2021–22 Serie C

Serie C 2021–22
Season information
Dates	Regular season: 28 August 2021 – 24 April 2022
Promoted	Südtirol Modena Bari Palermo (via play-off)
Relegated	Seregno Giana Erminio Legnago Pistoiese Fermana Grosseto Paganese Vibonese Catania (excluded)
Season statistics
Matches played	1,102
Goals scored	2,583 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Matteo Brunori (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Feralpisalò 6–0 Pergolettese (27 November 2021) Cesena 6–0 Carrarese (14 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Pontedera 0–5 Ancona-Matelica (22 January 2022)
Highest scoring	Paganese 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)
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The 2021–22 Serie C is the eighth season of the unified Serie C division, the third tier of the Italian football league system.

Changes

The league composed of 60 teams, divided into three different groups. The group composition will be decided and formalized by the Serie C league committee between July and August. On 31 May 2021, the league committee decreed the three groups will be split horizontally in geographical terms, from North to South.

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

To Serie C Relegated from Serie B Reggiana Pescara Virtus Entella Promoted from Serie D Seregno (Group B winners) Trento (Group C winners) Fiorenzuola (Group D winners) Montevarchi (Group E winners) Campobasso (Group F winners) Monterosi (Group G winners) Taranto (Group H winners) ACR Messina (Group I winners) Picerno (Group H play-off winners, admitted) Fidelis Andria (Group H 3rd place, repechage) Latina (Group G runners-up, repechage) Siena (Group E 5th place, repechage)

From Serie C Promoted to Serie B Como (Group A winners) Perugia (Group B winners) Ternana (Group C winners) Alessandria (play-off winners) Relegated to Serie D Novara (excluded) Livorno (subsequently disbanded) Sambenedettese (excluded) Carpi (excluded) Fano Ravenna Arezzo Casertana (excluded) Bisceglie Cavese Trapani (excluded and subsequently disbanded)

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.

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

Group A (North)

Stadia and locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
AlbinoLeffe	Albino and Leffe	Città di Gorgonzola (Gorgonzola)	&0000000000003766.0000003,766
FeralpiSalò	Salò and Lonato del Garda	Lino Turina	&0000000000002364.0000002,364
Fiorenzuola	Fiorenzuola d'Arda	Comunale di Fiorenzuola d'Arda	&0000000000004000.0000004,000
Giana Erminio	Gorgonzola	Città di Gorgonzola	&0000000000003766.0000003,766
Juventus U23	Turin	Giuseppe Moccagatta (Alessandria)	&0000000000005926.0000005,926
Lecco	Lecco	Rigamonti-Ceppi	&0000000000004997.0000004,997
Legnago	Legnago	Mario Sandrini	&0000000000002152.0000002,152
Mantova	Mantua	Danilo Martelli	&0000000000014884.00000014,884
Padova	Padua	Euganeo	&0000000000032420.00000032,420
Pergolettese	Crema	Giuseppe Voltini	&0000000000004095.0000004,095
Piacenza	Piacenza	Leonardo Garilli	&0000000000021668.00000021,668
Pro Patria	Busto Arsizio	Carlo Speroni	&0000000000005000.0000005,000
Pro Sesto	Sesto San Giovanni	Breda	&0000000000004501.0000004,501
Pro Vercelli	Vercelli	Silvio Piola	&0000000000005505.0000005,505
Renate	Renate	Città di Meda (Meda)	&0000000000002500.0000002,500
Seregno	Seregno	Ferruccio Carlo Speroni (Busto Arsizio)	&0000000000003700.0000003,700 &0000000000005000.0000005,000
Südtirol	Bolzano	Druso	&0000000000002800.0000002,800
Trento	Trento	Briamasco Lino Turina (Salò)	&0000000000004200.0000004,200 &0000000000002364.0000002,364
Triestina	Trieste	Nereo Rocco	&0000000000026500.00000026,500
Virtus Verona	Verona	Mario Gavagnin-Sinibaldo Nocini	&0000000000001500.0000001,500

Table

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
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
6	Lecco	38	16	7	15	51	42	+9	55
7	Pro Vercelli	38	14	13	11	41	40	+1	55
8	Juventus U23	38	15	9	14	43	43	0	54
9	Piacenza	38	12	14	12	44	46	−2	50
10	Pergolettese	38	12	11	15	42	55	−13	46
11	Pro Patria	38	10	15	13	38	45	−7	45
12	AlbinoLeffe	38	10	15	13	42	43	−1	45
13	Virtus Verona	38	9	18	11	35	38	−3	45
14	Fiorenzuola	38	11	10	17	33	48	−15	43
15	Mantova	38	9	15	14	37	42	−5	42
16	Trento (O)	38	9	15	14	31	36	−5	42	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
19	Giana Erminio (R)	38	6	16	16	25	41	−16	34
20	Legnago (R)	38	7	9	22	32	65	−33	30	Relegation to Serie D

