U.S. Catanzaro 1929

Catanzaro

Full name

Unione Sportiva
Catanzaro 1929^[1]

Nickname(s)

Aquile del sud (Southern Eagles)

Founded

1929
1946 (refounded)
2006 (refounded)
2011 (refounded)

Ground

Stadio Nicola Ceravolo,
Catanzaro, Italy

Capacity

14,650

Owner

Catanzaro Calcio 2011 S.r.l.^[2]

Chairman

Giuseppe Cosentino

Manager

Alessandro Erra

League

Lega Pro/C

2015–16

Lega Pro/C, 10th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

U.S. Catanzaro 1929^[1] is an Italian football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria.

Their last run in Serie A ended in 1983. Currently it plays in Lega Pro.

History

Foundation and refoundations

The club were founded in 1929 as Catanzarese, then changed their denomination to Unione Sportiva Catanzaro in 1946, shortly after the end of World War II, and in 2006, to Football Club Catanzaro. The team assumed the current title in 2011, following the cancellation of the previous club's registration because of financial troubles.^[3]

From Serie A to the first bankruptcy

Catanzaro achieved promotion to Serie B in 1959, and reached the Coppa Italia final in 1966. In 1971, they defeated Bari in a play-off to win promotion to Serie A for the first time.

Catanzaro's inaugural Serie A season saw them struggle and succumb to relegation on the final day with only 3 wins and 15 draws for 21 points. However, their first-ever Serie A win came in Round 16 with a 1–0 win over Juventus. After narrowly missing out on a return to Serie A in 1975, they bounced back in 1976 but once again lasted just one year.

A third promotion in 1978 ushered in the club's golden era with a five-year stay in Serie A. With a team including Claudio Ranieri, Gianni Improta and the iconic Massimo Palanca, Catanzaro managed a highly credible 9th place in 1979. Though they finished 14th and would have been relegated for the following season, they won a reprieve thanks to forced relegations of AC Milan and Lazio. They managed 8th place in 1981 and 7th the following year before a dismal relegation in 1983. Much of the next four years was spent bouncing between Serie B and C1.

Catanzaro emerged as promotion contenders once more in 1988, with the ageless Palanca having returned to the club after a fruitless spell at Napoli. Finishing 5th, they succumbed to successive relegations in 1990 and 1991, staying in Serie C2 until 2003.

In 2005, after two consecutive promotions, Catanzaro returned to Serie B after a 15-year absence. However, after a poor season they ended their Serie B campaign in last place, meaning relegation to Serie C1. Catanzaro would immediately get another chance, the team being reinstated to Serie B due to vacancies related to the exclusion of other teams from Serie B. In its 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Catanzaro came last again and was relegated to Serie C1; the relegation was followed by financial troubles which led to the federation cancelling the club's registration.

F.C. Catanzaro

Old logo of FC Catanzaro (used from 2006 until 2011)

In the summer 2006 the club was refounded with the new name of F.C. Catanzaro and registered to Serie C2 for the 2006–2007 season, with the hope to return to the upper divisions.

In season 2010-11, they were initially relegated from Lega Pro Seconda Divisione group C to Serie D,^[4] but due to the relegation of Pomezia to last place, the club was saved from relegation.^[5]

On 18 July 2011 it is excluded by the Federal Council from Lega Pro Seconda Divisione,^[6] but on 27 July 2011 it wins appeal to Tnas and then can play in 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.^[7]

U.S. Catanzaro 1929

On 30 June 2011 the company Catanzaro Calcio 2011 acquired permanently the company branch of the bankrupt F.C. Catanzaro.^[8]^[9]

Since 6 August 2011, the company switched to the current denomination, after having purchased the historical brand and logo of U.S. Catanzaro.^[1]

In the 2011–12 season, Catanzaro obtained a respectable second place in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione and was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione after playoffs. The following two seasons saw Catanzaro ending in tenth and fourth place respectively, and also a participation in the promotion play-offs (then lost to Benevento) in the latter case.

Colors and badge

The team's colours are red and yellow.

Presidential history

Below is a presidential history list of Catanzaro, from when they were founded in 1929, until the present day.^[10]

Name	Years
Enrico Talamo	1929–1937
Arnaldo Pugliese	1937–1944
Italo Paparazzo	1944–1945
Umberto Riccio	1945–1946
Giuseppe Zamboni Pesci	1946–1948
Gino Guarnieri	1948–1950
Aldo Ferrara	1950–1958
Nicola Ceravolo	1958–1979
Adriano Merlo	1979–1984

Name	Years
Giuseppe Albano	1984–1995
Giuseppe Soluri	1995–1999
Giovanni Mancuso	1999–2002
Claudio Parente	2002–2006
Giancarlo Pittelli	2006–2008
Pasquale Bove	2008–2009
Antonio Aiello	2009–2011
Giuseppe Cosentino	2011-2016

Managerial history

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Name	Nationality	Years
Dino Baroni		1929–1931
Géza Kertész		1931–1933
Yuri Koszegi		1933–1936
Remo Migliorini Gorni Schoenfeld		1936–1937
Walter Colombati		1937–1938
Riccardo Mottola		1938–1946
Pietro Piselli		1946–1947
Todor Veselinović		1986
Francesco Cozza		2011-

Current squad

As of 24 January 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Matteo Grandi (on loan from Cesena)
		GK	Tommaso Scuffia
		GK	Loris Cannizzaro
		DF	Davide Moi
		DF	Luca Ricci
		DF	Alessandro Orchi
		DF	Matteo Patti
		DF	Raffaele D'Orsi
		DF	Lorenzo Caselli]
		DF	Eugenio Calvarese
		DF	Roberto Fulco
		MF	Francesco Agnello
		MF	Mattia Maita

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Alessandro Bernardi
		MF	Domenico Giampà
		MF	Giovanni Foresta (on loan from Crotone)
		MF	Tommaso Squillace
		MF	Sergio Garufi
		MF	Cristian Barillari (on loan from Crotone)
		MF	Riccardo Taddei
		MF	Simone Caruso
		FW	Kolawole Agodirin
		FW	Marco Firenze (on loan from Crotone)
		FW	Leonardo Mancuso
		FW	Andrea Razzitti (on loan from Brescia)

References

External links

Official Site (Italian)

Lega Pro 2015–16 clubs

Girone A	AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Pavia Bassano Virtus Cremonese Südtirol FeralpiSalò Renate Mantova Torres Giana Erminio Lumezzane Savona Pordenone Cittadella Padova Virtus Entella Cuneo

Girone B	Ascoli Reggiana SPAL Arezzo Robur Siena Pistoiese Pisa Ancona L'Aquila Prato Tuttocuoio Carrarese Pontedera Santarcangelo Maceratese Pro Piacenza Lucchese Rimini

Girone C	Lecce Benevento Foggia Matera Juve Stabia Cosenza Casertana Catanzaro Ischia Fidelis Andria Akragas Lupa Roma Martina Franca Vigor Lamezia Melfi Paganese Monopoli Lupa Castelli

Lega Pro seasons

Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28

Prima Divisione	1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35

Serie C	1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78

Serie C1	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Lega Pro Prima Divisione	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Lega Pro	2014–15 2015–16

Football in Italy

Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Capocannoniere

International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women

Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio (defunct)

League competitions	Serie A Serie B Lega Pro Lega Pro Prima Divisione defunct Lega Pro Seconda Divisione defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria

Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti

Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia

Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 Italian football scandal Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players

Seasons	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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