Calcio Catania
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{{Football club infobox |
clubname = Catania |
image = [[Image:Calcio catania.gif|100px|logo]] |
fullname = Calcio Catania SpA |
nickname = ''Rossazzurri'' ("Red and light-blues"),<br /> ''Gli Elefanti'' ("The Elephants"),<br />''[[Mount Etna|Etnei]]'' ("Etneans")|
founded = [[1908]] (Educazione Fisica Pro Patria)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forzacatania.it/La_storia/La_storia_1.htm|title=ForzaCatania.it|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref><br />[[1946]] (Club Calcio Catania) |
ground = [[Stadio Angelo Massimino]],<br />[[Catania]], [[Italy]] |
capacity = 23,420 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Italy}} Antonino Pulvirenti |
manager = {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Walter Zenga]] |
league = [[Serie A]] |
season = [[Serie A 2007-08|2007-08]] |
position = Serie A, 17th |
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'''Calcio Catania''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club founded in [[1908]] and are based in [[Catania]], [[Sicily]]. The club has spent much of its history in [[Serie B]], gaining promotion to Italy's top league [[Serie A]] five times. They currently compete in [[Serie A]] after climbing back up the football pyramid.
The club has achieved moderate success in the top league, the highest position ever reached by the club is 8th in [[Serie A]] twice, both during the early 1960s. The furthest Catania have progressed in cup competitions is the final of the [[Coppa delle Alpi]].
==History==
The origins of football being played by representatives of the [[Province of Catania]] can be traced back to [[England|English]] [[cargo ship]]s, thanks to the workers who brought the game to Sicily. Specifically the earliest Catania team can be traced to match which took place on [[2 May]] [[1901]] at ''San Raineri di Messina'' against [[Messina Football Club|Messina]], the team was named '''Royal Yacht Catania'''; an English ship with a local Catanian crew.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clubcalciocatania.it/index.htm#1946|title=ClubCalcioCatania.it|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref>
[[Image:ProPatria1908.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Earliest club photograph; as Pro Patria in [[1908]].]]
The ship workers team was just a pastime however, Catania's first professional and most stable football club was founded on [[19 June]] [[1908]], by Italian [[film director]] Gaetano Ventimiglia and Francesco Sturzo d'Aldobrando, who founded the club under the name '''A.S. Educazione Fisica Pro Patria'''. Early on they would always play against sailors visiting the port of Catania, particularly foreign ships. Though their first ever match was against [[Regina Margherita class battleship|Regina Margherita]] an Italian [[battleship]], the game ended in a 1-1 draw and the Catania line-up that day consisted of; Vassallo, Gismondo, Bianchi, Messina, Slaiter, Caccamo, Stellario, Binning, Cocuzza, Ventimiglia and Pappalardo. Just two years later they changed the name to '''Unione Sportiva Catanese'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/catania.html|title=RSSSF.com|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref>
In the North of Italy, football was more organised and those clubs competed in the early [[Italian Football Championship]]s, while Catania and other Southern clubs competed in competitions such as the Lipton, Sant' Agata and Agordad cups. U.S. Catanese survived the [[First World War]] and just after it played in the local [[Coppa Federale Siciliana]]. Seven seasons later in [[1927]] they were entered into the Campionato Catanese, which was won in the 1928-29 season. As they gained promotion the club were entered into the Second Division, and changed their name first to '''Società Sportiva Catania'''. They first competed in [[Serie B]] in the 1934-35 season<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clubcalciocatania.it/1934-35.htm|title=ClubCalcioCatania.it|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref> where they finished 4th; that season [[Genoa Cricket & Football Club|Genoa]] won the Serie B title.
Catania played in the league for three seasons during this period, before being relegated. Down in [[Serie C]], Catania were crowned champions in the 1938-39 season, finishing above Sicilian rivals [[U.S. Siracusa|Siracusa]] and Messina (who came in 2nd and 3rd respectively). Their return to Serie B was not a pleasant one, the club finished bottom of the league and won only three games that season. The club's name was briefly changed to '''Associazione Calcio Fascista Catania''' during the 1942-43 season in [[Serie C]], which ended prematurely because of the [[2nd World War]].
===Rebirth===
[[Image:Catania1946.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Calcio Catania during 1946.]]
