1945–46 Serie C

The 1945–46 Serie C was a special edition of Serie C, the third highest league in the Italian football league system. Best clubs of Northern Italy were admitted as special guests into the 1945–46 Serie B-C Alta Italia.

Legend

Promoted

Relegated

Northern Italy

Northern Italy sides were divided in several rounds (gironi). The winners qualified to a tournament to determine the only team promoted to 1946–47 Serie B. None of the teams relegated.

Girone A

Venezia Giulia

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Cormonese	24	35
2	Ponziana^[a]	24	33
3	Ampelea Isola d'Istria^[b]	24	33
4	Edera Trieste	24	32
5	Monfalconese	24	31
6	Pro Cervignano	24	27
7	SAICI Torviscosa	24	20
8	Itala Gradisca	24	19
9	Pieris	24	18
10	Turriaco (D)	24	17
11	Sant'Anna Trieste	24	16
12	Ronchi	24	13
13	Sagrado	24	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(D) Disbanded after this season.
Notes:

^ Ponziana Trieste was invited by Josip Broz Tito to join the Yugoslavian Premier League for the 1946-47 season. They accepted, but they maintained a reserve team in the Italian Serie C too.
^ Ampelea Isola d'Istria left the Italian Football Federation at the end of the season and joined the Yugoslavian league as MNK Izola.

Girone B

Eastern Veneto

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Mestrina	26	43
2	Montebelluna	26	31
3	Pordenone	26	31
4	DAM Valdagno	26	28
5	Pro Mogliano	26	27
6	Lanerossi Schio	26	26
7	Giorgione	26	26
8	Vittorio Veneto	26	26
9	Bassano	26	26
10	Sandonà	26	25
11	Rovigo	26	22
12	Thiene	26	18
13	Feltrese	26	18
14	Belluno	26	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Girone C

Western Veneto

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Legnago	22	0
2	Parmavecchia	22	0
3	Bolzano	22	26
4	Audace San Michele	22	0
5	Gonzaga	22	0
6	Villafranca (D)	22	0
7	Lonigo	22	0
8	Petrarca Padova	22	0
9	Cologna Veneta	22	0
10	Mossina Guastalla	22	0
11	Pro Italia	22	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(D) Disbanded after this season.

Girone D - Piedmont

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Asti^[a]	24	33
2	Volpianese	24	30
3	Divisione "Cremona" (D)	24	26
4	Acqui	24	24
5	Speranza Savona	24	23
6	Saviglianese	24	23
7	Fossanese	24	23
8	Ivrea	24	23
9	Piemonte (D)	24	18
10	Aosta	24	18
11	Saluzzo	24	17^[b]
12	Pinerolo	24	17
13	Veloces Biella	24	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(D) Disbanded after this season.
Notes:

^ Asti qualified to the semifinals after qualification match with Rapallo Ruentes.
^ 1 point deducted.

Girone D - Liguria

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Rapallo Ruentes^[a]	26	39
2	Bolzanetese Virtus	26	33
3	Spezia^[b]	26	33
4	Pontedecimo	26	32
5	Rivarolese	26	31
6	Sarzanese	26	28
7	Entella	26	28
8	Sestri Levante	26	23
9	Corniglianese	26	22
10	Levanto	26	21
11	Serravalle	26	21
12	Lavagnese	26	17
13	Tigullio	26	14
14	Sant'Agostino	26	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Asti qualified to the semifinals after qualification match with Rapallo Ruentes.
^ Later admitted to Serie B in place of Ausonia Spezia.

Girone E

Northern Lombardy

Pos	Team	Pld
1	Vimercatese	22
2	Pro Lissone	22
3	Sondrio	22
4	Mariano Comense	22
5	Meda	22
6	Caratese	22
7	Monza	22
8	Tirano	22
9	Pavia	22
10	Vis Nova Giussano	22
11	Osnago (D)	22
12	Cantù	22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(D) Disbanded after this season.

Girone F

Western Lombardy

Pos	Team	Pld
1	Parabiago	22
2	Calciatori Bustesi	22
3	Sommese	22
4	Pirelli Milano	22
5	Sparta Novara	22
6	Saronno	22
7	Rhodense	22
8	Falck Sesto S.G.	22
9	Besozzo Sommese^[a]	22
10	Gattinara	22
11	Redaelli Rogoredo (D)	22
12	Mortara	22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(D) Disbanded after this season.
Notes:

^ Voluntary relegated.

Girone G

Eastern Lombardy

Pos	Team	Pld
1	Melzo	22
2	Breda Sesto S.G.	22
3	Falco Albino	22
4	Pro Romano	22
5	Pro Palazzolo	22
6	Vita Nova	22
7	Orceana	22
8	Clarense	22
9	Cassano	22
10	Ardens Bergamo	22
11	Trevigliese	22
12	Gerli Cusano Milanino	22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Girone H

Southern Lombardy

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Stradellina	22	31
2	Trinese	22	29
3	Pro Broni (D)	22	26
4	Medese	22	25
5	Derthona	22	25
6	Codogno	22	24
7	Fiorenzuola	22	23
8	Olubra	22	22
9	Melegnanese	22	19
10	Fidenza	22	17
11	Sant'Angelo Lodigiano	22	15^[a]
12	Soresinese	22	6^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(D) Disbanded after this season.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 1 point deducted.

Girone I

Emilia

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Carpi^[a]	22	29
2	Bondenese	22	28
3	Ravenna	22	27
4	Faenza	22	25
5	Centese	22	25
6	Rimini	22	24
7	Mirandolese	22	23
8	Finale Emilia	22	22
9	Imolese	22	22
10	Baracca Lugo	22	20
11	Riccione	22	13
12	Amatori Bologna	22	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Excluded from the semifinals for disciplinary reasons.

