Unione Sportiva Catanzaro

Origins to pre-World War II

The club was initially founded by the merger of two local teams (la Braccini and la Scalfaro) as Unione Sportiva Catanzarese in 1927, and competed in the Terza Divisione interregional group of Calabria & Basilicata, which was the fourth tier of Italian football at the time. Following a visit to the city from fascist leader Benito Mussolini, the club was officially founded with the name change of Unione Sportiva Fascista Catanzarese in 1929. The club continued to compete in the Terza Divisione for the 1929–30 season where it gained promotion for a second place finish directly into the third tier, the Prima Divisione, for the 1930–31 season. After spending three seasons in this division, Catanzarese gained promotion into Serie B for the first time in the 1933–34 season. They would spend the next three out of four years in Serie B, culminating with a fifteenth place finish in 1936–37. This meant the club would be relegated to Serie C for the following season, however financial troubles struck the club, so they returned to regional leagues instead. There, they would win a couple of regional titles before the second world war would prevent any further competition.

Post World War II and first national title

When competition resumed post World War II, the club dropped the fascist moniker, simply becoming Unione Sportiva Catanzaro for the Serie C season. They would remain in Serie C for thirteen of the following fifteen seasons,…

Below is a presidential history list of Catanzaro, from when they were founded in 1927, until the present day.

* Denotes took over as manager during the season

Leagues

Serie B (Level 2) Runners-up (2): 1975–76, 1977–78 Promoted via play-offs (1): 1970–71 Serie C / Serie C1 (Level 3) Winners (6): 1935–36 (Group D), 1958–59 (Group B), 1984–85 (Group B), 1986–87 (Group B), 2003–04 (Group B), 2022–23 (Group C) IV Serie (Level 4) Winners (1): 1952–53

Cups

Coppa Italia Finalists (1): 1965–66 Semi-finalists (2): 1978–79, 1981–82 Supercoppa di Serie C Winners (1): 2023 Runners-up (1): 2004 Scudetto IV Serie Winners (1): 1952–53

European

Cup of the Alps Winners (1): 1960

Notes