2021–22 Serie D

The 2021–22 Serie D is the seventy-third season of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system.

Serie D
Season2021–22
DatesRegular season:
18 September 2021 – 15 May 2022
PromotedNovara
Sangiuliano City Nova
Audace Cerignola
RelegatedImperia
Saluzzo
Spinea
Cattolica
San Martino Speme
Cannara
Pro Livorno
Nereto
Aurora Alto Casertano
Biancavilla
FC Messina (excluded)
2022–23 →

Rules

The season will provide a total nine promotions to Serie C (those being the winners of all nine groups). Teams placed between second and fifth for each group will play a so-called "playoff tournament", starting with two one-legged games played at the best placed team's home venue:

  • 2th-placed team vs 5th-placed team;
  • 3th-placed team vs 4th-placed team.

In case of a draw by the end of the game, two extra times will be played; in case of no winner after that, the best-placed team will advance to the final.

The two winning teams will then play a one-legged final, to be hosted at the best placed team's home venue, with the same rules as in the first round. The nine playoff winners for each group will be prioritised to fill any potential Serie C league vacancies.[1]

The two bottom-placed teams for each league group are automatically relegated to Eccellenza. Two two-legged relegation playoff games (known in Italian as "play-out") will therefore be played between:

  • 13th-placed team vs 16th-placed team (for 18-team groups), or 15th-placed team vs 18th-placed team (for 20-team groups);
  • 14th-placed team vs 15th-placed team (for 18-team groups), or 16th-placed team vs 17th-placed team (for 20-team groups).

In case of an aggregate draw after the second leg, two extra times will be played; in case of further aggregate draw, the worst-placed team will be relegated.

In case the two teams will have a league gap of at least eight points, the relegation playoff will not take place and the worst-placed team will be automatically relegated instead.[2]

Teams

The composition of the league involves nine divisions, grouped geographically and named alphabetically.

Teams relegated from Serie C

Five teams were directly relegated from the 2020–21 Serie C: Fano, Ravenna, Arezzo, Bisceglie, Cavese.

Novara were admitted via Article 52 of N.O.I.F.

Casertana and Sambenedettese, originally excluded from Serie C, were later readmitted to Serie D by sentence of the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio.

Teams promoted from Eccellenza

The following teams were promoted from Eccellenza:[3]

Changes during the season

On 15 December 2021, debt-ridden FC Messina was excluded from the league with immediate effect due to having failed to show up for two consecutive league games; as the exclusion happened before mid-season, all previous games involving the club were voided.[4]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Novara (C, P) 36 23 10 3 70 25 +45 79 Promotion to Serie C[upper-alpha 1]
2 Sanremese (Q) 36 21 8 7 63 36 +27 71 Qualification for promotion play-offs[upper-alpha 2]
3 Casale (Q) 36 16 12 8 46 28 +18 60
4 Città di Varese 36 15 12 9 49 33 +16 57
5 Derthona 36 14 13 9 45 36 +9 55
6 Chieri 36 13 13 10 43 37 +6 52
7 Bra 36 14 10 12 37 39 −2 52
8 Sestri Levante 36 13 12 11 42 41 +1 51
9 Caronnese 36 12 14 10 34 30 +4 50
10 Borgosesia 36 12 12 12 43 41 +2 48
11 Gozzano 36 11 14 11 42 29 +13 47
12 Vado 36 11 14 11 40 47 −7 47
13 PDHAE 36 12 11 13 41 50 −9 47
14 Ligorna 36 12 10 14 42 43 −1 46
15 Asti 36 8 20 8 37 39 −2 44 Qualification for relegation play-outs[upper-alpha 3]
16 RG Ticino 36 9 14 13 31 44 −13 41
17 Fossano 36 11 7 18 33 58 −25 40
18 Lavagnese (Y) 36 7 9 20 30 56 −26 30
19 Imperia (R) 36 7 8 21 32 53 −21 29 Relegation to Eccellenza
20 Saluzzo (R) 36 3 9 24 20 55 −35 18
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: [upper-alpha 4]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (Y) May at best reach the relegation play-off

