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{{Short description|Italian association football club}}
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| image       = Cagliari Calcio 1920.svg
| image_size  = 175px
| fullname    = Cagliari Calcio [[Società per azioni|S.p.A.]]
| nickname    = ''Gli Isolani'' (The Islanders)<br />''Casteddu'' (Cagliari in [[Sardinian language]])<br />''Rossoblù'' (Red and Blue)<br />''I Sardi'' (The Sardinians)
| founded     = {{Start date and age|1920|May|30|df=yes}}<br />{{start date and age|1935}} (re-founded as Unione Sportiva Cagliari)
| ground      = [[Unipol Domus]]
| capacity    = 16,416
| owner       = [[Fluorsid|Fluorsid Group]]
| chairman    = [[:it:Tommaso Giulini|Tommaso Giulini]]
| chrtitle    = President
| manager     = [[Fabio Pisacane]]
| mgrtitle    = Head coach
| league      = {{Italian football updater|Cagliari}}
| season      = {{Italian football updater|Cagliari2}}
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'''Cagliari Calcio''', commonly referred to as '''Cagliari''' ({{IPA|it|ˈkaʎʎari|lang|It-Cagliari.ogg}}), is a professional [[Football in Italy|Italian football]] club based in [[Cagliari]], [[Sardinia]], that plays in [[Serie A]], the first tier of [[Italian football]]. The club currently plays home matches at the 16,416-seat [[Unipol Domus]].

Founded in 1920, they won their first and only ''[[Scudetto]]'' in [[1969–70 Serie A|1969–70]], when they were led by the [[Italy national football team|Italian national team]]'s all-time leading scorer, [[Gigi Riva]]. The triumph was also the first by a club from south of [[Rome]]. The club's best European performance was in the [[1993–94 UEFA Cup]], reaching the semi-finals before losing to eventual winners [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]].

As with the flag of its city, Cagliari's main colours are blue and red. The club badge incorporates the [[flag of Sardinia]].

==History==

===Before Serie A===
[[File:1930–31 Club Sportivo Cagliari.jpg|thumb|1930–31 Club Sportivo Cagliari]]

Cagliari became the first ever out-right champions of [[Serie C]] during the 1951–52 season; prior to that in the league, the championship was shared amongst more than one team. They spent the 1950s from then on in [[Serie B]], losing a promotion play-off in 1954. After descending to Serie C in the early 1960s, Cagliari's rise would be meteoric, eventually achieving promotion to [[Serie A]] in 1964.

===First Serie A adventure: 1964–1976===
The squad for the ''Rossoblu'''s debut season in Serie A featured players like defender [[Mario Martiradonna]], midfielders [[Pierluigi Cera]], [[Claudio Olinto de Carvalho|Nené]] and [[Ricciotti Greatti]], and forward [[Gigi Riva]]. A poor first half of the season, however, saw Cagliari in last place with nine points at the halfway mark. An astonishing second half of the season saw Cagliari defeat the likes of [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] and [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] and finish in seventh place with 34 points. Two seasons later, Riva finished as Serie A's top scorer for the first time while Cagliari finished with the league's best defensive record.
[[File:Gigi Riva - US Cagliari (1970) - CROPPED.jpg|thumb|left|Forward [[Gigi Riva]] led Cagliari to their first [[Serie A]] title in 1969–70.]]

During the summer of 1967, Cagliari played a season in North America as part of a fledgling league called the [[United Soccer Association]]. This league included teams from Europe and South America set to play in American and Canadian cities, with each club bearing a local name. Cagliari played as the [[Chicago Mustangs (1967–68)|Chicago Mustangs]], and finished joint second in the league's Western Division with 13 points, two behind the division champion and eventual league champion [[Los Angeles Wolves]]. The league's leading scorer was Chicago/Cagliari's [[Roberto Boninsegna]], who scored ten goals while playing in 9 of the team's 12 games.

Cagliari first emerged as serious Serie A title contenders in [[1968–69 Serie A|1968–69]] with a three-horse race involving them, [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] and Milan. Fiorentina would win the league, but the following season would bring ultimate glory. With [[Angelo Domenghini]] joining the side, Cagliari would win the title in 1970 with only two games lost, 11 goals conceded (the fewest in any major European league to date) and Riva as league top scorer once more. Players like Albertosi, Niccolai, Boninsegna, Gori, Cera, Domenghini and Riva played in Italy's [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970 World Cup]] final team.

The 1970s would see a gradual decline (though were title contenders two years after their one and only ''Scudetto'' win). Cagliari were finally relegated in 1976, with Riva's career having effectively ended during that season.

===Up and down again: 1976–87===
After relegation, Cagliari lost a play-off for promotion the following season and would return to Serie A in 1979. Players like [[Franco Selvaggi]], [[Mario Brugnera]] (a survivor of the 1970 team) and [[Alberto Marchetti]] ensured a respectable four-year stay in the top flight before a second relegation in 1983. The 1980s would then prove to be a darker time compared to the previous two decades with relegation to Serie C1 in 1987.

===There and back: 1987–2000===
Cagliari spent two seasons in Serie C1. In the first one it barely avoided relegation in Serie C2. In 1988, [[Claudio Ranieri]] was appointed coach, and led the team to two successive promotions, to Serie B in 1989 and to Serie A in 1990. The first two seasons back in Serie A saw Cagliari fight relegation, with safety being achieved by excellent second half runs. But the [[1992–93 Serie A|1992–93 season]] would see Cagliari fight for a European place and succeed under the management of [[Carlo Mazzone]]. The following season saw a best-ever run to the [[1993–94 UEFA Cup#Semi-finals|semi-finals]] of the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]], taking out [[Juventus]] in the quarter-finals before being eliminated 5–3 on aggregate by compatriots [[Internazionale]], having won the first leg 3–2 at home.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marucci |first1=Lorenzo |title=30 marzo 1994, impresa del Cagliari: nella semifinale d'andata di Uefa batte 3–2 l'Inter |trans-title=March 1994, great Cagliari performance: they beat Inter 3–2 in UEFA semi-final first leg|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/accadde-oggi/30-marzo-1994-impresa-del-cagliari-nella-semifinale-d-andata-di-uefa-batte-3-2-l-inter-810702 |access-date=8 February 2020 |publisher=Tutto Mercato Web |date=30 March 2019 |language=it}}</ref>

The next few years would see Cagliari return to mid-table anonymity, before a struggle in [[1996–97 Serie A|1996–97]] saw Cagliari relegated after losing a play-off to [[Piacenza Calcio 1919|Piacenza]]. Once more they bounced back after just one year, but their next stay in Serie A lasted just two seasons.

