2012–13 Calcio Catania season

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On loan

Legend

Serie A

Coppa Italia

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Top scorers

Starting 11

League table

Matches

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)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

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

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
7	FW	Carlos Matuidi
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

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 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)

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Main article: 2012–13 Serie A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
5	Lazio	30	15	5	10	39	36	+3	50	2013–14 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round	LAZ 1–0 INT
6	Internazionale	30	15	5	10	47	39	+8	50		LAZ 1–0 INT
7	Roma	30	14	5	11	60	51	+9	47
8	Catania	30	13	6	11	40	38	+2	45
9	Udinese	30	10	12	8	38	38	0	42

Updated to games played on 3 April 2013.
Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored
(Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same amount of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played)^[1]
¹The winner of 2012–13 Coppa Italia will qualify to 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage.
²Sampdoria and Torino were docked 1 point due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.^[2]^[3]
³Atalanta was docked 2 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.^[4]^[5]
⁴Siena was docked 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.^[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

1 26 August 2012 (2012-08-26)	Roma	2 – 2	Catania	Rome
20:45	Bradley 13' Burdisso 28' Osvaldo 59' Marquinho 87' López 90+1'	Report	Marchese 29', 90+5' Gómez 69' Álvarez 81'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Andrea De Marco

2 1 September 2012 (2012-09-01)	Catania	3 – 2	Genoa	Catania
20:45	Castro 55' Bellusci 59' Bergessio 63', 66', 68' Lodi 84'	Report	Canini 22' Kucka 26' Seymour 32' Janković 82'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

3 16 September 2012 (2012-09-16)	Fiorentina	2 – 0	Catania	Florence
15:00	Ljajić 19' Pizarro 39' Jovetić 43', 68' Toni 65'	Report	Gómez 39' Spolli 84'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Daniele Doveri

4 23 September 2012 (2012-09-23)	Catania	0 – 0	Napoli	Catania
15:00	Álvarez 2' Bergessio 8' Legrottaglie 59' Almirón 62'	Report	Zúñiga 6' Inler 16' Aronica 64' Vargas 73'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 13,808 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

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

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

7 7 October 2012 (2012-10-07)	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

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

9 28 October 2012 (2012-10-28)	Catania	0 – 1	Juventus	Catania
12:30	Rolín 19' Spolli 28' Barrientos 33' Marchese 35', 67' Legrottaglie 39'	Report	Asamoah 23' Vidal 57', 68' Padoin 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Andrea Gervasoni

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

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

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

13 18 November 2012 (2012-11-18)	Catania	2 – 1	Chievo	Catania
15:00	Almirón 51', 85' Castro 61' Álvarez 63'	Report	Hetemaj 49' Luciano 70' Sardo 72' Andreolli 90+3'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Sebastiano Peruzzo

14 24 November 2012 (2012-11-24)	Palermo	3 – 1	Catania	Palermo
20:45	Miccoli 10', 81' Muñoz 40' Donati 42' Iličić 49', 60'	Report	Spolli 43' Almirón 54' Lodi 71' Gómez 86' Doukara 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Referee: Andrea Romeo

15 30 November 2012 (2012-11-30)	Catania	1 – 3	Milan	Catania
20:45	Legrottaglie 11' Barrientos 41', 49' Bellusci 86' Rolín 90+5'	Report	El Shaarawy 52', 90+2', 54' Boateng 56', 90' Amelia 60'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Daniele Orsato

16 9 December 2012 (2012-12-09)	Siena	1 – 3	Catania	Siena
15:00	Rosina 10' Sestu 12' Rodríguez 62'	Report	Legrottaglie 23' Castro 50' Bergessio 67', 82' Almirón 75'	Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi Attendance: 8,240 Referee: Daniele Doveri

17 16 December 2012 (2012-12-16)	Catania	3 – 1	Sampdoria	Catania
14:00	Salifu 1' Legrottaglie 28' Bellusci 42' Paglialunga 55' Bergessio 65' Castro 90'	Report	Maresca 29' (pen.) Éder 55' Tissone 70'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

