The 2006–07 Serie C2 was the

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league season of

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Serie C2 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. Usually it consisted of 36 teams, but in the 2011–12 season, there were 41 teams divided geographically into two divisions of 2 ...

for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the

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, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007 and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over, teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a ''playoff'' to determine the second team in each division to be promoted to Serie C1. At the same time, teams placed 14th to 17th entered a ''playout'' for the right to remain in Serie C2 the following season. As usual, Serie C2 was composed by three divisions, whose teams were divided geographically. Division C2/A was mainly composed by

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and

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n teams, whereas division C2/B included North-Central and Central Italy teams, with the exception of two teams from

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( Paganese and

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and

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. Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to

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; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division were relegated to

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. In all, six teams were promoted to Serie C1, and nine teams were relegated to Serie D. Teams relegating to Serie D also lost the right to maintain their professional status.

Standings

Serie C2/A

:''Final table''

Serie C2/B

:''Final table''

Serie C2/C

:''Final table''

Promotion and relegation playoffs

Serie C2/A

Promotion

:''Promotion playoff semifinals'' :''First legs played May 27, 2007; return legs played June 3, 2007'' :''Promotion playoff finals'' :''First leg played June 10, 2007; return leg played June 17, 2007'' ''Pergocrema promoted to Serie C1''

Relegation

:''Relegation playoffs'' :''First legs played May 27, 2007; return legs played June 3, 2007'' ''Biellese and Montichiari relegated to Serie D''

Serie C2/B

Promotion

Relegation

:''Relegation playoffs'' :''First legs played May 27, 2007; return legs played June 3, 2007'' ''Boca San Lazzaro and Rieti relegated to Serie D''

Serie C2/C

Promotion

Relegation

:''Relegation playoffs'' :''First legs played May 27, 2007; return legs played June 3, 2007'' ''Pro Vasto and Nocerina relegated to Serie D''

Notes and references

Clubs

Serie C2/A

Serie C2/B

Serie C2/C

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