Claudio Ranieri Leads Cagliari to Serie A in Impressive Comeback

Claudio Ranieri has fallen into oblivion in recent years, but now the likeable Italian has been well remembered by the fans. He was able to really lift his Cagliari after his arrival and returns him to the Italian elite.

The popular Italian coach has a few successes to his credit, but the biggest one was in 2015/16, when he led Leicester to the title in the English Premier League. This is one of the greatest football legends of all time.

After the end in the English team, he did not stay anywhere too long. He replaced teams such as Nantes, Fulham, AS Rome, Sampdoria Genoa and Watford. He was out of work from January 2022 until the end of last year.

At the end of the year, however, he signed for the Italian second division team Cagliari. It was not in a good situation. After being relegated from Serie A, he struggled in the lower division and Claudio Ranieri had a difficult task ahead of him with his team in fourteenth place.

But with the arrival of Ranieri, everything turned for the better. Cagliari stopped losing and started collecting points. By the end of the regular season, they collected 35 points in 19 matches for 9 wins and 8 draws.

Thanks to its rise, the team moved from the second half of the table to fifth place and caught up with fourth-placed Parma, who had secured a better place in the playoffs despite the equality of points thanks to a better balance of matches between them.

While Parma was certain of the semi-finals, Ranieri still had to guide his team through the quarter-final stage. And he did even better in the playoffs than in the regular season. In the quarter-finals, Cagliari dealt with Venice, followed by a double-header with the aforementioned Parma.

Not even the legendary Gianluigi Buffon helped Parma, Cagliari advanced to the final after a 3:2 win and a 0:0 draw, where Bari awaited them. The first match ended 1:1, the second was dominated by Ranieri’s men thanks to a goal in the 94th minute.

That means only one thing. Ranieri has another great success and next season, if there are no surprises, we will see him among the Italian elite. He has a contract with the club until the summer of 2025.

It is worth noting that Ranieri has already worked in Cagliari once. Since 1998, when he took over the team, the team has managed to progress from the third division to the Italian elite. He left the club in the summer of 1991.

Source: Serie B, transfer market