# 2024–25 Como 1907 season
The 2024–25 season was [Como 1907](https://www.edgepedia.org/como-1907)'s first in [Serie A](https://www.edgepedia.org/serie-a), the top division of Italian football, in 21 years, and the club finished 10th of 20 teams under head coach [Cesc Fàbregas](https://www.edgepedia.org/cesc-fabregas) after entering the campaign as one of the league's least experienced sides.[1](https://www.goal.com/it/liste/pagellone-serie-a-2024-2025-conte-anima-di-un-napoli-da-9-inter-colpevole-disastro-milan-juve-salva-sul-gong/blt75aa70257b8e6434) • [2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2024-25-opta-supercomputer)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| League position | 10th in Serie A 2024–25, in the club's first top-flight season since 2002–03[1](https://www.goal.com/it/liste/pagellone-serie-a-2024-2025-conte-anima-di-un-napoli-da-9-inter-colpevole-disastro-milan-juve-salva-sul-gong/blt75aa70257b8e6434) • [3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCjiPGrz8hI) |
| Promotion | 2nd place in Serie B 2023–24, returning to Serie A after a 21-year absence[4](https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/storie/02-06-2024/serie-a-24-25-le-squadre-al-via/como-2deg-in-serie-b-2024-25.shtml) |
| Head coach | Cesc Fàbregas, the former Spain, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea midfielder[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2024-25-opta-supercomputer) • [5](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2026/03/07/cesc-fabregas-ya-es-una-leyenda-del-como-1907-de-ascender-en-el-futbol-italiano-a-poder-disputar-la-liga-de-campeones-cadena-ser/) |
| Notable signings | Raphaël Varane, Andrea Belotti, and Pepe Reina after promotion; Nico Paz from Real Madrid[6](https://as.com/us/futbol/varane-se-va-al-como-1907-de-fabregas-n/) • [2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2024-25-opta-supercomputer) • [7](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/cesc-fabregas-champions-lake-1907-como-play-in-the-ucl-for-the-first-time) |
| Winning streak | Six consecutive Serie A wins, matching Lazio's 1973 record for a promoted team[8](https://www.eni.com/visual-design/protagonista/Protagonista_12.pdf) |
| Coppa Italia | Eliminated in the round of 32 by Sampdoria, 1–1 after extra time and out on penalties[9](https://maxbasten.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/coppa-italia-2025-new.pdf) |
| Home form | Lost only once at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in the club's last 13 official matches across 2024–25[10](https://img.legaseriea.it/vimages/6900edd7/Insights%20-%20Matchday%209.pdf) |
## Background and promotion
Como returned to Serie A by finishing second in [Serie B](https://www.edgepedia.org/serie-b) in 2023–24, ending a 21-year absence from the top flight; the club's previous Serie A season had been 2002–03.[4](https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/storie/02-06-2024/serie-a-24-25-le-squadre-al-via/como-2deg-in-serie-b-2024-25.shtml) • [3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCjiPGrz8hI) The club had been rebuilt from low levels in the previous decade: it was reborn in [Serie D](https://www.edgepedia.org/serie-d) after bankruptcy in 2017 and climbed the Italian pyramid following a 2019 takeover.[7](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/cesc-fabregas-champions-lake-1907-como-play-in-the-ucl-for-the-first-time)
The ownership group is Indonesian, associated with the Hartono and Suwarso families, and [Dennis Wise](https://www.edgepedia.org/dennis-wise) served as chief executive before leaving in the summer of 2024, the club's first season back.[11](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/terremoto-con-cesc-f202605-n/) • [7](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/cesc-fabregas-champions-lake-1907-como-play-in-the-ucl-for-the-first-time)
