2023–24 Catania FC season

Catania FC
2023–24 season
Manager	Luca Tabbiani; (until 5 November); Michele Zeoli; (caretaker, 6–14 November); Cristiano Lucarelli; (from 14 November to 7 March); Michele Zeoli; (from 8 March)
Stadium	Stadio Angelo Massimino
Serie C	13th
Promotion play-offs	National phase second round
Coppa Italia Serie C	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Samuel Di Carmine (8); All: ; Samuel Di Carmine (8)
Highest home attendance	19,842 vs Rimini
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Sorrento
Biggest win	Casertana 0–4 Catania; Benevento 0–4 Catania; Catania 4–0 Brindisi
Biggest defeat	Crotone 3–0 Catania; Avellino 5–2 Catania
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season was Catania FC's 95th season in existence and second consecutive season in the Serie C. They also competed in the Coppa Italia Serie C.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 February 2024

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	LVA	Klāvs Bethers
2	DF	ARG	Marcos Curado
3	DF	ALB	Kevin Haveri (on loan from Torino)
5	DF	ITA	Francesco Rapisarda
6	MF	ALB	Emanuele Ndoj
7	MF	COL	Andrés Tello
8	MF	ITA	Stefano Sturaro
9	FW	ITA	Rocco Costantino
10	FW	ITA	Samuel Di Carmine
11	DF	ITA	Antonio Mazzotta
13	DF	ITA	Devid Eugene Bouah
14	DF	CRO	Ivan Kontek
15	DF	ITA	Tommaso Silvestri
16	MF	ITA	Alessandro Quaini
18	MF	ITA	Giuseppe Rizzo (vice-captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ITA	Diego Peralta
22	GK	ITA	Jacopo Furlan
23	MF	GHA	Nana Welbeck
26	DF	ITA	Filippo Lorenzini
27	DF	ITA	Alessio Castellini
28	DF	ITA	Alessandro Celli
30	FW	ITA	Emanuele Cicerelli
31	FW	ITA	Marco Chiarella
32	FW	ITA	Cosimo Chiricò
33	MF	ITA	Roberto Zammarini
46	DF	ITA	Salvatore Monaco
77	FW	ITA	Davide Marsura
90	FW	ITA	Pietro Cianci
95	GK	ITA	Marco Albertoni

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Cosimo Chiricò	Crotone	€1k	14 July 2023	^[1]
MF	Roberto Zammarini	Pordenone	Free	18 July 2023
FW	Marco Chiarella	Pescara	Free	18 July 2023
FW	Samuel Di Carmine	Perugia	Free	21 July 2023
MF	Michele Rocca	Novara	Free	21 July 2023
DF	Antonio Mazzotta	Bari	Free	21 July 2023
MF	Riccardo Ladinetti	Pontedera	Free	22 July 2023
FW	Miloš Bočić	Pescara	Free	22 July 2023
GK	Alessandro Livieri	Pisa	Loan	5 August 2023
DF	Mattia Maffei	Cavese	€50k	8 August 2023
MF	Davide Marsura	Ascoli	Free	9 August 2023
FW	Gabriel Popovic	Rudeš		10 August 2023
DF	Marcos Curado	Perugia	Free	11 August 2023
MF	Alessandro Quaini	Fiorenzuola	€50k	22 August 2023	^[2]
GK	Klāvs Bethers	Piacenza	Free	1 September 2023
DF	Tommaso Silvestri	Modena		1 September 2023
MF	Francesco Deli	Pordenone	Free	4 September 2023
DF	Devid Eugene Bouah	Reggio Calabria	Free	13 September 2023

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

The club started their pre-season on 23 July with a retreat in Zafferana Etnea.^[3]

9 August 2023 Friendly	Catania	9–1	Calatabiano
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

12 August 2023 Friendly	Catania	0–0	Paternò
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)		Report

Competitions

Overall record

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 C	1 September 2023	28 April 2024	Matchday 1	13th	38	12	9	17	39	38	+1	031.58
Promotion play-offs	14 May 2024	25 May 2024	National phase first round	National phase second round	4	2	0	2	3	3	+0	050.00
Coppa Italia Serie C	4 October 2023	2 April 2024	First round	Winners	8	5	1	2	17	11	+6	062.50
Total					50	19	10	21	59	52	+7	038.00

Source: Soccerway

Serie C

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
11	Foggia	38	13	9	16	40	44	−4	48^[a]
12	Sorrento	38	13	9	16	39	47	−8	48^[a]
13	Catania	38	12	9	17	39	38	+1	45^[b]	Qualification for the national play-offs first round^[c]
14	Messina	38	11	12	15	41	49	−8	45^[b]
15	Turris	38	11	11	16	46	57	−11	44

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: Lega Pro, 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) Lower goals against; 7) Wins; 8) Lower losses; 9) Away wins; 10) Lower home losses.
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[4]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Foggia are ahead of Sorrento on overall goal difference: Foggia -4, Sorrento -8.
^ ^a ^b Catania are ahead of Messina on overall goal difference: Catania +1, Messina -8.
^ Catania qualify for the national play-offs first round by winning the Coppa Italia Serie C.

