Cremonese Football Club Profile and History

Cremonese

Cremonese are a historic Italian football club from Cremona, Lombardy, founded in 1903. Known for their red-and-gray identity, the club plays at Stadio Giovanni Zini, a landmark venue closely tied to the city. Its character reflects local pride, provincial resilience and a strong connection with Cremona’s violin-making heritage. The club remains one of Lombardy’s distinctive football institutions, with a visual tradition and civic identity shaped across more than a century.

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Xtra rating
1579
Conservative: 989
Rank club
674
Updated: 12 September 2026

Cremonese Upcoming matches by league

Serie B

  • - Regular Season - 5
    Cremonese
    Virtus Entella
    Stadio Giovanni Zini
  • - Regular Season - 6
    Arezzo
    No H2H
    Cremonese
  • - Regular Season - 7
    Pisa
    No H2H
    Cremonese
    Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani
  • - Regular Season - 8
    Cremonese
    No H2H
    Juve Stabia
    Stadio Giovanni Zini

Cremonese Last matches by league

Serie B

  • - Regular Season - 4
    Cesena
    Cremonese
  • - Regular Season - 3
    Cremonese
    Padova
    Stadio Giovanni Zini
  • - Regular Season - 2
    Cremonese
    Modena
    Stadio Giovanni Zini
  • - Regular Season - 1
    Empoli
    Cremonese

Coppa Italia

  • - Round of 32
    Parma
    Cremonese
    Stadio Giovanni Zini
  • - Round of 64
    Cremonese
    Sampdoria
    Stadio Giovanni Zini
  • - 1st Round
    Cremonese
    Palermo
    Stadio Giovanni Zini
  • - 2nd Round
    Cagliari
    Cremonese
    Unipol Domus

Friendlies Clubs

  • - Club Friendlies
    Cremonese
    Lumezzane
  • - Club Friendlies
    Cremonese
    Cittadella
  • - Club Friendlies
    Cremonese
    Giana Erminio
  • - Club Friendlies 5
    Cremonese
    Pro Patria

Serie A

  • - Regular Season - 38
    Cremonese
    Como
    Stadio Giovanni Zini
  • - Regular Season - 37
    Udinese
    Cremonese
    Bluenergy Stadium
  • - Regular Season - 36
    Cremonese
    Pisa
    Stadio Giovanni Zini
  • - Regular Season - 35
    Cremonese
    Lazio
    Stadio Giovanni Zini

Cremonese Team Roster

Cremonese have a recorded 33-player squad spanning four goalkeepers, 11 defenders, 10 midfielders and eight attackers. A. Fulignati, F. Agazzi, M. Cassin and M. Festa form the goalkeeper group, while the defensive unit includes F. Baschirotto, S. Luperto and T. Barbieri. Midfield options include A. Grassi, F. Gerli, J. Vandeputte, M. Collocolo and M. Thorsby. The attacking group features M. Nasti, M. De Luca, M. Đurić and S. Elia. Together, these recorded names give the squad coverage across every principal playing area.

position Goalkeeper

1 Andrea Fulignati
12 Marco Festa
Marco Festa
GK Italy
22

position Defender

position Midfielder

2 Morten Thorsby
Morten Thorsby
MID Norway
10 Adin Ličina
Adin Ličina
MID Montenegro
14 Tommaso Berti
Tommaso Berti
MID Italy
16 Fabio Gerli
Fabio Gerli
MID Italy
18 Michele Collocolo
20 Simone Pontisso
Simone Pontisso
MID Italy
25 Dachi Lordkipanidze
27 Jari Vandeputte
Jari Vandeputte
MID Belgium
71 Salvatore Elia
Salvatore Elia
MID Italy

position Attacker

7 David Stückler
David Stückler
FWD Denmark
9 Manuel De Luca
Manuel De Luca
FWD Italy
11 Milan Đurić
Milan Đurić
FWD Bosnia and Herzegovina
17 Adrian Lickūnas
Adrian Lickūnas
FWD Lithuania
19 Marco Nasti
Marco Nasti
FWD Italy
90 Federico Bonazzoli

Last Cremonese Coachs

The latest recorded appointment in the coaching timeline is Davide Nicola, who began on 1 July 2025. The available record does not establish that he remains in the role, so the chronology is presented without a current-holder claim. Giovanni Stroppa appears in two spells, from September 2023 to October 2024 and again beginning in November 2024, with no dated end supplied. Eugenio Corini’s tenure ran from October to November 2024. Davide Ballardini preceded them from January to September 2023. The sequence shows repeated managerial change across the recorded timeline.

