2016–17 Lega Pro

Lega Pro
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The 2016–17 Lega Pro Divisione Unica is the third 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.^[1]

Teams

A total of 60 teams contest the league. Clubs include 4 sides relegated from the 2015–16 Serie B season, 41 sides playing the 2015–16 Lega Pro season, and 9 sides promoted from the 2015–16 Serie D season. Also, six teams are chosen to play in the league to increase the number of teams to 60.

On 1 July 2016, 54 teams mathematically qualified to the new season. However, Martina Franca and Sporting Bellinzago did not submit their application for a licence.^[2] On 6 July also Virtus Lanciano did not meet the requirements to apply.^[3] On 16 July Pavia and Rimini did not submit an appeal against Covisoc's exclusion.^[4] On 19 July Paganese's appeal of exclusion was rejected by Covisod.^[5] However, on 3 August Paganese was readmitted to the league by TAR's decision.^[6] On 4 August the Federal Council selected ten teams in order to fill the vacancies created: Fano (as a replacement for Sporting Bellizango), Fondi, Forlì, Lupa Roma, Melfi, Olbia, Racing Roma, Reggina, Taranto and Vibonese. On 10 August Albinoleffe was the last team to benefit from the repechage.^[7]

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A (North & Central West)

Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group A) 2016–17

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Alessandria	Alessandria	Giuseppe Moccagatta	5,827
Arezzo	Arezzo	Città di Arezzo	13,128
Carrarese	Carrara	Dei Marmi	15,000
Cremonese	Cremona	Giovanni Zini	20,641
Como	Como	Giuseppe Sinigaglia	13,602
Giana Erminio	Gorgonzola	Città di Gorgonzola	3,766
Livorno	Livorno	Armando Picchi	19,238
Lucchese	Lucca	Porta Elisa	7,386
Lupa Roma	Rome	Olindo Galli (Tivoli)	3,500
Olbia	Olbia	Bruno Nespoli	3,200
Piacenza	Piacenza	Leonardo Garilli	21,668
Pistoiese	Pistoia	Marcello Melani	13,195
Pontedera	Pontedera	Ettore Mannucci	5,000
Prato	Prato	Lungobisenzio	6,750
Pro Piacenza	Piacenza	Leonardo Garilli	21,668
Racing Roma	Rome	Casal del Marmo (Rome)	2,500
Renate	Renate	Città di Meda (Meda)	3,000
Robur Siena	Siena	Montepaschi Arena	15,373
Tuttocuoio	San Miniato	Ettore Mannucci (Pontedera)	5,000
Viterbese	Viterbo	Attilio Gregori	3,000

Group B (North & Central East)

Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group B) 2016–17

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
AlbinoLeffe	Albino and Leffe	Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (Bergamo)	26,542
Ancona	Ancona	del Conero	23,983
Bassano Virtus	Bassano del Grappa	Rino Mercante	2,952
Fano	Fano	Raffaele Mancini	8,800
FeralpiSalò	Salò	Lino Turina	2,500
Forlì	Forlì	Tullo Morgagni	3,466
Gubbio	Gubbio	Pietro Barbetti	5,300
Lumezzane	Lumezzane	Nuovo Comunale	4,150
Maceratese	Macerata	Helvia Recina	5,846
Mantova	Mantua	Danilo Martelli	14,884
Modena	Modena	Alberto Braglia	21,151
Padova	Padua	Euganeo	19,740
Parma	Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini	27,906
Pordenone	Pordenone	Ottavio Bottecchia	3,000
Reggiana	Reggio Emilia	Città del Tricolore	20,084
Sambenedettese	San Benedetto del Tronto	Riviera delle Palme	14,995
Santarcangelo	Santarcangelo di Romagna	Stadio Valentino Mazzola	3,000
Südtirol	Bolzano	Druso	3,500
Teramo	Teramo	Gaetano Bonolis	7,498
Venezia	Venezia	Pierluigi Penzo	7,450

Group C (South)

Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group C) 2016–17

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Akragas	Agrigento	Esseneto	15,000
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
Fondi	Fondi	Domenico Purificato	2,500
Juve Stabia	Castellammare di Stabia	Romeo Menti	7,642
Lecce	Lecce	Via del Mare	33,876
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
Reggina	Reggio Calabria	Oreste Granillo	27,454
Siracusa	Siracusa	Nicola De Simone	6,870
Taranto	Taranto	Erasmo Iacovone	27,584
Vibonese	Vibo Valentia	Luigi Razza	6,000
Virtus Francavilla	Francavilla Fontana	Giovanni Paolo II	5,000

