Como is an Italian football club based in Como, Lombardy, Italy. The club currently plays in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football, following promotion from the 2020–21 Serie C season. The club was founded in 1907 and the team's colour is royal blue.[1]
Como were in Serie A in 2002–03; this was followed by three consecutive relegations culminating in demotion to Serie C2 at the end of the 2004–05 following a playoff (2–1 on aggregate) with Novara Calcio. Financially overstretched they were declared bankrupt and excluded from participation in Italian professional football. They were immediately admitted to Serie D, the top level of non-professional football in Italy, where they spent three seasons before earning promotion back to Serie C2 in the 2007–08 season.[2] After a further bankruptcy in 2016, a new company re-founded the club in 2017 and was admitted to Serie D for the 2017–18 season.[3]
Como were first promoted to Serie A in 1949 and enjoyed[tone] a respectable[tone] four-year stay before relegation, the next 20 years were spent moving between Serie B and C but more often the former.[citation needed] A revival in the 1970s saw the club emerge as contenders for promotion to Serie A, this was achieved in 1975, but despite the best efforts of players such as Alessandro Scanziani they would last only a season.[citation needed] They would slump[tone] to C1 by 1978, but with a rebuilt team containing stars[tone] like Pietro Vierchowod would achieve successive promotions and a two-year stay in Serie A (1980–82).[citation needed]
Como managed another promotion to the top flight in 1984, with a five-year stint in Serie A proving the club's most successful period of recent times.[citation needed] The strikeforce of Dan Corneliusson and Stefano Borgonovo oversaw a 9th-place finish in 1986, which was repeated the following year with far fewer goals scored.[citation needed] The club's defence, led by hard man[tone]Pasquale Bruno, proved more than up to the task[tone] however.[citation needed] Relegation in 1989 precipitated a rapid decline, with Como spending most of the 1990s in Serie C1 with the exception of 1994–95.[citation needed] Former Chelsea and Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini spent a year on loan at Como.[citation needed]
Bankruptcy and brief promotion to Serie Bedit
The 21st century saw Como experience a brief revival. Promotion to Serie B in 2001 was marred by an appallingly[tone][how?] violent incident in a game against Modena, resulting in captain Massimiliano Ferrigno being handed a three-year ban.[clarification needed][citation needed] They nonetheless managed promotion to Serie A in the 2002–03 season.[citation needed] However, the return to Serie A proved a major disappointment[tone] with the side in the bottom two all season, and a ban on games at the Sinigaglia after crowd violence.[citation needed] Successive relegations have caused financial difficulties; in December 2004 the club was declared bankrupted.[4] No investor was successful to take over the club (as the bid from Preziosi was denied[5]) thus the company "Calcio Como S.p.A." was liquidated. Thanks to FIGC regulation, a new entity Calcio Como S.r.l.[6] was allowed to admit into 2005–06 Serie D. The liquidator also found former chairman Enrico Preziosi had transferred some assets such as the contracts of the players to his new club Genoa, causing the financial failure of Como.[citation needed] They returned to the rebranded Serie C2, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in 2008, after having won the Girone B of Serie D.[2] Como finally returned to Serie C1 (Lega Pro Prima Divisione) after promotion play-offs after defeating Rodengo Saiano with 1–1 aggregate and Alessandria with 4–1 aggregate.[citation needed] In 2015, Como finished fourth in the third-tier, now called Lega Pro.[citation needed] They qualified for the promotion play-offs and earned promotion to Serie B after beating Bassano Virtus in the two-legged final 2–0 on aggregate.[citation needed] They were relegated back down to Lega Pro the following season.[citation needed]
F.C. Como / Como 1907edit
New economic problems arose in the 2016–17 season, forcing the club to be declared out of business and put on auction.[clarification needed][citation needed] At the fourth auction, the assets of the club were acquired by Akosua Puni Essien, wife of the Ghanaian footballer Michael Essien and first foreign businesswoman in Italian football (via her company F.C. Como S.r.l.).[7]
Since 2012–13 season, a yearly award is given at the end of the season in order to recognize the team's best player or staff member. The trophy is named after Stefano Borgonovo and is organized by the club's supporters.
^Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (2 October 2020). "Elenco delle società C.R. Lombardia" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ ab"Cosenza e Como, promozione in C2" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2008.[permanent dead link]
^ ab"Stagione Sportiva 2017/2018 Comunicato Ufficiale N°14 del 14/8/2017" [Sporting season 2017/2018 Official Statement N°14 of 14/8/2017] (PDF) (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
^"Ecco come salverò il Como". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 29 December 2004. from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
^. Camera dei deputati (in Italian). 30 June 2005. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
^ (in Italian). Lega Pro. Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2010.
