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

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, 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 Serie C () is the third-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie B and Serie A. The Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs the Serie C. The unification of the Lega Pro ...

. The last six teams in each ''girone'', plus three relegation play-out losers from each division will be relegated to

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. 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

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, 9 teams that had been promoted from

, 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 The 2012–13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season was the thirty-fifth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fifth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro. It was divided into two phas ...

, 13 teams that played in

2012–13 Serie D The 2012–13 Serie D was the sixty-fifth edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represented the fifth tier in the Italian football league system. It consisted of 162 teams divided into nine 18-team divisions. ...

and 21 teams that played in

2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione The 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was 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. It will be divided into ...

. The league admitted seven teams to fill vacancies created. These teams are: *

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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. *

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which finished 5th in Serie D Girone C. * Casertana which finished 4th in Serie D Girone G, and was the playoff runner-up. *

Foggia Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also know ...

which finished 5th in Serie D Girone H. *

Cosenza Cosenza (; local dialect: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000; the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a populati ...

which finished 2nd in Serie D Girone I. Also, SPAL was promoted through a merger with Giacomense.

Girone A

Teams

Teams from

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Liguria Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...

, Lombardy,

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Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label= Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label= Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, af ...

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League table

Relegation Play-off

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

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.

Finals

:''First leg scheduled 1 June 2014; return leg scheduled 8 June 2014'' *

Forlì Forlì ( , ; rgn, Furlè ; la, Forum Livii) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and city in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, and is the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. It is the central city of Romagna. The city is situated along the Via Em ...

remains in Lega Pro

Girone B

Teams

Teams from

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, Apulia,

Basilicata it, Lucano (man) it, Lucana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = ...

Campania (man), it, Campana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demog ...

Lazio it, Laziale , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

Tuscany it, Toscano (man) it, Toscana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Citizenship , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = Italian , demogra ...

Umbria it, Umbro (man) it, Umbra (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , ...

League table

Relegation Play-off

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

Semifinals

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

Finals

:''First leg scheduled 1 June 2014; return leg scheduled 8 June 2014'' * Tuttocuoio remains in Lega Pro

References

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