U.S. Catanzaro 1929 is an Italian professional football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria, who play their matches in Stadio Nicola Ceravolo. The club was officially formed in 1929 after entering teams in interregional tournaments from 1927.

The club has won six interregional level three titles, one interregional level four title, one national level four scudetto, and the Cup of the Alps in 1960 as part of the Italian Federation. Its best result in the Coppa Italia was runners-up in 1965–66. The club has competed in the Serie A seven times.

This list details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for each season. Top scorers in bold were also the top scorers in the Italian league that season.

Key

Key to league competitions: Serie A = Italian 1st tier (1926–present) Serie B = Italian 2nd tier (1929–present) Serie C / Lega Pro = Italian 3rd tier (1935–1978, 2014–present) Serie C1 / Lega Pro Prima Divisione = Italian 3rd tier (1978–2014) Serie C2 / Lega Pro Seconda Divisione = Italian 4th tier (1978–2014) IV Serie = Italian 4th tier (1952–1978, 2014–present) Prima Divisione = 3rd Tier (1929–1935), 4th Tier (1935–1948) Terza Divisione = 4th Tier (1926–1929), 5th Tier (1929–1935)

Key to cup tournaments: SSD = Scudetto Serie D (1952–present) CA = Cup of the Alps (1960–1987) AIC = Anglo-Italian Cup (1970–1996) TdC = Torneo di Capodanno (1981) CIC = Coppa Italia Serie C (1972–present) SCdSC = Supercoppa di Serie C (2000–present) EC = European Cup (1955–1992) UCL = UEFA Champions League (1993–present) CWC = UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960–1999) UC = UEFA Cup (1971–2008) UEL = UEFA Europa League (2009–present) USC = UEFA Super Cup INT = Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004) WC = FIFA Club World Cup (2005–present)

Key to position colours and symbols: 1st or W Winners 2nd or RU Runners-up 3rd Third ♦ Top scorer in division ↑ Promoted ↓ Relegated Promotion play-off (did not advance) Relegation play-out (survived)

Key to divisional tiers colours: 1st Tier2nd Tier3rd Tier4th Tier5th Tier6th Tier7th Tier8th Tier

Key to league record and result: Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position Res = Result GS = Promotion play-off, group stage TB = Promotion tie-breaker RQF = Regional quarter-final RSF = Regional semi-final RF = Regional final 1R, 2R = First or second round 1NR, 2NR = First or second national round QF = Quarter-final SF = Semi-final F = Final RPO = Regional play-out P = Automatic promotion R = Automatic relegation

Key to cup record: QR = Qualifying round PR1 = Preliminary round 1 PR2 = Preliminary round 2 1R = First round 1GS = First round (group stage) GS = First round (group stage) 2R = Second round 2GS = Second round (group stage) 3R = Third round R32 = round of 32 IMR = Intermediate round R16 = round of 16 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals

