Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status.

History

Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging the C was also organizing the semi-professional Serie D. In 1978, it was decided to split the Serie C into Serie C1 (the third highest league) and Serie C2, a new tournament including the worst C and the best D clubs. Upon its inception in 1978–79, Serie C2 consisted of four groups of 18 teams, with two promotions and three relegations. During the season, teams only played the other teams in their division, according to the round robin method. The remnants of the Serie D were later, in 1981, moved to the amatorial sector as Campionato Interregionale, with the elimination of the semi-professional sector.

The groups were reduced to three from the start of the 1991–92 season. More notably, play-offs were introduced for the second promotion and the penultimate and the third relegation, together with the 3-victory-points rule. After the 2007–08 season, the league was known as Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.[citation needed]

In the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 20 and 21. Group A covered northern Italy, Group B central and southern Italy. The following year it consisted of 36 teams.[citation needed]

The reform, already decided by the FIGC, lead to the reunification with the Serie C1 starting from 2014–15 and with the subsequent rebirth of the third tier championship with 60 teams divided into three groups of 20 as Serie C.

Champions

Seasons from 1978–79 to 1990–91

SeasonGroup A WinnerGroup B WinnerGroup C WinnerGroup D Winner
1978–79SanremeseCremapergoFanoRende
1979–80PratoModenaGiulianovaCosenza
1980–81RhodensePadovaCasertanaCampania
1981–82CarrareseAnconaSienaBarletta
1982–83PratoLegnanoFrancavillaMessina
1983–84LivornoPaviaJesiReggina
1984–85SienaVirescit BoccaleoneBrindisiLicata
1985–86LuccheseCenteseTeramoNocerina
1986–87TorresOspitalettoVis PesaroFrosinone
1987–88CarrareseMantovaPerugiaPalermo
1988–89CasaleChievoFidelis AndriaPuteolana
1989–90SienaVareseFanoBattipagliese
1990–91AlessandriaPalazzoloChietiIschia

Seasons from 1991–92 to 2007–08

SeasonGroup A WinnerGroup B WinnerGroup C Winner
1991–92RavennaVis PesaroPotenza
1992–93MantovaPistoieseJuve Stabia
1993–94CrevalcoreGualdoTrapani
1994–95BrescelloMontevarchiNocerina
1995–96NovaraTrevisoAvezzano
1996–97LumezzaneTernanaBattipagliese
1997–98VareseSPALMarsala
1998–99PisaViterbeseCatania
1999–2000SpeziaTorresMessina
2000–01PadovaLancianoTaranto
2001–02PratoTeramoMartina
2002–03PaviaFlorentia ViolaFoggia
2003–04MantovaGrossetoFrosinone
2004–05Pro SestoMasseseManfredonia
2005–06VeneziaCaveseGallipoli
2006–07LegnanoFolignoSorrento
2007–08PergocremaReggianaBenevento

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

Seasons from 2008–09 to 2010–11

SeasonGroup A WinnerGroup A Playoff WinnerGroup B WinnerGroup B Playoff WinnerGroup C WinnerGroup C Playoff Winner
2008–09VareseComoFiglineGiulianovaCosenzaPescina V.d.G.
2009–10SüdtirolSpeziaLuccheseGubbioJuve StabiaCisco Roma
2010–11TritiumFeralpiSalòCarpiCarrareseLatinaTrapani

Seasons from 2011–12 to 2013–14 season

SeasonGroup A WinnerGroup A Playoff WinnerGroup B WinnerGroup B Playoff Winner
2011–12TrevisoCuneoPerugiaPaganese
2012–13Pro PatriaVeneziaSalernitanaL'Aquila
2013–14Bassano VirtusAlessandriaMessinaCasertana

See also

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