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The 2005–06 Serie C2 was the
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league season of
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Serie C2 Serie C2 was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Serie C. The league menaging t ...
for the years 2005 and 2006. It was divided into two phases: the
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, played from August 28, 2005 to May 7, 2006, 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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and Cavese), and division C2/C was represented by teams hailing from Central-
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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
Serie C1 Serie C1 was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions. History Before the 1978–79 season, there were only three professional football leagues in Italy, the third being Se ...
; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division were relegated to
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, losing also their professional club status. In all, six teams were promoted to Serie C1, and nine teams were relegated to Serie D.


Teams

The season originally features 9 teams from Serie D, 6 teams from Serie C1 and 41 teams from last season Serie C2. However, COVISOC had expelled
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S.p.A.,
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S.r.l., Polisportiva Rosetana Calcio S.r.l., A.S. Sora S.r.l., Vis Pesaro 1898 S.r.l. and Serie D Group B winner U.S. Canzese. Moreover,
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,
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,
Juve Stabia Società Sportiva Juve Stabia is an Italian professional football club based in Castellammare di Stabia, Campania. Juve Stabia plays in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football system, following their promotion ahead of the 2024–25 seas ...
and
San Marino Calcio Associazione Camachista San Marino Calcio, better known as San Marino Calcio, is a Sammarinese professional football club based in the city of Acquaviva, that competes in the Serie D, the fourth tier of Italian football, since being promoted i ...
were promoted to Serie C1 to fill the vacancies. The 10 vacancies was replaced by U.S. Città di Jesolo and
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from Serie D, as well as phoenix clubs that recreated by Lodo Petrucci:
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,
Benevento Benevento ( ; , ; ) is a city and (municipality) of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the Sabato (r ...
, Reggiana,
SPAL Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor, commonly referred to by the acronym SPAL (), is a professional football club based in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. During the 2024–25 season the team played in Serie C, the third tier of the Italian foot ...
and
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were relegated from
2005–06 Serie C1 The 2005–06 Serie C1 was the twenty-eighth edition of Serie C1, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from 28 August 2005 to 7 May 2006, and the playoff phase ...
to Serie C2, as well as on 19 August
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was readmitted from Serie D, which the team was relegated. Overall, the changes made the division had restored from 56 teams to 54 teams, or 18 teams in 3 groups, features 1 team from Serie B, 6 teams from Serie C1, 37 teams from Serie C2 and 10 teams from Serie D.


Group A


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 21, 2007; return legs played May 28, 2007'' :''Promotion playoff finals'' :''First leg played June 4, 2007; return leg played June 11, 2007'' ''Ivrea promoted to Serie C1''


Relegation

:''Relegation playoffs'' :''First legs played May 21, 2007; return legs played May 28, 2007'' ''Jesolo and Portosummaga relegated to Serie D''


Serie C2/B


Promotion

:''Promotion playoff semifinals'' :''First legs played May 21, 2007; return legs played May 28, 2007'' :''Promotion playoff finals'' :''First leg played June 4, 2007; return leg played June 11, 2007'' ''Sassuolo promoted to Serie C1''


Relegation

:''Relegation playoffs'' :''First legs played May 27, 2007; return legs played June 3, 2007'' ''Castel San Pietro and Montevarchi relegated to Serie D''


Serie C2/C


Promotion

:''Promotion playoff semifinals'' :''First legs played May 21, 2007; return legs played May 28, 2007'' :''Promotion playoff finals'' :''First leg played June 4, 2007; return leg played June 11, 2007'' ''Taranto promoted to Serie C1''


Relegation

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


References

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