The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the twenty-ninth edition of

Serie C1 Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football (soccer), football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1 ...

, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 3 September 2006, to 13 May 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 B. At the same time, teams placed 14th to 17th entered a ''playout'' for the right to remain in Serie C1 the following season. As usual, Serie C1 was composed by two divisions, whose teams were divided geographically. Division C1/A was mainly composed by

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teams, whereas Division C1/B included mostly

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and

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teams. No teams from the major islands of Sardinia or Sicily took part in the 2006–07 Serie C1, as the only two eligible to participate in it, Gela and Sassari Torres, were both omitted due to financial troubles. Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to Serie B; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division were relegated to

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 ...

. In all, four teams were promoted to Serie B, and six teams were relegated to Serie C2.

Clubs

Serie C1/A

Serie C1/B

Final standings

Serie C1/A

Serie C1/B

Promotion and relegation playoffs

Serie C1/A

Promotion

:Semi-finals :''First legs played 27 May 2007; return legs played 3 June 2007'' :Final :''First leg played 10 June 2007; return leg played 17 June 2007'' ''Pisa promoted to Serie B''

Relegation

:Play-offs :''First legs were played 27 May 2007; return were legs played 3 June 2007'' ''Ivrea and Pizzighettone relegated to Serie C2''

Serie C1/B

Promotion

:Semi-finals :''First legs played 27 May 2007; return legs played 3 June 2007'' :Final :''First leg played 10 June 2007; return leg played 17 June 2007'' ''Avellino promoted to Serie B''

Relegation

:Relegation play-offs :''First legs were played 27 May 2007; return legs were played 3 June 2007'' ''San Marino and Teramo relegated to Serie C2''

References

External links

Italy Third Level 2006/07
at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:2006-07 Serie C1 Serie C1 seasons Italy 3