2020-21_Serie_D

2020–21 Serie D

Football league season

The 2020–21 Serie D was the seventy-third edition of the top level Italian non-professional football championship. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Serie D
Season	2020–21
Dates	27 September 2020 – 10 July 2021
Champions	not awarded
Promoted	Seregno Trento Fiorenzuola Montevarchi Campobasso Monterosi Taranto ACR Messina Picerno (admitted) Siena (repechage) Latina (repechage) Fidelis Andria (repechage)
Relegated	To Eccellenza: Scanzorosciate Virtus Bolzano Chions Corticella Grassina Sinalunghese Porto Sant'Elpidio Olympia Agnonese Puteolana Marina di Ragusa Roccella Disbanded: NibionnOggiono Real Giulianova Savoia Dattilo
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Changes from 2019–20

A total 166 clubs were admitted to the season, including the new incarnation of former Serie A club Siena.

Teams

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

Teams relegated from Serie C

A total of eight teams from the 2019–20 Serie C were admitted: Siena (phoenix club, admitted after the previous club's incarnation did not apply for membership), Picerno (relegated by office due to match-fixing) and the relegated teams Pianese, Gozzano, Arzignano, Rimini, Rende and Rieti.

Teams promoted from Eccellenza

Due to the COVID-19 related suspension of all amateur sports leagues in Italy, promotions were picked explicitly by the Italian Football Federation based on the leagues' provisional standings at the premature conclusion of the season. No promotion playoffs were held, nor was the final phase of the Coppa Italia Dilettanti (whose winning team is normally automatically admitted into Serie D).

Abruzzo

Castelnuovo Vomano

Apulia

Molfetta

Basilicata

Lavello
Rotonda

Calabria

San Luca

Campania

Afragolese
Puteolana
Santa Maria Cilento

Emilia Romagna

Bagnolese
Corticella
Marignanese

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Manzanese

Lazio

Insieme Ausonia
Montespaccato

Liguria

Imperia
Sestri Levante

Lombardy

Busto 81¹
Casatese
Telgate²
Vis Nova Giussano

Marche

Castelfidardo

Molise

Comprensorio Vairano³
Tre Pini Matese³

Piedmont & Aosta Valley

Derthona
PDHAE
Saluzzo

Sardinia

Carbonia

Sicily

Dattilo Noir
Paternò
Sant'Agata

Trentino Alto Adige – Südtirol

Trento

Tuscany

Badesse
Pro Livorno
Sinalunghese

Umbria

Tiferno Lerchi

Veneto

Sona
Union San Giorgio Sedico

^ merged with Città di Varese
^ merged with Grumellese under the new denomination of Real Calepina
^ merged with Tre Pini Matese under the new denomination FC Matese

Events

Due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti, who is responsible for the organization of the league, decided on 5 November 2020 to suspend the regular Serie D programme until 29 November, instead using this prolonged break to reschedule all games that could not be played due to COVID-19 related health concerns.^[1]

Girone A

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Gozzano (C, D)	38	23	9	6	62	33	+29	78	COVID-19 extraordinary case^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Castellanzese (O)	38	21	8	9	83	66	+17	71	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	PDHAE	38	20	10	8	61	41	+20	70
4	Bra	38	20	9	9	62	36	+26	69
5	Sanremese^{[lower-alpha 2]}	38	18	13	7	57	41	+16	65
6	Legnano	38	19	7	12	66	55	+11	64
7	Sestri Levante	38	18	6	14	64	48	+16	60
8	Folgore Caratese	38	15	12	11	50	43	+7	57
9	Lavagnese	38	16	8	14	62	63	−1	56
10	Caronnese	38	15	8	15	51	50	+1	53
11	Imperia	38	14	7	17	43	48	−5	49
12	Casale	38	12	12	14	42	41	+1	48
13	Derthona	38	12	11	15	42	49	−7	47
14	Arconatese	38	12	9	17	51	61	−10	45
15	Chieri	38	10	14	14	45	42	+3	44
16	Città di Varese	38	10	12	16	39	44	−5	42
17	Saluzzo	38	8	13	17	31	51	−20	37
18	Fossano	38	8	8	22	40	69	−29	32
19	Borgosesia	38	8	6	24	47	77	−30	30	Readmitted^{[lower-alpha 3]}
20	Vado	38	6	8	24	36	76	−40	26	Readmitted^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Source: Risultati e classifiche
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

Gozzano renounced promotion to Serie C due to financial issues. All players were released and the club was initially excluded, but was later readmitted to Serie D with a FIGC extraordinary pardon following the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]^[3]
2 point deducted for fielding an ineligible player during the previous season.
Both Borgosesia and Vado were relegated to Eccellenza but were later readmitted to fill the vacancies created.^[4]^[5]

Girone B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Seregno (C, P)	34	21	6	7	54	36	+18	69	Promotion to Serie C
2	Fanfulla	34	19	7	8	60	36	+24	64	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	NibionnOggiono (O)	34	15	10	9	48	38	+10	55^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Club disbanded^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Casatese	34	16	7	11	53	41	+12	55^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification to promotion play-offs
5	Crema	34	14	11	9	62	51	+11	53	Qualification to promotion play-offs
6	Calvina	34	15	7	12	49	52	−3	52
7	Brusaporto	34	15	4	15	52	53	−1	49^{[lower-alpha 3]}
8	Breno	34	12	13	9	44	35	+9	49^{[lower-alpha 3]}
9	Sporting Franciacorta	34	12	12	10	47	37	+10	48
10	Sona	34	13	7	14	49	52	−3	46
11	Real Calepina	34	11	10	13	36	42	−6	43
12	Virtus CiseranoBergamo	34	11	9	14	41	42	−1	42
13	Pontisola	34	10	11	13	37	41	−4	41
14	Vis Nova Giussano	34	11	6	17	43	62	−19	39
15	Villa Valle	34	9	11	14	51	60	−9	38
16	Caravaggio	34	10	8	16	48	61	−13	38
17	Tritium	34	9	8	17	41	52	−11	35	Readmitted^{[lower-alpha 4]}
18	Scanzorosciate (R)	34	7	5	22	28	52	−24	26	Relegation to Eccellenza

Source: Risultati e classifiche
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

NibionnOggiono finished ahead of Casatese on head-to-head points: NibionnOggiono 1–1 Casatese, Casatese 0–1 NibionnOggiono.
NibionOggiono were disbanded and gave their sports title to Sangiuliano City.^[6]
Brusaporto finished ahead of Breno on head-to-head points: Breno 1–2 Brusaporto, Brusaporto 2–2 Breno.
Tritium were relegated to Eccellenza but were later readmitted to fill the vacancies created.^[4]

Girone C

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Trento (C, P)	38	23	12	3	65	35	+30	81	Promotion to Serie C
2	Arzignano (O)	38	19	10	9	52	34	+18	67	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Manzanese	38	19	9	10	64	44	+20	66
4	Union Clodiense Chioggia	38	17	11	10	51	41	+10	62
5	Caldiero Terme	38	15	16	7	56	36	+20	61
6	Mestre	38	18	6	14	58	49	+9	60
7	Delta Rovigo	38	17	7	14	51	38	+13	58
8	Luparense	38	15	9	14	52	48	+4	54
9	Belluno	38	12	17	9	43	45	−2	53	Merged under a new denomination^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	Cjarlins Muzane	38	13	13	12	60	60	0	52
11	Cartigliano	38	13	13	12	42	45	−3	52
12	Union San Giorgio	38	13	10	15	48	48	0	49	Merged under a new denomination^{[lower-alpha 1]}
13	Adriese	38	13	10	15	55	64	−9	49
14	Ambrosiana	38	11	14	13	57	64	−7	47
15	Este	38	9	16	13	45	53	−8	43
16	Campodarsego	38	10	10	18	41	48	−7	40
17	Union Feltre	38	10	9	19	41	59	−18	39	Merged under a new denomination^{[lower-alpha 1]}
18	Virtus Bolzano (R)	38	10	8	20	46	52	−6	38	Qualification to relegation play-out^{[lower-alpha 2]}
19	Montebelluna	38	10	8	20	41	67	−26	38	Qualification to relegation play-out^{[lower-alpha 2]}
20	Chions (R)	38	3	12	23	30	68	−38	21	Relegation to Eccellenza

Source: Risultati e classifiche
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Belluno and Union San Giorgio didn't submit their application for the following season, thus being excluded from the league.^[7] Then they merged with Union Feltre under the new denomination of Dolomiti Bellunesi.^[8]
Since Virtus Bolzano and Montebelluna finished tied on points, they played a relegation play-out game which was won 2–1 by Montebelluna, thus relegating Virtus Bolzano to Eccellenza.

Girone D

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Fiorenzuola (P)	34	23	6	5	76	32	+44	75	Promotion to Serie C
2	Aglianese (O)	34	22	7	5	61	35	+26	73	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Lentigione	34	17	14	3	57	27	+30	65
4	Prato	34	15	9	10	50	41	+9	54
5	Rimini	34	14	10	10	56	44	+12	52
6	Forlì	34	14	10	10	51	46	+5	52
7	Pro Sorgenti Livorno	34	14	6	14	56	59	−3	48
8	Correggese	34	13	8	13	53	58	−5	47
9	Real Forte Querceta	34	12	10	12	45	47	−2	46
10	Sammaurese	34	11	9	14	50	53	−3	42
11	Ghivizzano Borgo a Mozzano	34	11	8	15	44	48	−4	41
12	Bagnolese	34	9	13	12	40	41	−1	40
13	Mezzolara	34	9	12	13	40	49	−9	39
14	Progresso	34	9	9	16	41	56	−15	36^{[lower-alpha 1]}
15	Seravezza Pozzi	34	9	9	16	41	54	−13	36^{[lower-alpha 1]}
16	Sasso Marconi	34	8	9	17	36	57	−21	33
17	Marignanese	34	6	11	17	42	57	−15	29	Readmitted^{[lower-alpha 2]}
18	Corticella (R)	34	4	12	18	33	68	−35	24	Relegation to Eccellenza

Source: Risultati e classifiche
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Progresso finished ahead of Seravezza Pozzi on head-to-head points: Seravezza Pozzi 1–2 Progresso, Progresso 1–0 Seravezza Pozzi.
Marignanese were relegated to Eccellenza but were later readmitted to fill the vacancies created.^[9]

Girone E

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Aquila Montevarchi (C, P)	34	21	8	5	68	32	+36	71	Promotion to Serie C
2	Trastevere (O)	34	17	9	8	56	38	+18	60	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Sporting Trestina	34	15	11	8	48	33	+15	56
4	San Donato Tavarnelle	34	14	12	8	48	40	+8	54
5	Siena^{[lower-alpha 1]} (P)	34	15	8	11	48	40	+8	53
6	Follonica Gavorrano	34	14	9	11	48	37	+11	51
7	Pianese	34	13	12	9	41	34	+7	51
8	Lornano Badesse	34	13	9	12	51	44	+7	48
9	Tiferno	34	13	8	13	44	48	−4	47
10	Cannara	34	12	11	11	41	48	−7	47
11	Sangiovannese	34	12	9	13	42	43	−1	45
12	Montespaccato	34	11	8	15	40	47	−7	41
13	Ostiamare	34	8	15	11	50	54	−4	39
14	Flaminia	34	9	12	13	44	57	−13	39
15	Foligno	34	9	9	16	35	48	−13	36
16	Scandicci^{[lower-alpha 2]}	34	10	7	17	42	49	−7	35
17	Grassina (R)	34	6	12	16	32	52	−20	30	Relegation to Eccellenza
18	Sinalunghese (R)	34	4	11	19	24	58	−34	23	Relegation to Eccellenza

Source: Risultati e classifiche
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Siena were admitted to Serie C to fill the vacancies created.^[10]
2 point deducted for fixing a match against Viareggio during the 2018–19 season.

Girone F

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Campobasso (C, P)	34	21	9	4	63	29	+34	72	Promotion to Serie C
2	San Nicolò Notaresco	34	18	10	6	59	34	+25	64	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Pineto (O)	34	15	11	8	45	33	+12	56^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Albalonga	34	14	14	6	51	35	+16	56^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	F.C. Matese	34	15	11	8	46	38	+8	56^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Castelfidardo	34	14	13	7	46	33	+13	55
7	Recanatese	34	13	11	10	62	45	+17	50
8	Castelnuovo	34	14	8	12	53	53	0	50
9	Vastese^{[lower-alpha 2]}	34	12	13	9	45	37	+8	48
10	Montegiorgio	34	13	7	14	42	42	0	46
11	Rieti	34	12	8	14	38	42	−4	44
12	Racing Aprilia	34	11	11	12	43	49	−6	44
13	Atletico Terme Fiuggi	34	8	16	10	40	41	−1	40^{[lower-alpha 3]}
14	Tolentino	34	9	13	12	52	53	−1	40^{[lower-alpha 3]}
15	Vastogirardi	34	10	10	14	46	51	−5	40^{[lower-alpha 3]}
16	Real Giulianova	34	7	10	17	33	50	−17	31	Club disbanded^{[lower-alpha 4]}
17	Porto Sant'Elpidio (R)	34	4	5	25	22	63	−41	17	Relegation to Eccellenza
18	Olympia Agnonese (R)	34	3	6	25	25	83	−58	15	Relegation to Eccellenza

Source: Risultati e classifiche
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Head-to-head points: Pineto 6, Albalonga 5, Matese 4.
1 point deducted for not paying the salary to a player during the 2018–19 season.
Head-to-head points: Atletico Terme Fiuggi 6, Tolentino 5, Vastogirardi 3.
Real Giulianova were disbanded and gave their sports title to Nereto. Their football history continued under ASD Giulianova, club playing in Eccellenza.^[11]

Girone G

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Monterosi (C, P)	34	24	9	1	65	26	+39	81	Promotion to Serie C
2	Latina^{[lower-alpha 1]} (O, P)	34	19	8	7	60	29	+31	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Savoia	34	14	15	5	39	22	+17	57	Club disbanded^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Vis Artena	34	16	5	13	50	43	+7	53^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Qualification to promotion play-offs
5	Nocerina	34	13	14	7	51	32	+19	53^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Qualification to promotion play-offs
6	Insieme Formia	34	13	11	10	52	39	+13	50
7	Lanusei	34	12	11	11	46	40	+6	47
8	Muravera	34	13	8	13	42	40	+2	47
9	Carbonia	34	12	10	12	56	55	+1	46
10	Sassari Latte Dolce	34	11	11	12	45	42	+3	44
11	Cassino	34	9	14	11	41	48	−7	41
12	Gladiator	34	9	13	12	37	44	−7	40
13	Nuova Florida	34	8	15	11	39	47	−8	39
14	Arzachena	34	7	15	12	39	50	−11	36
15	Torres	34	8	10	16	31	48	−17	34
16	Afragolese	34	9	7	18	40	60	−20	34
17	Nola^{[lower-alpha 4]}	34	7	13	14	37	58	−21	33	Readmitted^{[lower-alpha 5]}
18	Giugliano	34	5	5	24	29	76	−47	20	Readmitted^{[lower-alpha 5]}

Source: Risultati e classifiche
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

