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Associazione Calcio Cesena is a football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned there in 2004 after four seasons in Serie C. Its last Serie A stint ended in 1991. The team's colors are white and black.
[edit] History
Founded in 1940, Cesena reached Serie B in 1968 and were promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1973. With players such as Pierluigi Cera and Gianluigi Savoldi, the club held its own and finished a respectable 11th place in their debut season, repeating that finish the following year. In 1975-76, Cesena surprised everybody by finishing 6th and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. The glory was short-lived and they would be relegated the next year.
A second promotion to Serie A followed in 1981 and finished a respectable 10th before being relegated once more in 1983, staying in Serie B for four years. After winning a play-off, they were back in Serie A for 1987-88 and enjoyed a four-year stay, being obdurate enough to just avoid relegation in this time.
After relegation in 1991, Cesena had another chance to return to Serie A in 1994. With players such as Alessandro Teodorani, Emiliano Salvetti, Luigi Piangarelli, Aldo Dolcetti and Dario Hübner, this was a team of considerable ability. However, they finished level on points with Padova, and lost a promotion play-off which would be a bitter blow for the club, who would suffer relegation to Serie C1 in 1997. Whilst promotion followed, a relegation play-off against Pistoiese in 2000 would see them condemned to a four-year stay in the third division.
In the 2005/06 Serie B league, Cesena surprisingly emerged as contenders for promotion to Serie A, ending in sixth place and being therefore qualified for the promotion playoffs.
[edit] Current first team squad
As of 10 January, 2007
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 17 |
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MF |
Andrea Bracaletti |
| 18 |
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MF |
Luigi Pagliuca |
| 20 |
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DF |
Roberto Biserni |
| 22 |
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GK |
Nicola Ravaglia (from youth team) |
| 23 |
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MF |
Giuseppe De Feudis |
| 24 |
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MF |
Ivan Piccoli |
| 25 |
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DF |
Daniel Ola |
| 26 |
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FW |
Ricardo Josè Villar Rodríguez (from youth team) |
| 27 |
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DF |
Doudou Diaw |
| 29 |
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FW |
Andrea Moretti (from youth team) |
| 30 |
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DF |
Marco Arrigoni (from youth team) |
| 31 |
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DF |
Marco Zaninelli |
| 35 |
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FW |
Umberto Del Core |
| 43 |
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MF |
Maurizio Anastasi |
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FW |
Alessandro Pellicori |
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[edit] References
[edit] Notable former players
[edit] External link
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| Serie B seasons |
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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 | 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
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Amarildo
Massimo Bonini
Vladislav Djukic
Davor Jozic
Walter Schachner
