1971–72 US Catanzaro season

US Catanzaro President Nicola Ceravolo Gianni Seghedoni Stadio Comunale Serie A 15th Coppa Italia First Round Anglo-Italian Cup First Round Alberto Spelta (7 goals) Alberto Spelta (10 goals) 24,355 vs Juventus (30 January 1972)https://www.stadiapostcards.com/A71-72.htm Statistiche Spettatori Serie A 1971-1972 stadiapostcards.com 20 June 2026 8,860 vs LR Vicenza (28 November 1972) 14,470 1–0 vs Juventus (H)vs Sampdoria (H)vs Bologna (H) 0–4 vs Roma (A) 1970–71 1972–73 The 1971–72 Unione Sportiva Catanzaro season was the club's 38th season since its establishment and the club's first ever season in Serie A. In addition to its domestic league participation, Catanzaro competed in the Coppa Italia and the international competition, the Anglo-Italian Cup. Summary Following on from his efforts to gain promotion (via the playoffs) from Serie B the previous year, Gianni Seghedoni was given the helm for the Catanzaro's inaugural season in Serie A. The season began with 1971–72 Coppa Italia, where Catanzaro was placed in Group C with Napoli, Hellas Verona, Sorrento and Palermo. With two wins, one draw and one loss, Catanzaro finished second in the group behind Napoli and did not progress any further in the competition. Catanzaro's first match in the Serie A was away to heavyweights, Juventus in Turin. After trailing 3–0, Alberto Spelta became the club's first Serie A goalscorer, scoring in the 75th minute. Another late consolation was scored by Maurizio Gori to end the match 4–2 to Juventus in front of 47,269 spectators. The clubs second match was against another football giant, Inter Milan this time at home at the Stadio Comunale. After going into half-time at 0–0, Inter scored two goals in the second half to give Catanzaro its second defeat of the season.https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/co111/italy-serie-a/ma1853171/us-catanzaro_inter/ 1971–72 Round 2 Catanzaro v Inter Milan worldfootball.net 26 June 2026 Catanzaro then earned its first point in the Serie A with an away draw at Stadio Sant'Elia to Cagliari.https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/co111/italy-serie-a/ma1853181/cagliari-calcio_us-catanzaro/ Round 3 Cagliari v Catanzaro worldfootball.net 26 June 2026 They then drew the next four matches before going a three-game losing streak.https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te18392/us-catanzaro/vs1971-1972/all-matches/ 1971–72 Catanzaro season summary worldfootball.net 26 June 2026 Catanzaro's first win would finally come in the round 16 fixture against Juventus. Playing in Catanzaro, Angelo Mammì's 84th-minute goal would break the deadlock sealing the momentous victory 1–0.https://www.worldfootball.net/match-report/co111/italy-serie-a/ma1853284/us-catanzaro_juventus/ Round 16 Catanzaro v Juventus worldfootball.net 26 June 2026 Catanzaro would only record two more victories throughout the rest of the season, with wins against Sampdoria (1–0) and Bologna (also 1–0). The club's final season match ended in a 1–0 away loss to AC Milan. Catanzaro finished fifteenth on league ladder after the regular season and were subsequently relegated back to Serie B for the following season. Catanzaro was selected to compete at the end of year Anglo-Italian Cup. This would be the club's first participation in international competition since the 1960 Cup of the Alps. For this tournament, teams were placed into groups with two teams from England and two from Italy. Matches would only be played against teams from the opposing country and then all teams were ranked by country. Catanzaro was grouped with English sides Stoke City and Carlisle United. Unfortunately, Catanzaro lost all four of its fixtures, and was ranked last among the Italian sides. The other Italian side in their group, Roma, finished first and went on to win the final against Blackpool.