| Season | 2018–19 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 September 2018 – 15 June 2019 |
| Champions | Virtus Entella Pordenone Juve Stabia |
| Promoted | Virtus Entella Pisa Pordenone Juve Stabia Trapani |
| Relegated | Arzachena (bankruptcy) Albissola (bankruptcy) Cuneo (bankruptcy) Lucchese (bankruptcy) Pro Piacenza (bankruptcy) Siracusa (bankruptcy) Matera (bankruptcy) |
| Matches | 1,128 |
| Goals | 2,477 (2.2 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Pablo Granoche (20 goals)[1][2][3] |
| Biggest home win | Vibonese 5–0Virtus Francavilla (3 November 2018) Catania 5–0Cavese (23 December 2018) Imolese 5–0Giana Erminio (19 January 2019) |
| Biggest away win | Matera 0–6Reggina (26 December 2018) |
| Highest scoring | Catanzaro 6–3 Trapani (5 May 2019) |
| Longest winning run | 7 games FeralpiSalò[4] |
| Longest unbeaten run | 28 games Juve Stabia[5] |
| Longest winless run | 18 games Paganese[6] Ternana[7] |
| Longest losing run | 8 games Arzachena[8] |
| Highest attendance | 19,446 Triestina 1–3 Pisa (9 June 2019, Play-off final)[9] |
| Lowest attendance | 23 Rende 0–1 Trapani (20 April 2019)[10] |
| Total attendance | 2,065,818[9][11][10][12] |
| Average attendance | 1,979[9][11][10][12] |
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The2018–19 Serie C was the 60th season of theSerie C, the third tier of theItalian football league system, organized by theLega Pro.
The league originally featured 60 teams. However, it saw the bankruptcy and subsequent withdrawal ofAndria,Mestre,Reggiana[13] andVicenza.
To fill the vacancies in Serie B,Novara,Catania andSiena became the repechage candidates from Serie C, to the objection ofPro Vercelli andTernana.[14] However, on 10 August Lega B announced that a 19-team calendar would be commissioned for the 2018–19 and no repechage would take place.[15]
The first team ofBassano Virtus was relocated to Vicenza asL.R. Vicenza Virtus. While its owner, had also acquired some assets from the liquidators of Vicenza.[16]
On 3 August 2018, it was officially announced by theItalian Football Federation (FIGC) thatJuventus Under 23 would take part in Serie C, making it the first "B Team" in Italy to do so since1934. Also,Cavese andImolese were admitted fromSerie D to fill the vacancies created.[17][18]
Due to several issues regarding vacancies and trials at bothSerie B and Serie C level, the Serie C league committee delayed the season kickoff day to September, also hinting at the possibility of an indefinite delay because of the unclear situation.[19] The season eventually kicked off on Saturday 15 September, but saw all games of Novara, Pro Vercelli, Ternana, Siena and Catania delayed indefinitely due to their judicial requests to be admitted to Serie B, as well as Viterbese, after the club threatened not to participate in Serie C due to their opposition to being admitted to the Southern group. Virtus Entella's second game was also delayed after the club was accepted on appeal for being readmitted to Serie B by the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio (Italian:Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale del Lazio, TAR Lazio).[20]
On 14 February 2019, Matera were excluded from Serie C for missing four consecutive matches[21] which was followed by the exclusion of Pro Piacenza on 18 February 2019 after missing several games and presenting a makeshift team composed of teenagers and a physiotherapist in their final game, where they were beaten 20-0 by Cuneo.[22]
On 30 January 2019, it was announced that five teams rather than the usual four would be promoted to Serie B for the 2019-20 season, after FIGC decided to incorporate an extra club in Serie B to bring the league up to 20 teams.[23] The decision also meant that only seven clubs would be relegated to Serie D rather than the original eight.[23]
Due to the exclusions of Pro Piacenza and Matera from the league, the football league committee, in accordance with the Italian Football Federation, agreed on 2 April 2019 to a change in the relegation rules, by decreasing the number of relegations to five as follows:[24]
