List of US Catanzaro 1929 records and statistics

This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see List of U.S. Catanzaro 1929 seasons.

U.S. Catanzaro 1929 is an Italian football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria. The club was officially formed in 1929. Catanzaro has competed in the Serie A seven times and were one time Coppa Italia runners-up.

The list encompasses the honours won by U.S. Catanzaro 1929 at national and regional level, records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Catanzaro players on the international stage.

Catanzaro have won 6 interregional level three titles and 1 interregional level four title. The club's record league appearances maker is Adriano Banelli, who made 336 appearances between 1967 and 1979 ^[1] and the club's record Serie A appearance maker is Claudio Ranieri with 128 appearances. ^[2] Massimo Palanca is the club's record goalscorer, scoring 116 goals in total. ^[1]

All figures are correct as of 16 November 2021.

Honours and achievements

National

Leagues

• Serie B (Level 2)

Runners-Up (2): 1975–76, 1977–78

Promoted via play-offs (1): 1970–71

• Supercoppa di Serie C (Level 3)

Runners-Up (1): 2004

• Scudetto IV Serie (Level 4)

Winners (1): 1952–53

Cups

• Coppa Italia

Runners-Up (1): 1965–66

Semi-finalists (2): 1978–79, 1981–82

Interregional

• Prima Divisione or Serie C or Serie C1 (Level 3)

Winners (6): 1932–33 (Prima Div/I), 1935–36 (Serie C/D), 1958–59 (Serie C/B), 1984–85 (Serie C1/B), 1986–87 (Serie C1/B), 2003–04 (Serie C1/B)

Runners–Up (4): 1945–46, 1947–48, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} 2020–21, ^{[lower-alpha 2]} 2021–22 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}

• IV Serie or Serie C2/Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (Level 4)

Winners (1): 1952–53 (IV Serie/H)

Runners-Up (2): 2009–10, ^{[lower-alpha 2]} 2011–12 (LP Seconda Div)

Promotion (1): 2002–03 (Serie C2)

Regional

• Prima Divisione

Winners (2): 1938–39, 1939–40

Runners-Up (1): 1937–38

European

• Cup of the Alps

Winners (1): 1960

Notes

1. No promotion during this season
2. No automatic promotion for second place, did not advance through play-offs

Player records

See also: List of U.S. Catanzaro 1929 players

Appearances

• Most league appearances: Adriano Banelli, 336 ^[1]
• Most Serie A appearances: Claudio Ranieri, 128 ^[2]
• Most Coppa Italia appearances: Adriano Banelli, 39
• Youngest first-team player: Domenico Strumbo, 16 years, 9 months, 12 days on 20 November 2017 ^[3]

Most appearances

Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute.

#	Name	Years	League (Serie A) [lower-alpha 1]	Coppa Italia	Other [lower-alpha 2]	Total
1	Adriano Banelli	1967–1979	336 (66)	39	3 [lower-alpha 3]	378
2	Massimo Palanca [4] [lower-alpha 4]	1974–1981 1986–1990	332 (105)	36	1 [lower-alpha 3]	369
3	Stefano Raise [4] [lower-alpha 5]	1955–1966	313 (0)	2	—	315
4	Paolo Braca	1967–1977	244 (45)	27	3 [lower-alpha 3]	274
5	Claudio Ranieri	1974–1982	225 (128)	27	1 [lower-alpha 3]	253
6	Luigi Tonani	1963–1969	224 (0)	14	—	238
7	Cesare Maccacaro	1960–1968	221 (0)	9	—	230
8	Luigi Maldera	1971–1978	206 (45)	22	1 [lower-alpha 3]	229
9	Fausto Silipo	1967–1977	197 (39)	26	2 [lower-alpha 3]	225
10	Franco Marini	1965–1971	202 (0)	16	1 [lower-alpha 3]	219

Goalscorers

• Most goals in a season:
  • Vincenzo Geraci, 22 in the 1947–48 Catanzaro season ^{[lower-alpha 6] [5]}
  • Gianni Bui, 22 in the 1965–66 Catanzaro season ^{[lower-alpha 7]}
• Most league goals in a season:
  • Vincenzo Geraci, 21 in the 1947–48 Serie C and the 1950–51 Serie C seasons ^[5]
  • Simone Masini, 21 in the 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season
• First Serie A goalscorer: Alberto Spelta, in the 1971–72 season against Juventus ^[1]
• Youngest goalscorer: Maurizio Pellegrino, 18 years, 3 months, 5 days (against U.S. Triestina, Serie B, 3 June 1984)
• Oldest goalscorer: Domenico Giampa, 38 years, 8 months, 30 days (against S.S. Racing Club Roma, Serie C, 14 November 2015)

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances.

