Looks like this year's Coppa Italia of Serie C will have pretty much the same format at previous years even though more Serie C teams will be participating in the regular Coppa Italia (TIM Cup) this year than last. These teams will all enter the Serie C Coppa after the preliminary group stage. Here's a quick summary of the format - Group stage (Fase Eliminatoria) - 60 teams divided into 12 groups of 5. Match days are Aug 17, 21, 24, 31 and September 7. First and second finishers in each group plus 10 best third-place teams move on to the Final Phase Final Phase - 34 teams from the Group Stage plus 30 teams who participated in the TIM Cup elimination rounds. The dates of each round of the knockout stages have yet to be announced, but the format will be home-and-home. As with the TIM Cup, because of the early start of the competition, any club not admitted to their respective league as of last week will not participate. The on-going appeals processes will have no effect.
Re: 2005-6 Coppa Italia di Serie C They should scrap the Coppa Italia for Serie C teams and in the regular Coppa Italia, all the Serie A, B and C teams should be participating. As far as I'm concerned, the Coppa Italia is the worst national cup competition in all of Europe. There's not enough of the smaller clubs participating and the Serie A teams don't take it seriously. The Serie A teams usually play with a weaker side.
Re: 2005-6 Coppa Italia di Serie C Well, as I wrote in the thread about this year's regular Coppa Italia https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=219557 they have made some changes this year which (in theory) should help a smaller team get further - 30 Serie C teams involved instead of just 6, single-game preliminary knockout matches instead of a group phase - but even with those changes, they've sort of made a hash of it in my opinion. The Serie C version, by my understanding, is even less attractive even to the fans of these smaller clubs. I saw at least one game attendance listed at "100" last year. It used to be the two finalists got the nice reward of getting to participate in the regular Coppa the following season - this was the only way a C2 team could hope to do so. Now, with so many Serie C teams involved (teams from C1 and C2 both qualify via their final tables), it's not that much of a reward - both of last year's finalists would've qualified anyway.
Re: 2005-6 Coppa Italia di Serie C Finally, the groups were announced on Friday. About time, considering games start on Wednesday!! Group A Casale, Ivrea, Novara, Sanremese, Cuneo, Pro Vercelli Group B Montichiari, Legnano, Pergocrema, Carpenedolo, Sudtirol Group C Portugruaro S., Bassano Virtus, Sassulo, Bellari Igea Marina, Castel S. Pietro Terme Group D Carrarese, Cuoiopelli CR, Castelnuovo G, Prato, Sansovino, Montevarchi Group E Ancona, Gualdo, Gubbio, Foligno, Fermana Group F Olbia, Viterbo, Rieti, Latina, Sassari Torres Group G Giulianova, Chieti, Melfi, Foggia, Pro Vasto Group H Gallipoli, Real Marcianise, Potenza, Taranto, Nocerina Group I Gela, Modica, Rende, Vittoria, Vigor Lamezia, Igea Virtus B. Looks like they've reduced the number of groups from 12 to 9, with four groups having 6 teams instead of 5 so only 6x5 + 3x6 = 48 teams taking part. I assume 34 teams will still advance, but I'm not sure about that. That would have just 14 teams getting ko'd at this stage.
Re: 2005-6 Coppa Italia di Serie C Today's first turn results: GIRONE A Casale-Ivrea 0-0 Cuneo-Pro Vercelli domani Novara-Sanremese 2-0 GIRONE B Montichiari-Legnano 1-0 Pergocrema-Carpenedolo 2-2 Riposava: Sudtirol GIRONE C Portogruaro-Bassano 0-1 Sassuolo-Bellaria 0-1 Riposava: Castel San Pietro GIRONE D Carrarese-Cuoiopelli 0-0 Castelnuovo-Prato 0-0 Sansovino-Montevarchi 1-1 GIRONE E Ancona-Gualdo 2-2 Gubbio-Foligno 0-1 Riposava: Fermana GIRONE F Olbia-Viterbo 2-0 Rieti-Latina 4-1 Riposava: Sassari GIRONE G Giulianova-Chieti 2-0 Melfi-Foggia 1-2 Riposava Pro Vasto GIRONE H Gallipoli-Marcianise 3-0 Potenza-Taranto 2-3 Riposava: Nocerina GIRONE I Gela-Modica 2-1 Rende-Vittoria 6-0 V.Lamezia-Igea Virtus 0-0
Hey SueB, what site do you go to get these results from? There's a Canadian playing at Sansovino and I wanted to track his progress. Thanks.
