2012–13 Calcio Catania season

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

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)

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  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

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

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:

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

Matches

26 August 2012 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Third round	Catania	1–0	Sassuolo	Catania
19:45	Gómez  73'			Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Maurizio Ciampi

4 December 2012 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 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 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		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	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

1. "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.