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season was the thirty-third
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league season of
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Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Serie C2 was the fourth highest 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 ...
since its establishment in 1978, and the third since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into two phases: the
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, and the playoff phase. The league is usually composed of 54 teams divided into three divisions of 18 teams each. This year, only 49 teams met the financial criteria of the league. They will be divided geographically into three divisions of 17, 16 and 16 teams. Teams will play only other teams in their own division, once at home and once away. The 17-team division teams will play 32 matches each, while the 16-team division teams will play 30 matches each. Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division will be promoted to
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. Usually, three teams from each division are relegated to
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; the team finishing last and two relegation playoff losers. In order for the league's team total to rise to the normal 54 teams for the 2011–12 season, fewer teams will be relegated this year. * In the group A of 17 teams will be relegated the 17th and the 16th, if the 15th place is more of 5 points ahead of this; otherwise the relegation playout loser between 15th and 16th place. * In the group B and C of 16 teams, will be relegated the 16th, if the 15th place is more of 5 points ahead of this; otherwise the relegation playout loser between 15th and 16th place, with only one team being relegated from each of those divisions. In all, six teams will be promoted to
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, and four teams will be relegated to
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.


Events


Start of season

Given a normal season where there are no team failures and special promotions, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione would feature 6 teams that had been relegated from
Lega Pro Prima Divisione Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into ...
, 9 teams that had been promoted from
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, and 39 teams had played in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione the year before. Due to twenty-one bankruptcies and non-admissions in the Serie B (one vacancy), Lega Pro Prima Divisione (seven vacancies) and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (thirteen vacancies) the 2010–11 season was to feature only 3 teams that played in 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, 20 teams that played in 2009-10 Serie D, 1 team that played in
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and 25 teams that played in
2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-second football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the second since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into tw ...
. The league admitted sixteen teams to fill vacancies created. These teams are: *
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(formerly P.B. Vercelli): P.B. Vercelli finished 17th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A and was originally relegated for losing in the play out, while the ex Pro Vercelli finished 10th. * Bellaria Igea which finished 16th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B, originally relegated for losing in the playoffs. *
Carrarese Carrarese Calcio 1908, commonly referred to as Carrarese, is an Italian football club based in Carrara, Tuscany. The team plays in Serie B, second tier of Italian football, after promotion from Serie C in 2023–24. History The club was foun ...
which finished 18th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B, originally relegated for finishing at last place. *
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which finished 2nd in Serie D 2009-10 Girone A * Casale which finished 3rd in Serie D 2009-10 Girone A * Renate which finished 5th in Serie D 2009-10 Girone B * Carpi which finished 2nd in Serie D 2009-10 Girone D *
L'Aquila L'Aquila ( ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of the Province of L'Aquila and the Abruzzo region in Italy. , it has a population of 69,902. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the A ...
which finished 4th in Serie D 2009-10 Girone F *
Campobasso Campobasso (, ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sannio and Matese mountains. Campobas ...
which finished 10th in Serie D 2009-10 Girone F *
Pomezia Pomezia () is a municipality (''comune'') in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, central Italy. In 2009 it had a population of about 60,000. History The town was built entirely new near the location of ancient Lavinium on land resultin ...
which finished 3rd in Serie D 2009-10 Girone G * Latina which finished 9th in Serie D 2009-10 Girone G *
Matera Matera (, ; Neapolitan language, Materano: ) is a city and the capital of the Province of Matera in the regions of Italy, region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. With a history of continuous occupation dating back to the Palaeolithic (10th mi ...
which finished 9th in Serie D 2009-10 Girone H *
Trapani Trapani ( ; ; ) is a city and municipality (''comune'') with 54,887 inhabitants, on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an important fishing port and the mai ...
which finished 2nd in Serie D 2009-10 Girone I *
Vigor Lamezia Vigor Lamezia is an Football in Italy, Italian association football club, based in Lamezia Terme, Calabria. Vigor Lamezia currently plays in Eccellenza, the fifth level of the Italian football league system. History The club was founded in 19 ...
which finished 4th in Serie D 2009-10 Girone I *
Avellino Avellino () is a city and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...
which finished 5th in Serie D 2009-10 Girone I * Sanremese which finished 1st in Eccellenza Liguria 2009-10 Five vacancies remained because no other teams filled for the spots.


Teams


Girone A


Girone B


Girone C


League table


Girone A


Girone B


Girone C


Promotion Playoffs


Girone A

:''Semifinals'' :''First legs scheduled May 22, 2011; return legs scheduled May 29, 2011'' :''Final'' :''First leg scheduled June 5, 2011; return leg scheduled June 12, 2011'' FeralpiSalò promoted to
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Girone B

:''Semifinals'' :''First legs scheduled May 22, 2011; return legs scheduled May 29, 2011'' ''Qualified to the final the teams best placed in the league table'' :''Final'' :''First leg scheduled June 5, 2011; return leg scheduled June 12, 2011'' Carrarese promoted to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into ...


Girone C

:''Semifinals'' :''First legs scheduled May 22, 2011; return legs scheduled May 29, 2011'' :''Final'' :''First leg scheduled June 5, 2011; return leg scheduled June 12, 2011'' Trapani promoted to
Lega Pro Prima Divisione Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into ...


Relegation Playoffs

Girone A :''First leg scheduled May 22, 2011; return leg scheduled May 29, 2011'' Sacilese relegated to
Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...
Girone B :''Playoff not played.'' Villacidrese relegated directly to
Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...
. Girone C :''Playoff not played.''
Pomezia Pomezia () is a municipality (''comune'') in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, central Italy. In 2009 it had a population of about 60,000. History The town was built entirely new near the location of ancient Lavinium on land resultin ...
relegated to
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by the Corte di Giustizia Federale of FIGC.


References

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