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| Full name | Associazione Calcio Cesena SpA | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Cavallucci Marini (Seahorses) | ||
| Founded | 1940 | ||
| Ground | Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena, Italy (Capacity: 23,860) |
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| Chairman | Igor Campedelli | ||
| Manager | Pierpaolo Bisoli[1] | ||
| League | Serie B | ||
| 2008–09 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione – A, 1st (promoted) | ||
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Associazione Calcio Cesena is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and currently plays in Serie B. Its last Serie A stint ended in 1991. The team's colors are white and black.
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History
Founded in 1940, Cesena reached Serie B in 1968 and were promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1973. With players such as Pierluigi Cera and Gianluigi Savoldi, the club held its own and finished a respectable 11th place in their debut season, repeating that finish the following year. In 1975-76, Cesena surprised everybody by finishing 6th and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. The glory was short-lived and they would be relegated the next year.
A second promotion to Serie A followed in 1981 and finished a respectable 10th before being relegated once more in 1983, staying in Serie B for four years. After winning a play-off, they were back in Serie A for 1987-88 and enjoyed a four-year stay, being obdurate enough to just avoid relegation in this time.
After relegation in 1991, Cesena had another chance to return to Serie A in 1994. With players such as Alessandro Teodorani, Emiliano Salvetti, Luigi Piangerelli, Aldo Dolcetti and Dario Hübner, this was a team of considerable ability. However, they finished level on points with Padova, and lost a promotion play-off which would be a bitter blow for the club, who would suffer relegation to Serie C1 in 1997. Whilst promotion followed, a relegation play-off against Pistoiese in 2000 would see them condemned to a four-year stay in the third division.
In the 2005–06 Serie B league, Cesena surprisingly emerged as contenders for promotion to Serie A, ending in sixth place and being therefore qualified for the promotion playoffs. They escaped relegation the following season, but not in 2007–08.
Cesena first campaign in Serie C1, now rebranded Lega Pro Prima Divisione, started with former Foligno boss Pierpaolo Bisoli as new head coach. Throughout the season, Cesena quickly emerged as major contenders for direct promotion, and managed to took first place in the league on Week 33, with only one game remaining and a two-point advantage to challengers Pro Patria. On the final week of the season, Cesena's 0–0 draw with Verona, coupled with Pro Patria's 0–0 draw with Padova, gave the bianconeri the league title and direct promotion back to Serie B, after only one season in the Italian third tier.[2]
Current squad
- As of 25 September 2009.[3]
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Out on loan
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Notable former players
Massimo Agostini
Amarildo- Massimo Ambrosini
- Marco Ballotta
Massimo Bonini- Roberto Bordin
- Massimo Ciocci
Vladislav Đukić- Valerio Fiori
- Alberto Fontana
Davor Jozić- Sebastiano Rossi
Walter Schachner- Paulo Silas
- Dario Hubner
- Alessandro Bianchi
- Ruggiero Rizzitelli
- Graziano Pellé
- Luigi Turci
Papa Waigo N'Diaye- Adriano Ferreira Pinto
References
- ^ "Staff tecnico" (in Italian). AC Cesena. http://www.cesenacalcio.it/staff-tecnico.html. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Esplode un urlo di felicità Il Cesena torna in serie B" (in Italian). Il Resto del Carlino. 2009-05-17. http://ilrestodelcarlino.ilsole24ore.com/cesena/2009/05/17/178552-esplode_urlo_felicita.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ "Squadra" (in Italian). AC Cesena. http://www.cesenacalcio.it/lega-pro/2008-2009/giocatori/cesena.html. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
External links
- Cesena's official website (Italian)
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