The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian

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.Official website of LND (Italian National Amateur League)
It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Aosta Valley which share 2 divisions. Veneto, Tuscany, Sicily, Emilia-Romagna and Campania also have 2 divisions each, while the regions of Lombardy and Lazio have 3 divisions.

Promotion and relegation

After the regular season is completed, the first-placed team for each division is automatically promoted to

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

. Each division also admits one other team to participate in national playoffs that take place in late May and early June. Some divisions select the second-placed team directly, while other divisions schedule a series of divisional playoff games among the top teams in that division in order to determine the national playoff participant. Once the 28 national playoff participants are finalized, they are paired in a double-leg series, and the 14 winners participate in a second round double-leg series. The 7 winners of the second round are promoted to

as well. One more place to Serie D is allowed to the winner of the " Coppa Italia Dilettanti" (Amateur Italian Cup), a year-long competition between all the national teams of both Eccellenza and

Promozione The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level. Depending on each league's ...

(the lower division). In all, 36 teams are promoted to replace the 36 teams relegated down from Serie D. * 28 division winners * 7 national playoff winners * 1 Coppa Italiana Dilettanti winner The relegation rules are decided regionally, but there are usually three teams relegated from each division.

Eccellenza by region

* Eccellenza Abruzzo - 1 Division *

Eccellenza Apulia Eccellenza Apulia () is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the Southern Italian region of Apulia, Italy. It is competed among 20 teams, in one group. The winner of the group is promoted to Serie D. The club who win play-off als ...

- 1 Division * Eccellenza Basilicata - 1 Division * Eccellenza Calabria - 1 Division * Eccellenza Campania - 2 Divisions * Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna - 2 Divisions * Eccellenza Friuli-Venezia Giulia - 1 Division * Eccellenza Lazio - 3 Divisions * Eccellenza Liguria - 1 Division * Eccellenza Lombardy - 3 Divisions * Eccellenza Marche - 1 Division * Eccellenza Molise - 1 Division * Eccellenza Piedmont-Aosta Valley - 2 Divisions * Eccellenza Sardinia - 1 Division *

Eccellenza Sicily Eccellenza Sicily () is the regional Italian Eccellenza football division for clubs in Sicily. It is competed among 32 teams in two groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The clubs that finish second also have the c ...

- 2 Divisions * Eccellenza Tuscany - 2 Divisions * Eccellenza Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol - 1 Division * Eccellenza Umbria - 1 Division * Eccellenza Veneto - 2 Divisions

References

External links

Official website of LND (Italian National Amateur League)
{{Football in Italy 1991 establishments in Italy

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6 Sports leagues established in 1991 Association football clubs established in 1991

Promotion and relegation

Eccellenza by region

See also

References

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