The 2011–12 Serie D was the sixty-fourth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It consisted of 168 teams divided into six 18-team divisions and three 20-team divisions.
In the summer 2011 Montecchio Maggiore was readmitted in Serie D to the judgment of the High Court of Justice, that has transformed the score of Montebelluna-Este from 2–1 to 0–3, for infringement of the rule on under. And the last team admitted was Verbano, increasing the total number of teams to 168.
On December 15, 2011 Aquanera was excluded by the National Disciplinary Committee for irregularities at registration, reducing the total number of teams to 167. All matches played by the team have been annulled.
Each team played two matches against every other team in its own division; a total of 34 matches for the five groups of 18 teams, 36 matches for the group A of 19 teams and 38 matches for the groups B-D of 20 teams.
Promotions The nine division winners are automatically promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2012–13.
On 25 April 2012 Sterilgarda Castiglione and Pontedera became the first teams to be promoted from Serie D in the season, winning respectively the Girone B and E with two weeks remaining in the schedule.
On 29 April 2012 were promoted Venezia, Forlì, Teramo and HinterReggio winning respectively the Girone C, D, F and I with one week remaining in the schedule.
On 6 May 2012 were promoted V.d.A. Saint-Christophe, Salerno and Martina Franca winning respectively the Girone A, G and H.
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 final match of playoffs, between the winners of the semifinals, was won by Cosenza, but it is not automatically promoted. It finishes first and the other finalist SandonàJesolo comes in second in this 39-team playoff. Eventually these teams may be included up to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione if one or more current teams runs into financial difficulties and so are not admitted in this league.
Relegations Playout In the groups C-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 group A of 19 teams the last-placed team (19th) 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). In the groups B-D 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, one tie breaker will be played in neutral ground, 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. The winner is Venezia.
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 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, 36 teams that had been promoted from Eccellenza, and 122 teams that had played in Serie D the year before.
Due to ten bankruptcies and one extra promotion in Serie D, the 2011–12 season was to feature 3 teams that played in the 2010-11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, including the admitted Brindisi (Girone H) that went bankrupt in that league, 42 teams that played in the 2010-11 Eccellenza season and 119 teams that played in 2010–11 Serie D, including the readmitted Montecchio Maggiore and the excluded Aquanera respectively after the judgment of the High Court of Justice and the National Disciplinary Committee.
The league also admitted three of the teams that were excluded from the professional leagues. Ravenna (Girone D), Salerno, formerly Salernitana (Girone G) and Cosenza (Girone I) which all played in the 2010-11 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season. The league further admitted eleven teams from Eccellenza to fill the vacancies created. These teams are:
Villafranca which finished 14th in Serie D 2010–11 Girone B Carpenedolo which finished 15th in Serie D 2010–11 Girone D Sestese which finished 13th in Serie D 2010–11 Girone E Miglianico which finished 18th in Serie D 2010–11 Girone F Sant'Antonio Abate which finished 13th in Serie D 2010–11 Girone H Lascaris which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Piedmont Girone B and was eliminated in the national play-off Verbano which finished 3rd in Eccellenza Lombardy Girone A and was eliminated in the national play-off Fidenza which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Emilia–Romagna Girone A and was eliminated in the national play-off Cerea which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Veneto Girone A and was eliminated in the national play-off Adrano which finished 3rd in Eccellenza Sicily Girone B and was eliminated in the national play-off Civitavecchia which finished 2nd in Eccellenza Lazio Girone A and was eliminated in the national play-off.
Standings
Girone A
Teams Teams from Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Liguria, & Lombardy Club City Stadium Capacity 2010–11 season Acqui Acqui Terme Jona Ottolenghi 1,500 10th in Serie D Girone A Albese Alba San Cassiano 2,050 17th in Serie D Girone A Asti Asti Censin Bosia 6,000 3rd in Serie D Girone A Bogliasco Bogliasco Comunale 500 1st in Eccellenza Liguria Borgosesia Borgosesia Comunale 2,500 9th in Serie D Girone A Cantù San Paolo Cantù Comunale 1,000 10th in Serie D Girone B Chiavari Caperana Chiavari Angelo Daneri 2,300 12th in Serie D Girone A Chieri Chieri Piero De Paoli 2,250 13th in Serie D Girone A Derthona Tortona Fausto Coppi 3,500 15th in Serie D Girone A Folgore Caratese Carate Brianza XXV Aprile 3,000 15th in Serie D Girone B(as Caratese) Lascaris Pianezza Comunale 1,500 2nd in Eccellenza Piedmont Girone B Lavagnese Lavagna Edoardo Riboli 800 8th in Serie D Girone A Naviglio Trezzano Trezzano sul Naviglio Comunale 300 1st in Eccellenza Lombardy Girone A Novese Novi Ligure Costante Girardengo 3,500 14th in Serie D Girone A Pro Imperia Imperia Nino Ciccione 1,500 2nd in Eccellenza Liguria Santhià Santhià Fabio Pairotto 500 6th in Serie D Girone A V.d.A. Saint-Christophe Saint-Christophe Comunale 2,020 2nd in Serie D Girone A Verbano Besozzo Comunale 2,000 3rd in Eccellenza Lombardy Girone A Villalvernia V.B. Villalvernia(playing in Tortona) Fausto Coppi 3,500 1st in Eccellenza Piedmont Girone B
