Como president gives up Champions League seats for loyal fans born in 1950 or earlier

In a sport where executives routinely hoard the best seats for themselves and their corporate guests, Como 1907 president Mirwan Suwarso is doing the opposite. He and the club’s directors are giving up their personal seats at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia so that supporters born in 1950 or earlier can watch the club’s first-ever Champions League match in person. The gesture is for Como’s home debut against RB Leipzig on September 10, 2026. It marks the first time in the club’s 119-year history that they will compete in European competition. From bankruptcy to the Champions League in seven years Como’s trajectory reads like a football fairy tale that even the most optimistic screenwriter would reject as unrealistic. The club was playing in Serie D, Italy’s fourth tier, after falling into financial ruin. Seven years later, they’re preparing to host Champions League football. The turnaround began under the ownership of the Hartono family, the Indonesian billionaires behind the Djarum conglomerate. Their investment, channeled through Sent Entertainment, provided the financial backbone for a club that had essentially been left for dead. Cesc Fàbregas, the former Arsenal, Barcelona, and Che...