2011–12 Serie D

Promotions

The nine division winners are automatically promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2012–13.

On 25 April 2012 Sterilgarda Castiglione and Pontedera became the first teams to be promoted from Serie D in the season, winning respectively the Girone B and E with two weeks remaining in the schedule.

On 29 April 2012 were promoted Venezia, Forlì, Teramo and HinterReggio winning respectively the Girone C, D, F and I with one week remaining in the schedule.

On 6 May 2012 were promoted V.d.A. Saint-Christophe, Salerno and Martina Franca winning respectively the Girone A, G and H.

Playoffs

Teams placed second through fifth in each division enter a playoff tournament, after the regular season, where the nine winners will compete among themselves with the best semifinalist and the finalist of Coppa Italia Serie D to determine three of the four semi-finalists. The fourth is the winner of Coppa Italia Serie D.

The final match of playoffs, between the winners of the semifinals, was won by Cosenza, but it is not automatically promoted. It finishes first and the other finalist SandonàJesolo comes in second in this 39-team playoff. Eventually these teams may be included up to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione if one or more current teams runs into financial difficulties and so are not admitted in this league.

Relegations Playout

In the groups C-E-F-G-H-I of 18 teams the two last-placed teams (17th and 18th) with the 16th, if the 13th place is more of 8 points ahead of it and the 15th, if the 14th place is more of 8 points ahead of this, are relegated directly. Otherwise the teams ranked 13th to 16th play a two-legged playout (13th vs 16th, and 14th vs 15th).

In the group A of 19 teams the last-placed team (19th) with the 18th, if the 15th place is more of 8 points ahead of it and the 17th, if the 16th place is more of 8 points ahead of this, are relegated directly. Otherwise the teams ranked 15th to 18th play a two-legged playout (15th vs 18th, and 16th vs 17th).

In the groups B-D of 20 teams the two last-placed teams (19th and 20th) with the 18th, if the 15th place is more of 8 points ahead of it and the 17th, if the 16th place is more of 8 points ahead of this, are relegated directly. Otherwise the teams ranked 15th to 18th play a two-legged playout (15th vs 18th, and 16th vs 17th).

Tie-Breakers

If the two teams finish in an aggregate tie for to decide who is promoted and relegated, one tie breaker will be played in neutral ground, with possible extra time and penalties.

Scudetto Dilettanti

The nine division winners enter a tournament to determine the over-all Serie D champion and is awarded the Scudetto Dilettanti. The winner is Venezia.

Start of season

Given a normal season where there are no team failures and special promotions, Serie D would feature 9 teams that had been relegated from Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, 36 teams that had been promoted from Eccellenza, and 122 teams that had played in Serie D the year before.

Due to ten bankruptcies and one extra promotion in Serie D, the 2011–12 season was to feature 3 teams that played in the 2010-11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, including the admitted Brindisi (Girone H) that went bankrupt in that league, 42 teams that played in the 2010-11 Eccellenza season and 119 teams that played in Serie D 2010-11, including the readmitted Montecchio Maggiore and the excluded Aquanera respectively after the judgment of the High Court of Justice and the National Disciplinary Committee.

The league also admitted three of the teams that were excluded from the professional leagues. Ravenna (Girone D), Salerno, formerly Salernitana (Girone G) and Cosenza (Girone I) which all played in the 2010-11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season. The league further admitted eleven teams from Eccellenza to fill the vacancies created. These teams are:

Villafranca which finished 14th in Serie D 2010–11 Girone B

Carpenedolo which finished 15th in Serie D 2010–11 Girone D

Sestese which finished 13th in Serie D 2010–11 Girone E

Miglianico which finished 18th in Serie D 2010–11 Girone F

Sant'Antonio Abate which finished 13th in Serie D 2010–11 Girone H

Lascaris which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Piedmont Girone B and was eliminated in the national play-off

Verbano which finished 3rd in Eccellenza Lombardy Girone A and was eliminated in the national play-off

Fidenza which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Emilia–Romagna Girone A and was eliminated in the national play-off

Cerea which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Veneto Girone A and was eliminated in the national play-off

Adrano which finished 3rd in Eccellenza Sicily Girone B and was eliminated in the national play-off

Civitavecchia which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Lazio Girone A and was eliminated in the national play-off.

Teams

Teams from Aosta Valley, Piedmont², Liguria, & Lombardy

League table

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source:
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.^ Albese and Santhià were docked 3 points due to financial irregularities.2.^ Aquanera was excluded by the National Disciplinary Committee for irregularities at registration. All matches played by the team have been annulled.3.^ Acqui was docked 1 point for administrative irregularities.4.^ The score of Acqui-Cantù S.Paolo has become 0-3 by sports judgment for administrative irregularities of Acqui.5.^ Pro Imperia 10th about the direct clashes.6.^ Bogliasco qualified for the third round of the Promotion play-off as best semifinalist of Coppa Italia Serie D 2011-12.

