Description Available in: Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. They compete in Lega Pro, the third tier of the Italian football league system, and host home games at the Stadio Angelo Massimino.
The club has achieved moderate success in the top league, the highest position ever reached by the club is 8th in Serie A for three times: during the early 1960s (twice) and again in 2012–13. The farthest Catania have progressed in cup competitions is the final of the Coppa delle Alpi. Catania have a long-standing rivalry with fellow islanders Palermo, with whom they have contested the Derby di Sicilia since 1936.