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| Full name | Como 1907S.r.l. | ||
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| Nicknames | ILariani (Those fromLake Como) I Biancoblù (The Blue and Whites) IVoltiani (TheVoltaics) | ||
| Founded | 25 May 1907; 118 years ago (1907-05-25) (asComo Foot-Ball Club) 2017 (refounded) | ||
| Ground | Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia | ||
| Capacity | 13,602 | ||
| Owner | Djarum Group | ||
| President | Mirwan Suwarso | ||
| Head coach | Cesc Fàbregas | ||
| League | Serie A | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie A, 10th of 20 | ||
| Website | comofootball | ||
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Como 1907 (Italian pronunciation:[ˈkɔːmo]) is an Italian professionalfootball club based inComo,Lombardy. The club competes in theSerie A, the first tier ofItalian football, after achieving promotion in the2023–24 Serie B season.[1][2]
Founded in 1907 as Como Foot-Ball Club, the club adoptedroyal blue as its colours, and has played its home matches in 13,602-capacityStadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia since 1928.[3] The club currently has the richest club owners in Italian football after the club was bought by the Hartono brothers (Robert Budi Hartono andMichael Bambang Hartono) throughDjarum Group on 2019.[4] The club's minority shareholders include its current head coach,Cesc Fàbregas, and football legendThierry Henry.[5][6]
Como's first season in the top flight of Italian football was in the1913–14 Prima Categoria, and remained there until relegation in 1922. Como secured their illustrious history in the1930–31 season, asGedeon Lukács led a triumphant promotion toSerie B, where Como finished unbeaten in both regular season and the play-offs of thePrima Divisione, scoring 90 goals in 32 matches and conceded only 24 goals.
Consecutive relegations in 2000s have caused financial difficulties to Como. In 2004, the club were declared bankrupt and excluded from participation in Italian professional football. They were immediately admitted toSerie D, the top level of non-professional football in Italy, where they spent three seasons before earning promotion back to Serie C2 in 2007.[7] After a further bankruptcy in 2016, a new company re-founded the club in 2017 and was admitted to Serie D.[8]
Since being bought by the Hartono brothers, who were ranked the 64th and 66th richest men byForbes in 2022 and the richest football club owners in Italy in 2024,[9][10] the club returned to Serie B, and in 2024, for the first time in 21 years, was promoted to Serie A.[11][12]
The club was founded on 25 May 1907 asComo Foot-Ball Club, by a committee of members gathered at the Taroni bar, located in the central Via Cinque Giornate, the first headquarters of the club.[13][14] In the first years after its foundation, Como played friendly matches and local tournaments, competing against teams fromMilan andSwitzerland.[14] On 1 October 1911, the club took part in the inauguration of the Campo via dei Mille by playing in a friendly match, defeating Bellinzona 3–1. Como then used the ground to host their home matches for the next few years.[14]
In 1912, after merging with the student club "Minerva", the club participated in the qualification for entry into thePrima Categoria. On 20 October, in the first round, the club was defeated 3–1 bySavona inTurin. Como was therefore registered in the LombardyPromozione group, and played its first match on 17 November 1912 with a 5–0 win overBrescia at Campo via dei Mille.[15] The club's first appearance in top-flight competition was in the1913–14 Prima Categoria, after the team was invited to join, and remained there until 1922.[15][16]
In 1927, Como merged withEsperia and was renamedAssociazione Calcio Comense, which won the Coppa Volta in the same year, eliminatingInter 3–0 in the semi-final and beatingGenoa 1–0 in the final.[14] In the following year, the club moved their home ground toStadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, after stadium was inaugurated on 30 July 1927. Como secured their illustrious history in the1930–31 season, asGedeon Lukács led a triumphant promotion toSerie B, where Como finished unbeaten in both regular season and the play-offs of thePrima Divisione, scoring 90 goals in 32 matches and conceded only 24 goals. The following year, in their first experience of Serie B, the Como side comfortably avoided relegation, finishing in ninth place with a youngMarco Romano as their top scorer.[14]
