Catania Football Club, commonly known as Catania, is an

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club based in the city of

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, that plays in

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. Originally founded in 1908 as ''Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica'', the club boasts 17 appearances in the top flight, reaching eighth place in

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on four occasions: during the early 1960s and again in 2012–13. It is the 12th most popular team in Italy, with around 600,000 fans. The club also went on a number of dissolutions and refoundations, the last happening in 2022.

History

Origins (1901–1908)

Crews of English merchant ships brought football to Sicily. Specifically, the earliest Catania team can be traced to a match that took place on 2 May 1901 at San Raineri di Messina against

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; the team was Royal Yacht Catania, an English ship with a Catanian crew. The ship workers' team was a pastime, and Catania's first professional football club was founded on 19 June 1908 by Italian film director Gaetano Ventimiglia and Francesco Sturzo d'Aldobrando, who founded the club under the name A.S. Educazione Fisica Pro Patria. Early on, they would play against sailors visiting the port of Catania, foreign ships in particular. Though their first ever match was against the Italian battleship , the game ended in a 1–1 draw and the Catania line-up that day consisted of Vassallo, Gismondo, Bianchi, Messina, Slaiter, Caccamo, Stellario, Binning, Cocuzza, Ventimiglia and Pappalardo. Just two years later, the club was renamed to Unione Sportiva Catanese.

Foundation (1908–1943)

In northern Italy, football was more organised and clubs in the area competed in the early

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s, while the southern clubs competed in competitions such as the Lipton, Sant' Agata, and Agordad cups. US Catanese survived

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, and after that, played in the local Coppa Federale Siciliana. Seven seasons later, in 1927, they were promoted to the Campionato Catanese, later winning in the 1928–29 season. As they gained promotion, the team entered the Second Division, but the fascist reform of Italian football dictated the disbandment of Catanese and the establishment of Società Sportiva Catania on 27 June 1929.Tutto il Catania minuto per minuto (Antonio Buemi, Roberto Quartarone, Carlo Fontanelli, Alessandro Russo, Filippo Solarino - Geo Edizioni); pp. 101, 102, 105, 106, 109, 110, 116 The new club first competed in

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in the 1934–35 season, where they finished fourth; that year,

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won the Serie B title. Catania played in the league for three seasons during this period before ultimately being relegated. Down in

, Catania was crowned the champion in the 1938–39 season, finishing above Sicilian rivals Siracusa and Messina, who came in second and third place respectively. The club finished bottom of the league in Serie B and won only three games that season. The club's name was briefly changed to Associazione Calcio Fascista Catania during the 1942–43 season in

, which ended prematurely due to

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Rebirth (1945–1949)

After World War II ended, a local competition was organised, the Campionato Siciliano. At the end of that season, a local team named Elefante Catania was merged into the club. The merged club kept the Catanese name and competed in Serie C during the 1945–46 season, but finished last. In the same league that season, a team called Virtus Catania competed with them, finishing eighth. At the end of the season, Catanese and Virtus merged to form Club Calcio Catania, with the club's first president as Santi Manganaro-Passanisi, who had previously been president of Catanese. They were promoted to Serie C, where they spent three seasons. After a duel with Reggina for first place in the league, Catania gained a promotion to Serie B for the 1948–49 season.

Golden years (1953–1965)

The late 1950s–1960s are considered the golden years for the Catanian club, as they managed to achieve a promotion to

on two occasions during this time. Their first promotion from Serie B came when, during the 1953–54 season, they beat

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and

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side Pro Patria and were crowned champions of the division. Their first season in Serie A saw the club achieve a respectable 12th-place finish, but the club was forcibly relegated due to financial scandals, as were

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. Under the management of

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, who had played for the club in the late 1930s, Catania gained promotion from Serie B in the 1959–60 season. Catania had lost their final game 4–2 to

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and needed

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to get a good result against

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for the Sicilian club to secure promotion. That is exactly what happened, and Catania had gained a promotion. Catania returned into Serie A for the 1960–61 season to begin what would be a six-year stay in the league. The newly promoted club finished in eighth above top Italian clubs such as

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and

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. This season produced several notable wins; they beat Napoli and

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twice,

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3–0 at home, and most notably,

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4–3 in Sicily. Additionally, on the final day of the season, they beat

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2–0, with goals from Castellazzi and Calvanese. Inter lost the closely contested title that year to

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. Four years later, in 1965, Catania would also finish eighth in the league, this time above

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and Sicilian rivals

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. Many of the club's most notable stars played around this time, such as midfielders Alvaro Biagini and the Brazilian

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, along with wingers Carlo Facchin and

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in the side. Catania won against Juventus (2–0),

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(2–0), and Lazio (1–0).