===Once and again: 2000 onwards===
Cagliari spent the next four seasons in Serie B, until in [[2003–04 Serie B|2003–04]] with Sardinian-born veteran striker [[Gianfranco Zola]], the team won promotion.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Eve |first1=James |title=Zola continues to charm old friends |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/zola-continues-to-charm-old-friends-jt8t3rg55g2 |access-date=24 January 2020 |work=[[The Times]] |date=1 June 2004}}</ref> In [[2005–06 Serie A|2005–06]], the first season without Zola, the team changed their manager three times before [[Nedo Sonetti]], appointed in November, was able to save the team from relegation, especially thanks to the excellent goal contribution from Honduran striker [[David Suazo]].

Apart from finishing 9th in [[2008–09 Serie A|2008–09 season]], Cagliari regularly finished in the bottom half of Serie A under a sequence of managers, before being relegated in [[2014–15 Serie A|2014–15]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Serie A Review: Berardi treble sinks nine-man Milan, Cagliari relegated |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/serie-review-berardi-treble-sinks-nine-man-milan-cagliari-relegated |access-date=24 January 2020 |work=[[FourFourTwo]] |date=17 May 2015}}</ref> They gained promotion back the following season as champions of Serie B.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-italia.net/83938/cagliari-back-serie|title=Cagliari back in Serie A! – Football Italia|website=www.football-italia.net|access-date=2 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107055235/http://www.football-italia.net/83938/cagliari-back-serie|archive-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>

In 2014, the company passed, after 22 years of [[Massimo Cellino]]'s presidency, into the hands of Tommaso Giulini, president and owner of [[Fluorsid]], a multinational in the chemical sector. Relegation took place in the first season, but the team won the [[2015–16 Serie B|Serie B championship]] in 2016, returning permanently to the top division, albeit always finishing in the second half of the table. Cagliari was relegated at the end of the [[2021–22 Cagliari Calcio season|2021–22 season]]. They reappointed Claudio Ranieri halfway through the [[2022–23 Cagliari Calcio season|2022–23 season]] with the club in fourteenth place. Under Ranieri's management, Cagliari won the [[2022–23 Serie B|2022–23 Serie B playoffs]].

==Stadium==
[[File:Stadio Sant'Elia -Cagliari -Italy-23Oct2008 crop.jpg|thumb|Cagliari played at the [[Stadio Sant'Elia]] from 1970 to 2017.]]
Cagliari moved from the [[Stadio Amsicora]] to the [[Stadio Sant'Elia]] in 1970, after winning their only league title. It was renovated for Italy's hosting of the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] where it hosted all of [[England national football team|England]]'s group games, ostensibly to confine the team's notorious hooligans to an island.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=John |title=England Fans Pose a Massive Dilemma |url=https://www.le.ac.uk/ebulletin-archive/ebulletin/features/2000-2009/2004/nparticle-5s3-ry9-xxc.html |access-date=1 February 2020 |work=[[Leicester Mercury]] |publisher=[[University of Leicester]] |date=11 June 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201202754/https://www.le.ac.uk/ebulletin-archive/ebulletin/features/2000-2009/2004/nparticle-5s3-ry9-xxc.html |archive-date=1 February 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Disputes with the city council over renovation of the publicly owned stadium meant that Cagliari played their final home games of 2011–12 at the [[Stadio Nereo Rocco]] in [[Trieste]] on the Italian mainland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Calcio, il Cagliari giocherà a Trieste anche contro la Juve|trans-title=Calcio, Cagliari will play at Trieste against Juve as well |url=https://www.lanuovasardegna.it/cagliari/cronaca/2012/04/19/news/calcio-il-cagliari-giochera-a-trieste-anche-contro-la-juve-1.4389011 |access-date=20 November 2019 |work=[[La Nuova Sardegna]] |date=19 April 2012 |language=it}}</ref> For most of the following season, the club played at the [[Stadio Is Arenas]] in the neighbouring municipality of [[Quartu Sant'Elena]]. It was deemed unsafe by the league, forcing them to play behind closed doors before leaving the ground in April 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Serie A: Cagliari cancel contract at Stadio Is Arenas in Quartu Sant'Elena |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11872/8613682/serie-a-cagliari-cancel-contract-at-stadio-is-arenas-in-quartu-santelena |access-date=1 February 2020 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=2 April 2013}}</ref> The Sant'Elia was demolished for a new stadium in 2017, and the club moved to the temporary [[Unipol Domus]] next to it.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cagliari, idea per lo stadio provvisorio a due passi dal Sant'Elia|trans-title=Cagliari, idea for provisional stadium stone's throw from the Sant'Elia |url=https://www.cagliarinews24.com/cagliari-idea-per-lo-stadio-provvisorio-a-due-passi-dal-sant-elia-16833/ |access-date=1 February 2020 |publisher=Cagliari News 24 |date=7 April 2016 |language=it}}</ref>

==Colours, badge and nicknames==
[[File:Flag_of_Sardinia,_Italy.svg|thumb|Cagliari's badge incorporates the [[flag of Sardinia]].]]
The official red and blue colours of Cagliari mirror those featured on the ''stemma'' of [[Cagliari]].<ref name="colours">{{cite news |url=http://www.comuni-italiani.it/092/009/stemma.html |publisher=Comuni-Italiani |title=Stemma Provincia di Cagliari |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124015012/http://www.comuni-italiani.it/092/009/stemma.html |archive-date=24 November 2007}}</ref> The red parts of the stemma are a reference to the [[coat of arms]] of the [[House of Savoy]], a family which was previously the monarchy of Italy and more relevantly to Cagliari in particular, the [[Kingdom of Sardinia]].<ref name="colours"/> The blue part of the ''stemma'' features the sky and the sea, also a [[castle]]; this is because the old historic centre of Cagliari is walled and called the ''Castello''.<ref name="colours"/> Due to the use of these colours on their shirt in halves, the club is commonly nicknamed ''rossoblu''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/11062007/4/cagliari-matri-colpo-rossoblu-arriva-dal-rimini.html |publisher=Eurosport |title=Cagliari, e' Matri il primo colpo rossoblu: arriva dal Rimini |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114145211/http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/11062007/4/cagliari-matri-colpo-rossoblu-arriva-dal-rimini.html |archive-date=14 January 2009}}</ref>

