The Lega Pro has made official the groups of the 2024/25 Serie C championship which starts on Sunday 25 August, with advances to Friday 23 and Saturday 24. As in the last season, Novara is included in group A with the following teams: Albinoleffe (BG) , Alcione Milan, Arzignano (VI), Atalanta U23 (BG), Caldiero Terme (VR), Feralpisalò (BS), Giana Erminio (MI), LR Vicenza, Lecco, Lumezzane (BS), Padova, Pergolettese (CR), Pro Patria (VA), Pro Vercelli, Renate (MB), Trento, Triestina, Union Clodiense (VE), Virtus Verona.
The criteria adopted starting from the latitude, with the horizontal division into the north, center and south directions. The championship will end on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 April 2025, three midweek rounds are scheduled; Sunday 29 will be a break for the Christmas holidays. From May 2025 the post season: playoffs, playouts and Super Cup. The first official matches on Sunday 11 August with the first round of the Coppa Italia: 28 pairings, 56 teams, who will advance to the second round, on Sunday 18 August, where the three runners-up from last season are already classified: Padova, Torrese and Avellino, Catania, winner of the Coppa Italia, will make their debut in the preliminaries of the Coppa Italia Serie A against a newly promoted team in Serie B. Coppa Italia with direct elimination also in the round of 16 and quarter-finals.
In group A with the Azzurri led by the confirmed Giacomo Gattuso, two teams relegated from Serie B: Lecco and the Garda team of Feralpisalò, three teams newly promoted from Serie D, the lagoon team of Union Clodiense who return to C after 47 years, in their fifth season with coach Antonio Andreucci on the bench, a historic first for the Scaligeri of Caldiero Terme who confirmed coach Cristian Soave, for the Milanese team of Alcione Milano led for the fourth consecutive championship by Giovanni Cusatis, formerly a midfielder for Novara in C2. All three teams, not having a pitch currently suitable for Lega Pro, will be forced to play their home games: Clodiense at the “Sandrini” in Legnago (Verona), Alcione Milano at the “Pavesi” in Fiorenzuola, Caldiero Terme at the “Cavagnin Nocini” in Verona alternating with Virtus Verona.
Atalanta U23 still in the northern group will continue to play internal matches at the “Comunale” in Caravaggio. Candidates for series B are Padova, Triestina and Vicenza ahead of Lecco, Feralpisalò and Trento, among the outsiders Renate, Lumezzane, Virtus Verona and Pro Vercelli. But the transfer market which officially opens on Monday 1 July can certainly offer great surprises for a group A where there are many contenders for the final victory.
