Organized by the Catanzaro Calcio Museum
TOTAL BACKGROUND
Challenge number 25 will see Catanzaro and Pisa face off, with the previous 24 divided as follows by category: 2 in Serie A, 15 in Serie B, 6 in Serie C/1 (3rd level) and 1 in the Italian Cup. The balance sheet sees Catanzaro with 7 wins and 21 goals scored against the 10 wins and 28 goals scored by Pisa, 7 draws.
The first official match took place on 27 September 1936, on the 3rd day of the 1936-37 Serie B championship, with Catanzarese losing 1-0 at home thanks to a goal by Mannelli in the 25th minute for the Nerazzurri.
The result achieved most often in this match is the 0-0 which occurred on six occasions while the Giallorossi’s most precise scorer against the Nerazzurri is Gianni Bui who scored 4 times in 2 different championships and also managed to score a brace.
PREVIOUS CHAMPIONSHIP
The precedents in the championship are 23, with the balance of 7 victories and 21 goals for the Eagles against the 9 victories and 27 goals scored by the Tuscans, 7 draws.
The last match dates back to 9 December 2023 on the 16th day of the current 2023-24 Serie B championship played at Nicola Ceravolo and ended 2-0 for the home team. The goals were scored by Giuseppe Ambrosino in the 53rd minute, having just come on in place of the injured Pietro Iemmello. Panos Katseris’s run on the right, a low cross that Tommaso Biasci barely manages to collect, the ball crosses the entire penalty area until it reaches the onrushing Jari Vandeputte who throws it back into the center where he finds Ambrosino’s left foot who beats the opposing goalkeeper at the near post. The doubling came in the 81st minute with an action developed on the right by the Greek axis Sounas-Katseris, with the latter taking off again and this time hitting the net, but the rebound from the opposing goalkeeper Nicolas hits his teammate Marin and the ball ends up in the net for the final 2-0.
PREVIOUS AWAY
“Arena Garibaldi – Romeo Anconetani” another taboo field for Catanzaro, in fact in the 11 previous games the balance is 5 draws and 6 victories and 20 goals for Pisa, against only 6 goals scored by the Giallorossi.
The Eagles’ last appearance dates back to 2 February 2014 on the 22nd day of the Lega Pro 1st Division group B championship, with the final result set at 0-0. Against the Pisa of the former Cozza and the future ex Giovinco, only one goal disallowed against Catanzaro due to offside by Michele Rigione.
In the last 5 games there have been 4 draws and 1 defeat for the Giallorossi.