I got these particular ones from La Gazzetta dello Sport ( www.gazzetta.it ), but they don't always post them. www.tuttalac.it is a good site for Serie C info. The league site (hard to navigate but with lots of info) is at www.lega-calcio-serie-c.it . I've found that the best way to find stuff sometimes is to go to Google's Italian news page news.google.it and run a search. I sometimes find articles from smaller local news sites which have better coverage of these small clubs. For instance, here is an article on Sansovino's 1-1 draw with Montevarchi: http://www.viaroma100.net/notizia.php?id=4481&id_sez=6
Thursday's result from the first matchday: Cuneo 0 Pro Vercelli 1 Here's another good link with all the scores and standings:- http://www.c1siamo.com/autohtml.php?filename=statistiche/coppa_italia.html
Yeah, he comes up with some rant or other just about every week. I just wish he'd keep the old ones in an archive somewhere. At least I haven't been able to find them anywhere. He updates that site pretty fanatically as well, and it's one of the few sites that's not just a portal for other news feeds (which are useful in their own right, of course).
These games were supposedly played today; trying to find the results: Girone "A" Ivrea 1 Novara ore 2 Pro Vercelli 0 Casale 0 Sanremese 2 Cuneo 2 Girone "B" Carpenedolo – Sudtirol ore 17.00 Legnano – Pergocrema ore 17.00 Girone "C" Bassano Virtus – Castel S. Pietro T. ore 17.00 Bellaria Igea M. – Portogruaro ore 17.00 Girone "D" Cuoiopelli C.R. – Sansovino Stadio “E. Mannucci”, Pontedera ore 20.45 Montevarchi – Castelnuovo G. ore 20.30 Prato – Carrarese ore 17.00 Girone "E" Foligno – Fermana ore 17.00 Gualdo – Gubbio ore 20.30 4/7 Girone "F" Latina – Olbia ore 17.00 Viterbo – Sassari Torres ore 17.00 Girone “G” Chieti – Melfi ore 17.00 Pro Vasto – Giulianova ore 20.30 Girone “H” Nocerina – Gallipoli ore 20.30 Real Marcianise – Potenza ore 17.00 Girone “I” Igea Virtus B. – Rende ore 20.30 Modica – Vigor Lamezia ore 17.00 Vittoria – Gela (postponed to Sept 14)
Found all the results and scorers at www.c1siamo.com GIRONE A Ivrea - Novara 1-2: 29' pt Elia (N); 30' pt Leto Colombo (N); 15' st Borneo (I) Pro Vercelli - Casale 0-0 Sanremese - Cuneo 2-2: 21' pt Pierobon (C); 34' pt Pietribiasi (C); 35' pt Maddè (S); 33' st Lorieri (S) GIRONE B Carpenedolo - Sud Tirol A.A. 1-1: 4' pt Sardelli (C); 45' pt Le Noci (S) Legnano - Pergocrema 1-0: 47' st Kamatà (L) riposava: Montichiari GIRONE C Bassano - C.S.Pietro 2-1: 16' pt Scarpa (B); 41' pt Gualiteri (CSP); 10' st rig.Rizzi (B) Bellaria - Portogruaro 0-1: 39' st Mattielig (P) riposava: Sassuolo GIRONE D CuoioCappiano - Sansovino 1-1: 43' st rig.Ruscitti (C); 49' st Francini (S) Montevarchi - Castelnuovo 1-0: 9' pt Bartoli M. (M) Prato - Carrarese 1-0: 21' st Cecchi (P) GIRONE E Foligno - Fermana 1-1: 14' pt Iacona (Fo); 32' pt Rodia (Fe) Gualdo - Gubbio 1-0: 43' st