2016–17 Lega Pro

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The 2016–17 Lega Pro Divisione Unica was the third season of the unified Lega Pro division, the third highest division in the Italian football league system. The championship name, which is Divisione Unica according to the FIGC regulations, is nevertheless referred to as Lega Pro in official documents.[4] The season marked the final year that the division would carry the Lega Pro name as it was changed back to Serie C for the 2017–18 season.

Season2016–17
Dates27 August 2016 – 17 June 2017
ChampionsCremonese
Venezia
Foggia
Parma (playoffs)
RelegatedComo (excluded)
Tuttocuoio
Lupa Roma
Racing Roma
Macerata (excluded)
Mantova (excluded)
Forlì
Lumezzane
Ancona
Messina (excluded)
Vibonese
Melfi
Taranto
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Lega Pro
Season2016–17
Dates27 August 2016 – 17 June 2017
ChampionsCremonese
Venezia
Foggia
Parma (playoffs)
RelegatedComo (excluded)
Tuttocuoio
Lupa Roma
Racing Roma
Macerata (excluded)
Mantova (excluded)
Forlì
Lumezzane
Ancona
Messina (excluded)
Vibonese
Melfi
Taranto
Matches1,191
Goals2,761 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerLeonardo Mancuso
(25 goals)
Biggest home winMatera 6–0 Melfi
(17 December 2016)
Pordenone 6–0 Bassano
(27 February 2017)
Carrarese 6–0 Racing Roma
(11 March 2017)
Teramo 6–0 Gubbio
(19 March 2017)
Biggest away winRacing Roma 0–4 Siena
(9 October 2016)
Reggina 2–6 Matera
(23 October 2016)
Gubbio 1–5 Teramo
(29 October 2016)
Pontedera 0–4 Cremonese
(6 November 2016)
Carrarese 0–4 Giana Eminio
(23 December 2016)
Melfi 0–4 Paganese
(25 February 2017)
Matera 0–4 Siracusa
(25 February 2017)
Monopoli 2–6 Cosenza
(5 April 2017)
Taranto 0–4 Paganese
(19 April 2017)
Highest scoringPordenone 7–2 Lumezzane
(25 March 2017)
Longest winning runFoggia
(10 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAlessandria
(20 matches)
Longest winless runMonopoli
(15 matches)
Longest losing runMelfi
(11 matches)
Highest attendance17,358
Reggiana 0–2 Parma
(19 December 2016)[1]
Lowest attendance95
Racing Roma 1–0 Prato
(4 September 2016)[2]
Total attendance2,860,673[2][1][3]
Average attendance2,412[2][1][3]
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Teams

A total of 60 teams contest the league. Clubs include 4 sides relegated from the 2015–16 Serie B season, 41 sides playing the 2015–16 Lega Pro season, and 9 sides promoted from the 2015–16 Serie D season. Also, six teams are chosen to play in the league to increase the number of teams to 60.

On 1 July 2016, 54 teams mathematically qualified to the new season. However, Martina Franca and Sporting Bellinzago did not submit their application for a licence.[5] On 6 July also Virtus Lanciano did not meet the requirements to apply.[6] On 16 July Pavia and Rimini did not submit an appeal against Covisoc's exclusion.[7] On 19 July Paganese's appeal of exclusion was rejected by Covisod.[8] However, on 3 August Paganese was readmitted to the league by TAR's decision.[9] On 4 August the Federal Council selected ten teams in order to fill the vacancies created: Fano (as a replacement for Sporting Bellizango), Fondi, Forlì, Lupa Roma, Melfi, Olbia, Racing Roma, Reggina, Taranto and Vibonese.[10] On 10 August Albinoleffe was the last team to benefit from the repechage.

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A (North & Central West)

9 teams from Tuscany, 4 teams from Lombardy, 3 teams from Lazio, 2 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 1 team from Piedmont and 1 team from Sardinia

