# 1980–81 US Catanzaro season

During the 1980–81 season Catanzaro competed in Serie A and Coppa Italia. It was the club's third consecutive season and fifth overall season in the Serie A. The club participated in the Coppa Italia for the 26th 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 | Ruggero Casari |
| — | GK | ITA | Alessandro Zaninelli |
| — | DF | ITA | Gabriele Morganti |
| — | DF | ITA | Andrea Salvatori |
| — | DF | ITA | Franco Peccenini |
| — | DF | ITA | Leonardo Menichini |
| — | DF | ITA | Claudio Ranieri (captain) |
| — | MF | ITA | Giorgio Boscolo |
| — | MF | ITA | Giuseppe Sabadini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ITA | Antonio Sabato |
| — | MF | ITA | Massimo Mauro |
| — | MF | ITA | Piero Braglia |
| — | MF | ITA | Angelo Orazi |
| — | FW | ITA | Valerio Majo |
| — | FW | ITA | Giorgio De Giorgis |
| — | FW | ITA | Santino Mondello |
| — | FW | ITA | Carlo Borghi |
| — | FW | ITA | Massimo Palanca |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | — | 8th | 14 September 1980 | 24 May 1981 |
| Coppa Italia | Group | Group | 20 August 1980 | 7 September 1980 |
Source: Competitions

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Cagliari | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 30 |
| 7 | Bologna | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 29 |
| 8 | Catanzaro | 30 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 29 |
| 9 | Torino | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 26 |
| 10 | Avellino | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 25 |
* 1 2 Bologna, Avellino and Perugia started the season with a 5-point penalisation because of the Totonero 1980 scandal.
* ↑ Positions decided by head-to-head points. Avellino 10 pts; Ascoli 10 pts; Udinese 8 pts; Como 6 pts; Brescia 6 pts.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 March 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Points | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 |

#### Matches
### Coppa Italia
#### Group stage
##### Table (Group 7)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Torino | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 |
| 2 | Perugia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Catanzaro | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 4 | Bari | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Lecce | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 2 |

##### Matches (Group 7)
## 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 |
| | FW | ITA | Carlo Borghi | 29 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Giorgio Boscolo | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Piero Braglia | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Ruggero Casari | 2 | -2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Giorgio De Giorgis | 28 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | ITA | Valerio Majo | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Massimo Mauro | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Massimo Mattolini | 3 | -2 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Leonardo Menichini | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Santino Mondello | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Gabriele Morganti | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Angelo Orazi | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Massimo Palanca | 28 | 13 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Franco Peccenini | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Claudio Ranieri | 30 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Sabadini | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Antonio Sabato | 32 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | ITA | Andrea Salvadori | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | ITA | Alessandro Zaninelli | 31 | -28 | 27 | -23 | 4 | -5 |
* Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204507/http://www.webalice.it/stasin/pdf/1980-81.pdf, http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1980/845/ and https://www.historical-lineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1980-81.pdf