2007–08 Serie C1

The 2007-08 Serie C1 season will be the thirtieth football league season of Italian Serie C1 since its establishment in 1978 . It will be divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from May to June 2008.

The league will be composed of 36 teams divided into two divisions of 18 teams each, whose teams will be divided mainly according to geographical principles.

Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division will be promoted to Serie B; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division will be relegated to Serie C2. In all, four teams will be promoted to Serie B, and six teams will be relegated to Serie C2.

Contents

Events

The line-up was announced on July 19, 2007.[1] No teams were excluded, and all the originally scheduled teams will therefore take part in the league.

The league will feature four teams relegated from Serie B in 2006-07 (Verona, Arezzo, Crotone and Pescara) and six promoted from Serie C2 (Legnano, Foligno, Sorrento, Lecco, Paganese and Potenza).

The divisions' composition was confirmed as usual according to latitude. However a number of South teams were included in a division different than their best fitting one in order to reduce the number of potentially heated local derbies. This caused all Tuscan clubs to be included in the Serie C1/B division, otherwise composed mostly by teams hailing from South of Italy, whereas two teams from Campania and two from Apulia were included in the Serie C1/A, which instead features mostly teams from the North.

Promotions

On April 27, 2008, with one week in the regular season yet to be played, both Sassuolo and Salernitana were mathematically ensured of their respective division titles, thus winning promotion to Serie B for the 2008-09 season.[2]

Clubs

Serie C1/A

Club City Stadium 2006/2007 Season
S.S. Cavese 1919 Cava de' Tirreni Stadio Simonetta Lamberti 3rd in Serie C1/B
A.S. Cittadella Cittadella Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato 6th in Serie C1/A
U.S. Cremonese Cremona Stadio Giovanni Zini 13th in Serie C1/A
U.S. Foggia Foggia Stadio Pino Zaccheria 4th in Serie C1/B
Foligno Calcio Foligno Stadio Enzo Blasone 1st in Serie C2/B
Calcio Lecco 1912 Lecco Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi 2nd in Serie C2/A
A.C. Legnano Legnano Stadio Giovanni Mari 1st in Serie C2/A
S.S. Manfredonia Calcio Manfredonia Stadio Miramare 9th in Serie C1/B
A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 Monza Stadio Brianteo 5th in Serie C1/A
Novara Calcio Novara Stadio Silvio Piola 10th in Serie C1/A
Calcio Padova Padua Stadio Euganeo 7th in Serie C1/A
Paganese Calcio 1926 Pagani Stadio Marcello Torre 4th in Serie C2/B
Pro Patria Busto Arsizio Stadio Carlo Speroni 12th in Serie C1/A
A.C. Pro Sesto Sesto San Giovanni Stadio Breda 14th in Serie C1/A
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio Sassuolo Stadio Enzo Ricci 2nd in Serie C1/A
Ternana Calcio Terni Stadio Libero Liberati 13th in Serie C1/B
S.S.C. Venezia Venice Stadio Pierluigi Penzo 4th in Serie C1/A
Hellas Verona F.C. Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi 18th in Serie B

Serie C1/B

Club City Stadium 2006/2007 Season
A.C. Ancona Ancona Stadio del Conero 16th in Serie C1/B
A.C. Arezzo Arezzo Stadio Città di Arezzo 20th in Serie B
F.C. Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida 21st in Serie B
Gallipoli Calcio Gallipoli Stadio Antonio Bianco 11th in Serie C1/B
S.S. Juve Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Stadio Romeo Menti 7th in Serie C1/B
S.S. Lanciano Lanciano Stadio Guido Biondi 12th in Serie C1/B
A.S. Lucchese-Libertas Lucca Stadio Porta Elisa 8th in Serie C1/A
A.C. Martina Martina Franca Stadio Gian Domenico Tursi 14th in Serie C1/B
U.S. Massese 1919 Massa Stadio degli Oliveti 11th in Serie C1/A
Perugia Calcio Perugia Stadio Renato Curi 6th in Serie C1/B
Pescara Calcio Pescara Stadio Adriatico 22nd in Serie B
A.C. Pistoiese Pistoia Stadio Marcello Melani 9th in Serie C1/A
Potenza S.C. Potenza Stadio Alfredo Viviani 3rd in Serie C2/C
Salernitana Calcio 1919 Salerno Stadio Arechi 10th in Serie C1/B
S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio San Benedetto del Tronto Stadio Riviera delle Palme 8th in Serie C1/B
A.C. Sangiovannese 1927 San Giovanni Valdarno Stadio Virgilio Fedini 15th in Serie C1/A
Sorrento Calcio Sorrento Stadio Italia 1st in Serie C2/C
Taranto Sport Taranto Stadio Erasmo Iacovone 5th in Serie C1/B

