2012–13 Calcio Catania season

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

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)

Players edit

Current squad edit

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

On loan edit

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

Competitions edit

Legend edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Serie A edit

League table edit

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 Internazionale 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 edit

26 August 2012 (2012-08-26) 1 Roma 2–2 Catania Rome
20:45 Bradley   13'
Burdisso   28'
Osvaldo   59'
Marquinho   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',   90+5'
Gómez   69'
Álvarez   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   55'
Bellusci   59'
Bergessio   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   22'
Kucka   26'
Seymour   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   19'
Pizarro   39'
Jovetić   43',   68'
Toni   65'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=34d722f0-0e29-4954-ae2f-4e19ec295b9c&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Gómez   39'
Spolli   84'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Daniele Doveri
23 September 2012 (2012-09-23) 4 Catania 0–0 Napoli Catania
15:00 Álvarez   2'
Bergessio   8'
Legrottaglie   59'
Almirón   62'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=88d8ce0b-c4f4-4daf-b455-1bf74f9111ca&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Zúñiga   6'
Inler   16'
Aronica   64'
Vargas   73'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 13,808
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
7 October 2012 (2012-10-07) 7 Catania 2–0 Parma Catania
15:00 Gómez   2'
Biagianti   76'
Bergessio   80'
Report Galloppa   27'
Biabiany   34'
Lucarelli   52'
Benalouane   61'   69'
Parolo   74'
Mirante   84'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Giampaolo Calvarese
28 October 2012 (2012-10-28) 9 Catania 0–1 Juventus Catania
12:30 Rolín   19'
Spolli   28'
Barrientos   33'
Marchese   35'   67'
Legrottaglie   39'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=ca2588a3-0b1f-4b71-a556-93e943d95cec&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Asamoah   23'
Vidal   57',   68'
Padoin   90+2'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 13 Catania 2–1 Chievo Catania
15:00 Almirón   51', 85'
Castro   61'
Álvarez   63'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=ad124fc0-cdcc-4ac6-9d0d-42c5a042a8f4&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Hetemaj   49'
Luciano   70'
Sardo   72'
Andreolli   90+3'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo
24 November 2012 (2012-11-24) 14 Palermo 3–1 Catania Palermo
20:45 Miccoli   10',   81'
Muñoz   40'
Donati   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   43'
Almirón   54'
Lodi   71'
Gómez   86'
Doukara   90+2'
Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera
Referee: Andrea Romeo
30 November 2012 (2012-11-30) 15 Catania 1–3 Milan Catania
20:45 Legrottaglie   11'
Barrientos   41'   49'
Bellusci   86'
Rolín   90+5'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=b1aba5ea-22c9-446d-9496-e672520b9ba0&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] El Shaarawy   52', 90+2',   54'
Boateng   56',   90'
Amelia   60'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Daniele Orsato
9 December 2012 (2012-12-09) 16 Siena 1–3 Catania Siena
15:00 Rosina   10'
Sestu   12'
Rodríguez   62'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=94facdea-7e34-49ee-9cfe-8b9d770c7942&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Legrottaglie   23'
Castro   50'
Bergessio   67', 82'
Almirón   75'
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 8,240
Referee: Daniele Doveri
16 December 2012 (2012-12-16) 17 Catania 3–1 Sampdoria Catania
14:00 Salifu   1'
Legrottaglie   28'
Bellusci   42'
Paglialunga   55'
Bergessio   65'
Castro   90'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=0a8d41d5-e7ef-47b0-968c-82adfadb0e67&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Maresca   29' (pen.)
Éder   55'
Tissone   70'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
21 December 2012 (2012-12-21) 18 Pescara 2–1 Catania Pescara
17:00 Çelik   23',   61'
Togni   90+5',   90+5'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=24aaf3f6-f323-4066-847b-5d98d476a640&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Barrientos   24',   35'
Izco   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   13'
Barrientos   30'
Legrottaglie   75'
Gazzi   22'
Vives   59'
Darmian   71'
Masiello   77'
