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27-461: Sestri may refer to: Sestri Levante , a municipality in the Province of Genoa (Italy) Sestri Ponente , a suburb of the city of Genoa (Italy) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

54-525: A part of the republic, for military protection. In the year 1145, the abbey of San Colombano was acquired by the Genoese , and was transformed later into a castle. In 1170, Sestri Levante was attacked by a naval flotilla from Pisa , but was able to withstand the attack. Cantiere navale di Riva Trigoso is a shipyard founded in 1897 by Erasmo Piaggio in Riva Trigoso, it mostly built commercial ships. In 1925,

81-454: A promotion playoff involving the three group runners-up). Meanwhile, nine teams are relegated to Serie D : the last-placed team from each group go down directly, whereas teams between 16th and 19th from each group place play a relegation playoff (officially referred to as play-out ), with the two losing teams from each group also relegated. In May 2017, the Lega Pro assembly unanimously approved

108-564: A small island with a promontory , it was later connected to the mainland. In Roman times, it was known as Segesta Tigullorum (or Tigulliorum) or simply Segesta, but the place was nearly abandoned when the Roman empire collapsed. It seems to have belonged to the Ligurian tribe of the Tigullii . It was mentioned again in the year 909 in a certificate of Berengar I of Italy , in which part of its territory

135-419: Is directly promoted and qualifies for Supercoppa di Serie C . Teams which have finished in the bottom of the league are directly relegated. The other divisional changes are determined through a complex system of promotion and relegation play-offs. 28 teams compete to achieve the only available spot for Serie B. 27 of them are the teams which have finished in the 2nd to 10th positions (9 per group). The 28th team

162-951: Is relegated directly. To encourage the development of homegrown players, all Lega Pro clubs were capped to use no more than 16 players in their squads that were older than 23 years of age (in 2019–20 season, player born before 1 January 1997), plus two wildcards for long serving players of the clubs. The clubs could use an unlimited number of under-23 players. 10 teams from Lombardy , 6 teams from Veneto , 2 teams from Piedmont , 1 team from Friuli-Venezia Giulia and 1 team from Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol . 4 teams from Tuscany , 3 teams from Emilia-Romagna , 3 teams from Umbria , 2 teams from Abruzzo , 2 teams from Liguria , 2 teams from Marche , 1 team from Sardinia , 1 team from Lombardy , 1 team from Veneto and 1 team from Molise . 7 teams from Campania , 5 teams from Puglia , 3 teams from Sicily , 2 teams from Basilicata , 1 team from Lazio , 1 team from Calabria and 1 team from Piedmont . This

189-562: Is the Stadio Giuseppe Sivori. Sestri Levante is twinned with: Serie C Now Rai Sport The Serie C ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɛːrje ˈtʃi] ), officially known as Serie C NOW for sponsorship purposes, is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A . The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro)

216-412: Is the complete list of the clubs that took part in the 38 Serie C seasons played from the 1935–36 season until the 1977–78 season (participation in the editions of the 1945–46 , 1946–47 and 1947–48 seasons, championships that due to World War II, are excluded from the list as they were divided into two completely independent leagues), the three Lega Pro seasons played from the 2014–15 season until

243-588: Is the governing body that operates the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro Prima Divisione and the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione as Lega Pro Divisione Unica (often also abbreviated as Lega Pro) in 2014 reintroduced the format of the original Serie C that existed between 1935 and 1978 (before the split into Serie C1 and Serie C2). In May 2017, the Lega Pro assembly unanimously approved renaming

270-414: Is the winner of Coppa Italia Serie C . There are a total of six rounds: First round and Second round consist in single-leg games and, if teams are tied after regular time, the higher-placed team advances. 6 teams (2 per group) advance to the next round. Third round and Quarter-finals consist in two-legged games, with seeded team playing at home for second leg, and, if teams are tied on aggregate,

297-739: The Direttorio Divisioni Inferiori Nord (Northern Directory of Lower Divisions) was set up in Genoa , while football activity in the southern part of the country was run by the Direttorio Divisioni Inferiori Sud which later became the Direttorio Meridionale (Southern Directory). These leagues did not last long; after another reform they were disbanded between 1930 and 1931. Some bigger clubs who owned large pitches with dimensions of 100x60 metres were promoted to

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324-629: The Fables), and Baia del Silenzio, the (Bay of Silence). The original part of Sestri Levante is actually on a peninsula, with the Baia del Silenzio (also known as "Portobello") on one side and Baia delle Favole on the other. Baia delle Favole or “Bay of Fairy Tales” was named in honor of Danish writer, Hans Christian Andersen , who lived in Sestri Levante for a short time in 1833 . Sestri Levante has its origins as an ancient maritime and merchant center. Originally