Decline (1966–1984)

After Catania's relegation in 1966, Carmelo Di Bella left and the club stayed in Serie B, later playing with

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in the

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before the Palermitan club was promoted. Catania followed in 1969–70 with a third-place finish, gaining a promotion. They were relegated from Serie A after one season. In that season, they had a 3–1 win against Lazio and a draw at home against Milan. Catania only scored 18 goals altogether in 30 games. In 1973–74, they were relegated down to

, but were able to get a promotion to Serie B by winning as champions. A similar situation occurred in 1976–77, where they were relegated down to Serie C. They finished second, and later third, before finally being crowned champions of what was now known as

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in 1979–80. After three short seasons, Catania was promoted after finishing in third place, behind Milan and Lazio, into Serie A. They played the 1983–84 season in Italy's top league, only winning once (which came against

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) with 12 points.

Further decline and revival (1985–2006)

The decline of Catania started after their last relegation to Serie B. The team was no longer able to reach the top division of Italian football, and instead continued to decline, remaining in

for the latter part of the 1980s. In 1993, the team's participation for the year was cancelled by the

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(FIGC) due to financial irregularities. After a court session, magistrates declared the FIGC's decision as invalid, thus forcing it to include Catania back into the footballing fold for the year. Catania was included in the Sicilian Eccellenza (the sixth tier of Italian football). In the meantime, another Sicilian football team,

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, from

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(in the

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), had been relocated in the city and renamed

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. Despite all of this, the real Catania was able to promote back to

in a short amount of time, later back to Serie B in 2002. In 2003, Catania was at the centre of a controversy that led to the enlargement of Serie B from 20 to 24 teams, known as ''Caso Catania''. The club claimed that

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fielded an ineligible player in a 1–1 tie, a result which saw Catania relegated, whereas the two extra points from a victory would have kept them safe. They were awarded a 2–0 victory before the result was reverted because the guilty player was a substitute which did not play the match; Catania appealed to the judges of the Autonomous Region of Sicily, who evaluated the victory. In August, the FIGC decided to let Catania, along with

and

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, stay in Serie B; the newly reborn

was also added for the 2003–04 season. The ruling led to protests and

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s by the other Serie B clubs that delayed the start of the season, until the intervention of the

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. The league was reduced to 22 teams for 2004–05, while at the same time, Serie A expanded from 18 to 20 teams. During the start of that season, Antonino Pulvirenti, chairman of the flight company Windjet and owner of Sicilian Serie C1 team

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, bought the club. Catania's new ownership revived the team, and in 2005–06, Catania ended in second place, earning a promotion to Serie A.

Return to Serie A (2006–2013)

The 2006–07 season had Catania in

for its first appearance in 22 years. In their first year back, their home form saw them peak as high as fourth place after 20 games. Their return season changed drastically on 2 February 2007, due to the 2007 Catania football violence incident. It happened during the

with

, where policeman

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was killed during football-related violence caused by Catania

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outside the

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. The event led FIGC Commissioner

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to cancel all football-related events in the country for a period of time, including league and national team matches. Catania chairman and owner Antonino Pulvirenti announced his willingness to leave the football world, stating it was not possible to go on producing football in Catania. After the Italian football league reopened, Catania continued on. They failed to win for 12 games in a row before beating

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1–0 in late April 2007, where they eventually finished 13th. The following season, with manager

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leaving for Udinese and

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taking charge of the team, proved to be much harder. In the

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, Catania reached to the semi-finals, then lost to

