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{{short description|Association football league}}
{{refimprove|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox football league
| logo       =
| pixels     = 250
| country    = [[Italy]]
| confed     = [[Lega Pro]] ([[Italian Football Federation|FIGC]])
| founded    = 1978 as ''Serie C2''<br />''Lega Pro Seconda Divisione'' from 2008
| folded = 2014
| teams      = ''18 for each group:''<br>72 (until 1991, 4 groups)<br>54 (until 2011, 3 groups)<br>36 (until 2014, 2 groups)
| promotion  = [[Serie C1]]
| relegation = [[Serie D]]
| levels     = 4
| domest_cup = [[Coppa Italia Serie C]]<br />[[Supercoppa di Serie C2]]
| season     = [[2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione|2013–14]]
|most_champs = [[Mantova F.C.|Mantova]], Messina, [[A.C. Prato|Prato]], [[A.C. Siena|Siena]], [[A.S. Varese 1910|Varese]]<br/>(3 each)
| website    = [http://www.lega-pro.com www.lega-pro.com]
}}
'''Serie C2''' was the fourth highest [[football (soccer)|football]] league in [[Italy]], the lowest with a professional status.

== History ==
Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being [[Serie C]]. The league menaging the C was also organizing the semi-professional [[Serie D]]. In 1978, it was decided to split the Serie C into Serie C1 (the third highest league) and Serie C2, a new tournament including the worst C and the best D clubs. Upon its inception in 1978–79, Serie C2 consisted of four groups of 18 teams, with two promotions and three relegations. During the season, teams only played the other teams in their division, according to the [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]] method. The remnants of the Serie D were later, in 1981, moved to the amatorial sector as [[Campionato Interregionale]], with the elimination of the semi-professional sector.

The groups were reduced to three from the start of the 1991–92 season. More notably, [[play-off]]s were introduced for the second promotion and the penultimate and the third relegation, together with the 3-victory-points rule. After the 2007–08 season, the league was known as ''Lega Pro Seconda Divisione''.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

In the [[2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione|2011–12 season]], there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 20 and 21. Group A covered northern Italy, Group B central and southern Italy. The following year it consisted of 36 teams.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

The reform, already decided by the FIGC, lead to the reunification with the [[Serie C1]] starting from 2014–15 and with the subsequent rebirth of the third tier championship with 60 teams divided into three groups of 20 as [[Serie C]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Storia {{!}} LEGA PRO |url=https://www.lega-pro.com/storia/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |language=it-IT}}</ref>

==Champions==
=== Seasons from 1978–79 to 1990–91 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
!Season
!Group A Winner
!Group B Winner
!Group C Winner
!Group D Winner
|-
!width=100|
!width=200|
!width=200|
!width=200|
!width=200|
|-
|[[Serie C2 1978-79|1978–79]]
|[[U.S. Sanremese Calcio|Sanremese]]
|[[U.S. Pergocrema 1932|Cremapergo]]
|[[Fano Calcio|Fano]]
|[[Rende Calcio|Rende]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1979-80|1979–80]]
|[[A.C. Prato|Prato]]
|[[Modena F.C.|Modena]]
|[[Giulianova Calcio|Giulianova]]
|[[Cosenza Calcio 1914|Cosenza]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1980-81|1980–81]]
|Rhodense
|[[Calcio Padova|Padova]]
|[[A.S.D. Caserta Calcio|Casertana]]
|Campania
|-
|[[Serie C2 1981-82|1981–82]]
|[[Carrarese Calcio|Carrarese]]
|[[A.C. Ancona|Ancona]]
|[[A.C. Siena|Siena]]
|[[A.S.D. Barletta|Barletta]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1982-83|1982–83]]
|[[A.C. Prato|Prato]]
|[[A.C. Legnano|Legnano]]
|Francavilla
|[[F.C. Messina Peloro|Messina]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1983-84|1983–84]]
|[[A.S. Livorno Calcio|Livorno]]
|[[A.C. Pavia|Pavia]]
|Jesi
|[[Reggina Calcio|Reggina]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1984-85|1984–85]]
|[[A.C. Siena|Siena]]
|Virescit&nbsp;Boccaleone
|[[F.B. Brindisi 1912 S.D.|Brindisi]]
|[[S.S.D. Licata 1931|Licata]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1985-86|1985–86]]
|[[A.S. Lucchese-Libertas|Lucchese]]
|Centese
|[[Teramo Calcio|Teramo]]
|[[A.G. Nocerina 1910|Nocerina]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1986-87|1986–87]]
|[[Sassari Torres 1903|Torres]]
|Ospitaletto
|Vis Pesaro
|[[Frosinone Calcio|Frosinone]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1987-88|1987–88]]
|[[Carrarese Calcio|Carrarese]]
|[[A.C. Mantova|Mantova]]
|[[A.C. Perugia|Perugia]]
|[[U.S. Città di Palermo|Palermo]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1988-89|1988–89]]
|[[A.S. Casale Calcio|Casale]]
|[[A.C. ChievoVerona|Chievo]]
|[[A.S. Andria BAT|Fidelis Andria]]
|[[F.C. Puteolana 1902|Puteolana]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1989-90|1989–90]]
|[[A.C. Siena|Siena]]
|[[A.S. Varese 1910|Varese]]
|[[Fano Calcio|Fano]]
|[[A.S.D. Battipagliese|Battipagliese]]
|-
|[[Serie C2 1990-91|1990–91]]
|[[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]]
|[[A.C. Palazzolo 1913|Palazzolo]]
|[[Calcio Chieti|Chieti]]
|[[A.S.D. Ischia Isolaverde|Ischia]]
|-
|}

