The 2012–13

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

was the sixty-fifth edition of the top level Italian non-professional

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championship. It represented the fifth tier in the

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. It consisted of 162 teams divided into nine 18-team divisions.

Promotions

The nine division winners are automatically promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2013–14.

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

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to determine three of the four semi-finalists. The fourth is the winner of

Relegations Playout

* In the groups A-D-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 groups B-C 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, in neutral ground will be played one tie breaker, 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.

Events

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

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, 36 teams that had been promoted from

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football.Official ...

, and 123 teams that had played in Serie D the year before. Due to eight bankruptcies and exclusions, the 2012–13 season is to feature 6 teams that played in the 2011-12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, 37 teams that played in the 2011-12 Eccellenza season and 119 teams that played in 2011–12 Serie D. The league also admitted three of the teams that were excluded from the professional leagues. Real Spal (Girone D), formerly SPAL,

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(Girone H) and

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(Girone H) which all played in the 2011-12

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season. The league further admitted three teams from Eccellenza to fill the vacancies created. These teams are: * Darfo Boario which finished 15th in Serie D 2011–12 Girone B * Cynthia which finished 16th in Serie D 2011–12 Girone G * Fortis Juventus which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Tuscany Girone B and was eliminated in the national play-off

Standings

Girone A

Teams

Teams from

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Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...

League table

Girone B

Teams

Teams from

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( ; ; ), often known in English as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its shorter Italian name Trentino-Alto Adige, is an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy, located in the ...

League table

Girone C

Teams

Teams from

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...

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League table

Girone D

Teams

Teams from

Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ...

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...

League table

Girone E

Teams

Teams from

Umbria Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The re ...

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League table

Girone F

Teams

Teams from

Abruzzo Abruzzo (, ; ; , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; ), historically also known as Abruzzi, is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million. It is divided into four ...

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League table

Girone G

Teams

Teams from

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League table

Girone H

Teams

Teams from

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League table

Girone I

Teams

Teams from

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League table

Divisions

Champions of winter and Promotions

''All teams promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2013–14.''

Scudetto Dilettanti

First round

*''division winners placed into 3 groups of 3'' *''group winners and best second-placed team qualify for semi-finals''

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Semi-finals

One leg played on May 23, 2013, on the neutral ground at Piancastagnaio, Stadio Comunale. If the games ending in a tie are extended to the penalty kicks without play extra time.

Final

One leg final will be played on May 25, 2013, on the neutral ground at Piancastagnaio, Stadio Comunale. If the games ending in a tie are extended to the penalty kicks without play extra time. Winner:

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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

that are directly respectively admitted to the third, fourth round and the Semi-final.

Rules

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

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, as the worst ranked semifinalist of

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 Virtus Castelfranco, as the best ranked semifinalist of

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 Torre Neapolis, as

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

. * If the winner is not admitted in this league gets €30.000, the finalist instead €15.000 .

First round

*Played on May 12, 2013 *''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 15, 2013 *''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 19, 2013 *''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'' *''

qualified directly as the worst ranked semifinalist of Coppa Italia Serie D''

Fourth round

*Played on May 26, 2013 *''Single-legged matches will be played On neutral ground'' *''Games ending in a tie are extended to the penalty kicks without play extra time'' *'' Virtus Castelfranco qualified directly as the best ranked semifinalist of Coppa Italia Serie D''

Semi-finals

*Played on June 2, 2013 *''On neutral ground'' *''Games ending in a tie are extended to the penalty kicks without play extra time'' *'' Torre Neapolis qualified directly as the winner of Coppa Italia Serie D''

Final

*Played on June 9, 2013 *''On neutral ground''

Relegation playoffs

Played on May 19 & May 26, 2013
''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''

Footnotes

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