Catania Calcio are no more, as the club has been excluded from the current Serie C season and declared bankrupt. ‘It’s a situation I wished I never had to deal with.’
While Catania had been a Serie A club not so long ago, with Diego Simeone as their coach and players like Papu Gomez leading the way, but they fell on hard times.
In recent years they dropped down to Serie C, the third tier of Italian football, and takeover proposals failed to resolve the crisis.
With the season in full swing, Catania have been excluded from the 2021-22 Serie C league with immediate effect.
This changes the table, because all their results will be wiped from the board, acting as if they had never participated.
“With great pain, I must confirm the club has been declared bankrupt and cannot continue in Serie C. This is a situation that I, as President of the League, wished I never had to deal with,” said Lega Serie C chief Francesco Ghirelli.
“In this final phase, some entirely senseless proposals were put forward, leading to the most unpleasant of conclusions.”
Catania were in Serie A from 2006 to 2014, then demoted to Serie C in 2015 following bankruptcy.
Il Catania sarà escluso dal campionato di Serie C: cambia la classifica del girone C#SkySport #Catania #SerieC https://t.co/qQ9weJoskf
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Can a new club from Catania be able to play in Serie D next season, like when Napoli and Parma were bankrupted? Also any new on what us happening with Livorno?
I don’t get the part about wiping them from the season? If a team had two wins over them, they’d lose the 6 points? Could that affect another team’s promotion or regulation.?
Went to Catania v lecce match and stood with the san Giovanni ultras , great atmosphere and fans ,don’t deserve the misfortune heaped on the club
Purtroppo questo finale disastro non mi sorprende molto La tradizionale incompetenza manageriale del club ha distrutto il calcio della seconda importante citta siciliana.
Pero’ si puo’ sempre risalire da “zero”