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Club City Stadium Capacity
Alessandria Alessandria Giuseppe Moccagatta 5,827
Arezzo Arezzo Città di Arezzo 13,128
Carrarese Carrara Dei Marmi 15,000
Cremonese Cremona Giovanni Zini 20,641
Como Como Giuseppe Sinigaglia 13,602
Giana Erminio Gorgonzola Città di Gorgonzola 3,766
Livorno Livorno Armando Picchi 19,238
Lucchese Lucca Porta Elisa 7,386
Lupa Roma Rome Olindo Galli (Tivoli) 3,500
Olbia Olbia Bruno Nespoli 3,200
Piacenza Piacenza Leonardo Garilli 21,668
Pistoiese Pistoia Marcello Melani 13,195
Pontedera Pontedera Ettore Mannucci 5,000
Prato Prato Lungobisenzio 6,750
Pro Piacenza Piacenza Leonardo Garilli 21,668
Racing Roma Rome Casal del Marmo 2,500
Renate Renate Città di Meda (Meda) 3,000
Robur Siena Siena Montepaschi Arena 15,373
Tuttocuoio San Miniato Ettore Mannucci (Pontedera) 5,000
Viterbese Viterbo Enrico Rocchi 5,500
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Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group A) 2016–17
Location of teams in 2016–17 Serie C (Group A) (Tuscany)

Group B (North & Central East)

5 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 4 teams from Lombardy, 4 teams from Marche, 3 teams from Veneto, 1 team from Abruzzo, 1 team from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 team from Trentino-Alto Adige and 1 team from Umbria

Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group B) 2016–17
Location of teams in 2016–17 Serie C (Group B) (Emilia-Romagna)
Location of teams in 2016–17 Serie C (Group B) (Lombardy)
More information Club, City ...
Club City Stadium Capacity
AlbinoLeffe Albino and Leffe Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (Bergamo) 26,542
Ancona Ancona del Conero 23,983
Bassano Virtus Bassano del Grappa Rino Mercante 2,952
Fano Fano Raffaele Mancini 8,800
FeralpiSalò Salò Lino Turina 2,500
Forlì Forlì Tullo Morgagni 3,466
Gubbio Gubbio Pietro Barbetti 5,300
Lumezzane Lumezzane Nuovo Comunale 4,150
Maceratese Macerata Helvia Recina 5,846
Mantova Mantua Danilo Martelli 14,884
Modena Modena Alberto Braglia 21,151
Padova Padua Euganeo 19,740
Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 27,906
Pordenone Pordenone Ottavio Bottecchia 3,000
Reggiana Reggio Emilia Città del Tricolore 20,084
Sambenedettese San Benedetto del Tronto Riviera delle Palme 14,995
Santarcangelo Santarcangelo di Romagna Valentino Mazzola 3,000
Südtirol Bolzano Druso 3,500
Teramo Teramo Gaetano Bonolis 7,498
Venezia Venice Pier Luigi Penzo 7,450
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Group C (South)

6 teams from Apulia, 4 teams from Calabria, 4 teams from Sicily, 3 teams from Campania, 2 teams from Basilicata and 1 team from Lazio

Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group C) 2016–17
Location of teams in 2016–17 Serie C (Group C) (Campania)
Location of teams in 2016–17 Serie C (Group C) (Apulia)
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Club City Stadium Capacity
Akragas Agrigento Esseneto 15,000
Casertana Caserta Alberto Pinto 12,000
Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 20,266
Catanzaro Catanzaro Nicola Ceravolo 14,650
Cosenza Cosenza San Vito 24,479
Fidelis Andria Andria Degli Ulivi 9,140
Foggia Foggia Pino Zaccheria 25,000
Fondi Fondi Domenico Purificato 2,500
Juve Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Romeo Menti 7,642
Lecce Lecce Via del Mare 33,876
Matera Matera Franco Salerno 8,500
Melfi Melfi Arturo Valerio 4,100
Messina Messina San Filippo 37,895
Monopoli Monopoli Vito Simone Veneziani 6,880
Paganese Pagani Marcello Torre 5,900
Reggina Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo 27,454
Siracusa Siracusa Nicola De Simone 6,870
Taranto Taranto Erasmo Iacovone 27,584
Vibonese Vibo Valentia Luigi Razza 6,000
Virtus Francavilla Francavilla Fontana Giovanni Paolo II 5,000
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League Tables

Group A (North & Central West)