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	12	9	17	39	38	+1	45	8	6	5	21	15	+6	4	3	12	18	23	−5

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	W
Position	14	6	5	6	10	7	5	10	7	9	11	12	13	12	10	9	11

Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 7 August 2023.^[5]

1 September 2023 1	Catania	0–1	Crotone	Catania
19:45 CEST (UTC+2)			Tribuzzi 66'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Simone Galipò

17 September 2023 3	Catania	2–0	Picerno	Catania
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Di Carmine 31', 64'			Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Michele Delrio

21 September 2023 4	Monopoli	0–0	Catania	Monopoli
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani Referee: Gianluca Grasso

25 September 2023 5	Catania	0–2	Foggia	Catania
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)			Marino 73' Tonin 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Mario Perri

1 October 2023 6	Casertana	0–4	Catania	Caserta
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Chiricò 7', 56' Di Carmine 25', 45'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto Pinto Referee: Valerio Crezzini

8 October 2023 7	Catania	1–1	Latina	Catania
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Chiricò 73'		Mastroianni 18'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Gabriele Sacchi

15 October 2023 8	Juve Stabia	1–0	Catania	Castellammare di Stabia
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Meli 31'		Silvestri 60' 90'	Stadium: Stadio Romeo Menti Referee: Mattia Caldera

22 October 2023 9	Catania	1–0	Taranto	Catania
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Di Carmine 66'			Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Eugenio Scarpa

25 October 2023 10	Monterosi	1–1	Catania	Teramo
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Palazzino 90+3'		Giordani 41' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadio Gaetano Bonolis Referee: Erminio Cerbasi

29 October 2023 11	Catania	0–2	Avellino	Catania
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Bočić 33' Quaini 49' Curado 52' Ladinetti 59' Sarao 74' Rocca 81'		Marconi 10' Pezzella 11' Sannipoli 25' Armellino 57' Gori 70'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Emanuele Frascaro

1 November 2023 2	Brindisi	0–2	Catania	Brindisi
16:15 CET (UTC+1)			Sarao 71' Bočić 75'	Stadium: Stadio Franco Fanuzzi Referee: Mattia Ubaldi

5 November 2023 12	Potenza	1–0	Catania	Potenza
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Caturano 35'			Stadium: Stadio Alfredo Viviani Referee: Domenico Leone

12 November 2023 13	Audace Cerignola	1–0	Catania	Cerignola
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Malcore 60'			Stadium: Stadio Domenico Monterisi Referee: Andrea Ancora

18 November 2023 14	Catania	2–1	Turris	Catania
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Curado 39' Bouah 90+7'		De Felice 75'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Valerio Vogliacco

26 November 2023 15	Giugliano	0–1	Catania	Giugliano in Campania
16:15 CET (UTC+1)			Di Carmine 80'	Stadium: Stadio Alberto De Cristofaro Referee: Dario Di Francesco

3 December 2023 16	Catania	1–1	Virtus Francavilla	Catania
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	De Luca 76'		Artistico 22'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Giuseppe Vingo

9 December 2023 17	Messina	1–0	Catania	Messina
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Emmausso 71'			Stadium: Stadio San Filippo Referee: Daniele Virgilio

18 December 2023 18	Catania	0–1	Sorrento	Catania
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Lorenzini 26' Quaini 53' Popovic 90+2'		Loreto 30' De Francesco 42' Ravasio 90+6'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 0 Referee: Matteo Canci
Note: Behind closed doors as punishment for the events that occurred during the Coppa Italia Serie C quarter-final match against Pescara.^[6]

23 December 2023 19	Benevento	0–4	Catania	Benevento
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Karić 35' 36' Talia 49' 60' Improta 66'		Chiricò 39' (pen.), 69' Zammarini 46' Deli 79'	Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Referee: Ermes Fabrizio Cavaliere

7 January 2024 20	Crotone	3–0	Catania	Crotone
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Ezio Scida

13 January 2024 21	Catania	4–0	Brindisi	Catania
				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

28 January 2024 23	Catania	1–1	Monopoli	Catania
				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

2 February 2024 24	Foggia	1–1	Catania	Foggia
				Stadium: Stadio Pino Zaccheria

6 February 2024 22	Picerno	1–0	Catania	Picerno
14:00				Stadium: Stadio Donato Curcio

11 February 2024 25	Catania	0–0	Casertana	Catania
				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

14 February 2024 26	Latina	1–0	Catania	Latina
				Stadium: Stadio Domenico Francioni

18 February 2024 27	Catania	2–0	Juve Stabia	Catania
				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

24 February 2024 28	Taranto	1–0	Catania	Taranto
				Stadium: Stadio Erasmo Iacovone

3 March 2024 29	Catania	1–1	Monterosi	Catania
				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

6 March 2024 30	Avellino	5–2	Catania	Avellino
				Stadium: Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi

10 March 2024 31	Catania	0–0	Potenza	Catania
16:45				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

15 March 2024 32	Catania	2–1	Audace Cerignola	Catania
20:45				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

24 March 2024 33	Turris	2–1	Catania	Torre del Greco
14:00

28 March 2024 34	Catania	2–3	Giugliano	Catania
20:45				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

7 April 2024 35	Virtus Francavilla	1–0	Catania	Francavilla Fontana
18:30				Stadium: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II

