2025–26 US Cremonese season

Cremonese
2025–26 season
Owner	Giovanni Arvedi
Manager	Davide Nicola; (until 18 March); Marco Giampaolo; (from 18 March)
Stadium	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Serie A	18th (relegated)
Coppa Italia	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Federico Bonazzoli (10); All: ; Federico Bonazzoli (10)
Highest home attendance	14,808 vs Juventus; 1 November 2025, Serie A
Lowest home attendance	5,845 vs Palermo; 16 August 2025, Coppa Italia
Average home league attendance	12,114
Biggest win	3–0 vs Pisa (A); 10 May 2026, Serie A
Biggest defeat	0–5 vs Juventus (A); 12 January 2026, Serie A
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 season was the 123rd season in the history of Unione Sportiva Cremonese and their first season back in Serie A since the 2022–23 season following promotion from the Serie B in the previous season. In addition to Serie A, the club also participated in the Coppa Italia.

OwnerGiovanni Arvedi

ManagerDavide Nicola
(until 18 March)
Marco Giampaolo
(from 18 March)

StadiumStadio Giovanni Zini

Serie A18th (relegated)

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On 13 June 2025, the club announced that the contract of manager Giovanni Stroppa will not be renewed and will expire at the end of the season, after securing promotion with the Grigiorossi through the play-offs.^[1] On 2 July 2025, Davide Nicola was appointed as the new manager until 2027.^[2] On 18 March 2026, Marco Giampaolo was appointed manager of Cremonese.^[3]

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Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
30 June 2025	DF	17	Leonardo Sernicola	Pisa	Loan return
30 June 2025	FW	77	David Okereke	Gaziantep	Loan return
1 July 2025	GK	1	Andrea Fulignati	Catanzaro	€1,400,000	From loan to definitive purchase	^[4]
1 July 2025	MF	27	Jari Vandeputte	Catanzaro	€3,300,000	From loan to definitive purchase	^[5]
17 July 2025	GK	69	Lapo Nava	AC Milan	Free		^[6]
19 July 2025	MF	33	Alberto Grassi	Empoli	Free		^[7]
25 July 2025	DF	3	Giuseppe Pezzella	Empoli	€2,000,000		^[8]
29 July 2025	DF	6	Federico Baschirotto	Lecce	€3,000,000		^[9]
13 August 2025	GK	16	Marco Silvestri	Empoli	Free		^[10]
21 August 2025	FW	99	Antonio Sanabria	Torino	€2,500,000	+ €500,000 in bonus	^[11]
31 August 2025	FW	10	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	Free		^[12]

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
14 July 2025	DF	22	Romano Floriani Mussolini	Lazio	Free	Option to buy for €5,000,000	^[13]
27 July 2025	GK	1	Emil Audero	Como	Free	Option to buy for an undisclosed fee	^[14]
29 July 2025	FW	7	Alessio Zerbin	Napoli	€250,000	Option to buy for €3,000,000, obligation to buy for €3,000,000 under conditions	^[15]
11 August 2025	DF	24	Filippo Terracciano	AC Milan	€500,000	Obligation to buy for an undisclosed fee under conditions	^[16]
12 August 2025	MF	38	Warren Bondo	AC Milan	€500,000		^[17]
22 August 2025	MF	32	Martín Payero	Udinese	€1,000,000	Obligation to buy or €6,500,000 under conditions	^[18]
31 August 2025	FW	14	Faris Moumbagna	Marseille	€300,000	Obligation to buy or €7,000,000 under conditions
1 September 2025	MF	19	Jeremy Sarmiento	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free	Option to buy for an undisclosed fee, obligation to buy for an undisclosed fee
1 September 2025	DF	30	Mikayil Faye	Rennes	Free	Option to buy for €10,000,000

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	To	Fee	Notes	Ref.
30 June 2025	GK	12	Giacomo Drago	Südtirol	Loan return
30 June 2025	DF	26	Valentin Antov	Monza	Loan return
30 June 2025	MF	14	Francesco Gelli	Frosinone	Loan return
1 July 2025	GK	22	Andreas Jungdal	Westerlo	€1,000,000	From loan to definitive purchase	^[19]
1 July 2025	GK	—	Fallou Sarr	Spezia	€200,000	From loan to definitive purchase
1 July 2025	DF	—	Luca Munaretti	Virtus Verona	Free
1 July 2025	FW	—	Marco Zunno	Crotone	Free		^[20]
7 July 2025	FW	—	Alberto Basso Ricci	Arzignano Valchiampo	Free		^[21]
8 July 2025	MF	37	Žan Majer	Mantova	Free		^[22]
9 July 2025	MF	—	César Falletti	Mantova	Free		^[23]
12 July 2025	DF	44	Luka Lochoshvili	Nürnberg	€1,000,000		^[24]
25 July 2025	MF	—	Andrea Bertolacci	Retired
30 July 2025	DF	3	Giacomo Quagliata	Deportivo de La Coruña	Undisclosed
4 August 2025	MF	—	Joshua Tenkorang	Ravenna	Free
11 August 2025	DF	7	Paulo Azzi	Monza	Undisclosed		^[25]
11 August 2025	DF	5	Luca Ravanelli	Monza	Undisclosed		^[26]
13 August 2025	DF	—	Maissa Ndiaye	Lumezzane	Undisclosed
25 August 2025	GK	30	Jakob Tånnander	Farense	Free		^[27]
27 August 2025	MF	10	Charles Pickel	Espanyol	€1,000,000		^[28]
29 August 2025	MF	19	Michele Castagnetti	Cesena	Undisclosed

