2014–15 Lega Pro

Lega Pro
Season2014–15
ChampionsNovara (Group A)
Teramo stripped of title for match fixing, title given to Ascoli (Group B)
Salernitana (Group C)
Como (Playoffs)
RelegatedReal Vicenza, Venezia, Monza, Torres (Group A)
Forlì, Grosseto, Gubbio, San Marino (Group B)
Barletta, Aversa Normanna, Reggina, Savoia, Vigor Lamezia (Group C)

The 2014–15 Lega Pro was the first season of the unified Lega Pro division in place of the old Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione. The league is composed of 60 teams divided into three different groups of 20 each.

Teams

A total of 60 teams will contest the league, divided into three groups of 20 teams. Originally, teams would include 4 sides relegated from the 2013–14 Serie B season, 29 sides playing the 2013–14 Prima Divisione season, 18 sides playing the 2013–14 Seconda Divisione season, and 9 sides promoted from the 2013–14 Serie D season. In the middle of last season Nocerina was expelled from Lega Pro (on 1 August was admitted to Eccellenza); on 15 July 2014 CoViSoc expelled Padova and Viareggio due to financial reasons; on 1 August 2014 FIGC admitted 3 teams that were relegated in the last season, thus the league included 3 sides from 2013–14 Serie B, 27 sides from 2013–14 Prima Divisione, 21 sides from 2013–14 Seconda Divisione and 9 sides from 2013–14 Serie D.

On 13 June 2014, 59 teams had mathematically achieved qualification for the 2014–15 season.

On 1 July 2014, all 59 teams had submitted the application for a license for 2014–15 season, with 8 teams did not submit the required bank guarantee, including Padova. Moreover, Viareggio submitted a guarantee that would not comply with the new regulation passed in May 2014.[1][2][3] Correggese, the Serie D playoffs winner, did not submit an application.

On 15 July 2014, the deadline of submission, Padova failed to submit the bank guarantee and were declared bankrupt, while 7 teams had submitted in time. On 18 July 2014 the appeal of Viareggio to the exclusion had failed.[4][5]

On 1 August 2014 the Federal Council admitted to Lega Pro Aversa Normanna, Martina Franca and Torres, the 3 teams relegated in 2013–14 Seconda Divisione.[6] One more vacancy was created in August after the Italian National Olympic Committee Court of Appeal agreed upon an appeal from Novara, who requested the 2014–15 Serie B season should feature an even number of teams (22) instead of the originally scheduled 21 ones; after this appeal from Novara, Vicenza was admitted to 2014–15 Serie B and Arezzo replaced it in Lega Pro group A.

Group A, North and Sardinia

Group B, North and Central

  • Ancona, from Serie D, Girone F
  • Ascoli, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
  • Carrarese, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
  • Forlì, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
  • Grosseto, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
  • Gubbio, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
  • L'Aquila, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
  • Lucchese, from Serie D, Girone D
  • Pisa, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
  • Pistoiese, from Serie D, Girone E
  • Pontedera, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
  • Prato, from Prima Divisione, Girone B
  • Pro Piacenza, from Serie D, Girone B
  • Reggiana, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
  • San Marino, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
  • Santarcangelo, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
  • Savona, from Prima Divisione, Girone A
  • SPAL, from Seconda Divisione, Girone A
  • Teramo, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B
  • Tuttocuoio, from Seconda Divisione, Girone B

Group C, South

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A (North and Sardinia)

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Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group A) 2014–15
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Location of teams in 2014–15 Lega Pro (Group A) (Lombardy)
Club City Stadium Capacity
AlbinoLeffe Albino and Leffe
(playing in Bergamo) 		Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,542
Alessandria Alessandria Giuseppe Moccagatta 5,827
Arezzo Arezzo Città di Arezzo 13,128
Bassano Virtus Bassano del Grappa Rino Mercante 2,952
Cremonese Cremona Giovanni Zini 20,641
Como Como Giuseppe Sinigaglia 13,602
FeralpiSalò Salò Lino Turina 2,000
Giana Erminio Gorgonzola Città di Gorgonzola1 3,766
Lumezzane Lumezzane Nuovo Comunale 4,150
Mantova Mantua Danilo Martelli 14,884
Monza Monza Brianteo 18,568
Novara Novara Silvio Piola 17,875
Pavia Pavia Pietro Fortunati 4,999
Pordenone Pordenone Ottavio Bottecchia 3,000
Pro Patria Busto Arsizio Carlo Speroni 4,627
Real Vicenza Vicenza Romeo Menti 12,200
Renate Renate
(playing in Meda) 		Città di Meda 3,000
Südtirol Bolzano Druso 3,500
Torres Sassari Vanni Sanna 12,000
Venezia Venezia Pier Luigi Penzo 7,450

1Giana Erminio played most of the season in the Stadio Brianteo in Monza while their home stadium was renovated.

