[[Berkas:2007 Catania banner.jpg|256px|rightka|thumbjmpl|Sebuah spanduk berbahasa Italia yang berbunyi: "Catania, bangunlah. Catania, marahlah."]]
'''Kerusuhan sepak bola Catania 2007''' adalah kerusuhan yang terjadi pada [[2 Februari]] [[2007]], ketika terjadi bentrokan antara pendukung tim [[sepak bola]] dan [[polisi]] di [[Catania]], [[Italia]]. Bentrokan ini terjadi selama dan sesudah pertandingan [[Serie A]] antara [[Calcio Catania|Catania]] dan [[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]]. Seorang polisi, [[Filippo Raciti]], 40, tewas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poliziadistato.it/pds/primapagina/raciti/chi_era.html|author=[[Polizia di Stato]] |title=Un giorno triste|accessdate=2007-02-03|language=Italian|work=| archiveurl= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070205050848/http://www.poliziadistato.it/pds/primapagina/raciti/chi_era.html| archivedate= 5 February 2007 <!-02-DASHBot-->05| deadurl= yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6326513.stm|author=[[BBC]] |title=Italian league halted by violence|accessdate=2007-02-03|format=|work= BBC News| date=2007-02-02| archiveurl= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070204014613/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6326513.stm| archivedate= 4 February 2007 <!-02-DASHBot-->04| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/continentalfootball/story/0,,2005154,00.html|author=''[[The Guardian]]''|title=Italian football suspended after police fatality|accessdate=2007-02-03|work=|location=London|date=2007-02-03|archiveurl= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070205045052/http://football.guardian.co.uk/continentalfootball/story/0%2C%2C2005154%2C00.html|archivedate= 5 February 2007 <!-02-DASHBot-->05|deadurl= no}}</ref>
Pertandingan ini mulanya akan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 4 Februari jam 3 sore, tetapi atas permintaan manajemen Catania dimajukan jadi 2 Februari jam 6 sore agar tidak berbenturan dengan perayaan. Pertandingan dimulai tanpa pendukung Palermo, yang datang 10 menit setelah permulaan babak 2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rainews24.rai.it/Notizia.asp?NewsID=67148|author= [[RaiNews 24]] |title=Calcio. Serie A, Catania-Palermo sospesa per lancio di fumogeni e ripresa dopo 40 minuti|accessdate= 2007-02-04|language=Italian|format=|work=| archiveurl= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070210173729/http://www.rainews24.rai.it/Notizia.asp?NewsID=67148| archivedate= 10 February 2007 <!-02-DASHBot-->10| deadurl= no}}</ref> Setelah mereka masuk stadion dengan skor 1-0 untuk Palermo, penonton mulai melempar bom gas dan petasan. Polisi membalas dengan melemparkan gas air mata. Wasit [[Stefano Farina]] memutuskan untuk menghentikan pertandingan selama lebih dari 40 menit karena para pemain juga terkena akibat gas air mata. Setelah pertandingan usai dengan kemenangan 2-1 untuk Palermo, pendukung Catania di luar stadion mulai menyerang polisi.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6393286,00.html|author= ''[[The Guardian]] ''|title= Isolate hooligans or risk ban, Italy tells clubs|accessdate= 2007-02-04|work= |location= London|archiveurl= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070212231240/http://football.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6393286,00.html|archivedate= 12 February 2007 <!-02-DASHBot-->12|deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/16622154.htm|author=''[[The Miami Herald]] ''|title=CONI responds to deadly soccer rioting|accessdate=2007-02-04|work=| archiveurl= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070210092719/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/16622154.htm| archivedate= 10 February 2007 <!-02-DASHBot-->10| deadurl= yes}}</ref> The local magistrate assured there was no direct responsibility by Palermo supporters in the events.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sports.it/it/cmc/calcio/20075/cmc_106115.html |author=Sports.it |title= Magistrato Fonzo: "Incidenti solo tra tifosi Catania e polizia" |accessdate=2007-02-04 |language=Italian |work= |archiveurl = httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070210130933/http://www.sports.it/it/cmc/calcio/20075/cmc_106115.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-02-10 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
Akibat hal ini, [[Luca Pancalli]] membatalkan semua acara yang berhubungan dengan sepak bola di Italia, termasuk semua pertandingan profesional, amatir, dan tim nasional. Sehari setelah kejadian ini, muncul [[graffiti]] di gedung utama surat kabar lokal ''[[Il Tirreno]]'' di [[Livorno]] yang mengatakan bahwa kejadian ini adalah balas dendam kematian perusuh anti-globalisasi [[Carlo Giuliani]] pada 2001. Graffiti serupa muncul di [[Piacenza]], [[Roma]], [[Milano]], dan [[Palermo]].<ref>{{cite web| |url = http://www.repubblica.it/2007/02/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_a/agente-morto-catania/scritta-livorno/scritta-livorno.html | author= ''[[La Repubblica]] ''| title= Scritte contro il poliziotto ucciso. "Morte agli sbirri, vendetta per Carlo Giuliani"| language= Italian| accessdate= 2007-02-03| work= | archiveurl= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20070205053438/http://www.repubblica.it/2007/02/sezioni/sport/calcio/serie_a/agente-morto-catania/scritta-livorno/scritta-livorno.html| archivedate= 5 February 2007 <!--DASHBot-02->05| deadurl= no}}</ref>
Setelah kejadian tersebut pemerintah Italia berencana memperketat peraturan keamanan di stadion sepak bola, dikenal dengan nama ''Decreto Pisanu'', atas nama mantan menteri dalam negeri [[Giuseppe Pisanu]]. Diberlakukan larangan membawa petasan dan bom gas ke dalam stadion, dan selama Februari 2007 tidak diadakan pertandingan di malam hari.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6361463.stm|title=Catania lose stadium ban appeal|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=2007-02-22|accessdate=2007-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?storyID=2007-02-07T194137Z_01_L07845766_RTRUKOC_0_US-SOCCER-ITALY-VIOLENCE.xml |author=[[Reuters]] |title=Italy cabinet approves tough anti-hooligan plan |accessdate=2007-02-07 |format= |work= }}{{Pranala mati|date=Maret 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Pada 10 Februari 2007 pertandingan Serie B kembali dilanjutkan, sementara untuk Serie A berlaku mulai sehari kemudian.
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