2023–24 US Catanzaro 1929 season

US Catanzaro 1929
2023–24 season
Stadium	Stadio Nicola Ceravolo
Serie B	Ongoing
Coppa Italia	Out
Highest home attendance	13,382 vs Cosenza Calcio; (26 November 2023, Serie A)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Calcio Foggia 1920; (5 August 2023, Coppa Italia)
Average home league attendance	8,792
Biggest win	Catanzaro 3-0 Spezia
Biggest defeat	Catanzaro 0–5 Parma
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is US Catanzaro 1929's 95th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Ascoli Calcio will participate in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 8 September 2023^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Andrea Fulignati
5	DF	BUL	Dimo Krastev (on loan from Fiorentina)
6	MF	GHA	Nana Welbeck
7	FW	ITA	Luca D'Andrea (on loan from Sassuolo)
8	MF	ITA	Luca Verna
9	FW	ITA	Pietro Iemmello (Captain)
14	DF	ITA	Stefano Scognamillo
16	GK	ITA	Andrea Sala
17	FW	ITA	Enrico Brignola
18	MF	ITA	Andrea Ghion
19	FW	ITA	Matteo Stoppa (on loan from Sampdoria)
20	MF	ITA	Simone Pontisso
21	MF	ITA	Marco Pompetti
22	GK	ITA	Edoardo Borrelli


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	ITA	Nicolò Brighenti
24	MF	GRE	Dimitris Sounas
25	FW	ITA	Francesco Bombagi
27	MF	BEL	Jari Vandeputte
28	FW	ITA	Tommaso Biasci
32	DF	SVN	Luka Krajnc
33	MF	ITA	Andrea Oliveri (on loan from Atalanta)
44	DF	ITA	Kevin Miranda (on loan from Sassuolo)
70	FW	ITA	Giuseppe Ambrosino (on loan from Napoli)
72	DF	ITA	Davide Veroli (on loan from Cagliari)
77	MF	GRE	Panos Katseris
92	MF	CRO	Mario Šitum
98	FW	ITA	Alfredo Donnarumma (on loan from Ternana)

Other players under contract[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Francesco Talarico

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ITA	Alfonso Rizzuto (at Lentigione until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ITA	Alessio Curcio (at Casertana until 30 June 2024)

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
FW	Enrico Brignola	Benevento	Undisclosed	1 July 2023
MF	Marco Pompetti	Internazionale	Undisclosed	1 July 2023
MF	Luca D'Andrea	Sassuolo		1 July 2023
FW	Giuseppe Ambrosino	Napoli		1 July 2023
FW	Alfredo Donnarumma	Ternana		1 July 2023
FW	Matteo Stoppa	Sampdoria		1 July 2023
MF	Andrea Oliveri	Atalanta		1 July 2023
DF	Dimo Krastev	Fiorentina		1 July 2023
DF	Davide Veroli	Cagliari		1 July 2023
DF	Kevin Miranda	Sassuolo		1 July 2023
GK	Edoardo Borrelli	Ostiamare	Undisclosed	14 July 2023
DF	Luka Krajnc	Hannover 96	Undisclosed	23 August 2023

Out[edit]

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Date
DF	Luca Martinelli	Cerignola	1 July 2023
FW	Pietro Cianci	Taranto	1 July 2023
DF	Alberto Tentardini	Cerignola	1 July 2023
MF	Antonio Cinelli	Sangiuliano	1 July 2023
DF	Pasquale Fazio	Monopoli	1 July 2023
DF	Riccardo Gatti	AlbinoLeffe	1 July 2023
MF	Alessio Curcio	Casertana	1 July 2023
GK	Alfonso Rizzuto	Lentigione	1 July 2023
MF	Gabriele Rolando	Released	1 July 2023

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	19 August 2023	10 May 2024	Matchday 1		35	16	9	10	55	44	+11	045.71
Coppa Italia	5 August 2023	11 August 2023	Preliminary round	Round of 64	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00
Total					37	17	9	11	57	48	+9	045.95

