2021–22 Serie C

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The 2021–22 Serie C was the 63rd season of the Serie C, the third tier of the Italian football league system, organized by the Lega Pro.

Season2021–22
DatesRegular season:
28 August 2021 – 24 April 2022
Play-offs and play-outs:
1 May 2022 – 12 June 2022
PromotedSüdtirol
Modena
Bari
Palermo (via play-off)
RelegatedSeregno
Giana Erminio
Legnago
Teramo (excluded)
Pistoiese
Grosseto
Campobasso (excluded)
Paganese
Vibonese
Catania (excluded)
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Serie C
Season2021–22
DatesRegular season:
28 August 2021 – 24 April 2022
Play-offs and play-outs:
1 May 2022 – 12 June 2022
PromotedSüdtirol
Modena
Bari
Palermo (via play-off)
RelegatedSeregno
Giana Erminio
Legnago
Teramo (excluded)
Pistoiese
Grosseto
Campobasso (excluded)
Paganese
Vibonese
Catania (excluded)
Matches1,102[1]
Goals2,583 (2.34 per match)[2]
Top goalscorerMatteo Brunori
(25+4 goals)
Biggest home winFeralpisalò 6–0 Pergolettese
(27 November 2021)
Cesena 6–0 Carrarese
(14 April 2022)
Biggest away winPontedera 0–5 Ancona-Matelica
(22 January 2022)
Highest scoringPaganese 4–4 ACR Messina
(28 August 2021)
Campobasso 4–4 Catania
(6 November 2021)
Picerno 5–3 Paganese
(11 December 2021)
Virtus Francavilla 4–4 Campobasso
(3 April 2022)
Foggia 2–6 Catanzaro
(11 April 2022)
Longest winning runModena (9–20, 23–24)
(14 matches)[3]
Longest unbeaten runSüdtirol (1–28)
(28 matches)[4]
Longest winless runGiana Erminio (7–20, 23)
(15 matches)[4]
Longest losing runSiena (15–20)
(6 matches)[3]
Highest attendance35,037
Palermo 1–0 Feralpisalò
(29 May 2022)[5]
Lowest attendance80
Juventus U23 0–1 Giana Erminio
(29 September 2021)[5]
Total attendance2,027,508[5][6][7]
Average attendance1,711[5][6][7]
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Changes

The league is composed by 60 teams, divided into three different groups. On 31 May 2021, the league committee decreed the three groups would be split horizontally in geographical terms, from north to south.[8] The group composition was decided and formalized by the committee on 9 August.[9]

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:

Vacancies

On 6 July 2021, the Lega Pro football league announced Serie D Group A winners Gozzano had renounced on their promotion right, thus automatically creating a vacancy in the league.[17]

On 9 July 2021, the Co.Vi.So.C. rejected league application of Carpi, Casertana, Novara, Paganese and Sambenedettese.[18] All these clubs successively requested being admitted on appeal;[19] in case that is denied, they would still have the opportunity for a further appeal at the Italian National Olympic Committee level.[20] On 26 July 2021 the Italian National Olympic Committee admitted Paganese's reclaim.

Events

On 9 April 2022, Catania was excluded from the league with immediate effect due to financial issues, with only four games left for them to play till the end of the regular season; all of the club's results were subsequently expunged.[21]

Group A (North)

Stadia and locations

10 teams from Lombardy, 3 teams from Veneto, 2 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 2 teams from Piedmont, 2 teams from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and 1 team from Friuli -Venezia Giulia.

