History
The club was founded by the Catanese entrepreneur Salvatore Tabita in 1986, as relocation of the amateur football club Sporting Club Mascalucia 1969. They won their local title and were thus promoted to Serie C2. After finishing in 10th place in their first season, they went on to change their name in 1989 to Atletico Leonzio and move to Lentini. The team was then acquired by Franco Proto, and won promotion into Serie C1 in 1993.
In 1994 Dr. Proto, trying to satisfy the absence of a football club in the city of Catania, moved the club from Lentini. Their home games were moved to the 21,000 capacity stadium of Stadio Angelo Massimino. This was because Catania's primary and historical club, Calcio Catania, had been cancelled in 1993 by the FIGC; Calcio Catania were however later entered into the Sicilian Eccellenza due to a court decision.
The club changed their name from Atletico Leonzio to Atletico Catania, doing a controversial move, specially in the eyes of the clubs fans from Lentini. They played for seven seasons in Serie C, coming close to promotion to Serie B twice, reaching the playoffs in both 1996–97 and 1997–98, but missing out both times.
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