The Promozione ([promotˈtsjoːne], "promotion") is the sixth level in the Italian football league system.
[1] In the past, from 1904 to 1912, the Seconda Categoria had been the second level of Italian local regional tournaments in which main teams used to field apprentices and reserves.
This new rule got approved during the July 1912 federal annual meeting so that this category changed name into Promozione because winning teams were awarded "promotion" to upper level.
Their opposition caused the constitution of another level between Serie C and top regional league Prima Divisione (Italian for First Division).
The "Promozione Regionale" had been renamed "Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti" at beginning of season 1957–58 and lasted two years when, after completing the new rules about "amateurs" leagues, at birth of Lega Nazionale Dilettanti (1959) this category was renamed as Prima Categoria.