Cagliari

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Cagliari was the first outright champions in Serie C during the 1951-52 season. Prior to that, in this league the title was divided among teams from multiple teams. They spent the 1950s to Serie B, losing a promotion play-off in the year 1954. After being relegated down to Serie C in the early 1960s, the rise of Cagliari would be swift, and eventually lead to the status of Serie A in 1964.

The team for the Rossoblu's inaugural season Serie A featured players like defender Mario Martiradonna, midfielders Pierluigi Cera, Nene and Ricciotti Greatti and forward Gigi Riva. The first half of the season resulted in Cagliari finishing last with just nine points at the halfway point. The second part of the campaign saw Cagliari beat the rivals like Juventus as well as Milan and finished in seventh position scoring 34 points. Two years after, Riva finished as Serie A's highest scorer for the first time. Cagliari ended the season with the league's top defense record.

In this summer in 1967 Cagliari participated in a soccer season North America as part of an unproven league called the United Soccer Association. The league comprised players of Europe as well as South America set to play in American and Canadian cities and each team was given the local name. Cagliari was a part of"the Chicago Mustangs, and finished with a second place finish within the league's Western Division with 13 points just two points behind division champion and eventually league champion Los Angeles Wolves. The league's top scoring player for Chicago/Cagliari was Roberto Boninsegna, who scored 10 goals in nine of the team's 12 matches.

Cagliari first became seriously Serie A title contenders in 1968-69 when they ran a three-horse contest featuring Cagliari, Fiorentina and Milan. Fiorentina won the league, however, the next season would be the most prestigious. With the addition of Angelo Domenghini to the team, Cagliari would win the title in the year 1970, with just two games played, 11 goals conceded (the most ever in a major European league until now) in addition to Riva as the league's top scoring player again. The players Albertosi, Niccolai, Boninsegna, Gori, Cera, Domenghini and Riva were part of the 1970 Italy World Cup final team.

The 1970s would be the decline of Cagliari gradually (though they were title contenders the following year, two years after their one and only Scudetto victory). Cagliari were eventually relegated in the year 1976, and Riva's playing career having ended at the time of that season.

Following the relegation, Cagliari lost a play-off to be promoted the next season, and then returned in Serie A in 1979. The likes of Franco Selvaggi, Mario Brugnera (a survivor from the team of 1970) as well as Alberto Marchetti ensured a respectable four-year run in the top league prior to a second relegation in 1983. The 1980s were to be a dark period compared to the preceding two decades, with the club being relegated into Serie C1 in 1987.

Cagliari was a team that played the duration of two years with Serie C1. In the first , it was not able to stay out of Serie C2. Then, in 1988 Claudio Ranieri was appointed coach and took Cagliari to two successive promotions, first to Serie B in 1989 and to Serie A in 1990. The first two seasons into Serie A saw Cagliari fight for relegation, and safety was accomplished through superb second-half runs. However, the 1992-93 campaign was when Cagliari fought for the chance to earn a European place and achieve it under the direction by Carlo Mazzone. The following season was the club's best ever run to semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, taking out Juventus in the quarter-finals , before losing 5-3 in aggregate by their compatriots Internazionale with the first leg by a score of 3-2 at home.

The following few years will be a time when Cagliari be relegated to mid-table obscurity after a tense struggle in 1996-97 resulted in Cagliari being relegated following an in-play match to Piacenza. They bounced back after only one season, but their second stint within Serie A lasted just two seasons.

Cagliari was a part of the team for the next 4 seasons playing within Serie B, until in 2003-04 under Sardinian experienced striker Gianfranco Zola and the team was promoted. In 2005-06, the initial season without Zola the team had to change managers three times, before Nedo Sonetti, appointed in November, managed to prevent the team from being relegated, especially due to the impressive goals scored by Honduran player David Suazo.

In addition to finishing 9th in the season 2008-09, Cagliari regularly finished in the lower half of Serie A under a sequence of managers, only to be removed in 2014-15. They were promoted in the following season, becoming Champions of Serie B.

The company was sold in 2014 the torch, following more than 22 years under Massimo Cellino's presidency into the control of Tommaso Giulini, president and the founder of Fluorsid which is a multi-national company in the chemical industry. The team was forced to resign in the very first season, however the team was able to win their Serie B championship in 2016 and was able to return permanently to the top of the league, though always being in the second third in the league.

Cagliari relocated to the Stadio Amsicora and moved to Stadio Sant'Elia, in the year 1970 after they won their first league title. It was rebuilt to host Italy's 90 FIFA World Cup where it played host to all England's group matches, with the intention to keep the team's notorious hooligans on an island.

The city council was in dispute concerning the construction of the stadium owned by the public resulted in Cagliari playing their final home matches of 2011-12 at Stadio Nereo Rocco , located in Trieste in the Italian Peninsula. The majority of the next season, the team was at Stadio Is Arenas, which is located in the nearby municipality of Quartu Sant'Elena. The stadium was deemed to be dangerous by FIFA, requiring the club to play in a closed-door environment prior to leaving the stadium in April of 2013. The Sant'Elia was torn down for the construction of a new stadium in 2017. The club relocated into the interim Sardegna Arena next to it.

