Season 2013–14 Location Italy | Dates 1 Sep 2013 – 4 May 2014 | |
The 2013–14 Serie D was the sixty-sixth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fourth tier in the Italian football league system.
Contents
- Promotions
- Playoffs
- Relegations
- Scudetto Serie D
- Start of season
- Teams
- League table
- First round
- Semi finals
- Final
- Promotion play off
- First and second round
- Third and fourth round
- Semifinals and final
- Repechages
- Second round
- Third round
- Fourth round
- Semifinals
- Relegation play off
- References
It consisted of 161 teams, after the exclusion of Nardò and including the retired Ragusa and Bojano. It was divided into eight 18-team divisions and a 17-team division.
Promotions
The nine division winners are automatically promoted to the new 2014–15 Serie C.
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 winner could receive a professional licence in event of bankruptcy of a Serie C club.
Relegations
The two last-placed teams (17th and 18th) and the last (17th) in the Girone H, 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 directly relegated. Otherwise the teams ranked 13th to 16th play a two-legged tie-breaker (13th vs 16th, and 14th vs 15th).
Scudetto Serie D
The nine division winners enter a tournament to determine the over-all Serie D champion and is awarded the Scudetto Serie D.
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 Seconda Divisione, 36 teams that had been promoted from Eccellenza, and 123 teams that had played in Serie D the year before.
Due to sixteen bankruptcies and exclusions, the 2013–14 season is to feature 5 teams that played in the 2012–13 Seconda Divisione season, 43 teams that played in the 2011–12 Eccellenza season and 115 teams that played in 2012–13 Serie D.
The league further admitted sixteen teams from Eccellenza to fill the vacancies created. These teams are:
Teams
Teams from Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Liguria and Lombardy
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Datasport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. ^ Chiavari Caperana was excluded from competing next season.
(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.
Teams
Teams from Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto.
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Datasport
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.
Teams
Teams from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Veneto.
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Datasport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1.^ Marano and Trissino-Valdagno merged in the summer of 2014 to become F.C.D. Altovicentino.
2.^ Monfalcone was docked 1 point.
(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.
Teams
Teams from Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, Tuscany and Veneto.
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Datasport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1.^ Riccione was docked 10 points and not admitted to Eccellenza after relegation. Club refounded in 2014 as ASD Unione Calcio Riccione.
2.^ Atletico Montichiari was docked 1 point.
(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.
Teams
Teams from Lazio, Tuscany and Umbria.
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Datasport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. ^ Admitted to Lega Pro 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.
Teams
Teams from Abruzzo, Marche and Molise.
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Datasport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1.^ Ancona was docked 1 point.
2.^ Olympia Agnonese was docked 1 point.
3.^ Isernia was docked 1 point.
4.^ Bojano was docked 1 point and later an additional 3 points. On 6 April 2014 it was excluded from the championship after renouncing to play its remaining 4 games, which were forfeited 0–3 in favor of their opponents. Club later refounded as SCD Bojano 62.
(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.
Teams
Teams from Lazio and Sardinia.
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Datasport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1.^ Cynthia was docked 1 point.
2.^ Sora was docked 3 points.
3.^ Originally relegated but subsequently readmitted 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.
Teams
Teams from Apulia, Basilicata and Campania.
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Datasport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1.^ Brindisi and Puteolana Internapoli were docked 1 point, while Gladiator was docked 2 points.
2.^ On 6 November 2013, Nardò was excluded from the championship after renouncing to play four games in Serie D. All the games played by the club were annulled. The club was later refounded as ACD Nardò in 2014 and admitted to Eccellenza Puglia.
3.^ Turris Neapolis moved to Mugnano di Napoli and renamed F.C. Neapolis.
(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.
Teams
Teams from Calabria, Campania and Sicily.
League table
Updated to games played on 4 May 2014.
Source: Datasport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1.^ Battipagliese, HinterReggio and Montalto Uffugo were docked 1 point, while Cavese was docked 4 points.
2.^ Licata was docked 3 points.
3.^ Ragusa was docked 4 points. On 29 January 2014 the club was excluded from the championship after renouncing to play 4 games. All their remaining matches were forfeited in favor of their opponents, 0–3. The club was later refounded as USD Ragusa.
4.^ Qualified as winner of 2013–14 Coppa Italia Serie D.
(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.
First round
Semi-finals
Each game was played in one leg on 29 May 2014 on neutral grounds. They were extended to penalty kicks without playing extra time.
Final
One leg final was played on 31 May 2014 on neutral ground.
Scudetto Winner: Pordenone
Promotion play-off
Promotion playoffs involved a total of 33 teams; four from Serie D divisions A-B-H (teams placed from 2nd through to 5th) and three from divisions C-G and I (teams placed 2nd to 4th), 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.