Lega Pro Prima Divisione

Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Founded	1935 as Serie C; 1978 as Serie C1; 2008 as Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Folded	2014
Country	Italy
Other club(s) from	San Marino
Confederation	FIGC
Number of clubs	33 (17, 16 respectively for the group A, B)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Serie B
Relegation to	Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Domestic cup(s)	Coppa Italia Lega Pro; Supercoppa di Lega di Prima Divisione
Last champions	Virtus Entella (group A); Perugia (group B); (2013–14)
Most championships	Catanzaro and Ravenna (3 each)
Website	www.lega-pro.com

Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1.^[1]

Before the 1978–79 season there were only three leagues of professional football in Italy, the third being Serie C. In 1978, it was decided to split Serie C into Serie C1 and Serie C2. Serie C2, the fourth highest professional league in the Italian system, was also renamed in 2008 and was called Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.^{[citation needed]} The reform, already decided by the FIGC led to the reunification with the second division starting from 2014-2015 and with the subsequent rebirth of the third division championship organized by the pro league with 60 teams divided into three groups of 20 in Lega Pro.^{[citation needed]}

Promotion and relegation

In each division, two teams were promoted to Serie B, and three teams were relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In total, the league promoted 4 teams to Serie B and relegated 6 teams to Seconda Divisione.

The team finishing first in the regular season was directly promoted to Serie B, while teams placing 2nd to 5th were entered into a play-off semi-final for the chance of gaining the second promotional spot for that particular division.

Past champions

Source for league winners:^[2]

Serie C1

Group A

Season	Winner	Runner Up

1978–79	Como	Parma
1979–80	Varese	Rimini
1980–81	Reggiana	Cremonese
1981–82	Atalanta	Monza
1982–83	Triestina	Padova
1983–84	Parma	Bologna
1984–85	Brescia	Lanerossi Vicenza
1985–86	Parma	Modena
1986–87	Piacenza	Padova
1987–88	Ancona	Monza
1988–89	Reggiana	Triestina
1989–90	Modena	Lucchese
1990–91	Piacenza	Venezia
1991–92	SPAL	Monza
1992–93	Ravenna	Vicenza

Group B

Season	Winner	Runner Up

1978–79	Matera	Pisa
1979–80	Catania	Foggia
1980–81	Cavese	Sambenedettese
1981–82	Arezzo	Campobasso
1982–83	Empoli	Pescara
1983–84	Bari	Taranto
1984–85	Catanzaro	Palermo
1985–86	Messina	Taranto
1986–87	Catanzaro	Barletta
1987–88	Licata	Cosenza
1988–89	Cagliari	Foggia
1989–90	Taranto	Salernitana
1990–91	Casertana	Palermo
1991–92	Ternana	Fidelis Andria
1992–93	Palermo	Acireale

Season	Winner	Playoff Winner

1993–94	Chievo	Como
1994–95	Bologna	Pistoiese
1995–96	Ravenna	Empoli
1996–97	Treviso	Monza
1997–98	Cesena	Cremonese
1998–99	Alzano Virescit	Pistoiese
1999–00	Siena	Cittadella
2000–01	Modena	Como
2001–02	Livorno	Triestina
2002–03	Treviso	AlbinoLeffe
2003–04	Arezzo	Cesena
2004–05	Cremonese	Mantova
2005–06	Spezia	Genoa
2006–07	Grosseto	Pisa
2007–08	Sassuolo	Cittadella

Season	Winner	Playoff Winner

1993–94	Perugia	Salernitana
1994–95	Reggina	Avellino
1995–96	Lecce	Castel di Sangro
1996–97	Fidelis Andria	Ancona
1997–98	Cosenza	Ternana
1998–99	Fermana	Savoia
1999–00	Crotone	Ancona
2000–01	Palermo	Messina
2001–02	Ascoli	Catania
2002–03	Avellino	Pescara
2003–04	Catanzaro	Crotone
2004–05	Rimini	Avellino
2005–06	Napoli	Frosinone
2006–07	Ravenna	Avellino
2007–08	Salernitana	Ancona