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. Subsequently, Baldini resigned from his post on 31 March 2008, being replaced by

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. Despite this, Zenga managed to lead the ''rossazzurri'' off the relegation zone in a heated final week game, a 1–1 home tie to Roma, with an equaliser goal scored by Jorge Martínez in the 85th minute. Zenga was successively confirmed in charge of the team for the upcoming 2008–09 season. On 5 June 2009, Zenga left Catania to be the manager at arch-rival football club Palermo. He was replaced by Gianluca Atzori, with one year of experience at Lega Pro Prima Divisione team

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. Atzori was noted for using an attacking 4–3–3 formation at Ravenna and was expected to continue a similar approach with the ''Elefanti''. On 8 December 2009,

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was appointed new head coach of Catania, taking over Atzori. He signed a contract until June 2011, with the ''Elefanti''. Arriving at the club that was dead last in the Serie A standings, Mihajlović debuted with a loss against

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. The following week, his team beat

away in

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with a 2–1 scoreline. After Mihajlović's departure to Fiorentina, Catania appointed

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as new head coach for the 2010–11 season. In January 2011, Catania decided to remove Giampaolo from his position due to poor results and replace him with former Argentine football player

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, who managed to guide the Sicilians to safety before to part company by the end of the season, after only four months in charge of the team. Later, Catania appointed 37-year-old

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to replace Simeone at his second managerial experience after having served as caretaker at Roma during the final part of the 2010–11 season.

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managed the team in the 2012–13 season, who guided Catania to a record-breaking season where they accrued 56 points from 38 Serie A matches. The season also saw Catania take a record number of home wins in one season, its record number of victories overall in a single top flight campaign, as well as its record points total in Serie A for the fifth consecutive season. They finished ahead of

at the conclusion of the season and were just five points away from competing in the

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Second decline and 2022 bankruptcy (2013–2022)

After being relegated from Serie A after the 2013–14 season, Catania was again relegated to the

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and was deducted by nine points after. During the 2014–15 season, head coach and owner Antonio Pulvirenti admitted to fixing five matches. The club announced that Sport Investment Group Italia S.p.A. (S.I.G.I.) acquired 95.4% of the club's assets on Friday, 24 July 2020. On 16 January 2021, a preliminary purchase agreement was signed, with which a group of investors represented by the

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lawyer

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undertook to purchase all shares from SIGI. The takeover never materialized, and on 22 December 2021, the club was declared insolvent and entered administration. Following three auctions and a takeover offer by entrepreneur Benedetto Mancini, the club's provisional exercise by the Tribunal of Catania effectively ended on 9 April 2022, leading to its immediate exclusion from the

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season. Soon after, the Italian Football Federation formalised the club's exclusion from the Italian professional ranks, and released all of the club's players and non-playing staff.

2022 refoundation (2022–present)

In June 2022, Australian development industry entrepreneur Ross Pelligra, whose mother was born in Catania, was assigned by the city the right to register a new club in the Italian

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, in compliance with

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He promised to invest economical resources, with the main goal to bring back Catania in Serie A, additionally showing interest in acquiring the ''Torre Del Grifo'' training center, built during the Pulvirenti era. The new club was renamed to Catania Società Sportiva Dilettantistica, with Ross Pelligra as president and Vincenzo Grella as vice-president, was subsequently admitted to the

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. Catania then went onto finish first in Group I in Serie D and obtain automatic promotion back into Serie C for the 2023–2024 season.

Players

Current squad

Out on loan

Presidential history

Catania had several presidents over time, some of which have been owners or honorary presidents, below is a list of them since 1946:

Managerial history

Catania had many managers and trainers over time. In some seasons, more than one manager was in charge. Below is a chronological list of them since 1946:

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, align=left, 1997–98 , - , align=left, Franco Gagliardi , align=left, 1998 , - , align=left, Piero Cucchi , align=left, 1998–99 , - , align=left,

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, align=left, 1999 – 30 Jun 2000 , - , align=left,

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Stadium information

*Name:

*Location:

*Capacity: 23,420 *Inauguration: 27 November 1937 *Pitch Size: 110 x 70 metres Catania first made their debut at the

, formerly called the Stadio Cibali, in 1937. The stadium was renamed in honour of former president Angelo Massimino in 2002; he had been president of the club from 1969 until his death in 1996. It has been proposed that the club would move to a 33,765 seater stadium named Stadio Dèi Palici, which is to be located in the southern outskirts of the city of Catania in an industrial zone called Pantano d'Arci.

