# 2022–23 US Catanzaro 1929 season

The 2022–23 season was the 88th season in the existence of Unione Sportiva Catanzaro 1929 and the club's fifth consecutive season of the Serie C since its restructuring in 2017. In addition to the domestic league, Catanzaro participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia for the 46th time as well as the 2022–23 Coppa Italia Serie C for the 31st time. The club qualified for Serie B in the following season after topping the group with five rounds to spare.

## Squad

    As of 25 January 2023
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 |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Andrea Fulignati |
| 3 | MF | ITA | Alberto Tentardini |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Martinelli |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Nana Welbeck |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Gabriele Rolando |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Luca Verna |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Pietro Iemmello |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Bombagi |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Alfonso Rizzuto |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Pasquale Fazio |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Stefano Scognamillo |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Andrea Sala |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Enrico Brignola (on loan from Benevento) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Andrea Ghion (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Pontisso |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Alessio Curcio |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Brighenti |
| 24 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Sounas |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Jari Vandeputte |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Tommaso Biasci |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Gatti |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panos Katseris |
| 88 | MF | ITA | Antonio Cinelli |
| 91 | DF | ITA | Giorgio Megna |
| 92 | MF | CRO | Mario Šitum |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Pietro Cianci |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Contract length | Date |
| 28 | FW | Tommaso Biasci | Padova | Exercised option to buy | 2 years | 16 June 2022 |
| 1 | GK | Andrea Fulignati | Perugia | Free transfer | 2 years | 28 June 2022 |
| 16 | GK | Andrea Sala | Catania | Free transfer | 2 years | 1 July 2022 |
| 91 | DF | Giorgio Megna | Sassuolo | Loan return | Unknown | 2 July 2022 |
| 20 | MF | Simone Pontisso | Pescara | Free transfer | 2 years | 5 July 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Pietro Iemmello | Frosinone | Exercised option to buy | 1 year | 8 July 2022 |
| 23 | DF | Nicolò Brighenti | Frosinone | Free transfer | 2 years | 16 July 2022 |
| 27 | MF | Jari Vandeputte | L.R. Vicenza | Free transfer | 3 years | 1 August 2022 |
| 21 | MF | Alessio Curcio | Foggia | Free transfer | 2 years | 13 August 2022 |
| 77 | MF | Panos Katseris | Team Nuova Florida | Free transfer | 3 years | 19 August 2022 |
| 92 | MF | Mario Šitum | Reggina | Free transfer | Unknown | 1 September 2022 |
| 17 | MF | Enrico Brignola | Benevento | Loan | 6 months | 25 January 2023 |

#### Notes

* ↑ with option for third year
* ↑ with option
* ↑ with obligation to buy in case of promotion

### Transfers out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| 19 | FW | Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason | Venezia | End of loan | unknown |
| 1 | GK | Timothy Nocchi | Unattached | End of contract | unknown |
| 12 | GK | Andrea Romagnoli | Unattached | End of contract | unknown |
| 15 | DF | Luis Maldonado | Lecco | Unknown | 12 August 2022 |
| 33 | GK | Paolo Branduani | Crotone | Free transfer | 24 June 2022 |
| 2 | DF | Brian Bayeye | Torino | Undisclosed | 4 July 2022 |
| 29 | FW | Massimiliano Carlini | Monterosi Tuscia | Undisclosed | 14 July 2022 |
| 4 | DF | Simone De Santis | Ancona | Undisclosed | 19 July 2022 |
| | MF | Andrea Risolo | Virtus Francavilla | Undisclosed | 19 July 2022 |
| 9 | FW | Federico Vázquez | Gubbio | Undisclosed | 18 August 2022 |
| 45 | DF | Erasmo Mulè | Juventus | End of loan | 3 January 2023 |

## 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 C | 5 September 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 38 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 21 | +81 | 078.95 |
| Coppa Italia | 1 August 2022 | 1 August 2022 | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Coppa Italia Serie C | 3 November 2022 | 8 December 2022 | Second round | Quarterfinal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | +0 | 033.33 |
| Supercoppa di Serie C | 29 April 2023 | 13 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 113 | 33 | +80 | 072.73 |
Last updated: 22 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Serie C
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Catanzaro (P) | 38 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 21 | +81 | 96 | Promotion to Serie B. Qualification for the Supercoppa di Serie C |
| 2 | Crotone | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 80 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs national phase |
| 3 | Pescara | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 65 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs national phase |
| 4 | Foggia | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 61 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs group phase |
| 5 | Audace Cerignola | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 60 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs group phase |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: March 2023. Source: SofaScore

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 90 | 93 | 96 | 96 |

#### Matches
### Supercoppa di Serie C
## Squad statistics

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances are not included in the list.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie C | Serie C | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Supercoppa di C | Supercoppa di C |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Andrea Fulignati | 38 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Alberto Tentardini | 26 | 2 | 14+10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luca Martinelli | 33 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Nana Welbeck | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ITA | Gabriele Rolando | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ITA | Luca Verna | 38 | 2 | 33+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Pietro Iemmello | 39 | 30 | 34+2 | 28 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Bombagi | 23 | 2 | 4+16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Pasquale Fazio | 11 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Stefano Scognamillo | 37 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Andrea Sala | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Enrico Brignola | 15 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Andrea Ghion | 35 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Pontisso | 34 | 2 | 10+22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Alessio Curcio | 36 | 9 | 8+26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Brighenti | 36 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Sounas | 35 | 8 | 31+1 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | BEL | Jari Vandeputte | 36 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Tommaso Biasci | 39 | 17 | 31+5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Riccardo Gatti | 8 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panos Katseris | 15 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | ITA | Antonio Cinelli | 19 | 0 | 1+17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | CRO | Mario Šitum | 26 | 2 | 19+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ITA | Pietro Cianci | 36 | 7 | 4+29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred during the season ||||||||||||
| 45 | DF | ITA | Erasmo Mulè | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ITA | Enrico Bearzotti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Federico Vázquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |