Serie C
Third Italian soccer championship
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| March 7 2025 | Taranto was excluded from the league by the Italian Football Federation due to repeated financial irregularities. |
| August 2024 | Serie C league committee completed the final group arrangements for the upcoming season |
| July 2024 | Serie C league committee finalized the composition of 60 teams divided into three geographical groups for the 2024-25 season |
| June 27 2024 | Milan Futuro, AC Milan's reserve team, was admitted to Serie C to fill the vacancy created by Ancona's exclusion. |
| June 14 2024 | Repechage criteria were announced, with new Under-23 teams being given priority to fill the vacancy left by Ancona's exclusion. |
| June 10 2024 | The Italian Football Federation rejected Ancona's application for Serie C due to outstanding debts. |
| 2023 | Most recent Serie C champions are Feralpisalò, Reggiana, and Catanzaro. |
| 2022 | Südtirol, Modena, and Bari emerge as champions, highlighting the continued competitive nature of the league. |
| January 1 2019 | Lega Pro introduced a player age restriction rule, limiting clubs to 16 players over 23 years old (born before 1 January 1997), with two wildcards for long-serving players, aimed at promoting homegrown talent development in Serie C. |
| 2017 | Serie C championship returns, with Livorno, Padova, and Lecce as top teams. |
| 2017 | Serie C undergoes another organizational restructuring, establishing its current format of competition. |
| May 2017 | Lega Pro assembly unanimously approves renaming the competition back to its original name, Serie C. |
| 2016 | Conclusion of the first Lega Pro period, spanning three seasons from 2014-15 to 2016-17. |
| 2014 | First Lega Pro season saw Novara as champions, with Teramo later stripped of title due to match fixing and Ascoli awarded the championship |
| 2014 | League renamed to Lega Pro, with Novara initially winning the title, but later stripped due to match fixing and awarded to Ascoli. |
| 2014 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione are unified into Lega Pro Divisione Unica, reintroducing the original Serie C format from 1935-1978. |
| 2014 | Serie C was reformed again, replacing the previous Serie C1 and Serie C2 divisions with a unified third-tier league format. |
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