## Squad building
Como spent heavily for a promoted club. In July 2024 the club agreed terms with the French defender [Raphaël Varane](https://www.edgepedia.org/raphael-varane), a World Cup winner in 2018 after ten years at Real Madrid, on a contract running to mid-2026 with an option for 2027.[6](https://as.com/us/futbol/varane-se-va-al-como-1907-de-fabregas-n/) The squad also added [Andrea Belotti](https://www.edgepedia.org/andrea-belotti), who had scored 26 Serie A goals for Torino in 2016–17, and the veteran goalkeeper [Pepe Reina](https://www.edgepedia.org/pepe-reina).[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2024-25-opta-supercomputer) • [7](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/cesc-fabregas-champions-lake-1907-como-play-in-the-ucl-for-the-first-time)
Recruitment of young talent mattered as much as the established names. The most prominent was the Argentine playmaker Nico Paz, a product of the Real Madrid academy, who became the team's creative reference point.[7](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/cesc-fabregas-champions-lake-1907-como-play-in-the-ucl-for-the-first-time) • [5](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2026/03/07/cesc-fabregas-ya-es-una-leyenda-del-como-1907-de-ascender-en-el-futbol-italiano-a-poder-disputar-la-liga-de-campeones-cadena-ser/)
## Serie A campaign
The start was difficult. Como had 2 points after 4 matchdays, the same return the club had recorded in its previous Serie A season in 2002–03.[12](https://img.legaseriea.it/vimages/68d40ccb/INSIGHTS%20Matchday%205%20Serie%20A%202025-26.pdf) Early results included a 1–0 defeat at Udinese on 1 September 2024, a match in which Como outshot the hosts but missed a stoppage-time penalty through [Patrick Cutrone](https://www.edgepedia.org/patrick-cutrone).[13](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/el-como-de-cesc-colista-tras-fallar-un-penalti-en-el-95-n/)
The season then turned on a long winning run. Como won six consecutive Serie A matches, becoming the first promoted side to do so since Lazio in 1973, and the streak fell within the final two months of the season.[8](https://www.eni.com/visual-design/protagonista/Protagonista_12.pdf) Home form at the lakeside Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia was a strength: across 2024–25 the club lost only once at home in its last 13 official matches, and its first home win since returning to Serie A came in a 3–2 victory.[10](https://img.legaseriea.it/vimages/6900edd7/Insights%20-%20Matchday%209.pdf)
Como closed the season in 10th place. Italian season reviews described the campaign as remarkable for a newly promoted side and read the 10th-place finish as the start of a project aimed at European qualification.[1](https://www.goal.com/it/liste/pagellone-serie-a-2024-2025-conte-anima-di-un-napoli-da-9-inter-colpevole-disastro-milan-juve-salva-sul-gong/blt75aa70257b8e6434) • [14](https://www.eurosport.it/calcio/serie-a/2024-2025/pagellone-serie-a-202425-napoli-re-inter-delusa-juve-insoddisfatta-milan-horror_sto23185660/story.shtml)
## Coppa Italia
Como entered the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa in the round of 32 and was drawn against [Sampdoria](https://www.edgepedia.org/sampdoria). The tie finished 1–1 and went to penalties, which Sampdoria won, ending Como's cup run in its first knockout round.[9](https://maxbasten.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/coppa-italia-2025-new.pdf)
## Style of play and key players
Under Fàbregas, Como played an offensive, possession-oriented game that sought to recover the ball quickly, built around a 4-2-3-1 system with fluid rather than fixed positions.[5](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2026/03/07/cesc-fabregas-ya-es-una-leyenda-del-como-1907-de-ascender-en-el-futbol-italiano-a-poder-disputar-la-liga-de-campeones-cadena-ser/) Opta's season analysis described the side as calm in possession, aggressive without the ball, and increasingly difficult to break down.[15](https://theanalyst.com/articles/cesc-fabregas-como-making-waves-serie-a)