World War II dramatically affected the entire Italian football movement, but Como managed to bounce back. In 1945 when there was no national championship, the club won theTorneo Benefico Lombardo (Tournament for Lombard clubs) which includedMilan,Ambrosiana-Inter,Novara and other Lombard clubs.[14] After the war, Como competed in Serie B and spent three years battling for the top spot before finally being promoted toSerie A for the first time in 1949 withMario Varglien as their coach.[14] Como's first experience in the top division lasted four years, where in their first year, they finished in sixth position with the same points asTorino in fifth.[14] In the following seasons, Como aroused sympathy throughout the peninsula for their choice to field only Italian players in their third year in Serie A. The club also became the sole leader of Serie A for the first time in its history when on 23 September 1951 after the third day of the1951–52 Serie A season, one point ahead of Inter,Juventus, Milan andNapoli.[17]
In the early 1960s, Como's campaign in the second division had to be stopped following the "Bessi case", a case that began at the start of the1962–63 Serie B season when the club fielded defenderPaolo Bessi for five matches, who had just been bought from Tau Altopascio without knowing that the player was not yet finished serving the disqualification sentence imposed on him by the Tuscany Regional Committee of theLega Nazionale Dilettanti.[14] After saving themselves on the pitch, Como were punished with five default defeats which saw them relegated toSerie C. In their first year of relegation to Serie C, the club finished third in Group A after a squad completely rejuvenated and renewed by coachVinicio Viani, withBruno Ballarini andGiovanni Invernizzi remaining the club's mainstays. After four years in Serie C, promotion finally came in the1967–68 season when the team finished top of Group A under coachFranco Viviani and still led by historic captain Bruno Ballarini, Como's record appearance holder in the competitive matches.[14]
In the1973–74 season, following the arrival ofGiuseppe Marchioro as coach, Como again fought for promotion with a solid defense ofAntonio Rigamonti andVito Callioni, but the team could only finish in a fourth place.[14] The following season, still managed by Marchioro and with the contribution of rising starMarco Tardelli, a second promotion to Serie A arrived, but the team lasted only a season before being relegated back to Serie B.[14] After being relegated toSerie C1 in 1978, Como were once again coached by Marchioro supported by sporting director Lamberti, immediately gaining two consecutive promotions by winning Serie C1 in1978–79 season season and Serie B in1979–80 season withAdriano Lombardi as their best player.[14] They then remained in Serie A for two seasons.[14]
Como managed another promotion to the top flight in 1984, with a five-year stint in Serie A proving the club's most successful period. The strikeforce ofDan Corneliusson andStefano Borgonovo oversaw a 9th-place finish in 1986, which was repeated the following year with far fewer goals scored.[14] The club's defence, led by hard manPasquale Bruno, proved more than up to the task.[14] Two consecutive relegations to C1 in the 1990s led to a poor decade for Como, who found themselves floating for most of the 1990s in Serie C1.[14] The only exception to those poor years was when they managed to gain promotion to Serie B in the1994–95 season.[14] Como also won the1996–97 Coppa Italia Serie C, beatingNocerina in the two-legged final with an aggregate score of 4–2.[14]
The 21st century saw Como experience a brief revival. Promotion to Serie B in 2001 was marred by an appallingly violent incident in a game against Modena, resulting in captain Massimiliano Ferrigno being handed a three-year ban. They nonetheless managed promotion to Serie A in the2002–03 season; however, the return to Serie A proved a major disappointment with the side in the bottom two all season, and a ban on games at the Sinigaglia after crowd violence. Consecutive relegations have caused financial difficulties; in December 2004 the club was declaredbankrupted.[18] No investor was successful to take over the club as the bid fromEnrico Preziosi was denied, and thus the company Calcio Como S.p.A. was liquidated.[19] Due to FIGC regulation, a new entity, which was named Calcio Como S.r.l., was allowed to admit into2005–06 Serie D.[20] The liquidator also found former chairman Preziosi had transferred some assets such as the contracts of the players to his new club Genoa, causing the financial failure in Como. In the2007–08 season, Como won the Girone B of Serie D by finishing top of the group, and earned promotion to the fourth-tier,Lega Pro Seconda Divisione the following season.[7] In this season, the club also won theCoppa Italia Serie D after beatingColligiana with an aggregate score of 3–1 in the two-legged final. In 2009, Como finally returned to the third-tierLega Pro Prima Divisione, by winning the promotion play-off after defeatingRodengo Saiano with 1–1 aggregate andAlessandria with 4–1 aggregate. In 2015, Como finished fourth in the third-tier. They qualified for the promotion play-offs and earned promotion to Serie B after beatingBassano Virtus with an aggregate score of 2–0 in the two-legged final. They were relegated back down to Lega Pro the following season.
