2012–13 Calcio Catania season

Catania
2012–13 season
PresidentAntonino Pulvirenti
ManagerRolando Maran
StadiumStadio Angelo Massimino
Serie A8th
Coppa ItaliaQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gonzalo Bergessio (13)

All:
Gonzalo Bergessio (15)

The 2012–13 Calcio Catania season is the 81st season in club history.

Players

Current squad

As of 24 August 2012

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Italy ITA Alberto Frison
2 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Potenza
3 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Spolli
4 MF Argentina ARG Sergio Almirón
5 DF Uruguay URU Alexis Rolín
6 DF Italy ITA Nicola Legrottaglie
8 MF Italy ITA Fabio Sciacca
9 FW Argentina ARG Gonzalo Bergessio
10 MF Italy ITA Francesco Lodi
12 DF Italy ITA Giovanni Marchese
13 MF Argentina ARG Mariano Izco (vice-captain)
14 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Bellusci
15 FW Japan JPN Takayuki Morimoto
16 MF Argentina ARG Mario Paglialunga
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Argentina ARG Alejandro Gómez
18 DF Poland POL Błażej Augustyn
19 MF Argentina ARG Lucas Castro
21 GK Argentina ARG Mariano Andújar
22 DF Argentina ARG Pablo Álvarez
24 MF Argentina ARG Adrián Ricchiuti
26 FW Spain ESP Keko
27 MF Italy ITA Marco Biagianti (captain)
28 MF Argentina ARG Pablo Barrientos
29 GK Italy ITA Pietro Terracciano
30 MF Ghana GHA Amidu Salifu (on loan from Fiorentina)
33 DF Italy ITA Ciro Capuano (vice-captain)
34 GK Italy ITA Giuseppe Messina
35 FW Senegal SEN Souleymane Doukara

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Italy ITA Luca Calapai (on loan at Barletta)
DF Italy ITA Giordano Maccarone (on loan at Bellaria)
DF Cameroon CMR Jean Mbida (on loan at Slovenia Gorica)
MF Brazil BRA Raphael Martinho (on loan at Hellas Verona)
MF Italy ITA Marco Fiore (on loan at Bellaria)
MF Argentina ARG Cristian Llama (on loan at Fiorentina)
MF Italy ITA Federico Moretti (on loan at Modena)
MF Italy ITA Cristian Suarino (on loan at Melfi)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Italy ITA Andrea D'Amico (on loan at Milazzo)
FW Senegal SEN Ameth Fall (on loan at Bellaria)
FW Italy ITA Francesco Nicastro (on loan at Bellaria)
FW Italy ITA Davide Lanzafame (on loan at Grosseto)
FW Argentina ARG Maxi López (on loan at Sampdoria)
FW Italy ITA Andrea Catellani (on loan at Sassuolo)
FW Italy ITA Mirco Antenucci (on loan at Spezia)
FW Italy ITA Alfredo Donnarumma (on loan at Como)

Competitions

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Serie A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Roma 38 18 8 12 71 56 +15 62
7 Lazio 38 18 7 13 51 42 +9 61 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
8 Catania 38 15 11 12 50 46 +4 56
9 Inter Milan 38 16 6 16 55 57 −2 54
10 Parma 38 13 10 15 45 46 −1 49
Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 6th public draw.
(Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played)[1]
Notes:

