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Lega Pro

Governing body of the Italian professional football championship of Serie C

Field	Value
name	Lega Pro
image_size	150px
image	Logo LegaPro.svg
parent_organization	FIGC
founded	1959
native_name	Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico
abbreviation	LICP
headquarters	Florence
region_served	Italy
products	Serie C
Coppa Italia Serie C
Campionato Primavera 3
membership	60 clubs
predecessor	Lega IV Serie
leader_title	President
leader_name	Matteo Marani
website	LegaPro.com

Coppa Italia Serie C Campionato Primavera 3 The ** Lega Italiano Calcio Professionistico** (Italian for Professional Football Italian League), commonly known as Lega Pro (Pro League), is the league that runs the third tier of professional football competitions in Italy, the Serie C; the third division of Italian football. It used several names in the past, including Lega Professionisti Serie C. It is a full member of European Leagues.

History

The league was created in 1959 as Lega Nazionale Semiprofessionisti by the FIGC Commissioner Bruno Zauli on the base of the old Lega IV Serie. The League managed three Serie C and six Serie D groups with 162 clubs. The league was intermediate between professionals and amateurs. Former C clubs protested for their lost Lega Calcio membership, and they spent the following twenty years to regain a professional status. The league, led by Artemio Franchi, was expanded in 1967 to 222 clubs. A new reform in 1978 abolished the Serie D and divided the C into two fully professional championships, the Serie C1 and the Serie C2, with 108 members in six groups. The new name was Lega Nazionale Serie C, and its status became professional. After 2000 the Serie C2 was reduced and later abolished in 2014, to give way to a Serie C in three groups.

References

[http://www.lega-pro.com/ LegaPro.com]
[https://europeanleagues.com/member-leagues-and-associate-members/ EL]
[https://www.lega-pro.com/60-anni-di-lega-pro/ look]

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