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 .
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Northern Italy [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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
^ 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 [ edit ] Eastern Veneto Girone C [ edit ] 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
Girone D - Piedmont [ edit ] 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
^ Asti qualified to the semifinals after qualification match with Rapallo Ruentes. ^ 1 point deducted. Girone D - Liguria [ edit ] 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
^ Asti qualified to the semifinals after qualification match with Rapallo Ruentes. ^ Later admitted to Serie B in place of Ausonia Spezia . Girone E [ edit ] Northern Lombardy Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Vimercatese 22 0 2 Pro Lissone 22 0 3 Sondrio 22 0 4 Mariano Comense 22 0 5 Meda 22 0 6 Caratese 22 0 7 Monza 22 0 8 Tirano 22 0 9 Pavia 22 0 10 Vis Nova Giussano 22 0 11 Osnago (D) 22 0 12 Cantù 22 0
Girone F [ edit ] Western Lombardy Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Parabiago 22 0 2 Calciatori Bustesi 22 0 3 Sommese 22 0 4 Pirelli Milano 22 0 5 Sparta Novara 22 0 6 Saronno 22 0 7 Rhodense 22 0 8 Falck Sesto S.G. 22 0 9 Besozzo Sommese[a] 22 0 10 Gattinara 22 0 11 Redaelli Rogoredo (D) 22 0 12 Mortara 22 0
Girone G [ edit ] Eastern Lombardy Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Melzo 22 0 2 Breda Sesto S.G. 22 0 3 Falco Albino 22 0 4 Pro Romano 22 0 5 Pro Palazzolo 22 0 6 Vita Nova 22 0 7 Orceana 22 0 8 Clarense 22 0 9 Cassano 22 0 10 Ardens Bergamo 22 0 11 Trevigliese 22 0 12 Gerli Cusano Milanino 22 0
Girone H [ edit ] Southern Lombardy
Girone I [ edit ] 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
^ Excluded from the semifinals for disciplinary reasons. Semifinals [ edit ] Girone A [ edit ] Girone B [ edit ] Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Asti 8 12 2 Stradellina 8 10 3 Vimercatese 8 8 4 Parabiago 8 7 5 Melzo 8 3
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 [ edit ] 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 D [ edit ] Campania and Basilicata ^ 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 [ edit ] Apulia ^ 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 [ edit ] Calabria and Sicily 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.
^ Special guests were clubs which did not belonged to Serie C before the war. ^ Restored from 1942 after war break. ^ Restored from 1940 after war break. ^ Damaged for war in 1941 and restored. ^ Forcely disbanded by the fascists in 1940 and consequently restored.