18 21 December 2012 (2012-12-21)	Pescara	2 – 1	Catania	Pescara
17:00	Çelik 23', 61' Togni 90+5', 90+5'	Report	Barrientos 24', 35' Izco 44'	Stadium: Stadio Adriatico Attendance: 10,246 Referee: Andrea Romeo

19 6 January 2013 (2013-01-06)	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

20 13 January 2013 (2013-01-13)	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

21 20 January 2013 (2013-01-20)	Genoa	0 – 2	Catania	Genoa
14:00	Matuzalém 18'		Bergessio 4', 21' Barrientos 86'	Stadium: Stadio Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

22 27 January 2013 (2013-01-27)	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

23 2 February 2013 (2013-02-02)	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

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

25 17 February 2013 (2013-02-17)	Catania	1 – 0	Bologna	Catania
15:00	Almirón 42' Biagianti 90+2'	Report	Morleo 57' Pérez 88'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Carmine Russo

26 24 February 2013 (2013-02-24)	Parma	1 – 2	Catania	Parma
15:00 CET	Paletta 57' Amauri 87'	Report	Lodi 5' Bellusci 30' Keko 44' Legrottaglie 87', 88'	Stadium: Stadio Ennio Tardini Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Piero Giacomelli

27 3 March 2013 (2013-03-03)	Catania	2 – 3	Internazionale	Catania
14:00	Bergessio 7', 70' Marchese 19' Álvarez 37' Rolín 56' Çani 87'	Report	Álvarez 52' Palacio 70', 90+2' Handanovič 70' Schelotto 84'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi

28 10 March 2013 (2013-03-10)	Juventus	1 – 0	Catania	Turin
14:00	Giaccherini 89', 90+1'	Report	Gómez 41' Biagianti 64' Spolli 65'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Antonio Danilo Giannoccaro

29 16 March 2013 (2013-03-16)	Catania	3 – 1	Udinese	Catania
15:00	Gómez 49', 67' Bellusci 56' Álvarez 69' Lodi 72'	Report	Benatia 46' Muriel 81'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Andrea De Marco

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

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

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

33 21 April 2013 (2013-04-21)	Catania	1 – 1	Palermo	Catania
15:00	Barrientos 69' Spolli 75' Bellusci 90+4' Andújar 90+5'	Report	Donati 1' Dossena 16' Muñoz 56' Iličić 90+5'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni

34 28 April 2013 (2013-04-28)	Milan	4 – 2	Catania	Milan
20:45	De Sciglio 9' Flamini 45', 78' Balotelli 72', 90+2' (pen.) Pazzini 74', 77'	Report	Bergessio 26', 65' Legrottaglie 30', 41' Frison 37' Barrientos 78' Marchese 86'	Stadium: San Siro Referee: Davide Massa

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

36 8 May 2013 (2013-05-08)	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

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

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

Fourth round 4 December 2012 (2012-12-04)	Catania	3 – 1	Cittadella	Catania
17:30	Bergessio 88', 102' Lodi 96'	Report	Paolucci 41'	Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino Referee: Filippo Merchiori

Round of 16 12 December 2012 (2012-12-12)	Parma	1 – 1 (aet) (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	\|

Quarter-finals 8 January 2013 (2013-01-08)	Lazio	3 – 0	Catania	Rome
20:00	Radu 30' Hernanes 61', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Domenico Celi

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

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

No.	Pos	Name	MS
21	GK	Andujar	35
22	RB	Alvarez	29
3	CB	Spolli	29
6	CB	Legrottaglie	29
12	LB	Marchese	30
10	CM	Lodi	37
13	CM	Izco	33
4	CM	Almiron	29
28	RW	Barrientos	34
9	ST	Bergessio	34
17	LW	Gomez	37

Last updated: 29 May 2012
Source: Squad statistics and Start formations
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Third round 18 August 2012 (2012-08-18)

Catania

Sassuolo

Stadium: Stadio Angelo Massimino
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Maurizio Ciampi

↑ "Deroga art. 51 NOIF_Classifica avulsa Serie A 2012-2013" (PDF). FIGC (in Italian). 19 July 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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