Standings

Serie C1/A

Final standings

Team Pts GP W D L GF GA Comments
1. Sassuolo (C) (P) 63 34 19 6 9 46 32 Direct promotion to Serie B
2. Cremonese 60 34 16 12 6 50 36 Lost in Promotion playoffs
3. Cittadella (P) 58 34 15 13 6 52 34 Promoted to Serie B
4. Foligno 57 34 15 12 7 38 30 Lost in Promotion playoffs
5. Foggia 56 34 15 11 8 47 34 Lost in Promotion playoffs
6. Padova 55 34 14 13 7 57 37
7. Legnano 48 34 13 9 12 42 34
8. Monza 46 34 11 13 10 38 35
9. Novara 46 34 12 10 12 44 52
10. Cavese 44 34 11 11 12 44 44
11. Pro Sesto 43 34 11 10 13 42 45
12. Venezia 431 34 13 5 16 38 41
13. Ternana 41 34 11 8 15 34 40
14. Pro Patria(R) 38 34 7 17 10 33 35 Lost relegation playoffs
15. Paganese 32 34 7 11 16 26 41 Won relegation playoffs
16. Lecco(R) 32 34 8 8 18 30 48 Lost relegation playoffs
17. Verona 31 34 7 10 17 24 41 Won relegation playoffs
18. Manfredonia (R) 31 34 8 7 19 24 50 Direct relegation to Serie C2
1: 1 point deduction

Serie C1/B

Final standings

Team Pts GP W D L GF GA Comments
1. Salernitana (C) (P) 62 34 16 14 4 43 25 Direct promotion to Serie B
2. Ancona (P) 57 34 15 12 7 43 26 Promoted to Serie B
3. Taranto 55 34 14 13 7 47 31 Lost in Promotion playoffs
4. Crotone 55 34 14 13 7 45 30 Lost in Promotion playoffs
5. Perugia 53 34 15 8 11 35 34 Lost in Promotion playoffs
6. Arezzo 53 34 13 14 7 42 32
7. Pescara 531 34 15 9 10 47 36
8. Lucchese 51 34 12 15 7 36 30
9. Gallipoli 46 34 12 10 12 51 44
10. Sorrento 44 34 10 14 10 29 30
11. Potenza 40 34 10 10 14 34 38
12. Sambenedettese 40 34 9 13 12 32 39
13. Massese 40 34 9 13 12 34 43
14. Pistoiese 34 34 7 13 14 27 38 Won relegation playoffs
15. Juve Stabia 33 34 7 12 15 34 42 Won relegation playoffs
16. Lanciano(R) 322 34 9 15 10 30 34 Lost relegation playoffs
17. Sangiovannese(R) 29 34 6 11 17 24 48 Lost relegation playoffs
18. Martina(R) 201 34 4 9 21 25 58 Direct relegation to Serie C2
1: 1 point deduction
2: 10 points deduction

Promotion and relegation playoffs

Serie C1/A

Promotion

Promotion playoff semifinals
First legs played May 18, 2008; return legs played May 25, 2008
(due to aggregate tie, higher classified team won)
Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Foggia (5) 1-1 (2) Cremonese 0-0 1-1
Foligno (4) 1-2 (3) Cittadella 1-0 0-2
Promotion playoff finals
First leg played June 1, 2008; return leg played June 8, 2008
Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Cittadella (3) 3-2 (2) Cremonese 0-1 3-1

Cittadella promoted to Serie B

Relegation

Relegation playoffs
First legs played May 18, 2008; return legs played May 25, 2008
Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Verona (17) 2-1 14) Pro Patria 1-0 1-1
Lecco (16) 1-2 (15) Paganese 1-0 0-2

Pro Patria and Lecco relegated to Serie C2

Serie C1/B

Promotion

Promotion playoff semifinals
First legs played May 18, 2008; return legs played May 25, 2008
(due to aggregate tie, higher classified team won)
Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Perugia (5) 3-3 (2) Ancona 3-1 0-2
Crotone (4) 3-4 (3) Taranto 3-2 0-2
Promotion playoff finals
First leg played June 1, 2008; return leg played June 8, 2008
Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Taranto (3) 1-2 (2) Ancona 0-0 1-2

Ancona promoted to Serie B

Relegation

Relegation playoffs
First legs played May 18, 2008; return legs played May 25, 2008
Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Sangiovannese (17) 0-4 (14) Pistoiese 0-3 0-1
Lanciano (16) 0-1 (15) Juve Stabia 0-1 0-0

Sangiovannese and Lanciano relegated to Serie C2

References

  1. ^ "Campionato di serie C1 2007/08: ecco la composizione ufficiale dei gironi" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 2007-07-19. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.it/index.php?action=read&id=682867. Retrieved 2007-07-19. 
  2. ^ "Sassuolo e Salernitana in serie B, promozione storica per gli emiliani" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 2008-04-27. http://www.repubblica.it/2008/04/sezioni/sport/calcio/ritornano-in-b/ritornano-in-b/ritornano-in-b.html. Retrieved 2008-04-27. 
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