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JuventusComo 1907 (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔːmo]) is an Italian professional football club based in Como, Lombardy, that competes in Serie A, the top flight of the Italian football system. Founded in 1907 as Como Foot-Ball Club, the team traditionally plays in royal blue and has hosted home matches at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia since 1928.
The club was acquired in 2019 by the Hartono brothers (Robert Budi Hartono and Michael Bambang Hartono) through Djarum Group. Minority shareholders in the club include head coach Cesc Fàbregas and former international footballer Thierry Henry.
Como made its top-tier debut in the 1913–14 Prima Categoria and remained in the top division until its relegation in 1922. During the 1930–31 Prima Divisione season, head coach Gedeon Eugen Lukács guided the team to promotion to Serie B; Como went undefeated throughout both the regular season and the promotion play-offs, scoring 90 goals and conceding 24 in 32 matches.
In the 2000s, severe financial distress led to consecutive relegations for the club. Como was declared bankrupt in 2004 and excluded from professional league participation. Re-established in Serie D—the top level of non-professional Italian football—the club spent three seasons in the division before earning promotion to Serie C2 in 2007. Following another bankruptcy in 2016, a new corporate entity refounded the club in 2017, re-entering competition in Serie D.
Under the ownership of the Hartono brothers—ranked among the world's wealthiest individuals by Forbes and the richest owners in Italian football—the club climbed back to Serie B before securing promotion to Serie A in 2024, ending a 21-year absence from the top flight. Como finished 10th in their return season. In the 2025–26 season, the club placed 4th, securing qualification for European competition for the first time since participating in the 1980–81 Mitropa Cup and earning its debut appearance in the UEFA Champions League.
Foundation and early years
The club was founded on 25 May 1907 as Como Foot-Ball Club, by a committee of members gathered at the Taroni bar, located in the central Via Cinque Giornate, the first headquarters of the club. In the first years after its foundation, Como played friendly matches and local tournaments, competing against teams from Milan and Switzerland. On 1 October 1911, the club took part in the inauguration of the Campo via dei Mille by playing in a friendly match, defeating Bellinzona 3–1. Como then used the ground to host their home matches for the next few years.
In 1912, after merging with the student club "Minerva", the club participated in the qualification for entry into the Prima Categoria. On 20 October, in the first round, Como were beaten 3–1 by Savona in Turin. The club was registered in the Lombardy Promozione group, and played its first match on 17 November 1912, a 5–0 win over Brescia at Campo via dei Mille. Their first appearance in top-flight competition came in the 1913–14 Prima Categoria season, after the team was invited to join, and remained there until 1922.
In 1927, Como merged with Esperia and was renamed Associazione Calcio Comense, which won the Coppa Volta in the same year, eliminating Inter 3–0 in the semi-final and beating Genoa 1–0 in the final. In the following year, the club moved their home ground to Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia. The stadium was inaugurated on 30 July 1927. Como secured their illustrious history in the 1930–31 Prima Divisione, as Gedeon Lukács led a victorious promotion to Serie B, finishing unbeaten in both the regular season and the play-offs of the Prima Divisione, scoring 90 goals in 32 matches and conceding only 24 goals. The following year, in their first experience of Serie B, Como avoided relegation, finishing in ninth place with a young Marco Romano as their top scorer.
World War II dramatically affected the entire Italian football movement, but Como managed to bounce back. In 1945 when there was no national championship, the club won the Torneo Benefico Lombardo (Tournament for Lombard clubs) which included Milan, Ambrosiana-Inter, Novara and other Lombard clubs. After the war, Como competed in Serie B and spent three years battling for the top spot before finally being promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1949 with Mario Varglien as their coach. Como's first experience in the top division lasted four years, where in their first year, they finished in sixth position with the same points as Torino in fifth. In the following seasons, Como aroused sympathy throughout the peninsula for their choice to field only Italian players in their third year in Serie A. The club also became the sole leader of Serie A for the first time in its history when on 23 September 1951 after the third day of the 1951–52 Serie A season, one point ahead of Inter, Juventus, Milan and Napoli.