2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione

The 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-second football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the second since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.

It was divided into two phases: the

, played from 23 August 2009 to May 2010, and the playoff phase from May to June 2010.

The league was contested by 36 teams, geographically divided into two divisions of 18 teams each. Teams only played other teams in their own division, once at home and once away for a total of 34 matches each.

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 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. Four teams were thus promoted to Serie B and six teams were relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

Events

Start of season

The league was to feature four teams relegated from

It is to feature six teams promoted from

Pescina V.d.G.

The remaining 26 teams were to come from the teams that played in

On 30 July 2009, the four vacancies created were filled by the following teams, all of which were destined to play in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione for the 2009–10 season before the call-up:

• Potenza
  , which finished last in Prima Divisione 2008-09 - Girone B
• Alessandria
  , which lost in the playoff finals in Seconda Divisione 2008-09 - Girone A
• Andria
  , which lost in the playoff semi-finals in Seconda Divisione 2008-09 - Girone C
• Viareggio
  , which lost in the playoff semi-finals in Seconda Divisione 2008-09 - Girone B

Exclusion of Potenza from the league

On 19 March 2010, after an investigation and a consequent trial at the

and subsequent failure of their license.

The verdict was however partly reverted on appeal later on 2 April, when the Tribunale Nazionale di Arbitrato per lo Sport (National Arbitration Court for Sports) admitted Potenza back to the league in order to allow the club complete the season; however the club will nevertheless appear as last-placed in the final table, regardless of the results from the coming games, thus forcing Potenza to play in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione for the 2010–11 season.^[8]

Girone A

Teams

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	2008–09 season
U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912	Alessandria	Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta	8,182	2nd in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
A.C. Arezzo	Arezzo	Stadio Città di Arezzo	15,128	4th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
Benevento Calcio	Benevento	Stadio Santa Colomba	18,975	2nd in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
Calcio Como	Como	Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia	13,602	3rd in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
U.S. Cremonese	Cremona	Stadio Giovanni Zini	20,034	9th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
A.S.C. Figline	Figline Valdarno	Stadio Goffredo Del Buffa	1,700	1st in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Foligno Calcio	Foligno	Stadio Enzo Blasone	5,650	15th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
Calcio Lecco 1912	Lecco	Stadio Rigamonti-Ceppi	4,977	15th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
A.C. Lumezzane	Lumezzane	Nuovo Stadio Comunale	4,150	10th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
A.C. Monza Brianza 1912	Monza	Stadio Brianteo	18,568	13th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Novara Calcio	Novara	Stadio Silvio Piola	10,106	8th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Paganese Calcio 1926	Pagani	Stadio Marcello Torre	3,700	13th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
U.S. Pergocrema 1932	Crema	Stadio Giuseppe Voltini	4,095	11th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Perugia Calcio	Perugia	Stadio Renato Curi	28,000	7th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Aurora Pro Patria 1919	Busto Arsizio	Stadio Carlo Speroni	4,000	2nd in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Sorrento Calcio	Sorrento	Stadio Italia	3,600	10th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
A.S. Varese 1910	Varese	Stadio Franco Ossola	10,000	1st in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
F.C. Esperia Viareggio	Viareggio	Stadio dei Pini	7,000	2nd in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Novara (C, P)	34	18	13	3	52	24	+28	67	Promotion to Serie B
2	Varese (P)	34	17	11	6	53	34	+19	62	Promotion to Serie B
3	Cremonese	34	16	13	5	62	47	+15	61	Qualification for Promotion play-off
4	Arezzo (R)	34	17	10	7	54	35	+19	61	Relegation to Serie D[a]
5	Benevento	34	16	8	10	51	37	+14	56	Qualification for Promotion play-off
6	Lumezzane	34	14	10	10	47	38	+9	52
7	Figline (R)	34	12	10	12	45	44	+1	45[b]	Relegation to Eccellenza[c]
8	Alessandria	34	12	7	15	35	46	−11	43
9	Sorrento	34	10	11	13	44	45	−1	41
10	Monza	34	9	14	11	37	45	−8	41
11	Perugia (R)	34	12	6	16	31	38	−7	41[b]	Relegation to Serie D[a]
12	Como	34	9	13	12	27	34	−7	40
13	Foligno	34	10	9	15	53	56	−3	39
14	Viareggio	34	8	14	12	29	39	−10	38	Qualification for Relegation play-off
15	Pergocrema	34	9	9	16	35	43	−8	36
16	Pro Patria (R)	34	7	14	13	37	49	−12	35	Relegation to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
17	Paganese	34	8	9	17	33	48	−15	33	Relegation to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione[d]
18	Lecco (R)	34	8	7	19	34	53	−19	31	Relegation to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

