Cesena FC
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| Full name | Cesena Football Club | |||
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| Nicknames | I Cavallucci Marini (The Seahorses) I Bianconeri (The White and Blacks) | |||
| Founded | 1940 as A.S.D. Romagna Centro 2018 as Cesena Football Club | |||
| Ground | Orogel Stadium - Dino Manuzzi | |||
| Capacity | 20,194 | |||
| Chairman | John Aiello Anthony Scotto[1] | |||
| Manager | Michele Mignani | |||
| League | Serie B | |||
| 2024–25 | Serie B, 7th of 20 | |||
| Website | cesenafc.com | |||
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Cesena Football Club is an Italian professional football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. It currently plays in the Serie B, after promotion from the Serie C in 2023–24. It has claimed to be the phoenix club of AC Cesena since 2018, the year that the club folded.
History
[edit | edit source]Foundation
[edit | edit source]In July 2018 A.S.D. Romagna Centro, or known as Romagna Centro, applied to rename as "Cesena F.C.", as a phoenix club of A.C. Cesena.[2]
Serie D
[edit | edit source]After going bankrupt in 2018, the Associazione Calcio Cesena restarted its activities the following year with a new club called Cesena Football Club. It restarted from Serie D, immediately winning its first championship, and thus rising to Serie C in the 2018-2019 season. He then played five championships in Serie C, from 2019-2020 to 2023-2024, the year in which he won the Serie C championship, in group B, thus returning to Serie B exactly six years after bankruptcy. In the 2024-2025 season he will therefore play his 33rd Serie B championship
R.C. Cesena
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In July 2018, after the bankruptcy of the main football team of the city, A.C. Cesena, a group of local businessmen acquired Romagna Centro and proposed to rename it to Cesena F.C., to act as a phoenix club. However, the image rights of A.C. Cesena were acquired later.[3] The club played a friendly match against Romanian club Universitatea Cluj in 2018–19 pre-season.[4] In July 2018, Romagna Centro announced that the youth sector would train with former A.C. Cesena players.[5] However, the club was later known as Cesena F.C., and was assigned to Group F of 2018–19 Serie D.[6]
Cesena FC
[edit | edit source]The club was renamed Cesena Football Club.
In the 2019–20 season, the club competed in the Serie C's Girone B.
In 2023–24 season, Cesena secured promotion to the following season's Serie B as Serie C Girone B champion.
Colours and badge
[edit | edit source]The current shirt colors are black and white, so that the nickname of the club is "bianconeri".
Stadiums
[edit | edit source]The club play their home matches in Stadio Dino Manuzzi,[7][8] the larger stadium in the city.
The stadium is quite famous in Italy, and has also hosted some Euro 2019 U-21 matches, charity matches and some other events like concerts, as of Rockin'1000
Honours
[edit | edit source]Leagues
[edit | edit source]Current squad
[edit | edit source]- As of 19 September 2025[9]
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Cesena Primavera
[edit | edit source]- As of 22 August 2025
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Out on loan
[edit | edit source]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical staff
[edit | edit source]- As of 26 October 2024[10]
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Italy Michele Mignani |
| Assistant coach | Italy Simone Vergassola |
| Athletic coach | Italy Giorgio D'Urbano |
| Goalkeeping coach | Italy Antonello Degiorgi Italy Giuseppe Mammoliti |
| Assistant athletic coach | Italy Massimo Magrini Italy Filippo Medda |
| Technical assistant | Italy Davide Campofranco |
| Match analyst | Italy Emanuele Insalata |
| Team manager | Italy Matteo Visani |
| Club manager | Italy Alberto Santarelli |
| Referee caretaker | Italy Fiorenzo Treossi |
| Head of medical staff | Italy Gianluigi Sella |
| First team doctor | Italy Eva Bernardi Italy Antonio Argentoni Italy Giorgio Gandolfi |
| Physiotherapist | Italy Costantino Cucciniello Italy Francesco Canali Italy Stefano Valentini |
References
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External links
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