2017–18 Lega Pro
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← 2016–17
2018–19 →
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The 2017–18 Serie C will be the fourth season of the unified Serie C (formerly Lega Pro) division, the third tier of the Italian football system hierarchy.
A total of 60 teams is expected to contest the league, originally expected to include 4 sides relegated from the 2016–17 Serie B season, 47 sides playing the 2016–17 Lega Pro season, and 9 sides promoted from the 2016–17 Serie D.
However, on 24 May 2017 Latina, just relegated to Lega Pro from the Serie B, was declared insolvent and automatically excluded from the Italian football league system, thus creating a first vacancy in the league composition.
10 teams from Tuscany, 5 teams from Lombardy, 2 teams from Piedmont, 2 teams from Sardinia and 1 team from Lazio.
6 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 4 teams from Marche, 4 teams from Veneto, 2 teams from Lombardy, 1 team from Abruzzo, 1 team from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 team from Trentino-Alto Adige and 1 team from Umbria.
6 teams from Sicily, 5 teams from Apulia, 3 teams from Calabria, 3 teams from Campania, 1 team from Basilicata, 1 team from Lazio and 1 team TBA.
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