Location of teams in 2021–22 Serie C (Group A)
Location of teams in 2021–22 Serie C (Group A) (Lombardy)
More information Club, City ...
Club City Stadium Capacity
AlbinoLeffe Albino and Leffe AlbinoLeffe Stadium (Zanica)
Città di Gorgonzola[F] (Gorgonzola)		 1,791
3,766
Feralpisalò Salò and Lonato del Garda Lino Turina 2,364
Fiorenzuola Fiorenzuola d'Arda Comunale di Fiorenzuola d'Arda 4,000
Giana Erminio Gorgonzola Città di Gorgonzola 3,766
Juventus U23 Turin Giuseppe Moccagatta (Alessandria) 5,926
Lecco Lecco Rigamonti-Ceppi 4,997
Legnago Legnago Mario Sandrini 2,152
Mantova Mantua Danilo Martelli 14,884
Padova Padua Euganeo 32,420
Pergolettese Crema Giuseppe Voltini 4,095
Piacenza Piacenza Leonardo Garilli 21,668
Pro Patria Busto Arsizio Carlo Speroni 5,000
Pro Sesto Sesto San Giovanni Breda 4,501
Pro Vercelli Vercelli Silvio Piola 5,505
Renate Renate Città di Meda (Meda) 2,500
Seregno Seregno Ferruccio
Carlo Speroni[G] (Busto Arsizio)		 3,700
5,000
Südtirol Bolzano Druso 2,800
Trento Trento Briamasco
Lino Turina[G] (Salò)		 4,200
2,364
Triestina Trieste Nereo Rocco 26,500
Virtus Verona Verona Mario Gavagnin-Sinibaldo Nocini 1,500
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Südtirol (C, P) 38 27 9 2 49 9 +40 90 Promotion to Serie B.
Qualification for the Supercoppa di Serie C
2 Padova 38 25 10 3 60 26 +34 85 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Feralpisalò 38 20 9 9 56 29 +27 69
4 Renate 38 18 8 12 59 43 +16 62
5 Triestina 38 15 10 13 41 41 0 55[a]
6 Lecco 38 16 7 15 51 42 +9 55[a]
7 Pro Vercelli 38 14 13 11 41 40 +1 55[a]
8 Juventus U23 38 15 9 14 43 43 0 54
9 Piacenza 38 12 14 12 44 46 −2 50
10 Pergolettese[b] 38 12 11 15 42 55 −13 46
11 Pro Patria 38 10 15 13 38 45 −7 45[c]
12 AlbinoLeffe 38 10 15 13 42 43 −1 45[c]
13 Virtus Verona 38 9 18 11 35 38 −3 45[c]
14 Fiorenzuola 38 11 10 17 33 48 −15 43
15 Mantova 38 9 15 14 37 42 −5 42[d]
16 Trento (O) 38 9 15 14 31 36 −5 42[d] Qualification for the relegation play-outs
17 Pro Sesto (O) 38 8 14 16 33 46 −13 38
18 Seregno (R) 38 7 13 18 41 55 −14 34[e]
19 Giana Erminio (R) 38 6 16 16 25 41 −16 34[e]
20 Legnago (R) 38 7 9 22 32 65 −33 30 Relegation to Serie D
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Source: Lega Pro, Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Lower goals against; 7) Wins; 8) Lower losses; 9) Away wins; 10) Lower home losses.[23]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Triestina (5th placed) 9 points; Lecco 4 (-1); Pro Vercelli 4 (-2). (LEC-PVE 0-0; LEC-TRI 2-0; PVE-LEC 1-0; TRI-LEC 2-0; TRI-PVE 4-2; PVE-TRI 1-2). Lecco qualifies as sixth-placed due to higher head-to-head goal difference over Pro Vercelli.
  2. [b]
    1 point deducted due to financial irregularities.[22]
  3. [c]
    Pro Patria qualifies to playoffs due to head-to-head matches: Pro Patria 7; Albinoleffe 6; Virtus Verona 2. (ALB-VVE 0-0; VVE-PPA 0-2; VVE-ALB 0-0; PPA-VVE 1-0; ALB-PPA 1-1; PPA-ALB 1-2)
  4. [d]
    Mantova escapes relegation playoffs due to head-to-head advantage over Trento. (Trento-Mantova 2-2; Mantova-Trento 1-0)
  5. [e]
    Seregno placed above Giana Erminio due to head-to-head advantage (Seregno-Giana Erminio 2-0; Giana Erminio-Seregno 0-0).

