Cesena FC
| 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.C Cesena 2018 as Cesena Football Club | |||
| Ground | Orogel Stadium - Dino Manuzzi | |||
| Capacity | 20,194 | |||
| Chairman | John Aiello Mike Melby Anthony Scotto[1] | |||
| Head coach | Ashley Cole | |||
| 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
Foundation
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
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
R.C. Cesena
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
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
The current shirt colors are black and white, so that the nickname of the club is "bianconeri".
Stadiums
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
Leagues
Current squad
- As of 5 February 2026[9]
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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Cesena Primavera
- As of 22 August 2025
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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Out on loan
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
- As of 15 March 2026[10]
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Ashley Cole |
| Assistant coach | Jack Mesure |
| Athletic coach | Giorgio D'Urbano |
| Goalkeeping coach | Federico Agliardi |
| Assistant athletic coach | Luca Lancioni Filippo Medda |
| Technical assistants | Massimo Magrini Paolo Stringara Nicola Capellini |
| Team manager | Matteo Visani |
| Club manager | Alberto Santarelli |
| Referee caretaker | Fiorenzo Treossi |
| Head of medical staff | Giorgio Gandolfi |
| First team doctors | Antonio Argentoni Gianluigi Sella |
| Physiotherapists | Costantino Cucciniello Francesco Canali Stefano Valentini |
| Nutritionist | Michela Lantignotti |
References
- ^ "LA SOCIETÀ" (in Italian). Cesena FC. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Il Romagna Centro per rafforzare il vivaio del Cesena: accordo fatto". Cesena Today (in Italian). 4 July 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Cesena Prima Squadra". Cesena FC (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Staff Tecnico" (in Italian). Cesena FC. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
External links
- Official website (in Italian)