Cagliari have had several different logo designs during their history, all of which feature the [[flag of Sardinia]].<ref name="badge">{{cite news |url=http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofilnew.php?ID=1156&lang=en |publisher=WeltFussballArchiv.com |title=Cagliari Calcio |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203014523/http://www.weltfussballarchiv.com/Vereinsprofilnew.php?ID=1156 |archive-date=3 December 2012}}</ref> Usually the badge also features the club colours; if there is a change, the main difference has been the colour of the border or the shape.<ref name="badge"/> Since June 2015, the badge features an "Old French"-shaped [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] with red and blue halves, with the club's name written in white just above the flag of Sardinia. The Moors' heads have, for the first time, been turned to the right as of 2015 so as to match the Sardinian flag after it was updated in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cagliari, cambiano stemma e sito |trans-title=Cagliari, badge and website changed|url=https://www.unionesarda.it/articolo/sport/2015/06/22/cagliari_calcio_presentati_alla_stampa_stemma_sito_e_campagna_abb-4-423589.html |access-date=24 January 2020 |work=L'Unione Sarda |date=24 June 2015 |language=it}}</ref>

Because Cagliari are the main club from the island of Sardinia, they are nicknamed the "''Isolani''" ("Islanders").<ref>{{cite news |url=http://worldsoccer.about.com/od/italianclubs/p/cagliari.htm |publisher=About.com |title=Cagliari Calcio |date=24 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824102918/http://worldsoccer.about.com/od/italianclubs/p/cagliari.htm |archive-date=24 August 2007}}</ref>

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|+
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor (main)
!Shirt sponsor (secondary)
!Shirt sponsor (back)
!Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
!Shirt sponsor (shorts)
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|1920–75
|''In-house''
| rowspan="4" |''None''
| rowspan="17" |''None''
| rowspan="24" |''None''
| rowspan="28" |''None''
| rowspan="25" |''None''
|-
|1975–76
|[[Umbro]]
|-
|1976–78
|''In-house''
|-
|1978–81
| rowspan="2" |Fabra
|-
|1981–83
|Ariostea
|-
|1983–84
| rowspan="2" |Ennerre
|Overseas Travel Center
|-
|1984–86
| rowspan="4" |Formaggi Ovini Sardi
|-
|1986–89
|Latas
|-
|1989–90
|Ennerre
|-
|1990–92
| rowspan="2" |[[Umbro]]
|-
|1992–93
| rowspan="5" |[[Pecorino sardo|Pecorino Sardo]]
|-
|1993–96
|[[Erreà]]
|-
|1996–98
|[[Reebok]]
|-
|1998–2000
|Biemme
|-
|2000–01
| rowspan="2" |[[Uhlsport]]
|-
|2001–02
| rowspan="3" |[[Sardinia|Terra Sarda]]
|-
|2002–05
|A-Line
|-
|2005–06
| rowspan="2" |[[Asics]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Sky Italia|Sky]]
|-
|2006–07
| rowspan="3" |[[Tiscali]]
|-
|2007–08
|[[Umbro]]
|-
|2008–09
| rowspan="2" |[[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]
|-
|2009–11
|[[Dahlia TV]]
|[[Sardinia|Sardegna]]
|-
|2011–12
| rowspan="4" |[[Kappa (brand)|Kappa]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Sardinia|Sardegna]]
|''None''
|-
|2012–14
|[[Tirrenia (company)|Tirrenia]]
|-
|2014–15
|[[Sardinia|Sardegna]] (Matchday 1–14) / ''Various''{{Refn|Brigante (Matchday 15–16), SolBat (17), [[Pecorino Romano]] (18–20), [[Fluorsid|ICIB]] (21), IN.ECO. (22), iZiPlay (23), [[Fluorsid]] (24, 34), Termomeccanica Energia (25), Subito.it (26–28), [[Sardinia|Sardegna]] (29–30), Vestis (31), Portalesardegna.com (32–33), [[Crai (supermarket)|Crai]] (35), Io tifo positivo (36), Alarm System (37–38)}}
|[[Tiscali]]
|[[Intesa Sanpaolo]]
|-
|2015–16
|''Various''{{Refn|Football Cares (Matchday 2–4) / Pizzeria Spontini (8) / [[Azimut Holding|Azimut]] (in cup matches)}} / [[Sardinia|ISOLA]] (Matchday 22–42)
|[[EPH (company)|EPH]]
|''Various''{{Refn|[[Pecorino Romano]] (Matchday 16–21) / Studio Verna (in cup matches)}} / Eva Arredamenti (Matchday 22–42)
|[[Energit]]
|-
|2016–17
| rowspan="4" |[[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Sardinia|ISOLA]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Birra Ichnusa|Ichnusa]]
|Eva Arredamenti
| rowspan="6" |''None''
|-
|2017–18
|Nieddittas / [[Azimut Holding|Azimut]] (in cup matches)
|-
|2018–19
|Nieddittas / ''Various''{{Refn|BlueShark (in cup matches) / [[Azimut Holding|Azimut]] (in cup matches)}}
|Io tifo positivo (Matchday 1–14) / [[Fluorsid]] (15–38)
|-
|2019–20
|Nieddittas
| rowspan="6" |Latte Arborea
|-
|2020–21
| rowspan="2" |[[Adidas]]
|[[Tiscali]]
|-
|2021–22
|[[Tiscali]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Birra Ichnusa|Ichnusa]]
|-
|2022–23
| rowspan="4" |EYE Sport
| rowspan="2" |[[Sardinia|Sardegna]]
|Fondazione Mont'e Prama
|BlueShark
|-
|2023–24
| rowspan="2" |[[Moby Lines]]
| rowspan="3" |''None''
|-
|2024–25
|[[Sardinia|Sardegna]] / [[AeroItalia]] (in cup matches)
|Doppio Malto
|-
|2025–
|[[Sardinia|Sardegna]] / inX.aero (in cup matches)
|Doppio Malto
|[[Banco di Sardegna]]
|[[Bet365|Bet365 Scores]]
|}

