A.C. Cesena

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Cesena

Full name

Associazione Calcio
Cesena SpA

Nickname(s)

Cavalluccio Marino (Seahorses)

Founded

1940

Ground

Stadio Dino Manuzzi,
Cesena, Italy
(Capacity 23,860)

Chairman

Igor Campedelli

Manager

Giovanni Vavassori

League

Serie B

2006-07

Serie B, 16th





Home colours





Away colours

Associazione Calcio Cesena is a football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned there in 2004 after four seasons in Serie C. Its last Serie A stint ended in 1991. The team's colors are white and black.

1 History
2 Current squad
3 Notable former players
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Founded in 1940, Cesena reached Serie B in 1968 and were promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1973. With players such as Pierluigi Cera and Gianluigi Savoldi, the club held its own and finished a respectable 11th place in their debut season, repeating that finish the following year. In 1975-76, Cesena surprised everybody by finishing 6th and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. The glory was short-lived and they would be relegated the next year.

A second promotion to Serie A followed in 1981 and finished a respectable 10th before being relegated once more in 1983, staying in Serie B for four years. After winning a play-off, they were back in Serie A for 1987-88 and enjoyed a four-year stay, being obdurate enough to just avoid relegation in this time.

After relegation in 1991, Cesena had another chance to return to Serie A in 1994. With players such as Alessandro Teodorani, Emiliano Salvetti, Luigi Piangerelli, Aldo Dolcetti and Dario Hübner, this was a team of considerable ability. However, they finished level on points with Padova, and lost a promotion play-off which would be a bitter blow for the club, who would suffer relegation to Serie C1 in 1997. Whilst promotion followed, a relegation play-off against Pistoiese in 2000 would see them condemned to a four-year stay in the third division.

In the 2005–06 Serie B league, Cesena surprisingly emerged as contenders for promotion to Serie A, ending in sixth place and being therefore qualified for the promotion playoffs. They escaped relegation the following season.

[edit] Current squad

As of 2008-03-19^[1]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Artur Moraes
2	DF	Christian Jidayi
3	DF	Maurizio Lauro
4	DF	Denis Tonucci
5	DF	Fabio Cusaro
6	DF	Roberto Cortellini
7	MF	Daniele Croce
8	MF	Gennaro Esposito
9	FW	Davide Moscardelli
10	MF	Emiliano Salvetti (captain)
11	FW	Salvatore Aurelio
12	GK	Andrea Rossini (from youth team)
14	MF	Andrea Paolucci (on loan from Fiorentina)
15	DF	Marco Turati
16	FW	Milan Đurić (from youth team)
17	MF	Blažej Vaščák (on loan from Lecce)

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Luigi Pagliuca
19	FW	Andrea Ferretti
20	DF	Roberto Biserni
22	MF	Stefano Botta (on loan from Genoa)
23	MF	Giuseppe De Feudis
24	DF	Dario Biasi
25	DF	Daniel Ola
26	FW	Ricardo Villar
27	DF	Doudou Diaw
30	DF	Nebil Caidi
32	GK	Mariano Renna (from youth team)
35	FW	Daniele Paponi (on loan from Parma)
37	MF	Nicola Campedelli
43	GK	Alessio Sarti
99	DF	Giuseppe Cardone