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Sangiuliano City Nova (C, P) 36 23 7 6 71 35 +36 76 Promotion to Serie C[upper-alpha 1]
2 Legnano 36 18 8 10 47 43 +4 62 Qualification for promotion play-offs[upper-alpha 2]
3 Brusaporto 36 17 10 9 60 46 +14 61
4 Folgore Caratese 36 17 9 10 55 44 +11 60
5 Desenzano Calvina 36 16 11 9 61 46 +15 59
6 Casatese 36 15 13 8 64 41 +23 58
7 Virtus CiseranoBergamo 36 15 13 8 62 50 +12 58
8 Arconatese 36 15 11 10 57 48 +9 56
9 Breno 36 15 10 11 55 41 +14 55
10 Franciacorta 36 13 12 11 70 76 −6 51
11 Castellanzese 36 12 9 15 46 50 −4 45
12 Crema 36 12 9 15 41 47 −6 45
13 Ponte San Pietro 36 10 14 12 54 54 0 44
14 Real Calepina 36 10 11 15 35 37 −2 41
15 Sona 36 10 11 15 41 56 −15 41 Qualification for relegation play-outs[upper-alpha 3]
16 Villa Valle 36 8 12 16 47 55 −8 36
17 Caravaggio (Y) 36 6 15 15 38 60 −22 33
18 Leon (Y) 36 8 9 19 47 82 −35 33
19 Vis Nova Giussano (Y) 36 9 5 22 54 75 −21 32 Relegation to Eccellenza
20 Brianza Olginatese (Y) 36 6 11 19 40 59 −19 29
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: [upper-alpha 4]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Y) May at best reach the relegation play-off

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Arzignano (X) 32 21 9 2 73 30 +43 72 Promotion to Serie C[upper-alpha 1]
2 Union Clodiense Chioggia (X) 32 20 10 2 51 20 +31 70 Qualification for promotion play-offs[upper-alpha 2]
3 Adriese (Q) 32 17 9 6 54 32 +22 60
4 Luparense (Q) 32 15 10 7 55 32 +23 55
5 Campodarsego 32 13 11 8 45 37 +8 50
6 Caldiero Terme 32 14 6 12 55 47 +8 48
7 Cartigliano 32 11 11 10 42 35 +7 44
8 Dolomiti Bellunesi 31 12 8 11 43 48 −5 44
9 Montebelluna 32 12 7 13 53 51 +2 43
10 Mestre 32 12 7 13 34 41 −7 43
11 Cjarlins Muzane 31 10 12 9 48 39 +9 42
12 Levico Terme 32 11 9 12 30 36 −6 42
13 Este 32 9 13 10 29 39 −10 40
14 Ambrosiana 32 9 7 16 41 50 −9 34 Qualification for relegation play-outs[upper-alpha 5]
15 Delta Porto Tolle (Q) 32 9 6 17 38 47 −9 33
16 Spinea (R) 32 6 6 20 25 51 −26 24 Relegation to Eccellenza
17 Cattolica (R) 32 6 5 21 20 58 −38 23
18 San Martino Speme (R) 32 5 4 23 28 71 −43 19
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: [upper-alpha 4]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least the promotion play-off, but may still achieve direct promotion

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rimini (X) 34 26 5 3 68 15 +53 83 Promotion to Serie C[upper-alpha 1]
2 Ravenna (X) 34 24 5 5 76 35 +41 77 Qualification for promotion play-offs[upper-alpha 2]
3 Lentigione (X) 34 23 5 6 66 35 +31 74
4 Mezzolara 34 13 11 10 43 37 +6 50
5 Correggese 34 13 11 10 42 38 +4 50
6 Athletic Carpi 34 12 13 9 49 48 +1 49
7 Aglianese 34 11 14 9 41 49 −8 47
8 Seravezza Pozzi 34 12 10 12 38 40 −2 46
9 Forlì 34 13 7 14 41 44 −3 46
10 Sammaurese 34 12 8 14 39 44 −5 44
11 Prato 34 12 8 14 40 47 −7 44
12 Alcione 34 12 7 15 43 43 0 43
13 Fanfulla 34 12 6 16 42 40 +2 42
14 Real Forte Querceta 34 10 9 15 32 39 −7 39
15 Ghiviborgo 34 8 14 12 43 56 −13 38 Qualification for relegation play-outs[upper-alpha 3]
16 Progresso 34 6 15 13 34 41 −7 33
17 Borgo San Donnino 34 6 14 14 31 47 −16 32
18 Bagnolese 34 7 10 17 22 37 −15 31
19 Sasso Marconi 34 8 6 20 33 56 −23 30 Relegation to Eccellenza
20 Tritium 34 5 12 17 32 64 −32 27
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: [upper-alpha 4]
(X) Assured of at least the promotion play-off, but may still achieve direct promotion

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 San Donato Tavarnelle (X) 32 24 3 5 84 30 +54 75 Promotion to Serie C[upper-alpha 1]
2 Poggibonsi (X) 32 22 4 6 55 25 +30 70 Qualification for promotion play-offs[upper-alpha 2]
3 Arezzo (Q) 32 17 10 5 62 42 +20 61
4 Follonica Gavorrano 32 16 9 7 54 28 +26 57
5 Pianese 32 15 8 9 53 38 +15 53
6 Lornano Badesse 32 14 9 9 45 41 +4 51
7 Trestina 32 12 10 10 45 36 +9 46
8 Flaminia 32 13 7 12 48 46 +2 46
9 Montespaccato 32 11 7 14 40 41 −1 40
10 Cascina 32 11 7 14 35 36 −1 40
11 Tiferno Lerchi 32 10 10 12 33 45 −12 40
12 Scandicci 32 10 9 13 32 40 −8 39
13 Sangiovannese 32 8 13 11 35 39 −4 37 Qualification for relegation play-outs[upper-alpha 5]
14 Rieti 32 9 7 16 37 55 −18 34
15 Foligno (Y) 32 8 8 16 44 62 −18 32
16 UniPomezia (Y) 32 8 6 18 37 62 −25 30
17 Cannara (R) 32 5 8 19 26 50 −24 23 Relegation to Eccellenza
18 Pro Livorno (R) 32 5 5 22 29 78 −49 20
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: [upper-alpha 4]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least the promotion play-off, but may still achieve direct promotion; (Y) May at best reach the relegation play-off

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Recanatese (X) 29 18 7 4 61 16 +45 61 Promotion to Serie C[upper-alpha 1]
2 Trastevere 30 16 6 8 48 27 +21 54 Qualification for promotion play-offs[upper-alpha 2]
3 Tolentino 30 16 6 8 39 24 +15 54
4 Atletico Terme Fiuggi 30 14 5 11 38 39 −1 47
5 Vastese 30 11 13 6 39 28 +11 46
6 Porto d'Ascoli 30 13 7 10 37 34 +3 46
7 Pineto 30 11 12 7 37 25 +12 45
8 Sambenedettese 30 12 9 9 35 34 +1 45
9 San Nicolò Notaresco 30 12 7 11 39 38 +1 43
10 Chieti 30 11 10 9 32 34 −2 43
11 Matese 30 11 9 10 38 34 +4 42
12 Castelnuovo Vomano 30 11 8 11 45 46 −1 41
13 Montegiorgio 30 11 7 12 32 31 +1 40 Qualification for relegation play-outs[upper-alpha 5]
14 Vastogirardi 29 11 7 11 41 44 −3 40
15 Fano 30 10 8 12 33 36 −3 38
16 Castelfidardo 30 9 7 14 30 33 −3 34
17 Nereto (R) 30 2 6 22 20 67 −47 12 Relegation to Eccellenza
18 Aurora Alto Casertano (R) 30 1 4 25 19 73 −54 7
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: [upper-alpha 4]
(R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least the promotion play-off, but may still achieve direct promotion

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Giugliano (X) 30 21 3 6 51 18 +33 66 Promotion to Serie C[upper-alpha 1]
2 Torres 30 16 10 4 49 18 +31 58 Qualification for promotion play-offs[upper-alpha 2]
3 Team Nuova Florida 29 17 6 6 48 29 +19 57
4 Arzachena 30 16 6 8 43 33 +10 54
5 Afragolese 29 14 7 8 47 37 +10 49
6 Aprilia 30 14 6 10 39 31 +8 48
7 Cynthialbalonga 29 14 5 10 46 37 +9 47
8 Ostia Mare 30 13 7 10 41 27 +14 46
9 Muravera 30 13 4 13 46 51 −5 43
10 Gladiator 29 11 7 11 43 44 −1 40
11 Vis Artena 30 11 7 12 40 42 −2 40
12 Real Monterotondo Scalo 30 10 5 15 41 51 −10 35
13 Cassino 30 7 10 13 31 44 −13 31 Qualification for relegation play-outs[upper-alpha 5]
14 Atletico Uri 30 8 7 15 30 49 −19 31
15 Insieme Formia 30 7 5 18 31 57 −26 26
16 Lanusei 30 5 9 16 25 41 −16 24
17 Latte Dolce 30 5 8 17 24 42 −18 23 Relegation to Eccellenza
18 Carbonia[lower-alpha 1] 30 4 12 14 31 55 −24 23
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: [upper-alpha 4]
(X) Assured of at least the promotion play-off, but may still achieve direct promotion
Notes:
  1. 1 point deducted due to financial irregularities.[6]