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cremonese (P) 38 24 6 8 68 40 +28 78 Promotion to Serie B
2 Alessandria 38 23 9 6 64 33 +31 78 Qualification to the promotion play-offs#second round
3 Livorno 38 19 12 7 51 30 +21 69 Qualification to the promotion play-offs#first round
4 Arezzo 38 18 11 9 50 38 +12 65
5 Giana Erminio 38 17 12 9 56 43 +13 63
6 Piacenza 38 17 10 11 56 41 +15 61
7 Como[a] (E, R) 38 15 14 9 55 49 +6 59 Phoenix in Serie D
8 Viterbese 38 14 12 12 43 42 +1 54 Qualification to the promotion play-offs#first round
9 Lucchese[b] 38 13 14 11 47 39 +8 51
10 Renate 38 12 15 11 36 36 0 51
11 Pro Piacenza 38 15 6 17 40 42 −2 51
12 Siena 38 13 6 19 45 49 −4 45
13 Pistoiese[c] 38 10 14 14 42 43 −1 43
14 Pontedera 38 9 16 13 38 50 −12 43
15 Olbia 38 12 6 20 43 59 −16 42
16 Carrarese 38 10 9 19 44 54 −10 39 Qualification to the relegation play-outs
17 Prato 38 11 6 21 35 59 −24 39
18 Tuttocuoio (R) 38 9 11 18 37 53 −16 38
19 Lupa Roma (R) 38 7 12 19 28 48 −20 33
20 Racing Roma (R) 38 7 9 22 38 68 −30 30 Relegation to Serie D
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Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2017. Source: Soccerway
(E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Following the acquisition of the club by F.C. Como S.r.l., a company owned by Akosua Puni Essien, which purchased the club from the bankrupt Calcio Como S.r.l., Essien failed to either settle the club's debts or post a surety by the 28 June 2017 deadline.[11] Consequently, FIGC revoked the membership of Calcio Como S.r.l. and rejected the application by F.C. Como S.r.l. to have the club's sporting title attributed to it,[12] and Lega Pro expelled the club.[13]
  2. [b]
    Lucchese was deducted 2 points for financial reasons.[14] [15]
  3. [c]
    Pistoiese was deducted 1 point in relation to Dirty Soccer 3 case.[16]

Group B (North & Central East)

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Venezia (P) 38 23 11 4 56 29 +27 80 Promotion to Serie B
2 Parma (O, P) 38 20 10 8 55 36 +19 70 Qualification to the promotion play-offs#second round
3 Pordenone 38 19 9 10 68 42 +26 66 Qualification to the promotion play-offs#first round
4 Padova 38 19 9 10 50 31 +19 66
5 Reggiana 38 16 11 11 43 36 +7 59
6 Gubbio 38 17 7 14 44 49 −5 58
7 Sambenedettese 38 15 11 12 53 47 +6 56
8 FeralpiSalò 38 15 8 15 47 45 +2 53
9 Albinoleffe 38 12 16 10 38 34 +4 52
10 Bassano Virtus 38 13 12 13 48 52 −4 51
11 Santarcangelo[a] 38 13 13 12 44 39 +5 50
12 Südtirol 38 12 11 15 33 40 −7 47
13 Maceratese[b] (E, R, R, R) 38 12 14 12 36 40 −4 45 Claiming club in Promozione
14 Modena 38 11 11 16 31 35 −4 44
15 Mantova[c] (E, R) 38 10 11 17 37 50 −13 41 Phoenix in Serie D
16 Teramo 38 9 13 16 39 43 −4 40 Qualification to the relegation play-outs
17 Fano 38 9 12 17 32 42 −10 39
18 Forlì (R) 38 8 13 17 32 55 −23 37
19 Lumezzane (R) 38 7 13 18 26 44 −18 34
20 Ancona[d] (R) 38 7 11 20 28 47 −19 31 Relegation to Serie D
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Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2017. Source: Lega Pro
(E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Santarcangelo was deducted 2 points in relation to Dirty Soccer 3 case.[16]
  2. [b]
    Maceratese was deducted 3 points for financial reasons and additional 2 points for administrative reasons.[14][17] Maceratese failed to submit its surety by the 5 July 2017 deadline[18] and were expelled by Lega Pro.[19]
  3. [c]
    Mantova failed to submit its surety by the 5 July 2017 deadline[18] and were expelled by Lega Pro.[19]
  4. [d]
    Ancona was deducted 1 point for administrative reasons.[17]

Group C (South)

