The 2013–14

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was the sixty-sixth 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 161 teams, after the exclusion of Nardò and including the retired

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and

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. 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

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

. The winner could receive a professional licence in event of

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of a

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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.

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

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, 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: * Mezzocorona, which finished 17th in Serie D 2012–13 Girone B *

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, which finished 17th in Serie D 2012–13 Girone C * Pontevecchio, which finished 14th in Serie D 2012–13 Girone E * R.C. Angolana, which finished 14th in Serie D 2012–13 Girone F * Recanatese, which finished 16th in Serie D 2012–13 Girone F * Budoni, which finished 13th in Serie D 2012–13 Girone G * Anziolavinio, which finished 14th in Serie D 2012–13 Girone G *

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, which finished 16th in Serie D 2012–13 Girone H * Ripa La Fenadora, which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Veneto Girone B and was eliminated in the national play-off *

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, which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Friuli-Venezia Giulia and was eliminated in the national play-off * Correggese, which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna Girone A and was eliminated in the national play-off * Sancolombano which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Lombardy Girone B and was eliminated in the national play-off *

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, which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Abruzzo and was eliminated in the national play-off * Latte Dolce, which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Sardinia and was eliminated in the national play-off *

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, which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Calabria and was eliminated in the national play-off * Due Torri, which finished 3rd in Eccellenza Sicily Girone B and was eliminated in the national play-off

Standings

Girone A

Teams

Teams from

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and

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League table

Girone B

Teams

Teams from

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and

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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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and

League table

Girone D

Teams

Teams from

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and

League table

Girone E

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and

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 ...

League table

Girone F

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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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and

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League table

Girone G

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and

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League table

Girone H

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Teams from

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and

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League table

Girone I

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and

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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

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

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 (A, B, H only); 2nd-placed teams got a bye to the second round, awaiting winner of 2nd team-4th team matches (for divisions C, D, F, G, I; 3rd team-5th team match for division E). * 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 division E 3rd-placer Arezzo, as the best 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 division B 6th-placer Pontisola, as finalist 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 penalty kicks without playing extra time.

Semifinals and final

* The three 4th-round winners were qualified for the ''semifinal round'', joining division I 11th-placer Pomigliano, as

winner. * The semifinals 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 penalty kicks without playing extra time.

Repechages

* The tournament results provide a list, starting with the winner, by which vacancies could be filled in

. * If the winner is not admitted to this league it gets €30,000, while the replacement (the finalist) instead gets €15,000.

First round

*Borgosesia-Caronnese match played on 10 May 2014; all others played on 11 May 2014 *''Single-legged matches played at best-placed club's home field: 2nd-placed team plays home 5th-placed team, 3rd-placed team plays home 4th placed team (divisions A-B-H only)'' *''Games ending in a tie are extended to extra time; if still tied, the higher-classified team wins''

Second round

*Played on 14 May 2014 *''Single-legged matches played at best-placed club's home field'' *''Games ending in a tie are extended to extra time; if still tied, the higher-classified team wins''

Third round

*Played on 18 May 2014 *''Single-legged matches played at best-placed club's home field'' *''Games ending in a tie are extended to penalty kicks without playing extra time'' *''Arezzo qualified directly as the best ranked semifinalist of Coppa Italia Serie D''

Fourth round

*Played on 25 May 2014 *''Single-legged matches played on best-placed club's home ground'' *''Games ending in a tie are extended to penalty kicks without play extra time'' *''Pontisola qualified directly as the finalist of Coppa Italia Serie D''

Semifinals

*Played on 1 June 2014 *''On home team's ground'' *''Games ending in a tie are extended to penalty kicks without playing extra time'' *'' Pomigliano qualified directly as the winner of Coppa Italia Serie D''

Final

*Played on 8 June 2014 *''On neutral ground at Stadio Flaminio, Rome''

Relegation play-off

*Played on 18 May 2014 *''Single-legged matches played on best-placed club's home ground'' *''In case of tied score, extra time is played; if score is still level, best-placed team wins'' *''Team highlighted in green is saved, other is relegated to Eccellenza''

References

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