Matches

26 August 2012 (2012-08-26) 1 Roma 2–2 Catania Rome
20:45 Bradley Yellow card 13'
Burdisso Yellow card 28'
Osvaldo 59'
Marquinho Yellow card 87'
López 90+1'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=97c2a5be-f8b4-4d59-97fe-de79971511b7&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Marchese 29', Yellow card 90+5'
Gómez 69'
Álvarez Yellow card 81'
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Andrea De Marco
1 September 2012 (2012-09-01) 2 Catania 3–2 Genoa Catania
20:45 Castro Yellow card 55'
Bellusci Yellow card 59'
Bergessio Yellow card 63', 66', 68'
Lodi 84'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=aad5bc56-0ce9-461d-94f2-8505a23e7165&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Canini Yellow card 22'
Kucka 26'
Seymour Yellow card 32'
Janković 82'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro
16 September 2012 (2012-09-16) 3 Fiorentina 2–0 Catania Florence
15:00 Ljajić Yellow card 19'
Pizarro Yellow card 39'
Jovetić 43', Yellow card 68'
Toni 65'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=34d722f0-0e29-4954-ae2f-4e19ec295b9c&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Gómez Yellow card 39'
Spolli Yellow card 84'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Daniele Doveri
7 October 2012 (2012-10-07) 7 Catania 2–0 Parma Catania
15:00 Gómez 2'
Biagianti Yellow card 76'
Bergessio 80'
Report Galloppa Yellow card 27'
Biabiany Yellow card 34'
Lucarelli Yellow card 52'
Benalouane Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 69'
Parolo Yellow card 74'
Mirante Yellow card 84'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Giampaolo Calvarese
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 14 Palermo 3–1 Catania Palermo
20:45 Miccoli 10', Yellow card 81'
Muñoz Yellow card 40'
Donati Yellow card 42'
Iličić 49', 60'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=924cd323-890e-48c6-829b-936cb84c7276&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Spolli Yellow card 43'
Almirón Yellow card 54'
Lodi 71'
Gómez Yellow card 86'
Doukara Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Referee: Andrea Romeo
21 December 2012 (2012-12-21) 18 Pescara 2–1 Catania Pescara
17:00 Çelik 23', Yellow card 61'
Togni 90+5', Yellow card 90+5'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=24aaf3f6-f323-4066-847b-5d98d476a640&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Barrientos Yellow card 24', 35'
Izco Yellow card 44'
Stadium: Stadio Adriatico
Attendance: 10,246
Referee: Andrea Romeo
6 January 2013 (2013-01-06) 19 Catania 0–0 Torino Catania
14:00 Lodi Red card 13'
Barrientos Yellow card 30'
Legrottaglie Yellow card 75'
Gazzi Yellow card 22'
Vives Yellow card 59'
Darmian Yellow card 71'
Masiello Yellow card 77'
Glik Yellow card 82'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
13 January 2013 (2013-01-13) 20 Catania 1–0 Roma Catania
15:00 Bellusci Yellow card 17'
Gómez 62'
Legrottaglie Yellow card 65'
Marchese Yellow card 68'
Bergessio Yellow card 72'
Balzaretti Yellow card 8'
Destro Yellow card 14'
Castán Yellow card 64'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 13,614
Referee: Antonio Damato
20 January 2013 (2013-01-20) 21 Genoa 0–2 Catania Genoa
14:00 Matuzalém Yellow card 18' Bergessio 4', Yellow card 21'
Barrientos 86'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
27 January 2013 (2013-01-27) 22 Catania 2–1 Fiorentina Catania
15:00 Capuano Yellow card 19'
Bellusci Yellow card 35'
Biagianti Yellow card 37'
Legrottaglie 50'
Spolli Yellow card 60'
Castro 80', Yellow card 90+2'
Álvarez Yellow card 86'
Migliaccio 21'
Savić Yellow card 32'
Cuadrado Yellow card 64'
Aquilani Red card 78'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Domenico Celi
2 February 2013 (2013-02-02) 23 Napoli 2–0 Catania Naples
19:45 Behrami Yellow card 5'
Hamšík 31'
Grava Yellow card 40'
Cannavaro 44'
Džemaili Yellow card 57'
Spolli Yellow card 37' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Giampaolo Calvarese
24 February 2013 (2013-02-24) 26 Parma 1–2 Catania Parma
15:00 CET Paletta Yellow card 57'
Amauri 87'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=803b3ea3-bfca-403a-9ff5-979265e0a8ad&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Lodi 5'
Bellusci Yellow card 30'
Keko 44'
Legrottaglie Yellow card 87' Yellow-red card 88'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
10 March 2013 (2013-03-10) 28 Juventus 1–0 Catania Turin
14:00 Giaccherini Yellow card 89', 90+1' http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=e80091ae-33a7-4025-8cac-c37d900e05da&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Gómez Yellow card 41'
Biagianti Yellow card 64'
Spolli Yellow card 65'
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro
8 May 2013 (2013-05-08) 36 Sampdoria 1–1 Catania Genoa
20:45 De Silvestri 36', Yellow card 67' Report Almirón Yellow card 24'
Marchese Yellow card 39'
Spolli 68'
Rolín Yellow card 75'
Keko Yellow card 83'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Domenico Celi

