2015–16 Lega Pro

Lega Pro 2015–16 Cittadella (Group A)SPAL (Group B)Benevento (Group C)Pisa (playoffs) 2014–15 2016–17 thumb The 2015–16 Lega Pro Divisione Unica is the second season of the unified Lega Pro division. The championship name, which is Divisione Unica according to the FIGC regulations, is called Lega Pro in official documents.Official FIGC website Teams A total of 54 teams will contest the league. Clubs will include 2 sides relegated from the 2014–15 Serie B season, 43 sides playing the 2014–15 Lega Pro season, and 9 sides promoted from the 2014–15 Serie D season. On 1 July 2015 60 teams mathematically qualified to the new season. However, Barletta (bankruptcy), Grosseto (bankruptcy), Monza (bankruptcy) and Castiglione did not submit their application for a license.http://www.lega-pro.com/sito/index.php/news-istituzionali-/7306-lega-pro-consiglio-direttivo-del-1d-luglio-2015 LEGA PRO: CONSIGLIO DIRETTIVO DEL 1° LUGLIO 2015 1 July 2015 8 August 2015 Lega Pro it New companies from Grosseto and Monza applied for Serie D, and Barletta for Eccellenza http://www.figc.it/it/204/2529052/2015/08/News.shtml Il Monza 1912 ammesso in soprannumero in Serie D 4 August 2015 8 August 2015 FIGC it while Castiglione plays in youth football only. Moreover, 12 teams failed the initial financial stress test of FIGC. On 17 July Reggina Calcio, A.S. Varese 1910, F.B.C. Unione Venezia, Real Vicenza and Paganese Calcio 1926 were officially excluded;http://www.figc.it/it/204/2528911/2015/07/News.shtml Decise le ammissioni ai campionati: in Lega Pro sono cinque le società non iscritte 17 July 2015 8 August 2015 FIGC it new companies from Reggio Calabria, Varese and Venezia were admitted to Serie D and Eccellenza respectively, while Real Vicenza was focused on youth football.http://www.figc.it/it/204/2529115/2015/08/News.shtml L'ASD Reggio Calabria ammessa in soprannumero in Serie D. Il Varese Calcio Società Sportiva Dilettantista A R.L. in Eccellenza 7 August 2015 8 August 2015 FIGC it On 31 July Paganese won the appeal.http://www.coni.it/it/news/primo-piano/148-collegio-di-garanzia/10255-accolto-il-ricorso-della-paganese-calcio-contro-la-figc-per-l-iscrizione-in-lega-pro.html Accolto il ricorso della Paganese Calcio contro la FIGC per l'iscrizione in Lega Pro 31 July 2015 8 August 2015 CONI it The exclusion left Lega Pro 8 teams short as well as 1 team short in Serie B due to bankruptcy of Parma. FIGC decided that Brescia replaced Parma in Serie B as well as readmission of AlbinoLeffe and Pordenone to Lega Pro on 4 August.http://www.figc.it/it/204/2529062/2015/08/News.shtml Decisi i ripescaggi: Brescia in Serie B, Albinoleffe e Pordenone in Lega Pro 4 August 2015 8 August 2015 FIGC it https://web.archive.org/web/20150810223323/http://www.figc.it/it/204/2529062/2015/08/News.shtml 10 August 2015 dead dmy-all On 20 August Catania and Teramo were relegated to Lega Pro due to another chapter of betting scandal, while Savona was relegated to Serie D; Ascoli and Virtus Entella were promoted to replace the vacancies, subject to the appeals.http://www.figc.it/it/204/2529179/2015/08/News.shtml TFN: Catania in Lega Pro con -12, Teramo e Savona in Serie D. 20 August 2015 22 August 2015 FIGC it Moreover, the Federal Council also reduced the league from 60 teams to 54 teams, making there was 2 vacancies left on 25 August.http://www.lega-pro.com/sito/index.php/news-sportive-/7470-gironi-lega-pro-2015-2016 GIRONI LEGA PRO 2015-2016 25 August 2015 25 August 2015 Lega Pro it On 29 August Savona won the appeal to remain in the professional league; Torres and Vigor Lamezia were relegated, despite both FIGC, Catania and Teramo were still able to appeal in CONI.http://www.figc.it/it/204/2529274/2015/08/News.shtml CFA: Teramo e Savona in Lega Pro con -6, ridotta a -9 la penalizzazione del Catania 29 August 2015 31 