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Como 1907

Como 1907 (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔːmo]), commonly referred to as Como, is an Italian professional football club based in Como, Lombardy. The club competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football.[1][2]

Como
Full nameComo 1907 S.r.l.
Nickname(s)I Lariani (Those from Lake Como)
Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
I Biancoblù (The Blue and Whites)
I Voltiani (The Voltaics)
Founded25 May 1907; 117 years ago (1907-05-25) (as Como Foot-Ball Club)
GroundStadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Capacity13,602
OwnerSENT Entertainment (Djarum Group)
CEOFrancesco Terrazzani
Head coachCesc Fàbregas
LeagueSerie A
2023–24Serie B, 2nd of 20 (promoted)
Websitecomofootball.com
Current season

Founded in 2024 after they got promoted to serie a and signed good players as Como Foot-Ball Club, the club adopted royal blue as its colours, and has played its home matches in 13,602-capacity Stadio 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 and Michael Bambang Hartono) through Djarum Group in 2019.[4] The club's minority shareholders include its current head coach, Cesc Fàbregas, and football legend Thierry Henry.[5][6]

Como's first season in the top flight of Italian football was in the 1913–14 Prima Categoria, and remained there until relegation in 1922. Como secured their illustrious history in the 1930–31 season, as Gedeon Lukács led a triumphant promotion to Serie B, where Como finished unbeaten in both regular season and the play-offs of the Prima 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 to Serie 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 by Forbes in 2022 and the richest men 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] Under the ownership of the Hartono brothers, Como achieved a value of €1 billion.[13]

History

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Foundation and early years

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One of the first Como squad, 1910.

The club was founded on 25 May 1907 as Como 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.[14][15] In the first years after its foundation, Como played friendly matches and local tournaments, competing against teams from Milan and Switzerland.[15] 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.[15]

In 1912, after merging with the student club "Minerva", the club participated in the qualification for entry into the Prima Categoria. On 20 October, in the first round, the club was defeated 3–1 by Savona in Turin. Como was therefore registered in the Lombardy Promozione group, and played its first match on 17 November 1912 with a 5–0 win over Brescia at Campo via dei Mille.[16] The club's first appearance in top-flight competition was in the 1913–14 Prima Categoria, after the team was invited to join, and remained there until 1922.[16][17]

In 1927, Como merged with Esperia and was renamed Associazione Calcio Comense, which won the Coppa Volta in the same year, eliminating Inter 3–0 in the semi-final and beating Genoa 1–0 in the final.[15] In the following year, the club moved their home ground to Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, after stadium was inaugurated on 30 July 1927. Como secured their illustrious history in the 1930–31 season, as Gedeon Lukács led a triumphant promotion to Serie B, where Como finished unbeaten in both regular season and the play-offs of the Prima 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 young Marco Romano as their top scorer.[15]

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 the Torneo Benefico Lombardo (Tournament for Lombard clubs) which included Milan, Ambrosiana-Inter, Novara and other Lombard clubs.[15] After the war, Como competed in Serie B and spent three years battling for the top spot before finally being promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1949 with Mario Varglien as their coach.[15] 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 as Torino in fifth.[15] 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 the 1951–52 Serie A season, one point ahead of Inter, Juventus, Milan and Napoli.[18]

Mixed times

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Como's starting line-up in the away defeat against Inter (1–2) in the 1975-76 Serie A season.

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 the 1962–63 Serie B season when the club fielded defender Paolo 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 the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti.[15] After saving themselves on the pitch, Como were punished with five default defeats which saw them relegated to Serie 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 coach Vinicio Viani, with Bruno Ballarini and Giovanni Invernizzi remaining the club's mainstays. After four years in Serie C, promotion finally came in the 1967–68 season when the team finished top of Group A under coach Franco Viviani and still led by historic captain Bruno Ballarini, Como's record appearance holder in the competitive matches.[15]

 
Dan Corneliusson (left) and Hansi Müller (right) playing for Como in the 1984–85 Serie A season.