==Honours==
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===National titles===
*'''[[Serie A]] (Tier 1)''':
**[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] '''Winners (1)''': [[1969–70 Serie A|1969–70]]
**[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] Runners-up (1): [[1968–69 Serie A|1968–69]]
*'''[[Serie B]] (Tier 2)''':
**[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] '''Winners (1)''': [[2015–16 Serie B|2015–16]]
**[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] Runners-up (4): [[1953–54 Serie B|1953–54]], [[1963–64 Serie B|1963–64]], [[1978–79 Serie B|1978–79]], [[2003–04 Serie B|2003–04]]
*'''[[Serie B]] (Tier 2) play-offs''':
**[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] '''Winners (1)''': [[2022–23 Serie B|2022–23]]
*'''[[Serie C]]''' / '''[[Serie C1]] (Tier 3)''':
**[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] '''Winners (4)''': 1930–31 <small>Group South</small>, [[1951–52 Serie C|1951–52]], [[1961–62 Serie C|1961–62]], 1988–89
**[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] Runners-up (1): [[1960–61 Serie C|1960–61]] <small>Group B</small>
*'''[[Coppa Italia]]''':
**[[File:Silver medal icon.svg|15px]] Runners-up (1): [[1968–69 Coppa Italia|1968–69]]
*'''[[Coppa Italia Serie C]]''':
**[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] '''Winners (1)''': 1988–89

===Sardinian titles===
*'''[[Prima Divisione|Terza Divisione]] / [[Prima Divisione]] (Tier 1)''':
**[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] '''Winners (6)''': 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1936–37, 1945–46

===Friendlies trophies===
*'''Torneo Campana Mutilati''':
**[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] '''Winners (1)''': 1926–27
*'''Trofeo Sardegna''':
**[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] '''Winners (6)''': 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
*'''Trofeo Goleador''':
**[[File:Gold medal icon.svg|15px]] '''Winners (1)''': 2016

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===Individual Player & Coach awards===
;Top Scorer
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Boninsegna]] [[United Soccer Association]]: 1967<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1967.html|title=The Year in American Soccer - 1967|publisher=US Soccer History Archives|author1=Steve Holroyd|author2=David Litterer|date=15 August 2008|access-date=10 February 2017|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328230904/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1967.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gigi Riva]] [[Serie A]]:[[1966–67 Serie A|1966–67]] <small>(18 gol)</small>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gigi Riva]] [[Serie A]]:[[1968–69 Serie A|1968–69]] <small>(21 gol)</small>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gigi Riva]] [[Serie A]]:[[1969–70 Serie A|1969–70]] <small>(21 gol)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italtops.html|title=Italy - Serie A Top Scorers|author1=Roberto Di Maggio|author2=Igor Kramarsic|author3=Alberto Novello|date=11 June 2015|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Patrick M'Boma]] [[Coppa Italia]]: [[1999–2000 Coppa Italia|1999–2000]] <small>(6 gol)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/italcuptops.html|title=Italy - Coppa Italia Top Scorers|author1=Roberto Di Maggio|author2=Davide Rota|date=4 June 2015|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=15 June 2015}}</ref>

;[[Panchina d'Oro]]: 
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Massimiliano Allegri]]: [[2008–09 Serie A|2008–09]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-italia.net/52242/allegri%E2%80%99s-opportunity-juve%E2%80%99s-gain|title=Allegri's opportunity, Juve's gain?|publisher=Football Italia|date=17 July 2014|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref>

;[[UEFA European Championship]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gigi Riva]]: [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]]<ref name="Riva, the Italian roar of thunder">{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=44569/profile.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909012703/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=44569/profile.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2015|title=Riva, the Italian roar of thunder|publisher=FIFA.com|access-date=2 January 2015}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Enrico Albertosi]] [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]]

;[[African Footballer of the Year]]
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Patrick M'Boma]]: 2000

;[[Estonian Footballer of the Year]]
*{{flagicon|EST}} [[Ragnar Klavan]]: 2018, 2019<ref name="ESBL">{{cite web |url=https://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Ragnar_Klavan |title=Klavan, Ragnar |publisher=ESBL |language=et}}</ref>

;[[Moldovan Footballer of the Year]]
*{{flagicon|MLD}} [[Artur Ioniță]]: 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Gala Fotbalului 2019: Cine sunt cei mai buni jucători din Moldova |url=https://stiri.md/article/sport/gala-fotbalului-2019-cine-sunt-cei-mai-buni-jucatori-din-moldova|website=www.stiri.md |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref>

;[[Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year]]
*{{flagicon|HON}} [[David Suazo]]: 2006<ref name="pantera">{{cite web|url=http://www.calcionews24.com/david-suazo-pantera-nera-king-david-cagliari-inter-serie-a-485342|title=David Suazo: una pantera si aggira per la Serie A|publisher=CalcioNews24.com|language=it|date=18 May 2016|access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref>

;[[BBC African Footballer of the Year]] 
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Patrick M'Boma]]: 2000<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/afrique/sports-37952786|title=Historique du meilleur footballeur africain BBC|date=12 November 2016|work=BBC Afrique|access-date=8 November 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref>

;[[African Nations Cup]]
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Patrick M'Boma]]: [[2000 African Nations Cup|2000]], [[2002 African Nations Cup|2002]]

;[[CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament]]
*{{flagicon|HON}} [[David Suazo]]  [[2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2000]]

;[[Copa América]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[José Herrera (Uruguayan footballer)|José Herrera]]: [[1995 Copa América|1995]]

;[[Copa América Centenario]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Mauricio Isla]]: [[Copa América Centenario#Team of the tournament|2016]],<ref name="Copa América 2016: Awards">{{cite web|title=Copa América 2016: Awards |publisher=Copa America Organisation |date=27 June 2016 |url=http://www.ca2016.com/awards |access-date=27 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627172846/http://www.ca2016.com/awards |archive-date=27 June 2016 }}</ref>