Latina were admitted to Serie C to fill the vacancies created.^[10]
Savoia were disbanded and gave their sports title to Giugliano.^[12]
Vis Artena finished ahead of Nocerina on head-to-head points: Nocerina 1–2 Vis Artena, Vis Artena 0–0 Nocerina.
1 point deducted for delaying the salary payment to a player during the 2018–19 season.
Both Nola and Giugliano were relegated to Eccellenza but were later readmitted. The former due to vacancies created, the latter was given the sports title of Savoia.^[4]^[12]

Girone H

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Taranto (C, P)	34	19	12	3	50	23	+27	69	Promotion to Serie C
2	Picerno^{[lower-alpha 1]} (O, P)	34	19	11	4	58	34	+24	68	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Fidelis Andria^{[lower-alpha 2]} (P)	34	16	13	5	40	18	+22	61
4	Bitonto	34	16	7	11	51	42	+9	55^{[lower-alpha 3]}
5	Casarano	34	15	10	9	49	39	+10	55^{[lower-alpha 3]}
6	Lavello	34	14	12	8	55	40	+15	54
7	Audace Cerignola	34	14	10	10	62	39	+23	52
8	Nardò	34	13	10	11	45	39	+6	49
9	Team Altamura	34	12	11	11	49	42	+7	47
10	Molfetta	34	11	9	14	54	60	−6	42
11	Sorrento	34	10	11	13	41	54	−13	41
12	Gravina	34	8	11	15	33	40	−7	35
13	Fasano	34	8	11	15	38	50	−12	35
14	Francavilla	34	7	13	14	34	48	−14	34
15	Real Agro Aversa	34	9	7	18	40	57	−17	34
16	Portici	34	10	4	20	50	73	−23	34
17	Brindisi^{[lower-alpha 4]}	34	8	11	15	27	45	−18	33	Readmitted^{[lower-alpha 5]}
18	Puteolana (R)	34	5	11	18	23	56	−33	26	Relegation to Eccellenza

Source: Risultati e classifiche
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Picerno were admitted to Serie C since Gozzano renounced promotion.^[13]
Fidelis Andria were admitted to Serie C to fill the vacancies created.^[10]
Bitonto finished ahead of Casarano on head-to-head goal difference: Bitonto 1–3 Casarano, Casarano 0–3 Bitonto.
2 point deducted for not paying the salary to four players during the 2019–20 season.
Brindisi were relegated to Eccellenza but were later readmitted to fill the vacancies created.^[5]

Girone I

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	ACR Messina (C, P)	34	21	11	2	66	25	+41	74	Promotion to Serie C
2	FC Messina (O)	34	21	9	4	59	25	+34	72	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Gelbison	34	19	9	6	54	32	+22	66
4	San Luca	34	17	7	10	46	38	+8	58
5	Acireale	34	17	6	11	51	32	+19	57
6	Dattilo	34	16	4	14	51	47	+4	52	Club disbanded^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Rotonda	34	13	10	11	31	33	−2	49
8	Santa Maria Cilento	34	10	15	9	43	29	+14	45
9	Biancavilla^{[lower-alpha 2]}	34	14	4	16	43	47	−4	45
10	Licata	34	11	10	13	36	39	−3	43
11	Castrovillari	34	10	11	13	39	37	+2	41
12	Paternò	34	10	9	15	28	35	−7	39
13	Cittanovese	34	10	9	15	42	51	−9	39
14	Sant'Agata	34	8	12	14	32	48	−16	36
15	Troina	34	9	9	16	27	47	−20	36
16	Rende	34	9	7	18	38	58	−20	34
17	Marina di Ragusa (R)	34	8	9	17	38	58	−20	33	Club disbanded^{[lower-alpha 3]}
18	Roccella (R)	34	5	5	24	25	68	−43	20	Relegation to Eccellenza

Source: Risultati e classifiche
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Dattilo were disbanded and gave their sports title to Trapani.^[14]
1 point deducted for not paying the salary to a club member during the previous season.
Marina di Ragusa were subsequently disbanded and gave their Eccellenza sports title to Città di Siracusa.^[15]

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