2024–25 Cesena FC season

Cesena FC
2024–25 season
ChairmanJohn Aiello
Head coachMichele Mignani
StadiumStadio Dino Manuzzi
Serie B10th
Coppa ItaliaRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Cristian Shpendi (11)
All: Cristian Shpendi (13)

The 2024–25 season is Cesena FC's 85th season in existence and first season in the Serie B since the club declared bankruptcy in 2018. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the Coppa Italia.

Players

First-team squad

As of 3 February 2025[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Matteo Pisseri
4 MF Italy ITA Riccardo Chiarello
5 MF Italy ITA Leonardo Mendicino
7 DF Italy ITA Daniele Donnarumma
8 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Dario Šarić
9 FW Albania ALB Cristian Shpendi
11 MF The Gambia GAM Joseph Ceesay
13 DF Italy ITA Raffaele Celia
14 MF Italy ITA Tommaso Berti
15 DF Italy ITA Andrea Ciofi
17 MF Italy ITA Emanuele Adamo
18 FW Italy ITA Alessandro Giovannini
19 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Prestia
20 FW Italy ITA Elayis Tavşan
22 GK Albania ALB Giulio Veliaj
23 FW Italy ITA Mirko Antonucci
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF Italy ITA Massimiliano Mangraviti
26 DF Italy ITA Matteo Piacentini
27 FW Italy ITA Antonino La Gumina
30 MF Italy ITA Simone Bastoni
33 GK United States USA Jonathan Klinsmann
35 MF Italy ITA Giacomo Calò
44 DF Italy ITA Federico Valentini
70 MF Italy ITA Matteo Francesconi
71 DF Italy ITA Giulio Manetti
73 DF Italy ITA Simone Pieraccini
79 DF Italy ITA Enea Pitti
91 FW Italy ITA Flavio Russo
92 FW Italy ITA Valentino Coveri
93 GK Italy ITA Alessandro Siano

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
Summer
DF Italy Massimiliano Mangraviti Italy Brescia €300k 9 July 2024 [2]
MF Italy Giacomo Calò Italy Cosenza €250k 9 July 2024 [3]
DF Italy Simone Bastoni Italy Spezia €100k 9 July 2024 [4]
DW Italy Marco Curto Italy Como Loan 23 July 2024 [5]
MF Italy Mirko Antonucci Italy Spezia Loan 31 July 2024 [6]
DW Italy Raffaele Celia Italy Ascoli Undisclosed 8 August 2024 [7]
FW Netherlands Sydney van Hooijdonk Italy Bologna Free 9 August 2024 [8]
DW Netherlands Elayis Tavsan Italy Como Loan 30 August 2024 [9]
MF Italy Leonardo Mendicino Italy Atalanta Loan 30 August 2024 [10]
MF The Gambia Joseph Ceesay Sweden Malmö FF Loan 30 August 2024 [11]
FW Italy King Udoh Italy Gubbio Loan return 30 June 2024
GK United States Luca Lewis Italy Pontedera Loan return 30 June 2024
GK Italy Lorenzo Pollini Italy Trestina Loan return 30 June 2024
Winter
FW Italy Antonino La Gumina Italy Sampdoria Loan 9 January 2025 [12]
MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Dario Šarić Italy Palermo Loan 31 January 2025 [13]
FW Italy Cristiano Giometti Italy San Marino Loan return 2 January 2025
DF Italy Diego Rossi Italy Arzignano Loan return 2 February 2025
MF Italy Alessandro Giovannini Italy Pineto Loan return 3 February 2025
FW Italy Flavio Russo Italy Sassuolo Loan 3 February 2025 [14]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
Summer
FW Italy Simone Corazza Italy Ascoli €200k 8 August 2024 [15]
MF Italy Francesco De Rose Italy Catania Free transfer 30 August 2024 [16]
DF Italy Luca Coccolo Italy Torres Free transfer 13 July 2024 [17]
MF Italy Giovanni Nannelli Italy Chievo Verona Free transfer 11 July 2024 [18]
GK Italy Lorenzo Pollini Italy Palmese Free transfer 5 August 2024 [19]
FW Italy King Udoh Italy Trapani Undisclosed 9 July 2024 [20]
MF Italy Ivan Varone Italy Ascoli Undisclosed 7 August 2024 [21]
DF Italy Luigi Silvestri Italy Trapani Loan 29 August 2024 [22]
FW Italy Roberto Ogunseye Italy Arezzo Loan 28 August 2024 [23]
DF Romania Antonio David Italy AS Gubbio Loan 23 July 2024 [24]
MF Italy Fabrizio Lilli Italy Forlì Loan 22 July 2024 [25]
MF Italy Alessandro Giovannini Italy Pineto Loan 23 July 2024 [26]
GK United States Luca Lewis Unattached End of Contract 1 July 2024 [27]
DF Italy Edoardo Pierozzi Italy Fiorentina Loan return 30 June 2024
Winter
MF Tunisia Saber Hraiech Italy Trapani Undisclosed 3 January 2025 [28]
FW Italy Cristiano Giometti Italy Pistoiese Loan 3 January 2025 [29]
FW Netherlands Sydney van Hooijdonk Netherlands NAC Breda Undisclosed 9 January 2025 [30]
DF Italy Marco Curto Italy Como End of loan 23 January 2025 [31]
FW Sierra Leone Augustus Kargbo England Blackburn Rovers €1.20m 31 January 2025 [32]
DF Italy Diego Rossi Italy Cavese Loan 3 February 2025
MF Italy Riccardo Chiarello Italy Campobasso Free transfer 6 February 2025 [33]