Play-offs

Promotion

Semifinals

First legs played 23 May 2010; return legs played 30 May 2010

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benevento (5)	3–4	(2) Varese	2–2	1–2
Arezzo (4)	2–3	(3) Cremonese	0–2	2–1

Final

First leg played 6 June 2010; return leg played 13 June 2010

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cremonese (3)	1–2	(2) Varese	1-0	0-2

Varese promoted to Serie B.

Relegation

First legs played 23 May 2010; return legs played 30 May 2010

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paganese (17)	2–2	(14) Viareggio	1–1	1–1
Pro Patria (16)	3–3	(15) Pergocrema	2–2	1–1

Paganese and Pro Patria relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

Results

Home \ Away	ALE	ARE	BEN	COM	CRE	FIG	FOL	LCO	LUM	MON	NOV	PAG	PRG	PRU	PPA	SOR	VAR	VIA
Alessandria		1–2	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	0–0
Arezzo	3–0		1–0	2–3	2–2	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Benevento	3–1	0–1		1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–2
Como	1–0	0–0	0–2		0–1	0–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
Cremonese	1–1	5–1	1–0	1–0		5–1	4–3	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	4–1	2–0
Figline	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–3		4–2	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2
Foligno	2–0	1–4	2–0	3–0	1–2	3–1		2–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–2
Lecco	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–2	1–1		1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0
Lumezzane	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–0		3–0	1–4	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0
Monza	0–1	1–6	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–1		1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–4	3–1	1–0
Novara	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–1		0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Paganese	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2		3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Pergocrema	1–2	3–4	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
Perugia	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	4–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0		2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0
Pro Patria	1–0	1–1	3–4	1–0	2–2	2–2	4–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–0		2–2	1–1	1–0
Sorrento	2–2	3–2	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0		1–1	2–2
Varese	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–2	2–2	1–1	5–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–1		4–2
Viareggio	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	4–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	0–1

Source: http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/2010/calcio/serie-c1/gironea/index.shtml
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Girone B