Group B (Centre)

Stadia and locations

7 teams from Tuscany, 4 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 3 teams from Marche, 2 teams from Abruzzo, 1 team from Lazio, 1 team from Liguria, 1 team from Sardinia and 1 team from Umbria.

Location of teams in 2021–22 Serie C (Group B)
Location of teams in 2021–22 Serie C (Group B) (Tuscany)
More information Club, City ...
Club City Stadium Capacity
Ancona-Matelica Ancona Del Conero 23,976
Carrarese Carrara Dei Marmi 9,500
Cesena Cesena Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi 20,194
Fermana Fermo Bruno Recchioni 8,850
Grosseto Grosseto Carlo Zecchini 9,988
Gubbio Gubbio Pietro Barbetti 4,939
Imolese Imola Romeo Galli 4,000
Lucchese Lucca Porta Elisa 12,800
Modena Modena Alberto Braglia 21,151
Montevarchi Montevarchi Gastone Brilli Peri
Ettore Mannucci[H] (Pontedera)		 4,500
2,700
Olbia Olbia Bruno Nespoli 4,000
Pescara Pescara Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia 20,515
Pistoiese Pistoia Marcello Melani 13,195
Pontedera Pontedera Ettore Mannucci 2,700
Reggiana Reggio Emilia Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore 21,515
Siena Siena Artemio Franchi 15,373
Teramo Teramo Gaetano Bonolis 7,498
Virtus Entella Chiavari Comunale di Chiavari 5,587
Vis Pesaro Pesaro Tonino Benelli 4,898
Viterbese Viterbo Enrico Rocchi 5,460
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Modena (C, P) 38 27 7 4 69 25 +44 88 Promotion to Serie B.
Qualification for the Supercoppa di Serie C
2 Reggiana 38 25 11 2 72 26 +46 86 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Cesena 38 18 13 7 53 31 +22 67
4 Virtus Entella 38 19 8 11 62 40 +22 65[a]
5 Pescara 38 17 14 7 56 41 +15 65[a]
6 Ancona-Matelica 38 16 9 13 61 50 +11 57
7 Gubbio 38 12 16 10 53 44 +9 52
8 Lucchese 38 12 14 12 39 39 0 50
9 Olbia 38 11 13 14 44 47 −3 46
10 Carrarese 38 10 15 13 39 55 −16 45[b]
11 Vis Pesaro 38 11 12 15 35 56 −21 45[b]
12 Montevarchi 38 12 9 17 41 55 −14 45[b]
13 Siena 38 10 14 14 40 41 −1 44
14 Pontedera 38 11 10 17 38 56 −18 43
15 Teramo (D) 38 10 12 16 36 57 −21 42 Excluded
16 Viterbese (O) 38 8 15 15 44 51 −7 39 Qualification for the relegation play-outs
17 Imolese[c] (O) 38 8 13 17 42 56 −14 37
18 Pistoiese (R) 38 8 12 18 40 59 −19 36
19 Fermana 38 7 14 17 31 49 −18 35 Readmitted
20 Grosseto (R) 38 5 15 18 30 47 −17 30 Relegation to Serie D
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Source: Lega Pro, Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Lower goals against; 7) Wins; 8) Lower losses; 9) Away wins; 10) Lower home losses.[23]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Virtus Entella qualifies as fourth-placed due to goal difference, as head-to-head matches against Pescara ended in two draws (ENT-PES 2-2; PES-ENT 0-0).
  2. [b]
    Carrarese qualifies to playoffs as having achieved more points in head-to-head matches against Vis Pesaro and Montevarchi. Carrarese 6 points; Vis Pesaro 5; Montevarchi 3. (CAR-MON 2-2; VPE-CAR 0-0; MON-CAR 1-1; CAR-VPE 4-1; MON-VPE 1-1; VPE-MON 2-0)
  3. [c]
    Imolese were originally deducted 2 points due to irregularities in the club takeover.[24] The deduction was successively revoked on appeal.[25]