In the 1973–74 season, following the arrival of Giuseppe Marchioro as coach, Como again fought for promotion with a solid defense of Antonio Rigamonti and Vito Callioni, but the team could only finish in a fourth place.[15] The following season, still managed by Marchioro and with the contribution of rising star Marco Tardelli, a second promotion to Serie A arrived, but the team lasted only a season before being relegated back to Serie B.[15] After being relegated to Serie C1 in 1978, Como were once again coached by Marchioro supported by sporting director Lamberti, immediately gaining two consecutive promotions by winning Serie C1 in 1978–79 season season and Serie B in 1979–80 season with Adriano Lombardi as their best player.[15] They then remained in Serie A for two seasons.[15]

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 of Dan Corneliusson and Stefano Borgonovo oversaw a 9th-place finish in 1986, which was repeated the following year with far fewer goals scored.[15] The club's defence, led by hard man Pasquale Bruno, proved more than up to the task.[15] 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.[15] The only exception to those poor years was when they managed to gain promotion to Serie B in the 1994–95 season.[15] Como also won the 1996–97 Coppa Italia Serie C, beating Nocerina in the two-legged final with an aggregate score of 4–2.[15]

Bankruptcy and brief promotion to Serie B

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Como's starting line up in the 2001–02 season.

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 the 2002–03 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 declared bankrupted.[19] No investor was successful to take over the club as the bid from Enrico Preziosi was denied, and thus the company Calcio Como S.p.A. was liquidated.[20] Due to FIGC regulation, a new entity, which was named Calcio Como S.r.l., was allowed to admit into 2005–06 Serie D.[21] 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 the 2007–08 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 the Coppa Italia Serie D after beating Colligiana with an aggregate score of 3–1 in the two-legged final. In 2009, Como finally returned to the third-tier Lega Pro Prima Divisione, by winning the promotion play-off after defeating Rodengo Saiano with 1–1 aggregate and Alessandria 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 beating Bassano 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 footballer Michael Essien and which is alson the first foreign businesswoman in Italian football (through her company F.C. Como S.r.l.).[22] The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) rejected the application of F.C. Como as Como's successor in 2017–18 Serie C, as the club did not fulfill all the criteria in the Article 52 of N.O.I.F.[23] [24] At the start of season, another company, which was named Como 1907 S.r.l., was admitted to 2017–18 Serie D instead, excising another sub-clause of the Article 52.[8][25][26]

New ownership and return to Serie A

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Como players celebrated their first promotion to Serie A after 21 years, following their match against Cosenza on the final matchday of 2023–24 season.

In 2019, the club was acquired by Indonesian company Djarum Group led by Robert Budi Hartono and Michael Bambang Hartono, after the club won the Girone B of 2018–19 Serie D. Como returned to professional football that year under the ownership of the world's richest man and in Italy according to Forbes, who as of 2022, earns €4 million per hour.[27] Since 2021, the club is sponsored by Djarum's subsidiary, Mola until 2024. In 2021, former Chelsea player Dennis Wise was appointed CEO of the club after previously playing an advisory role since 2019.[28][29] In the 2021–22 season, former club player Giacomo 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 the 2022–23 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, former Arsenal and Barcelona player, Cesc Fàbregas arrived as a minority stakeholder, while also playing for the club as a player.[30] Another minority stakeholder is a French football legend, Thierry Henry who also joined later in the month.[31][32]

In the 2023–24 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 the coach and Cesc Fàbregas stepped in as caretaker manager who did not yet have the UEFA Pro License. After the exemption granted to him expired, on 20 December Como appointed Welshman Osian Roberts as head coach, with Fàbregas being demoted as his assistant. Lariani 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, against Cosenza which ended 1–1, making the club finish as runners-up above Venezia with a three-point lead.[33] It is unclear whether Como, which became the richest club in Serie A, will be able to play their home matches at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in 2024–25 season as the venue does not meet Serie A stadium requirements.[34][35][36][37]

Colours and badge

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Badge

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Flag of the city of Como – has been the club badge worn on match kits from the origins to the mid-1920s

The element that has characterized almost all the badges that Como has used over the decades is the city's coat of arms in red with a silver cross in the center. In some cases, such as in their 1949–50 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 to Lake 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 with Esperia and was renamed Associazione Calcio Comense. The badge took the form of a circle with the name of the club on top in blue, accompanied by a white five-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 blue modern 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 white ancile 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 a Greek 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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    Logo of the Associazione Calcio Comense, used from 1927 to 1936
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    Como logo used between 1950 and 1970
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    Como logo used between 1991 and 2017
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    Como logo used since 2019

