Eccellenza

Eccellenza is the second level of the non-professional football in Italy and the fifth highest level. Now (2025–26 season) there are 475 clubs in 28 groups. 

 History 
Eccellenza was born on 1991. In past the fifth level of football in Italy was the Promozione, but with this reform it became the sixth level like now. 

 Format 
This is a league with regional championships, so we should consider autonomous tournaments. There are a championship for each regions, but Piedmont and Aosta Valley have a only tournament:  

 Eccellenza Abruzzo
 Eccellenza Apulia 
 Eccellenza Basilicata 
 Eccellenza Calabria 
 Eccellenza Campania 
 Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna 
 Eccellenza Friuli Venezia Giulia 
 Eccellenza Lazio 
 Eccellenza Liguria 
 Eccellenza Lombardy 
 Eccellenza Marche 
 Eccellenza Molise
 Eccellenza Piedmont-Aosta Valley
 Eccellenza Sardinia 
 Eccellenza Sicily
 Eccellenza Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
 Eccellenza Tuscany
 Eccellenza Umbria
 Eccellenza Veneto

All tournaments have own rules: for example, in Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Piedmont-Aosta Valley, Sicily, Tuscany and Veneto there are two groups (and Lombardy has got three).

Are promoted in Serie D 36 clubs: 28 winners of groups, 7 winners of national playoffs and the champion of Coppa Italia Dilettanti. All region selects the teams relegated in Promozione, but often are the last three or the loser of regional playouts.

 See also 

 2025–26 Eccellenza
 Serie A
 Serie B
 Serie C
 Serie D
 Promozione 
 Prima Categoria
 Seconda Categoria
 Terza Categoria
 Coppa Italia Dilettanti

 Other websites 
Official site of Eccellenza.

Category:Football leagues in Italy
Category:1990s establishments in Italy