U.S. Cremonese

Cremonese

Full name	Unione Sportiva Cremonese
Nickname(s)	Grigiorossi (Gray-reds) Tigri (Tigers)
Founded	24 March 1903 (1903-03-24)
Ground	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Ground Capacity	20,641
Owner	Giovanni Arvedi
President	Luigi Simoni
Coach	Attilio Tesser
League	Serie B
2016–17	Lega Pro/A, 1st (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Unione Sportiva Cremonese, commonly known as Cremonese is a football club based in Cremona, Lombardy. The club currently plays in Serie B.

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

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.

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

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).

Honours

Players

Current squad

As of 25 July 2017

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 Claiton 4 DF Simone Salviato 5 MF Daniele Croce 6 DF Stefano Lucchini 7 MF Luca Belingheri 8 MF Michele Cavion 9 FW Andrea Brighenti (captain) 10 MF Pasquale Maiorino 11 FW Francesco Stanco 12 GK Matteo Bellucci 13 DF Edoardo Stanghellini 14 FW Benjamin Mokulu 15 DF Ivan Marconi

No. Position Player 16 FW Giacomo Zecca 17 MF Filippo Porcari 18 MF Simone Pesce 19 FW Stefano Scappini 20 MF Giampietro Perrulli 21 DF Michele Canini (on loan from Atalanta) 23 MF Fabio Scarsella 27 GK Samir Ujkani 33 DF Francesco Renzetti (on loan from Genoa) — DF Alberto Almici (on loan from Atalanta) — MF Roman Macek — FW Nicola Talamo — MF Davide Moro — MF Gaetano Castrovilli (on loan from Fiorentina)

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 — DF Federico Baschirotto (at Cuneo until 30 June 2018) — MF Michele Moroni (at Santarcangelo until 30 June 2018)

Returning from loan

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

No. Position Player — GK Nicholas Battaiola — DF Giacomo Gambaretti — MF Alessio Ruçi — MF Daniele Galloppa

No. Position Player — MF Gregorio Luperini — FW Abed Haouhache — FW Nicola Ciccone

External links

• Official website (in Italian)
• U.S. Cremonese at Serie B (in Italian)