2020–21 Serie C

The 2020–21 Serie C is the seventh season of the unified Serie C division, the third tier of the Italian football league system.

Serie C
Season2020–21
Dates26 September 2020 – 25 April 2021
RelegatedTrapani (excluded)
Matches played635
Goals scored1,513 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerMirco Antenucci
Mattia Bortolussi
(12 goals)
Biggest home winPiacenza 6–0 Pro Sesto
(6 December 2020)
Biggest away winMantova 0–6 Padova
(4 February 2021)
Highest scoringLucchese 4–5 AlbinoLeffe
(25 November 2020)
Longest winning runTernana
(11 matches)
Longest unbeaten runTernana
(21 matches)
Longest winless runNovara
(14 matches)
Longest losing runImolese
(10 matches)
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 4 February 2021.

Teams

The league has been contested by initially 60 teams, then 59.

Relegated from Serie B

Readmissions

Following the disbandment of Sicula Leonzio and Siena, Giana Erminio and Ravenna were readmitted to fill these vacancies.

During the season

On 4 October 2020, Trapani was officially excluded from the league after failing to play two consecutive matches.[3]

Stadia and locations

Group A (North & Central West)

8 teams from Lombardy, 6 teams from Tuscany, 4 teams from Piedmont, 1 from Emilia-Romagna and 1 team from Sardinia.

Location of teams in Serie C (Group A) 2020–21
Club City Stadium Capacity
AlbinoLeffe Albino and Leffe Città di Gorgonzola (Gorgonzola) 3,766
Alessandria Alessandria Giuseppe Moccagatta 5,926
Carrarese Carrara Dei Marmi 9,500
Como Como Giuseppe Sinigaglia 13,602
Giana Erminio Gorgonzola Città di Gorgonzola 3,766
Grosseto Grosseto Olimpico Carlo Zecchini 9,988
Juventus U23 Turin Giuseppe Moccagatta (Alessandria) 5,926
Lecco Lecco Rigamonti-Ceppi 4,997
Livorno Livorno Armando Picchi 14,267
Lucchese Lucca Porta Elisa 12,800
Novara Novara Silvio Piola (Novara) 17,875
Olbia Olbia Bruno Nespoli 4,000
Pergolettese Crema Giuseppe Voltini 4,095
Piacenza Piacenza Leonardo Garilli 21,668
Pistoiese Pistoia Marcello Melani 13,195
Pontedera Pontedera Ettore Mannucci 2,700
Pro Patria Busto Arsizio Carlo Speroni 5,000
Pro Sesto Sesto San Giovanni Breda 4,501
Pro Vercelli Vercelli Silvio Piola (Vercelli) 5,500
Renate Renate Città di Meda (Meda) 2,500

Group B (North & Central East)

5 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 5 teams from Marche, 3 teams from Veneto, 2 teams from Lombardy, 2 teams from Umbria, 1 team from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 team from Trentino-Alto Adige and 1 team from Tuscany.

Location of teams in Serie C (Group B) 2020–21
Club City Stadium Capacity
Arezzo Arezzo Città di Arezzo 13,128
Carpi Carpi Sandro Cabassi 5,510
Cesena Cesena Dino Manuzzi 20,194
Fano Fano Raffaele Mancini 8,880
FeralpiSalò Salò Lino Turina 2,364
Fermana Fermo Bruno Recchioni 8,920
Gubbio Gubbio Pietro Barbetti 4,939
Imolese Imola Romeo Galli 4,000
Legnago Legnago Mario Sandrini 2,152
Mantova Mantua Danilo Martelli 14,884
Matelica Matelica Helvia Recina (Macerata) 4,315
Modena Modena Alberto Braglia 21,092
Padova Padua Euganeo 32,420
Perugia Perugia Renato Curi 23,625
Ravenna Ravenna Bruno Benelli 12,020
Sambenedettese San Benedetto del Tronto Riviera delle Palme 22,000
Südtirol Bolzano/Bozen Druso 3,000
Triestina Trieste Nereo Rocco 26,500
Virtus Verona Verona Mario Gavagnin-Sinibaldo Nocini 1,500
Vis Pesaro Pesaro Tonino Benelli 4,898

Group C (Central & South)

6 teams from Campania, 5 teams from Apulia, 3 teams from Sicily, 2 teams from Calabria, 1 from Abruzzo, 1 team from Basilicata, 1 team from Lazio and 1 from Umbria.

Location of teams in Serie C (Group C) 2020–21
Club City Stadium Capacity
Avellino Avellino Partenio-Adriano Lombardi 26,308
Bari Bari San Nicola 58,270
Bisceglie Bisceglie Gustavo Ventura 3,200
Casertana Caserta Alberto Pinto 12,000
Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 20,016
Catanzaro Catanzaro Nicola Ceravolo 14,650
Cavese Cava de' Tirreni Simonetta Lamberti 5,200
Foggia Foggia Pino Zaccheria 25,085
Juve Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Romeo Menti 7,642
Monopoli Monopoli Vito Simone Veneziani 6,880
Paganese Pagani Marcello Torre 5,093
Palermo Palermo Renzo Barbera 36,365
Potenza Potenza Alfredo Viviani 4,977
Teramo Teramo Gaetano Bonolis 7,498
Ternana Terni Libero Liberati 22,000
Trapani Trapani Polisportivo Provinciale (Erice) 7,608
Turris Torre del Greco Amerigo Liguori 3,566
Vibonese Vibo Valentia Luigi Razza 5,000
Virtus Francavilla Francavilla Fontana Giovanni Paolo II 2,137
Viterbese Viterbo Enrico Rocchi 5,460