New economic problems arose in the 2016–17 season, forcing the club to be declared out of business and put on auction. At the fourth auction, the assets of the club were acquired by Akosua Puni Essien, wife of the Ghanaian footballerMichael Essien and which is alson the first foreign businesswoman in Italian football (through her company F.C. Como S.r.l.).[21] TheItalian Football Federation (FIGC) rejected the application of F.C. Como as Como's successor in2017–18 Serie C, as the club did not fulfill all the criteria in theArticle 52 of N.O.I.F.[22][23] At the start of season, another company, which was named Como 1907 S.r.l., was admitted to2017–18 Serie D instead, excising another sub-clause of the Article 52.[8][24][25]
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In 2019, the club was acquired by Indonesian tobacco companyDjarum Group, led byRobert Budi Hartono andMichael Bambang Hartono, after the club won the Girone B of2018–19 Serie D despite tobacco advertising ban in football since 1987. Como returned to professional football that year under the ownership of the brothers, who as of 2022, earns €4 million per hour according toForbes.[26] From 2021 to 2024, the club is sponsored by Djarum's streaming service subsidiary,Mola. In 2021, formerChelsea playerDennis Wise was appointed CEO of the club after previously playing an advisory role since 2019.[27][28] In the2021–22 season, former club playerGiacomo Gattuso was appointed as coach and managed to survive the Serie B relegation zone by finishing in thirteenth position, the club's best result in the last twenty years in the second division. That result was repeated in the2022–23 season, with the club finishing the season in thirteenth place once again under Moreno Longo, who replaced Gattuso who had to leave the club due to personal reasons midway through the season. In August 2022, formerArsenal, Chelsea andBarcelona player,Cesc Fàbregas arrived as a minority stakeholder, while also playing for the club as a player.[29] Another minority stakeholder is a French football legend,Thierry Henry who also joined later in the month.[30][31]
In the2023–24 season, the club had a good start in Serie B under Longo and rose to the top of the table, but on 13 November the club decided to sack head coachMoreno Longo and appoint Cesc Fàbregas ascaretaker manager, who did not yet have theUEFA Pro License. After the exemption granted to him expired, on 20 December Como appointed WelshmanOsian Roberts as head coach, with Fàbregas being demoted as his assistant. They finished the season in second place, earning them a return to Serie A for the following season after a 21-year absence from the top flight of Italian football. Promotion was secured on the final matchday of the season on 10 May 2024, againstCosenza which ended 1–1, making the club finish as runners-up aboveVenezia with a three-point lead and just belowParma, the Serie B champion.[32] It was originally unclear whether Como, which became the richest club in Serie A, would be able to play their home matches atStadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in the2024–25 season as the venue did not meet Serie A stadium requirements.[33][34][35][36] However, the stadium is now used.[37]
The element that has characterized almost all the badges that Como has used over the decades is the city'scoat of arms in red with a silver cross in the center. In some cases, such as in their1949–50 season, this cross was adopted in every way as a social symbol and was sewn onto the players' shirts.[38] Another element that recurs in the club's badge are the various references toLake Como.
Among the first known club badges was the one adopted in 1919 which included a brown ball, surrounded by a white band with the name of the city and the coat of arms of the city. In 1927, a change of crest occurred when Como merged withEsperia and was renamedAssociazione Calcio Comense. The badge took the form of a circle with the name of the club on top in blue, accompanied by a whitefive-pointed star, and at the bottom appeared a white cross on a red field borrowed from the city's coat arms. Since the early 1950s, a new badge was introduced, a bluemodern French shield with the club name – Calcio Como in canary letters, and the city's coat of arms emblazoned in the top left corner.[39] In 1991, a change to the badge occurred when a whiteancile was introduced, containing the city's coat of arms in the center flanked by blue waves. Above this design appeared the name of the city, while below it was the year the team was founded in blue letters. The badge has occasionally been modified in subtle ways, by changing the intensity of the colors and using different typographic letters.[40]
In 2019, the change of ownership of Como brought with it a new logo, the choice of which was once again left to a popular vote among fans. The shield bears the club's name and a lake wave design, superimposed on aGreek cross. The design is presented monochromatically in blue or white depending on the surface of the application, while the red component is completely absent.
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Historically, Como's identity colours have been light blue, traditionally used on plain shirts, accompanied by white as the colour reserved for shorts and details. In the first decades of the club, this colour was used more on Como's shirts, with the use of cross, striped or palati patterns. In the third millennium, the club colours tended to decline to royal blue,[41] which also gave rise to the nicknameBiancoblù.[42] As for the away kit, it is usually the reverse of the home kit, with occasional exceptions due to the colourful fashion of the time.