This list may not be completely exhaustive of all matches in all competitions. Data is missing for league competitions from founding in 1929 to 1959. Data is also missing for 12 seasons: 1986–87, 1984–85, 2006–07, and between 1990 and 1992, and 1996 and 2003. Where a player has missing data from the source, numbers have been adjusted using additional references. ^[4]

#	Name	Years	League	Coppa Italia	Other [lower-alpha 2]	Total	Ratio
1	Massimo Palanca [lower-alpha 8]	1974–1981 1986–1990	114 (332)	20 (36)	0 (1) [lower-alpha 3]	134 (369)	0.36
2	Giorgio Corona	2003–2006	46 (112	1 (4)	0 (1) [lower-alpha 9]	47(117)	0.41
3	Gianni Bui	1965–1967	33 (67)	4 (5)	—	37(72)	0.51
4	Edigio Ghersetich	1958–1965	33 (148)	3 (5)	—	36(153)	0.24
5	Edi Bivi	1981–1984	28 (83)	6 (13)	—	34(96)	0.35
5	Alberto Spelta	1971–1976	29 (173)	5 (16)	—	34(169)	0.20
7	Simone Masini	2011–2013	27 (59)	0 (1)	—	27(60)	0.45
8	Giordano Fioretti	2012–2014	24 (56)	1 (1)	1 (1) [lower-alpha 10]	26(58)	0.45
8	Carlo Petrini	1972–1974	22 (71)	4 (8)	—	26(79)	0.33
10	Gennaro Rambone	1958–1962	24 (68)	1 (5)	—	25(73)	0.34

Capocannonieri

Below is a list of Catanzaro players who were the top goalscorers of the league or cup during a season, known as the Capocannonieri in Italian. The number corresponds to the numbers of goals scored followed by the season and league or cup this achievement was accomplished.

League Player No. Season Gianni Bui 18 1965–66 Serie B Massimo Palanca 18 1977–78 Serie B Giuseppe Lorenzo 18 1984–85 Serie C1 Massimo Palanca 17 1986–87 Serie C1 Paolo Mollica 16 1991–92 Serie C2 Sebastian Bueno 16 2006–07 Serie C2 Source: [5]

Cup Player No. Season Massimo Palanca 8 1978–79 Coppa Italia Source: [7]

Serie A records

Below is a list of players with the top 10 appearances and goals scored in the Italian top flight competition, the Serie A.

Appearances Player No. Claudio Ranieri 128 Piero Braglia 117 Giuseppe Sabadini 111 Massimo Palanca 105 Alessandro Zaninelli 83 Giorgio Boscolo 83 Angelo Orazi 77 Leonardo Menichini 73 Enrico Nicolini 68 Adriano Banelli 66 Source: [2]

Goals Player No. Massimo Palanca 37 Edi Bivi 15 Carlo Borghi 8 Alberto Spelta 7 Adriano Banelli 6 Antonio Sabato 6 Giovanni Improta 5 Carlo Bresciani 5 Pietro Mariani 4 Luigi De Agostini 4 Enrico Nicolini 4 Claudio Ranieri 4 Source: [8]

Managerial records

See also: List of U.S. Catanzaro managers

• First full-time manager: Dino Baroni
• First Serie A manager: Gianni Seghedoni in the 1971–72 Serie A season.
• Longest serving manager: Orlando Tognotti — 4 years (1 July 1952 to 30 June 1956).
• Longest serving Serie A manager: Carlo Mazzone – 1 year, 8 months, 30 days (1 July 1978 to 30 March 1980).
• Highest win percentage: ^{[lower-alpha 11]} Gaetano Auteri, 65.79%
• Lowest win percentage: ^{[lower-alpha 11]} Vincenzo Guerini, Bruno Bolchi, both 0.00%

Club records

Matches

• First Serie A match: Juventus 4–2 Catanzaro, 30 October 1971. ^[1]
• First Serie A win: 1–0 against Juventus, Round 16, 30 January 1972. ^{[1] [9]}

Record wins

• Record league win: 10–0 against Cagliari, Serie B, 25 February 1934 ^[1]
• Record Coppa Italia win: 6–0 against Benevento, 27 October 1935

Record defeats

• Record league defeat: 5-goal margin
  • 1–6 on two occasions
  • 0–5 on seven occasions
• Record Coppa Italia defeat: 0–6 against Sorrento, 2010–11 First Round, 8 August 2010

Goals

• Most league goals scored in a season: 66 in 40 matches, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, 2011–12
• Fewest league goals scored in a season: 15 in 30 matches, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, 2010–11
• Most league goals conceded in a season: 82 in 42 matches, Serie B, 2004–05
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 15 in 34 matches, Serie C, 1958–59

Points

• Most points in a season (2-point wins):
  • 47 in 34 matches, Serie C, 1958–59
  • 47 in 38 matches, Serie B, 1970–71
• Most points in a season (3-point wins): 83 in 40 matches, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, 2011–12
• Fewest points in a season (2-point wins): 13 in 30 matches, Serie A, 1982–83
• Fewest points in a season (3-point wins): 11 in 30 matches, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione ^{[lower-alpha 12]}

Attendances

Serie A matches only.