Group C (South)

Stadia and locations

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

Location of teams in 2021–22 Serie C (Group C)
Location of teams in 2021–22 Serie C (Group C) (South)
More information Club, City ...
Club City Stadium Capacity
ACR Messina Messina San Filippo-Franco Scoglio
Luigi Razza[G] (Vibo Valentia)		 38,722
6,000
Avellino Avellino Partenio-Adriano Lombardi 26,308
Bari Bari San Nicola 58,270
Campobasso Campobasso Nuovo Romagnoli 25,000
Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 20,016
Catanzaro Catanzaro Nicola Ceravolo 14,650
Fidelis Andria Andria Degli Ulivi 9,140
Foggia Foggia Pino Zaccheria 25,085
Juve Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Romeo Menti 7,642
Latina Latina Domenico Francioni 9,398
Monopoli Monopoli Vito Simone Veneziani 6,880
Monterosi Monterosi Enrico Rocchi (Viterbo) 5,460
Paganese Pagani Marcello Torre 5,093
Palermo Palermo Renzo Barbera 36,365
Picerno Picerno Donato Curcio
Alfredo Viviani[I] (Potenza)		 1,500
4,977
Potenza Potenza Alfredo Viviani 4,977
Taranto Taranto Erasmo Iacovone 26,884
Turris Torre del Greco Amerigo Liguori 3,566
Vibonese Vibo Valentia Luigi Razza 6,000
Virtus Francavilla Francavilla Fontana Giovanni Paolo II 2,137
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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bari (C, P) 36 22 9 5 52 26 +26 75 Promotion to Serie B.
Qualification for the Supercoppa di Serie C
2 Catanzaro 36 19 10 7 57 26 +31 67 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Palermo (O, P) 36 18 12 6 64 33 +31 66
4 Avellino 36 17 13 6 45 26 +19 64
5 Monopoli 36 17 8 11 38 31 +7 59
6 Virtus Francavilla 36 16 8 12 48 38 +10 56
7 Foggia[a] 36 13 15 8 62 51 +11 54
8 Turris 36 16 4 16 52 49 +3 52
9 Monterosi 36 13 12 11 40 38 +2 51
10 Picerno 36 14 8 14 41 45 −4 50
11 Juve Stabia[b] 36 13 12 11 44 36 +8 49
12 Latina 36 12 9 15 37 42 −5 45
13 Campobasso (D) 36 11 11 14 51 62 −11 44 Excluded
14 ACR Messina 36 10 9 17 40 57 −17 39[c]
15 Taranto 36 8 15 13 31 40 −9 39[c]
16 Potenza 36 8 13 15 37 51 −14 37
17 Fidelis Andria (O) 36 6 12 18 26 45 −19 30 Qualification for the relegation play-outs
18 Paganese (R) 36 6 8 22 36 69 −33 26
19 Vibonese[d] (R) 36 3 12 21 24 60 −36 21 Relegation to Serie D
20 Catania[e] (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Excluded
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Source: Lega Pro, Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Lower goals against; 7) Wins; 8) Lower losses; 9) Away wins; 10) Lower home losses.[23]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Foggia were deducted 2 points due to administrative irregularities in the club's ownership change procedure.[26] The point deduction was reversed on appeal on 22 April 2022.[27]
  2. [b]
    2 points deducted due to irregularities in the payment of the salaries.[28]
  3. [c]
    ACR Messina is 14th placed due to head-to-head advantage over Taranto: Taranto-ACR Messina 0-0; ACR Messina-Taranto 3-1.
  4. [d]
    Automatically relegated for having more than eight points of distance from 16th-placed team Potenza.
  5. [e]
    Excluded due to financial issues.[29] Before that, they were deducted 4 points due to unpaid salaries.[30][31]

Promotion play-offs

For rules, see Serie C § Promotion play-offs.

As Padova and Südtirol, respectively winners and runners-up of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia Serie C, concluded the season in the first two spots from Group A, an additional spot in the national phase of the playoffs will be handed to the fourth-placed team from Group A itself.

