The 2025–26 season is the 97th in the history of Unione Sportiva Catanzaro 1929 and the club's third consecutive season in Serie B. In addition to its domestic league participation, Catanzaro competed in the Coppa Italia, where it was eliminated in the first round by Sassuolo. On 18 June 2025, Alberto Aquilani was appointed as the team's head coach. Catanzaro finished fifth on league ladder after the regular season, qualifying for the promotion play-offs. They defeated Avellino in the quarter-finals before beating Palermo 3–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals. They drew with Monza in the play-off final 2–2 on aggregate. However, Monza were promoted to the Serie A as they were the highest placed team, thus Catanzaro were to continue to play in Serie B for the 2026–27 season.
Squad Transfers in PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource Nicolò Buso LeccoUndisclosed Ervin Bashi Pro PatriaUndisclosed Patrick Nuamah SassuoloLoan Fabio Rispoli ComoLoan Gianluca Di Chiara FrosinoneFree Davide Bettella FrosinoneFree Alphadjo Cissè Hellas VeronaLoan Mattia Liberali AC MilanFree Luca Pandolfi CittadellaLoan Federico Di Francesco PalermoLoan Davide Buglio Juve StabiaLoan Rémi Oudin LecceUndisclosed Tommaso Cassandro ComoLoan
Transfers out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource Tommaso Cassandro ComoLoan return Andrea La Mantia SPALLoan return Mattia Compagnon Juventus Next GenLoan return Mario Šitum Lokomotiva Zagreb Jari Vandeputte CremoneseUndisclosed Ilias Koutsoupias FrosinoneUndisclosed Mamadou Coulibaly SüdtirolFree Umberto Morleo BraLoan Marcello Piras SorrentoLoan Francesco Maiolo CaveseLoan Gabriel Rafele RagusaFree Tommaso Biasci AvellinoUndisclosed
Friendlies
Competitions Overall record
Serie B
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Promotion play-offs
The promotion play-off final ended 2–2 on aggregate. As Monza finished the regular season in a higher position than Catanzaro, Monza were promoted to Serie A, while Catanzaro remained in Serie B.
Coppa Italia
Statistics Appearances and goals
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! colspan=12 style="background:#E00000; color:yellow; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season
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