Unione Sportiva Pergolettese 1932 is an Italian association football club, based in Crema,

province of Cremona The Province of Cremona ( it, provincia di Cremona; Cremunés: ; Cremasco: ; Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital city is Cremona. The province occupies the central section of Padana Plain, so the ...

, Lombardy. It currently plays in

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, the third level of Italian football.

History

From Pergolettese to Pergocrema

The origins of the football in Crema go back to 1932 when U.S. Pergolettese was founded in Pergoletto, a suburb of the town. In 1974 the club was renamed U.S. Pergocrema 1932. In the

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regular season the team finished first in Girone A, winning direct promotion to the now called

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for the 2008–09 season. In that season Pergocrema obtain an historical 11th place, the best result of all times for the team. In the 2009-10 Lega Pro Season, Pergocrema finished 15th and were forced to play in the relegation playoffs. They were matched up against 16th-placed Pro Patria, and survived by being the higher classified team after the 2-legged playout finished in a 3–3 aggregate tie.

The bankruptcy and rebirth

On 20 June 2012 with the club in strong financial difficulty, Pergocrema was declared bankrupt by the court of Crema and the team was disbanded. The club generated paper-profit by selling

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for €500,000 in 2009 but directly in exchange for two players

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and Niccolò Galli for €250,000 each. In June 2011, one year before the bankruptcy, both players returned to Parma for €125,000 each but again in pure exchange deal, for

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for €250,000. At the end of the

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season,

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moved to city of Crema and changed its name to U.S. Pergolettese 1932 in order to continue the soccer history of ''U.S. Pergocrema 1932''. Pergolettese was promoted to

2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2013–14 Seconda Divisione season is the thirty-sixth and final football league season of Italian Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the sixth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It is divided into two phases: t ...

in 2013. The club returned to professionalism in 2019 after winning the Serie D/C title against the likes of fallen giants

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and Reggio Audace (formerly Reggiana), under the tenure of former

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defender

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as head coach.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are yellow and blue. The badge is a yellow shield with a blue oblique stripe with written inside "Pergolettese".

Supporters and rivalries

The fans of Pergolettese are allied with fans of Piacenza, because of the common enmity towards the fans from

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

, the

Cremonese Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

. The fans also maintain friendships with the fans of

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

, Nuorese and the Belgian

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fans from

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. They contest the city derby with AC Crema, with whom they share their stadium. They also have strong rivalries with

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, Pro Patria,

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...

, Fanfulla, Sant'Angelo and Lecco. The most famous organized groups of fans can remember le ''Brigate'', the ''Cannyballs'', the ''Ultras Pergo 93'', and ''Stoned Again''.

Players

Current squad

Pictures

Image:U.S. Pergolettese 1932.jpg, Current logo Pergolettese

References

External links

Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pergolettese Football clubs in Lombardy Association football clubs established in 1932 Serie C clubs 1932 establishments in Italy