Teams

Teams from Lombardy, Piedmont & Emilia-Romagna

League table

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source:
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.

11.^ Seregno was docked 2 points due to unlawful employment of a player.12.^ Rudianese 10th about the direct clashes.13.^ Gozzano 14th and safe about the direct clashes with Darfo Boario, forced instead to play in relegation playout.14.^ Colognese 17th about the direct clashes.15.^ Darfo Boario remained in the league to fill the vacancies created.16.^ Pizzighettone moved to the city of Crema. It will play in the italian football as U.S. Pergolettese 1932.

Teams

Teams from Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol & Friuli-Venezia Giulia

League Table

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source:
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.

21.^ The score of U. Venezia-Montebelluna was transformed by sports judgment from 1–1 to 3–0 because Montebelluna has deployed the player Matteo Vigo who was disqualified.22.^ SandonàJesolo qualified for the fourth round of the Promotion play-off as the finalist of Coppa Italia Serie D 2011-12.23.^ SandonàJesolo 6th about the direct clashes.24.^ Giorgione 10th about the direct clashes.25.^ Sanvitese 14th about the direct clashes.26.^ U. Venezia wins Scudetto Dilettanti.

Teams

Teams from Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany & Veneto

League Table

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source:
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.^ Ravenna was docked 3 points due to financial irregularities.32.^ The score of Tuttocuoio-Ravenna was transformed by sports judgment from 1–1 to 3–0 because Ravenna has deployed the player Egbedi Morgan who had not been registered.33.^ Este was docked 2 points due to unlawful employment of a player.34.^ Mezzolara 2nd about the direct clashes.35.^ Camaiore 14th about the direct clashes.

Teams

Teams from Tuscany, Umbria & Lazio

League Table

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source:
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.

41.^ The score of Atl. Arezzo-Sansovino was transformed by sports judgment from 0–0 to 0–3 for infringement of the rule on under.42.^ Sansovino was docked 4 points because it has deployed the player Luca Pietrobattista who was disqualified.43.^ Castel Rigone 4th about the direct clashes.44.^ Sporting Trestina 6th about the direct clashes.45.^ Deruta 8th about the direct clashes.46.^ Voluntas Spoleto 10th about the direct clashes.

Teams

Teams from Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Abruzzo & Molise

League Table

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source:
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.

51.^ The score of Isernia-Luco Canistro was transformed by sports judgment from 1–1 to 3–0 because Luco Canistro has deployed the player Saverio Pedalino who had been registered only the day of the match.52.^ Jesina 8th about the direct clashes.53.^ Atessa V.d.S. 12th about the direct clashes.

Teams

Teams from Campania, Lazio & Sardinia

League Table

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source:
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.

61.^ The score of Bacoli Sibilla-Salerno, suspended on the result of 0–2 because Bacoli S. was left with only six players, was transformed by sports judgment to 0–3.62.^ Budoni 5th about the direct clashes with Porto Torres and so qualified for the promotion playoffs.63.^ Anziolavinio 9th about the direct clashes.64.^ Cynthia remained in the league to fill the vacancies created.65.^ Palestrina gives its sports title to San Basilio Palestrina and it is dissolved in summer 2012.

Teams

Teams from Campania, Apulia, Lazio & Basilicata

League Table

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source:
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.

71.^ Gaeta was docked 4 points due to financial irregularities.72.^ The score of the tie-break between Viribus Unitis-Real Nocera was 1-2: the winner Real Nocera was qualified for the relegation playout and the loser Viribus was relegated to Eccellenza.73.^ Irsinese gives its sports title to Matera and it is dissolved in summer 2012.74.^ Turris gives its sports title to Real Hyria Nola and it is dissolved in summer 2012.

Teams

Teams from Campania, Calabria, & Sicily

League Table

Updated to games played on 6 May 2012.
Source:
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.

81.^ Messina was docked 3 points due to financial irregularities.82.^ The score of Sant'Antonio Abate-Nuvla San Felice was initially transformed by sports judgment from 1–2 to 3–0 for irregularities in the transfer of 14 players of Nuvla S.Felice. The Federal Court of Justice has restored instead the result of 1-2.83.^ The score of Acri-Marsala was transformed by sports judgment from 1–1 to 3–0 for the irregular position in this match of the Marsala's player Marco Pergolizzi which had refused to convene two days before of the meeting of "Rappresentativa Serie D" because influenced.84.^ Sant'Antonio Abate was docked 2 points due to financial irregularities.85.^ The score of Adri-Cittanova has become 3-0 by sports judgment for no-show of Cittanova.86.^ Cittanova, Nuvla San Felice and Valle Grecanica were docked 1 point due to not having played a game.87.^ The score of Battipagliese-Acireale has become 3-0 by sports judgment for strict liability of Acireale for violent acts committed by their supporters.88.^ The score of Palazzolo-Nuvla San Felice has become 3-0 by sports judgment for no-show of Nuvla San Felice.89.^ The score of Battipagliese-Valle Grecanica has become 3-0 by sports judgment for no-show of Valle Grecanica.90.^ Sant'Antonio Abate qualified for the Semifinals of the Promotion play-off as winner of Coppa Italia Serie D 2011-12.91.^ Battipagliese 3rd about the direct clashes.92.^ Licata 8th about the direct clashes.93.^ Sambiase 10th about the direct clashes.94.^ Cosenza wins playoffs, but not being automatically promoted must remain so even in Serie D.95.^ Nuvla San Felice gives his sports title to Gladiator and it is dissolved on summer 2012.96.^ Adrano gives his sports title to Comprensorio Normanno and it is dissolved on summer 2012.

