2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

The 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season will be the thirty-fifth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fifth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Season2012–13

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

The league currently would be composed of 36 teams divided into two divisions (Girone A and B) divided geographically, with the exception of the Sicilian team Milazzo that plays in group A, each composed of 18 teams.

Teams finishing first and second in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division will be promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. The last three teams in the regular season, plus one relegation play-out loser from each division will be relegated to Serie D. The two relegation play-out winners, one from each division, will play each other and the loser will become the ninth team relegated. In all, six teams will be promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and nine teams will be relegated to Serie D.

Girone A

Teams

Teams from Aosta Valley, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Sicily & Veneto

Location of teams in Girone A 2012–13
Club City Stadium Capacity 2011–12 season
Alessandria Alessandria Giuseppe Moccagatta 5,827 11th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Bassano Virtus Bassano del Grappa Rino Mercante 2,952 18th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione B
Bellaria Igea Bellaria-Igea Marina Enrico Nanni 2,500 14th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Casale Casale Monferrato Natale Palli 4,000 4th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Castiglione Castiglione delle Stiviere Ugo Lusetti 2,500 1st in Serie D Girone B
(as Sterilgarda Castiglione)
Fano Fano Raffaele Mancini 8,800 10th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Forlì Forlì Tullo Morgagni 3,466 1st in Serie D Girone D
Giacomense Masi Torello
(playing in Portomaggiore)		 Savino Bellini 2,500 15th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Mantova Mantova Danilo Martelli 14,884 16th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Milazzo Milazzo Grotta Polifemo 2,500 15th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Monza Monza Brianteo 18,568 17th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Pro Patria Busto Arsizio Carlo Speroni 4,627 7th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Renate Renate
(playing in Meda)		 Città di Meda 3,000 12th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Rimini Rimini Romeo Neri 7,442 6th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Santarcangelo Santarcangelo di Romagna Valentino Mazzola 3,000 8th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Savona Savona Valerio Bacigalupo 4,000 13th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
SC Vallée d’Aoste Saint-Christophe
(playing in San Giusto Canavese)		 Franco Cerutti 2,500 1st in Serie D Girone A
(as V.d.A. Saint-Christophe)
Venezia Venezia Pierluigi Penzo 7,450 1st in Serie D Girone C

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pro Patria (C, P) 34 18 8 8 64 37 +27 62 Promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione
2 Savona (P) 34 18 6 10 51 33 +18 60
3 Venezia (O, P) 34 16 11 7 58 47 +11 59 Qualification for Promotion play-off
4 Bassano Virtus 34 16 10 8 54 34 +20 58
5 Monza 34 17 12 5 57 34 +23 57[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
6 Renate 34 18 3 13 61 46 +15 57[lower-alpha 1]
7 Castiglione 34 14 10 10 39 29 +10 52[lower-alpha 3]
8 Alessandria 34 14 10 10 41 30 +11 52[lower-alpha 3]
9 Mantova 34 13 9 12 45 52 −7 48
10 Forlì 34 13 9 12 48 33 +15 47[lower-alpha 4]
11 Giacomense 34 12 8 14 44 48 −4 44 Renaming as S.P.A.L. 2013 after the merger[lower-alpha 5]
12 Santarcangelo 34 10 13 11 39 41 −2 43
13 Bellaria Igea 34 10 12 12 41 50 −9 42
14 Rimini 34 8 13 13 37 37 0 37 Qualification for Relegation play-off
15 Vallée d’Aoste (R) 34 9 9 16 37 61 −24 35[lower-alpha 6]
16 Fano (R) 34 8 8 18 42 68 −26 31[lower-alpha 6] Relegation to Serie D
17 Casale (R) 34 7 8 19 32 51 −19 24[lower-alpha 7] Relegation to Promozione[lower-alpha 8]
18 Milazzo (R) 34 0 11 23 18 77 −59 11 Didn't enroll in the next championship[lower-alpha 9]
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2013. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. REN 2-1 MON ; MON 2-1 REN
  2. Monza was docked 6 points: 4 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal and 2 points due to financial irregularities.
  3. ALE 0-1 CAS ; CAS 0-0 ALE
  4. Forlì was docked 1 point due to violation of the National Licensing System.
  5. Giacomense moved to the city of Ferrara and merged with Real Spal. It will play in the italian football as S.P.A.L. 2013.
  6. Fano and Vallée d’Aoste were docked 1 point due to financial irregularities.
  7. Casale was docked 5 points due to financial irregularities.
  8. Casale didn't enroll in the next Serie D championship and will be relegated to Promozione.
  9. Milazzo didn't enroll in the next championship and disappeared from the Italian football.

