SERIE C1

Serie C1
''Serie C1 2007-08''
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'Founded'
1978
'Nation'
'Promotion To'
Serie B
'Relegation To'
Serie C2
'Number of Teams'
36
'Cups'
Coppa Italia Serie C Super Coppa di Lega Serie C1
'Current Champions (2006/07)'
Grosseto (''C1/A'') Ravenna (''C1/B'')
'Website'
Official

'Serie C1' is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each.
Before the 1978-79 there were only three leagues of professional footbal in Italy, the third being Serie C. In 1978, it was decided to split Serie C into Serie C1 and Serie C2, now the fourth highest professional league in the Italian system.

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Past champions

List of Serie C1 seasons

External link

Promotion and relegation

In each division, two teams are promoted to Serie B, and three teams are relegated to Serie C2. In total, the league promotes 4 teams to Serie B and relegates 6 teams to Serie C2.
The teams finishing first in the regular season are directly promoted to Serie B, while teams placing 2nd to 5th are entered into a play-off semi-final for the chance of gaining the second promotional spot for that particular division.
In the play-off phase that takes place after the regular season is completed, in each division the team placed 2nd will play the team placed 5th, and the team placed 3rd will play the team placed 4th in a double-leg series with the higher classified team having home field advantage in the second leg. The winning teams advance to the ''final'' in another double-leg series with similar rules. The winner becomes the second team promoted for that particular division to Serie B.
The teams finishing last in the regular season are directly relegated to Serie C2, while teams placing 14th to 17th are entered into a relegation playoff phase called ''play-out''. There is only one round in the play-outs. In each division the team placed 14th will play the team placed 17th, and the team placed 15th will play the team placed 16th in a double-leg series with the higher classified team having home field advantage in the second leg. The two winning teams remain in Serie C1 while the two losing teams become the second and third teams relegated for that particular division.
Play-off and play-out phases were first held in 1993-1994. Before 1994, the two top-placed teams were promoted to Serie B, whereas the three bottom-table ones were relegated to Serie C2.

Past champions

'Serie C1/A'

Season Winner Runner Up/Playoff Winner 1978-79 Como Parma 1979-80 Varese Rimini 1980-81 Cremonese Reggiana 1981-82 Atalanta Monza 1982-83 Triestina Padova 1983-84 Parma Bologna 1984-85 Brescia Vicenza 1985-86 Parma Modena 1986-87 Piacenza Padova 1987-88 Ancona Monza 1988-89 Reggiana Triestina 1989-90 Modena Lucchese 1990-91 Piacenza Venezia 1991-92 Spal Monza 1992-93 Ravenna Vicenza 1993-94 Verona Como 1994-95 Bologna Pistoiese 1995-96 Ravenna Empoli 1996-97 Treviso Monza 1997-98 Cesena Cremonese 1998-99 Alzano Pistoiese 1999-00 Siena Pisa 2000-01 Modena Como 2001-02 Livorno Spezia 2002-03 Treviso AlbinoLeffe 2003-04 Arezzo Lumezzane 2004-05 Cremonese Mantova 2005-06 Spezia Genoa 2006-07 Grosseto Pisa

'Serie C1/B'

Season Winner Runner Up/Playoff Winner 1978-79 Matera Pisa 1979-80 Catania Foggia 1980-81 Cavese Sambenedettese 1981-82 Arezzo Campobasso 1982-83 Empoli Pescara 1983-84 Bari Taranto 1984-85 Catanzaro Palermo 1985-86 Messina Taranto 1986-87 Catanzaro Barletta 1987-88 Licata Consenza 1988-89 Cagliari Foggia 1989-90 Taranto Salernitana 1990-91 Casertana Palermo 1991-92 Ternana Fidelis Andria 1992-93 Palermo Perugia 1993-94 Perugia Salernitana 1994-95 Reggina Avellino 1995-96 Lecce Castel di Sangro 1996-97 Fidelis Andria Ancona 1997-98 Cosenza Ternana 1998-99 Fermana Savoia 1999-00 Crotone Ancona 2000-01 Palermo Messina 2001-02 Ascoli Taranto 2002-03 Avellino Pescara 2003-04 Catanzaro Crotone 2004-05 Rimini Avellino 2005-06 Napoli Frosinone 2006-07 Ravenna Avellino

List of Serie C1 seasons

★ Serie C1 2005-06

★ Serie C1 2006-07

★ Serie C1 2007-08 (future)

External link

★ Serie C Official Website