2005–06 Serie C2

The 2005–06 Serie C2 was the football league season of Italian Serie C2 for the years 2005 and 2006. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from August 28, 2005 to May 7, 2006, and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff to determine the second team in each division to be promoted to Serie C1. At the same time, teams placed 14th to 17th entered a playout for the right to remain in Serie C2 the following season.

Geographical distribution of 2005-06 Serie C2 teams. Serie C2/A teams are depicted with red dots, Serie C2/B with green, and Serie C2/C with yellow ones.

As usual, Serie C2 was composed by three divisions, whose teams were divided geographically. Division C2/A was mainly composed by Northern Italy and Sardinian teams, whereas division C2/B included North-Central and Central Italy teams, with the exception of two teams from Campania (Benevento and Cavese), and division C2/C was represented by teams hailing from Central-Southern Italy and Sicily.

Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to Serie C1; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division were relegated to Serie D, losing also their professional club status. In all, six teams were promoted to Serie C1, and nine teams were relegated to Serie D.

Teams

The season originally features 9 teams from Serie D, 6 teams from Serie C1 and 41 teams from last season Serie C2. However, COVISOC had expelled Calcio Como S.p.A., A.C. Imolese S.r.l., Polisportiva Rosetana Calcio S.r.l., A.S. Sora S.r.l., Vis Pesaro 1898 S.r.l. and Serie D Group B winner U.S. Canzese. Moreover, Monza, Chieti, Juve Stabia and San Marino Calcio were promoted to Serie C1 to fill the vacancies.[1] The 10 vacancies was replaced by U.S. Città di Jesolo and Calcio Lecco 1912 from Serie D,[2][3] as well as phoenix clubs that recreated by Lodo Petrucci: Andria,[4] Benevento,[5] Reggiana,[6] SPAL[7] and Venezia[8] were relegated from 2005–06 Serie C1 to Serie C2, as well as on 19 August Biellese was readmitted from Serie D, which the team was relegated.[9] Overall, the changes made the division had restored from 56 teams to 54 teams, or 18 teams in 3 groups, features 1 team from Serie B, 6 teams from Serie C1, 37 teams from Serie C2 and 10 teams from Serie D.

Group A
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2004–05 season
BassanoBassano Increase 1st in Serie D Group C, Grand Champions (promoted)
BielleseBiellese Steady 15th in Serie C2 Group A (play-out loser, wild card)
CarpenedoloCarpenedolo 9th in Serie C2 Group A
CasaleCasale 16th in Serie C2 Group A (play-out winner)
CuneoCuneo Increase 1st in Serie D Group A (promoted)
IvreaIvrea 11th in Serie C2 Group A
JesoloJesolo Increase 3rd in Serie D Group C (wild card, play-off winner)
LegnanoLegnano 7th in Serie C2 Group A
LeccoLecco Increase 2nd in Serie D Group B (wild card, play-off winner)
MontichiariMontichiari 10th in Serie C2 Group A
OlbiaOlbia 12th in Serie C2 Group A
PergocremaCrema Increase 1st in Serie D Group D (promoted)
Pro VercelliVercelli 17th in Serie C2 Group A (Play-out winner)
PortogruaroPortogruaro 13th in Serie C2 Group A
SanremeseSanremo 6th in Serie C2 Group A
South TyrolBolzano 8th in Serie C2 Group A
ValenzanaValenzana 4th in Serie C2 Group A (Play-off losing finalists)
VeneziaVenice Decrease 20th in Serie B (relegated, bankruptcy, wild card)