7 teams fromTuscany, 6 teams fromPiedmont, 2 teams fromEmilia-Romagna, 2 teams fromSardinia, 2 teams fromLiguria and 1 team fromLombardy.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albissola | Albissola Marina Albisola Superiore | Comunale (Chiavari) | 5,535 |
| Alessandria | Alessandria | Giuseppe Moccagatta | 5,827 |
| Arezzo | Arezzo | Città di Arezzo | 13,128 |
| Arzachena | Arzachena | Biagio Pirina | 3,100 |
| Carrarese | Carrara | Dei Marmi | 9,500 |
| Cuneo | Cuneo | Fratelli Paschiero | 4,000 |
| Gozzano | Gozzano | Alfredo d'Albertas /Silvio Piola (Vercelli) | 400 / 5,500 |
| Juventus U23 | Torino | Giuseppe Moccagatta (Alessandria) | 5,827 |
| Lucchese | Lucca | Porta Elisa | 7,386 |
| Novara | Novara | Silvio Piola (Novara) | 17,875 |
| Olbia | Olbia | Bruno Nespoli | 3,200 |
| Piacenza | Piacenza | Leonardo Garilli | 21,668 |
| Pisa | Pisa | Arena Garibaldi – Romeo Anconetani | 25,000 |
| Pistoiese | Pistoia | Marcello Melani | 13,195 |
| Pontedera | Pontedera | Ettore Mannucci | 5,000 |
| Pro Patria | Busto Arsizio | Carlo Speroni | 4,627 |
| Pro Piacenza | Piacenza | Leonardo Garilli | 21,668 |
| Pro Vercelli | Vercelli | Silvio Piola (Vercelli) | 5,500 |
| Siena | Siena | Montepaschi Arena | 15,373 |
| Virtus Entella | Chiavari | Comunale | 5,535 |
5 teams fromLombardy, 4 teams fromMarche, 3 teams fromEmilia-Romagna, 2 teams fromFriuli-Venezia Giulia, 2 teams fromUmbria, 2 teams fromVeneto, 1 team fromAbruzzo and 1 team fromTrentino-Alto Adige.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlbinoLeffe | Albino andLeffe | Atleti Azzurri d'Italia(Bergamo) | 21,300 |
| Fano | Fano | Raffaele Mancini | 8,800 |
| FeralpiSalò | Salò | Lino Turina | 2,500 |
| Fermana | Fermo | Bruno Recchioni | 9,500 |
| Giana Erminio | Gorgonzola | Città di Gorgonzola | 3,766 |
| Gubbio | Gubbio | Pietro Barbetti | 5,300 |
| Imolese | Imola | Romeo Galli | 4,000 |
| L.R. Vicenza | Vicenza | Romeo Menti | 12,000 |
| Monza | Monza | Brianteo | 18,568 |
| Pordenone | Pordenone | Ottavio Bottecchia | 3,000 |
| Ravenna | Ravenna | Bruno Benelli | 12,020 |
| Renate | Renate | Città di Meda(Meda) | 3,000 |
| Rimini | Rimini | Romeo Neri | 7,442 |
| Sambenedettese | San Benedetto del Tronto | Riviera delle Palme | 14,995 |
| Südtirol | Bolzano/Bozen | Druso | 3,500 |
| Teramo | Teramo | Gaetano Bonolis | 7,498 |
| Ternana | Terni | Libero Liberati | 17,460 |
| Triestina | Trieste | Nereo Rocco | 32,454 |
| Virtus Verona | Verona | Gavagnin Nocini | 1,200 |
| Vis Pesaro | Pesaro | Tonino Benelli | 4,898 |
4 teams fromCalabria, 4 teams fromCampania, 4 teams fromSicily, 3 teams fromApulia, 2 teams fromBasilicata, 2 teams fromLazio.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bisceglie | Bisceglie | Gustavo Ventura | 5,000 |
| Casertana | Caserta | Alberto Pinto | 12,000 |
| Catania | Catania | Angelo Massimino | 20,266 |
| Catanzaro | Catanzaro | Nicola Ceravolo | 14,650 |
| Cavese | Cava de' Tirreni | Simonetta Lamberti | 5,200 |
| Juve Stabia | Castellammare di Stabia | Romeo Menti | 7,642 |
| Matera | Matera | Stadio XXI Settembre-Franco Salerno | 8,500 |
| Monopoli | Monopoli | Vito Simone Veneziani | 6,880 |
| Paganese | Pagani | Marcello Torre | 5,900 |
| Potenza | Potenza | Alfredo Viviani | 6,000 |
| Reggina | Reggio Calabria | Oreste Granillo | 27,454 |
| Rende | Rende | Marco Lorenzon | 5,000 |
| Rieti | Rieti | Manlio Scopigno | 10,163 |
| Sicula Leonzio | Lentini | Angelino Nobile | 2,500 |
| Siracusa | Siracusa | Nicola De Simone | 6,870 |
| Trapani | Trapani | Polisportivo Provinciale (Erice) | 7,000 |
| Vibonese | Vibo Valentia | Luigi Razza | 6,500 |
| Virtus Francavilla | Francavilla Fontana | Giovanni Paolo II | 5,000 |
| Viterbese Castrense | Viterbo | Enrico Rocchi | 5,460 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virtus Entella(P) | 37 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 75 | Promotion toSerie B |