August 2015 FIGC it On 1 September Pro Patria and Messina were readmitted, while the last team promoted from Serie D was Monopoli.http://www.lega-pro.com/com/1516-87L.pdf Comunicato Ufficiale N°87/L (2015–16): Formazione dei Gironi 1 September 2015 2 September 2015 Lega Pro it Group A, North AlbinoLeffe, from Girone A Alessandria, from Girone A Bassano Virtus, from Girone A Cittadella, from Serie B Cremonese, from Girone A Cuneo, from Serie D, Group A FeralpiSalò, from Girone A Giana Erminio, from Girone A Lumezzane, from Girone A Mantova, from Girone A Padova, from Serie D, Group C Pavia, from Girone A Pordenone, from Girone A Pro Patria, from Girone A Pro Piacenza, from Girone B Reggiana, from Girone B Renate, from Girone A Südtirol, from Girone A Group B, Central Ancona, from Girone B Arezzo, from Girone A Carrarese, from Girone B L'Aquila, from Girone B Lucchese, from Girone B Lupa Roma, from Girone C Maceratese, from Serie D, Group F Pisa, from Girone B Pistoiese, from Girone B Pontedera, from Girone B Prato, from Girone B Rimini, from Serie D, Group D Santarcangelo, from Girone B Savona, from Girone B Siena, from Serie D, Group E SPAL, from Girone B Teramo, from Girone B Tuttocuoio, from Girone B Group C, South Akragas, from Serie D, Group I Benevento, from Girone C Casertana, from Girone C Catania, from Serie B Catanzaro, from Girone C Cosenza, from Girone C Fidelis Andria, from Serie D, Group H Foggia, from Girone C Ischia, from Girone C Juve Stabia, from Girone C Lecce, from Girone C Lupa Castelli Romani, from Serie D, Group G Martina Franca, from Girone C Matera, from Girone C Melfi, from Girone C Messina, from Girone C Monopoli, from Serie D, Group H Paganese, from Girone C Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Group A (North) Northern Italy 500 right Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group A) 2015–16 Northern Italy 45.8 9.9 AlbinoLeffe right Blue pog.svg 0 Northern Italy 44.916667 8.616667 Alessandria left Northern Italy 45.766667 11.733333 Bassano top Northern Italy 45.65 11.783333 Cittadella right Northern Italy 45.133333 10.033333 Cremonese bottom Blue pog.svg 0 Northern Italy 44.38333 7.55 Cuneo top Northern Italy 45.608333 10.516667 FeralpiSalò right Blue pog.svg 0 Northern Italy 45.533333 9.4 Giana Erminio bottom Blue pog.svg 0 Northern Italy 45.65 10.266667 Lumezzane bottom Blue pog.svg 0 Northern Italy 45.15941 10.79578 Mantova right Blue pog.svg 0 Northern Italy 45.496389 11.877778 Padova left Northern Italy 45.183333 9.15 Pavia right Blue pog.svg 0 Northern Italy 45.966667 12.65 Pordenone right Northern Italy 45.6114 8.85027 Pro Patria left Blue pog.svg 0 Northern Italy 45.047778 9.700556 Pro Piacenza bottom Northern Italy 44.7 10.633333 Reggiana right Northern Italy 45.72644 9.28223 Renate right Blue pog.svg 0 Northern Italy 46.5 11.35 Südtirol Italy Lombardy 500 right Location of teams in 2015–16 Lega Pro (Group A) (Lombardy) Italy Lombardy 45.633333 9.6833330 AlbinoLeffe right Blue pog.svg Italy Lombardy 45.133333 10.033333 Cremonese top Blue pog.svg Italy Lombardy 45.156389 10.791111 Mantova bottom Blue pog.svg Italy Lombardy 45.654310 9.1495990 Renate top Blue pog.svg Italy Lombardy 45.613436 8.8808230 Pro Patria bottom Blue pog.svg Italy Lombardy 45.603886 10.513017 Feralpisalò right Blue pog.svg Italy Lombardy 45.528749 9.4020670 Giana Erminio right Blue pog.svg Italy Lombardy 45.65 10.266667 Lumezzane top Blue pog.svg Italy Lombardy 45.183333 9.15 Pavia right Blue pog.svg Club City Stadium Capacity AlbinoLeffe Albino and Leffe(playing in Bergamo) Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,542 Alessandria Alessandria Giuseppe Moccagatta 5,827 Bassano Virtus Bassano del Grappa Rino Mercante 2,952 Cremonese Cremona Giovanni Zini 20,641 Cittadella Cittadella Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,623 