The 2012–13

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season was the thirty-fifth football league season of

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since its establishment in 1978, and the fifth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into two phases: the

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, and the playoff phase. The league was also composed of 33 teams divided into two divisions of 17 and 16 teams respectively for group A and B. There was only one repechage from

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, because no other teams showed interest to submit the application for the high price of the guarantee and the repayable contribution required. Teams finishing first in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division were promoted to

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; teams finishing last in the regular season, plus two relegation playoff losers from each division were relegated to

. In all, four teams were promoted to Serie B, and six teams were relegated to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.

Girone A

Teams

Teams from Apulia,

Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ...

Liguria Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...

, Lombardy,

Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol it, Trentino (man) it, Trentina (woman) or it, Altoatesino (man) it, Altoatesina (woman) or it, Sudtirolesegerman: Südtiroler (man)german: Südtirolerin (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official ...

Veneto it, Veneto (man) it, Veneta (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = ...

League table

Promotion Playoffs

Semifinals

:''First legs scheduled 26 May 2013; return legs scheduled 2 June 2013''

Final

:''First leg scheduled 9 June 2013; return leg scheduled 16 June 2013''

Relegation Playoffs

:''First legs scheduled 25, 26 May 2013; return legs scheduled 2 June 2013''

Results

Girone B

Teams

Teams from Apulia, Calabria,

Campania (man), it, Campana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demog ...

Lazio it, Laziale , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

Tuscany it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demogra ...

Umbria it, Umbro (man) it, Umbra (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , ...

League table

Promotion Playoffs

Semifinals

:''First legs scheduled 26 May 2013; return legs scheduled 2 June 2013''

Final

:''First leg scheduled 9 June 2013; return leg scheduled 16 June 2013''

Relegation Playoffs

:''First legs scheduled 26 May 2013; return legs scheduled 2 June 2013''

Results

Notes

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