AC Cesena

Founded in 1940, Cesena reached Serie B in 1968 and were promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1973. With players such as Pierluigi Cera and Gianluigi Savoldi, the club held its own and finished a respectable 11th place in their debut season, repeating that finish the following year. In the 1975–76 season, Cesena surprised Italy by finishing sixth and subsequently qualifying for the UEFA Cup. The glory was short-lived and they would be relegated the next year. A second promotion to Serie A followed in 1981 and finished a respectable 10th before being relegated once more in 1983, staying in Serie B for four years. After winning a play-off, they were back in Serie A for 1987–88 and enjoyed a four-year stay, being obdurate enough to just avoid relegation in this time. After relegation in 1991, Cesena had another chance to return to Serie A in 1994. With players such as Alessandro Teodorani, Emiliano Salvetti, Luigi Piangerelli, Aldo Dolcetti, and Dario Hübner, this was a team of considerable ability. They finished level on points with Padova, however, and lost a promotion play-off which would be a bitter blow for the club, who would suffer relegation to Serie C1 in 1997. Whilst promotion followed, a relegation play-off against Pistoiese in 2000 would see them condemned to a four-year stay in the third division. In the 2005–06 Serie B, Cesena surprisingly emerged as contenders for promotion to Serie A, ending in sixth place and being therefore qualified for the promotion…

Serie B: Runners-up (3): 1972–73, 1980–81 (Shared with Genoa), 2009–10 Play-off Winners (2): 1986–87, 2013–14 Serie C/Serie C1/Lega Pro: Winners (3): 1967–68, 1997–98, 2008–09 Play-off Winners (1): 2003–04 Coppa Italia Serie C: Winners (1): 2003–04 Runners-up (1):'l 1997–98 Prima Divisione: Winners (1): 1940–41 Serie D: Winners (1): 1959–60 Promozione Regionale: Winners (2): 1952–53, 1956–57