Cuneo Cuneo Fratelli Paschiero 4,060 FeralpiSalò Salò Lino Turina 2,000 Giana Erminio Gorgonzola Città di Gorgonzola 3,766 Lumezzane Lumezzane Nuovo Comunale 4,150 Mantova Mantua Danilo Martelli 14,884 Padova Padua Euganeo 19,740 Pavia Pavia Pietro Fortunati 4,999 Pordenone Pordenone Ottavio Bottecchia 3,000 Pro Patria Busto Arsizio Carlo Speroni 4,627 Pro Piacenza Piacenza Leonardo Garilli 21,668 Reggiana Reggio Emilia Città del Tricolore 20,084 Renate Renate(playing in Meda) Città di Meda 3,000 Südtirol Bolzano Druso 3,500 Group B (North and Central) Italy 500 right Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group B) 2015–16 Italy 43.616944 13.516667 Ancona right Italy 43.46328 11.87963 Arezzo right Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 44.079167 10.1 Carrarese left Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 43.30025 13.433303 Maceratese right Italy 44.05 12.566667 Rimini bottom Italy 42.35081 13.39871 L'Aquila left Italy 43.85 10.5 Lucchese top Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 41.594 12.656 Lupa Roma right Italy 43.716667 10.4 Pisa left Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 43.933333 10.916667 Pistoiese top Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 43.6625 10.632778 Pontedera bottom Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 43.88 11.098333 Prato right Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 43.318333 11.331389 Siena right Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 44.06453 12.44987 Santarcangelo left Italy 44.30691 8.47532 Savona left Italy 44.833333 11.616667 SPAL left Italy 42.666667 13.7 Teramo right Italy 43.683333 10.85 Tuttocuoio right Blue pog.svg 0 Italy Tuscany 500 right Location of teams in 2015–16 Lega Pro (Group B) (Tuscany) Italy Tuscany 43.46328 11.87963 Arezzo right Blue pog.svg Italy Tuscany 44.065359 10.076794 Carrarese right Blue pog.svg Italy Tuscany 43.318333 11.331389 Siena right Blue pog.svg Italy Tuscany 43.841667 10.502778 Lucchese top Blue pog.svg Italy Tuscany 43.723 10.396 Pisa left Blue pog.svg Italy Tuscany 43.933333 10.916667 Pistoiese top Blue pog.svg Italy Tuscany 43.669058 10.644221 Pontedera bottom Blue pog.svg Italy Tuscany 43.88 11.098333 Prato right Blue pog.svg Italy Tuscany 43.683333 10.85 Tuttocuoio top Blue pog.svg Club City Stadium Capacity Ancona Ancona del Conero 23,983 Arezzo Arezzo Città di Arezzo 13,128 Carrarese Carrara Dei Marmi 15,000 L'Aquila L'Aquila Stadio Tommaso Fattori 10,000 Lucchese Lucca Porta Elisa 7,386 Lupa Roma Rome(playing in Aprilia) Quinto Ricci 3,000 Maceratese Macerata Helvia Recina 5,846 Pisa Pisa Arena Garibaldi 14,869 Pistoiese Pistoia Marcello Melani 13,195 Pontedera Pontedera Ettore Mannucci 5,000 Prato Prato Lungobisenzio 6,800 Rimini Rimini Romeo Neri 9,768 Siena Siena Montepaschi Arena 15,373 Santarcangelo Santarcangelo di Romagna Valentino Mazzola 3,000 Savona Savona Valerio Bacigalupo 4,000 SPAL Ferrara Paolo Mazza 17,955 Teramo Teramo Gaetano Bonolis 7,498 Tuttocuoio San Miniato(playing in Pontedera) Ettore Mannucci 5,000 Group C (South) Italy 400 right Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group C) 2015–16 Italy 37.321667 13.589444 Akragas topItaly 41.133333 14.783333 Benevento top Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 41.066667 14.333333 Casertana left Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 37.5 15.090278 Catania right Italy 38.9 16.6 Catanzaro right Italy 39.3 16.25 Cosenza left Italy 41.231667 16.308333 Fidelis Andria right Yellow pog.svg 0 Italy 41.464167 15.546111 Foggia right Yellow pog.svg 0 Italy 40.7313 13.8957 Ischia left Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 40.7 14.483333 Juve Stabia bottom Blue pog.svg 0 Italy 40.35 18.166667 Lecce left Yellow pog.svg 0 Italy 41.816667 12.68333 Lupa Castelli Romani left Italy 40.7 