The 2016–17 Lega Pro Divisione Unica was the third season of the unified Lega Pro division, the third highest division in the Italian football league system. The championship name, which is Divisione Unica according to the FIGC regulations, is nevertheless referred to as Lega Pro in official documents.Official FIGC website The season marked the final year that the division would carry the Lega Pro name as it was changed back to Serie C for the 2017–18 season.

Teams

A total of 60 teams contest the league. Clubs include 4 sides relegated from the 2015–16 Serie B season, 41 sides playing the 2015–16 Lega Pro season, and 9 sides promoted from the 2015–16 Serie D season. Also, six teams are chosen to play in the league to increase the number of teams to 60.

On 1 July 2016, 54 teams mathematically qualified to the new season. However, Martina Franca and Sporting Bellinzago did not submit their application for a licence. On 6 July also Virtus Lanciano did not meet the requirements to apply. On 16 July Pavia and Rimini did not submit an appeal against Covisoc's exclusion. On 19 July Paganese's appeal of exclusion was rejected by Covisod. However, on 3 August Paganese was readmitted to the league by TAR's decision. On 4 August the Federal Council selected ten teams in order to fill the vacancies created: Fano (as a replacement for Sporting Bellizango), Fondi, Forlì, Lupa Roma, Melfi, Olbia, Racing Roma, Reggina, Taranto and Vibonese. On 10 August Albinoleffe was the last team to benefit from the repechage.

Stadia and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A (North & Central West) 9 teams from Tuscany, 4 teams from Lombardy, 3 teams from Lazio, 2 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 1 team from Piedmont and 1 team from Sardinia Club City Stadium Capacity Alessandria Alessandria Giuseppe Moccagatta 5,827 Arezzo Arezzo Città di Arezzo 13,128 Carrarese Carrara Dei Marmi 15,000 Cremonese Cremona Giovanni Zini 20,641 Como Como Giuseppe Sinigaglia 13,602 Giana Erminio Gorgonzola Città di Gorgonzola 3,766 Livorno Livorno Armando Picchi 19,238 Lucchese Lucca Porta Elisa 7,386 Lupa Roma Rome Olindo Galli (Tivoli) 3,500 Olbia Olbia Bruno Nespoli 3,200 Piacenza Piacenza Leonardo Garilli 21,668 Pistoiese Pistoia Marcello Melani 13,195 Pontedera Pontedera Ettore Mannucci 5,000 Prato Prato Lungobisenzio 6,750 Pro Piacenza Piacenza Leonardo Garilli 21,668 Racing Roma Rome Casal del Marmo 2,500 Renate Renate Città di Meda (Meda) 3,000 Robur Siena Siena Montepaschi Arena 15,373 Tuttocuoio San Miniato Ettore Mannucci (Pontedera) 5,000 Viterbese Viterbo Enrico Rocchi 5,500

Group B (North & Central East) 5 teams from Emilia-Romagna, 4 teams from Lombardy, 4 teams from Marche, 3 teams from Veneto, 1 team from Abruzzo, 1 team from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 team from Trentino-Alto Adige and 1 team from Umbria

Club City Stadium Capacity AlbinoLeffe Albino and Leffe Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (Bergamo) 26,542 Ancona Ancona del Conero 23,983 Bassano Virtus Bassano del Grappa Rino Mercante 2,952 Fano Fano Raffaele Mancini 8,800 FeralpiSalò Salò Lino Turina 2,500 Forlì Forlì Tullo Morgagni 3,466 Gubbio Gubbio Pietro Barbetti 5,300 Lumezzane Lumezzane Nuovo Comunale 4,150 Maceratese Macerata Helvia Recina 5,846 Mantova Mantua Danilo Martelli 14,884 Modena Modena Alberto Braglia 21,151 Padova Padua Euganeo 19,740 Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 27,906 Pordenone Pordenone Ottavio Bottecchia 3,000 Reggiana Reggio Emilia Città del Tricolore 20,084 Sambenedettese San Benedetto del Tronto Riviera delle Palme 14,995 Santarcangelo Santarcangelo di Romagna Valentino Mazzola 3,000 Südtirol Bolzano Druso 3,500 Teramo Teramo Gaetano Bonolis 7,498 Venezia Venice Pier Luigi Penzo 7,450

Group C (South) 6 teams from Apulia, 4 teams from Calabria, 4 teams from Sicily, 3 teams from Campania, 2 teams from Basilicata and 1 team from Lazio

Club City Stadium Capacity Akragas Agrigento Esseneto 15,000 Casertana Caserta Alberto Pinto 12,000 Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 20,266 Catanzaro Catanzaro Nicola Ceravolo 14,650 Cosenza Cosenza San Vito 24,479 Fidelis Andria Andria Degli Ulivi 9,140 Foggia Foggia Pino Zaccheria 25,000 Fondi Fondi Domenico Purificato 2,500 Juve Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Romeo Menti 7,642 Lecce Lecce Via del Mare 33,876 Matera Matera Franco Salerno 8,500 Melfi Melfi Arturo Valerio 4,100 Messina Messina San Filippo 37,895 Monopoli Monopoli Vito Simone Veneziani 6,880 Paganese Pagani Marcello Torre 5,900 Reggina Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo 27,454 Siracusa Siracusa Nicola De Simone 6,870 Taranto Taranto Erasmo Iacovone 27,584 Vibonese Vibo Valentia Luigi Razza 6,000 Virtus Francavilla Francavilla Fontana Giovanni Paolo II 5,000

League Tables

Group A (North & Central West)

Group B (North & Central East)

Group C (South)

Promotion play-offs

First round

1 Won by higher placed finish.

Second round

1 Won by higher placed finish.

Final Eight Quarterfinals on 31 May and 4 June 2017, semifinals on 13 and 14 June 2017, final on 17 June 2017.

Relegation play-outs Play-outs on 21 and 28 May 2017, loser on aggregate is relegated. Higher placed team plays at home for second leg. If tied on aggregate, lower-placed team is relegated.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals1 Leonardo Mancuso3Sambenedettese252 Pablo González2Alessandria223 Riccardo Bocalon121 Fabio MazzeoFoggia5 Rachid Arma1Pordenone18 Salvatore Bruno1Giana Erminio Salvatore Caturano1Lecce8 Emanuele Calaiò2Parma17 Claudio de SousaRacing Roma Davide Moscardelli1Arezzo Maikol Negro1Matera

Note 1Player scored 1 goal in the play-offs. 2Player scored 2 goals in the play-offs. 3Player scored 3 goals in the play-offs.

Supercup 2017Cremonese1–2VeneziaStadio Giovanni Zini, CremonaFoggia3–1CremoneseStadio Pino Zaccheria, FoggiaVenezia2–4FoggiaStadio Pier Luigi Penzo, VeniceFoggia (group C) won with 6 points at the top of the group References