Us Cremonese

 

Cremonese was in the Serie A in its first season, 1929–30, but entered a long period of decline, playing 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 more 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 the 1993–94 season. With defenders Luigi Gualco and Corrado Verdelli, midfield playmaker Riccardo Maspero, and forwards Andrea Tentoni and Matjaž Florijančič, Cremonese played Serie A with a 10th-place finish in 1993–94, but would be relegated in the 1995–96 season.

Relegation resulted in the club moving down to Serie C2 by 2000 and remaining in mid-table positions for four years, before achieving promotion back into Serie C1 and then Serie B for the 2005-2006 season. Giovanni Dall'Igna, another defender from the Serie A years, returned to the club. However, Cremonese were relegated to Serie C1 in the 2005–06 season. Cremonese have tried to return to Serie B since. In the 2009–10 season they were beaten by Varese in the promotion play-off final (2–1 on aggregate). Eventually they succeeded in 2017. In the 2021–22 Serie B, Cremonese finished second to earn promotion to the 2022–23 Serie A. Despite achieving promotion, coach Fabio Pecchia resigned from his post.

Current squad

As of 1 February 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   SEN Fallou Sarr 4 DF   ITA Luca Marrone (on loan from Lecco) 5 DF   ITA Luca Ravanelli 6 MF   COD Charles Pickel 7 FW   URU César Falletti 8 MF   ITA Michele Collocolo 9 FW   ITA Daniel Ciofani 10 FW   ITA Cristian Buonaiuto 11 FW   GHA Felix Afena-Gyan 13 DF   ITA Alessandro Tuia 15 DF   ITA Matteo Bianchetti 17 DF   ITA Leonardo Sernicola 18 DF   ITA Paolo Ghiglione 19 MF   ITA Michele Castagnetti

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   ARG Franco Vázquez 21 GK   ITA Gianluca Saro 22 GK   DEN Andreas Jungdal 26 DF   BUL Valentin Antov (on loan from Monza) 31 DF   ITA Yuri Rocchetti 32 MF   ARG Gonzalo Abrego (on loan from Godoy Cruz) 33 DF   ITA Giacomo Quagliata 37 MF   SVN Žan Majer 44 DF   GEO Luka Lochoshvili 71 FW   NOR Dennis Johnsen 74 FW   ITA Frank Tsadjout 90 FW   ITA Massimo Coda (on loan from Genoa) 97 GK   ITA Alessandro Livieri (on loan from Pisa) 98 FW   ITA Luca Zanimacchia

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   ITA Federico Agazzi (at Alcione until 30 June 2024) — DF   AUT Emanuel Aiwu (at Birmingham City until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Luca Munaretti (at Renate until 30 June 2024) — DF   SEN Maissa Ndiaye (at Železničar Pančevo until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Lorenzo Bernasconi (at Atalanta until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Mattia Scaringi (at Olbia until 30 June 2024) — DF   ITA Daniel Frey (at Pro Vercelli until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Christian Acella (at Giana Erminio until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Andrea Bertolacci (at loan to Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Alessio Brambilla (at loan to Gubbio until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Francesco Cerretelli (at Carrarese until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ITA Matteo Ghisolfi (at Cerignola until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Tommaso Milanese (at Ascoli until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Filippo Nardi (at Benevento until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Fausto Perseu (at Latina Calcio until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Joshua Tenkorang (at Foggia until 30 June 2024) — MF   ITA Luca Valzania (at Ascoli until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Alberto Basso Ricci (at loan to Lumezzane until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Blue Mamona (at Vis Pesaro until 30 June 2024) — FW   ITA Marco Zunno (at loan to Messina until 30 June 2024) — FW   CIV Cedric Gondo (at loan to Reggiana until 30 June 2024) — FW   NGA David Okereke (at loan to Torino until 30 June 2024)

Former players

Some of the famous players^{[according to whom?]} who played for Cremonese include:

•   Antonio Cabrini
•   Enrico Chiesa
•   Giovanni Dall'Igna
•   Giuseppe Favalli
•   Riccardo Maspero
•   Michelangelo Rampulla
•   Corrado Verdelli
•   Gianluca Vialli
•   Pasquale Vivolo
•   Gustavo Dezotti
•   John Aloisi
•   Juary
•   Władysław Żmuda
•   Matjaž Florijančič
•   Anders Limpar