Cesena FC

Cesena

Full name

Cesena Football Club

Nickname(s)

I Cavallucci Marini (The Seahorses)
I Bianconeri (The White and Blacks)

Founded

1940

Ground

Stadio Dino Manuzzi

Capacity

23,860^{[citation needed]}

Chairman

John Aiello^[1]

Manager

Domenico Toscano

League

Serie C Group B

2022–23

1 of 20

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Current season

Cesena Football Club is an Italian football club based Cesena, Romagna. Currently it plays in Italy's Serie C. It's the new club of AC Cesena since 2018, the year that the club folded. For the first time since the club was refounded and promoted to Serie B in 2024.

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Cesena Football Club^[2]^[3]

History

AC Cesena was born from the ancestor US Renato Serra, founded in 1921.

In 1940 AC Cesena was officially founded, competing in the Prima Divisione at the time.

As time went, the club made great steps in the big football, reaching the Serie B in 1946-1947., the second league in the italian football.

In the years 1972-1973 were celebrated the first promotion to the top Italian league, Serie A. From then, Cesena grew more and more, even reaching his highest placing sixth place in Serie A in 1975-1976, qualifying for the UEFA Cup.

The last Serie A played was in 2014-2015, which followed a relegation to Serie B.^[4]^{[citation needed]}

Failure and rebirth

In 2018 the A.C. Cesena, participant in Serie B, does not register for the next cadet championship, declaring the bankruptcy petition.^[5]

In the summer of 2018, however, it was refounded from the ashes of the A.C. Cesena the "new Cesena", the Cesena FC^[6].

The club currently playes in the Group B of Serie C.

Placing first, the Cesena FC is promoted to Serie B with four matchdays to spare, returning to the second divison after the failure, 6 years later.^[7]

Colours and badge

As Cesena Football Club, the colours are black and white, and the symbol is the seahorse.^[2]^[8]^[9]

The current shirt colors are white and black stripes for the home jersey, black and white the away and sea blue for the third jersey.^[10]

Stadium

The team plays its home games at the Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi. It is the largest and most important football stadium in Romagna, and also the second outdoor sports facility after the Imola Autodrome.

The stadium actually contains 23.860 seats, but in the match Cesena-Milan in 1974, it reached the record of 35.991 people.

The training center is called "Centro Sportivo Alberto Rognoni" and includes 8 football fields.

Honours

Coppa Italia Serie C: 1
- Winner (1): 2003–2004

Serie C: 2
- Winner (1): 1967-1968 (group B), 2023-2024 (group B)

Current squad

As of 1 February 2024^[11].

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	ITA	Matteo Pisseri
4	MF	ITA	Riccardo Chiarello
5	MF	ITA	Ivan Varone
7	FW	ITA	Daniele Donnarumma
8	MF	ITA	Saber Hraiech
9	FW	ALB	Cristian Shpendi
10	FW	SLE	Augustus Kargbo
11	FW	ITA	Roberto Ogunseye
13	DF	ITA	Luca Coccolo
14	MF	ITA	Tommaso Berti
15	DF	ITA	Andrea Ciofi
17	MF	ITA	Emanuele Adamo
18	FW	ITA	Simone Corazza
19	DF	ITA	Giuseppe Prestia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ITA	Francesco De Rose
24	MF	ITA	Edoardo Pierozzi (on loan from Fiorentina)
25	DF	ITA	Antonio David
26	DF	ITA	Matteo Piacentini
28	DF	ITA	Luigi Silvestri
30	MF	ITA	Alessandro Giovannini
33	GK	USA	Jonathan Klinsmann
34	GK	ITA	Giulio Veliaj
46	GK	ITA	Alessandro Bagli
61	GK	ITA	Alessandro Siano
70	MF	ITA	Matteo Francesconi
73	DF	ITA	Simone Pieraccini
77	MF	ITA	Giovanni Nannelli

Out on loan