2023–24 US Catanzaro 1929 season

US Catanzaro 1929
2023–24 season
Stadium	Stadio Nicola Ceravolo
Serie B	5th
Coppa Italia	Round of 64
Top goalscorer	League: Pietro Iemmello (15); All: Pietro Iemmello (17)
Highest home attendance	13,382 vs Cosenza; (26 November 2023)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 vs Ternana; (28 August 2023)
Average home league attendance	9,878
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 89th season in existence and the club's first season in Serie B after a seventeen-year hiatus. The club earned promotion by topping their group in the 2022–23 Serie C season. In addition to the domestic league, Catanzaro also participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. Catanzaro finished 5th in the domestic league, qualifying for the promotion playoffs. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 September 2023^[3]

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

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

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

In

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

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

Overview

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	5th	38	17	9	12	59	50	+9	044.74
Serie B Playoffs	18 May 2024	25 May 2024	Preliminary round	Semi-finals	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	033.33
Coppa Italia	5 August 2023	11 August 2023	Preliminary round	Round of 64	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00
Total					43	19	10	14	68	62	+6	044.19

Last updated: 18 May 2024
Source: Competitions

Serie B

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Venezia (O, P)	38	21	7	10	69	46	+23	70	0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Cremonese	38	19	10	9	50	32	+18	67	0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Catanzaro	38	17	9	12	59	50	+9	60	0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Palermo	38	15	11	12	62	53	+9	56
7	Sampdoria^[a]	38	16	9	13	53	50	+3	55

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)^[5]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	9	12	59	50	+9	60	9	4	6	34	28	+6	8	5	6	25	22	+3

Last updated: 18 May 2024.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

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	36	37	38
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	H	A	H
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	W	L	L
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	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2024. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.^[6]

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

27 August 2023 2	Catanzaro	2–1	Ternana	Lecce
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Biasci 10' Vandeputte 89' (pen.)	Report	Raimondo 45'	Stadium: Stadio Via del mare Referee: Niccolo Baroni

30 August 2023 3	Catanzaro	3–0	Spezia	Catanzaro
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Biasci 52' Nikolaou 59' (o.g.) Pompetti 73'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Luca Zufferli

3 September 2023 4	Lecco	3–4	Catanzaro	Lecco
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Novakovich 64' Caporale 83' Eusepi 90+2'	Report	Iemmello 31' Vandeputte 56' Verna 85' Donnarumma 88'	Stadium: Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi Referee: Ermanno Feliciani

17 September 2023 5	Catanzaro	0–5	Parma	Catanzaro
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Man 18' Benedyzcak 25' (pen.), 40' Anthony Partipilo 47' Čolak 84'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

24 September 2023 6	Bari	2–2	Catanzaro	Bari
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Koutsoupias 28', 57'	Report	Sounas 30' Verna 45'	Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Maurizio Mariani

27 September 2023 7	Catanzaro	1–1	Cittadella	Catanzaro
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Donnarumma 26' (pen.)	Report	Carissoni 3'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Davide Ghersini

1 October 2023 8	Sampdoria	1–2	Catanzaro	Genoa
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Borini 34' (pen.)	Report	Vandeputte 36' Brignola 45'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Referee: Livio Marinelli

7 October 2023 9	Südtirol	0–1	Catanzaro	Bolzano
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Iemmello 43'	Stadium: Stadio Druso Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

21 October 2023 10	Catanzaro	3–0	Feralpisalò	Catanzaro
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Vandeputte 51' Biasci 74' Bacchetti 78' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Marco Monaldi

28 October 2023 11	Como	1–0	Catanzaro	Como
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Verdi 7'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia Referee: Davide Di Marco

4 November 2023 12	Catanzaro	1–2	Modena	Catanzaro
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vandeputte 19'	Report	Manconi 27' Bozhanaj 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Marco Di Bello

10 November 2023 13	Venezia	2–1	Catanzaro	Venice
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pohjanpalo 25' (pen.) Johnsen 45+1'	Report	Ghion 40'	Stadium: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo Referee: Antonio Santoro

26 November 2023 14	Catanzaro	2–0	Cosenza	Catanzaro
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Iemello 12' Biasci 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

1 December 2023 15	Palermo	1–2	Catanzaro	Palermo
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Štulac 82'	Report	Iemmello 44' Biasci 49'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Livio Marinello

9 December 2023 16	Catanzaro	2–0	Pisa	Catanzaro
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Ambrosino 53' Marin 82' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Davide Ghersini

16 December 2023 17	Ascoli	1–0	Catanzaro	Ascoli Piceno
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Pedro Mendes 14'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Referee: Antonio Santoro

23 December 2023 18	Catanzaro	2–3	Brescia	Catanzaro
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ambrosino 10' Vandeputte 13'	Report	Bjarnason 47' Bisoli 58' Bianchi 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Marco Piccinini

26 December 2023 19	Reggiana	1–0	Catanzaro	Reggio Emilia
12:30 CET (UTC+1)	Girma 41'	Report		Stadium: Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Referee: Giacomo Camplone