Cardona (Gua) riposava: Ancona GIRONE F Latina - Olbia 0-0 Viterbo - Sassari Torres 0-1: 46' st Medda (T) riposava: Rieti GIRONE G Chieti - Melfi 0-0 Pro Vasto - Giulianova 1-0: 33' pt Cacciaglia (PV) riposava: Foggia GIRONE H Nocerina - Gallipoli 3-1: 44' pt Minadeo (G); 7' st Mazzeo (N); 16' st Piemonte (N); 47' st Mazzeo (N) R.Marcianise - Potenza 4-0: 23' pt Galizia; 43' pt rig.Poziello; 3' st Galizia; 28' st Perrone riposava: Taranto GIRONE I Igea V. - Rende 1-0: 18' pt Amodeo (I) Modica - V. Lamezia 1-0: 43' pt rig.Catania (M) Vittoria - Gela rinviata al 14-9 per indisponibilità dello stadio
Third-round games, to be played on Wednesday except where noted: Girone "A" Cuneo - Ivrea ore 17.00 Novara - Casale ore 17.00 Pro Vercelli - Sanremese ore 20.30 Girone "B" Pergocrema - Montichiari Stadio Comunale, Pizzighettone ore 20.30 Sudtirol - Legnano Stadio “M. Druso”, Bolzano ore 20.30 Girone "C" Castel S. Pietro T. – Bellaria I.M. ore 20.30 Portogruaro S. - Sassuolo ore 20.30 Girone "D" Carrarese – Castelnuovo G. ore 20.30 Sansovino - Prato ore 20.30 Montevarchi – Cuoiopelli C.R. ore 20.30 Girone "E" Fermana - Gualdo ore 20.30 Gubbio - Ancona ore 20.30 Girone "F" Olbia - Rieti ore 17.00 Sassari Torres - Latina ore 17.00 Girone “G” Foggia - Chieti ore 17.00 Melfi – Pro Vasto ore 17.00 Girone “H” Potenza - Nocerina ore 20.30 Taranto – Real Marcianise ore 17.00 Girone “I” Gela – Igea Virtus B. ore 17.00 Modica - Vittoria ore 16.00 (Thursday) Rende – Vigor Lamezia ore 17.00
Results from Wednesday. thanks to www.c1siamo.com - Apparently, Novara has guaranteed their passage to the knockout stages with thei 3rd win in 3 games. GIRONE A Cuneo - Ivrea 1-0: 29' st rig.Facchetti Novara - Casale 2-1: 8' pt Rubino (N); 16' pt Soragna (C); 26' st Rubino (N) Pro Vercelli - Sanremese 0-1: 18' pt Espinal GIRONE B Pergocrema - Montichiari 2-2: 18' pt Bersi (M); 27' pt Pesenti (M); 29' pt Rossi (P); 39' pt Cossato (M) aut. Sud Tirol - Legnano 1-3: 23' pt Epifani (L); 6' st Bosio (L); 27' st Scavone (S); 39' st Bettini R. (L) riposava: Carpenedolo GIRONE C C.S.Pietro - Bellaria 0-3: 8' st Giaccherini; 15' st De Oliveira; 20' st Santi Portogruaro - Sassuolo 1-3: 21' pt Anselmi (S); 27' st Cunico (P); 33' st Masucci (S); 41' st Masucci (S) riposava: Bassano GIRONE D Carrarese - Castelnuovo 2-3: 1' pt D'Ambrosio (CAR); 5' pt Magnani (CAS); 38' pt Bongiorni (CAR); 44' pt Magnani (CAS); 20' st Sireno (CAS) Sansovino - Prato 3-0: 19' st Uccello; 24' st Uccello; 44' st Quondamatteo Montevarchi - CuoioCappiano 0-0 GIRONE E Fermana - Gualdo 0-1: 29' st Santini Gubbio - Ancona 0-0 riposava: Foligno GIRONE F Olbia - Rieti 1-2: 41' pt rig.Capuccilli (R); 43' pt Falco (O); 1' st Sentinelli (R) Sassari Torres - Latina 0-0 riposava: Viterbo GIRONE G Foggia - Chieti 0-0 Melfi - Pro Vasto 6-0: 21' pt Rana; 36' pt Lauria; 40' pt Rana; 12' st Lauria; 16' st Rana; 30' st Doumbia riposava: Giulianova GIRONE H Potenza - Nocerina 2-0: 21' pt Zanotti; 36' st Morello Taranto - R. Marcianise 0-2: 3' st Corsale; 13' st Corsale riposava: Gallipoli GIRONE I Gela - Igea V. 2-0: 4' st Di Julio; 34' st Comandatore I. Rende - Vigor Lamezia 1-2: 18' pt rig.Galantucci (R); 9' st Zaminga (VL); 24' st Migliorelli (VL) Modica - Vittoria oggi, ore 16
