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Cesena
Full nameCesena Football Club
NicknamesI Cavallucci Marini (The Seahorses)
I Bianconeri (The White and Blacks)
Founded1940; 86 years ago (1940) as A.C Cesena
2018; 8 years ago (2018) as Cesena Football Club
StadiumOrogel Stadium - Dino Manuzzi
Capacity20,194
OwnerJRL Investment Partners LLC
PresidentJonathan Aiello
Head coachAlessandro Diamanti
LeagueSerie B
2025–26Serie B, 11th of 20
Websitecesenafc.com
Current season

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

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Foundation

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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.[1]

Serie D

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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 2018–19 season.

They then played five championships in Serie C, from 2019–20 to 2023–24, 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 2024–25 season he will therefore play his 33rd Serie B championship

Cesena F.C.

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The transitional logo until the agreement with folded AC Cesena was found in late 2018

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 Cesena F.C., to act as a phoenix club. However, the image rights of A.C. Cesena were acquired later.[2] The team played a friendly match against Romanian club Universitatea Cluj in the 2018–19 pre-season.[3] In July 2018, Romagna Centro announced that the youth sector would train with former A.C. Cesena players.[4] However, the club was later known as Cesena F.C., and was assigned to Group F of the 2018–19 Serie D.[5]

The club was renamed Cesena Football Club.

In the 2019–20 season, the club competed in Serie C's Girone B.

In the 2023–24 season, Cesena secured promotion to the following season's Serie B as Serie C Girone B champions.

Recent seasons

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Season Division Tier Pos Pl W D L + - P Cup Note
as AC Cesena
2016–17 Serie B II 13 42121713 514853 Quarterfinals
2017–18 13 42111714 556150 3rd round Folded post-season due to bankruptcy. Cesena FC, a phoenix club, was admitted to Serie D
as Cesena FC
2018–19 Serie D (Group F) IV ↑ 1 382585 702983 – Promoted to Serie C
2019–20 Serie C (Group B) III 13 277911 334230 –
2020–21 7 38151211 514257 – Eliminated in the Promotion play-offs 1/16-finals to Matelica
2021–22 3 3818137 533167 – Eliminated in the Promotion play-offs 1/8-finals to Monopoli
2022–23 2 3823105 662479 – Eliminated in the Promotion play-offs semifinals to Lecco
2023–24 ↑ 1 383062 801996 1st round Promoted to Serie B
2024–25 Serie B II 7 38141113 464753 Round of 16 Eliminated in the Promotion play-offs quarterfinals to Catanzaro
2025–26 11 38121016 455646 1st round

Colours and badge

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The current shirt colors are black and white, so that the nickname of the club is "bianconeri".

Stadiums

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The club play their home matches at Stadio Dino Manuzzi,[6][7] 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, such as Rockin'1000.

Honours

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Leagues

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Current squad

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As of 10 September 2026[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ITA Alessandro Siano
2 DF  AUS Mark Natta
3 DF  ROU Antonio David
4 DF  ITA Jacopo Gelli (on loan from Frosinone)
5 MF  ITA Luca Schirone (on loan from Pineto)
6 DF  SRB Mihajlo Ilić (on loan from Bologna)
7 DF  ITA Gianluca Frabotta
8 MF  ITA Matteo Francesconi
9 FW  ALB Cristian Shpendi
10 MF  ITA Riccardo Pagano
11 FW  ITA Maat Daniel Caprini (on loan from Fiorentina)
13 GK  ITA Luca Ferretti
14 FW  NED Xavello Druiventak
15 DF  ITA Andrea Ciofi (captain)
16 FW  ITA Luca D'Andrea (on loan from Sassuolo)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  ITA Matteo Guidi
20 MF  ITA Matteo Casadei
23 DF  ITA Vittorio Magni
24 DF  ITA Massimiliano Mangraviti
25 MF  ITA Dimitri Bisoli
26 DF  ITA Matteo Piacentini
27 MF  ITA Marco Dalla Vecchia (on loan from Torino)
32 MF  NOR Emil Bohinen (on loan from Venezia)
33 GK  USA Jonathan Klinsmann
39 GK  ITA Niccolò Fontana
43 FW  ITA Filippo Bertaccini
80 FW  ITA Antonio Fiori (on loan from Mantova)
90 GK  ITA Tommaso Mazzi
91 FW  ITA Alessandro Debenedetti (on loan from Genoa)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  ITA Riccardo Biguzzi (at Prato until 30 June 2027)
— DF  FRA Mamadou Kebbeh (at Torres until 30 June 2027)
— DF  ITA Giulio Manetti (at Lecco until 30 June 2027)
— DF  ITA Simone Pieraccini (at Salernitana until 30 June 2027)
— MF  ITA Tommaso Arrigoni (at Livorno until 30 June 2027)
— MF  ITA Gianmarco Castorri (at Latina until 30 June 2027)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  ITA Roberto Ogunseye (at Giugliano until 30 June 2027)
— FW  ITA Marco Olivieri (at Arezzo until 30 June 2027)
— FW  ITA Giovanni Perini (at Forlì until 30 June 2027)
— FW  ALB Frederik Tosku (at Ostiamare until 30 June 2027)
— FW  SEN Ibrahima Papa Wade (at Ostiamare until 30 June 2027)

Technical staff

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As of 1 July 2026[9]
Position Staff
Head coachItaly Alessandro Diamanti
Assistant coachEngland Jack Mesure
Turkey Omer Riza
Athletic coachItaly Giorgio D'Urbano
Goalkeeping coachItaly Federico Agliardi
Assistant athletic coachItaly Luca Lancioni
Italy Filippo Medda
Technical assistantsItaly Massimo Magrini
Italy Paolo Stringara
Italy Nicola Capellini
Team managerItaly Matteo Visani
Club managerItaly Alberto Santarelli
Referee caretakerItaly Fiorenzo Treossi
Head of medical staffItaly Giorgio Gandolfi
First team doctorsItaly Antonio Argentoni
Italy Gianluigi Sella
PhysiotherapistsItaly Costantino Cucciniello
Italy Francesco Canali
Italy Stefano Valentini
NutritionistItaly Michela Lantignotti

References

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  1. ↑ "Scelta la cordata di Pubblisole, nasce la nuova avventura del "Cesena FC"". Cesena Today (in Italian). 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Scelta la cordata di Pubblisole, nasce la nuova avventura del "Cesena FC"". Cesena Today (in Italian). 23 July 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Studenții în Italia. "U" a făcut scor cu cei de la Romagna Centro: 8-1. Sâmbătă întâlnim Perugia!" (Press release) (in Romanian). FC Universitatea Cluj. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "COMUNICATO SETTORE GIOVANILE" (Press release) (in Italian). A.S.D. Romagna Centro Cesena. 25 July 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Gironi 2018/2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Romagna Centro-Piacenza anticipata a sabato 21 febbraio". Sport Piacenza (in Italian). 16 February 2015. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Il Romagna Centro per rafforzare il vivaio del Cesena: accordo fatto". Cesena Today (in Italian). 4 July 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Cesena First Team". Cesena FC. Retrieved 27 September 2026.
  9. ↑ "Staff Tecnico" (in Italian). Cesena FC. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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