Seasons

SeasonLeagueCIOtherTop scorerPlayer(s)Goals Founded as Unione Sportiva Catanzarese in 1927. 1927–28 6 3rd 1928–29 2 3rd Officially registered with FIGC as Unione Sportiva Fascista Catanzarese in 1929. 1929–30 8 10 2nd ↑ 1930–31 (3) 22 8 5 9 3132 21 7th 1931–32 (3) 28 11 5 12 3938 26 9th 1932–33 (3) 20 13 5 2 4918 31 1st ↑ GS 17 1933–34 (2) 24 8 9 7 3931 25 7th 11 1934–35 (2) 28 9 4 15 3341 22 11th ↓ 10 1935–36 (3) 26 16 5 5 6327 37 1st ↑ 1936–37 (2) 30 8 8 14 3256 24 15th ↓ 1937–38 2nd 1938–39 1st 1939–40 1st Did not enter teams competitively during 1940 to 1944 due to World War II. Refounded as Unione Sportiva Catanzaro in 1944. 1945–46 (3) 20 12 3 6 5229 27 2nd ↑ 1946–47 (2) 32 11 4 17 3736 26 16th ↓ 5 1947–48 (3) 26 16 6 4 6525 38 2nd 21 1948–49 (3) 34 11 6 17 4251 28 14th 10 1949–50 (3) 34 12 7 15 4947 31 11th 10 1950–51 (3) 36 16 8 12 5231 40 5th 19 1951–52 34 15 5 14 4949 35 8th ↓ 14 1952–53 30 14 10 6 5222 38 1st ↑ ? WSSD 16 1953–54 34 15 7 12 5041 37 8th 10 1954–55 34 14 10 10 4534 38 3rd 12 1955–56 34 11 11 12 4242 33 11th 16 1956–57 34 11 9 14 2229 31 14th 5 1957–58 34 15 5 14 4346 35 8th 12 1958–59 34 17 13 4 5615 47 1st ↑ 15 1959–60 38 11 15 12 4140 37 8th 15 1960–61 38 15 8 15 4642 38 10th WCA 13 1961–62 38 9 16 13 3750 34 14th 11 1962–63 38 12 13 13 3443 37 12th 9 1963–64 38 13 11 14 3847 37 10th 12 1964–65 38 9 20 9 2426 38 8th 9 1965–66 38 10 16 12 3840 36 10th 18 ♦ 1966–67 38 14 14 10 4442 42 3rd 15 1967–68 40 19 9 12 2632 37 12th 14 1968–69 38 10 15 13 2331 35 14th 5 1969–70 38 7 19 12 2330 33 16th 7 1970–71 38 17 13 8 3727 47 3rd ↑TB 9 1971–72 30 3 15 12 1734 21 15th ↓ GSAIC Spelta also scored 3 goals in the Coppa Italia for a total of 10 goals in the season. 7 1972–73 38 12 15 11 3827 39 8th 11 1973–74 38 11 13 14 3137 35 13th 11 1974–75 38 13 19 6 2718 45 4th TB 7 1975–76 38 16 13 9 3623 45 2nd ↑ 11 1976–77 30 7 7 16 2643 21 15th ↓ 5 1977–78 38 16 12 10 5041 44 2nd ↑ 18 ♦ 1978–79 30 6 16 8 2330 28 9th 10 1979–80 30 5 14 11 2034 24 12th 9 1980–81 30 6 17 7 2427 29 8th GSTdC 13 1981–82 30 9 10 11 2529 28 7th 12 1982–83 30 2 9 19 2156 13 16th ↓ P. Mariani4 1983–84 38 10 10 18 3445 30 20th ↓ 14 1984–85 34 17 11 6 5430 45 1st ↑ R16 18 ♦ 1985–86 38 9 12 17 3345 30 19th ↓ 7 1986–87 34 18 9 7 4624 45 1st ↑ 17 ♦ 1987–88 38 14 18 6 3624 46 5th 13 1988–89 38 8 19 11 2426 35 11th 12 1989–90 38 3 19 16 1635 25 20th ↓ 5 1990–91 34 8 16 10 2828 29 16th ↓ R16 8 1991–92 38 12 20 6 3523 44 4th GS 16 ♦ 1992–93 34 13 8 13 4338 34 8th QF 9 1993–94 34 12 13 9 3524 44 9th GS 6 1994–95 34 9 15 10 3233 42 11th 1R 8 1995–96 34 12 9 13 3032 45 10th 2R 7 1996–97 34 13 14 7 3626 53 5th SF 2R 8 1997–98 34 12 12 10 3230 48 6th R16 6 1998–99 34 12 17 5 3420 53 3rd SF GS 11 1999–2000 34 12 7 15 3942 43 9th GS 15 2000–01 34 13 16 5 4935 54 3rd F GS 15 2001–02 34 14 9 11 4635 51 6th QF 15 2002–03 34 14 14 6 4430 56 4th F ↑ GS 11 2003–04 34 19 10 5 4425 67 1st ↑ GSCICRUSCdSC 19 2004–05 42 5 11 26 4082 26 21st 13 2005–06 42 7 7 28 2663 28 22nd ↓ 14Refounded as Football Club Catanzaro 2006–07 34 11 12 11 3427 45 9th GS 16 ♦ 2007–08 34 10 15 9 3225 43 10th GS 7 2008–09 34 15 14 5 3923 59 3rd RSF 1R 13 2009–10 34 22 6 6 6129 69 2nd RF GS 16 2010–11 30 5 4 21 1549 11 15th 2R 3Refounded as Catanzaro Calcio 2011 2011–12 40 23 14 3 6629 83 2nd ↑ 3R Simone Masini 18 2012–13 30 10 7 13 3748 37 10th 2R 12 2013–14 32 13 16 3 3417 55 4th RQF 2R 12 2014–15 38 14 11 13 4844 53 8th 1R Andrea RazzittiAndrea Russotto 7 2015–16 34 10 11 13 2740 41 11th R32 9 2016–17 38 9 11 18 3649 38 18th RPO GS 9 2017–18 36 11 9 16 3545 42 14th GS 6Changed name to Unione Sportiva Catanzaro 1929 2018–19 36 20 7 9 6532 67 3rd QF R16 14 2019–20 30 12 7 11 4136 43 7th 2R QF 6 2020–21 36 19 11 6 4429 68 2nd 2NR 9 2021–22 36 19 10 7 5726 67 2nd SF SF 2022–23 38 30 6 2 10221 96 1st ↑ QFW 28 2023–24 38 17 9 12 5950 60 5th SF 15 2024–25 38 11 20 7 5145 53 6th SF 10 2025–26 38 15 14 9 6251 59 5th F 12

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