Colours

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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 nickname Biancoblù.[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 with Esperia as Associazione Calcio Comense, garnet red was chosen as a sporadic condiment on the shirts.[15] Similarly, green was adopted in 1938 after the club's merger with AS Ardita.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

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Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
1980–81 Superga 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 SpA
1995–96 Mercedes-Benz
1996–98 Erreà Seven Salotti
1998–99 Polti
1999–01 None
2001–02 Magiste
2002–03 Temporary
2003–04 Integra Sport
2004–05 None
2005–06 Lotto Amici di Como
2006–07 Erreà None
2007–09 Hawk Union Café
2009–10 Legea
2010–11 Fondazione Stefano Borgonovo
2011–12 Enerxenia
2012–13 Acsm Agam
2013–16 Volvo
2016–17 Verga
2017–19 HS Football
2019–20 Legea None S. Bernardo
2020–21 Randstad
2021–22 Mola Randstad
2022–24 Erreà None
2024– Adidas Uber Neuberger Berman Polytron

Stadiums

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Main article: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
 
Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia

Como played their first matches at the Campo di via dei Mille, located in the Municipality of Como. The ground was inaugurated on 1 October 1911, with two friendly matches as Internazionale beat Milanese 8–0, and Como managed to beat Bellinzona 3–1. The club then used the stadium to play their home matches in various competition until 1928.[15]

In the 1928–29 season, Como moved to the stadium where they still play nowadays: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, to play their home matches in the Prima Divisione. The stadium was built on the orders of Benito Mussolini, and was named after the Italian rower and war hero Giuseppe Sinigaglia, who died in the World War I.[43] It was inaugurated on 30 July 1927, in an international match between Austria 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 by Giovanni Greppi, is one of the first examples of rationalist architecture in Italy.[44] Although the club secured promotion to Serie A in May 2024, it remains unclear whether they will play their home games at Sinigaglia during the 2024–25 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.[37]

Supporters and rivalries

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Como ultras movement was born with the Fossa Lariana group, one of the biggest and most important ultras group of the period, which had various sections spread throughout Italy, especially in Lazio 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 the English style[46] with the Blue Fans Como (BfC) group. After their disbandment in 2002, in town were born many groups that led the Curva Como such as Lariani, Estrema Fazione, WBH (White & Blue Hooligans) and Blacklist Como all united by a far-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 company Djarum Group in 2019. Como ultras were then reorganized under the banner of Como 1907, which brought together the collectives of Maledetta Gioventù (the leading group) and Solo Cylom 1995. Other groups in the Curva 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 and Veterani .[45][46]

One of the main motto's of the Como's supporters is "Non ci sono amici di Como", "There aren't friends of Como", which briefly summarizes the reason for many rivalries. Como's main rivalries are with its neighbouring clubs, such as the Derby del Lario against Lecco, the Derby Insubria against Varese, and the Derby between Como and Monza 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 and Inter ultras, twinned with Varese, which led to very violent clashes especially in the 80s. Other rivalries are with the supporters of Modena, Livorno, Atalanta, Venezia, Palermo, Cremonese, Brescia, Verona, Sampdoria, Ternana, Piacenza and others.

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In April 2021, a documentary series Como 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 the Djarum 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 around IDR3 billion. The making of this series was quite long since the filming process took a full club's season.[51]

Players

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For all current and former Como 1907 players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Como 1907 players.

First-team squad

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As of 25 September 2024[52]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Emil Audero
2 DF   GER Marc-Oliver Kempf
3 DF   ITA Marco Sala
4 MF   CIV Ben Lhassine Kone
5 DF   ITA Edoardo Goldaniga
6 MF   ITA Alessio Iovine (3rd captain)
7 FW   BRA Gabriel Strefezza
8 MF   ITA Daniele Baselli
9 FW   ITA Alessandro Gabrielloni (captain)
10 FW   ITA Patrick Cutrone (vice-captain)
11 FW   ITA Andrea Belotti
12 GK   ITA Pierre Bolchini
13 DF   ITA Alberto Dossena
14 FW   IRQ Ali Jasim
15 DF   BRA Fellipe Jack (on loan from Palmeiras)
16 FW   GAM Alieu Fadera
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   ITA Alberto Cerri
18 DF   ESP Alberto Moreno
20 MF   ESP Sergi Roberto
22 GK   ITA Mauro Vigorito
23 MF   ARG Máximo Perrone (on loan from Manchester City)
25 GK   ESP Pepe Reina
26 MF   GER Yannik Engelhardt
27 MF   AUT Matthias Braunöder
33 MF   FRA Lucas Da Cunha
36 MF   ITA Luca Mazzitelli (on loan from Frosinone)
58 MF   ITA Giuseppe Mazzaglia
77 DF   BEL Ignace Van Der Brempt (on loan from Red Bull Salzburg)
79 MF   ARG Nico Paz
90 FW   ITA Simone Verdi
93 DF   ITA Federico Barba

