1977–78 US Catanzaro season

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U.S. Catanzaro
1977–78 season
PresidentNicola Ceravolo
ManagerGiorgio Sereni
StadiumStadio Comunale
Serie B2nd (promoted)
Coppa ItaliaGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Massimo Palanca (18)
All: Massimo Palanca (20)
← 1976-77
1978-79 →

During the 1977–78 season Catanzaro competed in Serie B and Coppa Italia. After a successful campaign finishing second, the club was promoted to Serie A for the following season for the third time in the club's history.

Squad[edit]

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 Italy ITA Ruggero Casari
— GK Italy ITA Sergio Mauro
— GK Italy ITA Giorgio Pellizzaro
— DF Italy ITA Massimo Arrighi
— DF Italy ITA Giuliano Groppi
— DF Italy ITA Luigi Maldera
— DF Italy ITA Mauro Pirelli
— DF Italy ITA Claudio Ranieri
— DF Italy ITA Manlio Zanini
— MF Italy ITA Giovanni Improta
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Italy ITA Enrico Nicolini
— MF Italy ITA Maurizio Raise
— FW Italy ITA Alberto Arbitrio
— FW Italy ITA Adriano Banelli
— FW Italy ITA Fabio Borzoni
— FW Italy ITA Santino Mondello
— FW Italy ITA Pieraldo Nemo
— FW Italy ITA Massimo Palanca
— FW Italy ITA Sauro Petrini
— FW Italy ITA Renzo Rossi

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Serie B 11 September 1977 11 June 1978 2nd 38 16 12 10 50 41 +9 042.11
Coppa Italia 21 August 1977 4 September 1977 Group Group 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 025.00
Total 42 17 13 12 54 46 +8 040.48

Source: Competitions

Serie A[edit]

Main article: 1977–78 Serie B

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ascoli (P, C) 38 26 9 3 73 30 +43 61 Promotion to Serie A
2 Catanzaro (P) 38 16 12 10 50 41 +9 44
3 Avellino (P) 38 15 14 9 34 29 +5 44
4 Monza 38 14 14 10 36 29 +7 42
5 Ternana 38 14 14 10 34 27 +7 42
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 16 12 10 50 41  +9 44 12 4 3 32 17  +15 4 8 7 18 24  −6

Last updated: 21 February 2023.
Source: webalice.it

Note: Wins were only worth 2 points this season

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAH
ResultWWDDLWLWDLLDDWLLDWWDLWDWLWWDWWWDLLDWDW
Position3144637447810958121110791099497552222223222
Points245668810111111121315151516182021212324262628303133353738383839414244
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed;   = Leader, promotion to Serie A;   = Second, promotion to Serie A;   = Third, promotion to Serie A;   = Relegation to Serie C

Coppa Italia[edit]

Main article: 1977-78 Coppa Italia

Group stage: Group 6[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Napoli 4 4 0 0 11 3 +8 8
2 Palermo 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 4
3 Vicenza 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 3
4 Catanzaro 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 3
5 Avellino 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5 2
Source: https://www.historical-lineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1977-78.pdf

Squad statistics[edit]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie B Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Italy ITA Ruggero Casari 2 -4 0+1 -2 1 -2
GK Italy ITA Sergio Mauro 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Italy ITA Giorgio Pellizzaro 41 -42 38 -39 3 -3
DF Italy ITA Massimo Arrighi 26 0 18+4 0 4 0
DF Italy ITA Giuliano Groppi 38 3 34 3 4 0
DF Italy ITA Luigi Maldera 40 0 36 0 4 0
DF Italy ITA Mauro Pirelli 3 0 2+1 0 0 0
DF Italy ITA Claudio Ranieri 28 0 28 0 0 0
DF Italy ITA Manlio Zanini 35 3 29+2 3 2+2 0
MF Italy ITA Giovanni Improta 35 0 31 0 4 0
MF Italy ITA Enrico Nicolini 37 2 31+2 2 3+1 0
MF Italy ITA Maurizio Raise 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
FW Italy ITA Alberto Arbitrio 36 4 32+1 4 3 0
FW Italy ITA Adriano Banelli 39 5 35 5 4 0
FW Italy ITA Fabio Borzoni 30 2 18+8 2 4 0
FW Italy ITA Santino Mondello 13 1 5+6 1 0+2 0
FW Italy ITA Pieraldo Nemo 18 1 9+6 1 2+1 0
FW Italy ITA Massimo Palanca 35 20 31+1 18 3 2
FW Italy ITA Sauro Petrini 9 0 7+2 0 0 0
FW Italy ITA Renzo Rossi 37 10 34 10 3 0
FW Italy ITA Giorgio Vignando 1 0 0 0 0+1 0

References[edit]

  • calcio-seria.net [1]
  • historical-lineups.com [2]
  • webalice.it [3]
  1. ^ "US Catanzaro player appearances". www.calcio-seriea.net. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ^ "1977–78 Coppa Italia" (PDF). historical-lineups.com. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. ^ "U.S. Catanzaro season summaries". webalice.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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