2012–13 Serie D
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2013–14 →
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The 2012–13 Serie D was the sixty-fifth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fourth tier in the Italian football league system.
It consisted of 162 teams divided into nine 18-team divisions.
The nine division winners are automatically promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione 2013–14.
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.
If the two teams finish in an aggregate tie for to decide who is promoted and relegated, in neutral ground will be played one tie breaker, with possible extra time and penalties.
The nine division winners enter a tournament to determine the over-all Serie D champion and is awarded the Scudetto Dilettanti.
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 123 teams that had played in Serie D the year before.
Due to eight bankruptcies and exclusions, the 2012–13 season is to feature 6 teams that played in the 2011-12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, 37 teams that played in the 2011-12 Eccellenza season and 119 teams that played in Serie D 2011-12.
The league also admitted three of the teams that were excluded from the professional leagues. Real Spal (Girone D), formerly SPAL, Foggia (Girone H) and Taranto (Girone H) which all played in the 2011-12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season. The league further admitted three teams from Eccellenza to fill the vacancies created. These teams are:
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