Friendlies

Pre-season

14 July 2024 Friendly Cesena Italy 18–0 Italy Alto Savio
Report
18 July 2024 Friendly Cesena Italy 8–1 Italy SSD Sampierana
Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 18 August 2024 9 May 2025 Matchday 1 TBD 34 11 11 12 42 43 −1 032.35
Coppa Italia 4 August 2024 18 December 2024 Qualifying Round Round of 16 4 3 0 1 7 8 −1 075.00
Total 38 14 11 13 49 51 −2 036.84

Last updated: 24 September 2024
Source: Competitions

Serie B

Main article: 2024–25 Serie B

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Juve Stabia 38 14 13 11 42 41 +1 55 Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6 Catanzaro 38 11 20 7 51 45 +6 53
7 Cesena 38 14 11 13 46 47 −1 53
8 Palermo 38 14 10 14 52 43 +9 52
9 Bari 38 10 18 10 41 40 +1 48
Source: Serie BKT
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[34]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 11 11 12 42 43  −1 44 7 7 4 25 20  +5 4 4 8 17 23  −6

Last updated: 15 February 2025.
Source: SofaScore

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHHAHAA
ResultWLWLDDWLLWDWWDLLWLLLDWDLWDWWDDLDDL
Position74104781058138844456566101099108886788910
Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2025. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 10 July 2024.[35][36]