Teams

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	2008–09 season
A.S. Andria BAT	Andria	Stadio degli Ulivi	24,000	5th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione C
S.S. Cavese 1919	Cava de' Tirreni	Stadio Simonetta Lamberti	16,000	6th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
Cosenza Calcio 1914	Cosenza	Stadio San Vito	24,000	1st in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione C
U.S. Foggia	Foggia	Stadio Pino Zaccheria	25,000	5th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
Giulianova Calcio	Giulianova	Stadio Rubens Fadini	5,625	3rd in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Delfino Pescara 1936	Pescara	Stadio Adriatico	22,260	11th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
A.S. Pescina Valle del Giovenco	Avezzano	Stadio dei Marsi	4,500	4th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione C
Calcio Portogruaro Summaga	Portogruaro	Stadio Pier Giovanni Mecchia	3,335	12th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Potenza S.C.	Potenza	Stadio Alfredo Viviani	6,000	18th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
Ravenna Calcio	Ravenna	Stadio Bruno Benelli	12,020	3rd in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Real Marcianise Calcio	Marcianise	Stadio Progreditur	3,000	8th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
A.C. Reggiana 1919	Reggio Emilia	Stadio Giglio	14,138	5th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Rimini Calcio F.C.	Rimini	Stadio Romeo Neri	9,768	18th in Serie B
SPAL 1907	Ferrara	Stadio Paolo Mazza	19,000	6th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Taranto Sport	Taranto	Stadio Erasmo Iacovone	28,000	12th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
Ternana Calcio	Terni	Stadio Libero Liberati	22,000	9th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
Hellas Verona F.C.	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	39,211	7th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924	Lanciano	Stadio Guido Biondi	8,000	14th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Portogruaro (C, P)	34	16	11	7	39	26	+13	59	Promotion to Serie B
2	Pescara (P)	34	15	13	6	39	25	+14	58	Promotion to Serie B
3	Hellas Verona	34	13	16	5	38	20	+18	55	Qualification for Promotion play-off
4	Rimini (R)	34	15	6	13	39	36	+3	51	Relegation to Serie D[a]
5	Reggiana	34	13	10	11	45	38	+7	49	Qualification for Promotion play-off
6	Ternana	34	14	7	13	34	34	0	49
7	SPAL	34	10	15	9	37	29	+8	45
8	Taranto	34	10	15	9	26	24	+2	45
9	Virtus Lanciano	34	9	17	8	31	36	−5	44
10	Cavese	34	9	16	9	25	25	0	43
11	Cosenza	34	10	13	11	43	45	−2	43
12	Real Marcianise (R)	34	11	11	12	44	40	+4	43	Excluded from professional football after bankruptcy[b]
13	Ravenna	34	9	13	12	38	36	+2	40
14	Andria BAT	34	9	13	12	31	35	−4	40	Qualification for Relegation play-off
15	Foggia	34	9	14	11	27	37	−10	40[c]
16	Pescina V.d.G. (R)	34	8	10	16	32	49	−17	34	Excluded from professional football after bankruptcy[d]
17	Giulianova (R)	34	6	14	14	28	42	−14	32	Relegation to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
18	Potenza (R)	34	8	10	16	30	48	−18	34[e]	Relegation to Eccellenza[f]

Source: corrieredellosport.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Serie D
   .
2. ^ Real Marcianise declared bankrupt. Although the highest level they can join is Eccellenza, they have not registered for a league and their future is in doubt.
3. ^ Foggia had 1 point deduction due to financial irregularities.^[9]
4. ^ Pescina declared bankrupt and folded at the end of the season.
5. ^ Excluded from the league on March 20, 2010, with seven matches still to play. Readmitted to championship on April 1, 2010, but the team, although playing the remaining seven matches, will be ranked 18th at the end of the season and will be relegated to Lega Pro II Divisione.
6. Eccellenza
   .

Promotion Playoffs

Semifinals

First legs played 23 May 2010; return legs played 30 May 2010

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Reggiana (5)	0-2	(2) Pescara	0–0	0–2
Rimini (4)	0-1	(3) Verona	0–1	0-0

Final

First leg played 6 June 2010; return leg played 13 June 2010

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Verona (3)	2–3	(2) Pescara	2-2	0-1

Pescara promoted to Serie B.

Relegation

First legs played 23 May 2010; return legs played 30 May 2010

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Giulianova (18)	1–2	(14) Andria BAT	1–1	0–1
Pescina (16)	3–3	(15) Foggia	1–2	2–1

Giulianova and Pescina relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

Results

Home \ Away	AND	CAV	COS	FOG	GIU	PES	PVG	POR	POT	RAV	RMA	REA	RIM	SPA	TAR	TER	HEL	VLN
Andria BAT		1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0
Cavese	1–1		1–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2
Cosenza	1–1	0–0		4–0	3–4	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0
Foggia	0–2	0–0	1–3		1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	3–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0
Giulianova	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2		1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2
Pescara	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0
Pescina V.d.G.	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	0–2		0–1	3–2	2–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–0
Portogruaro	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0		1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–1
Potenza	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–3		1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–2
Ravenna	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1		1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1
Real Marcianise	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–1		1–3	1–1	1–0	3–3	4–0	1–0	2–2
Reggiana	1–1	1–0	5–2	3–4	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	3–1		3–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Rimini	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–0
SPAL	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–2		0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1
Taranto	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–2		1–0	0–0	1–1
Ternana	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	3–0	0–1	2–1		0–2	1–1
Hellas Verona	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	5–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0		2–2
Virtus Lanciano	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–5	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–3

Source: http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/2010/calcio/serie-c1/gironeb/index.shtml
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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