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Catanzaro

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Catanzaro, Catanzaro · Italy · Serie A

Power-ranking history

Hover a season for its rank and score
Rank (1 = best)1496Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.074/7579/80

Against expectation

Every Italian top-flight match this club has played in the Serie A, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 7 seasons from 1971-72 to 1982-83 it has fallen short of them by −8.5 match points.

US Catanzaro: surplus against expectation, 1971-72 to 1982-831971-72: −4.2 league points vs expected (21 on 25.2, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.1 match points1976-77: −4.3 league points vs expected (21 on 25.3, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.1 match points1978-79: +2.2 league points vs expected (28 on 25.8, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.1 match points1979-80: −1.8 league points vs expected (24 on 25.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points1980-81: +2.4 league points vs expected (29 on 26.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.2 match points1981-82: +0.7 league points vs expected (28 on 27.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.3 match points1982-83: −12.0 league points vs expected (13 on 25.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −6.0 match points
1971-72one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season1982-83
Best season against expectation
1980-81 +2.4 league pts
29 points on 26.6 expected as US Catanzaro
Worst season against expectation
1982-83 −12.0 league pts
13 points on 25.0 expected as US Catanzaro

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1994-95 and three from it; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable.

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Greatest games

Catanzaro's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play.All-time board.

#DateStageResultScore
11982-05-16Serie AHL 0-1 v Juventusgame score 71.7
21966-05-19Coppa Italia · FinalNL 1-2 v Fiorentinagame score 57.8
31980-05-04Serie AAW 2-1 v Udinesegame score 55.3
41977-05-15Serie AAL 2-3 v AC Milangame score 48.1
51977-05-22Serie AHL 1-2 v Laziogame score 48.0
61983-05-15Serie AHL 1-2 v Internazionalegame score 45.6
71981-04-12Serie AAW 2-1 v Ascoligame score 45.3
81981-05-03Serie AAW 1-0 v Pistoiesegame score 45.0
91972-04-23Serie AHW 1-0 v Bolognagame score 43.9
101983-04-24Serie AHL 1-2 v Juventusgame score 43.7

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
7
First season
1972
Most recent season
1983

The Heartbreak Index4.0 · #524

The Tortured · Never won it, waiting since 1972

4.0
Heartbreak
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of 1,139 clubs
#334
in Football
4.0
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 19726.3
  • Major final appearance since 19663.2
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 1983 · relegated from the top flight, 1972 · relegated from the top flight, 1977 · lost the national cup final, 1966

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Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Serie A only. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

1983
Serie A (1) · P16↓
30 P · 2-9-19 · 21:56 · -35
13
pts
1982
Serie A (1) · P7
30 P · 9-10-11 · 25:29 · -4
28
pts
1981
Serie A (1) · P8
30 P · 6-17-7 · 24:27 · -3
29
pts
1980
Serie A (1) · P14
30 P · 5-14-11 · 20:34 · -14
24
pts
1979
Serie A (1) · P9
30 P · 6-16-8 · 23:30 · -7
28
pts
1977
Serie A (1) · P15↓
30 P · 7-7-16 · 26:43 · -17
21
pts
1972
Serie A (1) · P15↓
30 P · 3-15-12 · 17:34 · -17
21
pts
Domestic Cup Finals

Most recent first. Every domestic cup final the club has played, including losses. Scheduled finals (date not yet passed) are flagged.

1966
Coppa Italia
Runner-up