U.S. Pergolettese 1932

The origins of the football in Crema go back to 1932 when U.S. Pergolettese was founded in Pergoletto, a suburb of the town.

In 1974 the club was renamed U.S. Pergocrema 1932.

In the Serie C2 2007–08 regular season the team finished first in Girone A, winning direct promotion to the now called Lega 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 the 2009-10 Lega Pro Season, Pergocrema finished 15th and were forced to play in the relegation playoffs. They were matched up against 16th-placed Pro 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 selling Diego Manzoni for €500,000 in 2009 but directly in exchange for two players Francesco Pambianchi and Niccolò 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, for Makris Petrozzi for €250,000.

At the end of the 2011–12 Serie D season, A.S. Pizzighettone[3] moved to city of Crema and changed its name to U.S. Pergolettese 1932 in order to continue the soccer history of U.S. Pergocrema 1932.[4]

Pergolettese was promoted to 2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in 2013. The club returned to professionalism in 2019 after winning the Serie D/C title against the likes of fallen giants Modena and Reggio Audace (formerly Reggiana), under the tenure of former Serie A defender Matteo Contini as head coach.

As of 31 January, 2021[5].

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 Matteo Soncin 2 DF  ITA Antonio Candela (on loan from Genoa) 3 DF  CIV Aboubakar Bakayoko 4 MF  ITA Michel Panatti 5 DF  ITA Luca Ceccarelli 6 MF  ITA Lorenzo Andreoli 7 MF  ITA Kevin Varas Marcillo 8 MF  ITA Matteo Figoli (on loan from Spezia) 9 FW  ITA Elia Bortoluz 10 FW  MAR Hicham Kanis 11 FW  ITA Filippo Scardina 12 GK  ITA Emanuele Labruzzo 13 DF  ITA Matteo Lucenti 14 DF  ITA Luca Villa 15 DF  ITA Riccardo Bignami

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  ITA Mirco Tosi 17 FW  ITA Lorenzo Faini 19 FW  ITA Niccolò Scarpelli 20 MF  ITA Edoardo Duca (on loan from Modena) 21 FW  ITA Mattia Morello 22 GK  ITA Simone Ghidotti (on loan from Fiorentina) 23 MF  ITA Marco Palermo 24 MF  ITA Simone Ferrari (on loan from Brescia) 25 DF  ITA Matteo Piccardo 26 DF  ITA Michele Ferrara 27 DF  ITA Riccardo Lamberti (on loan from Mantova) 28 MF  ITA Davide Bariti 29 FW  ITA Salvatore Longo (on loan from Fiorentina) 31 MF  ITA Stefano Girelli (on loan from Cremonese)