The 2011–12 season is Catania's 104th in existence and sixth consecutive season in the top flight of Italian football, Serie A. Catania starts the season with a new manager, Vincenzo Montella.
Coach Vincenzo Montella was officially appointed as the new manager of Catania on 1 July 2011, taking over the post previously left vacant following the departure of Diego Simeone. A former striker and former caretaker of Roma, Montella was given the task to coach Catania. The Naples-born tactician is currently the youngest head coach of Serie A. His most recent coaching experience was acting as caretaker for Roma towards the end of the 2010–11 season.
First team
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Notes Goalkeepers 1 Tomáš Košický GK Inter Bratislava 20 Juan Pablo Carrizo GK Lazioon loan from Lazio 29 Pietro Terracciano GK Nocerina 30 Andrea Campagnolo GK Reggina Defenders 2 Alessandro Potenza DF Genoa 3 Nicolás Spolli DF Newell's Old Boys 6 Nicola Legrottaglie DF Milan 11 Marco Motta DF Juventuson loan from Juventus 12 Giovanni Marchese DF Chievo 14 Giuseppe Bellusci DF Ascoli 15 Wellington Teixeira DF Uberaba 33 Ciro Capuano DF Palermo Vice-captain Midfielders 4 Sergio Almirón MF Bari 5 Mario Paglialunga MF Rosario Central 8 Felipe Seymour MF Genoaon loan from Genoa 10 Francesco Lodi MF Frosinone 13 Mariano Izco MF Tigre Vice-captain 16 Cristian Llama MF Arsenal de Sarandí 19 Adrián Ricchiuti MF Rimini 27 Marco Biagianti MF Pro Vasto Captain 28 Pablo Barrientos MF FC Moscow Forwards 7 Davide Lanzafame SS Palermo 9 David Suazo ST Inter 17 Alejandro Gómez SS Arsenal de Sarandí 23 Gonzalo Bergessio ST Saint-Étienne 22 Osarimen Ebagua ST Torinoon loan from Torino 32 Andrea Catellani ST Youth programme Players transferred during the season
Transfers
In Catania began this season's transfer activity by signing Federico Moretti from Ascoli on 20 June 2011. Other signings include Pietro Terracciano from Nocerina, Keko from Atlético Madrid, David Suazo from Inter, and Gonzalo Bergessio from Saint-Étienne. On 4 August, Mario Paglialunga transferred from Rosario Central as well as Davide Lanzafame from Palermo on 7 August. Nicola Legrottaglie transferred from Milan on a free transfer. Other transfers include Sergio Almirón from Juventus. During the winter transfer window, Catania loaned Marco Motta from Juventus, Juan Pablo Carrizo from Lazio, Osarimen Ebagua from Torino, and Felipe Seymour from Genoa.
No. Pos. Player Moving From Type of Transfer Transfer window Transfer fee Source -- MF Ascoli Full ownership Summer Undisclosed 29 GK Nocerina Full ownership Summer Free 15 FW Atlético Madrid Full ownership Summer Free 9 FW Inter Full ownership Summer Free 18 FW Saint-Étienne Full ownership Summer €3,000,000 5 MF Rosario Central Full ownership Summer Undisclosed 7 FW Palermo Full ownership Summer Undisclosed 6 DF Nicola Legrottaglie Milan Full ownership Summer Free 4 MF Sergio Almirón Juventus Full ownership Summer Undisclosed 11 DF Marco Motta Juventus Loan Winter Free 20 GK Juan Pablo Carrizo Lazio Loan Winter Free 22 FW Osarimen Ebagua Torino Loan Winter Free 8 MF Felipe Seymour Genoa Loan Winter Free
Out Catania loaned out Mirco Antenucci to Torino on 24 June 2011. Catania sold Simone Pesce to Novara while Gianvito Plasmati moved to Nocerina. Other departures include Cristian Suarino loaned to Nocerina, Ezequiel Carboni to Banfield, Takayuki Morimoto sold to Novara in a co-ownership bid. On 2 August 2011 Christian Terlizzi left on a free transfer to Varese as well as Raphael Martinho loaned to Cesena on 5 August. Matías Silvestre was sold to Palermo and Andrea D'Amico was loaned to Portogruaro. Other transfers include Nicola Lanzolla to Pisa, Błażej Augustyn loaned to Vicenza, and Federico Moretti loaned to Grosseto. During the winter transfer window, Catania loaned out Fabio Scaccia and Keko to Grosseto. Catania also loaned Pablo Ledesma to Boca Juniors, loaned Mariano Andújar to Estudiantes, loaned Maxi López to Milan, and loaned Pablo Sebastián Álvarez to Real Zaragoza. The winter transfer window also saw Gennaro Delvecchio sold to Lecce and Vincent Kouadio sold to Qormi.
No. Pos. Player Moving to Type of Transfer Transfer window Transfer fee Source – FW Torino Loan Summer Free – MF Novara Full ownership Summer Undisclosed – FW Nocerina Full-ownership Summer Free – MF Nocerina Loan Summer Free – MF Banfield Full ownership Summer Free – FW Novara Co-ownership Summer Undisclosed 88 DF Varese Full ownership Summer Free 15 MF Cesena Loan Summer Free 3 DF Matías Silvestre Palermo Full ownsership Summer €7,000,000 – MF Andrea D'Amico Portogruaro Loan Summer Free – DF Nicola Lanzolla Pisa Full ownership Summer Undisclosed – DF Błażej Augustyn Vicenza Loan Summer Free – MF Federico Moretti Grosseto Loan Summer Free 37 MF Fabio Sciacca Grosseto Loan Winter Free 9 FW Keko Grosseto Loan Winter Free – MF Pablo Ledesma Boca Juniors Loan Winter Free 21 GK Mariano Andújar Estudiantes Loan Winter Free 21 FW Maxi López Milan Loan Winter Free 2 DF Pablo Sebastián Álvarez Real Zaragoza Loan Winter Free 82 MF Gennaro Delvecchio Lecce Full ownership Winter Undisclosed 99 MF Vincent Kouadio Qormi Full ownership Winter Undisclosed
Club
Coaching staff
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Serie A
League table
Results by round
Matches The fixtures for the 2011–12 Serie A season were announced by the Lega Serie A on 27 July.
Coppa Italia
Catania started the Coppa Italia directly in the third round of section 4.
References
External links Catania's official website