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/angloit72.html 1972 Anglo-Italian Cup rsssf.com 26 June 2026 Squad y y GK ITA Luciano Bertoni y GK ITA Flavio Pozzani y DF ITA Michele Benedetto y DF ITA Giampiero D'Anguilli y DF ITA Luigi Maldera y DF ITA Franco Pavoni y DF ITA Fausto Silipo y MF ITA Adriano Banelli y MF ITA Paolo Bassi y MF ITA Auturo Bertuccioli y y MF ITA Paolo Braca y MF ITA Roberto Franzon y MF ITA Sergio Zuccheri y FW ITA Pierluigi Busatta y FW ITA Angelo Carella y FW ITA Alfredo Ciannameo y FW ITA Maurizio Gori y FW ITA Angelo Mammì y FW ITA Alberto Spelta Competitions Overall record 3 Serie A 3 October 1971 28 May 1972 Matchday 1 15th 3 15 12 17 34 Coppa Italia 29 August 1971 19 September 1971 Group Stage Group Stage (2nd) 2 1 1 3 2 Anglo-Italian Cup 1 June 1972 10 June 1972 Group Stage Group Stage (6th) 0 0 4 1 10 worldfootball.net, historical lineups and rsssf.org Serie A 1971–72 Serie A League table CAT Results summary 3 9 3 11 14 0 6 9 6 20 3 Complete worldfootball.net 20 June 2026 Note: Wins were only worth 2 points this season Results by round table b Complete Round Ground A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A /H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A /H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A Result L/L/D/D/D/D/D/L/L/L /D/L/D/D/D/W/L/D/W/D /D/L/L/L/D/D/W/L/D/L Points 0p/0p/1p/2p/3p/4p/5p/5p/5p/5p /6p/6p/7p/8p/9p/11p/11p/12p/14p/15p /16p/16p/16p/16p/17p/18p/20p/20p/21p/21p Position 14/16/15/13/14/14/13/15/15/15 /15/15/15/14/14/13/13/14/12/12 /13/13/14/14/14/14/13/14/14/15 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away green1 Qualification to European Cup yellow1 Qualification to European Cup Winner's Cup blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup red1 Relegation to Serie B WorldFootball.net Matches 1 3 October 1971 Juventus 4–2 Catanzaro Anastasi 34 Haller 64 Bettega 66 76 Spelta 75 Gori 79 Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin 47,269 Cesare Trinchieri L 2 17 October 1971 Catanzaro 0–2 Inter Milan Bedin 63 Facchetti 80 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 16,377 Fabio Monti L 3 24 October 1971 Cagliari 0–0 Catanzaro Stadio Amsicora Cagliari 27,014 Fernando Lazzaroni D 4 31 October 1971 Sampdoria 1–1 Catanzaro Spadetto 34 Mammi 54 Stadio Luigi Ferraris Genoa 18,839 Renzo Torelli D 5 7 November 1971 Catanzaro 1–1 Varese Banelli 37 Petrini 83 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 14,580 Sergio Gonella D 6 14 November 1971 Mantova 1–1 Catanzaro Maddè 59 Spelta 84 Stadio Danilo Martelli Mantua 9,715 Giulio Ciacci D 7 28 November 1971 Catanzaro 1–1 Vicenza Spelta 14 Damiani 66 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 8,860 Mario Bernardis D 8 5 December 1971 Catanzaro 0–2 Fiorentina Chiarugi 53 pen Clerici 79 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 12,210 Alberto Michelotti L 9 12 December 1971 Torino 1–0 Catanzaro Agroppi 22 Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Turin 25,875 Umberto Branzoni L 10 19 December 1971 Atalanta 1–0 Catanzaro Magistrelli 6 Stadio Comunale Bergamo 15,153 Enzo Barbaresco L 11 26 December 1971 Catanzaro 0–0 Napoli Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 13,708 Ezio Motta D 12 2 January 1972 Bologna 2–1 Catanzaro Savoldi 2 29 Busatta 77 Stadio Comunale Bologna 18,396 Ettore Carminati L 13 9 January 1972 Catanzaro 1–1 Roma Mammi 59 Zigoni 23 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 11,449 Cesare Gussoni D 14 16 January 1972 Hellas Verona 0–0 Catanzaro Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Verona 12,828 Concetto Lo Bello D 15 23 January 1972 Catanzaro 0–0 Milan Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 16,377 Aurelio Angonese D 16 30 January 1972 Catanzaro 1–0 Juventus Mammi 84 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 25,355 Paolo Toselli W 17 6 February 1972 Inter Milan 1–0 Catanzaro Mazzola 47 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza Milan 43,109 Luciano Giunti L 18 13 February 1972 Catanzaro 2–2 Cagliari Spelta 66 90 pen Brugnera 65 Nené 71 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 15,984 Concetto Lo Bello D 19 20 February 1972 Catanzaro 1–0 Sampdoria Banelli 35 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 12,422 Sergio Gonella W 20 27 February 1972 Varese 1–1 Catanzaro Braida 18 Spelta 86 pen Stadio Franco Ossola Verona 12,828 Riccardo Lattanzi D 21 12 March 1972 Catanzaro 1–1 Mantova Spelta 6 Petrini 60 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 11,445 Mario Bernardis D 22 19 March 1972 Vicenza 2–0 Catanzaro Maraschi 23 52 Stadio Romeo Menti Vicenza 12,811 Gianfranco Menegali L 23 26 March 1972 Fiorentina 1–0 Catanzaro Clerici 80 pen Stadio Comunale Florence 43,109 Paolo Toselli L 24 2 April 1972 Catanzaro 1–3 Torino Gori 47 Sala 11 Banelli 25 o.g. Bui 56 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 14,205 Mario Bernardis L 25 9 April 1972 Catanzaro 1–1 Atalanta Busatta 4 Zuccheri 56 o.g. Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 10,285 Riccardo Lattanzi D 26 16 April 1972 Napoli 0–0 Catanzaro Stadio San Paolo Verona 42,789 Luciano Giunti D 27 23 April 1972 Catanzaro 1–0 Bologna Banelli 70 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 13,054 Sergio Gonella W 28 7 May 1972 Roma 4–0 Catanzaro Zigoni 53 Scaratti 59 Franzot 61 Benedetto 70 o.g. Stadio Olimpico Roma 44,930 Renzo Torelli L 29 21 May 1972 Catanzaro 0–0 Hellas Verona Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 17,961 Sergio Gonella D 30 28 May 1972 Milan 1–0 Catanzaro Bigon 23 Stadio San Siro Milan 44,281 Fulvio Pieroni L Coppa Italia 1971–72 Coppa Italia First Round (Group C) table main WDL Q y 2 Group 3 CAT NAP Napoli CAT Catanzaro HVE Hellas Verona SOR Sorrento PAL Palermo 3 0 1 4 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 6 3 2 0 2 3 6 0 1 3 1 4 #ccffcc Q complete Matches Matchday 1 29 August 1971 Hellas Verona 1–1 Catanzaro Mazzanti 24 Spelta 18 Verona Renzo Torelli D Matchday 2 5 September 1971 Catanzaro 0–1 Napoli Improta 85 Cosenza Gialluisi L Matchday 4 12 September 1971 Palermo 0–1 Catanzaro Spelta 63 Palermo Alberto Michelotti W Matchday 5 19 September 1971 Catanzaro 1–0 Sorrento Spelta 45 pen Cosenza Gialluisi W Anglo-Italian Cup 1972 Anglo-Italian Cup Group 1 Matchday 1 1 June 1972 Catanzaro 0–3 ENG Stoke City Greenhoff 60 Dobing 66 Marsh 75 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro 14,147https://www.stokecityfc.com/club/history/stats/european-competitions Stoke City European Competitions stokecityfc.com 22 June 2026 Bob Matthewson L Matchday 2 4 June 1972 Catanzaro 0–1 ENG Carlisle United Bowles 63 Stadio Comunale Catanzaro John Yates L Matchday 3 7 June 1972 ENG Stoke City 2–0 Catanzaro Ritchie 43 Greenhoff 90 Victoria Ground Stoke-on-Trent 8,345 Mario Bernardis L Matchday 4 10 June 1972 ENG Carlisle United 4–1 Catanzaro Martin 7 Bowles 42 37 Barton 81 D'Angiulli Brunton Park Carlisle Cesare Gussoni L Statistics Appearances and goals Serie A Coppa Italia |- ! colspan=10 style="background:#E00000; color:yellow; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers Flavio Pozzani GK ITA 16 0 3 0 Luciano Bertoni GK ITA 14 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=10 style="background:#E00000; color:yellow; text-align:center"| Defenders Giampiero D'Angiulli DF ITA 28 0 4 0 Luigi Maldera DF ITA 22+1 0 0 0 Franco Pavoni DF ITA 22+1 0 0 0 Michele Benedetto DF ITA 16 0 4 0 Fausto Silipo DF ITA 12+2 0 4 0 |- ! colspan=10 style="background:#E00000; color:yellow; text-align:center"| Midfielders Adriano Banelli MF ITA 28+2 3 3 0 Roberto Franzon MF ITA 23 0 4 0 Sergio Zuccheri MF ITA 20+3 0 4 0 Paulo Braca MF ITA 18+1 0 2+1 0 Auturo Bertuccioli MF ITA 5+3 0 0 0 Paolo Bassi MF ITA 3 0 0 0 Meravigilia MF ITA 0 0 1 0 Bisurgi MF ITA 0 0 0+2 0 |- ! colspan=10 style="background:#E00000; color:yellow; text-align:center"| Forwards Alberto Spelta FW ITA 30 7 4 3 Pierlugi Busatta FW ITA 27 2 4 0 Angelo Mammi FW ITA 21+2 3 2+1 0 Maurizio Gori FW ITA 20+5 2 3+1 0 Angelo Carella FW ITA 4+2 0 0 0 Alfredo Ciannameo FW ITA 1+5 1 0+1 0 Seghezza FW ITA 0 0 1+1 0 https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te18392/us-catanzaro/statistics-matches/co111/italy-serie-a/se2896/1971-1972/ Catanzaro Appearances Serie A 1971/72 worldfootball.net 20 June 2026https://www.historical-lineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1971-72.pdf Coppa Italia 1971/72 historical-lineups.com 20 June 2026 References Category:US Catanzaro 1929 seasons Catanzaro