F.C. Crotone

Crotone
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Full name	Football Club Crotone SRL
Nickname(s)	Pitagorici (Pythagoreans); Squali (Sharks); Rossoblu (Red-Blue)
Founded	1923; 102 years ago
Ground	Ezio Scida,; Crotone, Italy
Capacity	9,631
Chairman	Raffaele Vrenna
Manager	Ivan Jurić
League	Serie B
2014–15	Serie B, 16th
Website	Club home page
	Current season

Football Club Crotone is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in Serie B, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 9,631-seat capacity.

History

The first team from Crotone, Milone Crotone, was founded in 1923 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, begun 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 (he was often suspected of collaboration with local mafia), starting in the Promozione (7th level). Crotone gained successive promotions to Serie C2 and C1, winning in the playoffs 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.

Colors and badge

Team colours are dark blue and red.

Current squad

As of 1 September 2015.^[1]

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
2	MF	Adrian Stoian
3	DF	Claiton
4	MF	Antonio Galardo (Captain)
5	DF	Michele Cremonesi
6	DF	Eloge Koffi Yao (on loan from Inter Milan)
7	FW	Federico Ricci (on loan from Roma)
8	DF	Mihai Bălașa (on loan from Roma)
9	FW	Mamadou Tounkara (on loan from Lazio)
10	FW	Pietro De Giorgio
11	FW	Giuseppe Torromino
12	GK	Luca Maniero
13	DF	Gianmarco Ferrari
14	FW	Raffaele Palladino
15	MF	Davide Leto
16	DF	Manuel Nicoletti

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Ante Budimir (on loan from St. Pauli)
18	MF	Andrea Barberis
19	MF	Matteo Paro
20	MF	Aniello Salzano
21	MF	Iacopo Galli
22	GK	Marco Festa
23	DF	Francesco Modesto
24	DF	Bruno Martella
25	DF	Alessio Sabbione (on loan from Carpi)
26	FW	Andrea Tripicchio
27	DF	Giuseppe Zampano
28	MF	Leonardo Capezzi (on loan from Fiorentina)
29	FW	Marco Firenze
30	DF	Luca Bruno
33	GK	Aniello Viscovo
	FW	Juan Delgado

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
2		DF	Ravy Dozi (at Paganese)
17		DF	Mirko Esposito (at Paganese)

No.		Position	Player
21		FW	Davide Voltan (at Bassano Virtus)
		MF	Tomislav Šarić (at Osijek)

Managers

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–)

References

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External links

↑ La rosa del F.C. Crotone Prima squadra

[1] La rosa del F.C. Crotone Prima squadra

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