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 Abbate
LeagueSerie C Group A
2022–23Serie C Group A, 11th 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.

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 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 1 September 2023.[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 Italy ITA Marco Cattaneo
2 DF Italy ITA Daniel Tonoli
3 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Lambrughi
4 MF Italy ITA Mariano Arini
5 MF Italy ITA Matteo Figoli
6 MF Italy ITA Lorenzo Andreoli
7 MF Italy ITA Davide Bariti
8 MF Italy ITA Jacopo Cerasani
9 FW Italy ITA Alessandro Piu
10 MF Italy ITA Andrea Mazzarani
11 FW Spain ESP Bernat Guiu
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Italy ITA Gian Filippo Felicioli
18 MF Italy ITA Federico Artioli (on loan from Sassuolo)
22 GK Italy ITA Matteo Soncin
30 DF Italy ITA Riccardo Bignami
31 MF Italy ITA Christian Aucelli (on loan from Sassuolo)
33 DF Italy ITA Mattia Capoferri
35 DF Italy ITA Stefano Piccinini (on loan from Sassuolo)
70 FW Italy ITA Federico Caia (on loan from Hellas Verona)
80 MF Italy ITA Zaid Jaouhari
99 FW Italy ITA Luigi Caccavo (on loan from Torino)

Pictures

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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