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	From	Fee	Notes	Ref.
4 July 2025	DF	—	Samuele Regazzetti	Ospitaletto	Free		^[29]
11 July 2025	GK	—	Federico Agazzi	Alcione Milano	Free		^[30]
11 July 2025	DF	—	Daniele Triacca	Trento	Free	From Primavera squad	^[31]
13 July 2025	DF	—	Eddy Cabianca	Salernitana	Free		^[32]
13 July 2025	FW	—	Michele Bigonzoni	Latina	Free
15 July 2025	DF	—	Tommaso Duca	Giana Erminio	Free	From Primavera squad	^[33]
29 July 2025	GK	1	Andrea Fulignati	Empoli	Free	Obligation to buy for an undisclosed fee under conditions	^[34]
2 August 2025	FW	—	David Stückler	Vicenza	Free		^[35]
4 August 2025	DF	—	Mattia Scaringi	Ravenna	Free
4 August 2025	MF	—	Alessio Brambilla	Bra	Free
6 August 2025	FW	—	Blue Mamona	Sarnese	Free
7 August 2025	MF	—	Salvatore Dore	Pergolettese	Free
7 August 2025	MF	62	Tommaso Milanese	Ascoli	Free	Obligation to buy for an undisclosed fee under conditions	^[36]
7 August 2025	FW	98	Luca Zanimacchia	Modena	Free	Option to buy for an undisclosed fee, obligation to buy for an undisclosed fee under conditions	^[37]
18 August 2025	FW	91	Marco Nasti	Empoli	Free	Option to buy for an undisclosed fee	^[38]
20 August 2025	FW	13	Felix Afena-Gyan	Amedspor	Free	Option to buy for an undisclosed fee	^[39]
25 August 2025	DF	42	Lorenzo Moretti	Virtus Entella	Free
1 September 2025	GK	21	Gianluca Saro	Reggiana	Free
1 September 2025	DF	—	Yuri Rocchetti	Potenza	Free	Obligation to buy for an undisclosed fee under conditions
1 September 2025	FW	74	Frank Tsadjout	Pescara	Free

26 July 2025 Friendly	Torino	4–1	Cremonese	Prad am Stilfser Joch, Italy
16:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Fußballplatz Prad am Stilfserjoch

2025–26 US Cremonese season

Squad

Transfers and contracts

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Serie A

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Coppa Italia

Statistics

Appearances

Goals

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

3 August 2025 Friendly	Cremonese	3–0	Pro Patria	Livigno, Italy
16:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Preparazione Olimpica AQ1816

10 August 2025 Friendly	Reggiana	0–0	Cremonese	Luzzara, Italy
16:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Compagnoni

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie A	23 August 2025	May 2026	Matchday 1	33	6	10	17	26	47	−21	018.18
Coppa Italia	16 August 2025	TBD	First round	1	0	0	1	0	0	+0	000.00
Total				34	6	10	18	26	47	−21	017.65

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Genoa	38	10	11	17	41	51	−10	41
17	Lecce	38	10	8	20	28	50	−22	38
18	Cremonese (R)	38	8	10	20	32	57	−25	34	Relegation to Serie B
19	Hellas Verona (R)	38	3	12	23	25	61	−36	21
20	Pisa (R)	38	2	12	24	26	71	−45	18

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L
Position	5	3	3	6	7	10	10	11	8	10	11	11	11	9	11
Points	3	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	14	14	14	14	17	20	20

23 August 2025 1	AC Milan	1–2	Cremonese	Milan
20:45 CEST	Pavlović 45+1' Jiménez 78'	Report	Baschirotto 28' Grassi 48' Bonazzoli 61' Terracciano 69' Payero 77' Bondo 88'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 75,011 Referee: Giuseppe Collu

29 August 2025 2	Cremonese	3–2	Sassuolo	Cremona
18:30 CEST	Sanabria 6' Terracciano 37' Vázquez 39' Grassi 72' De Luca 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Doig 43' Pinamonti 63' Berardi 73' (pen.) Iannoni 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Marco Guida

15 September 2025 3	Hellas Verona	0–0	Cremonese	Verona
18:30 CEST	Serdar 43' Giovane 45+2'	Report	Collocolo 78'	Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Attendance: 21,406 Referee: Alberto Ruben Arena

21 September 2025 4	Cremonese	0–0	Parma	Cremona
15:00 CEST	Pezzella 66'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 13,548 Referee: Federico La Penna

28 September 2025 5	Como	1–1	Cremonese	Como
15:00 CEST	Perrone 28' Paz 32' Ramón 33' Rodríguez 82' Da Cunha 90+3'	Report	Baschirotto 9', 69' Payero 52' Floriani Mussolini 85' Sanabria 87'	Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Attendance: 10,534 Referee: Marco Di Bello

