F.C. Crotone

Crotone

Full name

Football Club Crotone SRL

Nickname(s)

Pitagorici (Pythagoreans)
Squali (Sharks)
Rossoblu (Red-Blue)

Founded

1910

Ground

Ezio Scida,
Crotone, Italy

Capacity

9,631

Chairman

Raffaele Vrenna

Manager

Ivan Jurić

League

Serie A

2015–16

Serie B, 1st/2nd (promoted)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Football Club Crotone is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1910, it currently plays in Serie A, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 9,631-seat capacity.

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, remanining 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 top flight Serie A, for the 2016–17 season for the first time in its history.^[1]

Colors and badge

Team colours are dark blue and red.

Current squad

As of 25 January, 2016.^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Alex Cordaz
2	FW	Adrian Stoian
3	DF	Claiton
4	MF	Antonio Galardo (Captain)
5	DF	Michele Cremonesi
6	DF	Yao (on loan from Inter Milan)
7	FW	Federico Ricci (on loan from Roma)
8	DF	Mihai Bălașa (on loan from Roma)
9	FW	Nunzio Di Roberto
10	FW	Pietro De Giorgio
11	FW	Giuseppe Torromino
12	GK	Luca Maniero
13	DF	Gianmarco Ferrari
14	FW	Raffaele Palladino
15	MF	Davide Leto
16	DF	Manuel Nicoletti

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Ante Budimir (on loan from St. Pauli)
18	MF	Andrea Barberis
19	MF	Matteo Paro
20	MF	Aniello Salzano
21	MF	Iacopo Galli
22	GK	Marco Festa
23	DF	Francesco Modesto
24	DF	Bruno Martella
25	MF	Alessio Sabbione (on loan from Carpi)
26	FW	Andrea Tripicchio
27	DF	Giuseppe Zampano
28	MF	Leonardo Capezzi (on loan from Fiorentina)
29	MF	Nicolò Fazzi (on loan from Fiorentina)
30	DF	Luca Bruno
32	FW	Juan Ignacio
34	DF	Pol García (on loan from Juventus)

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
2		DF	Ravy Dozi (at Paganese)
17		DF	Mirko Esposito (at Paganese)

No.		Position	Player
21		FW	Davide Voltan (at Bassano Virtus)
		MF	Tomislav Šarić (at Osijek)

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–)

References

↑ "Crotone promoted to Serie A for first time in their history". espnfc.com. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
↑ La rosa del F.C. Crotone Prima squadra

External links

Serie B

2015–16 clubs	Ascoli Avellino Bari Brescia Cagliari Cesena Como Crotone Latina Livorno Modena Novara Perugia Pescara Pro Vercelli Salernitana Spezia Ternana Trapani Vicenza Virtus Lanciano Virtus Entella

Former clubs	Acireale Alba Trastevere AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Alzano Virescit Ancona Arezzo Arsenale Taranto Atalanta Barletta Biellese Bologna Bolzano Brindisi Campobasso Carpi Carrarese Casale Casertana Castel di Sangro Catanzaro Cavese Centese Chievo Cittadella Cosenza Crema Cremonese Derthona Empoli Fanfulla Fermana Fidelis Andria Fiorentina Fiumana Foggia Forlì Frosinone Gallaratese Gallipoli Genoa Grion Pola Grosseto Gubbio Juve Stabia Juventus L'Aquila Lazio Lecce Lecco Legnano Licata Liguria Lucchese Maceratese Magenta Mantova Marzotto Massese M.A.T.E.R. Matera Messina Mestre Milan Molinella Monfalcone Monza Napoli Nocerina Padova Palermo Parma Pavia Piacenza Piombino Pisa Pistoiese Portogruaro Potenza Prato Pro Gorizia Pro Patria Pro Sesto Ravenna Reggiana Reggina Rieti Rimini Roma Sambenedettese Sampdoria Sampierdarenese Sanremese Sassuolo Savoia Savona Scafatese Seregno Sestrese Siena Siracusa Sorrento SPAL Suzzara Taranto Torino Trani Treviso Triestina Udinese Varese Venezia Verona Viareggio Vigevano Vita Nova Vogherese

Statistics	Records

Serie B seasons

Serie B seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

1945–46 postwar season^†	Serie B-C in Northern Italy Serie A-B in Southern Italy

^†Championships recognized as official by the Italian Football Federation

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio (defunct)

League competitions	Serie A Serie B Lega Pro Lega Pro Prima Divisione defunct Lega Pro Seconda Divisione defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia

Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 Italian football scandal Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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