=== Seasons from 1991–92 to 2007–08 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
!Season
!Group A Winner
!Group B Winner
!Group C Winner
|-
!width=100|
!width=220|
!width=220|
!width=220|
|-
|[[1991–92 Serie C2|1991–92]]
|[[Ravenna Calcio|Ravenna]]
|[[Vis Pesaro 1898|Vis Pesaro]]
|[[Potenza S.C.|Potenza]]
|-
|[[1992–93 Serie C2|1992–93]]
|[[A.C. Mantova|Mantova]]
|[[A.C. Pistoiese|Pistoiese]]
|[[S.S. Juve Stabia|Juve Stabia]]
|-
|[[1993–94 Serie C2|1993–94]]
|Crevalcore
|[[S.S. Gualdo|Gualdo]]
|[[A.S. Trapani|Trapani]]
|-
|[[1994–95 Serie C2|1994–95]]
|Brescello
|[[Montevarchi Calcio Aquila 1902|Montevarchi]]
|[[A.G. Nocerina 1910|Nocerina]]
|-
|[[1995–96 Serie C2|1995–96]]
|[[Novara Calcio|Novara]]
|[[Treviso F.B.C. 1993|Treviso]]
|[[Nuova Avezzano Calcio|Avezzano]]
|-
|[[1996–97 Serie C2|1996–97]]
|[[A.C. Lumezzane|Lumezzane]]
|[[Ternana Calcio|Ternana]]
|[[A.S.D. Battipagliese|Battipagliese]]
|-
|[[1997–98 Serie C2|1997–98]]
|[[A.S. Varese 1910|Varese]]
|[[SPAL 1907|SPAL]]
|[[S.C. Marsala 1912|Marsala]]
|-
|[[1998–99 Serie C2|1998–99]]
|[[Pisa Calcio|Pisa]]
|[[A.S. Viterbese Calcio|Viterbese]]
|[[Calcio Catania|Catania]]
|-
|[[1999–2000 Serie C2|1999–2000]]
|[[Spezia Calcio 1906|Spezia]]
|[[Sassari Torres 1903|Torres]]
|[[F.C. Messina Peloro|Messina]]
|-
|[[2000–01 Serie C2|2000–01]]
|[[Calcio Padova|Padova]]
|[[S.S. Lanciano|Lanciano]]
|[[Taranto Sport|Taranto]]
|-
|[[2001–02 Serie C2|2001–02]]
|[[A.C. Prato|Prato]]
|[[Teramo Calcio|Teramo]]
|[[A.C. Martina|Martina]]
|-
|[[2002–03 Serie C2|2002–03]]
|[[A.C. Pavia|Pavia]]
|[[ACF Fiorentina|Florentia Viola]]
|[[U.S. Foggia|Foggia]]
|-
|[[2003–04 Serie C2|2003–04]]
|[[A.C. Mantova|Mantova]]
|[[U.S. Grosseto F.C.|Grosseto]]
|[[Frosinone Calcio|Frosinone]]
|-
|[[2004–05 Serie C2|2004–05]]
|[[A.C. Pro Sesto|Pro&nbsp;Sesto]]
|[[U.S. Massese 1919|Massese]]
|[[S.S. Manfredonia Calcio|Manfredonia]]
|-
|[[2005–06 Serie C2|2005–06]]
|[[S.S.C. Venezia|Venezia]]
|[[S.S. Cavese 1919|Cavese]]
|[[Gallipoli Calcio|Gallipoli]]
|-
|[[2006–07 Serie C2|2006–07]]
|[[A.C. Legnano|Legnano]]
|[[Foligno Calcio|Foligno]]
|[[Sorrento Calcio|Sorrento]]
|-
|[[2007–08 Serie C2|2007–08]]
|[[U.S. Pergocrema 1932|Pergocrema]]
|[[A.C. Reggiana 1919|Reggiana]]
|[[Benevento Calcio|Benevento]]
|-
|}