The official blue and red colors of Cagliari are similar to the colours used on the stemma that is part of Cagliari. The red areas of the stemma make representation of the arms and coat of arms belonging to the House of Savoy that was an heir to the kingdom of Italy and, more pertinently to Cagliari specifically that of the Kingdom of Sardinia. The blue section of the stemma is adorned with the sea and sky and a castle. this is due to the fact that the historical centre of Cagliari is enclosed and referred to as the Castello. Because of the use of these colors on their shirt , which is split in half this club is often known as Rosablu.

Cagliari have used a variety of logo designs throughout their time, and all have their flag from Sardinia. The badge usually also has the colours of the club; however, if there's a change, the primary difference is the color of the border, or the shape. The badge, as of June 15, 2015 has the "Old French"-shaped escutcheon that has blue and red halves with the club's name inscribed in white , just below the national flag that is displayed in Sardinia. The Moors heads have been in the very first instance in their history, changed direction to the right since 2015 in order to be in line with the Sardinian flag, which was modified in 1992.

Because Cagliari are the primary club on Sardinia's island. Sardinia The club is referred to as"the "Isolani" ("Islanders").

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Serie A:

1. Gold medal icon.svg Winners : 1969–70
2. Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up : 1968–69

Serie B:

1. Gold medal icon.svg Winners : 2015–16
2. Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up : 1963–64, 1978–79, 2003–04

Serie C / Serie C1:

1. Gold medal icon.svg Winners : 1930–31, 1951–52, 1961–62, 1988–89
2. Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up : 1960–61

Coppa Italia

1. Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up : 1968–69
2. Bronze medal icon.svg Semi-finalists : 1999–2000

Coppa Italia Serie C:

1. Gold medal icon.svg Winners : 1988–89

UEFA Cup:

• Semi-finalists : 1993–94

Top Scorer

• Roberto Boninsegna United Soccer Association: 1967
•  Gigi Riva Serie A:1966–67 (18 gol)
•  Gigi Riva Serie A:1968–69 (21 gol)
•  Gigi Riva Serie A:1969–70 (21 gol)
•  Patrick M'Boma Coppa Italia: 1999–2000 (6 gol)

Panchina d'Oro

•  Massimiliano Allegri: 2008–09

UEFA European Championship

•  Gigi Riva: 1968
•  Enrico Albertosi 1968

African Footballer of the Year

•  Patrick M'Boma: 2000

Estonian Footballer of the Year

•  Ragnar Klavan: 2018, 2019

Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year

•  David Suazo: 2006

BBC African Footballer of the Year

•  Patrick M'Boma: 2000

African Nations Cup

•  Patrick M'Boma: 2000, 2002

CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

•  David Suazo 2000

Copa América

•  José Herrera: 1995

Copa América Centenario

•  Mauricio Isla: 2016

Summer Olympics

•  Patrick M'Boma: 2000

Detail of the players as below mentioned.

As of 6 August, 2022

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	SRB	Boris Radunović
3	DF	ITA	Edoardo Goldaniga
6	MF	CRO	Marko Rog
8	MF	URU	Nahitan Nández
9	FW	PER	Gianluca Lapadula
10	MF	ITA	Nicolas Viola
14	MF	ITA	Alessandro Deiola
15	DF	ITA	Giorgio Altare
16	DF	ITA	Franco Carboni (on loan from Inter Milan)
17	FW	ITA	Jacopo Desogus
18	GK	ITA	Simone Aresti
19	MF	FRA	Mattéo Tramoni
20	MF	URU	Gastón Pereiro
21	MF	ITA	Nicolò Cavuoti
22	GK	ITA	Giuseppe Ciocci
23	MF	ITA	Nunzio Lella
24	MF	ITA	Paolo Faragò
26	DF	ITA	Salvatore Boccia
27	FW	FRA	Lisandru Tramoni
28	DF	ITA	Gabriele Zappa
29	MF	CGO	Antoine Makoumbou
30	FW	ITA	Leonardo Pavoletti
32	FW	ITA	Gianluca Contini
33	DF	SVK	Adam Obert
38	FW	ITA	Jacopo Desogus
39	MF	GRE	Christos Kourfalidis
40	DF	POL	Sebastian Walukiewicz
77	FW	ANG	Zito Luvumbo
80	MF	ARG	Isaias Delpupo
99	DF	ITA	Alessandro Di Pardo (on loan from Juventus)

As of 6 July 2022

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Alessio Cragno (at Monza until 30 June 2023)
—	DF	ITA	Raoul Bellanova (at Inter Milan until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ROU	Răzvan Marin (at Empoli until 30 June 2023)
—	FW	ITA	Alberto Cerri (at Como until 30 June 2023)

11 –  Gigi Riva, Forward (1963–78)
13 –  Davide Astori, Defender (2008–14) – posthumous honour

This list only includes players who have made at minimum 100 appearances for their club or the FIFA World Cup.

Cagliari have a long tradition with Uruguayan players, totalling 16 at the time of 2014. the most frequently used included Diego Lopez with 314 games and others include Enzo Francescoli Fabian O'Neill and Dario Silva. Additionally, Uruguayan Oscar Tabarez managed the team from 1994 until 1995.

Cagliari has had a variety of presidents in their history. Some of whom were owner of the club, others were honorary presidents The following is a full list of their names:

Cagliari has had numerous trainers and managers. In certain seasons they've had managers who were co-managers of the team This is a list of their managers from the time they were started in 1920 to the present day.

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