2007–08 Serie C1

The 2007–08 Serie C1 season was the thirtieth football league season of Italian Serie C1 since its establishment in 1978. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from May to June 2008.

Geographical distribution of 2007-08 Serie C1 teams. Serie C1/A teams are depicted with red dots, whereas Serie C1/B ones were represented with yellow.

The league was composed of 36 teams divided into two divisions of 18 teams each, whose teams were divided mainly according to geographical principles.

Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to Serie B; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division, were relegated to Serie C2. In all, four teams (Sassuolo, Cittadella, Salernitana, and Ancona) were promoted to Serie B, and six teams (Pro Patria, Lecco, Manfredonia, Lanciano, Sangiovannese, and Martina) were relegated to Serie C2.

Events

The line-up was announced on 19 July 2007.^[1] No teams were excluded, and all the originally scheduled teams will therefore take part in the league.

The league featured four teams relegated from Serie B in 2006-07 (Verona, Arezzo, Crotone and Pescara) and six promoted from Serie C2 (Legnano, Foligno, Sorrento, Lecco, Paganese and Potenza).

The divisions' composition was confirmed as usual according to latitude. However, a number of South teams were included in a division different from their best fitting one in order to reduce the number of potentially heated local derbies. This caused all Tuscan clubs to be included in the Serie C1/B division, otherwise composed mostly by teams hailing from South of Italy, whereas two teams from Campania and two from Apulia were included in the Serie C1/A, which instead features mostly teams from the North.

Promotions

On 27 April 2008, with one week in the regular season yet to be played, both Sassuolo and Salernitana were mathematically ensured of their respective division titles, thus winning promotion to Serie B for the 2008-09 season.^[2]

Clubs

Serie C1/A

Club	City	Stadium	2006/2007 Season
S.S. Cavese 1919	Cava de' Tirreni	Stadio Simonetta Lamberti	3rd in Serie C1/B
A.S. Cittadella	Cittadella	Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato	6th in Serie C1/A
U.S. Cremonese	Cremona	Stadio Giovanni Zini	13th in Serie C1/A
U.S. Foggia	Foggia	Stadio Pino Zaccheria	4th in Serie C1/B
Foligno Calcio	Foligno	Stadio Enzo Blasone	1st in Serie C2/B
Calcio Lecco 1912	Lecco	Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi	2nd in Serie C2/A
A.C. Legnano	Legnano	Stadio Giovanni Mari	1st in Serie C2/A
S.S. Manfredonia Calcio	Manfredonia	Stadio Miramare	9th in Serie C1/B
A.C. Monza Brianza 1912	Monza	Stadio Brianteo	5th in Serie C1/A
Novara Calcio	Novara	Stadio Silvio Piola	10th in Serie C1/A
Calcio Padova	Padua	Stadio Euganeo	7th in Serie C1/A
Paganese Calcio 1926	Pagani	Stadio Marcello Torre	4th in Serie C2/B
Pro Patria	Busto Arsizio	Stadio Carlo Speroni	12th in Serie C1/A
A.C. Pro Sesto	Sesto San Giovanni	Stadio Breda	14th in Serie C1/A
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio	Sassuolo	Stadio Enzo Ricci	2nd in Serie C1/A
Ternana Calcio	Terni	Stadio Libero Liberati	13th in Serie C1/B
S.S.C. Venezia	Venice	Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo	4th in Serie C1/A
Hellas Verona F.C.	Verona	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi	18th in Serie B

Serie C1/B

Club	City	Stadium	2006/2007 Season
A.C. Ancona	Ancona	Stadio del Conero	16th in Serie C1/B
A.C. Arezzo	Arezzo	Stadio Città di Arezzo	20th in Serie B
F.C. Crotone	Crotone	Stadio Ezio Scida	21st in Serie B
Gallipoli Calcio	Gallipoli	Stadio Antonio Bianco	11th in Serie C1/B
S.S. Juve Stabia	Castellammare di Stabia	Stadio Romeo Menti	7th in Serie C1/B
S.S. Lanciano	Lanciano	Stadio Guido Biondi	12th in Serie C1/B
A.S. Lucchese-Libertas	Lucca	Stadio Porta Elisa	8th in Serie C1/A
A.C. Martina	Martina Franca	Stadio Gian Domenico Tursi	14th in Serie C1/B
U.S. Massese 1919	Massa	Stadio degli Oliveti	11th in Serie C1/A
Perugia Calcio	Perugia	Stadio Renato Curi	6th in Serie C1/B
Pescara Calcio	Pescara	Stadio Adriatico	22nd in Serie B
A.C. Pistoiese	Pistoia	Stadio Marcello Melani	9th in Serie C1/A
Potenza S.C.	Potenza	Stadio Alfredo Viviani	3rd in Serie C2/C
Salernitana Calcio 1919	Salerno	Stadio Arechi	10th in Serie C1/B
S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio	San Benedetto del Tronto	Stadio Riviera delle Palme	8th in Serie C1/B
A.C. Sangiovannese 1927	San Giovanni Valdarno	Stadio Virgilio Fedini	15th in Serie C1/A
Sorrento Calcio	Sorrento	Stadio Italia	1st in Serie C2/C
Taranto Sport	Taranto	Stadio Erasmo Iacovone	5th in Serie C1/B

