Cesena Football Club is an

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club based

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. History Cesena was o ...

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. Currently it plays in Italy's

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. It has claimed to be the phoenix club of

A.C. Cesena A.C. Cesena, commonly referred to as Cesena (), was an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. The club spent most of its history in professional leagues such as Serie A and Serie B, but went bankrupt and folde ...

since 2018, the year that the club folded.

History

Foundation

The club was founded in 1973, at which time it was known as Polisportiva Martorano.

Serie D

In the 2012–13 season, the team was promoted for the first time, from

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Group B to

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Group D, as Romagna Centro. The club was also compared to

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, which was a second team behind

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, but promoted to Serie A.

R.C. Cesena

In July 2018, after the bankruptcy of the main football team of the city,

, a group of local businessmen acquired Romagna Centro and proposed to rename it to Cesena F.C., to act as a phoenix club. However, the image rights of A.C. Cesena were acquired later. The club played a friendly match against Romanian club

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in 2018–19 pre-season. In July 2018, Romagna Centro announced that the youth sector would train with former A.C. Cesena players. However, the club was later known as R.C. Cesena, and was assigned to Group F of

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. After instantly winning promotion to Serie D, the club was renamed Cesena Football Club. In the 2019–20 season the club is competing in the Serie C's Girone B.

Colours and badge

As Romagna Centro, the team's colours were lightblue and white. The current shirt colors are black and white, so that the nickname of the club is "bianconeri"

Stadiums

The club played their home matches in Centro Sportivo Romagna Centro, located in Via Calcinaro, Martorano ''frazione''. The club also played their

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home matches in

Stadio Dino Manuzzi The Stadio Dino Manuzzi, officially known as Orogel Stadium Dino Manuzzi for sponsorship reason, is a football stadium in Cesena, Italy. It is currently the home of Cesena FC. The stadium holds 23,860. History The stadium was initially constr ...

, the larger stadium in the city. The stadium is quite famous in Italy, and has also hosted some Euro 2019 U-21 matches, charity matches and some other events like concerts.

Honours

*Eccellenza: **Winner (1): 2012–13

Current squad

Out on loan

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cesena Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Emilia-Romagna Sport in Cesena Phoenix clubs (association football) 1973 establishments in Italy