Promotion from Serie C1 (2008)
The third-highest league in Italy, promoting to Serie B.
Serie C1 was the third highest football league and second lowest professional league in Italy, consisting of 36 teams divided geographically into two divisions.
Quick Facts
- League
- Serie C1
- Outcome
- Promotion to Serie B (Automatic, 2nd Place)
Lore & Background
From 2008 the competition was known as Lega Pro Prima Divisione. In each division, two teams were promoted to Serie B, and three teams were relegated to Serie C2. 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.
Reader's Guide
Promotion from Serie C1 (2008) meant moving up to Serie B, the second highest professional league in Italy. The league promoted 4 teams to Serie B in total each season.
Did You Know?
- Serie C1 was created in 1978 by splitting the old Serie C into C1 and C2.
- Play-offs were introduced in 1992, together with the 3-victory-points rule.
- From 2000, the overall champions were decided through the Supercoppa di Serie C.
- The league reunified with Serie C2 starting from 2014-2015, reborn as Serie C with 60 teams.
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