alessandro Fiordaliso
3	DF	Emanuele Valeri
4	GK	Enrico Alfonso
5	MF	Riccardo Collodel
6	DF	Luca Ravanelli
7	FW	Jaime Báez
8	MF	Filippo Nardi
9	FW	Daniel Ciofani
10	FW	Cristian Buonaiuto
11	FW	Luca Strizzolo
12	GK	Marco Carnesecchi (on loan from Atalanta)
13	DF	Andrea Meroni (on loan from Sassuolo)
14	MF	Luca Valzania (on loan from Atalanta)
15	DF	Matteo Bianchetti
16	MF	Paolo Bartolomei
17	MF	Leonardo Sernicola (on loan from Sassuolo)

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Luca Vido (on loan from Atalanta)
19	MF	Michele Castagnetti
22	GK	Dorian Ciezkowski
23	DF	Alessandro Crescenzi
27	DF	Daniel Frey
29	FW	Samuel Di Carmine
32	DF	Christian Dalle Mura (on loan from Fiorentina)
45	GK	Mouhamadou Sarr
55	DF	Caleb Okoli (on loan from Atalanta)
94	MF	Francesco Deli
98	FW	Luca Zanimacchia (on loan from Juventus)
99	FW	Marco Zunno
	MF	Nicolò Fagioli (on loan from Juventus)
	MF	Gianluca Gaetano (on loan from Napoli)

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Stefano Cella (at Virtus Verona)
		FW	Matteo Ghisolfi (at Grosseto until 30 June 2022)

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

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v t e Serie B
2023–24 clubs	Ascoli Bari Brescia Catanzaro Cittadella Como Cosenza Cremonese Feralpisalò Lecco Modena Palermo Parma Pisa Reggiana Sampdoria Spezia Südtirol Ternana Venezia
Former clubs	Acireale Alba Trastevere AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Alzano Virescit Ancona Arezzo Arsenale Taranto Atalanta Avellino Barletta Benevento Biellese Bologna Bolzano Brindisi Cagliari Campobasso Carpi Carrarese Casale Casertana Castel di Sangro Catania Cavese Centese Cesena Chievo Crema Crotone Derthona Empoli Fanfulla Fermana Fidelis Andria Fiorentina Fiumana Foggia Forlì Frosinone Gallaratese Gallipoli Genoa Grion Pola Grosseto Gubbio Hellas Verona Juve Stabia Juventus L'Aquila Latina Lazio Lecce Legnano Licata Livorno Lucchese Maceratese Magenta Mantova Marzotto Massese MATER Matera Messina Mestre AC Milan Molinella Monfalcone Monza Napoli Nocerina Novara Padova Pavia Perugia Pescara Piacenza Piombino Pistoiese Pordenone Portogruaro Potenza Prato Pro Gorizia Pro Patria Pro Sesto Pro Vercelli Ravenna Reggina Rieti Rimini Roma Salernitana Sambenedettese Sanremese Sassuolo Savoia Savona Scafatese Seregno Sestrese Siena Siracusa Sorrento SPAL Suzzara Taranto Torino Trani Trapani Treviso Triestina Udinese Varese Viareggio Vicenza Vigevano Virtus Entella Virtus Lanciano Vita Nova Vogherese
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Seconda Divisione	1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26
Prima Divisione	1926–27 1927–28
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1945–46 special postwar season: Serie A-B in Southern Italy

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League competitions (Categoria Leagues)	Serie A Prima Divisione defunct Divisione Nazionale defunct Serie B Seconda Divisione defunct Serie C Serie C1 defunct Serie C2 defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria
Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Serie C Supercoppa di Serie C Supercoppa di Lega di Serie C2 defunct Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti
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