2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
# 2013–14 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

The 2013–14 Seconda Divisione season is the thirty-sixth and final football league season of Italian Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the sixth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.

It is divided into two phases: the regular season, and the playoff phase.

The league currently is composed of 36 teams divided into two divisions (Girone A and B) divided geographically.

The first eight teams in each girone, plus one team winning the relegation playoff round from each division will remain in Lega Pro. The last six teams in each girone, plus three relegation play-out losers from each division will be relegated to Serie D. In all, eighteen teams will remain in Lega Pro, and eighteen teams will be relegated to Serie D.

## Start of season

Given a normal season where there are no team failures and special promotions, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione would feature 6 teams that had been relegated from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, 9 teams that had been promoted from Serie D, and 21 teams had played in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione the year before. Due to seven bankruptcies and non-admissions in Lega Pro Prima Divisione (one vacancy), Lega Pro Seconda Divisione (six vacancies) and Serie D (one vacancy: Sambenedettese of Girone F) the 2013–14 season is to feature only 2 teams that played in 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione, 13 teams that played in 2012–13 Serie D and 21 teams that played in 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. The league admitted seven teams to fill vacancies created. These teams are:

* Gavorrano which finished 15th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B, originally relegated for losing in the playoffs.
* Aversa Normanna which finished 17th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B, originally relegated for finishing at the penultimate place.
* Virtus Verona which finished 4th in Serie D Girone C, and was the playoff winner.
* Real Vicenza which finished 5th in Serie D Girone C.
* Casertana which finished 4th in Serie D Girone G, and was the playoff runner-up.
* Foggia which finished 5th in Serie D Girone H.
* Cosenza which finished 2nd in Serie D Girone I.

Also, SPAL was promoted through a merger with Giacomense.

## Girone A

### Teams

Teams from Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Sardinia & Veneto

| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2012–13 season |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alessandria | Alessandria | Giuseppe Moccagatta | 5,827 | 8th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A |
| Bassano Virtus | Bassano del Grappa | Rino Mercante | 2,952 | 4th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A |
| Bellaria Igea | Bellaria-Igea Marina | Enrico Nanni | 2,500 | 13th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A |
| Bra | Bra | Attilio Bravi | 1,000 | 1st in Serie D Girone A |
| Castiglione | Castiglione delle Stiviere | Ugo Lusetti | 2,500 | 7th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A |
| Cuneo | Cuneo | Fratelli Paschiero | 4,000 | 14th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A |
| Delta Porto Tolle | Porto Tolle | Comunale | 3,000 | 1st in Serie D Girone C |
| Forlì | Forlì | Tullo Morgagni | 3,466 | 10th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A |
| Mantova | Mantova | Danilo Martelli | 14,884 | 9th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A |
| Monza | Monza | Brianteo | 18,568 | 5th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A |
| Pergolettese | Crema | Giuseppe Voltini | 4,100 | 1st in Serie D Girone B |
| Real Vicenza | Vicenza | Romeo Menti | 12,200 | 5th in Serie D Girone C |
| Renate | Renate (playing in Meda) | Città di Meda | 3,000 | 6th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A |
| Rimini | Rimini | Romeo Neri | 7,442 | 14th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A |
| Santarcangelo | Santarcangelo di Romagna | Valentino Mazzola | 3,000 | 12th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A |
| SPAL | Ferrara | Paolo Mazza | 19,000 | 11th Lega Pro Seconda Divisione/A (as Giacomense) |
| Torres | Sassari | Vanni Sanna | 7,480 | 1st in Serie D Girone G |
| Virtus Verona | Verona (playing in Legnago) | Mario Sandrini | 2,152 | 4th in Serie D Girone C |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bassano Virtus (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 35 | +27 | 69 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 2 | Renate (P) | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 57 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 3 | Alessandria (P) | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 57 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 4 | Monza (P) | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 54 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 5 | Santarcangelo (P) | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 53 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 6 | SPAL (P) | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 53 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 7 | Real Vicenza (P) | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 52 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 8 | Mantova (P) | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 52 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 9 | Forlì (O, P) | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 49 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 10 | Delta Porto Tolle (R) | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 48 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 11 | Cuneo (R) | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 47 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 12 | Torres (P) | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 47 | Admitted to Lega Pro |
| 13 | Rimini (R) | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 45 | Relegation to Serie D |
| 14 | Virtus Verona (R) | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 44 | Relegation to Serie D |
| 15 | Pergolettese (R) | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 36 | Relegation to Serie D |
| 16 | Castiglione (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 30 | Relegation to Serie D |
| 17 | Bellaria Igea (R) | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 79 | −55 | 15 | Relegation to Serie D |
| 18 | Bra (R) | 34 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 29 | 96 | −67 | 12 | Relegation to Serie D |

* 1 2 REN 0–0 ALE; ALE 0–3 REN
* 1 2 SAN 2–0 SPAL; SPAL 1–0 SAN
* 1 2 RVI 4–1 MAN; MAN 0–0 RVI
* 1 2 TOR 1–3 CUN; CUN 0–1 TOR
* ↑ Re-admitted to fill vacancy
* 1 2 Bellaria Igea and Rimini were docked 1 point.