Individually, the defender Marc Kempf recorded a 71.7% win rate in aerial duels, the best among Serie A players who contested 100 or more such duels in 2024–25.[16](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-team-of-the-season-opta-analyst-2024-25)
## Finances
Como's return season sat within a Serie A that generated record aggregate revenues of 4 billion euros, up 6.5% on the previous year, while the league's aggregate net result remained negative at 349 million euros; generous ownership spending at Como and Parma in their return seasons weighed on that figure.[17](https://www.calcioefinanza.it/2026/02/07/analisi-bilanci-serie-a-2024-2025-fatturato-debiti-costi-football-affairs/) Within that landscape, Como was one of only three Serie A clubs, alongside Fiorentina and Parma, with no debts to banks.[18](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/la-serie-a-en-numeros-rojos-f202602-n/)
## References
1. [Pagellone Serie A 2024/2025, Goal.com Italia](https://www.goal.com/it/liste/pagellone-serie-a-2024-2025-conte-anima-di-un-napoli-da-9-inter-colpevole-disastro-milan-juve-salva-sul-gong/blt75aa70257b8e6434)
2. [Serie A Predictions 2024-25: The Opta Projections, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2024-25-opta-supercomputer)
3. [Como 1907's Beautiful Rise to Serie A Promotion, State Of Soccer TV (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCjiPGrz8hI)
4. [Serie A 24-25, le squadre al via: Como, Gazzetta.it](https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/storie/02-06-2024/serie-a-24-25-le-squadre-al-via/como-2deg-in-serie-b-2024-25.shtml)
5. [Cesc Fàbregas ya es una leyenda del Como 1907, Cadena SER](https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2026/03/07/cesc-fabregas-ya-es-una-leyenda-del-como-1907-de-ascender-en-el-futbol-italiano-a-poder-disputar-la-liga-de-campeones-cadena-ser/)
6. [Varane se va al Como 1907 de Fàbregas, Diario AS](https://as.com/us/futbol/varane-se-va-al-como-1907-de-fabregas-n/)
7. [Cesc Fabregas' Champions Lake: 1907 Como play in the UCL for the first time, FourFourTwo](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/team/cesc-fabregas-champions-lake-1907-como-play-in-the-ucl-for-the-first-time)
8. [Serie A Enilive 2024-25, Eni matchday publication](https://www.eni.com/visual-design/protagonista/Protagonista_12.pdf)
9. [Coppa Italia 2024/25 results bracket](https://maxbasten.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/coppa-italia-2025-new.pdf)
10. [Serie A 2025/2026 Insights, Matchday 9, Lega Serie A](https://img.legaseriea.it/vimages/6900edd7/Insights%20-%20Matchday%209.pdf)
11. [Terremoto Cesc en Italia, Diario AS](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/terremoto-con-cesc-f202605-n/)
12. [Serie A 2025/2026 Insights, Matchday 5, Lega Serie A](https://img.legaseriea.it/vimages/68d40ccb/INSIGHTS%20Matchday%205%20Serie%20A%202025-26.pdf)
13. [El Como de Cesc, colista tras fallar un penalti en el 95′, Diario AS](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/el-como-de-cesc-colista-tras-fallar-un-penalti-en-el-95-n/)
14. [Pagellone Serie A 2024/25, Eurosport Italia](https://www.eurosport.it/calcio/serie-a/2024-2025/pagellone-serie-a-202425-napoli-re-inter-delusa-juve-insoddisfatta-milan-horror_sto23185660/story.shtml)
15. [Making Waves: How Cesc Fàbregas Has Como Challenging the Big Boys in Serie A, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/articles/cesc-fabregas-como-making-waves-serie-a)
16. [Serie A Team of the Season: Opta Analyst's 2024-25 XI](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-team-of-the-season-opta-analyst-2024-25)
17. [Viaggio nei bilanci della Serie A 24/25, Calcio e Finanza](https://www.calcioefinanza.it/2026/02/07/analisi-bilanci-serie-a-2024-2025-fatturato-debiti-costi-football-affairs/)
18. [La Serie A, en números rojos, Diario AS](https://as.com/futbol/internacional/la-serie-a-en-numeros-rojos-f202602-n/)
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