The league finally published the adjusted rules since the number of teams participating in the preliminary phases was reduced from 60 to 48: http://www.lega-calcio-serie-c.it/it/Comunic2006/Lega/Lega 077.pdf Of the 48 teams in this stage, 27 (top 3 finishers in each group) will qualify for the next round along with the 32 Serie C teams which took part in the "real" Coppa Italia. 54 of the total of 59 teams will play each other in the next round, while 5 teams (Genoa, Frosinone and Spezia - last year's finalists, and Pavia and Napoli - last year's C1 playoff finalists) will get a bye directly to the Round of 32. Seems to me they should've given a pass to Cittadella rather than Genoa, as a reward for making it to the Round of 16 of the real Coppa, but whatever.
Roundup of the 4th round of group games. I'm wondering if the Vigor Lamezia-Vittoria result (12-0) is a typo. I've put the teams who've obviously clinched a spot in the top 3 of their group in capital letters. There may be more, but I don't feel like poring through the possibilities in the final round of games. Seeing that Legnano has clinched brings to mind the news I saw today that Marco Simone has signed with that club. GIRONE A Casele-Cuneo 0-0 Ivrea-Sanremese 0-1 Novara-Pro Vercelli 2-1 CLASSIFICA. NOVARA 12; Sanremese 7; Cuneo 5; Pro Vercelli 4; Casale 3; Ivrea 1. GIRONE B Legnano-Carpenedolo 2-1 Montichiari-Alto Adige 1-1 CLASSIFICA. LEGNANO 9, Montichiari 5; Carpenedolo, Pergocrema, Alto Adige 2. GIRONE C Bellaria-Bassano 1-1 Sassuolo-C.S.Pietro 2-1 CLASSIFICA. BASSANO, BELLARI 7; Sassuolo 6; Portogruaro 3; C.S.Pietro 0. GIRONE D Carrarese-Montevarchi 1-1 Castelnuovo-Sansovino 1-0 Prato-Cappiano 1-1 CLASSIFICA. Castelnuovo 7; Montevarchi 6; Sansovino, Prato 5; Cappiano 4; Carrarese 2. GIRONE E Ancona-Fermana 1-1 Gualdo-Foligno 0-1 CLASSIFICA. FOLIGNO, GUALDO 7; Ancona 3; Fermana 2; Gubbio 1. GIRONE F Latina-Viterbo 2-1 Rieti-Torres 1-2 CLASSIFICA. Torres 7; Rieti 6; Latina 5; Olbia 4; Viterbo 0. GIRONE G Giulianova-Melfi 4-1 Pro Vasto-Foggia 1-1 CLASSIFICA. Giulianova 6; Foggia 5; Melfi, Pro Vasto 4; Chieti 2. GIRONE H Gallipoli-Potenza 3-1 Nocerina-Taranto 1-0 CLASSIFICA. Marcianise, Nocerina, Gallipoli 6; Taranto, Potenza 3. GIRONE I Rende-Gela 0-2 Igea Virtus-Modica 0-1 V.Lamezia-Vittoria 12-0 CLASSIFICA. GELA*, MODICA 9; V. Lamezia 7; Igea 4; Rende 3; Vittoria* 0. *una gara in meno
Actually, seeing as Vittoria lost its first two games in this competition by scores of 6-0 and 7-0, now that I think about it, the score is probably correct.