;[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
*{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Patrick M'Boma]]: [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]

{{col-end}}

==Divisional movements==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
!Series!!Years!!Last!!Promotions!!Relegations
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie A|A]]'''
|'''43'''||[[2023–24 Serie A|2023–24]]|| - ||{{decrease}} 6 ([[1975–76 Serie A|1976]], [[1982–83 Serie A|1983]], [[1996–97 Serie A|1997]], [[1999–2000 Serie A|2000]], [[2014–15 Serie A|2015]], [[2021–22 Serie A|2022]])
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie B|B]]'''
|'''30'''||[[2022–23 Serie B|2022–23]]||{{increase}} 7 ([[1963–64 Serie B|1964]], [[1978-79 Serie B|1979]], [[1989–90 Serie B|1990]], [[1997–98 Serie B|1998]], [[2003–04 Serie B|2004]], [[2015–16 Serie B|2016]], [[2022-23 Serie B|2023]])||{{decrease}} 4 ([[1934–35 Serie B|1935✟]], [[1947–48 Serie B|1948]], [[1959–60 Serie B|1960]], [[1986–87 Serie B|1987]])
|-
|align=center|'''[[Serie C|C]]'''
|'''13'''||[[1988–89 Serie C|1988–89]]||{{increase}} 4 ([[1930–31 Prima Divisione|1931]], [[1951–52 Serie C|1952]], [[1961–62 Serie C|1962]], [[1988–89 Serie C1|1989]])|| {{decrease}} 1 ([[1939–40 Serie C|1940]])
|-
!colspan=5|86 out of 92 years of professional football in Italy since 1929
|-
|align=center|<small>'''Sardinia'''</small>
|'''6'''||1946–47||{{increase}} 2 (1937, 1947√)||never 
|}

==Players==

===Current squad===
{{updated|1 September 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cagliaricalcio.com/squadra/prima-squadra/ |title=Prima Squadra |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=Cagliari Calcio |language=it }}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Elia Caprile]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Marco Palestra]]|other=on loan from [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Riyad Idrissi]]}}
{{fs player|no=4|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Luca Mazzitelli]]|other=on loan from [[Como 1907|Como]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Sebastiano Luperto]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=FRA|pos=MF|name=[[Michel Ndary Adopo|Michel Adopo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=TUR|pos=FW|name=[[Semih Kılıçsoy]]|other=on loan from [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Gianluca Gaetano]]}}
{{Fs player|other=[[Captain (association football)#Vice-captain|vice-captain]]|no=14|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Alessandro Deiola]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=URU|pos=DF|name=[[Juan Rodríguez (footballer, born 2005)|Juan Rodríguez]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Matteo Prati]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Mattia Felici]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Alessandro Di Pardo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Andrea Belotti]]}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=CRO|pos=MF|name=[[Marko Rog]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Nicolò Cavuoti]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Nicola Pintus]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Giuseppe Ciocci]]}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=COL|pos=DF|name=[[Yerry Mina]]}}
{{Fs player|other=[[Captain (association football)#Vice-captain|2nd vice-captain]]|no=28|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Gabriele Zappa]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Gennaro Borrelli]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Leonardo Pavoletti]]|other=[[captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=31|nat=SRB|pos=GK|name=[[Boris Radunović]]}}
{{Fs player|no=32|nat=POR|pos=DF|name=[[Zé Pedro (footballer, born June 1997)|Zé Pedro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=SVK|pos=DF|name=[[Adam Obert]]}}
{{Fs player|no=77|nat=ANG|pos=FW|name=[[Zito Luvumbo]]}}
{{Fs player|no=90|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Michael Folorunsho]]|other=on loan from [[SSC Napoli|Napoli]]}}
{{fs player|no=94|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Sebastiano Esposito]]|other=on loan from [[Inter Milan]]}}
{{Fs end}}

=== Cagliari Primavera ===
{{updated|23 September 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cagliaricalcio.com/squadra/prima-squadra/ |title=Prima Squadra |access-date=16 July 2019 |work=Cagliari Calcio |language=it }}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=ZAM|pos=MF|name=[[Joseph Liteta]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=[[Vincenzo Sarno (footballer, born 2008)|Vincenzo Sarno]]|other=}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=POL|pos=DF|name=[[Antoni Tymoteusz Franke|Antoni Franke]]|other=}}
{{Fs player|no=36|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=[[Nicola Grandu]]|other=}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{updated|30 August 2025}}
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{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=BUL|pos=GK|name=[[Velizar-Iliya Svetozarov Iliev|Velizar-Iliya Iliev]]|other=at [[SS Audace Cerignola|Cerignola]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ALB|pos=GK|name=[[Alen Sherri]]|other=at [[Frosinone Calcio|Frosinone]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=[[Davide Veroli]]|other=at [[Palermo FC|Palermo]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=POL|pos=DF|name=[[Mateusz Wieteska]]|other=at [[Kocaelispor]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ZAM|pos=FW|name=[[Kingstone Mutandwa]]|other=at [[SV Ried]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=SVN|pos=FW|name=[[Nik Prelec]]|other=at [[Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=[[Alessandro Vinciguerra]]|other=at [[Delfino Pescara 1936|Pescara]] until 30 June 2026}}
{{Fs end}}

===Retired numbers===
{{Main|Retired numbers in football (soccer)|l1=Retired numbers in football}}
<big>'''11'''</big> – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gigi Riva]], [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] (1963–78) <br/>
<big>'''13'''</big> – {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Davide Astori]], [[Defender (association football)|Defender]] (2008–14) – posthumous honour<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-sa/news/astoris-number-13-shirt-retired-by-fiorentina-and-cagliari/btfysr0v9zz71nkzw0irr6qsw|title=Astori's number 13 shirt retired by Fiorentina and Cagliari following tragic passing|work=Goal.com|access-date=6 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306142623/http://www.goal.com/en-sa/news/astoris-number-13-shirt-retired-by-fiorentina-and-cagliari/btfysr0v9zz71nkzw0irr6qsw|archive-date=6 March 2018}}</ref>

==Notable former players==
{{See also|:Category:Cagliari Calcio players}}
This shortlist only includes players with at least 100 appearances for the club or an appearance in an edition of the [[FIFA World Cup]] or both.

