U.S. Cremonese

Cremonese

Full name

Unione Sportiva Cremonese

Nickname(s)

Grigiorossi (Gray-reds);
Tigri (Tigers)

Founded

24 March 1903

Ground

Stadio Giovanni Zini,
Cremona, Italy

Capacity

20,641

Owner

Giovanni Arvedi

President

Head Coach

League

Lega Pro/A, 8th

Home colours

Away colours

Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won and were therefore relegated to Serie C1 for 2006/07. It currently plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

Their last appearance in Serie A was in 1996.

Cremonese won the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1992/93, beating English club Derby County in the final at Wembley Stadium.

Some of the famous players who played for Cremonese include Gianluca Vialli, Władysław Żmuda, Anders Limpar, Giuseppe Favalli, John Aloisi and Enrico Chiesa.

History

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 highly respectable 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: their best attempt was in the 2009/10 season, when they were beaten by Varese in the promotion play-off final (2–1 on aggregate).

Colors and badge

The team's colors are red and grey.

Current squad

As of 29 January, 2016 ^[1]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Nicola Ravaglia
		GK	Riccardo Galli
		DF	Ivan Marconi
		DF	Walter Zullo
		DF	Marco Briganti
		DF	Michele Russo
		DF	Carlo Crialese (on loan from Cesena)
		DF	Gianluigi Bianco
		DF	Giovanni Formiconi
		DF	Davide Guglielmotti
		DF	Giacomo Gambaretti

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Sergiu Suciu (on loan from Torino)
		MF	Andrea Rosso
		MF	Nicolo' Bianchi
		MF	Simone Pesce
		MF	Michele Moroni
		MF	Fabio Scarsella
		FW	Pasquale Maiorino
		FW	Nicola Ciccone
		FW	Andrea Brighenti
		FW	Mario Pacilli
		FW	Simone Magnaghi (on loan from Atalanta)
		FW	Marco Sansovini (on loan from Pescara)

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

Honours

Serie C: 3

1935/36 (Girone B), 1941/42 (Girone B), 1976/77 (Girone A)

Serie C1: 1

2004/05 (Girone A)

Serie D: 1

1967/68 (Girone B)

IV Serie: 1

1953/54 (Girone C)

Anglo-Italian Cup

1992–93

Primavera TIM Cup: 1

1986/87

References

External links

(Italian) Official site
(Italian) An unofficial site

Lega Pro 2015–16 clubs

Girone A	AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Pavia Bassano Virtus Cremonese Südtirol FeralpiSalò Renate Mantova Torres Giana Erminio Lumezzane Savona Pordenone Cittadella Padova Virtus Entella Cuneo

Girone B	Ascoli Reggiana SPAL Arezzo Robur Siena Pistoiese Pisa Ancona L'Aquila Prato Tuttocuoio Carrarese Pontedera Santarcangelo Maceratese Pro Piacenza Lucchese Rimini

Girone C	Lecce Benevento Foggia Matera Juve Stabia Cosenza Casertana Catanzaro Ischia Fidelis Andria Akragas Lupa Roma Martina Franca Vigor Lamezia Melfi Paganese Monopoli Lupa Castelli

Lega Pro seasons

Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28

Prima Divisione	1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35

Serie C	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

Serie C1	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 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Lega Pro Prima Divisione	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Lega Pro	2014–15 2015–16

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

Original Italian Serie A clubs, 1929–30

Alessandria Bologna Brescia Cremonese Genoa (as Genova 1893) Internazionale (as Ambrosiana) Juventus Lazio Livorno Milan Modena Napoli Padova Pro Patria Pro Vercelli Roma Torino Triestina

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