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Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico
Founded	1959 (as Lega Nazionale Semiprofessionisti)
Country	Italy; San Marino
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	Lega Pro Prima Divisione; Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Number of teams	69
Level on pyramid	3–4
Promotion to	Serie B (Lega Pro Prima Divisione) ; Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione)
Relegation to	Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (Lega Pro Prima Divisione) ; Serie D (Lega Pro Seconda Divisione)
Domestic cup(s)	Coppa Italia Lega Pro; Supercoppa di Prima Divisione; Supercoppa di Seconda Divisione
Current champions	Prima Divisone:; Ternana (group A); Spezia (group B):; Seconda Divisione:; Treviso (group A); Perugia (group B) ; (2011-12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione; 2011-12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione)
TV partners	RAI
Website	Lega-pro.com
	Current: 2012–13 Prima Divsione; 2012–13 Seconda Divsione

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The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Italian for Italian Professional Football League), commonly known as Lega Pro (Pro League), is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest football divisions in Italy, the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of San Marino. Its headquarters are in Florence.

Currently, Prima Divisione consists of two groups: Girone A and Girone B, respectively of 17 and 16 teams. At the end of the season, four teams (two from each group) go up to Serie B and six teams (three from each group) go down to Seconda Divisione.

Also Seconda Divisione consists of two groups: Girone A and Girone B, but both of 18 teams. At the end of the season, six teams (three from each group) go up to Lega Pro Prima Divisione and nine teams (four from each group plus the loser play-out from each division) go down to Serie D. In both the Seconda Divisione, teams are split by geographical criteria, with the exception of the Sicilian team Milazzo that plays in group A.

The Seconda Divisione, until the summer 2010 consisted of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–10 the teams were only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each. At the end of the season, six teams (two from each group) went up to the Prima Divisione and four: two for the group A and one for each of the other two groups, went down to Serie D.

In the Federal Council of 29 April 2011 was decided, for the season 2011-12 to make repechages, only if register less than 76 clubs. In Lega Pro Prima Divisione the teams were 36 divided in two groups of 18 and the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was formed of 41 clubs divided in two groups of 20 (A) and 21 (B).^[1]

Brief history

A third division above the regional leagues was first created in Italy in 1926, when fascist authorities decided to reform the major championships on a national basis, increasing the number of teams participating by promoting many regional teams from the Third Division (Terza Divisione) to the Second Division (Seconda Divisione).

A new league running this Second Division, the Direttorio Divisioni Inferiori Nord (Northern Directory of Lower Divisions) was set up in Genoa, while the football activity in the southern part of the country was run by the Direttorio Divisioni Inferiori Sud which later became the Direttorio Meridionale (Southern Directory). Those leagues did not last long: after another reform, they were disbanded between 1930 and 1931. Some, mostly high level teams owning large pitches with dimensions of 100x60 metres, were promoted to the First Division (Prima Divisione) a league defined and structured as the "National Championship".
The Second Division had no relegations at all to regional leagues because most of them were reelected at the beginning of the new season. When a critical limit was reached the Italian federation decided to close the two leagues and move all teams to the "Direttori Regionali" (Regional Committees) so that the labour intensive job of organisation was delegated to well grown, improved, and organised regional staff.

The best teams coming from the Second Divisions in 5 years (from 1926-27 to 1930-31) composed 6 ever growing sections of the First Division (Prima Divisione) which at the beginning had just a few teams in just one section from southern Italy.

This championship was organized by the same league governing Serie A and Serie B (the "Direttorio Divisioni Superiori"), even if, as opposed to the two higher divisions, it was structured in local groups with geographical criteria. The number of clubs belonging to the Prima Divisione continued to increase every year, until FIGC decided to rename it as "Serie C" (at the beginning of the 1935-36 season) and then a big reduction in 1948 that created a sole national division in 1952-53.

The reform creating the actual league was decided by Bruno Zauli in 1959 when, because of the incomplete work started by the former president Ottorino Barassi, professional football was fully recognised and organised. While Lega Calcio had the mission of organising professional and national divisions, the new Lega Nazionale Semiprofessionisti based in Florence had to regulate the two semiprofessional and subnational divisions: Serie C and Serie D, with the first one adopting a format of three groups of 20 teams each. In 1978 the semiprofessional sector was abolished, Serie D became an amateur section, Serie C was divided into two professional divisions (Serie C1 and Serie C2), and the league changed its name to Lega Professionisti Serie C. On 20 June 2008 the league was restructured and took its current name Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico.

