The 2007–08 Serie C1 season was the thirtieth football league season of

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Serie C1 since its establishment in 1978. It was divided into two phases: the

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, played from September 2007 to May 2008, and the playoff phase from May to June 2008. The league was composed of 36 teams divided into two divisions of 18 teams each, whose teams were divided mainly according to geographical principles. 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 Serie C2. In all, four teams (

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, and

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) were promoted to

, and six teams ( Pro Patria,

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, Lanciano, Sangiovannese, and Martina) were relegated to Serie C2.

Events

The line-up was announced on 19 July 2007. No teams were excluded, and all the originally scheduled teams will therefore take part in the league. The league featured four teams relegated from

in 2006-07 (

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, Arezzo, Crotone and

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) and six promoted from Serie C2 ( Legnano, Foligno,

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, Paganese and Potenza). The divisions' composition was confirmed as usual according to latitude. However a number of South teams were included in a division different from their best fitting one in order to reduce the number of potentially heated local derbies. This caused all Tuscan clubs to be included in the Serie C1/B division, otherwise composed mostly by teams hailing from South of Italy, whereas two teams from

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and two from Apulia were included in the Serie C1/A, which instead features mostly teams from the North.

Promotions

On 27 April 2008, with one week in the regular season yet to be played, both

and

were mathematically ensured of their respective division titles, thus winning promotion to

for the 2008-09 season.

Clubs

Serie C1/A

Serie C1/B

Final standings

Serie C1/A

Serie C1/B

Promotion and relegation playoffs

Serie C1/A

Promotion

:''Promotion playoff semifinals'' :''First legs played 18 May 2008; return legs played 25 May 2008'' :''(due to aggregate tie, higher classified team won)'' :''Promotion playoff finals'' :''First leg played 1 June 2008; return leg played 8 June 2008'' ''Cittadella promoted to Serie B''

Relegation

:''Relegation playoffs'' :''First legs played 18 May 2008; return legs played 25 May 2008'' ''Pro Patria and Lecco relegated to Serie C2''

Serie C1/B

Promotion

Relegation

:''Relegation playoffs'' :''First legs played 18 May 2008; return legs played 25 May 2008'' ''Sangiovannese and Lanciano relegated to Serie C2''

References

External links

Italy Third Level 2007/08
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