## Relegation play-off

* only Finals winner remains in Lega Pro
* other 3 teams are relegated to Serie D

### Semifinals

    First legs scheduled 18 May 2014; return legs scheduled 25 May 2014
    In case of a tie in the aggregate score the highest classified team advances to the final.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Torres (12) | 1–3 | (9) Forlì | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Cuneo (11) | 2–2(hc) | (10) Delta Porto Tolle | 1–2 | 1–0 |

### Finals

    First leg scheduled 1 June 2014; return leg scheduled 8 June 2014

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Delta Porto Tolle (10) | 4–4 (hc) | (9) Forlì | 3–2 | 1–2 |

* Forlì remains in Lega Pro

## Girone B

### Teams

Teams from Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Lazio, Sicily, Tuscany & Umbria

| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2012–13 season |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Aprilia | Aprilia | Quinto Ricci | 2,000 | 3rd in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B |
| Arzanese | Arzano (playing in Mugnano di Napoli) | Alberto Vallefuoco | 2,500 | 10th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B |
| Aversa Normanna | Aversa | Augusto Bisceglia | 2,555 | 17th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B |
| Casertana | Caserta | Alberto Pinto | 12,000 | 4th in Serie D Girone G |
| Castel Rigone | Passignano sul Trasimeno | San Bartolomeo | 800 | 1st in Serie D Girone E |
| Chieti | Chieti | Guido Angelini | 12,750 | 4th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B |
| Cosenza | Cosenza | San Vito | 24,479 | 2nd in Serie D Girone I |
| Foggia | Foggia | Pino Zaccheria | 25,000 | 5th in Serie D Girone H |
| Gavorrano | Gavorrano | Romeo Malservisi | 2,000 | 15th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B |
| Ischia | Ischia | Vincenzo Mazzella | 5,000 | 1st in Serie D Girone H |
| Martina Franca | Martina Franca | Gian Domenico Tursi | 5,000 | 12th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B |
| Melfi | Melfi | Arturo Valerio | 4,100 | 8th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B |
| Messina | Messina | San Filippo | 37,895 | 1st in Serie D Girone I |
| Poggibonsi | Poggibonsi | Stefano Lotti | 2,513 | 7th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B |
| Sorrento | Sorrento | Italia | 3,600 | 15th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A |
| Teramo | Teramo | Gaetano Bonolis | 7,498 | 6th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B |
| Tuttocuoio | San Miniato (playing in Santa Croce sull'Arno) | Libero Masini | 3,344 | 1st in Serie D Girone D |
| Vigor Lamezia | Lamezia Terme | Guido D'Ippolito | 4,000 | 13th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B |

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Messina (C, P) | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 57 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 2 | Casertana (P) | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 57 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 3 | Teramo (P) | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 55 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 4 | Cosenza (P) | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 55 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 5 | Foggia (P) | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 51 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 6 | Melfi (P) | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 51 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 7 | Ischia (P) | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 48 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 8 | Vigor Lamezia (P) | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 46 | Promotion to Divisione Unica |
| 9 | Sorrento (R) | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 45 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 10 | Tuttocuoio (O, P) | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 44 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 11 | Aversa Normanna (P) | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 43 | Admitted to Lega Pro |
| 12 | Arzanese (R) | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 43 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 13 | Martina Franca (P) | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 42 | Admitted to Lega Pro |
| 14 | Aprilia (R) | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 41 | Relegation to Serie D |
| 15 | Chieti (R) | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 40 | Relegation to Serie D |
| 16 | Poggibonsi (R) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 36 | Relegation to Serie D |
| 17 | Castel Rigone (R) | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 34 | Folded after relegation |
| 18 | Gavorrano (R) | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 30 | Relegation to Serie D |

* 1 2 CAS 1–1 MES; MES 2–1 CAS
* 1 2 TER 3–0 COS; COS 1–1 TER
* 1 2 MEL 0–0 FOG; FOG 2–2 MEL
* 1 2 ARZ 0–1 AVN; AVN 1–1 ARZ
* 1 2 Re-admitted to fill vacancy
* ↑ Chieti was docked 1 point.
* ↑ Castel Rigone folded after it decided not to play in Serie D.

## Relegation play-off

* only Finals winner remains in Lega Pro
* other 3 teams are relegated to Serie D

### Semifinals

    First legs scheduled 18 May 2014; return legs scheduled 25 May 2014

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Arzanese (12) | 4–3 | (9) Sorrento | 4–0 | 0–3 |
| Aversa Normanna (11) | 1–3 | (10) Tuttocuoio | 1–1 | 0–2 |

### Finals

    First leg scheduled 1 June 2014; return leg scheduled 8 June 2014

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Arzanese (12) | 1–1 (hc) | (10) Tuttocuoio | 0–0 | 1–1 |

* Tuttocuoio remains in Lega Pro