In 1926, when the club merged withEsperia asAssociazione Calcio Comense, garnet red was chosen as a sporadic condiment on the shirts.[14] Similarly, green was adopted in 1938 after the club's merger withAS Ardita.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) | Shorts sponsor |
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| 1980–81 | Superga | None | None | None | None |
| 1981–82 | Fantic Motor | ||||
| 1982–83 | Adidas | None | |||
| 1983–89 | Mita | ||||
| 1989–91 | FISAC | ||||
| 1991–93 | Umbro | Ambrosoli | |||
| 1993–94 | Palizzi Le Nazioni Due | ||||
| 1994–95 | Devis | CS Elvisim | |||
| 1995–96 | Mercedes-Benz | ||||
| 1996–98 | Erreà | Seven Salotti | |||
| 1998–99 | Polti | ||||
| 1999–00 | SAP | ||||
| 2000–01 | None | ||||
| 2001–02 | Magiste | ||||
| 2002–03 | Temporary Agenzia per il lavoro | ||||
| 2003–04 | Integra Sport Integratori | ||||
| 2004–05 | None | ||||
| 2005–06 | Lotto | Amici di Como | |||
| 2006–09 | Hawk | Union Café | |||
| 2009–10 | Legea | ||||
| 2010–11 | Fondazione Stefano Borgonovo Onlus | ||||
| 2011–12 | Amici di Como /Enerxenia / J-Teck3 (secondary) | ||||
| 2012–13 | Acsm Agam / FoxTown (secondary) | FoxTown | |||
| 2013–15 | Volvo Autopremier4 / FoxTown (secondary) | Generali INA Assitalia Agenzia di Como | |||
| 2015–16 | Verga Promozionali / FoxTown (secondary) | None | |||
| 2016–17 | Verga Promozionali / Qicasa (secondary) / FoxTown (secondary) | Genius Lab | None | ||
| 2017–18 | HS Football | Verga Promozionali / FoxTown (secondary) | Acqua S.Bernardo | ||
| 2018–19 | Verga Promozionali / T.P. Tecnologie pneumatiche (secondary) | Nuova Colombo | |||
| 2019–20 | Legea | None | Acqua S.Bernardo | ||
| 2020–21 | Randstad | ||||
| 2021–22 | Mola | Randstad | |||
| 2022–24 | Erreà | None | |||
| 2024– | Adidas | Uber | Neuberger Berman | Polytron |
Como played their first matches at the Campo di via dei Mille, located in theMunicipality of Como. The ground was inaugurated on 1 October 1911, with two friendly matches asInternazionale beatMilanese 8–0, and Como managed to beatBellinzona 3–1. The club then used the stadium to play their home matches in various competition until 1928.[14]
In the1928–29 season, Como moved to the stadium where they still play nowadays:Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, to play their home matches in thePrima Divisione. The stadium was built on the orders ofBenito Mussolini, and was named after the Italian rower and war heroGiuseppe Sinigaglia, who died in theWorld War I.[43] It was inaugurated on 30 July 1927, in an international match betweenAustria and Lombardy, which ended with 3–1 for the Austrian side.
The stadium is owned by the Municipality of Como and has a capacity of 13,602 spectators. Its construction, curated byGiovanni Greppi, is one of the first examples of rationalist architecture in Italy.[44] Although the club secured promotion toSerie A in May 2024, it remains unclear whether they will play their home games at Sinigaglia during the2024–25 season, as the stadium currently does not meet the minimum capacity requirements set by the league. Therefore, urgent work is needed before the start of the season to increase the capacity of the stadium.[36]
Comoultras movement was born with theFossa Lariana group, one of the biggest and most important ultras group of the period, which had various sections spread throughout Italy, especially inLazio in the mid-1970s.[45]
In short, Como ultras rose to prominence, rejecting the classic Italian style that was popular among the Larian ultras, characterized by drums, banners and various colors, in favor of theEnglish style[46] with theBlue Fans Como (BfC) group. After their disbandment in 2002, in town were born many groups that led theCurva Como such asLariani, Estrema Fazione, WBH (White & Blue Hooligans) andBlacklist Como all united by afar-right ideological matrix.
After the supporters suffered from the relegation and failure of the club, they rose again after the new ownership by the Indonesian companyDjarum Group in 2019.
