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.

Geographical distribution of 2009-10 Lega Pro Prima Divisione teams. Girone A teams are depicted with red dots, whereas Girone B ones were represented with yellow.

It was divided into two phases: the regular season, 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 Serie B in 2008–09; Rimini, Pisa, Avellino, and Treviso. On July 9, the Covisoc (Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società Calcistiche, Vigilancy Commission on Football Clubs) organization announced that Pisa, Avellino, and Treviso did not pass the financial requirements in order to be admitted to the league. The clubs were allowed to appeal the decision until 11 July.[1] On 10 July, Pisa announced they were not appealing the exclusion from the league due to their failure to meet the financial requirements.[2] The next day, Treviso and Avellino failed to appeal the exclusion as well.[3][4]

It is to feature six teams promoted from 2008–09 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione; the three division winners - Varese, Figline & Cosenza, and the three playoff winners - Como, Giulianova & Pescina V.d.G.

The remaining 26 teams were to come from the teams that played in 2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione that were neither promoted nor relegated. Of those, Venezia (17th in Girone A), and Perugia (8th in Girone B) were also listed by the Covisoc organization as not having met the financial requirements to be admitted. On July 11, Venice mayor Massimo Cacciari announced Venezia did not manage to fulfil the financial requirements to appeal the exclusion.[5] On the other hand, the commission did allow Perugia to remain in Prima Divisione on appeal.[6]

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 Italian Football Federation, Federal Court of Justice, Potenza was found guilt of match-fixing involving a 2008 league match against Salernitana and was punished with immediate exclusion from the league. It was the first time in Italian professional football that a club was excluded from a league during the season for a corruption case.[7] In April 1993 Unione Sportiva Arezzo was excluded from Serie C1 Girone A with still seven matches to go, but due to bankruptcy 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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Eccellenza[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to Serie D[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 4]
18 Lecco (R) 34 8 7 19 34 53 −19 31 Relegation to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Source: corrieredellosport.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Perugia and Arezzo declared bankrupt and relegated to Serie D.
  2. Figline and Perugia 1 point deduction due to financial irregularities.[9]
  3. Figline was excluded by Federal Council's decision. Entered Eccellenza
  4. Paganese reprieved from relegation to fill the vacancies created from 2009–10 Lega Pro Prima 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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
16 Pescina V.d.G. (R) 34 8 10 16 32 49 −17 34 Excluded from professional football after bankruptcy[lower-alpha 4]
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[lower-alpha 5] Relegation to Eccellenza[lower-alpha 6]
Source: corrieredellosport.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Rimini declared bankrupt and relegated to 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. Potenza declared bankrupt and relegated to 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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