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| Full name | Unione Sportiva Pergolettese 1932Srl | ||
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| Nicknames | Pergo,Cannibali (Cannibals),Canarini (Canaries) | ||
| Founded | 1932 2012 (refounded) | ||
| Ground | Stadio Giuseppe Voltini, Crema,Italy | ||
| Capacity | 4,095 | ||
| Chairman | Massimiliano Marinelli | ||
| Manager | Mario Tacchinardi | ||
| League | Serie C Group A | ||
| 2024–25 | Serie C Group A, 14th of 20 | ||
Unione Sportiva Pergolettese 1932[1] is anItalian association football club, based inCrema,province of Cremona, Lombardy. It currently plays inSerie C, the third level of Italian football.
The origins of the football inCrema go back to 1932 whenU.S. Pergolettese was founded in Pergoletto, a suburb of the town.
In 1974 the club was renamedU.S. Pergocrema 1932.
In theSerie C2 2007–08 regular season the team finished first in Girone A, winning direct promotion to the now calledLega Pro Prima Divisione for the 2008–09 season. In that season Pergocrema obtain an historical 11th place, the best result of all times for the team.
In the2009-10 Lega Pro Season, Pergocrema finished 15th and were forced to play in the relegation playoffs. They were matched up against 16th-placedPro Patria, and survived by being the higher classified team after the 2-legged playout finished in a 3–3 aggregate tie.
On 20 June 2012 with the club in strong financial difficulty, Pergocrema was declared bankrupt by the court of Crema and the team was disbanded.[2]
The club generated paper-profit by sellingDiego Manzoni for €500,000 in 2009 but directly in exchange for two playersFrancesco Pambianchi andNiccolò Galli for €250,000 each. In June 2011, one year before the bankruptcy, both players returned to Parma for €125,000 each but again in pure exchange deal, forMakris Petrozzi for €250,000.
At the end of the2011–12 Serie D season,Pizzighettone[3] moved to city ofCrema and changed its name toU.S. Pergolettese 1932 in order to continue the football history ofU.S. Pergocrema 1932.[4]
Pergolettese was promoted to2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in 2013. The club returned to professionalism in 2019 after winning theSerie D/C title against the likes of fallen giantsModena andReggio Audace (formerly Reggiana), under the tenure of formerSerie A defenderMatteo Contini as head coach.
The team's colors are yellow and blue. The badge is a yellow shield with a blue oblique stripe with written inside "Pergolettese".
The fans of Pergolettese are allied with fans ofPiacenza, because of the common enmity towards the fans fromCremona, theCremonese. The fans also maintain friendships with the fans ofBenevento,Nuorese and the BelgianUnion Saint-Gilloise fans fromBrussels.
They contest thecity derby withAC Crema, with whom they share their stadium. They also have strong rivalries withMantova,Pro Patria,Trento,Fanfulla,Sant'Angelo andLecco.
The most famous organized groups of fans can remember leBrigate, theCannyballs, theUltras Pergo 93, andStoned Again.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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