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^"LEGA PRO: L'ESITO DEL CONSIGLIO DIRETTIVO" (Press release) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 3 July 2017. from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^"Comunicato Ufficiale N°191/A (2016–17)" [Press Release N°191/A (2016–17)] (PDF) (Press release) (in Italian). FIGC. 30 June 2017. (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^"Como 1907 ammesso in sovrannumero alla serie D intanto arriva il nuovo sponsor tecnico" (in Italian). Espansione TV. 2 August 2017. from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ (Press release) (in Italian). Serie D. 11 August 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^Mahar, Muhammad Ikhsan (30 August 2022). "Como 1907, Wujud Ambisi Grup Djarum di Sepak Bola". kompas.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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Nickname s I Lariani Those from Lake Como Gli Azzurri The Blues I Biancoblu The Blue and Whites I Voltiani The Voltaics Founded1907 117 years ago 1907 as Como Foot Ball Club GroundStadio Giuseppe SinigagliaCapacity13 602OwnerSENT Entertainment Djarum Group Head coachOsian Roberts caretaker LeagueSerie B2022 23Serie B 13th of 20WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird coloursCurrent seasonComo were in Serie A in 2002 03 this was followed by three consecutive relegations culminating in demotion to Serie C2 at the end of the 2004 05 following a playoff 2 1 on aggregate with Novara Calcio Financially overstretched they were declared bankrupt and excluded from participation in Italian professional football They were immediately admitted to Serie D the top level of non professional football in Italy where they spent three seasons before earning promotion back to Serie C2 in the 2007 08 season 2 After a further bankruptcy in 2016 a new company re founded the club in 2017 and was admitted to Serie D for the 2017 18 season 3 Contents 1 History 1 1 Bankruptcy and brief promotion to Serie B 1 2 F C Como Como 1907 2 Players 2 1 Current squad 2 2 Primavera 2 3 Out on loan 2 4 Notable former players 2 4 1 Internationals 2 5 Trofeo Borgonovo 3 Honours 3 1 League 3 2 Cups 4 Divisional movements 5 References 6 External linksHistory editComo were first promoted to Serie A in 1949 and enjoyed tone a respectable tone four year stay before relegation the next 20 years were spent moving between Serie B and C but more often the former citation needed A revival in the 1970s saw the club emerge as contenders for promotion to Serie A this was achieved in 1975 but despite the best efforts of players such as Alessandro Scanziani they would last only a season citation needed They would slump tone to C1 by 1978 but with a rebuilt team containing stars tone like Pietro Vierchowod would achieve successive promotions and a two year stay in Serie A 1980 82 citation needed Como managed another promotion to the top flight in 1984 with a five year stint in Serie A proving the club s most successful period of recent times citation needed The strikeforce of Dan Corneliusson and Stefano Borgonovo oversaw a 9th place finish in 1986 which was repeated the following year with far fewer goals scored citation needed The club s defence led by hard man tone Pasquale Bruno proved more than up to the task tone however citation needed Relegation in 1989 precipitated a rapid decline with Como spending most of the 1990s in Serie C1 with the exception of 1994 95 citation needed Former Chelsea and Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini spent a year on loan at Como citation needed Bankruptcy and brief promotion to Serie B edit The 21st century saw Como experience a brief revival Promotion to Serie B in 2001 was marred by an appallingly tone how violent incident in a game against Modena resulting in captain Massimiliano Ferrigno being handed a three year ban clarification needed citation needed They nonetheless managed promotion to Serie A in the 2002 03 season citation needed However the return to Serie A proved a major disappointment tone with the side in the bottom two all season and a ban on games at the Sinigaglia after crowd violence citation needed Successive relegations have caused financial difficulties in December 2004 the club was declared bankrupted 4 No investor was successful to take over the club as the bid from Preziosi was denied 5 thus the company Calcio Como S p A was liquidated Thanks to FIGC regulation a new entity Calcio Como S r l 6 was allowed to admit