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| Full name | Unione Sportiva Catanzaro 1929[1] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Aquile del Sud (Southern Eagles) Regina del Sud (Southern Queen) Timore del Nord (Fear of the North) Magico (Magic) Giallorossi (The Red-Yellows) | |||
| Founded | 1929 | |||
| Ground | Stadio Nicola Ceravolo, Catanzaro, Italy | |||
| Capacity | 14,650 | |||
| Owner | Unione Sportiva Catanzaro 1929 S.r.l.[2] | |||
| Chairman | Floriano Noto | |||
| Manager | Fabio Caserta | |||
| League | Serie B | |||
| 2023–24 | Serie B, 5th of 20 | |||
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Unione Sportiva Catanzaro 1929,[1] or simply Catanzaro, is a professional football club based in Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy, that competes in Serie B, the second tier of the Italian football championship, following a 17-year absence from it.
The club was initially formed with the merger of two local clubs in 1927 before being officially founded in 1929.[3] Since then, the club has primarily competed in the lower divisions of the national competitions and has been re-founded twice, once in 2006 and again in 2011, both for financial reasons.
Since its foundation, the official colours of the club have been red and yellow. The team has used these colours predominantly in their kits, frequently playing in either all-red kits with yellow trims or in red and yellow stripes. The club's official emblem is the golden eagle, in honour of the city's coat of arms. The team plays its home matches at the Stadio Nicola Ceravolo, which was built in 1919 and is the oldest sports facility in Calabria.
In its history, Catanzaro has played seven seasons in Serie A, five of which were consecutive. The best performance in Serie A was a seventh place finish in 1981–82 and an eighth-place finish in 1980–81.
The club has won seven championships since its foundation. Six of these were in the third tier (one in Prima Divisione, two in Serie C, and three in Serie C1). The final championship was won in IV Serie in 1953. This year, the club was also national title holders after winning the Scudetto IV Serie. At youth level, the club won the Dante Berretti Trophy of Serie C in 1991–1992.
In the Coppa Italia, Catanzaro's best results were runners-up in 1965–66, and semi-finalists in 1978–79 and 1981–82.
On 30 May 2018, the club, which had already used the historic logo since 2011, announced the return of the old name "Unione Sportiva Catanzaro", with the final addition of "1929".[4][5]
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