Lega Pro Prima Divisione

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]

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

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 1978–79 Como Parma 1979–80 Varese Rimini 1980–81 Reggiana Cremonese 1981–82 Atalanta Monza 1982–83 Triestina Padova 1983–84 Parma Bologna 1984–85 Brescia Lanerossi 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

Group B Season Winner Runner Up 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 Cosenza 1988–89 Cagliari Foggia 1989–90 Taranto Salernitana 1990–91 Casertana Palermo 1991–92 Ternana Fidelis Andria 1992–93 Palermo Acireale

Season Winner Playoff Winner 1993–94 Chievo Como 1994–95 Bologna Pistoiese 1995–96 Ravenna Empoli 1996–97 Treviso Monza 1997–98 Cesena Cremonese 1998–99 Alzano Virescit Pistoiese 1999–00 Siena Cittadella 2000–01 Modena Como 2001–02 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 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 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

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.

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)