Champions of winter and Promotions

All teams promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2012–13.

First round

division winners placed into 3 groups of 3

group winners and best second-placed team qualify for semi-finals

Semi-finals

One leg played on May 24, 2012

Games ending in a tie are extended to the penalty kicks without play extra time

On neutral ground at Città di Castello, Stadio Comunale "Bernicchi"

On neutral ground at Umbertide, Stadio Comunale "Morandi"

Final

Played on May 26, 2012

Game ending in a tie are extended to the penalty kicks without play extra time

On neutral ground at Gubbio, Stadio Pietro Barbetti

Winner: Venezia

Tie-break

Before the relegation playoff could begin, one tie-break needed to be played.

Girone H - 16th-17th place - Played on May 13, 2012

Real Nocera qualified for the relegation playoff and Viribus Unitis relegated to Eccellenza.

Promotion playoffs

Promotion playoffs involved a total of 39 teams; four from each of the nine Serie D divisions (teams placed from 2nd through to 5th) with the best semifinalist, the finalist and the winner of Coppa Italia Serie D that are directly respectively admitted to the third, fourth round and the Semi-final.

First and second round

The first two rounds were one-legged matches played in the home field of the best-placed team.

The games ending in ties were extended to extra time. The higher classified team was declared the winner if the game was still tied after extra time. Penalty kicks were not taken.

Round one matched 2nd & 5th-placed teams and 3rd & 4th-placed teams within each division.

The two winners from each division played each other in the second round.

Third and fourth round

The nine winners – one each from the nine Serie D divisions – were qualified with Bogliasco, as the best semifinalist of Coppa Italia Serie D to the third round, that was played in one-legged match in the home field of the best-placed team.

The five winners were qualified with SandonàJesolo, as finalist of Coppa Italia Serie D to the fourth round, that was played in one-legged match in the home field of the best-placed team.

The games ending in ties were extended to the penalty kicks, without play extra time.

Semi-finals and final

The three 4th-round winners were qualified for the semifinal round, join with Sant'Antonio Abate, as Coppa Italia Serie D winner.

The semi-finals and the final, with the respective winners, were in a one-legged hosted in a neutral ground.

The games ending in ties were extended to the penalty kicks, without play extra time.

Repechages

The tournament results provided a list, starting with the winner, by which vacancies could be filled in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

If the winner is not admitted in this league gets 30 000 €, the finalist instead 15 000 €.

First round

Played on May 13, 2012

Single-legged matches played at best placed club home field: 2nd-placed team plays home 5th-placed team, 3rd-placed team plays home 4th placed team

Games ending in a tie are extended to extra time, if still tied, the higher-classified team wins

Second round

Played on May 16, 2012

Single-legged matches played at best placed club home field

Games ending in a tie are extended to extra time, if still tied, the higher-classified team wins

Third round

Played on May 20, 2012

Single-legged matches played at best placed club home field

Games ending in a tie are extended to the penalty kicks without play extra time

Bogliasco qualified directly as best semifinalist of Coppa Italia Serie D

Fourth round

Played on May 27, 2012

Single-legged matches played at best placed club home field

Games ending in a tie are extended to the penalty kicks without play extra time

SandonàJesolo qualified directly as finalist of Coppa Italia Serie D

Semi-finals

One leg played on June 3, 2012

Games ending in a tie are extended to the penalty kicks without play extra time

Sant'Antonio Abate qualified directly as winner of Coppa Italia Serie D

On neutral ground at Belluno, Stadio "Polisportivo Comunale"

On neutral ground at Matera, Stadio "XXI Settembre - Franco Salerno"

Final

Played on June 10, 2012

On neutral ground

If the game ending in a tie is extended to the penalty kicks without play extra time

On neutral ground at Arezzo, Stadio Città di Arezzo

Winner: Cosenza

Relegation playoffs

Played on May 20 & May 27, 2012
In case of aggregate tie score, higher classified team that plays the 2nd match in home wins, without extra time being played
Team highlighted in green is saved, other is relegated to Eccellenza