Unione Sportiva Cremonese, commonly referred to as Cremonese, is an Italian football club based in Cremona, Lombardy, which plays in the Serie B following their relegation from the top flight in the 2022–23 season.

Cremonese was in the Serie A in its first season, 1929–30, but entered a long period of decline, languishing in the lower leagues before the late 1970s. By 1984, they had achieved promotion to Serie A, with one-year spells in 1984–85, 1989–90 and 1991–92.

Cremonese had a successful run in the 1992–93 Anglo-Italian Cup, beating Bari 4–1 in the semi-final, and Derby County 3–1 in the final at the old Wembley Stadium, Cremonese's scorers were Corrado Verdelli, Riccardo Maspero and Andrea Tentoni, with Derby's goal scored by Marco Gabbiadini.^[1]

Under Luigi Simoni, Cremonese returned to Serie A in the 1993–94 season. With a side containing quality in the form of defenders Luigi Gualco and Corrado Verdelli, midfield playmaker Riccardo Maspero and forwards Andrea Tentoni and Matjaž Florijančič, Cremonese held their own in Serie A with a 10th-place finish in 1993–94, but would be relegated in the 1995–96 season.

Relegation resulted in the decline of the club, plummeting to Serie C2 by 2000, before achieving successive promotions back to Serie B by 2005. Giovanni Dall'Igna, another defender from the Serie A years, returned to the club. However, Cremonese were relegated to Serie C1 in the 2005–06 season. Cremonese have tried to return to Serie B since: they had a good attempt in the 2009–10 season, when they were beaten by Varese in the promotion play-off final (2–1 on aggregate). Eventually they succeeded in 2017. In the 2021–22 Serie B, Cremonese finished second to earn promotion to the 2022–23 Serie A.^[2] Despite achieving promotion, coach Fabio Pecchia resigned from his post.^[3]

As of 18 February 2025^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Andrea Fulignati (on loan from Catanzaro) 4 DF  ITA Tommaso Barbieri 5 DF  ITA Luca Ravanelli 6 MF  COD Charles Pickel 7 MF  BRA Paulo Azzi 8 MF  ITA Mattia Valoti 9 FW  ITA Manuel De Luca 11 FW  NOR Dennis Johnsen 12 GK  ITA Giacomo Drago (on loan from Südtirol) 14 MF  ITA Francesco Gelli (on loan from Frosinone) 15 DF  ITA Matteo Bianchetti (captain) 18 MF  ITA Michele Collocolo 19 MF  ITA Michele Castagnetti

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  ARG Franco Vázquez 21 GK  ITA Gianluca Saro 23 DF  ITA Federico Ceccherini 26 DF  BUL Valentin Antov (on loan from Monza) 27 MF  BEL Jari Vandeputte (on loan from Catanzaro) 30 GK  SWE Jakob Tånnander 37 MF  SVN Žan Majer 42 DF  ITA Lorenzo Moretti 55 DF  ITA Francesco Folino 90 FW  ITA Federico Bonazzoli 98 MF  ITA Luca Zanimacchia 99 FW  ITA Marco Nasti

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 91 MF  ITA Andrea Bertolacci

As of 9 February 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  ITA Francesco Tommasi 22 GK  SVK Adrián Malovec 25 DF  ITA Daniele Triacca

No. Pos. Nation Player 55 DF  ALB Denis Prendi 57 MF  GEO Dachi Lordkipanidze 97 FW  ITA Giacomo Gabbiani

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  SEN Mouhamadou Sarr (at Spezia until 30 June 2025) — GK  DEN Andreas Jungdal (at Westerlo until 30 June 2025) — DF  ITA Eddy Cabianca (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2025) — DF  ITA Luca Munaretti (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2025) — DF  SEN Maissa Ndiaye (at Turris until 30 June 2025) — DF  ITA Giacomo Quagliata (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2025) — DF  ITA Samuele Regazzetti (at Lumezzane until 30 June 2025) — DF  ITA Yuri Rocchetti (at Juve Stabia until 30 June 2025) — DF  ITA Mattia Scaringi (at Giana Erminio until 30 June 2025) — DF  ITA Leonardo Sernicola (at Pisa until 30 June 2025) — DF  GEO Luka Lochoshvili (at Salernitana until 30 June 2025) — MF  ITA Christian Acella (at Alcione until 30 June 2025) — MF  ITA Alessio Brambilla (at Feralpisalò until 30 June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  URU César Falletti (at Bari until 30 June 2025) — MF  ITA Joshua Tenkorang (at Lumezzane until 30 June 2025) — MF  ITA Salvatore Dore (at Legnago until 30 June 2025) — MF  ITA Tommaso Milanese (at Carrarese until 30 June 2025) — FW  GHA Felix Afena-Gyan (at Juventus Next Gen until 30 June 2025) — FW  ITA Alberto Basso Ricci (at Legnago until 30 June 2025) — FW  ITA Michele Bigonzoni (at Campobasso until 30 June 2025) — FW  ITA Blue Mamona (at Messina until 30 June 2025) — FW  NGA David Okereke (at Gaziantep until 30 June 2025) — FW  DEN David Stückler (at Giana Erminio until 30 June 2025) — FW  ITA Frank Tsadjout (at Frosinone until 30 June 2025) — FW  ITA Marco Zunno (at Foggia until 30 June 2025)

Some of the famous players who played for Cremonese include:

• Antonio Cabrini
• Enrico Chiesa
• Giovanni Dall'Igna
• Giuseppe Favalli
• Riccardo Maspero
• Michelangelo Rampulla
• Corrado Verdelli
• Gianluca Vialli
• Pasquale Vivolo
• Gustavo Dezotti
• John Aloisi
• Juary
• Władysław Żmuda
• Matjaž Florijančič
• Anders Limpar

Position	Name
Head coach	Giovanni Stroppa
Assistant coach	Andrea Guerra
Technical coach	Giuseppe Brescia
Fitness coach	Fabio Allevi Andrea Primitivi Giovanni Saffioti
Rehab coach	Cristian Freghieri
Goalkeeper coach	Nicola Dibitonto Andrea Sardini
Match analyst	Vittorio Vona
Head of medical staff	Dott. Diego Giuliani
Club doctor	Dott. Alberto Gheza Dott. Francesco Toscani
Physiotherapist	Carlo Bentivoglio Lorenzo Franchi Davide Mazzoleni Gian Paolo Fagni
Nutritionist	Enrico Macciantelli
Team Manager	Federico Dall’Asta
Sporting director	Simone Giacchetta

Series	Years	Last	Promotions	Relegations
A	8	2022–23	–	5 (1930, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1996, 2023)
B	31	2021–22	5 (1984, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2022)	7 (1935, 1938, 1951, 1978, 1997, 1999, 2006)
C C2	43 4	2016–17	7 (1936, 1942, 1977, 1981, 1998, 2005, 2017) 1 (2004 C2)	1 (1999 C1) 3 (1952, 1967, 1969)
86 out of 91 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D	5	1970–71	3 (1954, 1968, 1971)	Never

• Official website (in Italian)
• Profile at Serie B (in Italian)