Cosenza Calcio

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Cosenza
Cosenza Calcio logo.png
Full nameCosenza Calcio S.r.l.
Nickname(s)Lupi (Wolves)
Rossoblù (Red-blues)
Silani ("silans", for the name of the area where the city is located, "Sila")
Founded1914;110 years ago (1914)
Ground Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla,
Cosenza, Italy
Capacity20,987
OwnerEugenio Guarascio
ChairmanEugenio Guarascio [1]
Manager Massimiliano Alvini
League Serie B
2023–24 Serie B, 9th of 20
Website http://www.ilcosenza.it
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Cosenza Calcio S.r.l. is an Italian football club, based in Cosenza, Calabria. Currently the team plays in Serie B.

Contents

Found in 1914 as Cosenza Calcio.

History

Cosenza Calcio

The club was founded in 1914 as "Società Sportiva Fortitudo" [2] (the year 1914 is a reference to the first historic match played by the club on 23 February 1914) and enjoyed a long time in the professional leagues, spending several years in the Serie B. They also won the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1983. In 2003, Cosenza 1914 was expelled from professional league. [3]

In 2003 an illegitimate phoenix club was found as A.S. Cosenza F.C.. In 2004, old Cosenza won the appeal and was admitted to 2004–05 Serie D. Thus that season there was a derby. In 2005 new Cosenza switched its denomination into A.S. Cosenza Calcio, [4] after the fall of old Cosenza.

Cosenza Calcio 1914 Srl

Cosenza lineup in 2008-09 Cosenza Calcio 1914.jpg
Cosenza lineup in 2008–09
Tifosi in May 2008 Tifosi Cosenza Calcio.jpg
Tifosi in May 2008

In 2007, A.S. Cosenza Calcio gave up its Serie D membership, but all the team players later joined new club Fortitudo Cosenza, born as relocation of Rende Calcio, a team from the neighbouring city of Rende which was relegated to Serie D in 2006–07 season and moved to Cosenza soon after. The new club quickly managed to win the Serie D/Girone I championship in 2007–08, ensuring a place back into the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (the renamed Serie C2) for the 2008–09 season.

Three seasons in professionalism

Following this, the new club renamed itself, taking the old historical denomination of Cosenza Calcio 1914 S.r.l. with the aim to rise up the Italian football pyramid. In 2008–09, their first season in the Lega Pro, Cosenza showed all of their intentions by winning the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/Girone C championship. The team played the 2009–10 season in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione/Girone B, finishing 11th in the table.

At the end of the 2010–11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season the team was relegated after losing the playoff. The team was then excluded from professional Championship by Co.Vi.So.C. of Italian Football Federation [5] and it didn't appeal.

During the professional seasons, former chairman Damiano Paletta was suspended in June 2009 for 6 months for irregularities in administration. [6] The ban was reduced after an appeal. [7]

For the bankruptcy of Cosenza Calcio 1914 S.r.l., former managers Eugenio Funari, Paolo Pagliuso (former chairman) and his son Luca Pagliuso, Giuseppe Citrigno and Francesco Iannucci were banned from football for 2 years to 5 years. due to irregularities in management. [8]

In 2013 the membership of Cosenza Calcio 1914 S.r.l. was finally revoked. [9]

Nuova Cosenza Calcio

In mid-2011 the club was refounded as Nuova Cosenza Calcio and restarted from Serie D [10] [11] After a mediocre start, they sacked coach Enzo Patania and hired Tommaso Napoli. [12] They won nine and drew seven without a loss to finish the regular season in second place to HinterReggio in Group I and entered in the promotion playoffs. [13] They won six in a row to become champions of the playoffs. [14] The club won the promotion playoffs by beating SandonàJesoloCalcio 3–2 in the final, but not being automatically promoted shall remain still in Serie D.

On 5 August 2013, the team announced that it was promoted to the professional league, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. [15] Circa 2013 the club refer itself simply as Cosenza Calcio, [16] a name change in Italian Chamber of Commerce was done some time later.

Cosenza was promoted again to the unified 2014–15 Lega Pro after ending the 2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season in fourth place. The team mathematically secured the promotion in March 2014. [17]

In 2018, Cosenza promoted to Serie B.

Colors and badge

The team's official colours are red and dark blue, probably in honor to Genoa C.F.C. [18] [ unreliable source? ]

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 August 2024 [19]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Micai
2 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Baldovino Cimino
4 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Pietro Martino
5 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Michele Camporese
6 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Charlys (on loan from Hellas Verona )
9 FW Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Mohamed Sankoh (on loan from VfB Stuttgart )
10 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Tommaso Fumagalli(on loan from Como )
11 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Tommaso D'Orazio (captain)
12 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Gabriele Baldi
15 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Christian Dalle Mura
16 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Manuel Ricciardi
17 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Caporale
18 DF Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Bright Gyamfi
19 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Riccardo Ciervo (on loan from Sassuolo )
20 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andrea Rizzo Pinna
No.Pos.NationPlayer
21 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Massimo Zilli
22 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Thomas Vettorel
23 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Michael Venturi
24 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA José Mauri
28 MF Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Christian Kouan
29 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Filippo Sgarbi
30 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Simone Mazzocchi (on loan from Atalanta )
31 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Giacomo Ricci
32 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Luca Strizzolo (on loan from Modena )
34 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Aldo Florenzi
36 FW Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jahce Novello
39 MF Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Christos Kourfalidis
55 DF Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Andrea Hristov
90 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Gianmarco Begheldo

Other players under contract

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Lai

Cosenza Calcio Primavera

As of 28 October 2024.

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
41 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Edoardo Contiero

Out on loan

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Gennaro Tutino (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2025)
FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Arioli(at Chieti until 30 June 2025)

Coaching staff

PositionName
Head coach Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Alvini
Assistant coach Flag of Italy.svg Renato Montagnolo
Technical assistant Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Bonacci
Goalkeeper coach Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Fischetti
Fitness coach Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Giuntoli
Rehab coach Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Ruffolo
Match analyst Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Imbrogno

Honours

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