Calcio Como

Full name

Calcio Como S.r.l.^[1]

Nickname(s)

Lariani

Founded

1907
2005 (refound)

Ground

Giuseppe Sinigaglia,
Como, Italy

Capacity

15,000

Chairman

Amilcare Rivetti

Manager

Silvio Paolucci

League

Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A

2013–14

Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A, 8th

Home colours

Away colours

Calcio Como S.r.l. is an Italian football club, based in Como. The club was founded in 1907. The team's color is blue.

Como were in Serie A in 2002–03; this was followed by three consecutive relegations that brought the team down in Serie C2 at the end of the 2004–05 season after having lost a playoff (2–1 on aggregate) to Novara Calcio, and being then even cancelled from Italian professional football because of bankruptcy. They were successively admitted to Serie D, the top level of non-professional football in Italy, where they spent three seasons before finally managing to win promotion back to Serie C2 in the 2007–08 season.^[2] Como finally returned to Serie C1 the following season.

History

Como were first promoted to Serie A in 1949 and enjoyed a respectable four-year stay before relegation, the next 20 years were spent moving between Serie B and C but more often the former. A revival in the 1970s saw the club emerge as contenders for promotion to Serie A, this was achieved in 1975 but despite the best efforts of players such as Alessandro Scanziani they would last only a season. They would slump to C1 by 1978, but with a rebuilt team containing stars like Pietro Vierchowod would achieve successive promotions and a two-year stay in Serie A (1980–82).

Como managed another promotion to the top flight in 1984, with a five-year stint in Serie A proving the club's most successful period of recent times. The strikeforce of Dan Corneliusson and Stefano Borgonovo oversaw a credible 9th place finish in 1986, this was repeated the following year with far fewer goals scored. The club's defence, led by hard man Pasquale Bruno, proved more than up to the task however. Relegation in 1989 precipitated a rapid decline, with Como spending most of the 1990s in Serie C1 with the exception of 1994–95. Interestingly, former Chelsea, and current Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini spent a year on loan at Como.

The 21st century saw Como experience a brief revival. Promotion to Serie B in 2001 was marred by an appallingly violent incident in a game against Modena, resulting in captain Massimiliano Ferrigno being handed a three-year ban. They nonetheless managed promotion to Serie A in 2002, ironically being promoted alongside Modena. However, the return to Serie A proved a major disappointment with the side in the bottom two all season, and a ban on games at the Sinigaglia after crowd violence. Successive relegations have caused financial difficulties, which in December 2004 the club was declared bankrupted.^[3] No investors was successful to takeover the club (as the bid from Preziosi was denied^[4]) thus the company "Calcio Como SpA" was liquidated. Thanks to FIGC regulation, a new entity was allowed to admit into 2005–06 Serie D. The liquidator also found former president Enrico Preziosi had transferred some assets such as the contracts of the players to his new club Genoa, causing the financial failure of Como. They returned to the rebranded Serie C2, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in 2008, after having won the Girone B of Serie D.^[2] Como finally returned to Serie C1 (Lega Pro Prima Divisione) after promotion play-offs after defeating Rodengo Saiano with 1–1 aggregate and Alessandria with 4–1 aggregate.

Players

As of 14 February, 2015 ^[5]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Wladimiro Falcone (on loan from Sampdoria)
		GK	Diamante Crispino
		DF	Antonio Giosa
		DF	Cesare Ambrosini
		DF	Fabio Lebran (on loan from Crotone)
		DF	Paolo Marchi
		DF	Marco Cassetti
		DF	Nicolò Curti (on loan from Juventus)
		DF	Simone Fautario
		DF	Luca Barlocco (on loan from Juventus)
		DF	Marco Russu (on loan from Cagliari)
		DF	Andrea Marconi (on loan from Pro Vercelli)
		DF	Gabriele Rolando (on loan from Sampdoria)
		MF	Giovanni Fietta

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Andrea Ardito (captain)
		MF	Luca Berardocco (on loan from Parma)
		MF	Ivan Castiglia (on loan from Salernitana)
		MF	Giovanni Cristofari
		MF	Niccolò Corticchia (on loan from Vicenza)
		MF	Alessio Cristiani
		MF	Alessandro Rinaldi
		MF	Giacomo Casoli
		FW	Luca Scapuzzi
		FW	Simone Ganz (on loan from Milan)
		FW	Giuseppe Le Noci
		FW	Edoardo Defendi
		FW	Claudio De Sousa
		FW	Piergiuseppe Maritato (on loan from Vicenza)

Notable former players

The following players were called up to their national team during their career at Como:

References

↑ "Como" (in Italian). Lega Pro. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cosenza e Como, promozione in C2" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
↑ "Ecco come salverò il Como". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 29 December 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
↑ "(Questioni relative al fallimento della società di calcio Como - n. 2-01566)". Camera dei deputati (in Italian). 30 June 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
↑ "Tutti i convocati per il ritiro di Masen di Giovo" (in Italian). Calcio Como. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

External links

Official site (Italian)
Fansite (Italian)

Lega Pro · 2014–15 clubs

Girone A	AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Arezzo Bassano Virtus Como Cremonese FeralpiSalò Giana Erminio Lumezzane Mantova Monza Novara Pavia Pordenone Pro Patria Real Vicenza Renate Südtirol Torres Venezia

Girone B	Ancona Ascoli Carrarese Forlì Grosseto Gubbio L'Aquila Lucchese Pisa Pistoiese Pontedera Prato Pro Piacenza Reggiana San Marino Santarcangelo Savona SPAL Teramo Tuttocuoio

Girone C	Aversa Normanna Barletta Benevento Casertana Catanzaro Cosenza Foggia Ischia Juve Stabia Lecce Lupa Roma Martina Franca Matera Melfi Messina Paganese Reggina Salernitana Savoia Vigor Lamezia

Serie C 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

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

Lega Pro	2014–15