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Cesena
Full name	Associazione Calcio Cesena SpA
Nickname(s)	Cavallucci Marini (Seahorses)
Founded	1940
Ground	Stadio Dino Manuzzi,; Cesena, Italy; (Capacity: 23,860)
Chairman	Igor Campedelli
Manager	Pierpaolo Bisoli
League	Serie B
2008–09	Lega Pro Prima Divisione – A, 1st (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours

Associazione Calcio Cesena is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and currently plays in Serie B. Its last Serie A stint ended in 1991. The team's colors are white and black.

[edit] History

Founded in 1940, Cesena reached Serie B in 1968 and were promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1973. With players such as Pierluigi Cera and Gianluigi Savoldi, the club held its own and finished a respectable 11th place in their debut season, repeating that finish the following year. In 1975-76, Cesena surprised everybody by finishing 6th and qualifying for the UEFA Cup. The glory was short-lived and they would be relegated the next year.

A second promotion to Serie A followed in 1981 and finished a respectable 10th before being relegated once more in 1983, staying in Serie B for four years. After winning a play-off, they were back in Serie A for 1987-88 and enjoyed a four-year stay, being obdurate enough to just avoid relegation in this time.

After relegation in 1991, Cesena had another chance to return to Serie A in 1994. With players such as Alessandro Teodorani, Emiliano Salvetti, Luigi Piangerelli, Aldo Dolcetti and Dario Hübner, this was a team of considerable ability. However, they finished level on points with Padova, and lost a promotion play-off which would be a bitter blow for the club, who would suffer relegation to Serie C1 in 1997. Whilst promotion followed, a relegation play-off against Pistoiese in 2000 would see them condemned to a four-year stay in the third division.

In the 2005–06 Serie B league, Cesena surprisingly emerged as contenders for promotion to Serie A, ending in sixth place and being therefore qualified for the promotion playoffs. They escaped relegation the following season, but not in 2007–08.

Cesena first campaign in Serie C1, now rebranded Lega Pro Prima Divisione, started with former Foligno boss Pierpaolo Bisoli as new head coach. Throughout the season, Cesena quickly emerged as major contenders for direct promotion, and managed to took first place in the league on Week 33, with only one game remaining and a two-point advantage to challengers Pro Patria. On the final week of the season, Cesena's 0–0 draw with Verona, coupled with Pro Patria's 0–0 draw with Padova, gave the bianconeri the league title and direct promotion back to Serie B, after only one season in the Italian third tier.^[2]

[edit] Current squad

As of 25 September 2009.^[3]

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Francesco Antonioli
3	DF	Maurizio Lauro
4	MF	Luca Giunchi
6	DF	Dario Biasi
7	MF	Ezequiel Matias Schelotto (on loan from Atalanta)
8	FW	Cristian Bucchi (on loan from SSC Napoli)
9	FW	Davide Sinigaglia
10	MF	Guilherme do Prado
11	FW	Franco Chiavarini
13	GK	Michele Tardioli
14	DF	Massimo Volta (on loan from Sampdoria)
15	FW	Rivolino Gavoci
16	MF	Gianluca Segarelli
17	FW	Marco Tattini
18	MF	Marco Parolo (on loan from ChievoVerona)
19	MF	Giuseppe De Feudis
20	MF	Luca Castiglia (on loan from Juventus)

No.	Position	Player
22	FW	Milan Đurić
23	FW	Emanuele Giaccherini (on loan from A.S. Roma)
25	MF	Luca Righini
26	DF	Federico Erba
27	DF	Martin Petras
28	FW	Dominique Malonga (on loan from Torino)
29	DF	Fabio Cusaro
30	MF	Marco Bonura
32	MF	Daniele Pedrelli (on loan from Inter)
44	MF	Luigi Piangerelli
56	DF	Alessio Petti
77	MF	Luca Ceccarelli
82	FW	Elpys José Espinal
88	MF	Kelvin Ewome Matute (on loan from Udinese)
90	DF	Luca Marcellini
91	GK	Alex Teodorani