Cosenza Calcio

For the historical club, see Cosenza Calcio 1914.

Cosenza

Full name	Cosenza 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")
Founded	1914;110 years ago (1914)
Ground	Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla, Cosenza, Italy
Capacity	20,987
Owner	Eugenio Guarascio
Chairman	Eugenio Guarascio [1]
Manager	Massimiliano Alvini
League	Serie B
2023–24	Serie B, 9th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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

Found in 1914 as Cosenza Calcio.

History

Cosenza Calcio

Main article: Cosenza Calcio 1914

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

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ITA Alessandro Micai 2 DF   ITA Baldovino Cimino 4 DF   ITA Pietro Martino 5 DF   ITA Michele Camporese 6 MF   BRA Charlys(on loan from Verona ) 10 FW   ITA Tommaso Fumagalli(on loan from Como ) 11 DF   ITA Tommaso D'Orazio (captain) 12 GK   ITA Gabriele Baldi 15 DF   ITA Christian Dalle Mura 16 DF   ITA Manuel Ricciardi 17 DF   ITA Alessandro Caporale 18 MF   GHA Bright Gyamfi 19 FW   ITA Riccardo Ciervo (on loan from Sassuolo ) 20 MF   ITA Andrea Rizzo Pinna 21 FW   ITA Massimo Zilli

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK   ITA Thomas Vettorel 23 DF   ITA Michael Venturi 24 MF   ITA José Mauri 28 MF   CIV Christian Kouan 29 DF   ITA Filippo Sgarbi 30 FW   ITA Simone Mazzocchi (on loan from Atalanta ) 34 MF   ITA Aldo Florenzi 36 FW   AUS Jahce Novello 39 MF   GRE Christos Kourfalidis 55 DF   BUL Andrea Hristov 90 MF   ITA Gianmarco Begheldo — DF   ITA Giacomo Ricci — FW   NED Mohamed Sankoh (on loan from VfB Stuttgart ) — FW   ITA Luca Strizzolo (on loan from Modena )

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. Nation Player — GK   ITA Alessandro Lai

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. Nation Player — FW   ITA Gennaro Tutino (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2025)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	William Viali
Assistant coach	Lorenzo Bertolucci
Goalkeeper coach	Antonio Fischetti
Fitness coach	Giancarlo Volpe
Kinetotherapist	Domenico Lucchetta
Physiotherapist	Italo Marsico
Physiotherapist	Simone Arnone
Chief doctor	Ippolito Bonofiglio
Club doctor	Enrico Costabile

Honours

• Coppa Italia Lega Pro: 2014–15
• Serie D: 1958–59

References

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3. "Comunicato Ufficiale N°38/A (2003–04)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 31 July 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
4. "CAMBIO DI DENOMINAZIONE SOCIALE" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
5. "Comunicato Ufficiale N°19/A (2011–12)" (PDF). Consiglio Federale (Press release) (in Italian). Rome: Italian Football Federation (FIGC). 18 July 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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8. "C.U. N°35/CDN (2013–14)" (PDF). CDN (Press release) (in Italian). FIGC. 19 November 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
9. "C.U. N°72/A (2013–14)" (PDF). Presidente Federale (Press release) (in Italian). FIGC. 11 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
10. "Il Nuovo Cosenza Calcio iscritto in serie D. Quasi pronta la sqaudra disegnata da Fiore" (in Italian). nuovacosenza.com. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
11. "Lega Nazionale Dilettanti". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
12. "Tommaso Napoli è il nuovo tecnico del Cosenza" (in Italian). nuovacosenza.com. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
13. "Summary - Serie D - Italy - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
14. "Summary - Serie D - Italy - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
15. "Il Cosenza è in Lega Pro. Il presidente Eugenio Guarascio: "Alla fine abbiamo avuto ragione"" (in Italian). Cosenza Calcio. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
16. "Il nuovo marchio: c'è la storia, c'è il lupo, c'è Cosenza" (in Italian). Cosenza Calcio. 30 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
17. "Il Cosenza Calcio conquista matematicamente la Lega Pro unica. Battuto il Gavorrano con un gol di Mosciaro" (in Italian). Cosenza Calcio. 30 March 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
18. "Dati contrastanti sulle origini del Cosenza Calcio". Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

External links

• Official website