en.malanginspirasi.com – In a heartwarming gesture that has captured the spirit of football’s roots, Como 1907 president Mirwan Suwarso and several club directors are relinquishing their seats for the club’s historic UEFA Champions League debut against RB Leipzig.
The sold-out Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, freshly upgraded to meet UEFA standards but with reduced capacity, cannot accommodate everyone who wants to witness this milestone night.
So Suwarso and the directors have decided their tickets should go instead to lifelong supporters born in 1950 or earlier: the fans who stuck with Como through the lower divisions all the way to Serie A and now European competition.
Suwarso announced the initiative on Instagram, writing: “The stadium is completely sold out. With the reduced capacity and limited number of tickets available, unfortunately, we cannot accommodate everyone who would have liked to be there. Some club directors and I have decided to give up our seats for this match. We want them to be allocated to the fans who have waited the longest: supporters born in 1950 or earlier, who have followed Como through every division and era. If you know a long-standing Como fan, born in 1950 or earlier, who deserves to be at the stadium on Thursday, please write to us at Community@comofootball.com. We would be honoured to give them our seat.”
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano highlighted the move, noting that Suwarso and the directors “prefer the seats to go to Como supporters born in 1950 or earlier, those who have followed the club through every era to celebrate this historical UCL debut.”
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The match on Thursday marks Como’s first-ever appearance in the Champions League.
Just seven years ago the club was in Italy’s fourth tier and facing financial struggles.
Under Indonesian ownership (linked to the Hartono family via Djarum/SENT Entertainment) and with Cesc Fàbregas as coach, Como has risen dramatically: promotions, a strong Serie A campaign that secured fourth place last season, and now a place among Europe’s elite.
The gesture stands out amid the club’s rapid transformation.
Earlier this summer, new season-ticket rules—requiring minimum attendance to renew and restrictions on transferring seats—sparked debate as the club sought to prioritise genuine local supporters over empty seats or away fans in home sections.
This latest decision reinforces the same philosophy: honouring the fans who were there when times were hard.
Nominations are open via the community email.
Eligible lifelong supporters will take the directors’ places in the stands for a night that few in the lakeside city of around 85,000 people ever imagined.
