US Pergolettese 1932

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Pergolettese
US Pergolettese 1932 (logo).svg
Full nameUnione Sportiva Pergolettese
1932 Srl
Nickname(s)Pergo, Cannibali (Cannibals), Canarini (Canaries)
Founded1932
2012 (refounded)
Ground Stadio Giuseppe Voltini,
Crema, Italy
Capacity4,095
ChairmanMassimiliano Marinelli
ManagerGiacomo Curioni
League Serie C Group A
2023–24 Serie C Group A, 14th of 20

Unione Sportiva Pergolettese 1932 [1] is an Italian association football club, based in Crema, province of Cremona, Lombardy. It currently plays in Serie C, the third level of Italian football.

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History

From Pergolettese to Pergocrema

The origins of the football in Crema go back to 1932 when U.S. Pergolettese was founded in Pergoletto, a suburb of the town.

In 1974 the club was renamed U.S. Pergocrema 1932.

In the Serie C2 2007–08 regular season the team finished first in Girone A, winning direct promotion to the now called Lega Pro Prima Divisione for the 2008–09 season. In that season Pergocrema obtain an historical 11th place, the best result of all times for the team.

In the 2009-10 Lega Pro Season, Pergocrema finished 15th and were forced to play in the relegation playoffs. They were matched up against 16th-placed Pro Patria, and survived by being the higher classified team after the 2-legged playout finished in a 3–3 aggregate tie.

The bankruptcy and rebirth

On 20 June 2012 with the club in strong financial difficulty, Pergocrema was declared bankrupt by the court of Crema and the team was disbanded. [2]

The club generated paper-profit by selling Diego Manzoni for €500,000 in 2009 but directly in exchange for two players Francesco Pambianchi and Niccolò Galli for €250,000 each. In June 2011, one year before the bankruptcy, both players returned to Parma for €125,000 each but again in pure exchange deal, for Makris Petrozzi for €250,000.

At the end of the 2011–12 Serie D season, Pizzighettone [3] moved to city of Crema and changed its name to U.S. Pergolettese 1932 in order to continue the football history of U.S. Pergocrema 1932. [4]

Pergolettese was promoted to 2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in 2013. The club returned to professionalism in 2019 after winning the Serie D/C title against the likes of fallen giants Modena and Reggio Audace (formerly Reggiana), under the tenure of former Serie A defender Matteo Contini as head coach.

Colors and badge

The team's colors are yellow and blue. The badge is a yellow shield with a blue oblique stripe with written inside "Pergolettese".

Supporters and rivalries

The fans of Pergolettese are allied with fans of Piacenza, because of the common enmity towards the fans from Cremona, the Cremonese. The fans also maintain friendships with the fans of Benevento, Nuorese and the Belgian Union Saint-Gilloise fans from Brussels.

They contest the city derby with AC Crema, with whom they share their stadium. They also have strong rivalries with Mantova, Pro Patria, Trento, Fanfulla, Sant'Angelo and Lecco.

The most famous organized groups of fans can remember le Brigate, the Cannyballs, the Ultras Pergo 93, and Stoned Again.

Players

Current squad

As of 7 January 2025. [5]

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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lorenzo Cordaro
2 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Daniel Tonoli
3 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesco Vanazzi
4 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Mariano Arini
5 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Riccardo Bignami
6 MF Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Lukas Mondele (on loan from Modena )
7 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Piu
9 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sean Parker
11 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Jacopo Cerasani
12 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sebastiano Dordoni
14 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Lambrughi
15 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Francesco Stante(on loan from Inter Milan )
16 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Alessandro Albertini
17 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Fabio Scarsella
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Damiano Basili
20 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Riccardo Pietrelli
21 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Samuele Careccia
22 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Paolo Raimondi
24 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Andrea Schiavini
26 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Matteo Lecchi
27 FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Gabriel Sartori
29 GK Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Lorenzo Abati(on loan from SPAL )
33 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Mattia Capoferri
34 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Edoardo Olivieri(on loan from Modena )
70 MF Flag of Niger.svg  NIG Salim Abubakar (on loan from Sassuolo )
80 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Zaid Jaouhari
90 MF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Nicola Anelli
92 DF Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Evan Bouabre(on loan from Frosinone )

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References

  1. ↑ Si chiama Pergolettese 1932. Soluzione trovata grazie ad Alloni
  2. ↑ Il Pergocrema è fallito - Calcio - LaProvinciadiCremona
  3. ↑ UFFICIALE: Nasce la Pergolettese, in Serie D col titolo del Pizzighettone – Lombardia Calcio
  4. ↑ Crema on line | Crema, ora è ufficiale, ecco la Pergolettese
  5. ↑ "Pergolettese squad". Soccerway.
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