Como ultras were then reorganized under the banner ofComo 1907, which brought together the collectives ofMaledetta Gioventù (the leading group) andSolo Cylom 1995. Other groups in theCurva Como are:Panthers 1975 (one of the oldest group still existing in Como),Distinzione Lariana, Brusà, Madness - Tugurio, Away 1907, Quelli del Lago, Old Fans andVeterani .[45][46]
One of the main motto's of the Como's supporters is "there aren't friends of Como" (Italian:Non ci sono amici di Como), which briefly summarizes the reason for many rivalries. Como's main rivalries are with its neighbouring clubs, such as theDerby del Lario againstLecco, the Derby Insubria againstVarese, and the Derby between Como andMonza which is defined as "the hottest derby in Serie B".[47]
The two clubs first played each other in Como on 19 November 1922, with the match ending in a goalless draw. The rivalry began on 4 June 1967, when Monza beat Como 1–0 in the decisive promotion play-off match of the Serie B.[48] It became more intense on 13 April 1980; with Monza leading 3–1, Como equalised in the last minute with a penalty. The 3–3 draw ended Monza's chances of promotion to the Serie A.[49]
Another famous rivalry is between Como andInter ultras, twinned with Varese, which led to very violent clashes especially in the 80s. Other rivalries are with the supporters ofModena,Livorno,Atalanta,Venezia,Palermo,Cremonese,Brescia,Verona,Sampdoria,Ternana,Piacenza and others.
In April 2021, a documentary seriesComo 1907: The True Story was released.
The series not only features club matches, but also explores the dynamics of the club behind the scenes in an effort to lift the Italian third-tier club from its slump, since its ownership was taken over by theDjarum Group. The documentary series was released worldwide through the Indonesian streaming service,Mola, which is also a subsidiary of the Djarum Group.[50]
The production process from the beginning of filming to post-production took one and a half years and cost aroundIDR3 billion. The making of this series was quite long since the filming process took a full club's season.[51]
In July 2025, Como 1907 announced a formalwear partnership with Italian luxury brand Brioni for the 2025–26 season.[52]
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Since 2013, a yearly award is given at the end of the season in order to recognize the team's best player or staff member. The award is calledTrofeo Brogonovo (Borgonovo Trophy), named after club legendStefano Borgonovo and is organized by the club's supporters.[54]
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| Position | Name |
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| President |  Mirwan Suwarso |
| Chief Executive Officer |  Francesco Terrazzani |
| Sporting Director | Carlalberto Ludi |
| General Secretary | Emanuela Lubian |
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| Head coach |  Cesc Fàbregas |
| Assistant coach | |
| Dani Guindos | |
| Marco Cassetti | |
| Diego Pérez | |
| Technical assistant | |
| Massimiliano Gatto | |
| Cristiano Scazzola | |
| Individual coach | Ferran Vilà Carreras |
| Goalkeeping coach | Enrico Malatesta |
| Luca Righi | |
| Fitness coach | Andrea Castellani |
| Filippo Sassi | |
| Injury recovery | Andrea Bernasconi |
| Health director | Chiara Airoldi |
| Club doctor | Alberto Giughello |
| Massage therapist and Osteopath | Alessandro Pozzoli |
| Video analyst |  Chris Galley |
| Team manager | Giuseppe Calandra |
| Physiotherapist | Simone Gallo |
| José Calvarro | |
| Sports scientist | Gavin Cheung |
| Kit man | Giancarlo Carmignani |
| Scouting director | Christian Bruccoleri |
| Team coordinator |  Osian Roberts |
Below is a list of Como managers from 1913 until the present day.
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| Series | Years | First | Last | Best result | Promotions | Relegations |
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| A | 14 | 1949–50 | 2024–25 | 6th (1950) |  5 (1953,1976,1982,1989,2003) | |
| B | 37 | 1931–32 | 2023–24 | Winners (1949,1980,2002) |  6 (1949,1975,1980,1984,2002,2024) | 7 (1935,1963,1978,1990,1995,2004,2016) |
| C | 34 +1 | 1929–30 | 2020–21 | Winners (1931,1968,1979,2021) 3rd (2009 C2) | 8 (1931,1946,1968,1979,1994,2001,2015,2021)
| 3 (1936,2005✟,2017✟) |
| 86 out of 93 years of professional football in Italy since 1929 | ||||||
| D +R | 5 +2 | 1936–37 | 2018–19 | Winners (2008,2019) | 3 (1938,2008,2019) | |
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