# 2005–06 US Catanzaro season

The 2005–06 season was the 77th season in the existence of U.S. Catanzaro and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Italian football. In addition to the domestic league, Catanzaro participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ITA | Luca Anania |
| — | GK | ITA | Emanuele Belardi |
| — | GK | ITA | Salvatore D'Urso |
| — | DF | ITA | Christian Adami |
| — | DF | ITA | Domenico Cambareri |
| — | DF | ITA | Nicodemo Caroleo |
| — | DF | ITA | Luca Ceccarelli |
| — | DF | ITA | Stefano De Angelis |
| — | DF | ITA | Ciro De Franco |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Del Grosso |
| — | DF | ITA | Valerio Di Cesare |
| — | DF | ITA | Fabio Di Sole |
| — | DF | NGA | Mathew Olorunleke |
| — | DF | ITA | Alessandro Radi |
| — | DF | ITA | Simone Rizzato |
| — | DF | ITA | Andrea Sussi |
| — | DF | ITA | Orlando Urbano |
| — | DF | ITA | Emanuele Venturelli |
| — | DF | ITA | Danilo Zini |
| — | MF | ITA | Gianpaolo Calzi |
| — | MF | ITA | Salvatore Cocuzza |
| — | MF | ITA | Davide Cordone |
| — | MF | ITA | Daniele De Pascali |
| — | MF | ITA | Domenico De Simone |
| — | MF | ITA | Fabrizio Ferrigno |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Tommaso Folino |
| — | MF | ITA | Rocco Giannone |
| — | MF | ITA | Riccardo Gissi |
| — | MF | ITA | Carmelo Imbriani |
| — | MF | ITA | Ruben Mancuso |
| — | MF | ITA | Fabio Mangiacasale |
| — | MF | ITA | Salvatore Miceli |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonio Morello |
| — | MF | PAR | Raul Nelinho |
| — | MF | ITA | Carlo Nervo |
| — | MF | ITA | Andrea Ottonello |
| — | MF | ITA | Luca Pierotti |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Russo |
| — | MF | ITA | Mariano Scalercio |
| — | MF | ITA | Davide Tedoldi |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Ticli |
| — | MF | BRA | Ronaldo Vanin |
| — | FW | ITA | Giorgio Corona |
| — | FW | ITA | Claudio De Sousa |
| — | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Greco |
| — | FW | ITA | Italo Mattioli |
| — | FW | ALB | Florian Myrtaj |
| — | FW | ITA | Alessandro Pellicori |
| — | FW | ITA | Denis Pironaci |
| — | FW | ITA | Tonino Sorrentino |
Source: calcio-seriea.net

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Serie B | 27 August 2005 | May 2006 | Matchday 1 | 22nd | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 016.67 |
| Coppa Italia | 7 August 2005 | 14 August 2005 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 63 | −34 | 018.18 |
Last updated: May 2006 Source: Competitions

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 18 | AlbinoLeffe | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 46 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Avellino (R) | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 46 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 20 | Ternana (R) | 42 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 39 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 21 | Cremonese (R) | 42 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 30 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 22 | Catanzaro (R, E, R) | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 28 | Revival in Serie C2 |
* ↑ Relegated and then restored directly in Serie C2 by the Lodo Petrucci for financial problems.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: May 2006. Source: calcio-seriea.net

#### 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 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
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