Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Football Club Como Women, known as Como Women or simply Como, is an Italian
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club from
Como
Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como.
Its proximity to Lake Como and ...
, currently playing in
Serie A
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, the national league's top division of women football.
History
Founded in 1991 as a section of
Polisportiva Vigor Grandate, it became an independent club taking the name FCF Como 2000 in 1997. The following year Como was
promoted
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to Serie B, and in 2001 it reached Serie A for the first time. In its
debut Serie A season Como narrowly avoided relegation. Ending tied on points with second-to-last
ACF Gravina, a play-off had to be played, which Como won 3–2. The team improved
the next season, ranking 10th, seven points above the relegation zone. However in
2004
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the team earned just 13 points and was relegated.
The
return
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to the second category was not easy with FCF Como narrowly avoiding the relegation play-off. Como gradually consolidated at the lower level and from 2009 it began challenging for promotion with a third place finish. After a disappointing
2010
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season, in
2011
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Como tied at the top of the table with
ACF Milan
ACF Milan (Associazione Calcio Femminile Milan) was a women's football club based in Milan.
This team had not been concerned with any of the following teams:
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**A.C. Milan Women (known as "Milan Women": ...
. A play-off determined which team promoted, which Milan won 0–1. However, in August
ASD Reggiana was excluded from Serie A and Como was chosen to take its place.
In 2016–17 Como returned to Serie A. A poor start to the season meant that after two matches they replaced the coach
Dolores Prestifilippo with Giuseppe Gerosa.
Players
Current squad
Former players
Year by year
* 1991 – 4 – 2nd (Gr.A)
* 1992 – 3 – 12th
* 1993 – 3 – 13th
* 1994 – 4 – 1st (Gr.A)
* 1995 – 3 – 6th
* 1996 – 3 – 12th
* 1997 – 3 – 5th
* 1998 – 3 – 1st
* 1999 – 2 – 4th (Gr.A)
* 2000 – 2 – 2nd (Gr.A)
* 2001 – 2 – 1st (Gr.A)
* 2002 – 1 – 12th
* 2003 – 1 – 10th
* 2004 – 1 – 13th
* 2005 – 2 – 9th (Gr.A)
* 2006 – 2 – 8th (Gr.A)
* 2007 – 2 – 4th (Gr.A)
* 2008 – 2 – 6th (Gr.A)
* 2009 – 2 – 3rd (Gr.A)
* 2010 – 2 – 7th (Gr.A)
* 2011 – 2 – 2nd (Gr.A)
* 2012 – 1 –
References
Como
Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como.
Its proximity to Lake Como and ...
Sport in Lombardy
1991 establishments in Italy
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