Before Silvia and Daniele plan a weekend away, they check Como’s fixture list. Whether the team is at home or away is part of the decision. A football calendar has a way of becoming a household calendar, particularly when both people want to be at the match.
For Daniele, it began in 1995. He was fifteen when he went to Como-Ascoli at the Sinigaglia, where the atmosphere and the colours started a connection that has lasted more than thirty years. There have been plenty of changes at the club since then, but supporting the team has remained part of his life.
When he met Silvia fifteen years ago, she was not a football supporter. Her interest grew gradually as she came to know the world that already meant so much to him. Going to games became something they could look forward to together, with their own experiences of the team and the people around it.
Matches brought opportunities to see friends. Away fixtures became trips they could share, and promotions gave them moments to remember as a couple. The practical arrangements around a match, from checking dates to deciding where to spend a weekend, became part of the routine too.
So when they married, Como had a place in the day. Daniele chose personalised cufflinks bearing the club’s crest. Alongside the wedding favours was a photograph of the couple in the stands at the Sinigaglia. "I wanted to carry a sign of it with me, even on the happiest and most important day of my life," he explains.
The cufflinks were a small detail in a much bigger occasion. The photograph brought in a place where they had already spent so much time together. Guests were seeing something of the couple’s life beyond the wedding itself.
For Simone and Stefania, the club is equally present at home. Both are long-standing season ticket holders, following Como at the Sinigaglia and away when they can. They watch the press conferences together, so the conversation about the team continues between matches.
In their living room is a shirt from the 2024 promotion to Serie A, signed by the squad and given to them by Iovine. The music of Davide Van De Sfroos is another familiar sound in their home. Their attachment to Como includes the team, the city and the people whose voices are part of the place.
On the club’s first Champions League night at the Sinigaglia, Simone had something else planned. While the stadium marked its first home match in the competition, he surprised Stefania with a marriage proposal in the Curva.
For supporters, hearing the Champions League anthem in their own stadium was already a moment to remember. For Stefania, the evening suddenly became personal in a way she had long hoped for. "I was shaking from head to toe and immediately burst into tears. I had dreamed of that moment for such a long time, and experiencing it there, in that setting, made it simply magical," she recalls.
One couple brought the club into their wedding; the other made a promise to each other at the ground. In both stories, the Sinigaglia had already become a familiar part of being together, through ordinary matchdays as much as the big occasions.
That is what makes the small details feel so recognisable. A photograph from the stands belongs among the wedding favours. A football shirt has a place in the living room. And before the next weekend away is booked, someone will be checking when Como play.