Glik   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   17'
Gómez   62'
Legrottaglie   65'
Marchese   68'
Bergessio   72'
Balzaretti   8'
Destro   14'
Castán   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   18' Bergessio   4',   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   19'
Bellusci   35'
Biagianti   37'
Legrottaglie   50'
Spolli   60'
Castro   80',   90+2'
Álvarez   86'
Migliaccio   21'
Savić   32'
Cuadrado   64'
Aquilani   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   5'
Hamšík   31'
Grava   40'
Cannavaro   44'
Džemaili   57'
Spolli   37' Stadium: Stadio San Paolo
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Giampaolo Calvarese
17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 25 Catania 1–0 Bologna Catania
15:00 Almirón   42'
Biagianti   90+2'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=b3c61c55-f864-4ea0-9bb9-cc594b333c78&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Morleo   57'
Pérez   88'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Carmine Russo
24 February 2013 (2013-02-24) 26 Parma 1–2 Catania Parma
15:00 CET Paletta   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   30'
Keko   44'
Legrottaglie   87'   88'
Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Piero Giacomelli
3 March 2013 (2013-03-03) 27 Catania 2–3 Internazionale Catania
14:00 Bergessio   7',   70'
Marchese   19'
Álvarez   37'
Rolín   56'
Çani   87'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=2d064c45-c436-4097-933f-e8af7d35d669&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Álvarez   52'
Palacio   70', 90+2'
Handanović   70'
Schelotto   84'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
10 March 2013 (2013-03-10) 28 Juventus 1–0 Catania Turin
14:00 Giaccherini   89',   90+1' http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=e80091ae-33a7-4025-8cac-c37d900e05da&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Gómez   41'
Biagianti   64'
Spolli   65'
Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro
16 March 2013 (2013-03-16) 29 Catania 3–1 Udinese Catania
15:00 Gómez   49', 67'
Bellusci   56'
Álvarez   69'
Lodi   72'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=6a335dc8-c2fb-42f1-b8a7-ee6a5f9d0f0f&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Benatia   46'
Muriel   81'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Andrea De Marco
7 April 2013 (2013-04-07) 31 Catania 0–0 Cagliari Catania
15:00 Bellusci   68' http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=b2168e28-8754-4def-97d0-1c54f186b31e&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Cabrera   56'
Nainggolan   59'
Dessena   67'
Pinilla   75'
Ekdal   90'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Paolo Valeri
21 April 2013 (2013-04-21) 33 Catania 1–1 Palermo Catania
15:00 Barrientos   69'
Spolli   75'
Bellusci   90+4'
Andújar   90+5'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=d6ebd8a3-bf71-4f10-9f6b-9cebf9f12c89&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Donati   1'
Dossena   16'
Muñoz   56'
Iličić   90+5'
Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni
28 April 2013 (2013-04-28) 34 Milan 4–2 Catania Milan
20:45 De Sciglio   9'
Flamini   45',   78'
Balotelli   72',   90+2' (pen.)
Pazzini   74', 77'
http://cdn.legaseriea.it/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=095feb21-fbea-467f-988a-0f8c65a6c9ac&groupId=10192[permanent dead link] Bergessio   26',   65'
Legrottaglie   30',   41'
Frison   37'
Barrientos   78'
Marchese   86'
Stadium: San Siro
Referee: Davide Massa
8 May 2013 (2013-05-08) 36 Sampdoria 1–1 Catania Genoa
20:45 De Silvestri   36',   67' Report Almirón   24'
Marchese   39'
Spolli   68'
Rolín   75'
Keko   83'
Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Domenico Celi

Coppa Italia edit

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  
Marchionni  
Parolo  
Ninis  
Paletta  
  Barrientos
  Álvarez
  Lodi
  Bergessio
  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 edit

Appearances and goals edit

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

Last updated: 28 October 2012
Source: Competitions

Top scorers edit

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   Gonzalo Bergessio 13 2 15
2 17 MF   Alejandro Gómez 8 1 9
3 10 MF   Francesco Lodi 6 2 8
4 28 MF   Pablo Barrientos 5 0 5
5 4 MF   Sergio Almirón 4 0 4
= 19 MF   Lucas Castro 4 0 4
7 6 DF   Nicola Legrottaglie 3 0 3
8 3 DF   Nicolás Spolli 2 0 2
= 12 DF   Giovanni Marchese 2 0 2
10 13 MF   Mariano Izco 1 0 1
= 16 MF   Mario Paglialunga 1 0 1
= 26 MF   Keko 1 0 1

Last updated: 28 October 2012
Source: Competitions

Sources edit

  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.