SERIE C2

Serie C2
''Serie C2 2007-08''
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'Founded'
1978
'Nation'
'Promotion To'
Serie C1
'Relegation To'
Serie D
'Number of Teams'
54
'Cups'
Coppa Italia Serie C Super Coppa di Lega Serie C2
'Current Champions (2005/06)'
'Website'
Official

'Serie C2' is the name of the fourth highest football league in Italy. It consists of 54 teams, divided geographically into three 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 (the third highest league) and Serie C2. Upon its inception in 1978-79, Serie C2 consisted of four divisions, however, that number was reduced to three since the start of the 1991-92 season.

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Past champions

List of Serie C2 seasons

Promotion and relegation

In each division, two teams are promoted to Serie C1, and three teams are relegated to Serie D. In total, the league promotes 6 teams to Serie C1 and relegates 9 teams to Serie D.
The teams finishing first in the regular season are directly promoted to Serie C1, 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 C1.
The teams finishing last in the regular season are directly relegated to Serie D, while teams placing 14th to 17th are entered into a 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 C2 while the two losing teams become the second and third teams relegated for that particular division.

Past champions

'Champions'

Season	C2/A	C2/B	C2/C	C2/D
1978-79	Sanremese	Cremapergo	Fano	Rende
1979-80	Prato	Modena	Giulianova	Cosenza
1980-81	Rhodense	Padova	Casertana	Campania
1981-82	Carrarese	Ancona	Siena	Barletta
1982-83	Prato	Legnano	Francavilla	Messina
1983-84	Livorno	Pavia	Jesi	Reggina
1984-85	Siena	Virescit Boccaleone	Brindisi	Licata
1985-86	Lucchese	Centese	Teramo	Nocerina
1986-87	Torres	Ospitaletto	Vis Pesaro	Frosinone
1987-88	Carrarese	Mantova	Perugia	Palermo
1988-89	Casale	Chievo	Fidelis Andria	Puteolana
1989-90	Siena	Varese	Fano	Battipagliese
1990-91	Alessandria	Palazzolo	Chieti	Ischia
1991-92	Ravenna	Vis Pesaro	Potenza
1992-93	Mantova	Pistoiese	Juve Stabia
1993-94	Crevalcore	Gualdo	Trapani
1994-95	Brescello	Montevarchi	Nocerina
1995-96	Novara	Treviso	Avezzano
1996-97	Lumezzane	Ternana	Battipagliese
1997-98	Varese	SPAL	Marsala
1998-99	Pisa	Viterbese	Catania
1999-00	Spezia	Torres	Messina
2000-01	Padova	Lanciano	Taranto
2001-02	Prato	Sambenedettese	Martina
2002-03	Pavia	Florentia Viola	Foggia
2003-04	Mantova	Grosseto	Frosinone
2004-05	Pizzighettone	Massese	Manfredonia
2005-06	Venezia	Cavese	Gallipoli
2006-07	Legnano	Foligno	Sorrento

'Runners-up'

Season	C2/A	C2/B	C2/C	C2/D
1978-79	Montevarchi	Sant'Angelo	Ancona	Siracusa
1979-80	Spezia	Trento	Francavilla	Paganese
1980-81	Alessandria	Civitanovese	Latina	Casarano
1981-82	Pro Patria	Mestre	Rondinella	Cosenza
1982-83	Foligno	Fanfulla	Civitanovese	Akragas
1983-84	Asti	Piacenza	Monopoli	Nocerina
1984-85	Prato	Trento	Fano	Sorrento
1985-86	Spezia	Mantova	Martina	Reggina
1986-87	Derthona	Pavia	Francavilla	Ischia
1987-88	Montervarchi	Venezia	Casarano	Giarre
1988-89	Alessandria	Carpi	Ternana	Siracusa
1989-90	Pavia	Pro Sesto	Baracca Lugo	Nola
1990-91	Massese	Spal	Samenedettese	Acireale
1991-92	Leffe	Carrarese	Lodigiani
1992-93	Fiorenzuola	Prato	Atletico Leonzio
1993-94	Ospitaletto	Pontedera	Sora
1994-95	Saronno	Castel di Sangro	Savoia
1995-96	Alzano	Fermana	Giulianova
1996-97	Lecco	Livorno	Turris
1997-98	Cittadella	Arezzo	Crotone
1998-99	AlbinoLeffe	Sandonà	Benevento
1999-00	Alessandria	Vis Pesaro	L'Aquila
2000-01	Triestina	Chieti	Sora
2001-02	Pro Patria	Teramo	Paternò
2002-03	Novara	Rimini	Acreale
2003-04	Cremonese	Sangiovannese	Vittoria
2004-05	Pro Sesto	Ravenna	Gela
2005-06	Ivrea	Sassuolo	Taranto
2006-07	Pergocrema	Paganese	Potenza

List of Serie C2 seasons

★ Serie C2 2005-06

★ Serie C2 2006-07

★ Serie C2 2007-08 (future)