A year ago Cesena rejoined the Serie A elite for the first time since 1991. It must have felt like a dream, especially with the club having spent time rotting in Serie C1 during the late 90s. Indeed, they were still there in 2009 until back to back promotions saw them arrive in Serie A. Last season was superb really for them. They were always comfortably away from the heat of the relegation battle and in the end finished just seven points away from a position in the top ten.
Quite some achievement you might say, but rather than rest on their laurrels and anticipate the famous second season syndrone the board room at Cesena has been active as well bringing players with quality and experience. Adrian Mutu, Jorge Martinez, Antonio Candreva, former Brescia forward Eder and Abdel Ghezzal have all arrived while key talent Marco Parolo remains despite interest from some of Italy's biggest clubs. Impressive sums up this mercato for Cesena and this has been reflected in their season ticket sales which have exceeded 12,000 already. Not bad for a ground which has a capacity of just under 24,000 and given that their average attendance last season was 16,469 last year it is logical to forsee a significant increase on that figure come the end of the season.
Despite the small capacity however the Stadio Dino Manuzzi will be an intimidating place to come this season with the fans so close to the pitch and if they start well a top ten placing could well be within their grasp come the seasons end.
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