Como make incredible Champions League gesture on eve of competition debut
Tickets sold out for Como’s first Champions League match, prompting president Mirwan Suwarso and directors to give their seats to older supporters.
- Como president Mirwan Suwarso will relinquish his VIP executive box seats for Thursday's Champions League debut against Leipzig, donating the tickets to honor lifelong fans born in 1950 or earlier.
- Demand for the historic European debut has far exceeded supply at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, as UEFA broadcasting requirements reduced the venue's capacity to about 12,000.
- "We want those seats to be allocated to supporters who have waited the longest," Suwarso wrote on Instagram, inviting fans born in 1950 or earlier who followed Como through every division to contact the Community team.
- Under head coach Cesc Fabregas, Como earned promotion back to the Serie top flight in 2024 following a 21-year absence, securing Champions League qualification by finishing in the top four.
- Thursday's match represents uncharted territory for the club, which had never competed in a major UEFA tournament before this campaign, marking a rise from fourth-tier obscurity in its 119-year history.
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[Sports Chosun Reporter Park Sang-kyung] It is a rare display of romance in the cutthroat world of professional football. The moves of Italy's Serie A club Como are drawing attention. On the 8th (Korean time), the BBC reported that "Como executives, preparing to compete in European competitions for the first time in 119 years since the club's founding, have decided to yield their seats to elderly fans." Como, which secured a spot in the UEFA Cha…
Como shows all over Europe that it is not just a team. But a big family and its president proved it with his move. More specifically, it was announced that the strong man of the Italian club, Mirvan Suavarso, will give his position, as a sign of respect, to one of the oldest friends of the team. Something similar will happen with other members of the Como board of directors. The opportunity to go to the official ones will have all those who supp…
Como will host RB Leipzig on Friday (11/9) in their first match in Europe's elite competition.
On Thursday, Como will be competing in the Champions League in a closed-window meeting. Italian club leaders have therefore decided to give up their seats in tribunes.
Como is preparing for a historic visit to Leipzig, and a special invitation has been given to fans who have been with the club for decades.
COMO plays its first Champions League match in the club's history on Thursday.
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