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.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Ancona-Matelica	Ancona	Del Conero	&0000000000023976.00000023,976
Carrarese	Carrara	Dei Marmi	&0000000000009500.0000009,500
Cesena	Cesena	Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi	&0000000000020194.00000020,194
Fermana	Fermo	Bruno Recchioni	&0000000000008850.0000008,850
Grosseto	Grosseto	Carlo Zecchini	&0000000000009988.0000009,988
Gubbio	Gubbio	Pietro Barbetti	&0000000000004939.0000004,939
Imolese	Imola	Romeo Galli	&0000000000004000.0000004,000
Lucchese	Lucca	Porta Elisa	&0000000000012800.00000012,800
Modena	Modena	Alberto Braglia	&0000000000021151.00000021,151
Montevarchi	Montevarchi	Ettore Mannucci (Pontedera)	&0000000000002700.0000002,700
Olbia	Olbia	Bruno Nespoli	&0000000000004000.0000004,000
Pescara	Pescara	Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia	&0000000000020515.00000020,515
Pistoiese	Pistoia	Marcello Melani	&0000000000013195.00000013,195
Pontedera	Pontedera	Ettore Mannucci	&0000000000002700.0000002,700
Reggiana	Reggio Emilia	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore	&0000000000021515.00000021,515
Siena	Siena	Artemio Franchi	&0000000000015373.00000015,373
Teramo	Teramo	Gaetano Bonolis	&0000000000007498.0000007,498
Virtus Entella	Chiavari	Comunale di Chiavari	&0000000000005587.0000005,587
Vis Pesaro	Pesaro	Tonino Benelli	&0000000000004898.0000004,898
Viterbese	Viterbo	Enrico Rocchi	&0000000000005460.0000005,460

Table

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
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
5	Pescara	38	17	14	7	56	41	+15	65
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
11	Vis Pesaro	38	11	12	15	35	56	−21	45
12	Montevarchi	38	12	9	17	41	55	−14	45
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 (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

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.
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
ACR Messina	Messina	San Filippo-Franco Scoglio Luigi Razza (Vibo Valentia)	&0000000000038722.00000038,722 &0000000000006000.0000006,000
Avellino	Avellino	Partenio-Adriano Lombardi	&0000000000026308.00000026,308
Bari	Bari	San Nicola	&0000000000058270.00000058,270
Campobasso	Campobasso	Nuovo Romagnoli	&0000000000025000.00000025,000
Catania	Catania	Angelo Massimino	&0000000000020016.00000020,016
Catanzaro	Catanzaro	Nicola Ceravolo	&0000000000014650.00000014,650
Fidelis Andria	Andria	Degli Ulivi	&0000000000009140.0000009,140
Foggia	Foggia	Pino Zaccheria	&0000000000025085.00000025,085
Juve Stabia	Castellammare di Stabia	Romeo Menti	&0000000000007642.0000007,642
Latina	Latina	Domenico Francioni	&0000000000009398.0000009,398
Monopoli	Monopoli	Vito Simone Veneziani	&0000000000006880.0000006,880
Monterosi	Monterosi	Enrico Rocchi (Viterbo)	&0000000000005460.0000005,460
Paganese	Pagani	Marcello Torre	&0000000000005093.0000005,093
Palermo	Palermo	Renzo Barbera	&0000000000036365.00000036,365
Picerno	Picerno	Donato Curcio Alfredo Viviani (Potenza)	&0000000000001500.0000001,500 &0000000000004977.0000004,977
Potenza	Potenza	Alfredo Viviani	&0000000000004977.0000004,977
Taranto	Taranto	Erasmo Iacovone	&0000000000026884.00000026,884
Turris	Torre del Greco	Amerigo Liguori	&0000000000003566.0000003,566
Vibonese	Vibo Valentia	Luigi Razza	&0000000000006000.0000006,000
Virtus Francavilla	Francavilla Fontana	Giovanni Paolo II	&0000000000002137.0000002,137

Table

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
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	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	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
15	Taranto	36	8	15	13	31	40	−9	39
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 (R)	36	3	12	21	24	60	−36	21	Relegation to Serie D
20	Catania (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Excluded

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.
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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.

First round

Matches were played on 1 May 2022.

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

Second round

Matches were played on 4 May 2022.

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

Third round

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

Team #1	Agg.	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

Quarter-finals

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

Team #1	Agg.	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

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

Relegation play-outs

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

Team #1	Agg.	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

Top goalscorers

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

External links

• Official website