After [[World War II]] ended, a local competition was organised, the Campionato Siciliano. US Catanese were back; at the end of that season a local team named '''Elefante Catania'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clubcalciocatania.it/1944-45.htm|title=ClubCalcioCatania.it|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref> were merged into the club. The merged club kept the Catanese name and competed in [[Serie C]] during the 1945-46 season, but finished last. In the same league that season a team called '''Virtus Catania''' were also present and finished 8th.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clubcalciocatania.it/1945-46.htm|title=ClubCalcioCatania.it|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref>
At the end of the season, Catanese and Virtus merged together to form '''Club Calcio Catania''', with the first president as Santi Manganaro-Passanisi (who had been president of Catanese). They were entered into [[Serie C]] where they spent three seasons, after an epic duel with [[Reggina Calcio|Reggina]] for first place Catania prevailed with stars such as Goffi, Messora, Ardesi and Prevosti, gaining promotion to [[Serie B]] during 1948-49.
===Calcio Catania's Golden years===
The late 1950s through 1960s are considered the ''[[Golden age|golden years]]'' for the Catanian club, as they managed to achieve promotion to [[Serie A]] on two separate occasions during this time. Their first promotion from [[Serie B]] came, when in the 1953-54 season Catania beat out [[Cagliari F.C.|Cagliari]] and Lombardy side [[Pro Patria]] to be crowned champions of the division. Their first season in Serie A, saw Catania achieve a respectable 12th place finish, but the club were forcibly relegated due to financial scandal (as were [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]]).
[[Image:Catania1961-62.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Calcio Catania during their second spell in Serie A, in the 1960s.]]
Under the management of [[Carmelo Di Bella]] (who had played for the club in the late '30s) Catania gained promotion from Serie B in the 1959-60 season. The race for promotion in third spot went down to the last day of the season and was very tense. Catania had lost their final game 4-2 to [[Brescia Calcio|Brescia]] and needed Parma to get a good result against [[U.S. Triestina Calcio|Triestina]] for the Sicilian club to secure promotion. That is exactly what happened and Catania had thus gained promotion once more. .
Catania returned into [[Serie A]] for the 1960-61 season, to begin what would be a six-year stay in the league. Their return season was emphatic as the newly promoted club finished in 8th above top Italian clubs such as [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] and [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]. This season produced several notable wins; they beat Napoli and Bologna twice, [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] 3-0 at home and most notably they beat [[AC Milan]] 4-3 in Sicily and then on the final day of the season they beat [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]] 2-0, with goals from Castellazzi and Calvanese. This rubbed the salt into the wounds of Inter who lost the closely contested title that year to [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]].
Four years later in 1965 they would also finish 8th in the league, this time above [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] and Sicilian rivals [[F.C. Messina Peloro|Messina]]. Many of the club's most notable stars played around this time, such as; midfielders Alvaro Biagini and the Brazilian [[Cinesinho]], along with wingers Carlo Facchin and Giancarlo Danova in the side. Catania more than held their own amongst the giants of Italian football, with wins against Juventus (2-0), [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] (2-0) and Lazio (1-0).
===Mixed fortunes in the 70s and 80s===
After their relegation in [[1966]] Carmelo Di Bella left and Catania stayed in Serie B; clashing with [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]] in the [[Sicilian derby]] before the Palermitan club were promoted. Catania followed in 1970-71 with a third place finish; though their stay in Serie A this time was very brief and they were relegated back down after one season. Their most impressive results that season was 3-1 win against Lazio and a draw at home against AC Milan, Catania lacked goalscorers at the time as they only scored 18 goals all-together in 30 games.
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Mastalli-Cantarutti.jpg|thumb|140px|right|Catania players Mastalli and Cantarutti during the 83 Serie B winning season.]] -->
Worse was to come for the club, who in 1973-74 were relegated down to [[Serie C]], but fortunately for the club they were able to bounce straight back with a promotion into Serie B as champions. A similar situation happened in 1976-77, where they were relegated down to Serie C. This time however, they were not able to bounce right back; they finished 2nd and then 3rd before finally being crowned champions of what was now known as [[Serie C1]] in 1979-80.