18 August 2024 1 Cesena 2–1 Carrarese Catanzaro
20:30 CET
  • Shpendi 8' 23'
  • Palmieri Yellow card 20'
Stadium: Orogel Stadium
Attendance: 11,382
Referee: Italy Alessandro Prontera
24 August 2024 2 Sassuolo 2–1 Cesena Reggio Emilia
14:30
Report
Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 5,017
Referee: Italy Luca Massimi
28 August 2024 3 Cesena 2–0 Catanzaro Cesena
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 11,870
Referee: Italy Giuseppe Collu
1 September 2024 4 Spezia 2–1 Cesena La Spezia
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 7,573
Referee: Italy Gianluca Aureliano
13 September 2024 5 Cesena 2–2 Modena Cesena
20:30 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 13,974
Referee: Italy Marco Monaldi
21 September 2024 6 Palermo 0–0 Cesena Palermo
15:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Attendance: 23,230
Referee: Italy Gianluca Manganiello
29 September 2024 7 Cesena 4–2 Mantova Cesena
15:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 12,326
Referee: Italy Daniele Chiffi
5 October 2024 8 Pisa 3–1 Cesena Pisa
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani
Attendance: 7,915
Referee: Italy Paride Tremolada
20 October 2024 9 Cesena 3–5 Sampdoria Cesena
17:15 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Italy Marco Piccinini
26 October 2024 10 Cesena 2–0 Brescia Cesena
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 11,816
Referee: Italy Kevin Bonacina
29 October 2024 11 Salernitana 1–1 Cesena Salerno
20:30 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 10,141
Referee: Italy Gabriele Scatena
3 November 2024 12 Cesena 1–0 Südtirol Cesena
15:00 CET
Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 10,754
Referee: Italy Luca Massimi
10 November 2024 13 Cittadella 2–0 Cesena
09:00 Attendance: 4,082
23 November 2024 14 Cesena 1–1 Reggiana
11:15 Attendance: 12,513
1 December 2024 15 Frosinone 2–3 Cesena
09:00 Attendance: 9,698
7 December 2024 16 Bari 0–1 Cesena
09:00 Attendance: 14,696
14 December 2024 17 Cesena 2–1 Cosenza
09:00 Attendance: 10,732
22 December 2024 18 Juve Stabia 0–1 Cesena
09:00 Attendance: 4,767
26 December 2024 19 Cesena 0–1 Cremonese
14:00 Attendance: 11,088
29 December 2024 20 Carrarese 0–2 Cesena
14:00 Attendance: 3,813
12 January 2025 21 Cesena 0–0 Cittadella
16:15 Attendance: 10,065
17 January 2025 22 Sampdoria 2–1 Cesena
19:30 Attendance: 21,078
25 January 2025 23 Cesena 1–1 Bari
14:00 Attendance: 12,949
1 February 2025 24 Catanzaro 2–4 Cesena
14:00 Attendance: 8,514
9 February 2025 25 Reggiana 1–0 Cesena
14:00 Attendance: 10,372
16 February 2025 26 Cesena 1–1 Pisa
16:15 Attendance: 11,376
22 February 2025 27 Cremonese 2–1 Cesena
16:15 Attendance: 7,404
1 March 2025 28 Cesena 2–0 Salernitana
14:00 Attendance: 10,895
6 March 2025 29 Brescia 1–1 Cesena
18:30 Attendance: 4,818
15 March 2025 30 Cesena 0–0 Spezia
14:00 Attendance: 11,927
30 March 2025 31 Cesena 1–2 Juve Stabia
14:00
5 April 2025 32 Südtirol 1–1 Cesena
14:00
14 April 2025 33 Cesena 1-1 Frosinone
14:00
25 April 2025 34 Cesena 0-2 Sassuolo
19:30
1 May 2025 35 Mantova v Cesena
9:00
4 May 2025 36 Cesena v Palermo
9:00
9 May 2025 37 Cosenza v Cesena
14:30
13 May 2025 38 Modena v Cesena
14:30

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2024–25 Coppa Italia
4 August 2024 Qualifying Round Cesena 3–1 Calcio Padova Cesena
19:30 CET
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 4,428
Referee: Italy Luca De Angeli
10 August 2024 First Round Hellas Verona 1–2 Cesena Verona
19:30 CET
Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 7,148
Referee: Italy Valerio Crezzini
25 September 2024 Second Round Pisa 0–1 Cesena Pisa
15:00 CET
Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani
Attendance: 3,347
Referee: Italy Daniele Rutella
18 December 2024 Round of 16 Atalanta 6–1 Cesena Bergamo
17:30 CET
Stadium: Gewiss Stadium
Attendance: 20,234
Referee: Italy Daniele Perenzoni

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