However, the club's top-flight campaign was less than satisfactory. In the following season, Crotone failed to avoid relegation after losing against Napoli in the last match of the Serie A campaign, returning to Serie B after two seasons.įollowing the 2019-20 season, the club was promoted to Serie A once more in second place, only behind Benevento in the table. Crotone remained in the relegation positions for almost the entire season before an impressive revival saw the club achieve a seven-match unbeaten run from matchdays 30 to 36, including five wins in that time, and the season was concluded with a 3-1 victory over Lazio on the last matchday, a result that saw Crotone jump above Empoli to 17th place and thus secured another season in Serie A in what was hailed as a football miracle, led by 13-goal top scorer Diego Falcinelli and coach Davide Nicola.

This was despite the Calabrian side only winning two points from the first ten matches, one of the poorest starts the Italian top-flight had seen in years.

In the 2016–17 season, the club finished 17th, securing a place in the next Serie A season. The team was promoted to Serie A, the Italian top flight, for the first time in its history in 2016. Again in division two in 2004, after disposing of Viterbese in the promotion play-offs, it remained in the category until the 2006–07 season.Īfter being beaten by Taranto in the 2008 play-offs, Crotone returned to the second division the following season, defeating Benevento. Under Antonello Cuccureddu, Crotone first reached Serie B in 2000, returning to the second level two seasons later. Crotone gained successive promotions to Serie C2 and C1, winning in the play-offs against Locri and Benevento, respectively. A second bankruptcy led to the foundation of Football Club Crotone Calcio with Raffaele Vrenna as chairman, starting in the Promozione (7th level). The team's name was changed to Kroton Calcio, and the club was promoted again to C2 after the 1986–87 season, where it played until 1991. A new club, Associazione Sportiva Crotone, began competing again in the Prima Categoria (eighth division).Ĭrotone was promoted to Serie C2 in 1984–85, but only for one season. In 1978, following the Italian football league reorganisation, Crotone was relegated to Serie C2 and the following year was declared bankrupt. In 1963, the club was relegated to Serie D, but returned to the third division the following year, remaining there for fourteen consecutive seasons, missing promotion in 1977 when finishing third behind Bari and Paganese.

Following World War II, a new club, Unione Sportiva Crotone replaced the previous one, playing seven seasons in Serie C. The first team from Crotone, Società sportiva Crotona, was founded on 20 September 1910, but without adhering to Italian Football Federation, and the following main teams of Crotone, like Milone Crotone, did not participate before 1921-1923 in several minor leagues including Prima Divisione (which later would be known as Serie C). The club is proud of their Greek origins with their banners and slogans and regularly depicting Greek icons such as soldiers of Sparta. The club is based in the ancient Greek settlement of Kroton, one of the first Greek colonies in what is now known as modern day Italy.

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