Other players under contract

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As of 4 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   BEL Moutir Chajia
— MF   IRL Naj Razi

Out on loan

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As of 29 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   ITA Simone Ghidotti (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2025)
— DF   ITA Tommaso Cassandro (at Catanzaro until 30 June 2025)
— DF   ITA Marco Curto (at Cesena until 30 June 2025)
— DF   CYP Nicholas Ioannou (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2025)
— DF   SVK Peter Kováčik (at Jagiellonia Białystok until 30 June 2025)
— DF   ITA Diego Ronco (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2025)
— MF   DEN Oliver Abildgaard (at Pisa until 30 June 2025)
— MF   SUI Samuel Ballet (at Zürich until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ITA Alessandro Bellemo (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2025)
— MF   ITA Fabio Rispoli (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2025)
— MF   ITA Marco Tremolada (at Lumezzane until 30 June 2025)
— FW   ITA Tommaso Fumagalli (at Cosenza until 30 June 2025)
— FW   USA Nicholas Gioacchini (at Cincinnati until 31 December 2024)
— FW   IRL Liam Kerrigan (at Beveren until 30 June 2025)
— FW   AUT Marlon Mustapha (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2025)
— FW   CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame (at Legia Warsaw until 30 June 2025)

Como Primavera

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Main article: Como 1907 Youth Sector

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
51 MF   ITA Francesco Andrealli
57 DF   ITA William Feola (on loan from Roma)

Notable players

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For a list of every Como player with 100 or more appearances, see List of Como 1907 players.

Club captains

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Further information: List of Como 1907 players § Club captains

Player of the Year

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Sine 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 called Trofeo Brogonovo (Borgonovo Trophy), named after club legend Stefano Borgonovo and is organized by the club's supporters.[53]

 
Year Winner
2012–13   Alfredo Donnarumma
2013–14   Giuseppe Le Noci
2014–15   Simone Andrea Ganz
2015–16   Daniel Bessa
2016–17   Luca Zanotti
2017–18   Matteo Kucich
 
Year Winner
2018–19   Alessandro Gabrielloni
2019–20   Alberto Giughello (team doctor)
2021–22   Davide Facchin
2022–23   Alberto Cerri
2023–24   Patrick Cutrone

Club officials

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Executive

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As of 1 August 2024
Position Name
Chief Executive Officer   Francesco Terrazzani
Director   Mirwan Suwarso
Sporting Director   Carlalberto Ludi
General Secretary   Emanuela Lubian

Coaching staff

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Cesc Fàbregas is the current head coach of the club.
As of 1 August 2024
Position Name
Head coach   Cesc Fàbregas
Assistant coach   Dani Guindos
  Marc Bircham
Technical assistant   Davide Facchin
Goalkeeping coach   Enrico Malatesta
Fitness coach   Andrea Castellani
  Andrea Bernasconi
Video analyst   Chris Galley
Match analyst   Ivan Brocchieri
Team manager   Giuseppe Calandra
Physiotherapist   Simone Gallo
  José Calvarro
Head of development   Osian Roberts
Academy coach   Daniele Buzzegoli

Managers

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Managerial history

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Below is a list of Como managers from 1913 until the present day.