17.333333 Martina Franca right Yellow pog.svg 0 Italy 40.666667 16.6 Matera bottom Italy 40.9975 15.65237 Melfi right Italy 38.183333 15.55 Messina left Italy 40.95 17.3 Monopoli right Yellow pog.svg 0 Italy 40.74732 14.61464 Paganese right Blue pog.svg 0 Italy Campania 500 left Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group C) 2015–16 (Campania) Italy Campania 41.133333 14.783333 Benevento right Blue pog.svg Italy Campania 41.066667 14.333333 Casertana left Blue pog.svg Italy Campania 40.7313 13.8957 Ischia top Blue pog.svg Italy Campania 40.700000 14.483333 Juve Stabia left Blue pog.svg Italy Campania 40.74732 14.61464 Paganese right Blue pog.svg Italy Apulia 500 left Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group C) 2015–16 (Apulia) Italy Apulia 41.231667 16.308333 Fidelis Andria right Yellow pog.svg Italy Apulia 41.464167 15.546111 Foggia right Yellow pog.svg Italy Apulia 40.7 17.333333 Martina Franca right Yellow pog.svg Italy Apulia 40.95 17.3 Monopoli right Yellow pog.svg Italy Apulia 40.35 18.166667 Lecce left Yellow pog.svg Club City Stadium Capacity Akragas Agrigento Esseneto 15,000 Benevento Benevento Ciro Vigorito 12,847 Casertana Caserta Alberto Pinto 12,000 Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 20,266 Catanzaro Catanzaro Nicola Ceravolo 14,650 Cosenza Cosenza San Vito 24,479 Fidelis Andria Andria Degli Ulivi 9,140 Foggia Foggia Pino Zaccheria 25,000 Ischia Ischia Vincenzo Mazzella 5,000 Juve Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Romeo Menti 7,642 Lecce Lecce Via del Mare 33,876 Lupa Castelli Romani Frascati Centro d'Italia-Manlio Scopigno (Rieti) 4,500 Martina Franca Martina Franca Gian Domenico Tursi 4,900 Matera Matera Franco Salerno 8,500 Melfi Melfi Arturo Valerio 4,100 Messina Messina San Filippo 37,895 Monopoli Monopoli Vito Simone Veneziani 6,880 Paganese Pagani Marcello Torre 5,900 League tables Group A (North) main WDL Group A complete Lega Pro SerieB PPO PPO PPO SerieD RPO RPO RPO RPO SerieD CIT POR BAS ALE PAD CRE REG FER PAV SUD REN GIA LUM PPI MAN CUN ALB PPA 4 8 22 23 57 16 9 9 47 31 17 11 6 45 31 23 7 4 57 35 C, P 14 11 9 40 33 9 7 18 31 41 R 14 8 12 50 43 10 12 12 33 36 12 6 16 37 42 7 13 14 27 39 O 14 12 8 46 30 14 9 11 48 36 R 19 8 7 52 30 1 7 26 15 61 R 8 15 11 30 35 O 13 13 8 40 25 11 10 13 26 38 10 14 10 34 38 Pavia was deducted 2 points. Pro Patria was deducted 3 points due to match fixing. -2 -3 AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Bassano Virtus Cittadella Cremonese Cuneo Feralpisalò Giana Erminio Lumezzane Mantova Padova Pavia Pordenone Pro Patria Pro Piacenza Reggiana Renate Südtirol PQR green1 Promotion to Serie B blue1 Qualification to the promotion play-offs orange1 Qualification to the relegation play-offs red1 Relegation to Serie D Group B (North and Central) main WDL Group B complete Lega Pro SerieB PPO PPO RPO SerieD RPO RPO SerieD SPA PIS MAC ANC CAR SIE PON TER ARE TUT SAN PST LUC PRA RIM LAQ LUP SAV 14 11 9 34 29 8 18 8 33 32 13 12 9 49 37 10 10 14 34 41 R 10 9 15 39 43 6 9 19 27 55 15 13 6 47 31 17 12 5 42 26 O, P 11 12 11 43 38 9 10 15 32 43 O 9 12 13 29 35 9 11 14 29 39 R 11 12 11 41 38 9 9 16 27 44 R 11 13 10 34 38 21 8 5 59 25 C, P 11 13 10 42 40 10 10 14 27 34 Ancona Arezzo Carrarese L'Aquila Lucchese Lupa Roma Maceratese Pisa Pistoiese Pontedera Prato Rimini Santarcangelo Savona Siena SPAL Teramo Tuttocuoio -7 L'Aquila was deducted 7 points for involvement in match fixing.Communicato Ufficiale N.16/CFA http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/31.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_2529267_StrilloComunicatoUfficiale_lstAllegati_0_upfAllegato.pdf FIGC 9 September 2015 it 29 August 2015 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012912/http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/31.