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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)
Founded1907; 117 years ago (1907) (as Como Foot-Ball Club)
2005; 19 years ago (2005) (as Calcio Como)
2017; 7 years ago (2017) (as Como 1907)
GroundStadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Capacity13,602
OwnerSENT Entertainment (Djarum Group)
CEOFrancesco Terrazzani
Head coachCesc Fàbregas
LeagueSerie A
2023–24Serie B, 2nd of 20 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Como 1907 is an Italian football club based in Como, Lombardy, Italy. The club was founded in 1907 and the team's colour is royal blue.[1] As of 2024, they compete in Serie A, the top tier of Italian football, where they are the richest club.[2][3] In 2019, they were bought by the Hartono brothers (Michael Bambang Hartono and Robert Budi Hartono) through Djarum,[4][5] with minority shareholders including former footballers Thierry Henry and Cesc Fàbregas.[6]

Como were first promoted to Serie A in 1949, and achieved their best string with a five-yeart sting in Serie A in the 1980s before relegations to Serie B and Serie C. Como were relegated from Serie A in 2003; this was followed by three consecutive relegations culminating in demotion to Serie C2 in 2005 following a playoff (2–1 on aggregate) with Novara Calcio. Financially overstretched, they 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

Early years, Serie A promotions, and decline

Founded in 1907, Como were first promoted to Serie A in 1949 and enjoyed a respectable four-year stay before relegation. The next 20 years were spent moving between Serie B and Serie C but more often the former. A revival in the 1970s saw the club emerge as contenders for promotion to Serie A, which was achieved in 1975. Despite the best efforts of players like Alessandro Scanziani, they would last only a season and would slump to Serie C1 by 1978. With a rebuilt team containing stars like Pietro Vierchowod, they would achieve successive promotions and a two-year stay in Serie A (1980–82).

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. The club's defence, led by hard man Pasquale Bruno, proved more than up to the task. Relegation in 1989 precipitated a rapid decline, with Como spending most of the 1990s in Serie C1 with the exception of 1994–95. Former Chelsea and Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini spent a year on loan at Como.

Bankruptcy and brief promotion to Serie B

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. Successive relegations have caused financial difficulties; in December 2004 the club was declared bankrupted.[14] No investor was successful to take over the club as the bid from Enrico Preziosi was denied,[15] and thus the company Calcio Como S.p.A. was liquidated. Thanks to FIGC regulation, a new entity, which was named Calcio Como S.r.l.,[16] was allowed to admit into 2005–06 Serie D. 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 of Como. They returned to the rebranded Serie C2, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in 2008, after having won the Girone B of Serie D.[7] Como finally returned to Serie C1 (Lega Pro Prima Divisione) after promotion play-offs after defeating Rodengo Saiano with 1–1 aggregate and Alessandria with 4–1 aggregate. In 2015, Como finished fourth in the third-tier, now called Lega Pro. They qualified for the promotion play-offs and earned promotion to Serie B after beating Bassano Virtus in the two-legged final 2–0 on aggregate. They were relegated back down to Lega Pro the following season.

New ownership and return to Serie A

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 first foreign businesswoman in Italian football (via her company F.C. Como S.r.l.).[17] The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) rejected the application of F.C. Como as Como's successor in 2017–18 Serie C,[18] as the club did not fulfill all the criteria in the Article 52 of N.O.I.F.[19] At the start of season, another company, which was named Como 1907 S.r.l.,[8] was admitted to 2017–18 Serie D instead, excising another sub-clause of the Article 52.[20][21]

After winning the round B of the 2018–19 Serie D, Como returned to professional football in 2019. Since 2019, the club has been owned by Indonesian company Djarum Group led by Michael Hartono and Robert Budi Hartono, among the richest men in the world and in Italy according to Forbes, and sponsored by Djarum subsidiary Mola since 2021; as of 2022, the club's owners earned €4 million per hour.[22] As of 2024, former Chelsea and Millwall player Dennis Wise was the former CEO but moved to an advisor role at the beginning of the 2023–24 season, and was no longer involved in the club. Other minority shareholders include Thierry Henry and Cesc Fàbregas.[23] Originally, Como 1907 was set up as a base for Garuda Select project; however, due to change in league rule, the project was moved to England under Wise.[24][25]