The current season

Prima Divisione

Playoff

In each of the two groups two teams are promoted.

The first-placed team in a particular division is automatically promoted, while the 2nd through 5th placed teams enter a playoff tournament to determine the other team that will be promoted. The first round pairs the 2nd placed team vs the 5th placed team and the 3rd vs the 4th in a two legged series with the higher classified team having home advantage in the 2nd leg. The team with the higher aggregate score moves on to the second round. In the event of a tie on aggregate, the higher classified team moves on (the away goals rule is not used). The two winners play each other under exactly the same format to determine the second team that will be promoted.

Playout

In each of the two groups three teams are relegated to Seconda Divisione.

In the relegation zone, teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playouts losers from each division will be relegated. There is no second round in the playouts.

Seconda Divisione

Playoff

The promotions in Lega Pro Prima Divisione are in all six: three for each group.

The two first-placed teams in a particular division is automatically promoted, while the 3rd through 6th placed teams enter a playoff tournament to determine the other team that will be promoted. The first round pairs the 3r placed team vs the 6th placed team and the 4th vs the 5th in a two legged series with the higher classified team having home advantage in the 2nd leg. The team with the higher aggregate score moves on to the second round. In the event of a tie on aggregate, the higher classified team moves on (the away goals rule is not used). The two winners play each other under exactly the same format to determine the third team that will be promoted.

Playout

The relegations in Serie D are in all nine: the last three teams in the regular season, plus one relegation play-out loser from each division and the loser the final play-out between the two winners of the semifinals, will be relegated to Serie D.

Past champions in Serie C

1935-36 - Venezia, Cremonese, Spezia, Catanzaro
1936-37 - Padova, Vigevano, Sanremese, Anconitana, Taranto
1937-38 - SPAL, Fanfulla Lodi, Casale, Siena, Salernitana
1938-39 - Brescia, Catania
1939-40 - Reggiana, Vicenza, Maceratese
1940-41 - Prato, Fiumana
1941-42 - Cremonese, Juventina Palermo
1942-43 - Varese, Pro Gorizia
1943-45 - postponed due to World War II
1945-46 - Mestrina, Prato, Perugia, Alba Ala Roma, Benevento, Lecce, Leone Palermo
1946-47 - Magenta, Vita Nova P.S. Pietro, Bolzano, Centese, Nocerina
1947-48 - competed amongst 18 regional leagues, no promotion to Serie B, no overall champions
1948-49 - Fanfulla Lodi, Udinese, Prato, Avellino
1949-50 - Seregno, Treviso, Anconitana, Messina
1950-51 - Monza, Marzotto Valdagno, Piombino, Juve Stabia
1951-52 - Cagliari
1952-53 - Pavia
1953-54 - Parma
1954-55 - Bari
1955-56 - Sambenedettese

1956-57 - Prato
1957-58 - Reggiana
1958-59 - OZO Mantova, Catanzaro
1959-60 - Pro Patria, Prato, Foggia
1960-61 - Modena, Lucchese, Cosenza
1961-62 - Triestina, Cagliari, Foggia
1962-63 - Varese, Prato, Potenza
1963-64 - Reggiana, Livorno, Trani
1964-65 - Novara, Pisa, Reggina
1965-66 - Savona, Arezzo, Salernitana
1966-67 - Monza, Perugia, Bari
1967-68 - Como, Cesena, Ternana
1968-69 - Piacenza, Arezzo, Casertana
1969-70 - Novara, Massese, Casertana
1970-71 - Reggiana, Genoa, Sorrento
1971-72 - Lecco, Ascoli, Brindisi
1972-73 - Parma, SPAL, Avellino
1973-74 - Alessandria, Sambenedettese, Pescara
1974-75 - Piacenza, Modena, Catania
1975-76 - Monza, Rimini, Lecce
1976-77 - Cremonese, Pistoiese, Bari
1977-78 - Udinese, SPAL, Nocerina

References

^ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/aprile/30/soldi_sono_sempre_meno_serie_co_9_110430120.shtml

External links

Lega Pro Official Website

[1] ttp://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/aprile/30/soldi_sono_sempre_meno_serie_co_9_110430120.shtml

