Unione Sportiva Cremonese, commonly referred to as Cremonese, is an
Italian football
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club based in
Cremona,
Lombardy, which plays in the .
History
Cremonese was in the
Serie A
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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
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Founded in 188 ...
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
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Playing career York City
Gabbiadini was born on ...
.
Under
Luigi Simoni
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, Cremonese returned to Serie A in the
1993–94 season. 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 10th-place finish in 1993–94, but would be relegated in the
1995–96 season.
Relegation resulted in the decline of the club, plummeting to
Serie C2 by 2000, before achieving successive promotions back to
Serie B
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by 2005.
Giovanni Dall'Igna
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Honours
;Sampdoria
* Serie A champion: 1990–91.
* Coppa Italia
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, another defender from the Serie A years, has since 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: they had a good attempt in the 2009–10 season, when they were beaten by
Varese
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It is the c ...
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
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Throughout his playing career as a midfielder, he was also known as "l'avvocato" ("the lawyer," in Italian), ...
resigned from his post.
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
.
Former players
Some of the famous players who played for Cremonese include:
*
Antonio Cabrini
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*
Enrico Chiesa
*
Giovanni Dall'Igna
Giovanni Dall'Igna (born 16 August 1972 in Malo) is a retired Italian professional footballer who played as a defender.
Honours
;Sampdoria
* Serie A champion: 1990–91.
* Coppa Italia
The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup compe ...
*
Giuseppe Favalli
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*
Riccardo Maspero
*
Michelangelo Rampulla
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Club career
Born in Patti, Sicily, Rampulla initially had short stints with Sicilian amateur clubs, such as his local te ...
*
Corrado Verdelli
*
Gianluca Vialli
*
Pasquale Vivolo
*
Gustavo Dezotti
*
John Aloisi
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*
Juary
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Władysław Żmuda
Władysław Antoni Żmuda (; born 6 June 1954) is a Polish former professional footballer, who played as a defender for Śląsk Wrocław, Widzew Łódź, Hellas Verona, New York Cosmos and US Cremonese. He earned 91 caps for the Poland nation ...
*
Matjaž Florijančič
*
Anders Limpar
Coaching staff
Honours
Divisional movements
References
External links
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Profileat
Serie B
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