1945–46 Serie C

The 1945–46 Serie C was a special edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. Best clubs of Northern Italy were admitted as special guests into the 1945–46 Serie B-C Alta Italia.

Legend

  Promoted

  Relegated

Northern Italy

Northern Italy sides were divided in several rounds (gironi). The winners qualified to a tournament to determine the only team promoted to 1946–47 Serie B. None of the teams relegated.

Girone A Venezia Giulia Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Cormonese 24 35 2 Ponziana[a] 24 33 3 Ampelea Isola d'Istria[b] 24 33 4 Edera Trieste 24 32 5 Monfalconese 24 31 6 Pro Cervignano 24 27 7 SAICI Torviscosa 24 20 8 Itala Gradisca 24 19 9 Pieris 24 18 10 Turriaco (D) 24 17 11 Sant'Anna Trieste 24 16 12 Ronchi 24 13 13 Sagrado 24 12 Source: [citation needed] (D) Disbanded after this season. Notes: Ponziana Trieste was invited by Josip Broz Tito to join the Yugoslavian Premier League for the 1946-47 season. They accepted, but they maintained a reserve team in the Italian Serie C too. Ampelea Isola d'Istria left the Italian Football Federation at the end of the season and joined the Yugoslavian league as MNK Izola.

Girone B Eastern Veneto Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Mestrina 26 43 2 Montebelluna 26 31 3 Pordenone 26 31 4 DAM Valdagno 26 28 5 Pro Mogliano 26 27 6 Lanerossi Schio 26 26 7 Giorgione 26 26 8 Vittorio Veneto 26 26 9 Bassano 26 26 10 Sandonà 26 25 11 Rovigo 26 22 12 Thiene 26 18 13 Feltrese 26 18 14 Belluno 26 14 Source: [citation needed]

Girone C Western Veneto Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Legnago 22 0 2 Parmavecchia 22 0 3 Bolzano 22 26 4 Audace San Michele 22 0 5 Gonzaga 22 0 6 Villafranca (D) 22 0 7 Lonigo 22 0 8 Petrarca Padova 22 0 9 Cologna Veneta 22 0 10 Mossina Guastalla 22 0 11 Pro Italia 22 0 Source: [citation needed] (D) Disbanded after this season.

Girone D - Piedmont Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Asti[a] 24 33 2 Volpianese 24 30 3 Divisione "Cremona" (D) 24 26 4 Acqui 24 24 5 Speranza Savona 24 23 6 Saviglianese 24 23 7 Fossanese 24 23 8 Ivrea 24 23 9 Piemonte (D) 24 18 10 Aosta 24 18 11 Saluzzo 24 17[b] 12 Pinerolo 24 17 13 Veloces Biella 24 8 Source: [citation needed] (D) Disbanded after this season. Notes: Asti qualified to the semifinals after qualification match with Rapallo Ruentes. 1 point deducted.

Girone D - Liguria Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Rapallo Ruentes[a] 26 39 2 Bolzanetese Virtus 26 33 3 Spezia[b] 26 33 4 Pontedecimo 26 32 5 Rivarolese 26 31 6 Sarzanese 26 28 7 Entella 26 28 8 Sestri Levante 26 23 9 Corniglianese 26 22 10 Levanto 26 21 11 Serravalle 26 21 12 Lavagnese 26 17 13 Tigullio 26 14 14 Sant'Agostino 26 8 Source: [citation needed] Notes: Asti qualified to the semifinals after qualification match with Rapallo Ruentes. Later admitted to Serie B in place of Ausonia Spezia.

Girone E Northern Lombardy Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Vimercatese 22 0 2 Pro Lissone 22 0 3 Sondrio 22 0 4 Mariano Comense 22 0 5 Meda 22 0 6 Caratese 22 0 7 Monza 22 0 8 Tirano 22 0 9 Pavia 22 0 10 Vis Nova Giussano 22 0 11 Osnago (D) 22 0 12 Cantù 22 0 Source: [citation needed] (D) Disbanded after this season.

Girone F Western Lombardy Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Parabiago 22 0 2 Calciatori Bustesi 22 0 3 Sommese 22 0 4 Pirelli Milano 22 0 5 Sparta Novara 22 0 6 Saronno 22 0 7 Rhodense 22 0 8 Falck Sesto S.G. 22 0 9 Besozzo Sommese[a] 22 0 10 Gattinara 22 0 11 Redaelli Rogoredo (D) 22 0 12 Mortara 22 0 Source: [citation needed] (D) Disbanded after this season. Notes: Voluntary relegated.

Girone G Eastern Lombardy Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Melzo 22 0 2 Breda Sesto S.G. 22 0 3 Falco Albino 22 0 4 Pro Romano 22 0 5 Pro Palazzolo 22 0 6 Vita Nova 22 0 7 Orceana 22 0 8 Clarense 22 0 9 Cassano 22 0 10 Ardens Bergamo 22 0 11 Trevigliese 22 0 12 Gerli Cusano Milanino 22 0 Source: [citation needed]

Girone H Southern Lombardy Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Stradellina 22 31 2 Trinese 22 29 3 Pro Broni (D) 22 26 4 Medese 22 25 5 Derthona 22 25 6 Codogno 22 24 7 Fiorenzuola 22 23 8 Olubra 22 22 9 Melegnanese 22 19 10 Fidenza 22 17 11 Sant'Angelo Lodigiano 22 15[a] 12 Soresinese 22 6[a] Source: [citation needed] (D) Disbanded after this season. Notes: 1 point deducted.