Due to the exclusion of Catania, points for teams from Group C will be multiplied by a fixed coefficient of 1.05555556 in order to determine the best-placed team among different groups in the playoff rounds.[32]

First round

Matches were played on 1 May 2022.

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lecco 0–2 Pro Patria
Pro Vercelli 0–0 Pergolettese
Juventus U23 0–0 Piacenza
Pescara 2–2 Carrarese
Ancona-Matelica 0–2 Olbia
Gubbio 1–0 Lucchese
Monopoli 1–1 Picerno
Virtus Francavilla 2–2 Monterosi
Foggia 2–0 Turris
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Second round

Matches were played on 4 May 2022.

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Triestina 2–1 Pro Patria
Pro Vercelli 0–1 Juventus U23
Virtus Entella 1–1 Olbia
Pescara 2–2 Gubbio
Avellino 1–2 Foggia
Monopoli 1–0 Virtus Francavilla
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Third round

The first legs were played on 8 May 2022 and the second legs were played on 12 May 2022.[33]

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pescara 4–5 Feralpisalò 3–3 1–2
Monopoli 4–2 Cesena 1–2 3–0
Triestina 2–3 Palermo 1–2 1–1
Juventus U23 2–1 Renate 1–1 1–0
Foggia 2–2 Virtus Entella 1–0 1–2
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Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 17 May 2022 and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 May 2022.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus U23 1–1 Padova 0–1 1–0
Feralpisalò 3–1 Reggiana 1–0 2–1
Monopoli 1–3 Catanzaro 1–2 0–1
Virtus Entella 3–4 Palermo 1–2 2–2
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Final Four

The semi-finals legs were played on 25 and 29 May 2022 and the final legs were played on 5 and 12 June 2022.

Semi-finals Final
          
2 Catanzaro 0 1 1
2 Padova 0 2 2
2 Padova 0 0 0
3 Palermo 1 1 2
3 Feralpisalò 0 0 0
3 Palermo 3 1 4

Palermo promoted to Serie B.

Relegation play-outs

For rules, see Serie C § Relegation play-outs.

The first legs were played on 7 May 2022 and the second legs were played on 14 and 15 May 2022.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Giana Erminio 2–4 Trento 2–3 0–1
Seregno 2–2 Pro Sesto 1–1 1–1
Fermana 1–2 Viterbese 1–0 0–2
Pistoiese 2–2 Imolese 2–1 0–1
Paganese 1–1 Fidelis Andria 1–0 0–1
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Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[34][35][36]
1 Italy Matteo Brunori1 Palermo 29
2 Italy Luca Moro Catania 21
3 Italy Alex Rolfini Ancona-Matelica 18
Italy Luca Zamparo Reggiana
5 Italy Mirco Antenucci Bari 17
Argentina Franco Ferrari Pescara
Italy Vito Leonetti Turris
8 Italy Simone Magnaghi Pontedera 16
Italy Tommy Maistrello Renate
10 Italy Alessio Curcio2 Foggia 15
Italy Alexis Ferrante
Italy Eric Lanini Reggiana
Italy Jacopo Manconi AlbinoLeffe
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Note

1 Player scored 4 goals in the play-offs.
2 Player scored 2 goals in the play-offs.

Notes

  1. [A]
    Club admitted to Serie D via Article 52 of N.O.I.F.
  2. [B]
    Club admitted to Eccellenza Tuscany via Article 52 of N.O.I.F.
  3. [C]
    Club admitted to Serie D via Article 52 of N.O.I.F.
  4. [D]
    Club admitted to Serie D by the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio
  5. [E]
    Succeeded by Serie D club Dattilo, which was renamed to FC Trapani 1905 and acquired the original club logo
  6. [F]
    Until matchday 19.
  7. [G]
    Until matchday 3.
  8. [H]
    Until matchday 23.
  9. [I]
    Until matchday 6.

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