Lega Pro Prima Divisione

Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Founded	1935 as Serie C; 1978 as Serie C1; 2008 as Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Folded	2014
Country	Italy
Other club(s) from	San Marino
Confederation	FIGC
Number of teams	33 (17, 16 respectively for the group A, B)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Serie B
Relegation to	Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Domestic cup(s)	Coppa Italia Lega Pro; Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione
Last champions	Virtus Entella (group A); Perugia (group B); (2013–14)
Most championships	Catanzaro and Ravenna (3 each)
Website	www.lega-pro.com

Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1.^[1]

Before the 1978–79 season there were only three leagues of professional football in Italy, the third being Serie C. In 1978, it was decided to split Serie C into Serie C1 and Serie C2. Serie C2, the fourth highest professional league in the Italian system, was also renamed in 2008 and was called Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.^{[citation needed]} The reform, already decided by the FIGC led to the reunification with the second division starting from 2014-2015 and with the subsequent rebirth of the third division championship organized by the pro league with 60 teams divided into three groups of 20 in Lega Pro.^{[citation needed]}

Promotion and relegation[]

In each division, two teams were promoted to Serie B, and three teams were relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In total, the league promoted 4 teams to Serie B and relegated 6 teams to Seconda Divisione.

The team finishing first in the regular season was directly promoted to Serie B, while teams placing 2nd to 5th were entered into a play-off semi-final for the chance of gaining the second promotional spot for that particular division.

Past champions[]

Source for league winners:^[2]

Serie C1[]

Group A

Season	Winner	Runner Up

	Como	Parma
	Varese	Rimini
	Reggiana	Cremonese
	Atalanta	Monza
1982–83	Triestina	Padova
1983–84	Parma	Bologna
1984–85	Brescia	Lanerossi Vicenza
1985–86	Parma	Modena
	Piacenza	Padova
	Ancona	Monza
	Reggiana	Triestina
	Modena	Lucchese
	Piacenza	Venezia
	SPAL	Monza
	Ravenna	Vicenza

Group B

Season	Winner	Runner Up

	Matera	Pisa
	Catania	Foggia
	Cavese	Sambenedettese
	Arezzo	Campobasso
1982–83	Empoli	Pescara
1983–84	Bari	Taranto
1984–85	Catanzaro	Palermo
1985–86	Messina	Taranto
	Catanzaro	Barletta
	Licata	Cosenza
	Cagliari	Foggia
	Taranto	Salernitana
	Casertana	Palermo
	Ternana	Fidelis Andria
	Palermo	Acireale

Season	Winner	Playoff Winner

1993–94	Chievo	Como
	Bologna	Pistoiese
	Ravenna	Empoli
	Treviso	Monza
	Cesena	Cremonese
	Alzano Virescit	Pistoiese
	Siena	Cittadella
	Modena	Como
	Livorno	Triestina
2002–03	Treviso	AlbinoLeffe
2003–04	Arezzo	Cesena
2004–05	Cremonese	Mantova
2005–06	Spezia	Genoa
2006–07	Grosseto	Pisa
2007–08	Sassuolo	Cittadella

Season	Winner	Playoff Winner

1993–94	Perugia	Salernitana
	Reggina	Avellino
	Lecce	Castel di Sangro
	Fidelis Andria	Ancona
	Cosenza	Ternana
	Fermana	Savoia
	Crotone	Ancona
	Palermo	Messina
	Ascoli	Catania
2002–03	Avellino	Pescara
2003–04	Catanzaro	Crotone
2004–05	Rimini	Avellino
2005–06	Napoli	Frosinone
2006–07	Ravenna	Avellino
2007–08	Salernitana	Ancona

Lega Pro Prima Divisione[]

Group A

Season	Winner	Playoff Winner

2008–09	Cesena	Padova
2009–10	Novara	Varese
2010–11	Gubbio	Verona
2011–12	Ternana	Pro Vercelli
2012–13	Trapani	Carpi
2013–14	Virtus Entella	Pro Vercelli

Group B

Season	Winner	Playoff Winner

2008–09	Gallipoli	Crotone
2009–10	Portogruaro	Pescara
2010–11	Nocerina	Juve Stabia
2011–12	Spezia	Virtus Lanciano
2012–13	Avellino	Latina
2013–14	Perugia	Frosinone

References[]

^ "La serie C cambia nome: sarà Lega Pro". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 19 June 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ Igor Kramarsic (17 July 2012). "Italy - List of Third Division (Serie C) Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

External links[]

Lega Pro current season tables, fixtures and results at Soccerway
Italian Clubs Divisional Movements 1929-1996 - RSSSF
Lega Pro Official Website (in Italian)
Lega Pro at data sport.it (in Italian)

[1] "La serie C cambia nome: sarà Lega Pro". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 19 June 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2015.

[2] Igor Kramarsic (17 July 2012). "Italy - List of Third Division (Serie C) Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 January 2013.

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Serie C1	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1993–94 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Lega Pro Prima Divisione	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
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Serie C	2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

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Founded	1935 as Serie C 1978 as Serie C1 2008 as Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Folded	2014
Country	Italy
Other club(s) from	San Marino
Confederation	FIGC
Number of teams	33 (17, 16 respectively for the group A, B)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Serie B
Relegation to	Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Domestic cup(s)	Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione
Last champions	Virtus Entella (group A) Perugia (group B) (2013–14)
Most championships	Catanzaro and Ravenna (3 each)
Website	www.lega-pro.com