351-507: The First Division (Prima Divisione); a league defined and structured as the "National Championship". The Second Division had no relegations to regional leagues as most teams were reelected at the beginning of each new season. Once a critical threshold was reached the Italian federation decided to close the two leagues and move all teams to the "Direttori Regionali" (Regional Committees) so that

378-466: The Piaggio heirs decided to spin off the drydock business and the company was renamed Cantieri del Tirreno. It diversified into building warships and was heavily damaged during World War II. The shipyard was merged into Italcantieri in 1973 and then into Fincantieri in 1984. Sestri Levante is known for Bagnun , a soup made with fresh anchovies, onions and basil. In the past, it was usually associated with

405-589: The competition to its original name, Serie C. A third division above the regional leagues was first created in Italy in 1926, when fascist authorities decided to reform the major championships on a national basis, increasing the number of teams participating by promoting many regional teams from the Third Division (Terza Divisione) to the Second Division (Seconda Divisione). A new league running this Second Division,

432-423: The first one adopting a format of three groups of 20 teams each. In 1978 the semiprofessional sector was abolished; Serie D became an amateur section while Serie C was divided into two professional divisions ( Serie C1 and Serie C2 ), and the league changed its name to Lega Professionisti Serie C . On 20 June 2008, the league was restructured and took its current name Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico . After

459-567: The labour-intensive job of organisation was delegated to more efficient and organised regional staff. The most successful teams coming from the Second Divisions in 5 years (from 1926–27 to 1930–31) composed 6 ever-growing sections of the First Division (Prima Divisione) which at the beginning had just a few teams in just one section from southern Italy. This championship was organized by the same league governing Serie A and Serie B (the "Direttorio Divisioni Superiori"), even if, as opposed to

486-544: The league reform of 2014, the two previous divisions of Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione were ultimately merged into a new league; the Lega Pro Divisione Unica or more informally addressed as just Lega Pro . This is the league structure currently in operation; comprising 60 teams that are divided geographically in three groups of 20 each. At the end of each season, four teams are promoted to Serie B (three group winners, plus one coming from

513-499: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sestri&oldid=933119686 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sestri Levante Sestri Levante is found approximately halfway between Genoa and La Spezia . The town has two bays: Baia delle Favole, (Bay of

540-413: The return to the original name Serie C. The 2017–18 Serie C season includes 19 teams in each of the three divisions after adjustments were made for excluded clubs. Serie C is composed of 60 teams divided equally into three groups split horizontally in geographical terms, from north to south. During the regular season, teams play in a round-robin format solely within their group, with the two halves of

567-412: The season having exactly the same order of fixtures. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. At the end of the regular season one table per group is determined, based on points. If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria apply: A total of 4 teams are promoted to Serie B and 9 teams are relegated to Serie D . The winner team of each group

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594-454: The seeded team advances. The four winning teams reach the Final four , composed of: Final four fixtures are drawn, all games are two-legged and, if teams are tied on aggregate, the winner is decided by extra-time and a penalty shootout if required. In order to determine the best-placed team , the following criteria apply: If the winner of Coppa Italia Serie C: The number of teams which play

621-419: The so called play-out in the Italian football is variable. Usually, fixtures pair the 16th v 19th and 17th vs 18th-placed teams. Matches are two-legged, the higher-placed team plays at home for second leg and, if teams are tied on aggregate, the lower-placed team is relegated to Serie D. However, if the higher-placed team finishes 9 or more points ahead of the lower-placed team, play-out is canceled and team

648-574: The summer season and the many sailors in Sestri Levante, but nowadays it is enjoyed all year round by all kinds of residents, typically accompanied by country-style bread. Bagnun has since spawned a local festival which takes place the second-to-last weekend in July. Sestri Levante is home to football club U.S.D. Sestri Levante 1919 , which plays Serie C Group B for the 2023-24 season. The club has mostly competed in regional level Italian competitions, with three seasons in Serie C from 1946–1949. Its home ground

675-462: The two higher divisions, it was structured in local groups with geographical criteria. The number of clubs belonging to the Prima Divisione continued to increase every year, until FIGC decided to rename it Serie C (at the beginning of the 1935–36 season) while a subsequent large reduction in 1948 led to the creation of a sole national division in 1952–53. The reform that created the actual league

702-506: Was ceded to the basilica di San Giovanni di Pavia . During the Middle Ages , Sestri Levante began to expand, probably giving the fortress appearance that is due to the terrain. In 1133, the noble family of Lavagna , the Fieschi , attacked Tigullio, the gulf in which Sestri Levante is located, however, they were fought off by the powerful Republic of Genoa , and therefore, Sestri Levante became

729-484: Was decided by Bruno Zauli in 1959 as he built on the incomplete work started by the former president Ottorino Barassi to make professional football fully recognised and organised. While Lega Calcio had a stated mission of organising professional and national divisions, the new Lega Nazionale Semiprofessionisti based in Florence had to regulate the two semiprofessional and subnational divisions: Serie C and Serie D , with

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