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| Full name | Catania Football Club s.r.l.[1][2] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | I Rossazzurri (The Red and Blues) Gli Elefanti (The Elephants) Gli Etnei (The Etneans) | |||
| Founded | 1929 | |||
| Ground | Stadio Angelo Massimino, Catania, Italy | |||
| Capacity | 23,266[3] | |||
| Owner | Elefante 1946 Pty Ltd (Pelligra Group) | |||
| Chairman | Ross Pelligra | |||
| Coach | Domenico Toscano | |||
| League | Serie C Group C | |||
| 2023–24 | Serie C Group C, 13th of 20 | |||
| Website | www.cataniassd.com | |||
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Catania Football Club, commonly known as Catania, is an Italian football club based in the city of Catania, Sicily, that plays in Serie C.
Originally founded in 1908 as Associazione Sportiva pro Educazione Fisica, the club boasts 17 appearances in the top flight, reaching eighth place in Serie A on four occasions: during the early 1960s and again in 2012–13.[clarification needed] It is the 12th most popular team in Italy, with around 600,000 fans.[4] The club also went on a number of dissolutions and refoundations, the last happening in 2022.
- ^ "Catania, Figc riconosce nuova denominazione Catania FC" (in Italian). ItaSportPress. 10 June 2023.
- ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE n. 51 Stagione Sportiva 2022/2023" (in Italian). LND. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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- ^ "I dati della Lega Calcio sulla tifoseria italiana di Serie A | Tifoso Bilanciato – bilanci e finanza nel calcio" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.