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Audace Cerignola (C, P) 34 23 9 2 70 24 +46 78 Promotion to Serie C[upper-alpha 1]
2 Francavilla (Q) 35 20 4 11 55 40 +15 64 Qualification for promotion play-offs[upper-alpha 2]
3 Bitonto 34 17 8 9 48 35 +13 59
4 Fasano 34 16 8 10 58 43 +15 56
5 Nocerina 35 15 7 13 49 45 +4 52
6 Gravina 35 15 7 13 46 46 0 52
7 Casertana 35 14 9 12 53 50 +3 51
8 Sorrento 35 13 10 12 39 43 −4 49
9 Molfetta 35 11 14 10 43 38 +5 47
10 Team Altamura 35 11 11 13 45 42 +3 44
11 Nola 34 12 8 14 46 53 −7 44
12 Brindisi 34 12 7 15 35 47 −12 43
13 Lavello 34 11 9 14 44 48 −4 42
14 Mariglianese 34 11 7 16 37 41 −4 40
15 Casarano 34 10 10 14 33 44 −11 40 Qualification for relegation play-outs[upper-alpha 3]
16 Rotonda[lower-alpha 1] 34 13 7 14 35 40 −5 38
17 Nardò 34 10 8 16 47 59 −12 38
18 San Giorgio 34 8 12 14 26 36 −10 36
19 Bisceglie 34 6 15 13 27 43 −16 33 Relegation to Eccellenza
20 Virtus Matino (Y) 35 8 6 21 32 51 −19 30
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: [upper-alpha 4]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (Y) May at best reach the relegation play-off
Notes:
  1. 8 points deducted for matchfixing.[7]

Group I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Gelbison (X) 32 21 8 3 55 19 +36 71 Promotion to Serie C[upper-alpha 1]
2 Cavese (X) 32 20 7 5 52 20 +32 67 Qualification for promotion play-offs[upper-alpha 2]
3 Acireale (X) 32 18 11 3 54 26 +28 65
4 Lamezia Terme (X) 32 18 8 6 49 31 +18 62
5 Città di Sant'Agata 33 15 10 8 44 29 +15 55
6 Cittanova 32 15 4 13 43 48 −5 49
7 Licata 32 12 10 10 54 39 +15 46
8 Paternò 32 12 9 11 38 34 +4 45
9 Real Agro Aversa 32 11 10 11 29 28 +1 43
10 Santa Maria Cilento 32 11 8 13 45 45 0 41
11 Portici 32 11 8 13 34 36 −2 41
12 Trapani 32 9 12 11 40 36 +4 39
13 Sancataldese 32 11 6 15 32 48 −16 39
14 San Luca 32 8 13 11 35 38 −3 37
15 Castrovillari 33 7 11 15 32 45 −13 32 Qualification for relegation play-outs[upper-alpha 3]
16 Rende 32 7 9 16 29 45 −16 30
17 Giarre 33 6 12 15 21 39 −18 30
18 Troina[lower-alpha 1] (Y) 32 7 7 18 32 63 −31 22
19 Biancavilla (R) 33 3 5 25 24 73 −49 14 Relegation to Eccellenza
20 FC Messina[lower-alpha 2] (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Excluded
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: [upper-alpha 4]
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated; (X) Assured of at least the promotion play-off, but may still achieve direct promotion; (Y) May at best reach the relegation play-off
Notes:
  1. 6 points deducted for matchfixing.[7][8]
  2. Excluded due to failing to show up for two league games during the season.[4]

Notes
  1. If two or more teams finish tied on points in the top of the league, once the tie-breaking criteria have applied, the 1st and the 2nd-placed teams play a tie-breaker, whose winner gets promotion to Serie C.
  2. Winning play-offs doesn't grant promotion to Serie C, but a chance to get readmitted in case of vacancies.
  3. If the 15th-placed team finishes 9 or more points ahead of the 18th-placed team, then the relegation play-out is not played and the 18th-placed team is relegated to Eccellenza directly. If the 16th-placed team finishes 9 or more points ahead of the 17th-placed team, then the relegation play-out is not played and the 17th-placed team is relegated to Eccellenza directly.
  4. 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[5]
  5. If the 13th-placed team finishes 9 or more points ahead of the 16th-placed team, then the relegation play-out is not played and the 16th-placed team is relegated to Eccellenza directly. If the 14th-placed team finishes 9 or more points ahead of the 15th-placed team, then the relegation play-out is not played and the 15th-placed team is relegated to Eccellenza directly.

References
  1. "SERIE D: Il Regolamento e le date dei Play Off" (in Italian). Tuttocampo. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. "Il regolamento dei Play Out" (in Italian). LND.it. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  3. "Eccellenza: ecco le 24 squadre promosse in Serie D" (in Italian). Tuttocampo. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  4. "Ora è ufficiale: Fc Messina estromesso dal campionato. Ammenda da 20.000 euro" (in Italian). Messina Sportiva. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. "NORME ORGANIZZATIVE INTERNE DELLA F.I.G.C. (page 10)" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC.
  6. "Carbonia, un punto di penalizzazione" (in Italian). L'Unione Sarda. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  7. "Illeciti nel girone I di serie D: ecco penalizzazioni, squalifiche ed ammende" (in Italian). Notiziario Calcio. 31 July 2021.
  8. "Troina: ridotta la penalizzazione in classifica" (in Italian). GoalSicilia. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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