12 January 2024 20	Catanzaro	5–3	Lecco	Catanzaro
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Verna 18' Sounas 48', 65' Iemmello 52' Biasci 88'	Report	Di Stefano 25' Lemmens 29' Novakovich 55'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Fabio Maresca

20 January 2024 21	Feralpisalò	3–0	Catanzaro	Piacenza
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Kourfalidis 5' Compagnon 60' La Mantia 90+8' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadio Leonardo Garilli Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

26 January 2024 22	Catanzaro	1–1	Palermo	Catanzaro
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Biasci 29'	Report	Segre 48'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Niccolo Baroni

3 February 2024 23	Spezia	1–1	Catanzaro	La Spezia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jagiełło 34'	Report	Iemmello 13'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco Referee: Davide Ghersini

11 February 2024 24	Catanzaro	3–2	Ascoli	Catanzaro
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Matias Antonini 17' Bellusci 81' (o.g.) Iemmello 86'	Report	Mantovani 24' Eric Botteghin 37'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Andrea Rapuano

17 February 2024 25	Catanzaro	2–2	Südtirol	Catanzaro
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Brighenti 31' Matias Antonini 47'	Report	Kurtić 2' Pecorino 59'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Luca Zufferli

24 February 2024 26	Cittadella	1–2	Catanzaro	Cittadella
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Baldini 29' (pen.)	Report	Iemmello 19', 56'	Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Referee: Federico Dionisi

27 February 2024 27	Catanzaro	2–0	Bari	Catanzaro
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Vandeputte 4' Iemmello 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

3 March 2024 28	Cosenza	0–2	Catanzaro	Cosenza
16:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Iemmello 31' Biasci 89'	Stadium: Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla Referee: Michael Fabbri

9 March 2024 29	Catanzaro	0–1	Reggiana	Catanzaro
16:15 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Fulignati 12' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Kevin Bonacina

16 March 2024 30	Brescia	1–1	Catanzaro	Brescia
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Borrelli 52'	Report	Biasci 45+1'	Stadium: Stadio Mario Rigamonti Referee: Francesco Cosso

1 April 2024 31	Parma	0–2	Catanzaro	Parma
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Biasci 11' Matias Antonini 39'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Referee: Niccolo Baroni

6 April 2024 32	Catanzaro	1–2	Como	Catanzaro
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Vandeputte 19'	Report	Gabrielloni 62' Da Cunha 67'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Marco Di Bello

12 April 2024 33	Modena	1–3	Catanzaro	Modena
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Tremolada 34'	Report	Iemmello 16', 68' Vandeputte 25'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Braglia Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

20 April 2024 34	Catanzaro	0–0	Cremonese	Catanzaro
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Federico Dionisi

26 April 2024 35	Pisa	2–2	Catanzaro	Pisa
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Moreo 74' Marin 81'	Report	Pontisso 2' Ambrosino 63'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Referee: Matteo Gualtieri

1 May 2024 36	Catanzaro	3–2	Venezia	Catanzaro
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pontisso 5' Iemmello 59', 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Idzes 14', 55'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

5 May 2024 37	Ternana	1–0	Catanzaro	Terni
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Distefano 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Libero Liberati Referee: Francesco Fourneau

10 May 2024 38	Catanzaro	1–3	Sampdoria	Catanzaro
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Oliveri 39'	Report	Borini 4' (pen.), 57', 60'	Stadium: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Referee: Daniele Perenzoni

Promotion play-offs

18 May 2024 Preliminary Round	Catanzaro	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Brescia	Catanzaro
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Iemmello 26', 120+2' Donnarumma 90+6' Brignola 105'	Report	Galazzi 8' Moncini 52'	Stadium: Nicola Ceravolo Attendance: 12,370^[7] Referee: Simone Sozza

21 May 2024 Semi-final First Leg	Catanzaro	2–2	Cremonese	Catanzaro
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Biasci 51' Brignola 68'	Report	Tsadjout 14' Ciofani 50'	Stadium: Nicola Ceravolo Attendance: 12,623^[7] Referee: Matteo Marcenaro

25 May 2024 Semi-final Second Leg	Cremonese	4–1 (6–3 agg.)	Catanzaro	Cremona
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Vázquez 12' Buonaiuto 19' Coda 37' Sernicola 69'	Report	Antonini 80'	Stadium: Giovanni Zini Attendance: ^[7] Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Coppa Italia

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

^ "Catanzaro Scoring Stats". www.espn.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Catanzaro Performance Stats". www.espn.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^ "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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^ ^a ^b ^c "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2023-24". StadiaPostcards.com.

External links

Official website

[table_note_SAM0.99382768664222-5] Sampdoria were deducted 2 points due to failure in paying taxes between January and March 2023.^[4]

[1] "Catanzaro Scoring Stats". www.espn.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[CTZ_Perf-2] "Catanzaro Performance Stats". www.espn.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[players-3] "US Catanzaro 1929 squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

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

[6] "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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[attendance-8] "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2023-24". StadiaPostcards.com.

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