Highest italian non-professional affiliation football league
This article is about the italian football league. For the brazilian one-fourth division, see Campeonato Brasileiro Série D
Football league

Serie D ( italian pronunciation : [ ˈsɛːrje ˈdi ] ) is the acme level of the italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. The association represents over 12,000 football players and 400 football teams across Italy. Serie D ranks just below Serie C ( the third base and last master league since 2014–15 ), and is thus considered the fourth-ranked league in the country. It is organized by the Roman Comitato Interregionale ( Interregional Committee ), a “ league in the league ” inside the LND .

history [edit ]

In 1948 the three leagues running Division 3 ( Serie C ) had to be reorganized due to an ever-growing number of regional teams. FIGC decided not to relegate the overindulgence teams to regional championships. It chose the winners and a few runner-up from the 36 Serie C championships to be added to the new third part set up into 4 groups. The rest of the teams joined the newfangled Promozione, which changed its name in 1952 into IV Serie ( Fourth Division ) and then in 1959 into Serie D. From 1959 each actor in the Serie D championships had to opt for semi-professional status, by signing a particularly issued condition attribution form. The backing was thus included in the Lega Nazionale Semiprofessionisti, today known as Lega Pro. Serie D was re-organized in 1981 when championships were reduced. The league name changed into the Interregional. Players lost semi-pro condition and converted to amateurs. The championship subsequently passed into the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. From 1992 to 1999 the name changed into Campionato Nazionale Dilettanti before finally returning to the stream Serie D name. With the amalgamation of the Lega Pro ‘s two divisions at the end of the 2013–14 season ( as decided by the FIGC and Lega Pro in November 2012 ) to reestablish Serie C, [ 1 ] Serie D and the leagues below it moved up by one level in the pyramid arrangement, reducing the issue of leagues in italian football to nine .

social organization [edit ]

Since the early 1990s, Serie D has consisted of 162 teams split into 9 regional divisions ( Gironi ), normally formed of 18 teams each, divided geographically. For the 2012–13 temper, there were 166 teams. Two groups ( B and C ) were formed of 20 teams. In the 2013–14 temper the total was 161 and one group ( H ) comprised 17 teams. For 2014–15 the distribution by area was as follows :

Promotions [edit ]

The first-placed team from each division is promoted to Serie C each year, replacing 9 teams from Lega Pro relegated to Serie D. If a newly promoted Serie D team fails to meet the requirements, Lega Pro asks the second-placed team in that Serie D team ‘s division to fill the vacancy. Failing that, the third-placed team may fill the void, and so on. In recent years, one or more teams from the professional leagues have normally failed to meet the regulative or fiscal requirements in order to participate. This normally creates vacancies that get announced in the summer stay period as the newfangled season is being organized. As teams move astir to fill the void created by these fail teams or teams in the lowest professional division fail, spaces are created in Serie C ( or Lega Pro Seconda Divisione anterior to the 2014–15 season ) that need to be filled. For case, in the 2007–08 season there were nine such failures, and frankincense, nine Lega Pro Seconda Divisione spaces were created. Four of those spaces were filled by calling back teams that had played in Seconda Divisione but were relegated to Serie D for the future temper. The early five vacancies were filled by Serie D teams that had participated in the Serie D playoffs .

Playoffs [edit ]

Playoffs are held at the conclusion of the regular temper and involve teams placed second through fifth in each division. The first two rounds are single game elimination matches played at the dwelling of the higher-classified team. Games ending in ties are extended to extra time. Since the 2007–08 season, if games are placid tied after extra time, the higher classified team is declared the winner. No penalty gunfight takes place. In rung one, for each division, the 5th-placed team is matched against the 2nd-placed team, and the 4th-placed team is matched against the 3rd-placed team. Round two matches together the two winners. At the end of round two, one team from each division survives and the nine winners are grouped into 3 groups of three and play each team in their own group once ( one at home and one away ). The three group winners qualify for the play-off semi-finals. Since 2007–08, the Coppa Italia Serie D winner qualifies for the 4th semi-final spot. The semi-finals are a two-legged bind, with the winners qualifying for a one-game final examination match played at a neutral site. The playoff results provide the league with a list from which it may choose teams to fill vacancies in Serie C. The number of teams promoted through this method acting can vary each class ; for exercise in 2007–08, the lead 5 placed play-off teams were selected to fill vacancies, however, in 2006–07, no teams were needed to fill vacancies.

Relegations Playout [edit ]

After the regular temper is complete, bottom teams in each division play a double-leg series ( 6th-last volt 3rd-last, 5th-last vs 4th-last ). The winners remain in Serie D for the follow temper. The two losers are relegated to Eccellenza, a regional amateurish league below this, for a sum of 4 relegations in each part, 36 in sum for the league. There are no play-out if the dispute between 6th-last five 3rd-last and that between 5th-last v 4th-last is bigger than eight points. [ 2 ]
Serie D does not use neck and neck results to order teams that are tied in points in certain situations, single-game tie-breakers are held at impersonal sites alternatively. Those situations are the comply :

  • a tie between 1st and 2nd place, where the winner would get a direct promotion to Seconda Divisione and loser qualifies for the play-offs.
  • a tie between 5th and 6th place, where only the winner would qualify to participate in the play-offs.
  • a tie between 7th-last and 6th-last, where the winner avoids participating in the relegation play-out.
  • a tie between 3rd-last and 2nd-last, where the winner qualifies for the relegation play-out and the loser is directly relegated.

neck and neck results are used in all other situations, such as when all the teams involved are qualified in the promotional playoffs, or all teams are participating in the relegation playoffs .

Scudetto Serie D [edit ]

Each year, at the end of the regular season, the winners of the nine Serie D divisions qualify for a championship tournament in rate to assign the alleged Scudetto Dilettanti ( amateur champions ‘ title ). Round one divides the nine teams into three groups of three teams each where each team plays a one game against each of its other two opponents. The three group winners and best second-placed team boost to the semifinals. The first scudetto dilettanti was assigned in 1952–1953, when the Serie D was still called IV Serie ( one-fourth division ). Its assignment was suspended from 1958–1959 to 1991–1992 .

Champions [edit ]

See besides [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

  1. a b successively not admitted to Serie C2 .

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