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_2529267_StrilloComunicatoUfficiale_lstAllegati_0_upfAllegato.pdf dead -1 Pisa was deducted one point for administrative irregularities.National Federal Tribunal decision http://www.figc.it/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/55.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_2530427_StrilloAreaStampa_upfDownload.pdf FIGC it 19 November 2015 -14 Savona was deducted 6 points for involvement in match fixing and later of an additional 6 points for financial reasons.TFN: -1 alla Virtus Lanciano, penalizzate anche 7 società di Lega Pro e Dilettanti http://www.figc.it/it/204/2530173/2015/11/News.shtml FIGC it 3 November 2015 27 December 2015 17 November 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117050219/http://www.figc.it/it/204/2530173/2015/11/News.shtml deadRespinti i ricorsi di Benevento e Ischia Isola Verde, 1 punto di penalizzazione al Savona http://www.figc.it/it/204/2530661/2015/12/News.shtml FIGC it 10 December 2015 -3 Teramo was deducted 3 points for involvement in match fixing. -6 Santarcangelo was deducted 6 points. -2 Rimini was deducted 2 points. PQR green1 Promotion to Serie B blue1 Qualification to the promotion play-offs orange1 Qualification to the relegation play-offs red1 Relegation to Serie D Group C (South) main WDL Group C complete Lega Pro SerieB PPO PPO PPO RPO RPO SerieD RPO SerieD BEN FOG LEC CAS COS MAT FAN MES CAT PAG JUV AKR CTN MON MEL MAR ISC LUC 12 9 13 35 47 20 11 3 51 21 C,P 18 9 7 52 35 10 11 13 27 40 16 12 6 44 28 12 13 9 37 34 11 12 11 33 21 19 8 7 61 31 5 10 19 31 65 R 9 15 10 45 45 17 12 5 46 28 2 7 25 22 65 5 9 20 30 58 R 14 13 7 45 32 6 12 16 32 40 10 15 9 37 41 10 9 15 43 42 O 10 13 11 41 39 Akragas Benevento Casertana Catanzaro Cosenza Catania Fidelis Andria Foggia Ischia Juve Stabia Lecce Lupa Castelli Romani Martina Franca Matera Melfi Messina Monopoli Paganese -5 Akragas was deducted five points. -1 Benevento was deducted one point. -10 Catania was deducted 9 points for involvement in match fixing and later an additional 1 point for financial irregularities. -4 Ischia was deducted 4 points. -1 Lupa Castelli Romani was deducted one point for administrative irregularities. -2 Martina was deducted two points. -2 Matera was deducted 2 points for match fixing.http://www.itasportpress.it/lega-pro/lega-pro-ridotta-a-due-punti-la-penalizzazione-del-matera-194317 itasportpress.it it 9 September 2015 30 July 2015 LEGA PRO, ridotta a due punti la penalizzazione del Matera 27 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150927231939/http://www.itasportpress.it/lega-pro/lega-pro-ridotta-a-due-punti-la-penalizzazione-del-matera-194317 dead -1 Paganese was deducted one point for administrative irregularities. PQR green1 Promotion to Serie B blue1 Qualification to the promotion play-offs orange1 Qualification to the relegation play-offs red1 Relegation to Serie D Promotion play-offs Preliminary phase 15 May 2016 3–0 15:30 Lecce Bassano Virtus Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce 15 May 2016 3–1 16:00 Pisa Maceratese Arena Garibaldi, Pisa 15 May 2016 1–0 18:00 Pordenone Casertana Ottavio Bottecchia, Pordenone 15 May 2016 2–0 20:45 Foggia Alessandria Stadio Pino Zaccheria, Foggia Final phase Semifinals on 22 and 29 May 2016, finals on 5 and 12 June 2016. Semifinals Finals 2B Pisa 3 0 3 2A Pordenone 0 0 0 3C Lecce 2 1 3 2C Foggia 3 2 5 2B Pisa 4 1 5 2C Foggia 2 1 3 Pisa promoted to Serie B. Relegation play-outs Play-outs on 21 and 28 May 2016, loser on aggregate is relegated. If tied on aggregate, lower-placed team is relegated. Cuneo 0–1 Mantova 0–0 0–1 2 Martina Franca 1–0 Melfi 1–0 0–0 1 L'Aquila 2–4 Rimini 1–1 1–3 2 Ischia 2–4 Monopoli 0–3 2–1 2 Lupa Roma 3–3 Prato 2–0 1–3 2 Albinoleffe 1–3 Pro Piacenza 0–1 1–2 2 |} References Category:Serie C seasons 3 Italy