{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[Robert Acquafresca]]
* [[Mauricio Isla]]
* [[Nelson Abeijón]]
* [[Enrico Albertosi]]
* [[Davide Astori]]
* [[Nicolò Barella]]
* [[Davide Biondini]]
* [[Roberto Boninsegna]]
* [[Massimiliano Cappioli]]
* [[Pierluigi Cera]]
* [[Daniele Conti]]
* [[Andrea Cossu (footballer, born 1980)|Andrea Cossu]]
* [[Angelo Domenghini]]
* [[Mauro Esposito]]
* [[Gianluca Festa]]
* [[Daniel Fonseca]]
* [[Enzo Francescoli]]
* [[Alberto Gallardo]]
* [[Diego Godin]]
* [[José Oscar Herrera|José Herrera]]
* [[Gerry Hitchens]]
* [[Victor Ibarbo]]
* [[Fanis Katergiannakis]]
* [[Antonio Langella]]
* [[Luis Diego López|Diego López]]
* [[Alberto Marchetti]]
* [[Federico Marchetti]]
* [[Alessandro Matri]]
* [[Gianfranco Matteoli]]
* [[Patrick Mboma]]
* [[François Modesto]]
* [[Francesco Moriero]]
* [[Roberto Muzzi]]
* [[Radja Nainggolan]]
* [[Nahitan Nandez]]
* [[Claudio Olinto de Carvalho|Nené]]
* [[Comunardo Niccolai]]
* [[David Nyathi]]
* [[Luís Oliveira]]
* [[Fabian O'Neill]]
* [[Giuseppe Pancaro]]
* [[Marco Pascolo]]
* [[Luigi Piras]]
* [[Gigi Riva]]
* [[Marco Sau]]
* [[Franco Selvaggi]]
* [[Darío Silva]]
* [[David Suazo]]
* [[Eric Tinkler]]
* [[Julio Dely Valdés]]
* [[Julio César Uribe]]
* [[Ramon Vega]]
* [[Waldemar Victorino]]
* [[Pietro Paolo Virdis]]
* [[Cristiano Zanetti]]
* [[Jonathan Zebina]]
* [[Gianfranco Zola]]
}}

Cagliari have a long history of Uruguayan players,<ref>{{cite news |title=Cagliari, i giocatori dell'Uruguay in Sardegna: da Francescoli a Nandez|trans-title=Cagliari, the players from Uruguay in Sardinia: from Francescoli to Nández|url=https://sport.sky.it/calcio/serie-a/2019/11/05/cagliari-calcio-giocatori-uruguay |access-date=18 December 2020 |publisher=Sky Sport |date=5 November 2019 |language=Italian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lippi |first1=Gabriele |title=Ranking definitivo degli uruguaiani del Cagliari|trans-title=Definitive ranking of Cagliari's Uruguayans|url=https://www.esquire.com/it/sport/calcio/a30702889/uruguaiani-cagliari/ |access-date=18 December 2020 |work=www.esquire.com |date=30 January 2020 |language=Italian}}</ref> numbering 16 as of 2014; the most utilised of them was [[Diego López (footballer, born August 1974)|Diego López]] with 314 games, while others include [[Enzo Francescoli]], [[José Oscar Herrera|José Herrera]], [[Fabián O'Neill]], [[Darío Silva]], [[Nahitan Nandez]], and [[Diego Godin]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaviano |first1=Enrico |title=Sedici gli uruguaiani con la maglia rossoblù|trans-title=Sixteen Uruguayans in the red and blue shirt |url=https://www.lanuovasardegna.it/sport/2014/02/04/news/sedici-gli-uruguaiani-con-la-maglia-rossoblu-1.8604313 |access-date=18 December 2020 |work=La Nuova Sardegna |date=5 February 2014 |language=Italian}}</ref> 
In addition, Uruguayan [[Óscar Tabárez]] managed the team from 1994 to 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=Uruguay-Cagliari: con Godin può continuare la storia d'amore|trans-title=Uruguay-Cagliari: with Godin the love story continues|url=https://www.cagliarinews24.com/uruguay-cagliari-con-godin-puo-continuare-la-storia-damore/ |access-date=18 December 2020 |publisher=Cagliari News 24 |date=11 September 2020 |language=Italian}}</ref>

==Presidential history==
Cagliari have had numerous presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents, here is a complete list of them:<ref name=president>{{cite news |url=http://www.calciocagliari.it/index.php?page=Presidenti |publisher=CalcioCagliari.it |title=Presidenti |date=8 Jun 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227002959/http://www.calciocagliari.it/index.php?page=Presidenti |archive-date=27 December 2008|access-date=14 September 2007 }}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|*Antonio Zedda (1921)
*Gaetano Fichera (1920–21)
*Giorgio Mereu (1921–22)
*Angelo Prunas (1922–24)
*Agostino Cugusi (1924–26)
*Vittorio Tredici (1926–28)
*Carlo Costa Marras (1928–29)
*Enzo Comi (1929–30)
*Giovan Battista Bosazza (1930–31)
*Guido Boero (1931–32)
*Vitale Cao (1932–33)
*Enrico Endrich (1933)
*Pietro Faggioli (1933–34)
*Aldo Vacca (1934–35)
*Mario Banditelli (1935–40)
*Giuseppe Depperu (1940–43)
*Eugenio Camboni (1944–46)
*Umberto Ceccarelli (1946–47)
*Emilio Zunino (1947–49)
*Domenico Loi (1949–53)
*Pietro Leo (1953–54)
*Efisio Corrias (1954–55)
*Ennio Dalmasso (1955–57)
*Giuseppe Meloni (1958–60)
*Enrico Rocca (1960–68)
*Efisio Corrias (1968–71)
*Paolo Marras (1971–73)
*Andrea Arrica (1973–76)
*[[Mariano Delogu]] (1976–81)
*Alvaro Amarugi (1981–84)
*Fausto Moi (1984–86)
*[[Gigi Riva]] (1986–87)
*Lucio Cordeddu (1987)
*Antonio Orrù (1987–91)
*[[Massimo Cellino]] (1991–05)
*Bruno Ghirardi (2005–06)
*[[Massimo Cellino]] (2006–14)
*Tommaso Giulini (2014–present)
}}