Group B (North and Central)

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Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group B) 2014–15
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Location of teams in 2014–15 Lega Pro (Group B) (Tuscany)
Club City Stadium Capacity
Ancona Ancona del Conero 23,983
Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Cino e Lillo Del Duca 20,550
Carrarese Carrara Dei Marmi 15,000
Forlì Forlì Tullo Morgagni 3,466
Grosseto Grosseto Carlo Zecchini 10,200
Gubbio Gubbio Pietro Barbetti 5,300
L'Aquila L'Aquila Stadio Tommaso Fattori 10,000
Lucchese Lucca Porta Elisa 7,386
Pisa Pisa Arena Garibaldi 14,869
Pistoiese Pistoia Marcello Melani 13,195
Pontedera Pontedera Ettore Mannucci 5,000
Prato Prato Lungobisenzio 6,800
Pro Piacenza Piacenza Leonardo Garilli 21,668
Reggiana Reggio Emilia Città del Tricolore 20,084
San Marino Serravalle Olimpico 7,000
Santarcangelo Santarcangelo di Romagna Stadio 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)

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Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group C) 2014–15
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Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group C) 2014–15 (Lazio)
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Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group C) 2014–15 (Campania)
Club City Stadium Capacity
Aversa Normanna Aversa Augusto Bisceglia 2,555
Barletta Barletta Cosimo Puttilli 4,018
Benevento Benevento Ciro Vigorito 12,847
Casertana Caserta Alberto Pinto 12,000
Catanzaro Catanzaro Nicola Ceravolo 14,650
Cosenza Cosenza San Vito 24,479
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 Roma Rome
(playing in Aprilia) 		Quinto Ricci 3,000
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
Paganese Pagani Marcello Torre 5,900
Reggina Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo 27,454
Salernitana Salerno Arechi 37,245
Savoia Torre Annunziata Alfredo Giraud 10,750
Vigor Lamezia Lamezia Terme Guido D'Ippolito 5,842

League tables

Group A (North and Sardinia)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Novara[a] (C, P) 38 22 11 5 58 30 +28 74 Promotion to Serie B
2 Bassano Virtus 38 21 11 6 57 37 +20 74 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Pavia[b] 38 19 12 7 58 43 +15 68
4 Como (O, P) 38 20 7 11 48 33 +15 67
5 Alessandria 38 17 14 7 51 31 +20 65
6 Feralpisalò 38 14 14 10 43 41 +2 56
7 Real Vicenza (R) 38 12 16 10 44 38 +6 52 First team withdrew from football
8 Cremonese 38 12 14 12 45 44 +1 50
9 Arezzo 38 12 13 13 35 36 −1 49
10 Südtirol 38 12 11 15 40 41 −1 47
11 Mantova[c] 38 14 7 17 37 34 +3 46
12 Venezia[d] (R) 38 13 10 15 47 44 +3 46 Relegation to Serie D
13 Giana Erminio 38 12 9 17 32 39 −7 45
14 Renate 38 11 12 15 35 49 −14 45
15 Monza[e] (O, R) 38 11 12 15 37 38 −1 39 Relegation to Serie D
16 Pro Patria[f] 38 9 12 17 45 65 −20 38 Qualification to relegation play-offs
17 Lumezzane (O) 38 8 11 19 31 50 −19 35
18 Pordenone[g] 38 9 7 22 30 53 −23 34
19 AlbinoLeffe[h] 38 7 11 20 27 51 −24 32
20 Torres[i] (R) 38 11 14 13 35 38 −3 47 Relegation to Serie D
Source: Datasport.it
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Novara was docked 8 points due to financial irregularities, later reduced to 3.[7]
  2. ^ Pavia was docked 1 point due to financial irregularities.[8]
  3. ^ Mantova was docked 3 points due to financial irregularities.[8][9]
  4. ^ Venezia was deducted 3 points. At the end of season a phoenix club was admitted to Serie D due to bankruptcy of the original club
  5. ^ Monza was docked 6 points due to financial irregularities. At the end of season a phoenix was admitted to Serie D due to bankruptcy of the original club.[10]
  6. ^ Pro Patria was docked 1 point due to financial irregularities. On 1 September the team was readmitted to 2015–16 Lega Pro season[11]
  7. ^ Pordenone was readmitted to Lega Pro to fill the vacancies .
  8. ^ AlbinoLeffe was readmitted to Lega Pro to fill the vacancies.
  9. ^ Torres was placed last and relegated as punishment for match fixing[12]

