MONZA, Italy — AC Monza secured the second promotion to Serie A in the club's history on Friday night after Catanzaro's 2-0 victory in the second leg of the Serie BKT play-off final was not enough to overturn Monza's advantage.

Thanks to their 2-0 win in the first leg and their superior league finish, Monza earned promotion in front of 17,015 supporters at the U-Power Stadium. Pedro Cavalcanti was part of the coaching staff under head coach Paolo Bianco that delivered an immediate return to the Italian top flight following relegation at the end of the 2024-25 campaign.

The numbers behind Monza's promotion campaign tell the full story of a team built to go straight back up. Across 38 Serie B matches, Bianco's side posted 22 wins, 10 draws and just 6 defeats — accumulating 76 points and a goal difference of +29. Their home form was particularly formidable: 14 wins and 4 draws from 19 matches at the U-Power Stadium, conceding just 11 goals on their own ground all season. Only Serie B champions Venezia and runners-up Frosinone, who were promoted automatically, finished above them.

Monza join Venezia and Frosinone as the three newly promoted sides in Serie A for the 2026-27 season.