F.C. Catanzaro

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Catanzaro

Full name

Football Club Catanzaro
SpA

Nickname(s)

Aquile del sud (southern eagles)

Founded

1929
2006 (refounded)

Ground

Stadio Nicola Ceravolo,
Catanzaro, Italy

Capacity

13,619

Chairman

Giancarlo Pittelli

Manager

Manuele Domenicali

League

Serie C2/C

2005-06

Serie B, 22nd (relegated)





Home colours





Away colours

Football Club Catanzaro is a football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria. The club was founded in 1929 as Catanzarese, then changed its denomination to Unione Sportiva Catanzaro in 1946, shortly after the end of the World War II. The team assumed the current denomination in 2006, following the cancellation of the previous club because of financial troubles, and is now playing Serie C2/C.

Its last stint in Serie A ended in 1983. The team's colors are red and yellow.

[edit] History

Old logo of US Catanzaro (used until 2006)

Catanzaro achieved promotion to Serie B in 1959, and reached the Italian Cup 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 the following year, they won a reprieve thanks to forced relegations for 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 would succumb to successive relegations in 1990 and 1991, staying in Serie C2 until 2003. In 2005, after two consecutive promotions, Catanzaro returned to play Serie B after 15 years. Catanzaro, however, after a poor season ended its Serie B campaign in last place, being therefore relegated to Serie C1; successively, the team have been moved back to Serie B by office, because of vacancies related to other teams' exclusions. In its 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Catanzaro came out last again and relegated to Serie C1; the relegation was followed by financial troubles which led the federation to cancel the club. A new club, with the current name, was successively founded and registered to Serie C2 for the 2006-2007 season.

[edit] Notable former players

Edi Bivi
Gianni Improta
Gianni Bui
Diomansy Kamara
Massimo Mauro
Massimo Palanca
Claudio Ranieri

[edit] External links

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