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, 6th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third 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.

Players

Current squad

As of 29 July 2016 ^[1]^[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	Nicola Ravaglia
2	DF	Matteo Procopio (on loan from Torino)
3	DF	Giuseppe Gemiti
4	DF	Simone Salviato
5	DF	Jan Polák
6	DF	Stefano Lucchini
7	MF	Luca Belingheri
8	MF	Michele Cavion (on loan from Juventus)
9	FW	Andrea Brighenti
10	FW	Pasquale Maiorino
11	FW	Francesco Stanco
12	GK	Matteo Bellucci
13	DF	Edoardo Stanghellini

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Davide Moro
15	DF	Ivan Marconi
16	MF	Alessio Ruçi
17	MF	Filippo Porcari
18	MF	Simone Pesce
19	FW	Stefano Scappini
20	MF	Giampietro Perrulli
21	FW	Abed Haouhache
22	GK	Riccardo Galli
23	MF	Fabio Scarsella
24	DF	Filippo Forni
25	DF	Elhadji Malik Lame
26	DF	Johad Ferretti

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

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↑ "I numeri di gara ufficiali della stagione 2016/17" (in Italian). U.S. Cremonese. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

External links

(Italian) Official site
(Italian) An unofficial site

Lega Pro 2016–17 clubs

Girone A	Alessandria Cremonese Como Carrarese Giana Erminio Arezzo Pontedera Pavia Livorno Lucchese Olbia Piacenza Renate Pro Piacenza Siena Tuttocuoio Prato Viterbese Lupa Roma Racing Roma

Girone B	AlbinoLeffe Bassano Virtus Gubbio Reggiana Modena Venezia Südtirol Parma FeralpiSalò Padova Pordenone Lumezzane Sambenedettese Teramo Mantova Ancona Santarcangelo Maceratese Alma Juventus Forlì

Girone C	Akragas Casertana Catania Catanzaro Cosenza Fidelis Andria Foggia Fondi Juve Stabia Lecce Matera Melfi Messina Monopoli Paganese Reggina Siracusa Taranto Vibonese Virtus Francavilla

Lega Pro seasons

Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29

Prima Divisione	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 2016–17

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 Prima Divisione defunct Divisione Nazionale defunct 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 Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione defunct 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 Supercoppa Italiana

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 Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–2000 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

Original 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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