14 April 2024 36	Catania	1–0	Messina	Catania
20:45	Di Carmine 25' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Michele Delrio

21 April 2024 37	Sorrento	3–2	Catania	Sorrento
20:00	Loreto 49' Cuccurullo 71' Ravasio 83'		Cianci 86', 90'	Stadium: Stadio Italia Referee: Leonardo Mastrodomenico

27 April 2024 38	Catania	1–0	Benevento	Catania
18:30	Cianci 45+1'			Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Emanuele Frascaro

Promotion play-offs

National phase first round

14 May 2024 First leg	Atalanta U23	0–1	Catania	Caravaggio
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Bouah 84'	Stadium: Stadio Comunale Referee: Leonardo Mastrodomenico

18 May 2024 Second leg	Catania	0–1	Atalanta U23	Catania
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)			Diao 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Valerio Crezzini

Catania advanced by winning the Coppa Italia Serie C.

National phase second round

21 May 2024 First leg	Catania	1–0	Avellino	Catania
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Cianci 71'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Valerio Crezzini

25 May 2024 Second leg	Avellino	2–1 (2–2 agg.)	Catania	Avellino
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Liotti 52' D'Ausilio 83'	Report	Cianci 10'	Stadium: Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi Referee: Andrea Bordin

Avellino advanced as a seeded team.

Coppa Italia Serie C

4 October 2023 First round	Catania	2–1	Messina	Catania
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Bočić 54' Sarao 60'		Pacciardi 86'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Luca De Angeli di Milano

8 November 2023 Second round	Catania	3–2	Picerno	Catania
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Castellini 7' Deli 19', 19', 81'		Ciko 53' Vitali 62'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Giuseppe Rispoli

29 November 2023 Round of 16	Catania	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Crotone	Catania
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	De Luca 53' Dubickas 59' Di Carmine 87' (pen.)		Tribuzzi 7' Tumminello 57' Bruzzaniti 70'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Gianluca Grasso

13 December 2023 Quarter-finals	Catania	2–0	Pescara	Catania
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Castellini 67' Zammarini 90+1'			Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Valerio Crezzini

24 January 2024 Semi-finals First leg	Rimini	1–0	Catania	Rimini
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Lamesta 38'			Stadium: Stadio Romeo Neri Referee: Domenico Mirabella

28 February 2024 Semi-finals Second leg	Catania	2–0	Rimini	Catania
20:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Simone Galipo

19 March 2024 Final First leg	Padova	2–1	Catania	Padua
CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Stadio Euganeo

2 April 2024 Final Second leg	Catania	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Padova	Catania
CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino

References

^ "Chiricó al Catania Fc, il colpaccio è ufficiale".
^ "Alessandro Quaini from Fiorenzuola to Catania".
^ "Catania, le date e le amichevoli precampionato programmate". ITA Sport Press. July 27, 2023.
^ "PLAY-OFF e PLAY-OUT CAMPIONATO SERIE C 2022-2023" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 6 March 2023.
^ "Serie C, ecco i gironi e il calendario della nuova stagione". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 7 August 2023.
^ "Perché Catania-Sorrento si gioca senza tifosi e a porte chiuse? | Goal.com Italia". www.goal.com. December 18, 2023.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_FOG0.35242923318987-4] Foggia are ahead of Sorrento on overall goal difference: Foggia -4, Sorrento -8.

[table_hth_CAT0.35242923318987-5] Catania are ahead of Messina on overall goal difference: Catania +1, Messina -8.

[table_note_res_PN1b0.35242923318987-6] Catania qualify for the national play-offs first round by winning the Coppa Italia Serie C.

[1] "Chiricó al Catania Fc, il colpaccio è ufficiale".

[2] "Alessandro Quaini from Fiorenzuola to Catania".

[3] "Catania, le date e le amichevoli precampionato programmate". ITA Sport Press. July 27, 2023.

[rules-c-7] "PLAY-OFF e PLAY-OUT CAMPIONATO SERIE C 2022-2023" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Pro. 6 March 2023.

[8] "Serie C, ecco i gironi e il calendario della nuova stagione". La Gazzetta dello Sport. 7 August 2023.

[9] "Perché Catania-Sorrento si gioca senza tifosi e a porte chiuse? | Goal.com Italia". www.goal.com. December 18, 2023.

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