==Management staff==
{{Fb cs header}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Head coach |s= {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Pisacane]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Assistant coach |s= {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[:it:Giacomo Murelli|Giacomo Murelli]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Technical assistant |s= {{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Alberto Gallego (footballer)|Alberto Gallego]]}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Goalkeeper coach |s= {{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Luca Bucci]] <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Christian Berretta}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Match analyst |s= {{Flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Battilana <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Davide Marfella}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Athletic coach |s= {{Flagicon|ITA}} Mauro Baldus <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Figus <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Fois}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Tactical shooting |s= {{Flagicon|ITA}} Giovanni Venturella }}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Head of medical |s= {{Flagicon|ITA}} Marco Scorcu}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Physiotherapist |s= {{Flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore Congiu <br/> {{Flagicon|ITA}} Simone Ruggiu}}
{{Fb cs staff |bg=  |p=Nutritionist |s= {{Flagicon|ITA}} Giovanna Ghiani}}
|}

==Managerial history==
Cagliari have had many managers and trainers, some seasons they have had co-managers running the team, here is a chronological list of them from when they founded in 1920 onwards.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.calciocagliari.it/index.php?page=Allenatori |publisher=CalcioCagliari.it |title=Allenatori Dal 1920 Ad Oggi |date=27 Aug 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227003217/http://www.calciocagliari.it/index.php?page=Allenatori |archive-date=27 December 2008|access-date=14 September 2007 }}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
*Gaetano Fichera (1920–21)
*Giorgio Mereu (1921–23)
*Angelo Colombo (1923–26)
*Natale Archibusacci (1926–27)
*Róbert Winkler (1927–30)
*[[Ernest Erbstein|Egri Erbstein]] (1930–32)
*[[András Kuttik]] (1932–34)
*Enrico Crotti (1934–35)
*[[Ferenc Molnár (footballer)|Ferenc Molnár]] (1935)
*Roberto Orani (1935–36)
*Renato Bonello (1936–38)
*Róbert Winkler (1938–39)
*Mariolino Congiu (1939–41)<ref>In regional championships during the wartime period: [http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=4152&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up (page 3) it.]</ref>
*Mariolino Congiu, Enrico Corrias (1941–42)
*Mariolino Congiu (1942–46)
*[[Raffaele D'Aquino]] (1946–48)
*Róbert Winkler (1948–49)
*Armando Latella (1949–50)
*Mariolino Congiu (1950)
*Enrico Carpitelli (1950–51)
*Mariolino Congiu (1951)
*[[Federico Allasio]] (1951–54)
*[[Ottavio Morgia]] (1954)
*Vincenzo Soro (1954)
*[[Carlo Alberto Quario]] (1954–55)
*[[Silvio Piola]] (1955–56)
*[[Carlo Rigotti]] (1956–57)
*[[Silvio Piola]] (1957)
*Mariolino Congiu (1957–58)
*Piero Andreoli (1958)
*Stefano Perati (1958–60)
*[[Carlo Rigotti]] (1960–61)
*[[Arturo Silvestri]] (1961–66)
*[[Ettore Puricelli]] (1967–68)
*[[Manlio Scopigno]] (1968–72)
*[[Edmondo Fabbri]] (1972–73)
*[[Giuseppe Chiappella]] (1973–75)
*[[Luigi Radice]] (1975)
*[[Luis Suárez Miramontes|Luis Suárez]] (1975–76)
*Mario Tiddia (1976)
*[[Lauro Toneatto]] (1976–78)
*Mario Tiddia (1978–81)
*Paolo Carosi (1981–82)
*[[Gustavo Giagnoni]] (1982–83)
*Mario Tiddia (1983–84)
*[[Fernando Veneranda]] (1984–85)
*[[Renzo Ulivieri]] (1985–86)
*[[Gustavo Giagnoni]] (1986–87)
*[[Enzo Robotti]] (1987–88)
*Mario Tiddia (1988)
*[[Claudio Ranieri]] (1 July 1988 – 30 June 1991)
*[[Massimo Giacomini]] (1991)
*[[Carlo Mazzone]] (1991–93)
*[[Luigi Radice]] (1993–94)
*[[Bruno Giorgi (footballer)|Bruno Giorgi]] (1994)
*[[Óscar Tabárez]] (1 July 1994 – 30 June 1995)
*[[Giovanni Trapattoni]] (1 July 1995 – 13 February 1996)
*[[Bruno Giorgi (footballer)|Bruno Giorgi]] (1996)
*[[Gregorio Pérez]] (1 July 1996 – 1 January 1997)
*[[Carlo Mazzone]] (23 October 1996 – 30 June 1997)
*[[Giampiero Ventura]] (1 July 1997 – 30 June 1999)
*[[Óscar Tabárez]] (1 July 1999 – 15 September 1999)
*[[Renzo Ulivieri]] (1999–00)
*[[Gianfranco Bellotto]] (2000–01)
*[[Giuseppe Materazzi]] (2001)
*Antonio Sala (2001–02)
*[[Giulio Nuciari]] (28 October 2001 – 23 December 2001)
*[[Nedo Sonetti]] (2002)
*[[Giampiero Ventura]] (1 July 2002 – 1 December 2003)
*[[Edoardo Reja]] (1 July 2003 – 30 June 2004)
*[[Daniele Arrigoni]] (2004 – 30 June 2005)
*[[Attilio Tesser]] (1 July 2005 – 29 August 2005)
*[[Daniele Arrigoni]] (29 August 2005 – 16 September 2005)
*[[Davide Ballardini]] (15 September 2005 – 8 November 2005)
*[[Nedo Sonetti]] (12 November 2005 – 30 June 2006)
*[[Franco Colomba]] (17 December 2006 – 26 February 2007)
*[[Marco Giampaolo]] (26 February 2007 – 13 November 2007)
*[[Nedo Sonetti]] (2007)
*[[Davide Ballardini]] (28 December 2007 – 30 June 2008)
*[[Massimiliano Allegri]] (29 May 2008 – 13 April 2010)
*Giorgio Melis (13 April 2010 – 30 June 2010)
*[[Pierpaolo Bisoli]] (23 June 2010 – 15 November 2010)
*[[Roberto Donadoni]] (16 November 2010 – 12 August 2011)
*[[Massimo Ficcadenti]] (16 August 2011 – 8 November 2011)
*[[Davide Ballardini]] (9 November 2011 – 11 March 2012)
*[[Massimo Ficcadenti]] (11 March 2012 – 3 October 2012)
*[[Ivo Pulga]] (3 October 2012 – 30 June 2013)
*[[Luis Diego López|Diego López]] (1 July 2013 – 6 April 2014)
*[[Ivo Pulga]] (6 April 2014 – 20 June 2014)
*[[Zdeněk Zeman]] (20 June 2014 – 23 December 2014)
*[[Gianfranco Zola]] (24 December 2014 – 9 March 2015)
*[[Zdeněk Zeman]] (9 March 2015 – 21 April 2015)
*[[Gianluca Festa]] (22 April 2015 – 12 June 2015)
*[[Massimo Rastelli]] (12 June 2015 – 17 October 2017)
*[[Luis Diego López|Diego López]] (18 October 2017 – 30 May 2018)
*[[Rolando Maran]] (7 June 2018 – 3 March 2020)
*[[Walter Zenga]] (3 March 2020 – 2 August 2020)
*[[Eusebio Di Francesco]] (3 August 2020 – 22 February 2021)
*[[Leonardo Semplici]] (22 February 2021 – 14 September 2021)
*[[Walter Mazzarri]] (16 September 2021 – 2 May 2022)
*[[Alessandro Agostini]] (2 May 2022 – 8 June 2022)
*[[Fabio Liverani]] (8 June 2022 – 20 December 2022)
*[[Roberto Muzzi]] (20 December 2022 – 31 December 2022)
*[[Claudio Ranieri]] (1 January 2023 – 19 May 2024)
}}