Girone I Emilia Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Carpi[a] 22 29 2 Bondenese 22 28 3 Ravenna 22 27 4 Faenza 22 25 5 Centese 22 25 6 Rimini 22 24 7 Mirandolese 22 23 8 Finale Emilia 22 22 9 Imolese 22 22 10 Baracca Lugo 22 20 11 Riccione 22 13 12 Amatori Bologna 22 6 Source: [citation needed] Notes: Excluded from the semifinals for disciplinary reasons.

Semifinals Girone A Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Mestrina 4 7 2 Cormonese 4 5 3 Legnago 4 0 Source: [citation needed] Girone B Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Asti 8 12 2 Stradellina 8 10 3 Vimercatese 8 8 4 Parabiago 8 7 5 Melzo 8 3 Source: [citation needed]

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asti	2-7	Mestrina	0-0	2-7

Mestrina promoted to 1946–47 Serie B.

Central and Southern Italy

All the winners of the rounds (gironi) were promoted to 1946–47 Serie B; however, clubs participating as special guests could not be promoted.^[1] Later other teams were admitted to Serie B to create a southern round.

Girone A Tuscany Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Prato 26 37 2 Lucchese[2][a] 26 36 3 Pistoiese[3][a] 26 31 4 Viareggio[a] 26 30 5 Empoli[a] 26 30 6 Signe 26 27 7 Pontedera 26 27 8 Arezzo 26 26 9 Grosseto 26 26 10 Pisa[b] 26 24 11 Carrarese[c] 26 23 12 Orbetello[d] 26 18 13 Sangiovannese[d] 26 16 14 Montevarchi[d] 26 11 Source: Panini Notes: Later admitted to Serie B. Played as guest for war damages to their stadium. Readmitted by right in Serie B. Later admitted to Serie B following 1943 results. Relegated and later readmitted to 1946–47 Serie C.

Girone B Umbria and Marche Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Perugia 24 42 2 Foligno[a] 24 33 3 Portorecanati 24 30 4 Chieti 24 29 5 Vigor Senigallia 24 29 6 Vis Sauro Pesaro 24 26 7 Giulianova 24 26 8 Virtus Spoleto 24 25 9 Sambenedettese 24 24[b] 10 Maceratese 24 23 11 Ascoli 24 23 12 Urbino[c] 24 18 13 Fano[c] 24 18 14 Gubbio[c] 24 17 Source: [citation needed] Notes: The club was admitted to 1946–47 Serie B at first, but renounced to take part for financial reasons. 1 point deducted. Relegated and later readmitted to 1946–47 Serie C.

Girone C Lazio and Abruzzo Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Alba Roma (P) 26 39 2 Italia Libera Roma[a] (E) 26 38 3 Rieti[4][b] 26 33 4 Trastevere Roma[a] (E) 26 29 5 Ternana[c] 26 28 6 L'Aquila 26 27 7 Forza e Coraggio 26 24 8 Civitavecchia 26 24 9 Viterbese 26 24 10 Civitacastellana 26 23 11 Juventus Roma[d] 26 23[e] 12 Trionfale Roma 26 21 13 Tivoli 26 20 14 Colleferro 26 10 Source: Panini (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted Notes: Merged with Alba Ala Roma at the end of the season to form US Alba Trastevere. Later admitted to Serie B. Later admitted to Serie B following 1943 results. Merged with fresh-promoted Almas Roma after this season. 1 point deducted.

Girone D Campania and Basilicata Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Benevento[a] 22 31 2 Gladiator[b] 22 31 3 Scafatese[c] 22 29 4 Torrese[d] 22 28 5 Nocerina 22 26 6 Stabia 22 24 7 Frattese 22 23 8 Portici 22 21 9 Casertana[b] 22 21 10 Avellino 22 15 11 Ercolanese 22 12 12 Bagnolese[e] 22 6 13 Potenza[f] 12 0 Source: [citation needed] Notes: Not promoted because playing this championship only as special guests. Voluntary relegated for debts. Promoted as best titular club of this group. Later admitted to Serie B. Relegated and later readmitted to 1946–47 Serie C. Excluded during the Championship, but later readmitted to 1946–47 Serie C.

Girone E Apulia Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Lecce 24 43 2 Arsenale Taranto[a] 24 40 3 Audace Taranto[a] 24 32 4 Foggia[a] 24 28 5 Brindisi[a] 24 26 6 Pro Italia Taranto[5][b] 24 25 7 Altamura 24 22 8 Castellana 24 19 9 Molfetta 24 19 10 Barletta 24 18 11 Trani 24 16 12 Vastese 24 13 13 Liberty Bari 24 8 Source: [citation needed] Notes: Later admitted to Serie B. Pro Italia Taranto merged with Audace Taranto at the end of the season to form A.S. Taranto.

Girone F Calabria and Sicily Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Leone Palermo[a] (E) 20 28 2 Cosenza[b] (P) 20 27 3 Catanzaro[c] (G) 20 27 4 Siracusa[c] 20 25 5 Messina 20 24 6 Gazzi Messina 20 24 7 Reggina 20 21 8 Virtus Catania[d] 20 18 9 Crotone 20 16[e] 10 Leonzio[f] (D, R) 20 15 11 U.S. Catanese[d] (E) 20 6 12 Termini Imerese[g] (D, T) – 0 Source: Panini (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (G) Guests; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated Notes: Merged with Palermo at the end of the season. Promoted as best titular club of this group. Later admitted to Serie B. Virtus Catania and U.S. Catanese merged at the end of the season to form Catania 1946. 1 point deducted. Volutary relegated for debts. Retired during the championship.