The Supercoppa di Serie C, formerly named Supercoppa di Lega Pro, is an Italian
football
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competition played by the three group winners of
Serie C
The Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C.
The unification of the Lega Pro ...
, inaugurated in 2000.
Forerunners
The FIGC introduced a third-level national football championship for the first time following the reform of 1926. The
Northern Lower Directory, the fascist Authority ruling the league, introduced a national cup for the group winners.
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1926–27:
AC Monza
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1927–28: Edera
Trieste
Trieste ( , ; sl, Trst ; german: Triest ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital city, and largest city, of the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, one of two autonomous regions which are not subdivided into provi ...
In 1928 the fascists decided to allow the fully national
Higher Directory to organize the third-level championship instead. A cup for the group winners, and promoted to newly-born
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie Balkrishna Industries, BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 ...
, was maintained.
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1928–29:
Spezia Calcio
Spezia Calcio is a professional Association football, football club based in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. Spezia Calcio was founded in 1906 by the Swiss banker Hermann Hurni (or Hurny in some documents), who played for the early Crystal Palace am ...
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1929–30:
Udinese
Udinese Calcio, commonly referred to as Udinese, is a professional Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, that currently plays in Serie A. It was founded on 30 November 1896 as a sports club, and on 5 July 1911 as a fo ...
However, Italian ''tifosi'' showed a very little interest for this honorific cups, so they were discontinued for seventy years.
La Gazzetta dello Sport
''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' (; "The Sports Gazette") is an Italian daily newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. Founded in 1896, it is the most widely read daily newspaper of any kind in Italy (in 2018).
History and profile
''La ...
historical archive
Winners
See also
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Lega Pro Prima Divisione
Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest 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.
Before the 1978â ...
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Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione
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Football in Italy
Football ( it, calcio ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world. They have won the FIFA World Cup four times ( 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only ...
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Recurring sporting events established in 2000
2000 establishments in Italy