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 The '''Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico''' ([[Italian language|Italian]] for ''Italian Professional Football League''), commonly known as '''Lega Pro''' (''Pro League''), is the governing body that runs the third and fourth highest [[association football|football]] divisions in [[Italy]], the [[Lega Pro Prima Divisione|Prima Divisione]] and [[Lega Pro Seconda Divisione|Seconda Divisione]] respectively. It also includes the sole professional club of [[San Marino]]. Its headquarters are in [[Florence]].
-In turn, '''Prima Divisione''' consists of two groups: ''Girone A'' and ''Girone B'', respectively of 17 and 16 teams. At the end of the season, four teams (two from each group) go up to [[Serie B]] and six teams (three from each group) go down to Seconda Divisione.
+Currently, '''Prima Divisione''' consists of two groups: ''Girone A'' and ''Girone B'', respectively of 17 and 16 teams. At the end of the season, four teams (two from each group) go up to [[Serie B]] and six teams (three from each group) go down to Seconda Divisione.
-Currently '''Seconda Divisione''' consists of two groups: ''Girone A'' and ''Girone B'', both of 18 teams.
+Also '''Seconda Divisione''' consists of two groups: ''Girone A'' and ''Girone B'', but both of 18 teams. At the end of the season, six teams (three from each group) go up to [[Lega Pro Prima Divisione]] and nine teams (four from each group plus the loser play-out from each division) go down to [[Serie D]]. In both the Seconda Divisione, teams are split by geographical criteria, with the exception of the Sicilian team Milazzo that plays in group A.
 The '''Seconda Divisione''', until the summer 2010 consisted of 54 teams, but in the season 2010–10 the teams were only 49 divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams each. At the end of the season, six teams (two from each group) went up to the Prima Divisione and four: two for the group A and one for each of the other two groups, went down to [[Serie D]].
 In the Federal Council of 29 April 2011 was decided, for the season 2011-12 to make repechages, only if register less than 76 clubs. In [[Lega Pro Prima Divisione]] the teams were 36 divided in two groups of 18 and the [[Lega Pro Seconda Divisione]] was formed of 41 clubs divided in two groups of 20 (A) and 21 (B).<ref>http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/aprile/30/soldi_sono_sempre_meno_serie_co_9_110430120.shtml</ref>
-In both the Seconda Divisione, teams are split by geographical criteria.
 ==Brief history==
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 In each of the two groups three teams are [[relegation|relegated]] to [[Lega Pro Seconda Divisione|Seconda Divisione]].
-In the relegation zone, the last placed team (18th) is automatically demoted. The teams placed 14th through 17th enter a playoff round more commonly called ''playout''. In this format the 14th placed team plays the 17th, and the 15th plays the 16th using the same rules mentioned for the promotion playoffs. The two winners remain in the division while the two losers are relegated. There is no second round in the playouts.
+In the relegation zone, teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation  playouts losers from each division will be relegated. There is no second round in the playouts.
 ===Seconda Divisione===

v t e Serie C seasons
Seconda Divisione	1926–27 1927–28
Prima Divisione	1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35
Serie C	1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78
Serie C1	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000 2000–01 2001–02 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
Lega Pro	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Serie C	2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Serie C2 seasons
Serie C2	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

v t e Football in Italy
Italian Football Federation
National teams	Senior B team C team Olympic team Under-23 Under-21 Under-21 B Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Women's senior
Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Lega Pro Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio defunct Lega Alta Italia defunct Direttorio Divisioni Superiori defunct Direttorio Divisioni Inferiori Nord defunct Lega Nord defunct
League competitions (Categoria Leagues)	Serie A Prima Divisione defunct Divisione Nazionale defunct Serie B Seconda Divisione defunct Serie C Serie C1 defunct Serie C2 defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria
Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Serie C Supercoppa di Serie C Supercoppa di Lega di Serie C2 defunct Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti
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Women's competitions	Serie A Serie B Serie C Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana
Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Serie A Awards Italian Football Hall of Fame
Lists	List of clubs List of clubs by honours won Clubs in international competitions
Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals Anglo-Italian Cup Caso Genoa Calciopoli 2011–12 Italian football match-fixing scandal 2015 Italian football match-fixing scandal Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Scudetto Capocannoniere Italian Football Confederation Scudetto of the Pistols
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