1977–78 US Catanzaro season

U.S. Catanzaro
1977–78 season
President	Nicola Ceravolo
Manager	Giorgio Sereni
Stadium	Stadio Comunale
Serie B	2nd (promoted)
Coppa Italia	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Massimo Palanca (18); All: Massimo Palanca (20)

During the 1977–78 season Catanzaro competed in Serie B and Coppa Italia. After a successful campaign finishing second, the club was promoted to Serie A for the following season for the third time in the club's history.

Squad

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	Ruggero Casari
—	GK	ITA	Sergio Mauro
—	GK	ITA	Giorgio Pellizzaro
—	DF	ITA	Massimo Arrighi
—	DF	ITA	Giuliano Groppi
—	DF	ITA	Luigi Maldera
—	DF	ITA	Mauro Pirelli
—	DF	ITA	Claudio Ranieri
—	DF	ITA	Manlio Zanini
—	MF	ITA	Giovanni Improta


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ITA	Enrico Nicolini
—	MF	ITA	Maurizio Raise
—	FW	ITA	Alberto Arbitrio
—	FW	ITA	Adriano Banelli
—	FW	ITA	Fabio Borzoni
—	FW	ITA	Santino Mondello
—	FW	ITA	Pieraldo Nemo
—	FW	ITA	Massimo Palanca
—	FW	ITA	Sauro Petrini
—	FW	ITA	Renzo Rossi

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Serie B	11 September 1977	11 June 1978		2nd	38	16	12	10	50	41	+9	042.11
Coppa Italia	21 August 1977	4 September 1977	Group	Group	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	025.00
Total					42	17	13	12	54	46	+8	040.48

Source: Competitions

Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ascoli (P, C)	38	26	9	3	73	30	+43	61	Promotion to Serie A
2	Catanzaro (P)	38	16	12	10	50	41	+9	44
3	Avellino (P)	38	15	14	9	34	29	+5	44
4	Monza	38	14	14	10	36	29	+7	42
5	Ternana	38	14	14	10	34	27	+7	42

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	12	10	50	41	+9	44	12	4	3	32	17	+15	4	8	7	18	24	−6

Last updated: 21 February 2023.
Source: webalice.it

Note: Wins were only worth 2 points 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	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	W
Position	3	1	4	4	6	3	7	4	4	7	8	10	9	5	8	12	11	10	7	9	10	9	9	4	9	7	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
Points	2	4	5	6	6	8	8	10	11	11	11	12	13	15	15	15	16	18	20	21	21	23	24	26	26	28	30	31	33	35	37	38	38	38	39	41	42	44

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; = Leader, promotion to Serie A; = Second, promotion to Serie A; = Third, promotion to Serie A; = Relegation to Serie C

Coppa Italia

Group stage: Group 6

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Napoli	4	4	0	0	11	3	+8	8
2	Palermo	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	4
3	Vicenza	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	3
4	Catanzaro	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
5	Avellino	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5	2

Source: https://www.historical-lineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1977-78.pdf

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Serie B		Coppa Italia
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ITA	Ruggero Casari	2	-4	0+1	-2	1	-2
	GK	ITA	Sergio Mauro	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ITA	Giorgio Pellizzaro	41	-42	38	-39	3	-3
	DF	ITA	Massimo Arrighi	26	0	18+4	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Giuliano Groppi	38	3	34	3	4	0
	DF	ITA	Luigi Maldera	40	0	36	0	4	0
	DF	ITA	Mauro Pirelli	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Claudio Ranieri	28	0	28	0	0	0
	DF	ITA	Manlio Zanini	35	3	29+2	3	2+2	0
	MF	ITA	Giovanni Improta	35	0	31	0	4	0
	MF	ITA	Enrico Nicolini	37	2	31+2	2	3+1	0
	MF	ITA	Maurizio Raise	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Alberto Arbitrio	36	4	32+1	4	3	0
	FW	ITA	Adriano Banelli	39	5	35	5	4	0
	FW	ITA	Fabio Borzoni	30	2	18+8	2	4	0
	FW	ITA	Santino Mondello	13	1	5+6	1	0+2	0
	FW	ITA	Pieraldo Nemo	18	1	9+6	1	2+1	0
	FW	ITA	Massimo Palanca	35	20	31+1	18	3	2
	FW	ITA	Sauro Petrini	9	0	7+2	0	0	0
	FW	ITA	Renzo Rossi	37	10	34	10	3	0
	FW	ITA	Giorgio Vignando	1	0	0	0	0+1	0

Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/1977/2435/ and https://www.historical-lineups.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1977-78.pdf

References

calcio-seria.net ^[1]
historical-lineups.com ^[2]
webalice.it ^[3]

^ "US Catanzaro player appearances". www.calcio-seriea.net. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "1977–78 Coppa Italia" (PDF). historical-lineups.com. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ "U.S. Catanzaro season summaries". webalice.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[1] "US Catanzaro player appearances". www.calcio-seriea.net. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[2] "1977–78 Coppa Italia" (PDF). historical-lineups.com. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[3] "U.S. Catanzaro season summaries". webalice.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

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