U.S._Pergocrema_1932
US Pergolettese 1932
Italian football club
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.
| Full name | Unione Sportiva Pergolettese 1932 Srl | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Pergo, Cannibali (Cannibals), Canarini (Canaries) | ||
| Founded | 1932 2012 (refounded) | ||
| Ground | Stadio Giuseppe Voltini, Crema, Italy | ||
| Capacity | 4,095 | ||
| Chairman | Massimiliano Marinelli | ||
| Manager | Giovanni Mussa | ||
| League | Serie C Group A | ||
| 2022–23 | Serie C Group A, 11th of 20 | ||
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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, 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.
The team's colors are yellow and blue. The badge is a yellow shield with a blue oblique stripe with written inside "Pergolettese".
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.
Current squad
- As of 19 January 2024.[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- Current logo Pergolettese
- "Pergolettese squad". Soccerway.
- Official Site (in Italian)