Serie C1
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| Serie C1 |
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 Serie C1 2007-08 |
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| Founded |
| 1978 |
| Nation |
 Italy |
| 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 (2007/08) |
| Sassuolo (C1/A) Salernitana (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 season 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.
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[edit] 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 team finishing first in the regular season is 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 team finishing last in the regular season is 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.
[edit] Past champions
[edit] Complete team list
These are the 157 clubs that have taken part in the 30 Serie C1 editions played from 1978-79 through to 2007-08. The teams in bold are competing in the current Serie C1 season.
- 19 times: Carrarese, Spal, Spezia
- 18 times: Salernitana
- 16 times: Modena
- 15 times: Arezzo, Benevento, Casarano/Virtus Casarano, Prato, Reggiana
- 14 times: Livorno/Pro Livorno, Lucchese, Nocerina, Siena
- 13 times: Foggia, Giulianova, Padova
- 12 times: Alessandria, Ancona/Anconitana, Avellino, Chieti, Como, Empoli, Monza, Pistoiese, Reggina, Ternana
- 11 times: Casertana, Catania, Sambenedettese, Trento, Vicenza/Lanerossi Vicenza
- 10 times: Barletta, Carpi, Fano/Fano Alma Juventus, Ischia Isolaverde, Juve Stabia, Lodigiani, Mantova, Piacenza, Rimini, Sassari Torres, Taranto, Treviso, Triestina
- 9 times: Acireale, Campania/Campania-Puteolana, Fermana, Lumezzane, Novara, Palermo, Pavia, Perugia, Pisa, Pro Sesto, Teramo, Varese
- 8 times: Atletico Catania/Leonzio, Cittadella, Cosenza, Cremonese, Lecco, Massese, Monopoli, Montevarchi, Siracusa, Vis Pesaro
- 7 times: Ascoli, Cavese/Pro Cavese, Fidelis Andria, Francavilla, Lanciano, Martina, Pro Patria, Sanremese, Sora
- 6 times: Alzano Virescit, Brescello, Campobasso, Casale/Juniorcasale, Giarre, Gualdo, Nola, Parma, Turris
- 5 times: Brindisi, Castel di Sangro, Cesena, Chievo, Crotone, Fiorenzuola, Forlì, Legnano, Licata, Messina, Paganese, Ravenna, Rende, Rondinella/R.M. Firenze, Savoia, Viterbese
- 4 times: AlbinoLeffe, Catanzaro, Frosinone, L'Aquila, Leffe, Palazzolo, Pescara, Sangiovannese, Saronno, Venezia/Venezia-Mestre, Virescit Boccaleone/Virescit Bergamo
- 3 times: Battipagliese, Bologna, Brescia, Centese, Derthona, Grosseto, Manfredonia, Matera, Potenza, Sant'Angelo, Sorrento, Trapani
- 2 times: Akragas, Baracca Lugo, Biellese, Cagliari, Civitanovese, Foligno, Gallipoli, Latina, Marsala, Napoli, Ospitaletto, Paternò, Pizzighettone, San Marino, Sassuolo
- 1 time: Asti T.S.C., Atalanta, Avezzano, Bari, Crevalcore, Fanfulla, Gela, Genoa, Ivrea, Jesi, Lecce, Mestre, Pergocrema, Pontedera, Rhodense, Sandonà, Verona, FC Vittoria
[edit] List of Serie C1 seasons
[edit] External links
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