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2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione

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Season
  
2011–12

Location
  
Italy

Dates
  
4 Sep 2011 – 10 Jun 2012

2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione

Champions
  
Ternana Calcio, Spezia Calcio

Relegated
  
A.S.D. Città di Foligno 1928, Bassano Virtus 55 S.T.

Promoted
  
Similar
  
2011–12 Coppa Italia, 2010–11 Coppa Italia, 2008–09 Coppa Italia, 2009–10 Coppa Italia

The 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season will be the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.

Contents

It will be divided into two phases: the regular season, and the playoff phase.

The league should also be composed of 36 teams divided into two divisions of 18 teams each.

Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division will be promoted to Serie B; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division will be relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. In all, four teams will be promoted to Serie B, and six teams will be relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

Start of the season

On 12 July Gela, Lucchese and Salernitana do not appeal against the exclusion of Covisoc and relegated to Serie D or lower.

On 18 July 2011 the Federal Council excluded Atletico Roma and Ravenna. Both clubs announced appeals to the Olympic Committee against the decision.

The final composition of the rounds was announced 4 August 2011. The five vacancies created were filled by the following teams, all of which were destined to play in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione for the 2011-12 season before the call-up:

  • Südtirol, which finished 17th in Prima Divisione 2010-11 - Girone A, originally relegated for losing in the playouts.
  • Ternana, which finished 15th in Prima Divisione 2010-11 - Girone A, originally relegated for losing in the playouts.
  • Pro Vercelli, which finished 3rd and lost in the playoff final in Seconda Divisione 2010-11 - Girone A
  • Prato, which finished 3rd and lost in the playoff final in Seconda Divisione 2010-11 - Girone B
  • Avellino, which finished 4th and lost in the playoff final in Seconda Divisione 2010-11 - Girone C
  • On 9 August 2011 Alessandria relegated to the last place by Italian national disciplinary committee for match fixing. Monza remained in the league in its place.

    Winter champions

    The winter champions were Ternana in Group A and Siracusa in Group B.

    League table

    Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
    Source: Lega-pro.com
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    1.^ SPAL was docked 8 points for financial irregularities. 2.^ Reggiana was docked 2 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal. 3.^ Benevento was docked 2 points (originally 6 points, reduced by Tnas) due to the 2011 Italian football scandal. 4.^ Foligno and Foggia were docked 4 points for financial irregularities. 5.^ The score of Viareggio-Carpi was transformed by sports judgment from 3-2 to 0-3. 6.^ Taranto was docked 7 points in total: 1 point due to the 2011 Italian football scandal. and 6 points for financial irregularities. 7.^ Sorrento was docked 2 points for match fixing with Juve Stabia. 8.^ Como was docked 3 points: 1 point (originally 2 points, reduced by Federal Court of Justice) for administrative irregularities and 2 point for financial irregularities.

    Results

    Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
    Source:
    ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    Promotion

    Semifinals First legs scheduled 20 May 2012; return legs scheduled 27 May 2012 Final First leg scheduled 3 June 2012; return leg scheduled 10 June 2012

    Pro Vercelli promoted to Serie B.

    Relegation

    First legs scheduled 20 May 2012; return legs scheduled 27 May 2012

    League table

    Updated to games played on 29 April 2012.
    Source: Lega-pro.com
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

    31.^ Piacenza was docked 9 points in total: 4 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal. and 5 points for financial irregularities. 32.^ Cremonese was docked 6 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal. 33.^ Siracusa and Pergocrema were docked 5 points for financial irregularities. 34.^ Barletta was docked 1 point for violation of the rules on betting. 35.^ The Sport Judge had initially annulled the result of 0-1 of the match Bassano-Pergocrema for mistaken identity from the referee who has warned Guidetti instead Inacio that had to be expelled for a second yellow card. The Federal Court of Justice has restored instead the result of 0-1. 36.^ Siracusa didn't appeal to the exclusion of Federal Council and was dissolved; a illegitimate phoenix club was refounded restarting from Terza Categoria.

    Results

    Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
    Source:
    ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    Promotion

    Semifinals First legs scheduled 20 May 2012; return legs scheduled 27 May 2012 Final First leg scheduled 3 June 2012; return leg scheduled 10 June 2012

    Virtus Lanciano promoted to Serie B.

    Relegation

    First legs scheduled 20 May 2012; return legs scheduled 27 May 2012

    References

    2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione Wikipedia