Season 2013–14 Location Italy | Dates 1 Sep 2013 – 8 Jun 2014 | |
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Similar 2014–15 Lega Pro, 2012–13 Serie D, 2008–09 Coppa Italia, 2010–11 Coppa Italia, 2009–10 Coppa Italia | ||
The 2013–14 Seconda Divisione season is the thirty-sixth and final football league season of Italian Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the sixth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.
Contents
It is divided into two phases: the regular season, and the playoff phase.
The league currently is composed of 36 teams divided into two divisions (Girone A and B) divided geographically.
The first eight teams in each girone, plus one team winning the relegation playoff round from each division will remain in Lega Pro. The last six teams in each girone, plus three relegation play-out losers from each division will be relegated to Serie D. In all, eighteen teams will remain in Lega Pro, and eighteen teams will be relegated to Serie D.
Start of season
Given a normal season where there are no team failures and special promotions, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione would feature 6 teams that had been relegated from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, 9 teams that had been promoted from Serie D, and 21 teams had played in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione the year before. Due to seven bankruptcies and non-admissions in Lega Pro Prima Divisione (one vacancy), Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (six vacancies) and Serie D (one vacancy: Sambenedettese of Girone F) the 2013-14 season is to feature only 2 teams that played in 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, 13 teams that played in 2012–13 Serie D and 21 teams that played in 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. The league admitted seven teams to fill vacancies created. These teams are:
Also, SPAL was promoted through a merger with Giacomense.
Teams
Teams from Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Sardinia & Veneto
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Lega Pro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1.^ Bellaria Igea and Rimini were docked 1 point.
2.^ Re-admitted to fill vacancy.
(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.
Relegation Play-off
Semifinals
First legs scheduled 18 May 2014; return legs scheduled 25 May 2014 In case of a tie in the aggregate score the highest classified team advances to the final.Finals
First leg scheduled 1 June 2014; return leg scheduled 8 June 2014Teams
Teams from Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Lazio, Sicily, Tuscany & Umbria
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Lega Pro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1.^ Chieti was docked 1 point.
2.^ Castel Rigone folded after it decided not to play in Serie D.
3.^ Re-admitted to fill vacancy.
(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.