Final standings

Serie C1/A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sassuolo (C, P)	34	19	6	9	46	32	+14	63	Direct promotion to Serie B
2	Cremonese	34	16	12	6	50	36	+14	60	Lost in Promotion playoffs
3	Cittadella (P)	34	15	13	6	52	34	+18	58	Promoted to Serie B
4	Foligno	34	15	12	7	38	30	+8	57	Lost in Promotion playoffs
5	Foggia	34	15	11	8	47	34	+13	56
6	Padova	34	14	13	7	57	37	+20	55
7	Legnano	34	13	9	12	42	34	+8	48
8	Monza	34	11	13	10	38	35	+3	46
9	Novara	34	12	10	12	44	52	−8	46
10	Cavese	34	11	11	12	44	44	0	44
11	Pro Sesto	34	11	10	13	42	45	−3	43
12	Venezia	34	13	5	16	38	41	−3	43[a]
13	Ternana	34	11	8	15	34	40	−6	41
14	Pro Patria (R)	34	7	17	10	33	35	−2	38	Lost relegation playoffs
15	Paganese	34	7	11	16	26	41	−15	32	Won relegation playoffs
16	Lecco (R)	34	8	8	18	30	48	−18	32	Lost relegation playoffs
17	Verona	34	7	10	17	24	41	−17	31	Won relegation playoffs
18	Manfredonia (R)	34	8	7	19	24	50	−26	31	Direct relegation to Serie C2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 1 point deduction

Serie C1/B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Salernitana (C, P)	34	16	14	4	43	25	+18	62	Direct promotion to Serie B
2	Ancona (P)	34	15	12	7	43	26	+17	57	Promoted to Serie B
3	Taranto	34	14	13	7	47	31	+16	55	Lost in Promotion playoffs
4	Crotone	34	14	13	7	45	30	+15	55
5	Perugia	34	15	8	11	35	34	+1	53
6	Arezzo	34	13	14	7	42	32	+10	53
7	Pescara	34	15	9	10	47	36	+11	53[a]
8	Lucchese	34	12	15	7	36	30	+6	51
9	Gallipoli	34	12	10	12	51	44	+7	46
10	Sorrento	34	10	14	10	29	30	−1	44
11	Potenza	34	10	10	14	34	38	−4	40
12	Sambenedettese	34	9	13	12	32	39	−7	40
13	Massese	34	9	13	12	34	43	−9	40
14	Pistoiese	34	7	13	14	27	38	−11	34	Won relegation playoffs
15	Juve Stabia	34	7	12	15	34	42	−8	33
16	Lanciano (R)	34	9	15	10	30	34	−4	32[b]	Lost relegation playoffs
17	Sangiovannese (R)	34	6	11	17	24	48	−24	29
18	Martina (R)	34	4	9	21	25	58	−33	20[a]	Direct relegation to Serie C2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 1 point deduction
2. 10 points deduction

Promotion and relegation playoffs

Serie C1/A

Promotion

Promotion playoff semifinals

First legs played 18 May 2008; return legs played 25 May 2008

(due to aggregate tie, higher classified team won)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Foggia (5)	1-1	(2) Cremonese	0-0	1-1
Foligno (4)	1-2	(3) Cittadella	1-0	0-2

Promotion playoff finals

First leg played 1 June 2008; return leg played 8 June 2008

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cittadella (3)	3-2	(2) Cremonese	0-1	3-1

Cittadella promoted to Serie B

Relegation

Relegation playoffs

First legs played 18 May 2008; return legs played 25 May 2008

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Verona (17)	2-1	14) Pro Patria	1-0	1-1
Lecco (16)	1-2	(15) Paganese	1-0	0-2

Pro Patria and Lecco relegated to Serie C2

Serie C1/B

Promotion

Promotion playoff semifinals

First legs played 18 May 2008; return legs played 25 May 2008

(due to aggregate tie, higher classified team won)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Perugia (5)	3-3	(2) Ancona	3-1	0-2
Crotone (4)	3-4	(3) Taranto	3-2	0-2

Promotion playoff finals

First leg played 1 June 2008; return leg played 8 June 2008

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Taranto (3)	1-2	(2) Ancona	0-0	1-2

Ancona promoted to Serie B

Relegation

Relegation playoffs

First legs played 18 May 2008; return legs played 25 May 2008

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sangiovannese (17)	0-4	(14) Pistoiese	0-3	0-1
Lanciano (16)	0-1	(15) Juve Stabia	0-1	0-0

Sangiovannese and Lanciano relegated to Serie C2