Results from the last round of games in the first phase. Top 3 finishers in each group (in bold) advance to the next round. Two games still need to be played, with only one doubt remaining - whether Ancona or Fermana finishes in 3rd place of group E. GIRONE A Cuneo-Novara 2-3 Pro Vercelli-Ivrea 0-0 Sanremese-Casale 2-0 CLASSIFICA: Novara 15; Sanremese 10; Pro Vercelli e Cuneo 5; Casale 4; Ivrea 2. GIRONE B Alto Adige-Pergocrema 3-0 Carpenedolo-Montichiari 0-1 Riposa: Legnano CLASSIFICA: Legnano 9; Montichiari 8; Alto Adige 5; Carpenedolo e Pergocrema 2. GIRONE C Bassano-Sassuolo 2-1 C.S. Pietro-Portogruaro 2-0 Riposa: Bellaria CLASSIFICA: Bassano 10; Bellaria 7; Sassuolo 6; Portogruaro e C.S. Pietro 3.. GIRONE D Cappiano-Castelnuovo 0-0 Montevarchi-Prato 2-1 Sansovino-Carrarese 1-0 CLASSIFICA: Montevarchi 9; Castelnuovo e Sansovino 8; Prato e Cappiano 5; Carrarese 2. GIRONE E Fermana-Gubbio 1-1 Foligno-Ancona postponed to Sept 14 Riposa: Gualdo CLASSIFICA: Gualdo e Foligno 7; Ancona e Fermana 3; Gubbio 2. GIRONE F Torres-Olbia 2-1 Viterbo-Rieti 4-0 Riposa: Latina CLASSIFICA: Torres 10; Rieti 6; Latina 5; Olbia 4; Viterbo 3. GIRONE G Chieti-Pro Vasto 1-4 Foggia-Giulianova 5-0 Riposa: Melfi CLASSIFICA: Foggia 8; Pro Vasto 7; Giulianova 6; Melfi 4; Chieti 2. GIRONE H Real Marcianise-Nocerina 0-0 Taranto-Gallipoli 0-3 Riposa: Potenza CLASSIFICA: Gallipoli 12; Real Marcianise 7; Nocerina 4; Taranto e Potenza 3.. GIRONE I Gela-Vigor Lamezia 1-0 Modica-Rende 6-0 Vittoria-Igea 0-0 CLASSIFICA: Gela*, Modica 12; Vigor Lamezia 7; Igea 5; Rende 3; Vittoria* 1. * una gara in meno (Gela vs Vittoria playing Sept 14)
The final two group matches were made up last night, only one of which had any effect Vittoria 1 Gela 2 Foligno 1 Ancona 1 The second result ensured Ancona's advancement to the next round.
Matchups have been set for the Round of, er, 54. These will be played Oct 12 and 19. Here are the matchups with the home team in the first leg listed first: Legnano vs Pro Patria Monza vs Pro Vercelli Valenzana vs Novara Pro Sesto vs Sanremese Montichiari vs Lumezzane Sudtirol vs Cittadella Bassano Virtus vs Padova Sassuolo vs Pizzighettone Forli' vs Bellaria Igea M. Castenuovo G. vs Massese Sangiovannese vs Montevarchi Foligno vs Pistoiese Grosseto vs Latina Gualdo vs Lucchese Sansovino vs Pisa Ancona vs Ravenna Rieti vs San Marino Cisco Roma vs Sassari Torres Real Marcianise vs Sambenedettese Pro Vasto vs Lanciano Giulianova vs Teramo Nocerina vs Manfredonia Foggia vs Giugliano Vigor Lamezia vs Cavese Gallipoli vs Martina Acireale vs Modica Gela vs Juve Stabia
First-leg results in the "Round of 54", mostly played yesterday: Legnano 1 Pro Patria 1 Monza 1 Pro Vercelli 3 Valenzana 2 Novara 0 Pro Sesto 1 Sanremese 1 Montichiari 0 Lumezzane 1 Sudtirol 1 Cittadella 0 Bassano Virtus 0 Padova 2 Sassuolo 1 Pizzighettone 2 Forli' 3 Bellaria Igea M. 1 Castenuovo G. 1 Massese 3 Sangiovannese 0 Montevarchi 1 Foligno 2 Pistoiese 1 (Oct 13) Grosseto 1 Latina 1 Gualdo 2 Lucchese 0 Sansovino 0 Pisa 0 Ancona 1 Ravenna 1 Rieti 0 San Marino 1 (Oct 19) Cisco Roma 0 Sassari Torres 0 Real Marcianise 2 Sambenedettese 1 Pro Vasto 1 Lanciano 1 Giulianova 1 Teramo 1 Nocerina 0 Manfredonia 0 Foggia 2 Giugliano 0 Vigor Lamezia 0 Cavese 0 Gallipoli 1 Martina 0 Acireale 3 Modica 0 (Oct 19) Gela 0 Juve Stabia 0 2nd legs take place next Wednesday (except where noted, of course).
