Under Antonello Cuccureddu, Crotone first reached Serie B in 2000, returning to the second level two seasons later. Crotone gained successive promotions to Serie C2 and C1, winning in the play-offs against Locri and Benevento, respectively. A second bankruptcy led to the foundation of Football Club Crotone Calcio with Raffaele Vrenna as chairman, starting in the Promozione (7th level). The team's name was changed to Kroton Calcio, and the club was promoted again to C2 after the 1986–87 season, where it played until 1991. A new club, Associazione Sportiva Crotone, began competing again in the Prima Categoria (eighth division).Ĭrotone was promoted to Serie C2 in 1984–85, but only for one season. In 1978, following the Italian football league reorganisation, Crotone was relegated to Serie C2 and the following year was declared bankrupt. In 1963, the club was relegated to Serie D, but returned to the third division the following year, remaining there for fourteen consecutive seasons, missing promotion in 1977 when finishing third behind Bari and Paganese.

Following World War II, a new club, Unione Sportiva Crotone replaced the previous one, playing seven seasons in Serie C. The first team from Crotone, Società sportiva Crotona, was founded on 20 September 1910, but without adhering to Italian Football Federation, and the following main teams of Crotone, like Milone Crotone, did not participate before 1921-1923 in several minor leagues including Prima Divisione (which later would be known as Serie C). The club is proud of their Greek origins with their banners and slogans and regularly depicting Greek icons such as soldiers of Sparta. The club is based in the ancient Greek settlement of Kroton, one of the first Greek colonies in what is now known as modern day Italy.

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