League table
Girone B
Teams Teams from Lombardy, Piedmont & Emilia-Romagna Club City Stadium Capacity 2010–11 season AlzanoCene Alzano Lombardo and Cene(playing in Alzano Lombardo) Carillo Pesenti Pigna 1,900 12th in Serie D Girone B Atletico BP Pro Piacenza Piacenza G. Siboni 800 1st in Eccellenza Emilia–Romagna Girone A(as BettolaPonte) Aurora Seriate Seriate Comunale 1,000 1st in Eccellenza Lombardy Girone C Caronnese Caronno Pertusella Comunale 1,000 7th in Serie D Girone B(as Insubria Caronnese) Carpenedolo Carpenedolo Mundial '82 3,000 15th in Serie D Girone D Castellana Castel Goffredo Comunale 1,500 13th in Serie D Girone B Colognese Cologno al Serio Antonio Locatelli 1,000 4th in Serie D Girone B Darfo Boario Darfo Boario Terme Comunale 1,200 8th in Serie D Girone B Fidenza Fidenza Dario Ballotta 1,400 2nd in Eccellenza Emilia–Romagna Girone A Fiorenzuola Fiorenzuola d'Arda Comunale 4,000 11th in Serie D Girone D Gallaratese Gallarate Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 1,320 7th in Serie D Girone A Gozzano Gozzano Comunale 4,000 1st in Eccellenza Piedmont Girone A MapelloBonate Mapello and Bonate Sopra(playing in Mapello) Comunale 1,000 1st in Eccellenza Lombardy Girone B (as Mapello) Olginatese Olginate Comunale 1,000 5th in Serie D Girone B Pizzighettone Pizzighettone Comunale 2,500 8th in Serie D Girone D Pontisola Ponte San Pietro and Terno d'Isola(playing in Ponte San Pietro) Matteo Legler 2,000 3rd in Serie D Girone B Rudianese Rudiano Comunale 1,000 10th in Serie D Girone D Seregno Seregno Ferruccio 3,700 5th in Serie D Girone A Sterilgarda Castiglione Castiglione delle Stiviere Ugo Lusetti 2,500 9th in Serie D Girone B Voghera Voghera Giovanni Parisi 4,000 2nd in Serie D Girone B
League table
Girone C
Teams Teams from Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol & Friuli-Venezia Giulia Club City Stadium Capacity 2010–11 season Belluno Belluno Polisportivo 2,585 14th in Serie D Girone C Concordia Concordia Sagittaria Comunale 600 16th in Serie D Girone C Delta Porto Tolle Porto Tolle Comunale 3,000 1st in Eccellenza Veneto Girone B(as Delta 2000) Giorgione Castelfranco Veneto Comunale 2,100 2nd in Eccellenza Veneto Girone B I.S.M. Gradisca Gradisca d'Isonzo Gino Colaussi 4,000 1st in Eccellenza Friuli-Venezia Giulia Legnago Salus Legnago Mario Sandrini 2,152 6th in Serie D Girone B Mezzocorona Mezzocorona(playing in Trento) Briamasco 4,277 17th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Girone A Montebelluna Montebelluna San Vigilio 2,000 13th in Serie D Girone C Montecchio Maggiore Montecchio Maggiore Gino Corsaro 1,000 12th in Serie D Girone C Pordenone Pordenone Ottavio Bottecchia 3,000 10th in Serie D Girone C Sacilese Sacile XXV Aprile – Aldo Castenetto 2,600 15th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Girone A SandonàJesolo San Donà di Piave Verino Zanutto 4,000 4th in Serie D Girone C St. Georgen Bruneck Comunale 3,200 1st in Eccellenza Trentino-Alto Adige Sanvitese San Vito al Tagliamento Comunale 2,500 9th in Serie D Girone C Sarego Sarego Comunale 1,000 1st in Eccellenza Veneto Girone A Tamai Brugnera Comunale 1,000 3rd in Serie D Girone C Union Quinto Quinto di Treviso Omobono Tenni 1,000 7th in Serie D Girone C Venezia Venice Pier Luigi Penzo 7,450 2nd in Serie D Girone C
League table
Girone D
Teams Teams from Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany & Veneto Club City Stadium Capacity 2010–11 season Bagnolese Bagnolo in Piano Fratelli Campari 1,000 3rd in Serie D Girone D Camaiore Camaiore Comunale 3,000 6th in Serie D Girone D Cerea Cerea Pelaloca 2,000 2nd in Eccellenza Veneto Girone A Este Este Nuovo Comunale 1,200 6th in Serie D Girone C Forcoli Palaia Guido Brunner 3,000 7th in Serie D Girone D Forlì Forlì Tullo Morgagni 3,600 4th in Serie D Girone F Lanciotto Campi Bisenzio Emil Zatopek 2,000 1st in Eccellenza Tuscany Girone B Mezzolara Budrio Pietro Zucchini 1,300 5th in Serie D Girone D Pelli Santacroce Santa Croce sull'Arno Libero Masini 2,400 14th in Serie D Girone D(as Mobilieri Ponsacco) Pistoiese Pistoia Marcello Melani 13,195 1st in Eccellenza Tuscany Girone A Ravenna Ravenna Bruno Benelli 12,020 14th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione Girone A Rosignano Rosignano Marittimo Ernesto Solvay 1,400 9th in Serie D Girone D San Miniato Tuttocuoio San Miniato Leporaia 600 12th in Serie D Girone D San Paolo Padova Padua Plebistico 9,600 5th in Serie D Girone C Scandicci Scandicci Turri 1,800 8th in Serie D Girone E Sestese Sesto Fiorentino Piero Torrini 5,000 13th in Serie D Girone E Villafranca Villafranca di Verona Comunale 1,000 14th in Serie D Girone B Virtus Castelfranco Castelfranco Emilia Fausto Ferrarini 1,280 4th in Serie D Girone D Virtus Pavullese Pavullo nel Frignano Giuseppe Minelli 2,500 13th in Serie D Girone D Virtus Verona Verona Gavagnin 1,000 11th in Serie D Girone B