Standings

Serie C2/A
Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Venezia (P, C) 34 20 9 5 49 27 +22 69 Promoted to Serie C1
2 Cuneo 34 18 10 6 44 27 +17 64 Lost in promotion playoffs
3 Ivrea (P) 34 15 15 4 34 23 +11 60 Won promotion playoffs
4 Alto Adige 34 14 13 7 36 27 +9 55 Lost in promotion playoffs
5 Carpenedolo 34 13 14 7 36 27 +9 53
6 Pro Vercelli 34 13 11 10 35 30 +5 50
7 Sanremese 34 11 13 10 33 34 −1 46
8 Pergocrema 34 10 15 9 35 33 +2 45
9 Valenzana 34 10 12 12 36 35 +1 42
10 Lecco 34 9 14 11 32 32 0 41
11 Legnano 34 11 8 15 34 35 −1 41
12 Montichiari 34 10 10 14 30 27 +3 40
13 Bassano Virtus 34 8 16 10 37 36 +1 40
14 Jesolo (R) 34 8 14 12 38 44 −6 38 Lost relegation playoff
15 Portosummaga (R) 34 8 14 12 34 40 −6 38
16 Biellese 34 7 12 15 28 51 −23 33 Won relegation playoff
17 Olbia 34 6 12 16 30 46 −16 30
18 Casale (R) 34 3 12 19 21 48 −27 21 Relegated to Serie D
Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie C2/B
Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Cavese (P, C) 34 18 12 4 47 18 +29 66 Promoted to Serie C1
2 Sassuolo (P) 34 16 9 9 43 32 +11 57 Won promotion playoffs
3 Sansovino 34 14 14 6 31 25 +6 56 Lost in promotion playoffs
4 Benevento 34 13 10 11 35 34 +1 49
5 Ancona 34 12 12 10 31 26 +5 48
6 Cuoiocappiano 34 12 11 11 34 34 0 47
7 Castelnuovo 34 10 15 9 31 29 +2 45
8 Reggiana 34 9 17 8 30 27 +3 44
9 Bellaria Igea 34 11 11 12 34 33 +1 44
10 Foligno 34 11 11 12 37 42 −5 44
11 SPAL 34 10 13 11 40 37 +3 43
12 Gubbio 34 10 13 11 33 32 +1 43
13 Gualdo 34 11 10 13 43 47 −4 43
14 Carrarese 34 10 12 12 27 32 −5 42 Won relegation playoff
15 Prato 34 9 10 15 27 38 −11 37
16 Montevarchi (R) 34 7 15 12 26 33 −7 36 Lost relegation playoff
17 Castel San Pietro (R) 34 6 16 12 38 46 −8 34
18 Forlì (R) 34 4 15 15 20 42 −22 27 Relegated to Serie D
Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Serie C2/C
Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Gallipoli (P, C) 34 20 8 6 56 22 +34 68 Promoted to Serie C1
2 Taranto (P) 34 16 10 8 35 23 +12 58 Won promotion playoffs
3 Rende 34 15 10 9 43 36 +7 55 Lost in promotion playoffs
4 Pro Vasto 34 13 16 5 38 27 +11 55
5 Melfi 34 15 10 9 46 32 +14 55
6 Cisco Roma 34 14 13 7 37 26 +11 55
7 Viterbese 34 14 11 9 32 35 −3 51[lower-alpha 1]
8 Giugliano 34 11 13 10 41 38 +3 46
9 Real Marcianise 34 11 10 13 32 35 −3 43
10 Vigor Lamezia 34 11 10 13 35 39 −4 43
11 Andria 34 11 10 13 31 35 −4 43
12 Igea Virtus 34 10 11 13 40 45 −5 41
13 Nocerina 34 8 16 10 35 37 −2 40
14 Rieti 34 10 9 15 27 34 −7 39 Won relegation playoff
15 Potenza 34 10 11 13 31 38 −7 39[lower-alpha 1]
16 Modica (R) 34 7 10 17 30 44 −14 31 Lost relegation playoff
17 Latina (R) 34 6 12 16 26 43 −17 28[lower-alpha 1]
18 Vittoria (R) 34 5 8 21 21 47 −26 23 Relegated to Serie D
Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. including 2 points deduction

Promotion and relegation playoffs

Promotion
Promotion playoff semifinals
First legs played May 21, 2007; return legs played May 28, 2007
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Carpenedolo (5) 2-1 (2) Cuneo 2-1 0-0
Alto Adige (4) 2-2 (3) Ivrea 1-1 1-1
Promotion playoff finals
First leg played June 4, 2007; return leg played June 11, 2007
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Carpenedolo (5) 2-2(aet) (3) Ivrea 1-1 1-1

Ivrea promoted to Serie C1

Relegation
Relegation playoffs
First legs played May 21, 2007; return legs played May 28, 2007
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Olbia (17) 3-2 (14) Jesolo 2-1 1-1
Biellese (16) 1-0 (15) Portosummaga 1-0 0-0

Jesolo and Portosummaga relegated to Serie D

Promotion
Promotion playoff semifinals
First legs played May 21, 2007; return legs played May 28, 2007
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ancona (5) 3-3 (2) Sassuolo 2-3 1-0
Benevento (4) 0-2 (3) Sansovino 0-0 0-2
Promotion playoff finals
First leg played June 4, 2007; return leg played June 11, 2007
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sansovino (3) 2-3 (2) Sassuolo 2-2 0-1

Sassuolo promoted to Serie C1

Relegation
Relegation playoffs
First legs played May 27, 2007; return legs played June 3, 2007
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Castel San Pietro (17) 2-2 (14) Carrarese 1-1 1-1
Montevarchi (16) 1-1 (15) Prato 0-0 1-1

Castel San Pietro and Montevarchi relegated to Serie D

Promotion
Promotion playoff semifinals
First legs played May 21, 2007; return legs played May 28, 2007
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Melfi (5) 3-3 (2) Taranto 3-1 0-2
Pro Vasto (4) 1-2 (3) Rende 1-1 0-1
Promotion playoff finals
First leg played June 4, 2007; return leg played June 11, 2007
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rende (3) 1-2 (2) Taranto 1-1 0-1

Taranto promoted to Serie C1

Relegation
Relegation playoffs
First legs played May 27, 2007; return legs played June 3, 2007
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Latina (17) 0-1 (14) Rieti 0-0 0-1
Modica (16) 3-4 (15) Potenza 3-3 0-1

Latina and Modica relegated to Serie D

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