After three short seasons, Catania were promoted in 3rd place behind AC Milan and Lazio, into Serie A. They played the 1983-84 season in Italy's top league, but it proved to be an especially dismal season, with only one win (which came against [[Pisa Calcio|Pisa]]) and 12 points despite the presence of [[Claudio Ranieri]] and Brazilian imports Luvanor and [[Pedro Luís Vicençote|Pedrinho]].
===Decline and revival===
The decline of Catania started most evidently after its last relegation to Serie B. The team was no longer able to reach the top division of Italian football, and instead continued to decline, being relegated for a while into [[Serie C1]] for the latter part of the 1980s. The lowest point of the club's history, however, was reached in [[1993]], when the team was cancelled by the FIGC because of financial irregularities.
However, after a long judicial battle, the magistrature declared the Italian Federation decision as invalid, and forced it to include the team back into the footballing fold. Catania was thus included in the [[Eccellenza Sicily|Sicilian Eccellenza]] (the sixth level of Italian football), but in the meantime another Sicilian football team, Atletico Leonzio from [[Lentini]] (in the [[Province of Syracuse]]), had been relocated in the city and renamed [[A.S.D. Atletico Catania F.C.|Atletico Catania]]. Despite all of this, the "real" Catania was able to rise back to [[Serie C]] in a relatively small number of years, and even back to Serie B in [[2002]].
During [[2003]], Catania was at the centre of a controversy that led to the enlargement of Serie B from 20 to 24 teams, known as ''Caso Catania''. The club claimed that [[A.C. Siena|Siena]] fielded an ineligible player in a 1-1 tie, a result which saw Catania relegated, whereas the two extra points from a victory would have kept them safe. They were awarded a 2-0 victory, before the result being reverted, and then re-awarded again. In August, the [[Italian Football Federation|FIGC]] decided to let Catania, along with [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]] and [[Salernitana Sport|Salernitana]] stay in Serie B, the newly-reborn [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] were also added for the 2003-04 season. The ruling led to protests and [[boycott]]s by the other Serie B clubs that delayed the start of the season.
The league went down to 22 teams for 2004-05, while at the same time Serie A expanded from 18 to 20 teams. During the start of that season, Antonino Pulvirenti, chairman of the flight company [[Windjet]] and owner of [[A.S. Acireale|Acireale]], a Sicilian [[Serie C1]] team, bought the club. Catania's new ownership let the team enjoy a revival, and in [[Serie B 2005-06|2005-06]] Catania ended in second position, earning promotion to Serie A.
[[Image:Mascara spinesi.jpg|thumb|170px|right|Against [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]] in ''Serie A'' during [[2006]].]]
===Return to Serie A===
The [[Serie A 2006-07|2006-07]] season saw Catania in [[Serie A]] for its first appearance in 22 years. In their first season back Catania began well, though they recorded a couple of heavy defeats, their home form saw them peak as high as 4th after 20 games.
Their return season changed drastically on [[2 February]] [[2007]], due to the [[2007 Catania football violence]] incident. It happened during the [[Sicilian derby]] with [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]], policeman [[Filippo Raciti]] was killed during football-related violence caused by Catania [[ultras]] outside the Massimino stadium.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6326513.stm "Italian league halted by violence"] - [[BBC News]]</ref> The event led [[FIGC]] commissioner [[Luca Pancalli]] to cancel all football-related events in the country for a period of time; including league and national team matches. Catania chairman and owner Antonino Pulvirenti announced his willingness to leave the football world, stating it was not possible to go on producing football in Catania.
After the Italian football league restarted, Catania continued on but dropped in form largely. In truth their slump in form had started just before the derby incident and all together they failed to win for twelve games in a row, before beating [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] 1-0 in late April 2007,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/sa0607/udi-cat.html|title=Channel4.com|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref> they eventually finished 13th.
