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Catania

Tier 3Serie C, Girone CCatania, Sicilia, ItalyOn the globe

Founded
19 June 1908
Ground
Stadio Angelo Massimino23,420 seats · opened 1937
Full name
Catania Football Club
Website
cataniafc.it

Who owns Catania

Catania is controlled by Rosario Pelligra, through Catania Calcio Holding S.r.l.

Owned by investorsOwner based abroad: Australia

From the pitch to the top

The company that fields the team, then each holder above it.

Fields the first teamCatania Football Club S.r.l.S.r.l. (limited company), Italy, Codice fiscale 05946120879
  • Stake not knowncontrols
    Catania Calcio Holding S.r.l.S.r.l. (limited company), ItalyFigure as of October 2026Named as owner ('Proprietario') by the it.wikipedia infobox; no primary or press source read for the stake.Low confidenceSource: Wikipedia (it)
    What the source says
    Catania Calcio Holding S.r.l.
    • Stake not knowncontrols
      Rosario PelligraPerson, AustraliaSince June 2022, figure as of 1 April 2025Sky Sport (2022): the municipality awarded the new Catania to Pelligra's bid; in April 2025 he denied selling. That he holds the club through Catania Calcio Holding rests on it.wikipedia.Medium confidenceSources: Sky Sport, TuttoC.com, Wikipedia (it)
      What the source says
      Vince il progetto di Ross Pelligra

Changes of control

  1. June 2022

    Rosario Pelligra (refoundation).

    After Calcio Catania's bankruptcy the municipality chose Pelligra's bid among five for the new club.

    Medium confidenceSource: Sky Sport

    What the source says
    Vince il progetto di Ross Pelligra

Catania’s finances

From its published accounts and league records. Figures compare only with clubs at the tier it played that season.

Contracted pay€14.2m2025-26, contracted
Net result
−€13.4m
accounts, 2024-25

The accounts

Catania Football Club S.r.l., the entity that fields the team · 2024-25

2024-25Tier 3 · from filed accounts
Profit and loss
Net result−€13.4m
Transfers and people
Employees681
Notes on 1 figure, in the accounts’ own words
  1. Employees: 'Dipendenti' as shown by ReportAziende

2024-25: Source: ReportAziende (Media Asset S.p.A.)

Excluded9 April 2022

FIGC revoked the bankrupt company's affiliation and released its players, so Catania left Serie C 2021-22 before the season ended.

Source: FIGC
Insolvency22 December 2021

Calcio Catania S.p.A. was declared bankrupt by the Tribunale di Catania on 22 December 2021 and kept playing under provisional trading (esercizio provvisorio) until the court ended it on 9 April 2022.

Source: FIGC
League figures, wage bills, budgets and public money 3 records
SeasonTierContracted paySource
2025-263€14.2mcontractedSource: Calcio e Finanza
2024-253€11.6mcontractedSource: Calcio e Finanza
2023-243€7.48mcontractedSource: Calcio e Finanza

Where Catania has played

3416-1718-1920-2122-2324-2526-27
Season by season
  1. 2026-273Serie C, Girone C
  2. 2025-263Serie C, Girone C
  3. 2024-253Serie C, Girone C
  4. 2023-243Serie C, Girone C
  5. 2022-234Serie D, Girone I, promoted
  6. 2021-223Serie C, Girone C, excluded
  7. 2020-213Serie C, Girone C
  8. 2019-203Serie C, Girone C
  9. 2018-193Serie C, Girone C
  10. 2017-183Serie C, Girone C
  11. 2016-173Serie C, Girone C

Not yet established

What we looked for and could not find in public sources. If you know, send a correction with a source.

  • The terms of a dealNo price, capital, debt, ask or offer figure found for it-catania-2022-pelligra: not in its own sources, nor in the TuttoC price-slug scan or Calcio e Finanza's deal articles.
Sources9

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