Italian reserve football teams

Italian reserve football teams may compete at all levels of Italian football league system, apart from the Serie A. The highest league they can enter is Serie B.

If a reserve team ends up at a promotion spot when it is not allowed to be promoted, the promotion is awarded to the next team in the league standings which is allowed to be promoted. Also, a reserve team is forcefully relegated, regardless of the final league position, if it is no longer qualified for playing at that level — i.e. if the first team is relegated to the same tier as the reserve team. For example, if a Serie A team is relegated while its reserve team in the Serie B ends up at a secure place (or even a promotion spot), the reserve team is forcefully relegated to the Serie C. In such a situation, the best placed qualified team at a relegation position in the league that the reserve team is relegated from will keep its place.

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