# 2012–13 Calcio Catania season

The 2012–13 Calcio Catania season is the 81st season in club history.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 24 August 2012
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 | Alberto Frison |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Potenza |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Spolli |
| 4 | MF | ARG | Sergio Almirón |
| 5 | DF | URU | Alexis Rolín |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Nicola Legrottaglie |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Fabio Sciacca |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Gonzalo Bergessio |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Francesco Lodi |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Marchese |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Mariano Izco (vice-captain) |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Bellusci |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Takayuki Morimoto |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Mario Paglialunga |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ARG | Alejandro Gómez |
| 18 | DF | POL | Błażej Augustyn |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro |
| 21 | GK | ARG | Mariano Andújar |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Pablo Álvarez |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Adrián Ricchiuti |
| 26 | FW | ESP | Keko |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Marco Biagianti (captain) |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Pablo Barrientos |
| 29 | GK | ITA | Pietro Terracciano |
| 30 | MF | GHA | Amidu Salifu (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Ciro Capuano (vice-captain) |
| 34 | GK | ITA | Giuseppe Messina |
| 35 | FW | SEN | Souleymane Doukara |

### 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 |
| — | DF | ITA | Luca Calapai (on loan at Barletta) |
| — | DF | ITA | Giordano Maccarone (on loan at Bellaria) |
| — | DF | CMR | Jean Mbida (on loan at Gorica) |
| — | MF | BRA | Raphael Martinho (on loan at Hellas Verona) |
| — | MF | ITA | Marco Fiore (on loan at Bellaria) |
| — | MF | ARG | Cristian Llama (on loan at Fiorentina) |
| — | MF | ITA | Federico Moretti (on loan at Modena) |
| — | MF | ITA | Cristian Suarino (on loan at Melfi) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea D'Amico (on loan at Milazzo) |
| — | FW | SEN | Ameth Fall (on loan at Bellaria) |
| — | FW | ITA | Francesco Nicastro (on loan at Bellaria) |
| — | FW | ITA | Davide Lanzafame (on loan at Grosseto) |
| — | FW | ARG | Maxi López (on loan at Sampdoria) |
| — | FW | ITA | Andrea Catellani (on loan at Sassuolo) |
| — | FW | ITA | Mirco Antenucci (on loan at Spezia) |
| — | FW | ITA | Alfredo Donnarumma (on loan at Como) |

## Competitions
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 62 | |
| 7 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 8 | Catania | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 56 | |
| 9 | Internazionale | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 54 | |
| 10 | Parma | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 49 | |
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage after winning 2012–13 Coppa Italia.

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Alberto Frison | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ARG | Mariano Andújar | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ITA | Pietro Terracciano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Potenza | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Nicolás Spolli | 29 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | URU | Alexis Rolín | 13 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Nicola Legrottaglie | 30 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ITA | Giovanni Marchese | 32 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Bellusci | 29 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | POL | Błażej Augustyn | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ARG | Pablo Alvarez | 30 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ITA | Ciro Capuano | 18 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ARG | Sergio Almirón | 33 | 4 | 26+4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Fabio Sciacca | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Francesco Lodi | 37 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | ARG | Mariano Izco | 37 | 1 | 31+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Lucas Castro | 39 | 4 | 18+18 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ARG | Adrián Ricchiuti | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ITA | Marco Biagianti | 29 | 0 | 17+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ARG | Pablo Barrientos | 35 | 5 | 30+1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GHA | Amidu Salifu | 12 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARG | Gonzalo Bergessio | 36 | 15 | 32 | 13 | 2+2 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | ARG | Alejandro Gómez | 39 | 9 | 34+2 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | ESP | Keko | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ALB | Edgar Çani | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | SEN | Souleymane Doukara | 14 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 15 | FW | JPN | Takayuki Morimoto | 8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Mario Paglialunga | 7 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 28 October 2012 Source: Competitions

### Top scorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| R | No. | Pos | Name | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Gonzalo Bergessio | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | Alejandro Gómez | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | Francesco Lodi | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 28 | MF | Pablo Barrientos | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | MF | Sergio Almirón | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| = | 19 | MF | Lucas Castro | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | Nicola Legrottaglie | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | Nicolás Spolli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | 12 | DF | Giovanni Marchese | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 13 | MF | Mariano Izco | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 16 | MF | Mario Paglialunga | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | 26 | MF | Keko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 28 October 2012 Source: Competitions

## Sources

* ↑ "Deroga art. 51 NOIF_Classifica avulsa Serie A 2012-2013" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 19 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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