On 10 May 2024, Como secured promotion to Serie A after 21 years on the final matchday of the 2023–24 Serie B by finishing in second place.[26] It is unclear whether Como, which became the richest club in Serie A,[27][28][29] will be able to play their home matches at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in 2024–25 because the venue does not meet Serie A stadium requirements.[30]

Players

Current squad

As of 1 August 2024[31]

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 Italy ITA Emil Audero
— GK Italy ITA Pierre Bolchini
— GK Spain ESP Pepe Reina
— GK Italy ITA Mauro Vigorito
— DF Italy ITA Federico Barba
— DF Italy ITA Tommaso Cassandro
— DF Italy ITA Alberto Dossena
— DF Italy ITA Edoardo Goldaniga
— DF Slovakia SVK Peter Kováčik
— DF Spain ESP Alberto Moreno
— DF Italy ITA Marco Sala
— DF France FRA Raphael Varane
— MF Denmark DEN Oliver Abildgaard
— MF Italy ITA Daniele Baselli
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Austria AUT Matthias Braunöder
— MF France FRA Lucas Da Cunha
— MF Germany GER Yannik Engelhardt
— MF Italy ITA Alessio Iovine
— MF Ivory Coast CIV Ben Lhassine Kone
— MF Italy ITA Luca Mazzitelli (on loan from Frosinone)
— FW Italy ITA Andrea Belotti
— FW Italy ITA Patrick Cutrone
— FW Italy ITA Alessandro Gabrielloni
— FW United States USA Nicholas Gioacchini
— FW Iraq IRQ Ali Jasim
— FW Brazil BRA Gabriel Strefezza
— FW Italy ITA Simone Verdi

Other players under contract

As of 1 August 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 Switzerland SUI Samuel Ballet
— MF Belgium BEL Moutir Chajia
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Italy ITA Alberto Cerri
— FW Republic of Ireland IRL Liam Kerrigan

Out on loan

As of 1 August 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 Italy ITA Simone Ghidotti (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2025)
— DF Italy ITA Marco Curto (at Cesena until 30 June 2025)
— DF Cyprus CYP Nicholas Ioannou (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2025)
— DF Italy ITA Diego Ronco (at Virtus Verona until 30 June 2025)
— MF Italy ITA Alessandro Bellemo (at Sampdoria until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Italy ITA Marco Tremolada (at Lumezzane until 30 June 2025)
— FW Italy ITA Tommaso Fumagalli (at Cosenza until 30 June 2025)
— FW Austria AUT Marlon Mustapha (at Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2025)
— FW Cameroon CMR Jean-Pierre Nsame (at Legia Warsaw until 30 June 2025)

Youth Sector

Main article: Como 1907 Youth Sector

Notable former players

Further information: Category:Como 1907 players

Internationals

The following is a list of Como players that were internationals whilst playing for the team:[32]

Trofeo Borgonovo

Since 2012–13 season, a yearly award is given at the end of the season in order to recognize the team's best player or staff member. The trophy is named after Stefano Borgonovo and is organized by the club's supporters. Up to 2021–22 season, following were awarded:[33]

Honours

League

Cups

Divisional movements

Series Years First Last Best result Promotions Relegations
A 14 1949–50 2024–25 6th (1950) Decrease 5 (1953, 1976, 1982, 1989, 2003)
B 37 1931–32 2023–24 Winner (1949, 1980, 2002) Increase 6 (1949, 1975, 1980, 1984, 2002, 2024) Decrease 7 (1935, 1963, 1978, 1990, 1995, 2004, 2016)
C
+C2 		34
+1		 1929–30 2020–21 Winner (1931, 1968, 1979, 2021)
3rd (2009 C2)		 Increase 8 (1931, 1946, 1968, 1979, 1994, 2001, 2015, 2021)
Increase 1 (2009 C2)		 Decrease 3 (1936, 2005✟, 2017✟)
86 out of 93 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
D
+R 		5
+2		 1936–37 2018–19 Winner (2008, 2019) Increase 3 (1938, 2008, 2019) never

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