==In Europe==
===UEFA Champions League===
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Round
! Club
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|-
| rowspan=2| [[1970–71 European Cup|1970–71]]
| First Round
| {{flagicon|France}} [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–1'''
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/history/clubs/59013--cagliari/ |title=UEFA Champions League 1970–71 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=28 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017190340/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1970/clubs/club=59013/matches/index.html |archive-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Second Round
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Atlético Madrid]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''2–4'''
|}

===UEFA Cup===
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Round
! Club
! Home
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! Reference
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| [[1972–73 UEFA Cup|1972–73]]
| First Round
| {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–1
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 1–2
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1–3'''
| style="text-align:center; | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/59013--cagliari/ |title=UEFA Europa League 1971–72 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=28 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017193433/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1972/clubs/club=59013/matches/index.html |archive-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=5| [[1993–94 UEFA Cup|1993–94]]
| First Round
| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 2–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–3'''
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center; | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/history/clubs/59013--cagliari/ |title=UEFA Europa League 1993–94 |publisher=UEFA |access-date=28 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017190335/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1993/clubs/club=59013/matches/index.html |archive-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>
|-
| Second Round
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Trabzonspor]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 0–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 1–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1–1 ([[away goals|a]])'''
|-
| Third Round
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[KV Mechelen|Mechelen]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''5–1'''
|-
| Quarter-Final
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 2–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–1'''
|-
| Semi-Final
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–2
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–5'''
|}

===Inter-Cities Fairs Cup===
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
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| rowspan=2|[[1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1969–70]]
| First Round
| {{flagicon|Greece|old}} [[Aris Thessaloniki F.C.|Aris Thessaloniki]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#dfd;"| 3–0
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffd;"| 1–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4–1'''
| rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web |title=Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969–70 |website=[[RSSSF]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196970.html |access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| Second Round
| {{flagicon|GDR}} [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Carl Zeiss Jena]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–1
| style="text-align:center; background:#fdd;"| 0–2
| style="text-align:center;"| '''0–3'''
|}


== Supporters ==

In the 1970s, the ultras movement developed, as in Italy. The first group was founded in 1977 with the name of Brigate Rossoblù, which was joined by Fossa Ultrà, with the latter progressing in the early 1980s to follow the team also on the "Continent" and to meet with other opposing fans. However, the phenomenon also waned due to the team's downward trajectory in that decade after the glories of the Scudetto. However, the Commando Ultrà Young Supporters was born and later merged with the Ultrà Cagliari. In February 1987 some of the members of these groups gave rise to the Sconvolts who were joined by an already existing group, the Eagles. Two years later, in 1989, Furiosi were also born. These two groups monopolized the hottest support throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, never bonding as happened with the previous groups and indeed leading to an internal struggle which led to the dissolution of the Furiosi in 2004 and led the Sconvolts group to still be the only ultras fringe remaining in the Curva Nord of the various stadiums that have taken place in recent years.

== Friendships and Rivalries ==

The Sconvolts the historical group of the Cagliari maintain relationships of friendship and respect with [[Olbia Calcio|Olbia]], [[Atalanta Calcio|Atalanta]], [[Parma Calcio|Parma]], [[U.S. Lecce]]. 

Friendships from the past that no longer exist: [[Foggia Calcio|Foggia]], [[Unione Calcio Sampdoria|Sampdoria]], [[Internazionale Football Club|Inter FC]]

The main rivalries are with the [[SEF Torres 1903|Torres]] with which it is the [[Sardinia]] Derby and [[Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli|Napoli]].
Other rivalries: [[Palermo Football Club|Palermo]],[[S.S.C. Bari]], [[Hellas Verona Football Club|Hellas Verona]], [[Associazione Calcio Milan|A.C.Milan]], [[Juventus Football Club|Juventus FC]], Inter FC, [[Calcio Catania|Catania]], [[Genoa Cricket and Football Club|Genoa]], [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]], [[Venezia Football Club|Venezia FC]], [[SS Lazio|Lazio]], [[ACF Fiorentina]], [[Salernitana 1919]], [[Associazione Calcio Ancona|Ancona]], [[Pogoń Szczecin]].

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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*{{official website|http://www.cagliaricalcio.com}}
*[http://www.cagliaricampione.it Site about Cagliari's 1969–70 Serie A-winning season]

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