U.S. Pergolettese 1932

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.

Pergolettese
Full nameUnione Sportiva Pergolettese
1932 Srl
Nickname(s)Pergo, Cannibali (Cannibals), Canarini (Canaries)
Founded1932
2012 (refounded)
GroundStadio Giuseppe Voltini,
Crema, Italy
Capacity4,095
ChairmanMassimiliano Marinelli
ManagerMatteo Contini
LeagueSerie C
2019–20Serie C Group A, 16th of 20

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, A.S. Pizzighettone[3] moved to city of Crema and changed its name to U.S. Pergolettese 1932 in order to continue the soccer 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 is twinned with that of Piacenza, because of the common enmity towards the Cremona team, the Cremonese and maintains relations of friendship with the fans of Benevento, of Nuoro and the Belgians Union Saint-Gilloise team in Brussels.

They have strong rivalries against teams of Crema, of Mantova, of the Pro Patria, Trento, Fanfulla, Sant'Angelo Lodigiano 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 31 January 2020[5].

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 Simone Ghidotti (on loan from Fiorentina)
2 DF  ITA Gabriele Fanti (on loan from Atalanta)
3 DF  ITA Luca Villa (on loan from Renate)
4 MF  ITA Antonio Illuminato (on loan from Napoli)
5 DF  ITA Luca Mosti (on loan from Arezzo)
6 MF  ITA Michel Panatti
7 FW  ITA Nicola Ciccone
8 MF  ITA Alessio Manzoni (captain)
9 FW  ITA Giancarlo Malcore
10 FW  ITA Stefano Franchi
11 MF  ITA Leonardo Muchetti
12 GK  ITA Leonardo Uzzo
13 DF  ITA Matteo Lucenti
14 DF  CIV Aboubakar Bakayoko
15 MF  ITA Giovanni Sbrissa
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  ITA Matteo Brero
17 FW  ITA Francesco Pio Russo
18 MF  ITA Marco Roma
20 MF  ITA Simone Ferrari (on loan from Brescia)
21 FW  ITA Mattia Morello
22 GK  ITA Thomas Romboli (on loan from Livorno)
23 FW  ITA Alessio Canessa (on loan from Livorno)
24 FW  ITA Lorenzo Faini (on loan from Brescia)
25 DF  ITA Alessio Girgi
26 FW  ITA Elia Bortoluz
27 DF  SEN Mohamed Coly
28 FW  ENG DJ Buffonge (on loan from Spezia)
29 MF  ITA Cristian Agnelli
35 MF  ITA Edoardo Duca (on loan from Modena)

Notable former players

Pictures
  • Former logo Pergocrema
  • Current logo Pergolettese
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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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