League Tables

Group A (North & Central West)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Alessandria	14	11	3	0	30	11	+19	36	Promotion to Serie B
2	Cremonese	14	10	3	1	26	13	+13	33	Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3	Livorno	14	7	4	3	20	13	+7	25
4	Arezzo	14	7	4	3	23	17	+6	25
5	Renate	14	6	4	4	20	17	+3	22
6	Piacenza	14	6	4	4	18	15	+3	22
7	Giana Erminio	14	5	6	3	18	16	+2	21
8	Viterbese	14	5	5	4	16	12	+4	20
9	Como	14	5	5	4	20	20	0	20
10	Lucchese	14	4	7	3	20	14	+6	19
11	Robur Siena	14	5	4	5	20	17	+3	19
12	Olbia	14	5	3	6	18	19	−1	18
13	Carrarese	14	5	2	7	14	16	−2	17
14	Pistoiese	14	3	7	4	18	16	+2	16
15	Pro Piacenza	14	5	1	8	13	15	−2	16
16	Tuttocuoio	14	3	4	7	11	17	−6	13	Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17	Pontedera	14	3	4	7	13	26	−13	13
18	Lupa Roma	14	2	4	8	10	21	−11	10
19	Racing Roma	14	2	2	10	10	25	−15	8
20	Prato	14	2	2	10	10	28	−18	8	Relegation to Serie D

Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2016. Source: Lega Pro

Group B (North & Central East)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Venezia	14	8	5	1	19	9	+10	29	Promotion to Serie B
2	Reggiana	14	8	3	3	20	11	+9	27	Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3	Sambenedettese	14	8	3	3	23	17	+6	27
4	Bassano Virtus	14	7	5	2	26	16	+10	26
5	Padova	14	7	4	3	18	12	+6	25
6	Parma	14	7	4	3	21	16	+5	25
7	Gubbio	14	8	1	5	15	15	0	25
8	Pordenone	13	7	3	3	22	16	+6	24
9	FeralpiSalò	14	6	3	5	20	15	+5	21
10	Albinoleffe	14	5	5	4	19	17	+2	20
11	Santarcangelo	14	3	7	4	14	15	−1	16
12	Südtirol	14	3	5	6	13	16	−3	14
13	Maceratese	13	3	5	5	10	13	−3	14
14	Lumezzane	13	3	4	6	7	11	−4	13
15	Teramo	14	3	4	7	17	22	−5	13
16	Fano	14	3	4	7	8	16	−8	13	Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17	Ancona	14	2	6	6	8	16	−8	12
18	Modena	13	2	5	6	7	11	−4	11
19	Mantova	14	2	3	9	10	21	−11	9
20	Forlì	14	1	5	8	13	25	−12	8	Relegation to Serie D

Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2016. Source: Lega Pro

Group C (South)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Juve Stabia	15	10	2	3	29	13	+16	32	Promotion to Serie B
2	Lecce	16	9	5	2	27	15	+12	32	Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3	Foggia	16	8	7	1	22	12	+10	31
4	Matera	15	8	5	2	29	12	+17	29
5	Cosenza	16	7	2	7	20	17	+3	23
6	Monopoli	16	6	4	6	18	19	−1	22
7	Virtus Francavilla	16	6	4	6	18	19	−1	22
8	Fidelis Andria	16	5	7	4	13	14	−1	22
9	Catania^{[lower-alpha 1]}	16	7	7	2	19	10	+9	21
10	Fondi^{[lower-alpha 2]}	16	5	7	4	23	17	+6	21
11	Casertana	16	5	6	5	15	16	−1	21
12	Siracusa	16	5	5	6	16	20	−4	20
13	Paganese	16	5	3	8	18	18	0	18
14	Melfi^{[lower-alpha 3]}	16	4	6	6	20	26	−6	17
15	Akragas	16	3	8	5	14	22	−8	17
16	Messina	16	3	6	7	14	22	−8	15	Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17	Vibonese	16	3	6	7	9	18	−9	15
18	Reggina	16	2	8	6	16	26	−10	14
19	Taranto	16	2	6	8	12	21	−9	12
20	Catanzaro	16	2	4	10	12	27	−15	10	Relegation to Serie D

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Lega Pro
Notes:

↑ Catania was deducted 7 points for late payments.^[8]^[9]
↑ Fondi was deducted 1 point for financial reasons.^[10]
↑ Melfi was deducted 1 point for misrepresentation.^[9]

References

↑ Official FIGC website
↑ "Iscrizioni in Lega Pro: due società non presentano domanda" (in Italian). tuttolegapro. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
↑ "Virtus Lanciano: ufficiale, il club non riesce a iscriversi in Lega Pro. La lettera del presidente Valentina Maio" (in Italian). mediagol. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
↑ "Pavia e Rimini fuori dalla Lega Pro 2016/17" (in Italian). GazzaMercato. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
↑ Valeria Debbia (19 July 2016). "Paganese choc: ricorso non accolto, c'è l'esclusione dalla Lega Pro" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 July 2016.
↑ Sebastian Donzella (3 August 2016). "Incredibile Paganese: il TAR ordina la riammissione in Lega Pro" (in Italian). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
↑ Sebastian Donzella (4 August 2016). "Consiglio Federale, le decisioni sui ripescaggi: Cavese fuori, Albinoleffe in attesa" (in Italian). Retrieved 4 August 2016.
↑ "Lega Pro, caso Castro, il Catania parte con la penalizzazione di sei punti" (in Italian). La Sicilia. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
1 2 "TFN: 1 punto di penalizzazione per Benevento (Serie B), Catania e Melfi (Lega Pro)" (in Italian). FIGC. 15 September 2016.
↑ "TFN: punti di penalizzazione a 6 società di LND" (in Italian). FIGC. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

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