# 2023–24 US Catanzaro 1929 season

The 2023–24 season is US Catanzaro 1929's 89th season in existence and the club's first season in Serie B after a seventeen-year hiatus. The club earned promotion by topping their group in the 2022–23 Serie C season. In addition to the domestic league, Catanzaro also participated in this season's edition of the Coppa Italia. Catanzaro finished 5th in the domestic league, qualifying for the promotion playoffs. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 8 September 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 |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Dimo Krastev (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Nana Welbeck |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Luca D'Andrea (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Luca Verna |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Pietro Iemmello (Captain) |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Stefano Scognamillo |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Andrea Sala |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Enrico Brignola |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Andrea Ghion |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Matteo Stoppa (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Pontisso |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Marco Pompetti |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Edoardo Borrelli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Brighenti |
| 24 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Sounas |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Francesco Bombagi |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Jari Vandeputte |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Tommaso Biasci |
| 32 | DF | SVN | Luka Krajnc |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Andrea Oliveri (on loan from Atalanta) |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Kevin Miranda (on loan from Sassuolo) |
| 70 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Ambrosino (on loan from Napoli) |
| 72 | DF | ITA | Davide Veroli (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panos Katseris |
| 92 | MF | CRO | Mario Šitum |
| 98 | FW | ITA | Alfredo Donnarumma (on loan from Ternana) |

### Other players under contract

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 |
| — | MF | ITA | Francesco Talarico |

### Out on loan

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 | Alfonso Rizzuto (at Lentigione until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ITA | Alessio Curcio (at Casertana until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Enrico Brignola | Benevento | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Marco Pompetti | Internazionale | Undisclosed | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Luca D'Andrea | Sassuolo | | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Giuseppe Ambrosino | Napoli | | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Alfredo Donnarumma | Ternana | | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Matteo Stoppa | Sampdoria | | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Andrea Oliveri | Atalanta | | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Davide Veroli | Cagliari | | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Kevin Miranda | Sassuolo | | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Dimo Krastev | Fiorentina | Loan | 12 July 2023 |
| GK | Edoardo Borrelli | Ostiamare | Undisclosed | 14 July 2023 |
| DF | Luka Krajnc | Hannover 96 | Undisclosed | 23 August 2023 |
| MF | Jacopo Petriccione | Crotone | Undisclosed | 25 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Luca Martinelli | Cerignola | | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Pietro Cianci | Taranto | | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Alberto Tentardini | Cerignola | | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Antonio Cinelli | Sangiuliano | | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Pasquale Fazio | Monopoli | | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Riccardo Gatti | AlbinoLeffe | | 1 July 2023 |
| GK | Alfonso Rizzuto | Lentigione | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Gabriele Rolando | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Alessio Curcio | Casertana | Loan | 8 September 2023 |
| FW | Francesco Bombagi | Mantova | Undisclosed | 2 January 2024 |
| MF | Nana Welbeck | Catania | Undisclosed | 4 January 2024 |
| DF | Dimo Krastev | Fiorentina | Loan return | 23 January 2024 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 19 August 2023 | 10 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 044.74 |
| Serie B Playoffs | 18 May 2024 | 25 May 2024 | Preliminary round | Semi-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Coppa Italia | 5 August 2023 | 11 August 2023 | Preliminary round | Round of 64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 68 | 62 | +6 | 044.19 |
Last updated: 18 May 2024 Source: Competitions

### Serie B
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Venezia (O, P) | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 69 | 46 | +23 | 70 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 4 | Cremonese | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 67 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals |
| 5 | Catanzaro | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 59 | 50 | +9 | 60 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 6 | Palermo | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 56 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 55 | 0Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round |
* ↑ Sampdoria were deducted 2 points due to failure in paying taxes between January and March 2023.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 May 2024. Source: Worldfootball

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L |
| Position | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 11 July 2023.

#### Promotion play-offs
### Coppa Italia
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie B | Serie B | Play-offs | Play-offs | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Andrea Fulignati | 42 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Andrea Sala | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Edoardo Borrelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Vincenzo Grimaldi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ITA | Matias Antonini | 17 | 4 | 13+1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Stefano Scognamillo | 39 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Nicolò Brighenti | 34 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | SVN | Luka Krajnc | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Kevin Miranda | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | ITA | Davide Veroli | 32 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ITA | Luca Verna | 31 | 3 | 21+6 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Jacopo Petriccione | 19 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Andrea Ghion | 23 | 1 | 17+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Pontisso | 29 | 2 | 12+12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Marco Pompetti | 33 | 1 | 13+16 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | GRE | Dimitris Sounas | 37 | 3 | 26+6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BEL | Jari Vandeputte | 41 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ITA | Andrea Oliveri | 30 | 1 | 6+20 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | CRO | Mario Šitum | 29 | 0 | 23+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ITA | Luca D'Andrea | 25 | 0 | 6+17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Pietro Iemmello | 38 | 17 | 31+4 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Enrico Brignola | 22 | 3 | 3+14 | 1 | 0+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Matteo Stoppa | 26 | 0 | 4+19 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ITA | Tommaso Biasci | 41 | 11 | 25+11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 63 | FW | ITA | Giacint Rafele | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | ITA | Giuseppe Ambrosino | 28 | 3 | 13+15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | ITA | Alfredo Donnarumma | 23 | 3 | 5+15 | 2 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ITA | Alessandro Viotti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Dario Violante | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ITA | Alessio Curcio | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 25 | FW | ITA | Francesco Bombagi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BUL | Dimo Krastev | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Nana Welbeck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panos Katseris | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | CIV | Moussa Bamba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Cristiano Belpanno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions