F.C. Crotone

FC Crotone

Full name

Football Club Crotone

Nickname(s)

Pitagorici (Pythagoreans)
Squali (Sharks)
Rossoblu (Red-Blue)

Founded

1910

Ground

Ezio Scida

Capacity

16,547

Chairman

Raffaele Vrenna

Manager

Davide Nicola

League

Serie A

2015–16

Serie B, 2nd (promoted)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Football Club Crotone is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1910, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 9,547-seat capacity. From the 2016–17 season, the club will play its first season in Serie A.

History

The first team from Crotone, Milone Crotone, was founded in 1910 and participated in several minor leagues including Prima Divisione (which later would be known as Serie C). Following World War II, a new club, Unione Sportiva Crotone replaced the previous one, playing seven seasons in Serie C.

In 1963 the club was relegated to Serie D, but returned to the third division the following year, remanining there for fourteen consecutive seasons, missing promotion in 1977 when finishing third behind Bari and Paganese. In 1978, following the Italian football league reorganisation, Crotone was relegated to Serie C2 and the following year was declared bankrupt. A new club, Associazione Sportiva Crotone, began competing again in the Prima Categoria (eighth division).

Crotone was promoted to Serie C2 in 1984–85, but only for one season. The team's name was changed to Kroton Calcio, and the club was promoted again to C2 after the 1986–87 season, where it played until 1991. A second bankruptcy led to the foundation of Football Club Crotone Calcio with Raffaele Vrenna as chairman, starting in the Promozione (7th level). Crotone gained successive promotions to Serie C2 and C1, winning in the play-offs against Locri and Benevento, respectively.

Under Antonello Cuccureddu, Crotone first reached Serie B in 2000, returning to the second level two seasons later. Again in division two in 2004, after disposing of Viterbese in the promotion play-offs, it remained in the category until the 2006–07 season.

After being beaten by Taranto in the 2008 play-offs, Crotone returned to the second division the following season, defeating Benevento.

The team was promoted to the Italian top flight (Serie A), for the 2016–17 season for the first time in its history.^[1]

Colors and badge

Team colours are dark blue and red.

Current squad

As of 06 September, 2016.^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Alex Cordaz
3	DF	Claiton
5	GK	Marco Festa
6	MF	Marcus Rohdén
7	FW	Raffaele Palladino
8	MF	Lorenzo Crisetig (on loan from Bologna)
9	FW	Andrea Nalini
10	FW	Pietro De Giorgio
11	FW	Diego Falcinelli (on loan from Sassuolo)
12	MF	Adrian Stoian
13	DF	Gianmarco Ferrari (on loan from Sassuolo)
14	MF	Eddy Gnahoré (on loan from Napoli)
15	DF	Djamel Mesbah
17	DF	Federico Ceccherini
18	MF	Andrea Barberis

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Aniello Salzano
21	DF	Giuseppe Cuomo
22	MF	Aleandro Rosi (on loan from Genoa)
23	DF	Noë Dussenne
24	MF	Aleksandar Tonev
28	MF	Leonardo Capezzi
29	FW	Marcello Trotta (on loan from Sassuolo)
31	DF	Mario Sampirisi
33	GK	Aniello Viscovo
77	MF	Nicolò Fazzi
87	MF	Bruno Martella
95	GK	Valentin Cojocaru (on loan from Steaua București)
98	DF	Manuel Nicoletti
99	FW	Simy

Primavera squad

As of 19 July 2016.^[3]

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

No.	Position	Player
–	GK	Michal Lewandowski
–	GK	Umberto Pettinato
–	GK	Nerjus Tabokas
30	GK	Aniello Viscovo

–	DF	Francesco Amaranto
–	DF	Giuseppe Faiello
–	DF	Adolfo Federico
–	DF	Nicola Lombardo

–	DF	Ibrahime Mbaye
–	DF	Giuseppe Potrone
–	DF	Cristian Riggio
–	DF	Salvatore Serleti
–	MF	Mario Aggiorno

No.	Position	Player
–	MF	Felice Cimino
–	MF	Jacopo Drago
–	MF	Robinson Brito
–	MF	Antonio Zaccaria

–	FW	Pietro Bartolotti
–	FW	Antonio Colacchio
–	FW	Edgaras Dubickas
–	FW	Mario Fiorentino
–	FW	Gianfranco Galli

–	FW	Donatas Konikas
–	FW	Alessandro Godano
–	FW	Daniele Pupa
–	FW	Andrea Tripicchio
–	FW	Nicodemo Spagnolo

Managers

Antonio Bacchetti (1954–55)
Bruno Giordano (1996–97)
Antonello Cuccureddu (1999–01)
Giuseppe Papadopulo (2000–01)
Antonio Cabrini (2001)
Stefano Cuoghi (2001–02)
Franco Selvaggi (2002)
Gian Piero Gasperini (2003–06)
Andrea Agostinelli (2004–05)
Elio Gustinetti (2006–07)
Guido Carboni (2007)
Francesco Moriero (2008–09)
Franco Lerda (2009–10)
Leonardo Menichini (2010)
Eugenio Corini (2010–11)
Leonardo Menichini (2010–12)
Massimo Drago (2012–15)
Ivan Jurić (2015–2016)
Davide Nicola (2016–)

References

↑ "Crotone promoted to Serie A for first time in their history". espnfc.com. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
↑ La rosa del F.C. Crotone Prima squadra
↑ La rosa del F.C. Crotone Primavera

External links

Serie A

2016–17 clubs	Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Chievo Crotone Empoli Fiorentina Genoa Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Palermo Pescara Roma Sampdoria Sassuolo Torino Udinese

Former clubs	Alessandria Ancona Ascoli Avellino Bari Brescia Carpi Casale Catania Catanzaro Cesena Como Cremonese Foggia Frosinone Hellas Verona Lecce Lecco Legnano Livorno Lucchese Mantova Messina Modena Novara Padova Parma Perugia Piacenza Pisa Pistoiese Pro Patria Pro Vercelli Reggiana Reggina Salernitana Siena SPAL Ternana Treviso Triestina Varese Venezia Vicenza

Organisations	Lega Serie A Lega Calcio (defunct)

Competition	Champions Foreign players Managers Broadcasters

Statistics and awards	Records Average attendances Team of the Year Footballer of the Year Coach of the Year Goalkeeper of the Year Referee of the Year Football Club of the Year Italian Footballer of the Year Foreign Footballer of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Defender of the Year Top scorers Players with 100+ goals

Finances	Richest clubs: Deloitte list Forbes' list

Associated competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Serie B Lega Pro Serie D European UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Serie A seasons

Prima Categoria Prima Divisione Divisione Nazionale	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29

Other	1921–22 (C.C.I.)^† 1944 1945–46^†

Serie A seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

^†Championships recognized as official by the Italian Football Federation

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio defunct

League competitions	Serie A Prima Divisione defunct Divisione Nazionale defunct Serie B Lega Pro Lega Pro Prima Divisione defunct Lega Pro Seconda Divisione defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione defunct Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana

Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 Italian football scandal Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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