Davide Nicola

Davide Nicola

Italy
Coach since 1 July 2025
Coach until
History
Coach Coach country Coach since Coach until
Davide Nicola Italy 1 July 2025
Giovanni Stroppa Italy 1 November 2024
Eugenio Corini Italy 1 October 2024 1 November 2024
Giovanni Stroppa Italy 1 September 2023 1 October 2024
Davide Ballardini Italy 1 January 2023 1 September 2023
Massimiliano Alvini Italy 1 June 2022 1 January 2023
Fabio Pecchia Italy 1 January 2021 1 June 2022
Pierpaolo Bisoli Italy 1 March 2020 1 January 2021
Massimo Rastelli Italy 1 January 2020 1 March 2020
Marco Baroni Italy 1 October 2019 1 January 2020
Massimo Rastelli Italy 1 November 2018 1 October 2019
Andrea Mandorlini Italy 1 April 2018 1 November 2018
Attilio Tesser Italy 1 July 2016 1 April 2018
Fabio Rossitto Italy 27 January 2016 30 June 2016
Fulvio Pea Italy 1 June 2015 1 January 2016
Marco Freddie Giampaolo Switzerland 1 November 2014 1 June 2015
Davide Dionigi Italy 1 March 2014 1 June 2014
Vincenzo Torrente Italy 1 July 2013 1 March 2014
Giuseppe Scienza Italy 1 September 2012 1 June 2013
Oscar Brevi Italy 1 July 2011 1 September 2012
Roberto Venturato Italy 1 March 2009 1 June 2010

Cremonese Transfers

The arrivals recorded include S. Elia from Empoli, A. Vogliacco from Genoa and S. Pontisso from Catanzaro. F. Gerli, T. Berti and A. Lickunas are listed as transfers, while Fellipe Jack arrived on loan from Como and M. Festa joined as a free agent from Mantova. The movement list also records several returns from loan, including C. Pickel from Espanyol, A. Fulignati and M. Nasti from Empoli, and players returning from Italian clubs. This is a recent recorded selection of arrivals rather than a complete seasonal total.

Latest player transfers from
Player Team from Transfer type Transfer date
Adin Ličina
Juventus U23
Loan 29 August 2026
S. Elia
Empoli
Transfer 12 August 2026
A. Vogliacco
Genoa
Transfer 5 August 2026
S. Pontisso
Catanzaro
Transfer 24 July 2026
M. Festa
Mantova
Free agent 23 July 2026
F. Gerli
Modena
Transfer 13 July 2026
Fellipe Jack
Como
Loan 13 July 2026
A. Lickūnas
Perugia
Transfer 30 June 2026
A. Lickunas
Perugia
Transfer 30 June 2026
T. Berti
Cesena
Transfer 30 June 2026
E. Cabianca
Salernitana
Return from loan 29 June 2026
F. Tosi
Sambenedettese
Return from loan 29 June 2026
Mattia Parente
Mestre
Return from loan 29 June 2026
V. Nagrudnyi
Leon
Return from loan 29 June 2026
Michele Bigonzoni
Latina
Return from loan 29 June 2026

The recorded departures include F. Tosi on loan to SS Monopoli and G. Pessolani on loan to Crema, while G. Gabbiani, M. Scaringi, Giulio Patrignani, D. Triacca and L. Nava also moved temporarily. Transfers were recorded for V. Nagrudnyi to Ternana, G. Saro to Foggia, S. Regazzetti to Livorno, F. Afena-Gyan to Iğdır FK, L. Moretti to Novara and L. Zanimacchia to Padova. D. Okereke and C. Pickel are listed as free-agent departures. The section reflects a capped recent sample, not a complete departure total.