==Current first team squad==
''As of [[2008-07-04]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calciocatania.net/societa/index_primasquadra.php|author=Calcio Catania|title=SERIE A TIM - STAGIONE 2007/2008|accessdate=2008-02-01|language=Italian}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|name=[[Albano Bizarri|Albano Bizzarri]]|pos=GK|nat=Argentina}}
{{Fs player|no=2|name=[[Gennaro Sardo]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=3|name=[[Rocco Sabato]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=4|name=[[Andrea Sottil]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=5|name=[[Matías Silvestre]]|pos=DF|nat=Argentina}}
{{Fs player|no=6|name=[[Lorenzo Stovini]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=8|name=[[Mark Edusei]]|pos=MF|nat=Ghana}}
{{Fs player|no=9|name=[[Giuseppe Colucci]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=10|name=[[Nicolae Dică]]|pos=FW|nat=Romania}}
{{Fs player|no=11|name=[[Inácio Piá]]|pos=FW|nat=Brazil}}
{{Fs player|no=13|name=[[Mariano Julio Izco]]|pos=MF|nat=Argentina}}
{{Fs player|no=15|name=[[Takayuki Morimoto]]|pos=FW|nat=Japan}}
{{Fs player|no=16|name=[[Ciro Polito]]|pos=GK|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=17|name=[[Davide Baiocco]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy|other=captain}}
{{Fs player|no=18|name=[[Generoso Rossi]]|pos=GK|nat=Italy|other=on loan from [[U.S. Triestina|Triestina]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|name=[[Giacomo Tedesco]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=20|name=[[Marcello Gazzola]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=21|name=[[Cristian Silvestri]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=22|name=[[Pablo Sebastián Alvarez|Pablo Álvarez]]|pos=DF|nat=Argentina}}
{{Fs player|no=23|name=[[Christian Terlizzi]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=24|name=[[Gionatha Spinesi]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=25|name=[[Jorge Andrés Martínez]]|pos=FW|nat=Uruguay}}
{{Fs player|no=27|name=[[Marco Biagianti]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=28|name=[[Raffaele Ioime]]|pos=GK|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=TBA|name=[[Giuseppe Mascara]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=TBA|name=[[Tomáš Košický]]|pos=GK|nat=Slovakia}}
{{Fs player|no=TBA|name=[[Julián Di Cosmo]]|pos=FW|nat=Argentina}}
{{Fs player|no=TBA|name=[[Ezequiel Alejo Carboni|Ezequiel Carboni]]|pos=DF|nat=Argentina}}
{{Fs player|no=TBA|name=[[Andrea Catellani]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=TBA|name=[[Michele Paolucci]]|pos=FW|nat=Italy}}
{{Fs player|no=TBA|name=[[Pablo Ledesma]]|pos=FW|nat=Argentina}}
{{Fs player|no=TBA|nat=Argentina|name=[[Cristian Llama]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}
===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=5|name=[[Mauro Minelli]]|pos=DF|nat=Italy|other=at [[U.S. Triestina Calcio|Triestina]], co-ownership with [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|name=[[Anderson Rodney de Oliveira|Babù]]|pos=FW|nat=Brazil|other=at [[U.S. Triestina|Triestina]]}}<ref name="babu_loan">{{cite news|url=http://www.calciocatania.net/comunicati/comunicati.php?id=11587|publisher=Calcio Catania|title=Ultime di mercato|language=Italian|accessdate=2008-02-01|date=[[2008-01-31]]}}</ref>
{{Fs player|no=30|name=[[Francesco Millesi]]|pos=MF|nat=Italy|other=at [[Spezia Calcio 1906|Spezia]]}}<ref name="babu_loan" />
{{Fs end}}
==Notable former players==
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Enzo Bearzot]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Amedeo Biavati]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Riccardo Carapellese]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cinesinho]]
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Fabio Gatti]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Ennio Mastalli]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Luis Oliveira]]
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Pedro Luís Vicençote|Pedrinho]]
{{col-3}}
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Claudio Ranieri]]
*{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giovanni Vavassori]]
*{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Johan Walem]]
*{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Juan Manuel Vargas|Juan Vargas]]
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Nicolae Constantin Dică|Nicolae Dică]]
{{col-3}}
{{col-end}}
''See Also: [[:Category:Calcio Catania players]]''
==Presidential history==
Catania have had several presidents over the course of their history, some of which have been the owners of the club, others have been honorary presidents, here is a list of them from 1946 onwards.
