2005–06 Serie C1

The 2005–06 Serie C1 was the twenty-eighth edition of

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.

As usual, Serie C1 was composed by two divisions, whose teams were divided geographically. Division C1/A was mainly composed by

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 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^[a]	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^[b]
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^[c]
15	Sambenedettese	34	11	9	14	35	48	−13	36^[d]	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^[e]

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

^ Genoa had 3 points deducted due to match fixing in the previous season
^ Teramo had 4 points deducted due to financial irregularities
^ Pro Sesto reprieved from relegation to fill vacancies created.
^ Sambenedettese had 6 points deducted due to financial irregularities
^ 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^[a]
4	Grosseto	34	12	15	7	43	32	+11	51	Lost in promotion playoffs
5	Sangiovannese	34	12	15	7	37	34	+3	51	Lost in promotion playoffs
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^[b]	Relegated to the Serie C2^[a]
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^[c]
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^[d]
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^[c]

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

^
Serie C2
.
^ Gela had 2 points deducted due to financial irregularities
^ ^a ^b Acireale and Chieti declared bankrupt and relegated to Serie D.
^ 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

[table_hth_GEN0.26972386113821-1] Genoa had 3 points deducted due to match fixing in the previous season

[table_hth_TRM0.26972386113821-2] Teramo had 4 points deducted due to financial irregularities

[table_note_res_NR0.26972386113821-3] Pro Sesto reprieved from relegation to fill vacancies created.

[table_hth_SAM0.26972386113821-4] Sambenedettese had 6 points deducted due to financial irregularities

[table_note_res_R0.26972386113821-5] Fermana declared bankrupt and relegated to Serie D.

[table_note_res_BR10.43252247871483-6] 
Serie C2
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[table_hth_GEL0.43252247871483-7] Gela had 2 points deducted due to financial irregularities

[table_note_res_BR20.43252247871483-8] Acireale and Chieti declared bankrupt and relegated to Serie D.

[table_note_res_RR0.43252247871483-9] Massese reprieved from relegation to fill vacancies created.

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