Last updated: 26 April 2024
Source: Competitions

Serie B[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Venezia (X)	37	21	7	9	68	44	+24	70	0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals^[a]
4	Cremonese (Q)	37	18	10	9	47	32	+15	64	0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals^[a]
5	Catanzaro (Q)	37	17	9	11	58	47	+11	60	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round^[a]
6	Palermo (Q)	37	14	11	12	61	53	+8	53
7	Sampdoria^[b] (Q)	37	15	9	13	50	49	+1	52

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2024. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[3]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least a play-off place.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b If the 3rd-placed team finishes 15 or more points ahead of the 4th-placed team, then the promotion play-offs are not played, and the 3rd-placed team is promoted to Serie A.
^ Sampdoria were deducted 2 points due to failure in paying taxes between January and March 2023.^[2]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
35	16	9	10	55	44	+11	57	8	4	5	30	23	+7	8	5	5	25	21	+4

Last updated: 26 April 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	D
Position	10	6	4	3	5	6	6	6	4	3	4	5	7	6	4	4	4	6	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 26 April 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.^[4]

19 August 2023 1	Cremonese	0–0	Catanzaro	Cremona
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Zini

27 August 2023 2	Catanzaro	2–1	Ternana	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Via del mare

30 August 2023 3	Catanzaro	3–0	Spezia	Catanzaro
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

3 September 2023 4	Lecco	3–4	Catanzaro	Lecco
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi

17 September 2023 5	Catanzaro	0–5	Parma	Catanzaro
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

24 September 2023 6	Bari	2–2	Catanzaro	Bari
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio San Nicola

27 September 2023 7	Catanzaro	1–1	Cittadella	Catanzaro
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

17 February 2024 25	Catanzaro	2–2	Südtirol	Catanzaro
				Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

24 February 2024 26	Cittadella	1–2	Catanzaro	Cittadella
14:00 CET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato

27 February 2024 27	Catanzaro	2–0	Bari	Catanzaro
				Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

3 March 2024 28

Cosenza

0–2

Catanzaro

Cosenza

9 March 2024 29	Catanzaro	0–1	Reggiana	Catanzaro
				Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

12 April 2024 33	Modena	1–3	Catanzaro	Modena
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

20 April 2024 34	Catanzaro	0–0	Cremonese	Catanzaro
16:15		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Federico Dionisi

26 April 2024 35	Pisa	2–2	Catanzaro	Pisa
20:30		Report		Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Referee: Matteo Gualtieri

5 May 2024 37	Ternana	v	Catanzaro	Terni
15:00				Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati

10 May 2024 38	Catanzaro	v	Sampdoria	Catanzaro
20:30				Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

Coppa Italia[edit]

5 August 2023 Preliminary round	Catanzaro	1–0	Foggia	Vibo Valentia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Curcio 70'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Luigi Razza Attendance: 0 Referee: Francesco Cosso

11 August 2023 Round of 64	Udinese	4–1	Catanzaro	Udine
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lovric 9' Beto 49' Masina 51' Thauvin 64' (pen.) Lucca 90+3'	Report	Vandeputte 12'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 4,801 Referee: Daniele Minelli

References[edit]

^ "US Catanzaro 1929 squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ "Serie B, Sampdoria penalizzata di 2 punti dal Tribunale Federale Nazionale" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
^ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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External links[edit]

Official website

[table_note_res_PPO0.094740172426561-2] If the 3rd-placed team finishes 15 or more points ahead of the 4th-placed team, then the promotion play-offs are not played, and the 3rd-placed team is promoted to Serie A.

[table_note_SAM0.094740172426561-4] Sampdoria were deducted 2 points due to failure in paying taxes between January and March 2023.^[2]

[players-1] "US Catanzaro 1929 squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

[3] "Serie B, Sampdoria penalizzata di 2 punti dal Tribunale Federale Nazionale" (in Italian). SKY Sport. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

[5] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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