# 2024–25 Cesena FC season

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

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| Summer ||||||
| DF | Massimiliano Mangraviti | Brescia | €300k | 9 July 2024 |
| MF | Giacomo Calò | Cosenza | €250k | 9 July 2024 |
| DF | Simone Bastoni | Spezia | €100k | 9 July 2024 |
| FW | Sydney van Hooijdonk | Bologna | Free | 9 August 2024 |
| DW | Raffaele Celia | Ascoli | Undisclosed | 8 August 2024 |
| MF | Mirko Antonucci | Spezia | Loan | 31 July 2024 |
| DW | Marco Curto | Como | Loan | 23 July 2024 |
| DW | Elayis Tavsan | Como | Loan | 30 August 2024 |
| MF | Leonardo Mendicino | Atalanta | Loan | 30 August 2024 |
| MF | Joseph Ceesay | Malmö FF | Loan | 30 August 2024 |
| FW | King Udoh | Gubbio | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| GK | Luca Lewis | Pontedera | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| GK | Lorenzo Pollini | Trestina | Loan return | 30 June 2024 |
| Winter ||||||
| FW | Antonino La Gumina | Sampdoria | Loan | 9 January 2025 |
| MF | Dario Saric | Palermo | Loan | 31 January 2025 |
| FW | Cristiano Giometti | San Marino | Loan return | 2 January 2025 |
| DF | Diego Rossi | Arzignano | Loan return | 2 February 2025 |
| MF | Alessandro Giovannini | Pineto | Loan return | 3 February 2025 |
| FW | Flavio Russo | Sassuolo | Loan | 3 February 2025 |

### Out

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

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie B | 18 August 2024 | 9 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | TBD | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 036.67 |
| Coppa Italia | 4 August 2024 | 18 December 2024 | Qualifying Round | Third round | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 041.18 |
Last updated: 24 September 2024 Source: [Transfermarkt]

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Catanzaro | 30 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 46 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 6 | Juve Stabia | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 43 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 7 | Cesena | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 42 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 8 | Bari | 30 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 40 | Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 9 | Palermo | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 39 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 February 2025. Source: Transfermarkt

#### Results by round

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

The match schedule was released on 10 July 2024.