Sports centre

Catania trains at the Torre del Grifo Village sports center, inaugurated on 18 May 2011 and located in the adjacent municipality of Mascalucia. Owned by the Etna club, the centre covers an area of 150,000 m² and has four regulation football fields—two with natural grass and two with synthetic grass—two swimming pools, and four gyms. In addition, Torre del Grifo houses the headquarters of Calcio Catania.

Honours

Coppa delle Alpi ''Coppa delle Alpi'' (translated as Cup of the Alps) was an official football tournament, first organized by the Italian national league as it started in 1960 and then they were aided by the Swiss League from 1962, for the reason that the majorit ...

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, bgcolor="#ecf1f7" , 1953–54 {, style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 2px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: white; color:black; font-size: 95%;" width="850" cellspacing="0" border="1" ! width="250" , Competition ! width="300" , titles , - style="font-size: 90%;" , bgcolor="#d8e2ee" ,

Prima Divisione Prima Divisione (''First Division'') was the name of the first level of the Italian Football Championship from 1921 to 1926. The competition was initially founded in opposition to the FIGC by the richest clubs of Northern Italy, which disagreed the ...

, bgcolor="#ecf1f7" , 1933–34 {, style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 2px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: white; color:black; font-size: 95%;" width="850" cellspacing="0" border="1" ! width="250" , competition ! width="300" , titles , - style="font-size: 90%;" , bgcolor="#d8e2ee" ,

, bgcolor="#ecf1f7" , 1938–39, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1974–75, 1979,80 {, style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 2px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: white; color:black; font-size: 95%;" width="850" cellspacing="0" border="1" ! width="250" , competition ! width="300" , titles , - style="font-size: 90%;" , bgcolor="#d8e2ee" ,

Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...

, bgcolor="#ecf1f7" , 1998–99 {, style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 2px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: white; color:black; font-size: 95%;" width="850" cellspacing="0" border="1" ! width="250" , competition ! width="300" , titles , - style="font-size: 90%;" , bgcolor="#d8e2ee" ,

, bgcolor="#ecf1f7" , 1994–95, 2022–23 {, style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 2px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: white; color:black; font-size: 95%;" width="850" cellspacing="0" border="1" ! width="250" , competition ! width="300" , titles , - style="font-size: 90%;" , bgcolor="#d8e2ee" ,

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football.Official ...

, bgcolor="#ecf1f7" , 1993–94

important placings

{, style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 2px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: white; color:black; font-size: 95%;" width="850" cellspacing="0" border= "1" ! width="250" , Coppa delle Alpi ! width="300" , Final , - style="font-size: 90%;" , bgcolor="#d8e2ee" , Genoa vs Catania , bgcolor="#ecf1f7" , 1964 {, style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 2px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; border-color: white; color:black; font-size: 95%;" width="850" cellspacing="0" border= "1" ! width="250" , Coppa Italia ! width="300" , Semifinal , - style="font-size: 90%;" , bgcolor="#d8e2ee" , Roma vs Catania , bgcolor="#ecf1f7" , 2007–08

Divisional movements

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1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

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1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Feb ...

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

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1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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Club records

*Highest League Position: 8th, in the 1960–61 1964–65 and 2012–13 seasons. *Most League Appearances: 281, Damiano Morra between 1975 and 1984. *Most League Goals: 47, Guido Klein and

. *Most Serie A Appearances: 150, Giuseppe Vavassori between 1961 and 1966. *Most Serie A Points: 56 points in the 2012–13 season

References

External links

* . . {{DEFAULTSORT:Catania Football clubs in Italy Football clubs in Sicily Association football clubs established in 1946 Serie D clubs Eccellenza 1946 establishments in Italy Phoenix clubs (association football)