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Serie C2

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Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status.

Serie C2
Founded1978 as Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione from 2008
Folded2014
CountryItaly
ConfederationLega Pro (FIGC)
Number of clubs18 for each group:
72 (until 1991, 4 groups)
54 (until 2011, 3 groups)
36 (until 2014, 2 groups)
Level on pyramid4
Promotion toSerie C1
Relegation toSerie D
Domestic cup(s)Coppa Italia Serie C
Supercoppa di Serie C2
Most championshipsMantova, Messina, Prato, Siena, Varese
(3 each)
Websitewww.lega-pro.com

History

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Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging the C was also organizing the semi-professional Serie D. In 1978, it was decided to split the Serie C into Serie C1 (the third highest league) and Serie C2, a new tournament including the worst C and the best D clubs. Upon its inception in 1978–79, Serie C2 consisted of four groups of 18 teams, with two promotions and three relegations. During the season, teams only played the other teams in their division, according to the round robin method. The remnants of the Serie D were later, in 1981, moved to the amatorial sector as Campionato Interregionale, with the elimination of the semi-professional sector.

The groups were reduced to three from the start of the 1991–92 season. More notably, play-offs were introduced for the second promotion and the penultimate and the third relegation, together with the 3-victory-points rule. After the 2007–08 season, the league was known as Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[citation needed]

In the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 20 and 21. Group A covered northern Italy, Group B central and southern Italy. The following year it consisted of 36 teams.[citation needed]

The reform, already decided by the FIGC, lead to the reunification with the Serie C1 starting from 2014–15 and with the subsequent rebirth of the third tier championship with 60 teams divided into three groups of 20 as Serie C.[1]

Champions

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Seasons from 1978–79 to 1990–91

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Seasons from 1991–92 to 2007–08

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Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

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Seasons from 2008–09 to 2010–11

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Season Group A Winner Group A Playoff Winner Group B Winner Group B Playoff Winner Group C Winner Group C Playoff Winner
2008–09 Varese Como Figline Giulianova Cosenza Pescina V.d.G.
2009–10 Südtirol Spezia Lucchese Gubbio Juve Stabia Cisco Roma
2010–11 Tritium FeralpiSalò Carpi Carrarese Latina Trapani

Seasons from 2011–12 to 2013–14 season

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Season Group A Winner Group A Playoff Winner Group B Winner Group B Playoff Winner
2011–12 Treviso Cuneo Perugia Paganese
2012–13 Pro Patria Venezia Salernitana L'Aquila
2013–14 Bassano Virtus Alessandria Messina Casertana

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Storia | LEGA PRO" (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-06-17.
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