Semifinals
First legs scheduled 26 May 2013; return legs scheduled 1, 2 June 2013
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Renate (6) 1–2 (3) Venezia 1–1 0–1
Monza (5) 3–1 (4) Bassano Virtus 1–0 2–1

Final
First leg scheduled 9 June 2013; return leg scheduled 16 June 2013
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Monza (5) 2–3 (3) Venezia 0–0 2–3

Girone B

Teams

Teams from Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Lazio, Molise, Tuscany & Umbria

Location of teams in Girone B 2012–13
Club City Stadium Capacity 2011–12 season
Aprilia Aprilia Quinto Ricci 2,000 5th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Arzanese Arzano
(playing in Frattamaggiore)		 Pasquale Ianniello 4,000 9th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Aversa Normanna Aversa Augusto Bisceglia 2,555 11th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Borgo a Buggiano Buggiano Alberto Benedetti 2,000 10th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Campobasso Campobasso Romagnoli 4,000 13th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Chieti Chieti Guido Angelini 12,750 4th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Foligno Foligno Enzo Blasone 5,650 18th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Fondi Fondi Domenico Purificato 2,500 12th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Gavorrano Gavorrano Romeo Malservisi 2,000 7th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
HinterReggio Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo 27,543 1st in Serie D Girone I
L'Aquila L'Aquila Tommaso Fattori 10,000 8th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Martina Franca Martina Franca Gian Domenico Tursi 5,000 1st in Serie D Girone H
Melfi Melfi Arturo Valerio 4,100 16th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Poggibonsi Poggibonsi Stefano Lotti 2,513 9th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Pontedera Pontedera Ettore Mannucci 5,000 1st in Serie D Girone E
Salernitana Salerno Arechi 37,245 1st in Serie D Girone G(as Salerno)
Teramo Teramo Comunale 7,498 1st in Serie D Girone F
Vigor Lamezia Lamezia Terme Guido D'Ippolito 4,000 3rd in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Salernitana (C, P) 34 20 10 4 59 33 +26 70 Promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione
2 Pontedera (P) 34 17 11 6 49 32 +17 62
3 Aprilia 34 16 9 9 46 32 +14 57 Qualification for Promotion play-off
4 Chieti 34 15 10 9 43 34 +9 54[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
5 L'Aquila (O, P) 34 14 12 8 42 33 +9 54[lower-alpha 1]
6 Teramo 34 15 8 11 43 33 +10 53[lower-alpha 3]
7 Poggibonsi 34 14 11 9 41 31 +10 53[lower-alpha 3]
8 Melfi 34 11 12 11 30 29 +1 45
9 Borgo a Buggiano (R) 34 9 17 8 41 35 +6 44[lower-alpha 4] Relegation to Terza Categoria[lower-alpha 5]
10 Arzanese 34 11 11 12 39 39 0 44[lower-alpha 4]
11 Campobasso (R) 34 12 10 12 35 37 −2 44[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 6] Relegation to Eccellenza[lower-alpha 7]
12 Martina Franca 34 10 13 11 32 40 −8 43
13 Vigor Lamezia 34 9 15 10 26 24 +2 42[lower-alpha 8]
14 HinterReggio (R) 34 11 9 14 35 36 −1 42[lower-alpha 8] Qualification for Relegation play-off
15 Gavorrano 34 10 11 13 41 42 −1 41[lower-alpha 9] Qualification for Relegation play-off
Remained in Seconda Divisione[lower-alpha 10]
16 Foligno (R) 34 10 11 13 32 38 −6 41[lower-alpha 9] Relegation to Serie D
17 Aversa Normanna 34 3 6 25 26 69 −43 15[lower-alpha 11] Remained in Seconda Divisione[lower-alpha 10]
18 Fondi (R) 34 3 6 25 27 70 −43 15[lower-alpha 11] Relegation to Serie D
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2013. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. CHI 0-1 LAQ ; LAQ 1-2 CHI
  2. Chieti was docked 1 point due to financial irregularities.
  3. TER 2-1 POG ; POG 2-1 TER
  4. BOR: 8 pts ; ARZ: 5 pts ; CAM: 2 pts
  5. Borgo a Buggiano didn't enroll in the next championship and will be relegated to Terza Categoria.
  6. Campobasso was docked 2 points due to financial irregularities.
  7. Campobasso didn't enroll in the next championship and will be relegated to Eccellenza.
  8. VIG 1-0 HIN ; HIN 0-2 VIG
  9. GAV 1-1 FOL ; FOL 0-0 GAV
  10. Gavorrano and Aversa Normanna remained in the league to fill the vacancies created.
  11. AVE 3-0 FON ; FON 2-0 AVE

Semifinals
First legs scheduled 26 May 2013; return legs scheduled 2 June 2013
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Teramo (6) 2–1 (3) Aprilia 1–1 1–0
L'Aquila (5) 2–1 (4) Chieti 2–0 0–1

Final
First leg scheduled 9 June 2013; return leg scheduled 16 June 2013
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Teramo (6) 1–3 (5) L'Aquila 0–1 1–2

Relegation Play-off
  • only Finals winner is saved from relegation
  • other 3 teams are relegated to Serie D

Girone A
First legs scheduled 26 May 2013; return legs scheduled 2 June 2013
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vallée d’Aoste (15) 0–4 (14) Rimini 0–2 0–2

Vallée d’Aoste relegated to Serie D

Girone B
First legs scheduled 26 May 2013; return legs scheduled 2 June 2013
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gavorrano (15) 4–3 (14) HinterReggio 2–1 2–2

HinterReggio relegated to Serie D

Final
First leg scheduled 9 June 2012; return leg scheduled 16 June 2012
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gavorrano (B 15) 1–5 (A 14) Rimini 0–3 1–2

Gavorrano relegated to Serie D

References
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