1977–78 U.S. Catanzaro season
# 1977–78 U.S. Catanzaro season

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. 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 | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 040.48 |

Source: Competitions

### Serie A

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Avellino (P) | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 44 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Monza | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 42 | |
| 5 | Ternana | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 42 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | 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 |

### 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 |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie B | Serie B | Coppa Italia | 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