Coppa Italia

18 August 2012 (2012-08-18) Third round Catania 1–0 Sassuolo Catania
19:45 Gómez 73' Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Maurizio Ciampi
4 December 2012 (2012-12-04) Fourth round Catania 3–1 Cittadella Catania
17:30 Bergessio 88', 102'
Lodi 96'
Report Paolucci 41' Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Filippo Merchiori
12 December 2012 (2012-12-12) Round of 16 Parma 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Catania Parma
16:30 Pabón 10' Report Lodi 30' (pen.) Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 2,601
Referee: Davide Massa
Penalties
Pabón soccer ball with check mark
Marchionni soccer ball with check mark
Parolo soccer ball with red X
Ninis soccer ball with check mark
Paletta soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with red X Barrientos
soccer ball with check mark Álvarez
soccer ball with check mark Lodi
soccer ball with check mark Bergessio
soccer ball with check mark Marchese
8 January 2013 (2013-01-08) Quarter-finals Lazio 3–0 Catania Rome
20:00 Radu 30'
Hernanes 61', 90+1'
Report Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Domenico Celi

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Serie A Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Italy ITA Alberto Frison 7 0 4 0 3 0
21 GK Argentina ARG Mariano Andújar 35 0 34 0 1 0
29 GK Italy ITA Pietro Terracciano 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Potenza 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
3 DF Argentina ARG Nicolás Spolli 29 2 29 2 0 0
5 DF Uruguay URU Alexis Rolín 13 0 9+2 0 2 0
6 DF Italy ITA Nicola Legrottaglie 30 3 26+1 3 3 0
12 DF Italy ITA Giovanni Marchese 32 2 29+1 2 1+1 0
14 DF Italy ITA Giuseppe Bellusci 29 0 22+4 0 3 0
18 DF Poland POL Błażej Augustyn 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
22 DF Argentina ARG Pablo Alvarez 30 0 26+1 0 3 0
33 DF Italy ITA Ciro Capuano 18 0 9+5 0 4 0
Midfielders
4 MF Argentina ARG Sergio Almirón 33 4 26+4 4 3 0
8 MF Italy ITA Fabio Sciacca 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
10 MF Argentina ARG Francesco Lodi 37 8 33 6 4 2
13 MF Argentina ARG Mariano Izco 37 1 31+4 1 2 0
19 MF Argentina ARG Lucas Castro 39 4 18+18 4 2+1 0
24 MF Argentina ARG Adrián Ricchiuti 9 0 0+8 0 0+1 0
27 MF Italy ITA Marco Biagianti 29 0 17+11 0 0+1 0
28 MF Argentina ARG Pablo Barrientos 35 5 30+1 5 4 0
30 MF Ghana GHA Amidu Salifu 12 0 4+6 0 2 0
Forwards
9 FW Argentina ARG Gonzalo Bergessio 36 15 32 13 2+2 2
17 FW Argentina ARG Alejandro Gómez 39 9 34+2 8 3 1
26 FW Spain ESP Keko 5 1 2+2 1 0+1 0
32 FW Albania ALB Edgar Çani 4 0 0+4 0 0 0
35 FW Senegal SEN Souleymane Doukara 14 0 1+11 0 0+2 0
Players transferred out during the season
15 FW Japan JPN Takayuki Morimoto 8 0 1+4 0 2+1 0
16 MF Argentina ARG Mario Paglialunga 7 1 1+5 1 0+1 0

Last updated: 28 October 2012
Source: Competitions

Top scorers

This includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

R No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Coppa Italia Total
1 9 FW Argentina Gonzalo Bergessio 13 2 15
2 17 MF Argentina Alejandro Gómez 8 1 9
3 10 MF Italy Francesco Lodi 6 2 8
4 28 MF Argentina Pablo Barrientos 5 0 5
5 4 MF Argentina Sergio Almirón 4 0 4
= 19 MF Argentina Lucas Castro 4 0 4
7 6 DF Italy Nicola Legrottaglie 3 0 3
8 3 DF Argentina Nicolás Spolli 2 0 2
= 12 DF Italy Giovanni Marchese 2 0 2
10 13 MF Argentina Mariano Izco 1 0 1
= 16 MF Argentina Mario Paglialunga 1 0 1
= 26 MF Spain Keko 1 0 1

Last updated: 28 October 2012
Source: Competitions

Sources

  1. ^ "Deroga art. 51 NOIF_Classifica avulsa Serie A 2012-2013" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 19 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.