Monza secures Serie A return after second-leg loss
AC Monza have been promoted to Italy's top-flight after just one season in Serie B, despite losing 2-0 in the second leg of its play-off clash against Catanzaro.
After the play-off ended level with an aggregate score of 2-2, Monza was promoted because of its third-placed finish in the Serie B league stage, which was higher than Catanzaro's fifth.
Monza secured promotion exactly four years to the day since its first promotion to Serie A in 2022, which came when it was owned by Silvio Berlusconi.
Berlusconi, the former Italian Prime Minister and media tycoon, who previously owned AC Milan, took over Monza in 2018 when it was playing in Italy's third tier.
After its relegation to Serie B in 2025, Monza was sold to American-based investment firm Beckett Layne Ventures.