Name Nationality Years
Mario Bazzi   1913–1914
Gustavo Carrer   1914–1915
Gustavo Carrer   1919–1920
Giuseppe Airoldi   1922–1923
Carlo Barini   1923–1924
Ernst Furth   1924–1925
Gustavo Carrer   1926–1927
Guido Ara   1927–1929
Giuseppe Airoldi   1929–1930
Gedeon Eugen Lukács   1930–1932
Adolfo Baloncieri   1932–1934
Luigi Cevenini   1934–1935
Cesare Butti   1935–1938
Antonio Cetti   1938–1944
Angelo Benincasa   1944–1945
Giovanni Battista   1945–1946
Eraldo Monzeglio   1946–1947
József Viola   1947
Róbert Winkler   1947–1948
Mario Varglien   1948–1951
Alfredo Mazzoni   1951
Róbert Winkler   1951–1952
Alfredo Mazzoni   1952
Róbert Winkler

Martini

 

 

1952–1953
Luigi Bonizzoni   1953
Hugo Lamanna   1953–1960
Giuseppe Baldini   1960–1962
Francesco Tortatolo

Giulio Cappelli

 

 

1962
Frank Pedersen

Giulio Cappelli

 

 

1962–1963
Giovanni Zanollo

Giulio Cappelli

 

 

1963
Henri-Gérard Augustine

Giulio Cappelli

 

 

1963
Vinicio Viani   1963–1965
Mario Trezzi   1965–1967
Franco Viviani   1967–1969
Roberto Lerici   1969
Maino Neri   1969–1970
Gino Giaroli   1970–1971
Eugenio Bersellini   1971–1973
Giuseppe Marchioro   1973–1975
Beniamino Cancian   1975–1976
Osvaldo Bagnoli   1976–1977
Gennaro Rambone   1977–1978
Luis Suárez   1978
Narciso Pezzotti   1978
Giuseppe Marchioro   1978–1982
Giovanni Seghedoni   1982
Tarcisio Burgnich   1982–1984
Ottavio Bianchi   1984–1985
Roberto Clagluna   1985
 
Name Nationality Years
Rino Marchesi   1985–1986
Emiliano Mondonico   1986–1987
Aldo Agroppi   1987–1988
Tarcisio Burgnich   1988
Rino Marchesi   1988–1989
Angelo Pereni   1989
Giampiero Vitali   1989
Giovanni Galeone   1989–1990
Angelo Massola   1990
Eugenio Bersellini   1990–1991
Pierluigi Frosio   1991–1992
Andrea Valdinoci   1992–1993
Tarcisio Burgnich   1993
Marco Tardelli   1993–1995
Alessandro Scanziani   1995–1997
Gianpiero Marini   1997
Mario Beretta   1997
Enrico Catuzzi   1997
Mario Beretta   1997
Giancarlo Centi   1997–1998
Giovanni Trainini   1998–1999
Walter De Vecchi   1999–2000
Gianpiero Marini   2000
Loris Dominissini   2000–2002
Eugenio Fascetti   2002–2003
Roberto Galia   2003–2004
Silvano Fontolan   2004
Simone Boldini   2004–2005
Giacomo Gattuso   2005–2006
Marco Falsettini   2006
Maurizio Parolini   2006
Ernestino Ramella   2006–2007
Ninni Corda   2007–2008
Corrado Cotta   2008–2009
Stefano Di Chiara   2009
Ottavio Strano   2009
Oscar Brevi   2009–2010
Carlo Garavaglia   2010–2011
Ernestino Ramella   2011–2012
Silvio Paolucci   2012–2013
Giovanni Colella   2013–2014
Carlo Sabatini   2014–2015
Gianluca Festa   2015–2016
Stefano Cuoghi   2016
Fabio Gallo   2016–2017
Mark Iuliano   2017[a]
Antonio Andreucci   2017–2018
Marco Banchini   2018–2020
Giacomo Gattuso   2020–2022
Massimiliano Guidetti   2022[b]
Moreno Longo   2022–2023
Cesc Fàbregas   2023[b]
Marco Cassetti   2023[b]
Osian Roberts   2023–2024[c]
Cesc Fàbregas   2024–

Honours

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League

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Cups

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Other titles

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Divisional movements

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Series Years First Last Best result Promotions Relegations
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

+C2

34

+1

1929–30 2020–21 Winners (1931, 1968, 1979, 2021)

3rd (2009 C2)

  8 (1931, 1946, 1968, 1979, 1994, 2001, 2015, 2021)

  1 (2009 C2)

  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)

Notes

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  1. ^ Appointed for the 2017–18 Serie B season, but never actually took office due to the bankruptcy of the company.
  2. ^ a b c On interim charge.
  3. ^ Caretaker manager

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