| 2 | Piacenza | 37 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 74 | Qualification to thepromotion play-offs |
| 3 | Pisa(O, P) | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 69 | |
| 4 | Arezzo | 37 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 64[a] | |
| 5 | Pro Vercelli | 37 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 64[a] | |
| 6 | Robur Siena | 37 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 63 | |
| 7 | Carrarese | 37 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 62 | |
| 8 | Pro Patria | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 57 | |
| 9 | Novara | 37 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 50 | |
| 10 | Alessandria | 37 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 45[b] | |
| 11 | Pontedera | 37 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 45[b] | |
| 12 | Juventus U23 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 42 | |
| 13 | Olbia | 37 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 38 | |
| 14 | Arzachena[c](D, R) | 37 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 37 | Club dissolved |
| 15 | Pistoiese | 37 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 35 | |
| 16 | Gozzano | 37 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 33 | |
| 17 | Albissola(D, R) | 37 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 28 | Club dissolved |
| 18 | Cuneo[d](D, R) | 37 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 24 | |
| 19 | Lucchese[e](O, D, R) | 37 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 20 | |
| 20 | Pro Piacenza[f](D, R) | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 57 | −57 | 0 | Excluded from league[25] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pordenone(C, P) | 38 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 73 | Promotion toSerie B |
| 2 | Triestina[a] | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 67 | Qualification to thepromotion play-offs |
| 3 | Imolese | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 62[b] | |
| 4 | Feralpisalò | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 62[b] | |
| 5 | Monza | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 60 | |
| 6 | Südtirol | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 55[c] | |
| 7 | Ravenna | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 55[c] | |
| 8 | L.R. Vicenza | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 51 | |
| 9 | Sambenedettese | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 50 | |
| 10 | Fermana | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 47 | |
| 11 | Ternana | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 44[d] | |
| 12 | Gubbio | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 44[d] | |
| 13 | Teramo | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 43[e] | |
| 14 | Albinoleffe | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 43[e] | |
| 15 | Vis Pesaro | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 42[f] | |
| 16 | Giana Erminio | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 42[f] | |
| 17 | Renate | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 39[g] | |
| 18 | Rimini(O) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 39[g] | Qualification to therelegation play-outs |
| 19 | Virtus Verona | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 38[h] | Readmitted |
| 20 | Fano | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 32 | −14 | 38[h] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juve Stabia[a](P) | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 63 | 18 | +45 | 77 | Promotion toSerie B |
| 2 | Trapani[b](O, P) | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 73 | Qualification to thepromotion play-offs |
| 3 | Catanzaro | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 67 | |
| 4 | Catania | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 65 | |
| 5 | Potenza | 36 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 57 | |