The results from yesterday's return legs, with some matches delayed one to two weeks as noted: Pro Patria 0 Legnano 0 (1-1, Pro Patria advances on away goals) Pro Vercelli 4 Monza 0 (7-1 aggregate) Novara 2 Valenzana 1 (2-3) Sanremese 2 Pro Sesto 0 (3-1) Lumezzane 1 Montichiari 2 (2-2, Montichiari advances on away goals) Cittadella 2 Sudtirol 2 (2-3) Padova 2 Bassano Virtus 1 (4-1) Pizzighettone 3 Sassuolo 2 (5-3) Bellaria Igea M. 4 Forli' 0 (5-3) Massese vs Castelnuovo Garfagnana (Nov 1) Montevarchi 0 Sangiovannese 3 (1-3) Pistoiese 2 Foligno 0 (3-2) Latina 2 Grosseto 1 (3-2) Lucchese 3 Gualdo 0 (3-2) Pisa 3 Sansovino 1 (3-1) Ravenna 3 Ancona 0 (4-1) San Marino 2 Rieti 1 (3-1) Sassari Torres 2 Cisco Roma 1 (2-1) Sambenedettese 0 Real Marcianise 4 (6-1) Lanciano 1 Pro Vasto 0 (2-1) Teramo 2 Giulianova 0 (3-1) Manfredonia 2 Nocerina 0 (2-0) Giugliano 3 Foggia 1 (3-3, Foggia wins on away goals) Cavese 0 Vigor Lamezia 1 (0-1) Martina 3 Gallipoli 3 (3-4) Modica 1 Acireale 1 (1-4) Juve Stabia 1 Gela 0 (1-0) Some nice comebacks and a few C2 upsets over C1 teams.
Filling in the above results as they come in. Here are the matchups for the next round, which is scheduled for Nov 9 and 23: Bellaria Igea-Pizzighettone Gallipoli-Vigor Lamezia Genoa-Pisa Latina-Pistoiese Manfredonia-Teramo Montichiari-Sanremese Napoli-Foggia Padova-Sudtirol Pro Vercelli-Pro Patria Ravenna-San Marino Real Marcianise-Lanciano Sassari Torres-Frosinone Spezia-Lucchese Valenzana-Pavia Castelnuovo/Massese-Sangiovannese Acireale-Juve Stabia
Here are yesterday's first-leg results: Acireale (C1/B) 0 Juve Stabia (C1/B) 3 Bellaria Igea (C2/A) 2 Pizzighettone (C1/A) 0 Gallipoli (C2/C) 1 Vigor Lamezia (C2/C) 0 Genoa (C1/A) 2 Pisa (C1/B) 1 Latina 1 (C2/C) Pistoiese (C1/A) 1 Massese (C1/B) 0 Sangiovannese (C1/B) 1 Manfredonia (C1/B) 1 Teramo (C1/A) 1 Montichiari (C1/A) 1 Sanremese (C1/A) 2 Napoli (C1/B) 3 Foggia (C1/B) 1 Padova (C1/A) vs Sudtirol (C2/A) (postponed) Pro Vercelli (C2/A) 0 Pro Patria (C1/A) 1 Ravenna (C1/A) 2 San Marino (C1/A) 1 Real Marcianise (C2/C) vs Lanciano (C1/B) (Nov 16) Sassari Torres (C1/B) 1 Frosinone 1 (C1/B) (Nov 10) Spezia (C1/A) 1 Lucchese (C1/B) 1 Valenzana (C2/A) 2 Pavia (C1/A) 0