2005–06 Serie C1

The 2005–06 Serie C1 was the twenty-eighth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 28 August 2005 to 7 May 2006, and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff to determine the second team in each division to be promoted to Serie B. At the same time, teams placed 14th to 17th entered a playout for the right to remain in Serie C1 the following season.

Geographical distribution of 2006-07 Serie C1 teams. Serie C1/A teams are depicted with red dots, whereas Serie C1/B ones were represented with yellow.

As usual, Serie C1 was composed by two divisions, whose teams were divided geographically. Division C1/A was mainly composed by Northern Italy teams, with the exception of Salernitana, whereas Division C1/B included mostly Central and Southern Italy teams. The league featured also two former Italian national champions, Genoa and Napoli, both eventually achieving promotion in the end.

Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to Serie B; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division were relegated to Serie C2. In all, four teams were promoted to Serie B, and six teams were relegated to Serie C2.

Final standings

Serie C1/A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spezia (C, P)	34	17	12	5	42	22	+20	63	Promoted to the Serie B
2	Genoa (P)	34	15	14	5	42	27	+15	56[lower-alpha 1]	Won promotion playoffs
3	Monza	34	14	14	6	35	25	+10	56	Lost to promotion playoffs
4	Pavia	34	15	9	10	44	29	+15	54
5	Salernitana	34	13	13	8	42	30	+12	52
6	Cittadella	34	14	8	12	38	33	+5	50
7	Teramo	34	14	11	9	39	35	+4	49[lower-alpha 2]
8	Novara	34	12	12	10	40	36	+4	48
9	Padova	34	11	14	9	36	32	+4	47
10	Pro Patria	34	10	14	10	36	39	−3	44
11	Pizzighettone	34	9	16	9	37	32	+5	43
12	Giulianova	34	10	13	11	33	33	0	43
13	Ravenna	34	11	10	13	30	33	−3	43
14	Pro Sesto	34	11	5	18	28	48	−20	38	Lost relegation playoff[lower-alpha 3]
15	Sambenedettese	34	11	9	14	35	48	−13	36[lower-alpha 4]	Won relegation playoff
16	Lumezzane (R)	34	9	8	17	35	44	−9	35	Lost relegation playoff
17	San Marino	34	8	11	15	32	38	−6	35	Won relegation playoff
18	Fermana (R)	34	2	7	25	18	58	−40	13	Relegated to the Serie D[lower-alpha 5]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Genoa had 3 points deducted due to match fixing in the previous season
2. Teramo had 4 points deducted due to financial irregularities
3. Pro Sesto reprieved from relegation to fill vacancies created.
4. Sambenedettese had 6 points deducted due to financial irregularities
5. Fermana declared bankrupt and relegated to Serie D.

Serie C1/B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Napoli (C, P)	34	19	11	4	48	20	+28	68	Promoted to the Serie B
2	Frosinone (P)	34	15	10	9	43	37	+6	55	Won promotion playoffs
3	Sassari Torres (R)	34	12	17	5	44	32	+12	53	Relegated to the Serie C2[lower-alpha 1]
4	Grosseto	34	12	15	7	43	32	+11	51	Lost in promotion playoffs
5	Sangiovannese	34	12	15	7	37	34	+3	51
6	Perugia	34	14	8	12	35	37	−2	50
7	Lucchese	34	13	10	11	33	27	+6	49
8	Martina	34	13	8	13	41	39	+2	47
9	Pistoiese	34	8	18	8	28	24	+4	42
10	Manfredonia	34	10	12	12	36	38	−2	42
11	Lanciano	34	10	11	13	36	35	+1	41
12	Gela (R)	34	9	16	9	31	35	−4	41[lower-alpha 2]	Relegated to the Serie C2[lower-alpha 1]
13	Foggia	34	8	16	10	32	32	0	40
14	Acireale (R)	34	8	15	11	29	34	−5	39	Relegated to the Serie D[lower-alpha 3]
15	Pisa	34	11	6	17	31	43	−12	39	Won relegation playoff
16	Massese	34	9	11	14	21	36	−15	38	Lost relegation playoff[lower-alpha 4]
17	Juve Stabia	34	7	12	15	25	36	−11	33	Won relegation playoff
18	Chieti (R)	34	7	7	20	24	46	−22	28	Relegated to the Serie D[lower-alpha 3]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Gela and Sassari Torres declared bankrupt and relegated to Serie C2.
2. Gela had 2 points deducted due to financial irregularities
3. Acireale and Chieti declared bankrupt and relegated to Serie D.
4. Massese reprieved from relegation to fill vacancies created.

Promotion and relegation playoffs

Serie C1/A

Promotion

Promotion playoff semifinals

First legs played 28 May 2006; return legs played 4 June 2006

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Salernitana (5)	3-3 (a)	(2) Genoa	2-1	1-2
Pavia (4)	1-3	(3) Monza	1-1	0-2

Promotion playoff finals

First leg played 11 June 2006; return leg played 18 June 2006

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monza (3)	1-2	(3) Genoa	0-2	1-0

Genoa promoted to Serie B

Relegation

Relegation playoffs

First legs played May 21, 2006; return legs played May 28, 2006

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
San Marino (17)	1-0	(14) Pro Sesto	1-0	0-0
Lumezzane (16)	3-5	(15) Sambenedettese	3-1	0-4

Pro Sesto and Lumezzane relegated to Serie C2

Serie C1/B

Promotion

Promotion playoff semifinals

First legs played May 21, 2006; return legs played May 28, 2006

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sangiovannese (5)	0-0	(2) Frosinone	0-0	0-0
Grosseto (4)	2-0	(3) Sassari Torres	1-0	1-0

Promotion playoff finals

First leg played June 4, 2006; return leg played June 11, 2006

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Grosseto (4)	0-1	(2) Frosinone	0-0	0-1

Frosinone promoted to Serie B

Relegation

Relegation playoffs

First legs played 21 May 2006; return legs played 28 May 2006

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juve Stabia (17)	3-2	(14) Acireale	2-1	1-1
Massese (16)	2-2	(15) Pisa	2-1	0-1

Acireale and Massese relegated to Serie C2

External links

• Italy Third Level 2005/06 at RSSSF