into 2005 06 Serie D The liquidator also found former chairman Enrico Preziosi had transferred some assets such as the contracts of the players to his new club Genoa causing the financial failure of Como citation needed They returned to the rebranded Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in 2008 after having won the Girone B of Serie D 2 Como finally returned to Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione after promotion play offs after defeating Rodengo Saiano with 1 1 aggregate and Alessandria with 4 1 aggregate citation needed In 2015 Como finished fourth in the third tier now called Lega Pro citation needed They qualified for the promotion play offs and earned promotion to Serie B after beating Bassano Virtus in the two legged final 2 0 on aggregate citation needed They were relegated back down to Lega Pro the following season citation needed F C Como Como 1907 edit New economic problems arose in the 2016 17 season forcing the club to be declared out of business and put on auction clarification needed citation needed At the fourth auction the assets of the club were acquired by Akosua Puni Essien wife of the Ghanaian footballer Michael Essien and first foreign businesswoman in Italian football via her company F C Como S r l 7 However Italian Football Federation FIGC rejected the application of F C Como as Como s successor in 2017 18 Serie C 8 as the club did not fulfill all the criteria in the Article 52 of N O I F 9 At the start of season another company Como 1907 S r l 3 was admitted to 2017 18 Serie D instead excising another sub clause of the Article 52 10 11 After winning the Round B of Serie D Como returned to professional football in 2019 citation needed Since 2019 the club has been owned by Indonesian company Djarum Group led by Michael Hartono and Robert Budi Hartono and sponsored by Djarum subsidiary Mola since 2021 Former Chelsea and Millwall player Dennis Wise has been appointed as president Other minority shareholders include Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas 12 Players editCurrent squad edit As of 2 February 2024 13 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp CRO Adrian Semper2 DF nbsp ITA Edoardo Goldaniga3 DF nbsp ITA Marco Sala4 DF nbsp ITA Matteo Solini5 DF nbsp ITA Marco Curto on loan from Sudtirol 6 MF nbsp ITA Alessio Iovine7 MF nbsp BEL Moutir Chajia8 MF nbsp ITA Daniele Baselli9 FW nbsp ITA Alessandro Gabrielloni10 FW nbsp ITA Patrick Cutrone12 GK nbsp ITA Pierre Bolchini14 MF nbsp ITA Alessandro Bellemo21 FW nbsp BRA Gabriel Strefezza on loan from Lecce 22 GK nbsp ITA Mauro Vigorito No Pos Nation Player23 FW nbsp USA Nicholas Gioacchini26 DF nbsp NED Cas Odenthal27 MF nbsp AUT Matthias Braunoder on loan from Austria Vienna 28 MF nbsp DEN Oliver Abildgaard33 MF nbsp FRA Lucas Da Cunha44 DF nbsp CYP Nicholas Ioannou70 MF nbsp SUI Samuel Ballet77 FW nbsp CMR Jean Pierre Nsame84 DF nbsp ITA Tommaso Cassandro90 FW nbsp ITA Simone Verdi93 DF nbsp ITA Federico Barba94 MF nbsp CIV Ben Lhassine Kone on loan from Torino 99 FW nbsp ITA Tommaso FumagalliPrimavera edit Main article Como 1907 Youth Sector As of 2 February 2024Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player11 MF nbsp IRL Naj Razi15 DF nbsp BRA Fellipe Jack on loan from Palmeiras 17 FW nbsp ITA Federico Chinetti No Pos Nation Player18 MF nbsp ITA Giuseppe Mazzaglia31 GK nbsp ITA Matteo Piombino32 MF nbsp ITA Fabio RispoliOut on loan edit As of 7 February 2024Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player GK nbsp ITA Simone Ghidotti at Avellino until 30 June 2024 DF nbsp SVK Peter Kovacik at nbsp Podbrezova until 30 June 2024 DF nbsp ITA Diego Ronco at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2024 DF nbsp ITA Luca Vignali at Spezia until 30 June 2024 MF nbsp ITA Tommaso Arrigoni at Sudtirol until 30 June 2024 No Pos Nation Player MF nbsp ITA Marco Tremolada at Renate until 30 June 2024 FW nbsp ITA Alberto Cerri at Empoli until 30 June 2024 FW nbsp IRL Liam Kerrigan at Novara until 30 June 2024 FW nbsp AUT Marlon Mustapha at nbsp Fortuna Dusseldorf until 30 June 2024 Notable former players edit Further information Category Como 1907 players Internationals edit The following is a list of Como players that were internationals whilst playing for the team 14 nbsp Migjen Basha nbsp Zito Luvumbo nbsp Joshua Brillante Olympics nbsp Matthias Braunoder U21 nbsp Dieter Mirnegg nbsp Dirceu nbsp Milton Olympics nbsp Kristiyan Trenchev U18 U19 nbsp Vedin Music nbsp Doris Fuakumputu nbsp Stjepan Tomas