Latest player transfers to
Player Team to Transfer type Transfer date
A. Sanabria
Internacional
Transfer 19 August 2026
Michele Bigonzoni
Foggia
Transfer 12 August 2026
Michele Bigonzoni
Foggia
Transfer 11 August 2026
D. Okereke
Benevento
Free agent 9 August 2026
F. Tosi
SS Monopoli
Loan 9 August 2026
M. Cassin
Desenzano Calvina
Loan 8 August 2026
V. Nagrudnyi
Ternana
Transfer 30 July 2026
G. Saro
Foggia
Transfer 29 July 2026
G. Pessolani
Crema
Loan 26 July 2026
S. Regazzetti
Livorno
Transfer 24 July 2026
G. Gabbiani
Livorno
Loan 23 July 2026
S. Regazzetti
Livorno
Transfer 23 July 2026
F. Afena-Gyan
Iğdır FK
Transfer 23 July 2026
L. Moretti
Novara
Transfer 17 July 2026
F. Tsadjout
Vicenza Virtus
Transfer 14 July 2026

Transfers Synthesis

The recent movement record presents Cremonese’s 2026 summer activity as a mixture of new arrivals, temporary recruitment, free-agent additions and players returning from loan. The incoming sample includes several transfer classifications, a loan for Fellipe Jack, a free-agent arrival in M. Festa and numerous returns, including C. Pickel, A. Fulignati and M. Nasti. Departures show the same range of mechanisms: loans to clubs such as SS Monopoli, Crema and Torres, transfer departures to Italian and overseas destinations, and free-agent exits for D. Okereke and C. Pickel. Movement dates run from 29 June to 12 August for the recorded arrivals and from 1 July to 9 August for the recorded departures. The lists therefore show concentrated summer activity in both directions, while their capped scope does not establish a complete seasonal balance.

Leagues Cremonese has participated in

Cremonese’s recorded competition profile includes Serie A, Coppa Italia and Friendlies Clubs through 2025, with those entries marked as recently active in the competition history. Serie B is recorded from 2017 to 2024 and is therefore historical in this profile, while Serie C - Girone A appears only for 2016. The sequence reflects participation across Italy’s top two divisions with cup football alongside league competition. The profile also records domestic friendlies from 2021 to 2025 alongside the competitive competitions. No claim is made about a 2026-27 schedule or current table position.

More about Cremonese

Cremonese, officially Unione Sportiva Cremonese, are a football club from Cremona in Lombardy, Italy, founded in 1903. The club is widely known as La Cremo and carries the Grigiorossi identity, expressed through its traditional red-and-gray colours and vertically striped home design. That visual character connects the team to a city celebrated for violin-making, while the club’s crest incorporates the coat of arms of Cremona and the letters USC.

Home matches are played at Stadio Giovanni Zini, a historic venue opened in 1919 and named for a former Cremonese goalkeeper who died during the First World War. The ground sits within the city and remains a central setting for the club’s local identity. Cremonese’s principal rivalry is with Piacenza in the Derby del Po, a fixture rooted in the football culture of neighbouring Po Valley communities.

On the field, Cremonese have developed a reputation as a resilient provincial club whose history includes repeated movement between Serie A and Serie B. The recorded competition profile includes recent Serie A and Coppa Italia participation, while earlier records also cover Serie B and Serie C - Girone A. The club’s most distinctive international achievement came in 1993, when Cremonese won the Anglo-Italian Cup at Wembley.

The club is associated with the Arvedi Group, led by Giovanni Arvedi, reflecting a locally rooted corporate ownership model. Its football identity has often combined experienced Italian players with developing talent and loan-linked recruitment, reflecting the practical demands of competing across Italy’s professional tiers. That blend of resilience, regional symbolism and long-term continuity gives Cremonese a distinctive place in Italian football.

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Cesena vs Cremonese
Serie B 2026 - 1601526
Cremonese vs Padova
Serie B 2026 - 1601516
Parma vs Cremonese
Coppa Italia 2026 - 1629056
Cremonese vs Modena
Serie B 2026 - 1601507
Empoli vs Cremonese
Serie B 2026 - 1601497
Cremonese vs Como
Serie A 2025 - 1378235
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