Como 1907

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 (through Djarum Group)
CEOFrancesco Terrazzani
Head coachCesc Fàbregas
LeagueSerie A
2023–24Serie B, 2nd of 20 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

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]

Founded in 1907 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]

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  8. ^ "Stagione Sportiva 2017/2018 Comunicato Ufficiale N°14 del 14/8/2017" [Sporting season 2017/2018 Official Statement N°14 of 14/8/2017] (PDF) (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
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  11. ^ Torrisi, Antonio (10 May 2024). "Il Como è in Serie A: dalla D alla gloria in cinque anni, la visione di SENT è compiuta". Goal.com Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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