Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Explained

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Country:	Italy
Confed:	FIGC
Founded:	1978 as Serie C2 2008 as Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Folded:	2014
Teams:	36 (18 for each group)
Promotion:	Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Relegation:	Serie D
Levels:	4
Domest Cup:	Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione
Champions:	Bassano Virtus (group A) Messina (group B)
Season:	2013–14
Most Champs:	Mantova, Messina, Prato, Siena, Varese (3 each)
Website:	www.lega-pro.com

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 20 and 21. Group A covered northern and north-central Italy, Group B south-central and southern Italy.

Until the 2007–08 season, the league was known as Serie C2.

Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. In 1978, it was decided to split Serie C into Serie C1 (the third highest league) and Serie C2. Upon its inception in 1978–79, Serie C2 consisted of four divisions, however, that number was reduced to three from the start of the 1991–92 season. The reform, already decided by the FIGC lead to the reunification with the first division starting from 2014–15 and with the subsequent rebirth of the third tier championship organized by the pro league with 60 teams divided into three groups of 20 in Lega Pro.

During the regular season, teams only played the other teams in their division. Each opponent was played twice, once at home, and once away, for a total of 34 matches. Games were scheduled such that in the first 17 matches, every opponent was played once. In the last 17 matches, the same opponents were played in the same order, with the only difference being that the venue changed.

Past champions

Serie C2

Seasons from 1978–79 to 1990–91

Season	Group A Winner	Group B Winner	Group C Winner	Group D Winner
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1978–79	Sanremese	Cremapergo	Fano	Rende
1979–80	Prato	Modena	Giulianova	Cosenza
1980–81	Rhodense	Padova	Casertana	Campania
1981–82	Carrarese	Ancona	Siena	Barletta
1982–83	Prato	Legnano	Francavilla	Messina
1983–84	Livorno	Pavia	Jesi	Reggina
1984–85	Siena	Virescit Boccaleone	Brindisi	Licata
1985–86	Lucchese	Centese	Teramo	Nocerina
1986–87	Torres	Ospitaletto	Vis Pesaro	Frosinone
1987–88	Carrarese	Mantova	Perugia	Palermo
1988–89	Casale	Chievo	Fidelis Andria	Puteolana
1989–90	Siena	Varese	Fano	Battipagliese
1990–91	Alessandria	Palazzolo	Chieti	Ischia

Seasons from 1991–92 to 2007–08

Season	Group A Winner	Group B Winner	Group C Winner
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1991–92	Ravenna	Vis Pesaro	Potenza
1992–93	Mantova	Pistoiese	Juve Stabia
1993–94	Crevalcore	Gualdo	Trapani
1994–95	Brescello	Montevarchi	Nocerina
1995–96	Novara	Treviso	Avezzano
1996–97	Lumezzane	Ternana	Battipagliese
1997–98	Varese	SPAL	Marsala
1998–99	Pisa	Viterbese	Catania
1999–2000	Spezia	Torres	Messina
2000–01	Padova	Lanciano	Taranto
2001–02	Prato	Teramo	Martina
2002–03	Pavia	Florentia Viola	Foggia
2003–04	Mantova	Grosseto	Frosinone
2004–05	Pro Sesto	Massese	Manfredonia
2005–06	Venezia	Cavese	Gallipoli
2006–07	Legnano	Foligno	Sorrento
2007–08	Pergocrema	Reggiana	Benevento