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Pergolettese
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Full name Unione Sportiva Pergolettese
1932 Srl
Nickname(s) Pergo, Cannibali (Cannibals), Canarini (Canaries)
Founded 1932
2012 (refounded)
Ground Stadio Giuseppe Voltini,
Crema, Italy
Ground Capacity 4,095
Chairman Massimiliano Marinelli
Manager Alberto Villa
League Serie C Group A
2018–19 Serie D Group D, 1st of 18 (promoted)

Unione Sportiva Pergolettese 1932 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.

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 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.

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.

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Players

Current squad

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No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Stefano Rubbi (on loan from Monza)
2 Italy DF Daniel Tonoli
3 Italy DF Alessandro Lambrughi
4 Italy MF Mariano Arini
5 Italy DF Federico Bevilacqua (on loan from Frosinone)
6 Italy DF Leonardo Gabelli (on loan from Spezia)
7 Italy MF Davide Bariti
8 Italy MF Andrea Mazzarani
9 Italy FW Alessandro Corti
10 Ecuador MF Kevin Varas
11 Spain FW Bernat Guiu
12 Italy GK Marco Cattaneo
13 Italy DF Matteo Lucenti
No. Position Player
14 Italy DF Luca Villa
15 Italy MF Lorenzo Andreoli
17 Italy FW Rosario Cancello
18 Italy MF Matteo Figoli
19 Japan FW Hide Vitalucci
21 Italy FW Mattia Iori
22 Italy GK Matteo Soncin
24 Italy MF Federico Artioli (on loan from Sassuolo)
26 Italy MF Edoardo Ruani
27 Italy FW Fabio Abiuso (on loan from Modena)
28 Italy DF Nicolò Verzeni
35 Italy DF Stefano Piccinini (on loan from Sassuolo)
97 Italy FW Michele Volpe (on loan from Frosinone)

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See also

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