4 October 2025 6	Internazionale	4–1	Cremonese	Milan
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	L. Martínez 6' Bonny 38' Dimarco 55' Barella 57' Sučić 84'	Report	Pezzella 86' Bonazzoli 87'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 73,417^[45]^[46] Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

13 December 2025 15	Torino	1–0	Cremonese	Turin
15:00 CET	Vlašić 27' Pedersen 90+9'	Report	Barbieri 36' Payero 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 18,297 Referee: Livio Marinelli

21 December 2025 16	Lazio	0–0	Cremonese	Rome
15:00 CET	Pedro 38' Romagnoli 77' Guendouzi 79' Gila 90+2'	Report	Grassi 43' Barbieri 68' Pezzella 81' Ceccherini 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Luca Pairetto

28 December 2025 17	Cremonese	0–2	Napoli	Cremona
15:00 CET	Barbieri 58' Bonazzoli 84'	Report	Højlund 13', 45' Juan Jesus 34' McTominay 45+3'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Maurizio Mariani

19 October 2025 7	Cremonese	1–1	Udinese	Cremona
15:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini

25 October 2025 8	Cremonese	1–1	Atalanta	Cremona
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Floriani Mussolini 16' Vardy 51', 78' Vázquez 90+4'	Report	Scamacca 76' Brescianini 84'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 11,052 Referee: Alberto Arena

29 October 2025 9	Genoa	0–2	Cremonese	Genoa
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris

1 November 2025 10	Cremonese	1–2	Juventus	Cremona
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bianchetti 74' Vardy 83'	Report	Kostić 2' Cambiaso 68'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 14,868 Referee: Daniele Chiffi

9 November 2025 11	Pisa	1–0	Cremonese	Pisa
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani

23 November 2025 12	Cremonese	1–3	Roma	Cremona
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Payero 32' Bondo 82' Folino 90+3'	Report	Soulé 17' Ziółkowski 45' Ferguson 64' Wesley 69' El Aynaoui 84'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 14,666 Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

30 November 2025 13	Bologna	1–3	Cremonese	Bologna
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

7 December 2025 14	Cremonese	2–0	Lecce	Cremona
15:00 CET	Bonazzoli 53' (pen.) Sanabria 78' Bianchetti 83'	Report	Banda 45+3' Gallo 84'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Giuseppe Mucera

4 January 2026 18	Fiorentina	1–0	Cremonese	Florence
15:00 CET	Dodô 42' Kean 90+2'	Report	Bondo 20' Payero 42'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Referee: Federico La Penna

8 January 2026 19	Cremonese	2–2	Cagliari	Cremona
15:00 CET	Johnsen 4' Bondo 11' Vardy 29' Bonazzoli 81'	Report	Borrelli 2' Adopo 51' Trepy 88' Luperto 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Kevin Bonacina

12 January 2026 20	Juventus	5–0	Cremonese	Turin
15:00 CET	Bremer 12' David 15' Yıldız 35', 35' Terracciano 48' (o.g.) McKennie 64'	Report	Pezzella 68'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,585 Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

19 January 2026 21	Cremonese	0–0	Hellas Verona	Cremona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bonazzoli 37' Vandeputte 42' Vardy 74'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Referee: Alberto Ruben Arena

25 January 2026 22	Sassuolo	1–0	Cremonese	Reggio Emilia
15:00 CET	Fadera 3'	Report		Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Attendance: 11,111 Referee: Giuseppe Collu

1 February 2026 23	Cremonese	0–2	Internazionale	Cremona
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ceccherini 54' Baschirotto 73' Vardy 86'	Report	L. Martínez 16' Zieliński 31'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 14,824 Referee: Davide Massa

9 February 2026 24	Atalanta	2–1	Cremonese	Bergamo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Krstović 13' Zappacosta 25' Kolašinac 49' Kossounou 82'	Report	Thorsby 90+4'	Stadium: Gewiss Stadium Attendance: 21,796 Referee: Marco Piccinini

15 February 2026 25	Cremonese	0–0	Genoa	Cremona
15:00 CET		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 13,128 Referee: Simone Sozza

22 February 2026 26	Roma	3–0	Cremonese	Rome
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Cristante 59' El Aynaoui 66' Ndicka 77' Pisilli 86'	Report	Thorsby 24'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 59,025 Referee: Marco Di Bello

1 March 2026 27	Cremonese	0–2	Milan	Cremona
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Terracciano 76' Maleh 85'	Report	Pavlović 90' Leão 90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 14,711 Referee: Davide Massa

8 March 2026 28	Lecce	2–1	Cremonese	Lecce
15:00 CET	Pierotti 22' Štulić 38' (pen.)	Report	Bonazzoli 47' Pezzella 90+8'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Attendance: 27,705 Referee: Simone Sozza

16 March 2026 29	Cremonese	1–4	Fiorentina	Cremona
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Bondo 27' Okereke 57'	Report	Parisi 25' Piccoli 32' Dodô 49' Guðmundsson 70'	Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini Attendance: 11,030 Referee: Marco Di Bello