| 6 | Virtus Francavilla | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 55 | |
| 7 | Reggina[c] | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 52 | |
| 8 | Monopoli[d] | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 51[e] | |
| 9 | Casertana | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 51[e] | |
| 10 | Rende[f] | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 47[g] | |
| 11 | Cavese | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 47[g] | |
| 12 | Viterbese Castrense | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 45 | Qualification to thepromotion play-offs[h] |
| 13 | Sicula Leonzio | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 42[i] | |
| 14 | Vibonese | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 42[i] | |
| 15 | Rieti[j] | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 39 | |
| 16 | Siracusa[k](D, R) | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 36 | Relegation toPromozione Sicily |
| 17 | Bisceglie[l] | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 29 | Readmitted |
| 18 | Paganese | 36 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 72 | −36 | 23 | |
| 19 | Matera[m](D, R) | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 92 | −76 | −18 | Excluded from league |
If tied, higher-placed team advances.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Pro Vercelli | 3–1 | Alessandria |
| Robur Siena | 0–1 | Novara |
| Carrarese | 2–0 | Pro Patria |
| Monza | 2–0 | Fermana |
| Südtirol | 1–0 | Sambenedettese |
| Ravenna | 1–1[29] | L.R. Vicenza |
| Potenza | 0–0[30] | Rende |
| Virtus Francavilla | 1–0 | Casertana |
| Reggina | 1–1[31] | Monopoli |
If tied, higher-placed team advances.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Arezzo | 2–2[32] | Novara |
| Pro Vercelli | 1–2 | Carrarese |
| FeralpiSalò | 0–0[33] | Ravenna |
| Monza | 3–3[34] | Südtirol |
| Catania | 4–1 | Reggina |
| Potenza | 3–1 | Virtus Francavilla |
If tied on aggregate, higher-placed team advances.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FeralpiSalò | 3–2 | Catanzaro | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Potenza | 2–2[35] | Catania | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Arezzo | 5–0 | Viterbese | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Carrarese | 3–4 | Pisa | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Monza | 4–4[36] | Imolese | 1–3 | 3–1 |
If tied on aggregate, higher-placed team advances.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arezzo | 2–4 | Pisa | 2–3 | 0–1 |
| Catania | 3–3[37] | Trapani | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| FeralpiSalò | 1–3 | Triestina | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Imolese | 2–3 | Piacenza | 0–2 | 2–1 |
If tied on aggregate, the winner is decided by extra-time and penalty shootout.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pisa | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | Triestina | 2–2 | 3–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Piacenza | 0–2 | Trapani | 0–0 | 0-2 |
Higher-placed team plays at home for second leg. If tied on aggregate, lower-placed team is relegated.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucchese | 3–0 | Cuneo | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Virtus Verona | 1–2 | Rimini | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Paganese | 5–5[38] | Bisceglie | 2–1 | 3–4 |
If tied on aggregate, extra time and eventually penalty shoot-out are played. Losers are relegated.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucchese | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3-2 pen.) | Bisceglie | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Triestina | 20 | |
| 2 | Carrarese | 18 | |
| 3 | Arezzo | 17 | |
| Casertana | |||
| 5 | Pordenone | 15 | |
| Robur Siena | |||
| Imolese | |||
| Giana Erminio | |||
| 9 | Carrarese | 14 | |
| Catanzaro | |||
| Albissola |
1Player scored 1 goal in the play-offs.
3Player scored 3 goals in the play-offs.
4Player scored 4 goals in the play-offs.