===Lega Pro Seconda Divisione===
====Seasons from 2008–09 to 2010–11====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
!Season
!Group A Winner
!Group A Playoff Winner
!Group B Winner
!Group B Playoff Winner
!Group C Winner
!Group C Playoff Winner
|-
!width=100|
!width=125|
!width=125|
!width=125|
!width=125|
!width=125|
!width=125|
|-
|[[2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione|2008–09]]
|[[A.S. Varese 1910|Varese]]
|[[Calcio Como|Como]]
|[[A.S.D. Giallo-Blu Figline|Figline]]
|[[Giulianova Calcio|Giulianova]]
|[[Cosenza Calcio 1914 (2008)|Cosenza]]
|[[A.S. Pescina Valle del Giovenco|Pescina V.d.G.]]
|-
|[[2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione|2009–10]]
|[[F.C. Südtirol|Südtirol]]
||[[Spezia Calcio|Spezia]]
|[[A.S. Lucchese Libertas 1905|Lucchese]]
|[[A.S. Gubbio 1910|Gubbio]]
|[[S.S. Juve Stabia|Juve Stabia]]
|[[Atletico Roma F.C.|Cisco Roma]]
|-
|[[2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione|2010–11]]
|[[S.S. Tritium 1908|Tritium]]
|[[FeralpiSalò]]
|[[Carpi FC 1909|Carpi]]
|[[Carrarese Calcio|Carrarese]]
|[[U.S. Latina Calcio|Latina]]
|[[Trapani Calcio|Trapani]]
|}

====Seasons from 2011–12 to 2013–14 season====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
!Season
!Group A Winner
!Group A Playoff Winner
!Group B Winner
!Group B Playoff Winner
|-
!width=100|
!width=125|
!width=125|
!width=125|
!width=125|
|-
|[[2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione|2011–12]]
|[[F.C. Treviso|Treviso]]
|[[A.C. Cuneo 1905|Cuneo]]
|[[A.C. Perugia Calcio|Perugia]]
|[[Paganese Calcio 1926|Paganese]]
|-
|[[2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione|2012–13]]
|[[Aurora Pro Patria 1919|Pro Patria]]
|[[F.B.C. Unione Venezia|Venezia]]
|[[U.S. Salernitana 1919|Salernitana]]
|[[L'Aquila Calcio 1927|L'Aquila]]
|-
|[[2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione|2013–14]]
|[[Bassano Virtus 55 S.T.|Bassano Virtus]]
|[[U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912|Alessandria]]
|[[A.C.R. Messina|Messina]]
|[[F.C. Casertana|Casertana]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Italian football league system]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.lega-pro.com}}

{{Lega Pro Seconda Divisione seasons}}
{{Football in Italy}}
{{UEFA fourth leagues}}

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