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Foggia (C, P) 38 25 10 3 70 29 +41 85 Promotion to Serie B
2 Lecce 38 21 11 6 62 36 +26 74 Qualification to the promotion play-offs#second round
3 Matera 38 18 11 9 71 44 +27 65
4 Juve Stabia 38 18 10 10 65 43 +22 64 Qualification to the promotion play-offs#first round
5 Virtus Francavilla 38 16 9 13 47 45 +2 57
6 Siracusa 38 16 9 13 47 43 +4 57
7 Cosenza 38 15 10 13 57 46 +11 55
8 Paganese[a] 38 14 9 15 51 45 +6 50
9 Casertana[b] 38 13 12 13 38 42 −4 49
10 Fondi[c] 38 11 17 10 49 46 +3 49
11 Catania[d] 38 14 12 12 40 36 +4 47
12 Fidelis Andria 38 10 17 11 30 33 −3 47
13 Reggina 38 10 15 13 44 54 −10 45
14 Messina[e] (E, R) 38 12 10 16 38 52 −14 44 Phoenix in Serie D
15 Monopoli 38 9 15 14 42 54 −12 42
16 Akragas 38 9 12 17 30 47 −17 39 Qualification to the relegation play-outs
17 Vibonese (R) 38 9 12 17 27 46 −19 39
18 Catanzaro 38 9 11 18 36 49 −13 38
19 Melfi[f] (R) 38 9 8 21 38 68 −30 34
20 Taranto (R) 38 6 12 20 25 49 −24 30 Relegation to Serie D
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Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2017. Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Paganese was deducted 1 point in relation to Dirty Soccer 3 case.[16]
  2. [b]
    Casertana was deducted 2 points for financial reasons.[14]
  3. [c]
    Fondi was deducted 1 point for financial reasons.[20]
  4. [d]
    Catania was deducted 7 points for late payments.[21][22]
  5. [e]
    Messina was deducted 2 points for administrative failures.[23] Messina failed to submit its surety by the 5 July 2017 deadline[24] and were expelled by Lega Pro.[25]
  6. [f]
    Melfi was deducted 1 point for misrepresentation.[22]

Promotion play-offs

First round

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Gubbio 2–3 Sambenedettese
Arezzo 1-2 Lucchese
Padova 1–3 Albinoleffe
Juve Stabia1 0–0 Catania
Livorno 2–1 Renate
Giana Erminio1 2–2 Viterbese
Reggiana1 2–2 FeralpiSalò
Virtus Francavilla1 0–0 Fondi
Piacenza 2–1 Como
Pordenone 2–0 Bassano Virtus
Siracusa 0–2 Casertana
Cosenza 2–0 Paganese
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1 Won by higher placed finish.

Second round

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Giana Erminio 3–4 Pordenone 2–1 1–3
Reggiana 2–1 Juve Stabia 2–1 0–0
Virtus Francavilla 0–0 Livorno1 0–0 0–0
Lucchese 1–0 Albinoleffe 1–0 0–0
Casertana 2–4 Alessandria 1–1 1–3
Sambenedettese 1–1 Lecce1 1–1 0–0
Piacenza 0–2 Parma 0–0 0–2
Cosenza 3–2 Matera 2–1 1–1
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1 Won by higher placed finish.

Final Eight

Quarterfinals on 31 May and 4 June 2017, semifinals on 13 and 14 June 2017, final on 17 June 2017.[26]
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Parma224
 
 
 
Lucchese11 2
 
Parma2
 
 
 
Pordenone1
 
Pordenone101
 
 
 
Cosenza00 0
 
Parma2
 
 
 
Alessandria0
 
Lecce101
 
 
 
Alessandria (a)10 1
 
Alessandria2
 
 
 
Reggiana1
 
Livorno123
 
 
Reggiana22 4
 

Relegation play-outs

Play-outs on 21 and 28 May 2017, loser on aggregate is relegated. Higher placed team plays at home for second leg. If tied on aggregate, lower-placed team is relegated.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lupa Roma 0–2 Carrarese 0–1 0–1
Tuttocuoio 2–2 Prato 2–2 0–0
Lumezzane 1–1 Teramo 1–1 0–0
Forlì 1–3 Fano 1–1 0–2
Melfi 1–1 Akragas 0–0 1–1
Catanzaro 4–3 Vibonese 3–2 1–1
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Top goalscorers

As of 17 June 2017[27][28][29]
More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Leonardo Mancuso3 Sambenedettese 25
2 Argentina Pablo González2 Alessandria 22
3 Italy Riccardo Bocalon1 21
Italy Fabio Mazzeo Foggia
5 Morocco Rachid Arma1 Pordenone 18
Italy Salvatore Bruno1 Giana Erminio
Italy Salvatore Caturano1 Lecce
8 Italy Emanuele Calaiò2 Parma 17
Italy Claudio de Sousa Racing Roma
Italy Davide Moscardelli1 Arezzo
Italy Maikol Negro1 Matera
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Note

1Player scored 1 goal in the play-offs.
2Player scored 2 goals in the play-offs.
3Player scored 3 goals in the play-offs.

Supercup

2017 Cremonese 1–2 Venezia Stadio Giovanni Zini, Cremona
Foggia 3–1 Cremonese Stadio Pino Zaccheria, Foggia
Venezia 2–4 Foggia Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo, Venice
Foggia (group C) won with 6 points at the top of the group

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