Semifinals

Girone A

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Mestrina	4	7
2	Cormonese	4	5
3	Legnago	4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Girone B

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Asti	8	12
2	Stradellina	8	10
3	Vimercatese	8	8
4	Parabiago	8	7
5	Melzo	8	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asti	2-7	Mestrina	0-0	2-7

Mestrina promoted to 1946–47 Serie B.

Central and Southern Italy

All the winners of the rounds (gironi) were promoted to 1946–47 Serie B; however, clubs participating as special guests could not be promoted.^[1] Later other teams were admitted to Serie B to create a southern round.

Girone A

Tuscany

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Prato	26	37
2	Lucchese^[2]^[a]	26	36
3	Pistoiese^[3]^[a]	26	31
4	Viareggio^[a]	26	30
5	Empoli^[a]	26	30
6	Signe	26	27
7	Pontedera	26	27
8	Arezzo	26	26
9	Grosseto	26	26
10	Pisa^[b]	26	24
11	Carrarese^[c]	26	23
12	Orbetello^[d]	26	18
13	Sangiovannese^[d]	26	16
14	Montevarchi^[d]	26	11

Source: Panini
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Later admitted to Serie B.
^ Played as guest for war damages to their stadium. Readmitted by right in Serie B.
^ Later admitted to Serie B following 1943 results.
^ ^a ^b ^c Relegated and later readmitted to 1946–47 Serie C.

Girone B

Umbria and Marche

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Perugia	24	42
2	Foligno^[a]	24	33
3	Portorecanati	24	30
4	Chieti	24	29
5	Vigor Senigallia	24	29
6	Vis Sauro Pesaro	24	26
7	Giulianova	24	26
8	Virtus Spoleto	24	25
9	Sambenedettese	24	24^[b]
10	Maceratese	24	23
11	Ascoli	24	23
12	Urbino^[c]	24	18
13	Fano^[c]	24	18
14	Gubbio^[c]	24	17

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ The club was admitted to 1946–47 Serie B at first, but renounced to take part for financial reasons.
^ 1 point deducted.
^ ^a ^b ^c Relegated and later readmitted to 1946–47 Serie C.

Girone C

Lazio and Abruzzo

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Alba Roma (P)	26	39
2	Italia Libera Roma^[a] (E)	26	38
3	Rieti^[4]^[b]	26	33
4	Trastevere Roma^[a] (E)	26	29
5	Ternana^[c]	26	28
6	L'Aquila	26	27
7	Forza e Coraggio	26	24
8	Civitavecchia	26	24
9	Viterbese	26	24
10	Civitacastellana	26	23
11	Juventus Roma^[d]	26	23^[e]
12	Trionfale Roma	26	21
13	Tivoli	26	20
14	Colleferro	26	10

Source: Panini
(E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Merged with Alba Ala Roma at the end of the season to form US Alba Trastevere.
^ Later admitted to Serie B.
^ Later admitted to Serie B following 1943 results.
^ Merged with fresh-promoted Almas Roma after this season.
^ 1 point deducted.

Girone D

Campania and Basilicata

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Benevento^[a]	22	31
2	Gladiator^[b]	22	31
3	Scafatese^[c]	22	29
4	Torrese^[d]	22	28
5	Nocerina	22	26
6	Stabia	22	24
7	Frattese	22	23
8	Portici	22	21
9	Casertana^[b]	22	21
10	Avellino	22	15
11	Ercolanese	22	12
12	Bagnolese^[e]	22	6
13	Potenza^[f]	12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Not promoted because playing this championship only as special guests.
^ ^a ^b Voluntary relegated for debts.
^ Promoted as best titular club of this group.
^ Later admitted to Serie B.
^ Relegated and later readmitted to 1946–47 Serie C.
^ Excluded during the Championship, but later readmitted to 1946–47 Serie C.

Girone E

Apulia

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Lecce	24	43
2	Arsenale Taranto^[a]	24	40
3	Audace Taranto^[a]	24	32
4	Foggia^[a]	24	28
5	Brindisi^[a]	24	26
6	Pro Italia Taranto^[5]^[b]	24	25
7	Altamura	24	22
8	Castellana	24	19
9	Molfetta	24	19
10	Barletta	24	18
11	Trani	24	16
12	Vastese	24	13
13	Liberty Bari	24	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Later admitted to Serie B.
^ Pro Italia Taranto merged with Audace Taranto at the end of the season to form A.S. Taranto.

Girone F

Calabria and Sicily

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Leone Palermo^[a] (E)	20	28
2	Cosenza^[b] (P)	20	27
3	Catanzaro^[c] (G)	20	27
4	Siracusa^[c]	20	25
5	Messina	20	24
6	Gazzi Messina	20	24
7	Reggina	20	21
8	Virtus Catania^[d]	20	18
9	Crotone	20	16^[e]
10	Leonzio^[f] (D, R)	20	15
11	U.S. Catanese^[d] (E)	20	6
12	Termini Imerese^[g] (D, T)	–	0

Source: Panini
(D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (G) Guests; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

^ Merged with Palermo at the end of the season.
^ Promoted as best titular club of this group.
^ ^a ^b Later admitted to Serie B.
^ ^a ^b Virtus Catania and U.S. Catanese merged at the end of the season to form Catania 1946.
^ 1 point deducted.
^ Volutary relegated for debts.
^ Retired during the championship.