The 2008–09
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...
season was the thirty-first
football (soccer) league season of
Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...
since its establishment in 1978, and the first since the renaming from Serie C2 to Lega Pro.
It was divided into two phases: the
regular season, played from September 2008 to May 2009, and the playoff phase from May to June 2009.
It was composed of 54 teams divided into three divisions of 18 teams each, whose teams were divided geographically. Teams only played other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 34 matches each.
Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division were relegated to
Serie D. In all, six teams were promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and nine teams were relegated to Serie D.
Events
Start of season
The league was to feature six teams relegated from
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...
in
2007–08;
Lecco,
Manfredonia,
Pro Patria,
Lanciano
Lanciano (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Langiàne ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 36,304 inhabitants as of 2011. The town is known for the first recorded Catholic Eucharistic ...
,
Martina, and
Sangiovannese
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Sangiovannese 1927 (formerly ''Associazione Calcio Sangiovannese 1927'') is an Italian association football club based in San Giovanni Valdarno, Tuscany. They currently play in Serie D.
History
Sangiov ...
. Four vacancies were created with the re-admission of Pro Patria, Lanciano, and Lecco to Lega Pro Prima Divisione in 2008-09, and the non-admission of
Martina.
[ ]
It featured nine teams promoted from
2007–08 Serie D;
Alessandria
Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin.
Alessandria ...
,
Aversa Normanna
A.S.D. Real Aversa 1925 (usually referred to as Real Aversa Normanna ) is an Italian association football club located in Aversa, Campania. Currently it plays in Eccellenza.
History
The club was founded in 1925.
In the 2007–08 Serie D seas ...
,
Como,
Figline,
Fortitudo Cosenza,
Giacomense,
Isola Liri
Associazione Calcio Isola Liri is an Italian association football club located in Isola del Liri, Lazio. It currently plays in Serie D.
History
The club was founded on 1925.
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
On 30 March 2008 Isola Liri mathemati ...
,
Itala San Marco, and
Sangiustese.
The remaining 39 teams were to come from the group of teams that played in
2007–08 Serie C2
The 2007–08 Serie C2 season was the thirtieth football (soccer) league season of Italian Serie C2 since its establishment in 1978 . It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phas ...
that were neither relegated nor promoted. Of those,
Nuorese (9th in Girone A),
Sassari Torres (13th in Girone A),
Teramo (8th in Girone B), and
Castelnuovo (15th in Girone B) were banned or failed to register, creating four more vacancies. A fifth vacancy from this group was created when
SPAL, which lost in last year's promotional play-offs, was admitted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione anyway to fill a vacancy.
In all, nine vacancies were created. They were filled as follows:
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Sambonifacese -
Serie D Playoff winner (Serie D/C 3rd)
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Colligiana -
Serie D Playoff runner-up (Serie D/E 2nd)
*
Montichiari -
Serie D Playoff semi-finalist (Serie D/D - 2nd)
*
Alghero -
Serie D Playoff semi-finalist (Serie D/G - 4th)
*
Barletta -
Serie D best second-placed team in group phase of playoffs (Serie D/H - 2nd)
*
Rovigo - a loser in
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...
/B play-outs and originally destined to play in Serie D
*
Andria
Andria (; Barese: ) is a city and ''comune'' in Apulia ( southern Italy). It is an agricultural and service center, producing wine, olives and almonds. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the Apulia region (behind Bari, Taranto, and Fogg ...
- a loser in
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...
/C play-outs and originally destined to play in Serie D
*
Val di Sangro
Atessa Val di Sangro A.S.D. 2012 is an Italian association football club from Atessa, Abruzzo. It currently plays only in the youth sector: the main team is that of ''Allievi Regionali Abruzzo'' in the group B.
History
The former Atessa Val ...
- a loser in
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...
/C play-outs and originally destined to play in Serie D
*
Pizzighettone - which finished last in
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...
/A and originally destined to play in Serie D
Considering all changes, the final team list includes only 2 teams that played in
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...
last year, 38 teams that played in
Serie C2
Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...
, and 14 teams that played in
Serie D.
Promotions
Two of the three division champions were playing in
Serie D in 2007–08.
Figline and
Cosenza
Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...
won direct promotion to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione for the 2009–10 season by winning Girone B and Girone C respectively. The year before they had been division champions in their respective Serie D divisions, and have thus both been promoted twice in consecutive years.
Varese won direct promotion by winning Girone A. Varese played in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/C2 for three years after winning promotion from
Serie D in the 2005–06 season.
Relegations
Teams
On August 14, 2008 the following clubs were confirmed to be competing in the division:
Girone A
Girone B
Girone C
League tables
Girone A
Girone B
Girone C
Promotion and relegation playoffs
Girone A
Promotion
:''Promotion playoff semifinals''
:''First legs played May 31, 2009; return legs played June 7, 2009''
:''Promotion playoff finals''
:''First leg played June 14, 2009; return leg played June 21, 2009''
:''Como promoted to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione''
Relegation
:''Relegation playoffs''
:''First legs played May 31, 2009; return legs played June 7, 2009''
:''Montichiari and Valenzana relegated to
Serie D''
Girone B
Promotion
:''Promotion playoff semifinals''
:''First legs played May 31, 2009; return legs played June 7, 2009''
:''Promotion playoff finals''
:''First leg played June 14, 2009; return leg played June 21, 2009''
:''Giulianova promoted to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione''
Relegation
:''Relegation playoffs''
:''First legs played May 31, 2009; return legs played June 7, 2009''
:''Cuoiocappiano and Poggibonsi relegated to
Serie D''
Girone C
Promotion
:''Promotion playoff semifinals''
:''First legs played May 31, 2009; return legs played June 7, 2009''
:''Promotion playoff finals''
:''First leg played June 14, 2009; return leg played June 21, 2009''
:''Pescina V.d.G. promoted to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione''
Relegation
:''Relegation playoffs''
:''First legs played May 31, 2009; return legs played June 7, 2009''
:''Isola Liri and Val di Sangro relegated to
Serie D''
References
External links
Lega Pro Official Website
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