# 1979–80 US Catanzaro season

During the 1979–80 season Catanzaro competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia. It was the club's second consecutive season and fourth overall season in the Serie A. The club participated in the Coppa Italia for the 25th time.

## Squad

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 | ITA | Massimo Mattolini |
| — | GK | ITA | Antonino Trapani |
| — | DF | ITA | Giuliano Groppi |
| — | DF | ITA | Gianpietro Marchetti |
| — | DF | ITA | Leonardo Menichini |
| — | DF | ITA | Claudio Ranieri (captain) |
| — | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Sabadini |
| — | DF | ITA | Manlio Zanini |
| — | MF | ITA | Paolo Borelli |
| — | MF | ITA | Valerio Majo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Gregorio Mauro |
| — | MF | ITA | Enrico Nicolini |
| — | MF | ITA | Angelo Orazi |
| — | FW | ITA | Piero Braglia |
| — | FW | ITA | Carlo Bresciani |
| — | FW | ITA | Vito Chimenti |
| — | FW | ITA | Massimo Mauro |
| — | FW | ITA | Massimo Palanca |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | — | 12th | 16 September 1979 | 11 May 1980 |
| Coppa Italia | Group | Group | 22 August 1979 | 5 September 1979 |
Source: Competitions

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Napoli | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 28 | |
| 11 | Avellino | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 27 | |
| 12 | Catanzaro | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 24 | |
| 13 | Udinese | 30 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 21 | |
| 14 | Pescara (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 44 | −26 | 16 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 21 February 2023. Source: webalice.it
$^1$Points were only worth 2 for a win this season

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Group stage
##### Table (Group 2)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Torino | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 8 |
| 2 | Catanzaro | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | Palermo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| 4 | Parma | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| 5 | Lecce | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |

##### Matches (Group 2)
## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | ITA | Antonino Trapani | 6 | -5 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Massimo Mattolini | 29 | -32 | 25 | -29 | 4 | -3 |
| | DF | ITA | Giuliano Groppi | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Gianpietro Marchetti | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Leonardo Menichini | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Claudio Ranieri | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Sabadini | 23 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Manlio Zanini | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Paoloo Borelli | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Valerio Majo | 29 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Gregorio Mauro | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Enrico Nicolini | 33 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | ITA | Angelo Orazi | 32 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | FW | ITA | Piero Braglia | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Carlo Bresciani | 17 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Vito Chimenti | 30 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Massimo Mauro | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Massimo Palanca | 33 | 11 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
* Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20180618203358/http://www.webalice.it/stasin/pdf/1979-80.pdf, http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1979/831/ and https://www.historical-lineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1979-80.pdf