<div style="font-size:100%">
{|
|width="10"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Santi Passanisi Manganaro
|align=left|1946–1948
|-
|align=left|Lorenzo Fazio
|align=left|1948–1951
|-
|align=left|Arturo Michisanti
|align=left|1951–1954
|-
|align=left|Giuseppe Rizzo
|align=left|1954–1956
|-
|align=left|Agatino Pesce<br />Michele Giuffrida
|align=left|1956–1959
|-
|align=left|Ignazio Marcoccio
|align=left|1959–1969
|-
|align=left|[[Angelo Massimino]]
|align=left|1969–1973
|-
|}
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left| Salvatore Coco
|align=left|1973–1974
|-
|align=left|Angelo Massimino
|align=left|1974–1987
|-
|align=left|Angelo Attaguile
|align=left|1987–1991
|-
|align=left|Salvatore Massimino
|align=left|1991–1992
|-
|align=left|Angelo Massimino
|align=left|1992–1996
|-
|align=left|Grazia Codiglione
|align=left|1996–2000
|-
|align=left|Riccardo Gaucci
|align=left|2000–2004
|-
|align=left|Antonino Pulvirenti
|align=left|2004–present
|-
|}
|}
</div>
==Managerial history==
Catania have had many managers and trainers throughout the history of a club, in some seasons more than one manager was in charge. Here is a chronological list of them from 1946 onwards.<ref>[http://www.clubcalciocatania.it/riassunto.htm ClubCalcioCatania.it]</ref>
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{|
|width="10"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|Giovanni Degni
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1946–1948
|-
|align=left|[[Nicolò Nicolosi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1948
|-
|align=left|Miroslav Banas
|{{flagicon|Slovakia}}
|align=left|1948–1949
|-
|align=left|Antonio Magnozzi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1949–1950
|-
|align=left|Stanislao Klein
|{{flagicon|Germany}}
|align=left|1950
|-
|align=left|Lajos Politzer
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|align=left|1950–1951
|-
|align=left| Nereo Marini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1951–1952
|-
|align=left|Brondi III
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1952
|-
|align=left|Giulio Cappelli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1952–1953
|-
|align=left|Fioravante Baldi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1953
|-
|align=left|Piero Andreoli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1953–1956
|-
|align=left|Ernesto Matteo Poggi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1956–1957
|-
|align=left|[[Riccardo Carapellese]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1957
|-
|align=left| [[Nicolò Nicolosi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1958
|-
|align=left|Francesco Capocasale
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1958
|-
|align=left|[[Blagoje Marjanović]]
|{{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}}
|align=left|1958–1959
|-
|align=left|[[Carmelo Di Bella]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1959–1966
|-
|align=left|Luigi Valsecchi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1966
|-
|align=left|Dino Ballacci
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1966–1967
|-
|align=left|Luigi Valsecchi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1968
|-
|align=left|Egizio Rubino
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1968–1971
|-
|align=left|Antonio Calvanese<br>Luigi Valsecchi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}<br>{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1971–1972
|-
|align=left|[[Carmelo Di Bella]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1972–1973
|-
|align=left|Luigi Valsecchi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1973
|-
|align=left|Guido Mazzetti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1974
|-
|align=left|[[Adelmo Prenna]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1974
|-
|align=left|[[Gennaro Rambone]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1974–1975
|-
|align=left|Egizio Rubino
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1975–1976
|-
|align=left|Guido Mazzetti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1976
|-
|align=left|[[Carmelo Di Bella]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1976–1977
|-
|align=left|Luigi Valsecchi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1977
|-
|align=left|Carlo Matteucci
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1977–1978
|-
|align=left|Guido Mazzetti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1978
|-
|align=left|Adelmo Capelli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1978–1979
|-
|align=left|[[Gennaro Rambone]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1979–1980
|-
|align=left|Lino De Petrillo
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1980–1981
|-
|align=left|Guido Mazzetti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1981
|-
|align=left|Giorgio Michelotti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1981–1982
|-
|align=left|Salvo Bianchetti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1982
|-
|align=left|Guido Mazzetti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1982
|-
|align=left|[[Gianni Di Marzio]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1982–1984
|-
|align=left|Giambattista Fabbri
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1984
|-
|align=left|Antonio Renna
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1984–1985
|}
|width="30"|
|valign="top"|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Name
!rowspan="1"|Nationality
!rowspan="1"|Years
|-
|align=left|[[Gennaro Rambone]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1985
|-
|align=left|Salvo Bianchetti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1985–1986
|-
|align=left|Antonio Colomban
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1986
|-
|align=left|[[Gennaro Rambone]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1986–1987
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|align=left|Bruno Pace
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1987
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|align=left|Osvaldo Jaconi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1987
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|align=left|Pietro Santin
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1987–1988
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|align=left|Bruno Pace
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1988–1989
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|align=left|Carmelo Russo
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1989–1990
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|align=left|[[Angelo Benedicto Sormani]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1990–1991
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|align=left|Giuseppe Caramanno
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1991–1992
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|align=left|[[Franco Vannini]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1992
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|align=left|Salvo Bianchetti
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1992–1993
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|align=left|Franco Indelicato
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1993–1994
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|align=left|Lorenzo Barlassina
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1994
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|align=left|[[Pier Giuseppe Mosti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1994–1995
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|align=left|Angelo Busetta
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1995
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|align=left|Lamberto Leonardi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1995
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|align=left|Aldo Cerantola
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1995–1996
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|align=left|Mario Russo
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1996
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|align=left|Angelo Busetta
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1996–1997
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|align=left|[[Giovanni Mei]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1997–1998
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|align=left|Franco Gagliardi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1998
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|align=left|Piero Cucchi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1998–1999
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|align=left|Gianni Simonelli
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|1999–2000
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|align=left|[[Ivo Iaconi]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2000–2001
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|align=left|Vincenzo Guerini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2001
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|align=left|[[Aldo Ammazzalorso]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2001
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|align=left|[[Pietro Vierchowod]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2001
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|align=left|[[Francesco Graziani]]<Br>Maurizio Pellegrino
|{{flagicon|Italy}}<Br>{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2001–2002
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|align=left|Osvaldo Jaconi
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2002
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|align=left|Maurizio Pellegrino
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2002
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|align=left|[[John Toshack]]
|{{flagicon|Wales}}
|align=left|2002–2003
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|align=left|[[Edoardo Reja]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2003
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|align=left|Vincenzo Guerini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2003
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|align=left|[[Gabriele Matricciani]]<Br>[[Stefano Colantuono]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}<Br>{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2003–2004
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|align=left|Maurizio Costantini
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2004–2005
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|align=left|[[Nedo Sonetti]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2005
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|align=left|[[Pasquale Marino]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2005–2007
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|align=left|[[Silvio Baldini]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2007–2008
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|align=left|[[Walter Zenga]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}}
|align=left|2008-present
|}
|}
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==Stadium information==
[[Image:Curva Nord di Catania.jpg|right|thumb|''Curva Nord'' supporters at Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania]]
*'''Name:''' [[Stadio Angelo Massimino]]
*'''Location:''' [[Catania]]
*'''Capacity:''' 23,420
*'''Inauguration:''' [[27 November]] [[1937]]
*'''Pitch Size:''' 110 x 70 metres
Catania first made their debut at the [[Stadio Angelo Massimino]], then called the Stadio Cibali in [[1937]]. The stadium was renamed in honour of former president Angelo Massimino in [[2002]]. Massimini had been president of the club from 1969 until this death in 1996.
It has been proposed that the club would move to a 33,765 seater stadiun named Stadio Dèi Palici, which is to be located in the southern outskirts of the city of Catania in an industrial zone called Pantano d'Arci.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_menu/architecture/stadio_dei_palici.shtml|title=WorldStadiums.com|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref>
==Honours==
'''[[Serie B]]'''
*Champions: 1953-54
*Promoted: 1959-60, 1969-70, 1982-83, 2005-06
'''[[Coppa delle Alpi]]'''
*Runners-up: 1964
'''[[Serie C]] / [[Serie C1]]'''
*Champions: 1938-39, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1974-75, 1979-80
*Promoted: 2001-02
'''[[Serie C2]]'''
*Champions: 1998-99
'''[[Serie D]]'''
*Champions: 1994-95
'''[[Eccellenza Sicily]]'''
*Promoted: 1993-94
==Club records==
*Highest League Position: '''8th''', in the 1960-61 and 1964-65 seasons.
*Most League Appearances: '''281''', Damiano Morra between 1975 and 1984.
*Most League Goals: '''47''', Guido Klein and Adelmo Prenna.
*Most Serie A Appearances: '''150''', Giuseppe Vavassori between 1961 and 1966.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.calciocatania.it Catania's official website]
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