nbsp Nicholas Ioannou nbsp Naj Razi U19 nbsp Massimo Albiero U21 nbsp Giuseppe Ambrosino U20 nbsp Enrico Annoni U21 nbsp Nicolo Barella U19 nbsp Candido Beretta U21 nbsp Stefano Borgonovo U21 nbsp Nicola Corrent U21 nbsp Davide Dionigi U21 nbsp Roberto Galia U21 nbsp Vittorio Ghiandi U21 nbsp Salvatore Giunta U21 nbsp Renzo Gobbo U21 nbsp Aristide Guarneri U21 nbsp Roberto Lorenzini U21 nbsp Gianfranco Matteoli U21 nbsp Marco Nicoletti U21 nbsp Egidio Notaristefano U21 nbsp Matteo Papaccioli U16 nbsp Franco Pedroni U21 nbsp Matteo Pessina U19 nbsp Felice Piccolo U21 nbsp Umberto Pinardi U21 nbsp Simone Scuffet U21 nbsp Marco Simone U21 nbsp Angelo Turconi U21 nbsp Pietro Vierchowod nbsp Amrit Bansal McNulty U21 nbsp Nikola Lazetic nbsp Dan Corneliusson nbsp Nelson Abeijon Trofeo Borgonovo edit Since 2012 13 season a yearly award is given at the end of the season in order to recognize the team s best player or staff member The trophy is named after Stefano Borgonovo and is organized by the club s supporters Up to 2021 22 season following were awarded 15 2012 13 nbsp Alfredo Donnarumma 2013 14 nbsp Giuseppe Le Noci 2014 15 nbsp Simone Andrea Ganz 2015 16 nbsp Daniel Bessa 2016 17 nbsp Luca Zanotti 2017 18 nbsp Matteo Kucich 2018 19 nbsp Alessandro Gabrielloni 2019 20 nbsp Alberto Giughello team doctor 2020 21 nbsp Massimiliano Gatto 2021 22 nbsp Davide Facchin 2022 23 nbsp Alberto CerriHonours editLeague edit Serie B Winners 1948 49 1979 80 2001 02 Serie C Winners 1930 31 1967 68 1978 79 2020 21 Serie D Winners 2007 08 2018 19Cups edit Coppa Italia Serie C Winners 1996 97 Coppa Italia Serie D Winners 2007 08Divisional movements editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message Series Years First Last Best result Promotions RelegationsA 13 1949 50 2002 03 6th 1950 nbsp 5 1953 1976 1982 1989 2003 B 35 1931 32 2021 22 Winner 1949 1980 2002 nbsp 5 1949 1975 1980 1984 2002 nbsp 7 1935 1963 1978 1990 1995 2004 2016 C C2 34 1 1929 30 2020 21 Winner 1931 1968 1979 2021 3rd 2009 C2 nbsp 8 1931 1946 1968 1979 1994 2001 2015 2021 nbsp 1 2009 C2 nbsp 3 1936 2005 2017 83 out of 90 years of professional football in Italy since 1929D R 5 2 1936 37 2018 19 Winner 2008 2019 nbsp 3 1938 2008 2019 neverReferences edit Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio 2 October 2020 Elenco delle societa C R Lombardia PDF Archived PDF from the original on 18 June 2021 Retrieved 11 October 2020 a b Cosenza e Como promozione in C2 in Italian Corriere dello Sport 27 April 2008 Retrieved 27 April 2008 permanent dead link a b Stagione Sportiva 2017 2018 Comunicato Ufficiale N 14 del 14 8 2017 Sporting season 2017 2018 Official Statement N 14 of 14 8 2017 PDF in Italian Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Archived PDF from the original on 25 August 2017 Retrieved 25 August 2017 Ecco come salvero il Como La Gazzetta dello Sport in Italian 29 December 2004 Archived from the original on 12 August 2017 Retrieved 4 June 2014 Questioni relative al fallimento della societa di calcio Como n 2 01566 Camera dei deputati in Italian 30 June 2005 Archived from the original on 1 September 2011 Retrieved 20 June 2011 Como in Italian Lega Pro Archived from the original on 29 July 2010 Retrieved 7 August 2010 Il Como e di Lady Essien Vi porteremo in serie B 16 March 2017 Archived from the original on 25 April 2017 Retrieved 16 April 2017 LEGA PRO L ESITO DEL CONSIGLIO DIRETTIVO Press release in Italian Lega Pro 3 July 2017 Archived from the original on 30 July 2017 Retrieved 4 July 2017 Comunicato Ufficiale N 191 A 2016 17 Press Release N 191 A 2016 17 PDF Press release in Italian FIGC 30 June 2017 Archived PDF from the original on 3 July 2017 Retrieved 4 July 2017 Como 1907 ammesso in sovrannumero alla serie D intanto arriva il nuovo sponsor tecnico in Italian Espansione TV 2 August 2017 Archived from the original on 5 August 2017 Retrieved 10 August 2017 Serie D 2017 2018 I gironi Press release in Italian Serie D 11 August 2017 Archived from the original on 23 June 2018 Retrieved 12 August 2017 Mahar Muhammad Ikhsan 30 August 2022 Como 1907 Wujud Ambisi Grup Djarum di Sepak Bola kompas id in Indonesian Retrieved 31 January 2024 Prima Squadra in Italian Como 1907 Retrieved 31 January 2024 Como 1907 Como football club Archived from the original on 10 November 2021 Retrieved 10 November 2021 Trofeo Borgonovo La 10ª edizione e di Facchin 13 May 2022 Archived from the original on 27 September 2022 Retrieved 19 June 2022 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