League tables

Group A (North & Central West)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Renate 18 13 2 3 32 16 +16 41 Promotion to Serie B
2 Como 17 10 4 3 26 21 +5 34 Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3 Alessandria 17 9 3 5 25 16 +9 30
4 Pro Patria 18 8 5 5 19 12 +7 29
5 Carrarese 18 8 5 5 19 15 +4 29
6 Pro Vercelli 18 8 5 5 23 20 +3 29
7 Lecco 18 8 4 6 26 21 +5 28
8 Juventus U23 18 8 4 6 25 20 +5 28
9 AlbinoLeffe 18 6 7 5 20 18 +2 25
10 Grosseto 18 7 4 7 18 18 0 25
11 Pontedera 18 7 4 7 18 18 0 25 Possible qualification to the promotion play-offs
12 Pro Sesto 18 7 3 8 17 22 −5 24
13 Pistoiese 18 6 3 9 18 21 −3 21
14 Pergolettese 18 5 4 9 24 28 −4 19
15 Novara 18 4 7 7 19 24 −5 19
16 Olbia 18 3 10 5 15 23 −8 19 Qualification to the relegation play-outs
17 Piacenza 18 3 8 7 24 26 −2 17
18 Giana Erminio 18 5 2 11 14 26 −12 17
19 Livorno[lower-alpha 1] 18 4 6 8 20 22 −2 13
20 Lucchese 18 2 6 10 17 32 −15 12 Relegation to Serie D
Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2021. Source: Lega Pro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[4]
Notes:
  1. Livorno have 5 points deducted.

Group B (North & Central East)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Modena 18 11 3 4 21 8 +13 36 Promotion to Serie B
2 Südtirol 18 9 7 2 29 12 +17 34 Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3 Padova 17 10 3 4 32 15 +17 33
4 Perugia 18 9 6 3 28 18 +10 33
5 Cesena 18 9 5 4 28 18 +10 32
6 Sambenedettese 18 8 6 4 23 18 +5 30
7 Mantova 18 8 4 6 29 23 +6 28
8 Triestina 18 8 4 6 20 18 +2 28
9 Feralpisalò 17 7 5 5 24 22 +2 26
10 Matelica 17 7 4 6 27 31 −4 25
11 Virtus Verona 18 4 11 3 19 16 +3 23 Possible qualification to the promotion play-offs
12 Gubbio 18 5 7 6 19 22 −3 22
13 Carpi 15 5 6 4 19 16 +3 21
14 Fermana 18 4 7 7 13 19 −6 19
15 Legnago 18 3 9 6 13 15 −2 18
16 Vis Pesaro 18 5 3 10 20 32 −12 18 Qualification to the relegation play-outs
17 Fano 18 2 8 8 12 22 −10 14
18 Ravenna 18 4 2 12 18 36 −18 14
19 Imolese 18 3 3 12 14 27 −13 12
20 Arezzo 18 1 7 10 16 36 −20 10 Relegation to Serie D
Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2021. Source: Lega Pro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[4]

Group C (Central & South)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ternana 17 13 4 0 43 12 +31 43 Promotion to Serie B
2 Bari 17 10 5 2 31 14 +17 35 Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3 Avellino 17 8 4 5 26 20 +6 28
4 Teramo 17 7 7 3 20 14 +6 28
5 Foggia 17 8 4 5 24 19 +5 28
6 Catanzaro 16 7 6 3 22 18 +4 27
7 Catania[lower-alpha 1] 17 8 5 4 21 18 +3 27
8 Turris 17 6 8 3 22 21 +1 26
9 Palermo 17 6 6 5 18 17 +1 24
10 Juve Stabia 16 6 5 5 17 14 +3 23
11 Vibonese 17 4 8 5 20 19 +1 20 Possibile qualification to the promotion play-offs
12 Virtus Francavilla 17 4 7 6 19 21 −2 19
13 Monopoli 17 4 4 9 16 25 −9 16
14 Potenza 18 4 4 10 18 29 −11 16
15 Viterbese 16 3 6 7 19 23 −4 15
16 Casertana 15 4 3 8 17 29 −12 15 Qualification to the relegation play-outs
17 Bisceglie 16 3 5 8 15 25 −10 14
18 Paganese 17 2 6 9 13 26 −13 12
19 Cavese 17 1 5 11 10 27 −17 8
20 Trapani[lower-alpha 2] (D, R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 −1 Excluded from league
Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2021. Source: Lega Pro
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 2 points deduction for financial irregularities.
  2. 1 point deduction for deserting the home match against Casertana, then exclusion from Serie C after failing to attend a second consecutive match.

Top goalscorers
As of 4 February 2021[5][6][7]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mirco Antenucci Bari 12
Mattia Bortolussi Cesena
3 César Falletti Ternana 11
Benjamin Mokulu Ravenna
5 Pietro Cianci Potenza 10
Filippo Guccione Mantova
Anthony Partipilo Ternana
Jacopo Manconi AlbinoLeffe
9 Alessio Curcio Foggia 9
Francesco Galuppini Renate
Simone Ganz Mantova
Saveriano Infantino Carrarese

Notes

Footnotes

    References
    1. Promoted due to Campodarsego renouncing promotion
    2. Bitonto was deducted five points because of match-fixing
    3. "Figuraccia Trapani, addio alla Serie C: ora l'esclusione è sicura". Stadionews24. 4 October 2020.
    4. "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
    5. "Serie C - Group A - Italy". Soccerway.
    6. "Serie C - Group B - Italy". Soccerway.
    7. "Serie C - Group C - Italy". Soccerway.
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