Group B (North and Central)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Teramo[a] 38 21 12 5 62 32 +30 75
2 Ascoli (C, P) 38 19 14 5 61 37 +24 71 Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3 Reggiana 38 18 11 9 53 31 +22 65
4 SPAL 38 18 8 12 46 31 +15 62
5 Pisa 38 16 11 11 44 35 +9 59
6 Ancona 38 14 15 9 46 38 +8 57
7 L'Aquila 38 14 12 12 40 36 +4 54
8 Tuttocuoio 38 13 11 14 45 58 −13 50
9 Pontedera 38 12 12 14 41 41 0 48
10 Lucchese 38 12 12 14 43 45 −2 48
11 Grosseto[b] (R) 38 11 14 13 43 41 +2 46 Relegation to Serie D
12 Santarcangelo 38 10 14 14 35 39 −4 44
13 Prato 38 9 17 12 41 48 −7 44
14 Pistoiese 38 11 11 16 45 62 −17 44
15 Carrarese 38 9 17 12 47 46 +1 44
16 Gubbio (R) 38 10 13 15 46 51 −5 43 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17 Forlì (R) 38 11 10 17 41 55 −14 43
18 Pro Piacenza[c] (O) 38 12 9 17 34 50 −16 40
19 Savona[d] (O) 38 10 10 18 36 59 −23 38
20 San Marino (R) 38 9 9 20 42 56 −14 36 Relegation to Serie D
Source: Datasport
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teramo was stripped the promotion due to match fixing.[13]
  2. ^ Grosseto was deducted 1 point due to financial irregularities.[8]
  3. ^ Pro Piacenza was deducted 8 points for having fielded a disqualified player throughout the previous season.[14] The penalty was later reduced to 5.[15]
  4. ^ Savona was deducted 2 points for financial irregularities.[16][13]

Group C (South)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Salernitana (C, P) 38 24 8 6 56 31 +25 80 Promotion to Serie B
2 Benevento 38 21 13 4 55 29 +26 76 Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3 Matera 38 20 10 8 56 38 +18 70
4 Juve Stabia 38 19 13 6 58 37 +21 70
5 Casertana 38 20 9 9 59 35 +24 69
6 Lecce 38 20 7 11 50 32 +18 67
7 Foggia[a] 38 18 13 7 63 36 +27 66
8 Catanzaro 38 14 11 13 48 44 +4 53
9 Melfi[b] 38 12 14 12 43 44 −1 48
10 Cosenza 38 9 17 12 37 39 −2 44
11 Barletta[c] (R) 38 12 11 15 35 42 −7 41 Relegation to Eccellenza
12 Lupa Roma 38 9 13 16 40 62 −22 40
13 Martina Franca 38 9 11 18 34 42 −8 38
14 Paganese 38 8 13 17 30 45 −15 37
15 Messina[d] 38 6 16 16 38 55 −17 34
16 Aversa Normanna[e] (R) 38 7 13 18 36 50 −14 33 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17 Ischia[f] (O) 38 7 13 18 32 55 −23 33
18 Reggina[g] (O, R) 38 8 9 21 33 59 −26 32
19 Savoia[h] (R) 38 7 11 20 36 59 −23 28 Relegation to Eccellenza
20 Vigor Lamezia[i] (R) 38 9 17 12 43 48 −5 44 Relegation to Serie D
Source: Datasport.it
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Foggia was deducted 1 point due to financial irregularities.[17]
  2. ^ Melfi was deducted 2 point due to financial irregularities.[8][18]
  3. ^ Barletta was deducted 1 point and additional 5 points due to financial irregularities. At the end of season a phoenix was admitted to Eccellenza due to bankruptcy of the original club.[19]
  4. ^ Messina was readmitted to 2015–16 Lega Pro season on 1 September
  5. ^ Aversa Normanna was deducted 1 point due to financial irregularities.[16]
  6. ^ Ischia was deducted 1 point due to financial irregularities.[19]
  7. ^ Reggina was deducted 1 point due to financial irregularities. At the end of season a phoenix was admitted to Serie D due to bankruptcy of the original club.[7][20][21][22]
  8. ^ Savoia was deducted 1 point and an additional 3 points due to financial irregularities. At the end of season a phoenix was admitted to Eccellenza due to bankruptcy of the original club[19][23]
  9. ^ Vigor Lamezia was placed last and relegated as punishment for match fixing

Promotion play-offs

Preliminary phase

Benevento1–2Como
Report (in Italian)
Bassano Virtus1–1Juve Stabia
Penalties
5–4
Ascoli2–4 (a.e.t.)Reggiana
Matera2–1 (a.e.t.)Pavia
Stadio XXI Settembre, Matera

Final phase

Semifinals on 24 and 31 May 2015, finals on 7 and 14 June 2015.
Semifinals Finals
          
4A Como 1 1 2 (4)
3C Matera 1 1 2 (2)
4A Como 2 0 2
2A Bassano Virtus 0 0 0
3B Reggiana 0 1 1 (1)
2A Bassano Virtus 0 1 1 (3)

Como promoted to Serie B.

Relegation play-offs

First legs on 23 May 2015 (Reggina-Messina on 26 May), return legs on 30 May 2015.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lumezzane 3-0 Pro Patria 1-0 2-0
Pordenone 3-8 Monza 0-2 3-6
Pro Piacenza 2-1 Forlì 2-1 0-0
Savona 3-2 Gubbio 2-1 1-1
Ischia 5-4 Aversa Normanna 4-1 1-3
Reggina 2-0 Messina 1-0 1-0

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