2012–13 Calcio Catania season

Catania
2012–13 season
President	Antonino Pulvirenti
Manager	Rolando Maran
Stadium	Stadio Angelo Massimino
Serie A	8th
Coppa Italia	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; 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.	Position	Player
1	GK	Alberto Frison
2	DF	Alessandro Potenza
3	DF	Nicolás Spolli
4	MF	Sergio Almirón
5	DF	Alexis Rolín
6	DF	Nicola Legrottaglie
8	MF	Fabio Sciacca
9	FW	Gonzalo Bergessio
10	MF	Francesco Lodi
12	DF	Giovanni Marchese
13	MF	Mariano Izco (vice-captain)
14	DF	Giuseppe Bellusci
15	FW	Takayuki Morimoto
16	MF	Mario Paglialunga

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Alejandro Gómez
18	DF	Błażej Augustyn
19	MF	Lucas Castro
21	GK	Mariano Andújar
22	DF	Pablo Álvarez
24	MF	Adrián Ricchiuti
26	FW	Keko
27	MF	Marco Biagianti (captain)
28	MF	Pablo Barrientos
29	GK	Pietro Terracciano
30	MF	Amidu Salifu (on loan from Fiorentina)
33	DF	Ciro Capuano (vice-captain)
34	GK	Giuseppe Messina
35	FW	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.		Position	Player
		DF	Luca Calapai (on loan at Barletta)
		DF	Giordano Maccarone (on loan at Bellaria)
		DF	Jean Mbida (on loan at Gorica)
		MF	Raphael Martinho (on loan at Hellas Verona)
		MF	Marco Fiore (on loan at Bellaria)
		MF	Cristian Llama (on loan at Fiorentina)
		MF	Federico Moretti (on loan at Modena)
		MF	Cristian Suarino (on loan at Melfi)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Andrea D'Amico (on loan at Milazzo)
		FW	Ameth Fall (on loan at Bellaria)
		FW	Francesco Nicastro (on loan at Bellaria)
		FW	Davide Lanzafame (on loan at Grosseto)
		FW	Maxi López (on loan at Sampdoria)
		FW	Andrea Catellani (on loan at Sassuolo)
		FW	Mirco Antenucci (on loan at Spezia)
		FW	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 to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
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:

Lazio qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage after winning 2012–13 Coppa Italia.

Matches

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'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	Zúñiga 6' Inler 16' Aronica 64' Vargas 73'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 13,808 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

26 September 2012 (2012-09-26) 5	Catania	2–1	Atalanta	Catania
20:45	Gómez 8' Spolli 52' Barrientos 64' Bellusci 90+1'	permanent dead link] Report	Cazzola 46' Moralez 50' Lucchini 85'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 13,240 Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

30 September 2012 (2012-09-30) 6	Bologna	4–0	Catania	Bologna
15:00	Guarente 19' Diamanti 26' Gilardino 40', 61' Kone 90+4'	permanent dead link] Report	Legrottaglie 45' Izco 71' Capuano 83'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Referee: Piero Giacomelli

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

21 October 2012 (2012-10-21) 8	Internazionale	2–0	Catania	Milan
15:00	Cassano 28' Palacio 85'	permanent dead link] Report	Legrottaglie 75' Castro 88'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Carmine Russo

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'	permanent dead link] Report	Asamoah 23' Vidal 57', 68' Padoin 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

31 October 2012 (2012-10-31) 10	Udinese	2–2	Catania	Udine
20:45	Coda 20' Di Natale 29' (pen) Danilo 85'	permanent dead link] Report	Spolli 28' Bellusci 44' Biagianti 54' Castro 62' Lodi 86'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

4 November 2012 (2012-11-04) 11	Catania	4–0	Lazio	Catania
15:00	Gómez 9', 29' Lodi 25' (pen.) Álvarez 27' Barrientos 69'	permanent dead link] Report		Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni

10 November 2012 (2012-11-10) 12	Cagliari	0–0	Catania	Quartu Sant'Elena
18:00	Conti 12' Dessena 81' Nainggolan 87' Astori 90'	permanent dead link] Report	Gómez 36' Almirón 82'	Stadium: Stadio Is Arenas Referee: Marco Di Bello

18 November 2012 (2012-11-18) 13	Catania	2–1	Chievo	Catania
15:00	Almirón 51', 85' Castro 61' Álvarez 63'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	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

10 February 2013 (2013-02-10) 24	Atalanta	0–0	Catania	Bergamo
15:00	Scaloni 33' Del Grosso 41' Bonaventura 52' Biondini 72' Livaja 89'	permanent dead link] Report	Bergessio 41' Álvarez 67' Castro 90+1'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Davide Massa

17 February 2013 (2013-02-17) 25	Catania	1–0	Bologna	Catania
15:00	Almirón 42' Biagianti 90+2'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	Benatia 46' Muriel 81'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Andrea De Marco

30 March 2013 (2013-03-30) 30	Lazio	2–1	Catania	Rome
15:00	Ledesma 76' Legrottaglie 79' (o.g.) Candreva 81' (pen.) Marchetti 90+3'	permanent dead link] Report	Marchese 17' Izco 50' Barrientos 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Davide Massa

7 April 2013 (2013-04-07) 31	Catania	0–0	Cagliari	Catania
15:00	Bellusci 68'	permanent dead link] Report	Cabrera 56' Nainggolan 59' Dessena 67' Pinilla 75' Ekdal 90'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Paolo Valeri

14 April 2013 (2013-04-14) 32	Chievo	0–0	Catania	Verona
15:00	Samassa 72'	permanent dead link] Report	Bellusci 23' Izco 81'	Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

21 April 2013 (2013-04-21) 33	Catania	1–1	Palermo	Catania
15:00	Barrientos 69' Spolli 75' Bellusci 90+4' Andújar 90+5'	permanent dead link] Report	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'	permanent dead link] Report	Bergessio 26', 65' Legrottaglie 30', 41' Frison 37' Barrientos 78' Marchese 86'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Davide Massa

5 May 2013 (2013-05-05) 35	Catania	3–0	Siena	Catania
15:00	Bergessio 14', 52', 71' Spolli 54'	permanent dead link] Report	Felipe 42' Emeghara 82'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Luca Banti

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

12 May 2013 (2013-05-12) 37	Catania	1–0	Pescara	Catania
20:45	Gómez 51' Bellusci 63'	permanent dead link] Report	Ćosić 40' Balzano 60' Bocchetti 63' Zauri 84'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Fabrizio Pasqua

19 May 2013 (2013-05-19) 38	Torino	2–2	Catania	Turin
14:00	Cerci 53' Bianchi 83'	permanent dead link] Report	Frison 8' Almirón 25' Bergessio 62' Augustyn 75'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico di Torino Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

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 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

Appearances and goals

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

"Deroga art. 51 NOIF_Classifica avulsa Serie A 2012-2013" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 19 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

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[table_note_res_ELGS0.13310315419599-1] Lazio qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage after winning 2012–13 Coppa Italia.

[2] "Deroga art. 51 NOIF_Classifica avulsa Serie A 2012-2013" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 19 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

Calcio Catania
Grounds	Angelo Massimino
Rivalries	Derby di Sicilia
Seasons	2011–12 2012–13