• Highest home attendance: 28,942, against Juventus, Round 30, 16 May 1982.
• Lowest home attendance: 4,328, against Lazio, Round 30, 22 May 1977.

All-time records

All domestic competitions

As of 21 November 2021

League	P	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	%	Honours	Notes
Serie A	7	210	38	88	84	156	253	018.10		[10]
Serie B	28	1,036	297	370	369	939	1,080	028.67	Runners-Up (2): 1975–76, 1977–78	[11]
Serie C [lower-alpha 13]	31	1,016	415	282	319	1,316	1,088	040.85	Group Winners (6): 1932–33, 1935–36, 1958–59, 1984–85, 1986–87, 2003–04 Group Runners-Up (3): 1945–46, 1947–48, 2020–21	[4]
Serie C2	18	618	234	219	165	702	550	037.86	Group Runners-Up (2): 2009–10, 2011–12	[4]
Serie D	1	30	14	10	6	52	22	046.67	Group winners (1): 1952–53	[4]
Total Leagues	85	2910	998	969	943	3165	2993	34.29
Coppa Italia	45	151	59	28	64	224	227	039.07	Runners-Up (1): 1965–66
Coppa Italia Serie C	8 [lower-alpha 14]	20	11	0	9	26	22	055.00
Supercoppa di Serie C	1	2	0	0	2	0	4	000.00	Runners-Up (1): 2004
Scudetto Serie D	1	2	1	1	0	4	3	050.00	Winners (1): 1952–53
Torneo di Capodanno	1	2	1	0	1	2	2	050.00
Total Cups	56	177	72	29	76	256	258	40.68
Serie B promotion play-offs	2	3	1	0	2	1	2	033.33	Promoted (1/2): 1970–71
Prima Div promotion play-offs	1	2	0	1	1	?	?	000.00	Promoted (1/1): 1932–33 [lower-alpha 15]
Serie C promotion play-offs	4	7	0	4	3	5	8	000.00	Promoted (0/4):
Serie C2 promotion play-offs	6	18	4	9	5	10	16	022.22	Promoted (1/6): 2002–03 [lower-alpha 16]	[4]
Serie D promotion play-offs	1	6	5	0	1	9	3	083.33	Promoted (1/1): 1952–53	[4]
Total promotion play-offs	14	36	10	14	12	25	29	27.77
Serie C relegation play-outs	1	2	1	1	0	4	3	050.00	Survived relegation (1/1): 2016–17
Total record	156	3125	1081	1013	1031	3450	3283	34.56

See also

• List of U.S. Catanzaro 1929 seasons

Notes

1. League games only
2. Includes league play-off/play-out matches, Supercoppa di Serie C, Scudetto IV Serie, and Coppa Italia Serie C
3. Appearance(s) in Serie B promotion play-off(s)
4. Figures adjusted using Stasin reference to include missing data from 1986–87 season from Transfermarkt source (29 apps, 17 goals)
5. Figures adjusted using Stasin reference to include missing data for years 1955 to 1959 from Transfermarkt source (128 apps, 20 goals)
6. 21 goals in the regular season and 1 goal in the play-off
7. 18 goals in the league and 4 goals in the Coppa Italia
8. League, Total and Ratio numbers adjusted from source to include 1986–87 Serie C league statistics of 17 goals in 29 appearances ^[6]
9. Appearance(s) in Supercoppa Serie C
10. Appearance(s) in Coppa Lega Pro
11. Minimum 10 matches
12. Catanzaro were deducted 8 points resulting a total of 11 points. Without the deduction, Catanzaro would have only received 19 points, which would also be the fewest points received in a season with 3-point wins.
13. Includes 3 seasons in Prima Divisione (1930–1933) and 9 seasons of Serie C1
14. Source only provides statistics for 8 campaigns, Catanzaro has actually participated in 31
15. Promoted later, after initially not qualifying from this series
16. Promoted later, after initially losing play-off final in this series

References

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External links

• Official website