2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

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Lega Pro Seconda Divisione
Season2011–12

The 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season was the thirty-fourth football league season of Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione since its establishment in 1978, and the fourth since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro.

It was divided into two phases: the

regular season
, and the playoff phase.

Historically, the league was composed of 54 teams divided into three divisions of 18 teams each. This year, due to a significant reduction in qualified teams, it was decided that the league would be composed of 40 teams divided into two divisions (gironi) divided geographically.

Catanzaro
was re-admitted to the league after being previously excluded, increasing the number of teams to 41. Girone A is composed of 20 teams, and girone B is composed of 21 teams.

Teams finishing first and second in the regular season, plus one team winning the playoff round from each division will be promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. The last three teams in the regular season, plus one relegation play-out loser from each division will be relegated to Serie D. The two relegation play-out winners, one from each division, will play each other and the loser will become the ninth team relegated. In all, six teams will be promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and nine teams will be relegated to Serie D.[1]

Events

Before the start of the season

On 1 July 2011 Lega Pro announces that four teams (

Sangiovannese) would not join the Seconda Divisione League for 2011–12 season.[2]

On 12 July

Sanremese did not appeal against the exclusion and were consequently relegated to Eccellenza or lower divisions.[3]

On 9 August 2011

Monza readmitted in Lega Pro Prima Divisione in its place.[4]

Winter champions

The winter champions were

Perugia
in Group B.

Girone A

Teams

Virtus Entella
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Location of teams in Girone A 2011–12
Club City Stadium Capacity 2010–11 season
Alessandria
 Alessandria
Giuseppe Moccagatta
 		5,827 18th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione A
Bellaria Igea
Bellaria-Igea Marina
 Enrico Nanni 2,500 9th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Borgo a Buggiano
 Buggiano Alberto Benedetti 2,000 1st in Serie D Girone D
Casale
 Casale Monferrato Natale Palli 4,000 10th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Cuneo
 Cuneo Fratelli Paschiero 4,000 1st in Serie D Girone A
Giacomense
 Masi Torello
(playing in Portomaggiore) 		Savino Bellini 2,500 7th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Lecco Lecco Rigamonti-Ceppi 4,977 7th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Mantova
Mantova
 Danilo Martelli 14,884 1st in Serie D Girone B
Montichiari
 Montichiari Romeo Menti 2,500 8th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Poggibonsi
 Poggibonsi Stefano Lotti 3,600 8th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Pro Patria Busto Arsizio Carlo Speroni 4,627 4th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Renate
 Renate
(playing in Meda) 		Città di Meda 3,000 5th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Rimini
 Rimini Romeo Neri 9,768 3rd in Serie D Girone F
Sambonifacese
 San Bonifacio Renzo Tizian 1,450 12th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
San Marino
Serravalle
Olimpico
 7,000 5th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione B
Santarcangelo Santarcangelo di Romagna Valentino Mazzola 2,000 1st in Serie D Girone F
Savona
 Savona Valerio Bacigalupo 4,900 6th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Treviso
 Treviso Omobono Tenni 10,000 1st in Serie D Girone C
Valenzana
 Valenza Comunale 2,200 13th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A
Virtus Entella Chiavari Comunale 2,500 14th in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1
Treviso
(C, P) 		38 19 12 7 59 33 +26 67[a] Promotion to Lega Pro Prima Divisione
2
San Marino
(P) 		38 19 9 10 65 41 +24 66
3
Cuneo
(O, P) 		38 19 8 11 60 47 +13 65 Qualification for Promotion play-off
4
Casale
 38 17 11 10 50 32 +18 62
5 Virtus Entella (P) 38 17 10 11 61 37 +24 61[b]
6
Rimini
 38 17 10 11 43 40 +3 61
7 Pro Patria 38 19 14 5 58 36 +22 60[c]
8 Santarcangelo 38 16 6 16 46 42 +4 54
9
Poggibonsi
 38 15 9 14 50 49 +1 54
10
Borgo a Buggiano
 38 14 9 15 46 46 0 51
11
Alessandria
 38 13 13 12 45 45 0 49[d]
12
Renate
 38 11 15 12 40 44 −4 48
13
Savona
 38 13 14 11 47 41 +6 46[e]
14
Bellaria Igea
 38 10 15 13 39 45 −6 45
15
Giacomense
 38 10 15 13 46 53 −7 45
16
Mantova
 38 10 14 14 44 49 −5 44 Qualification for Relegation play-off
17 Lecco (R) 38 9 10 19 34 66 −32 37
18
Montichiari
(R) 		38 9 13 16 48 59 −11 35[f] Excluded from Italian football after bankruptcy
19
Sambonifacese
(R) 		38 6 8 24 37 80 −43 26 Relegation to Serie D
20 Valenzana (R) 38 5 9 24 28 63 −35 24 Relegation to Eccellenza[g]
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2012. Source: Lega-pro.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Treviso was docked 2 points for financial irregularities.[5]
  2. ^ Virtus Entella promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione after repechage to fill the vacancies created.
  3. ^ Pro Patria was docked 11 points due to financial irregularities.[6][7][8]
  4. ^ Alessandria was docked 3 points for financial irregularities.[6]
  5. ^ Savona was docked 7 points for financial irregularities.[7][9][10]
  6. ^ Montichiari was docked 5 points for financial irregularities.[6]
  7. ^ Valenzana Mado, the new club founded after the merger between Valenzana and Mado, renounces to Serie D to start instead from Eccellenza.

Results

Home \ Away
ALE
BEL
BOR
CSL
CUN
GIA
 LCO
MAN
MCH
POG
 PPA
REN
RIM
SMB
SMR
 SNT
SVN
TRV
 VAL VET
Alessandria
 3–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–0
Bellaria Igea
 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Borgo a Buggiano
 1–2 2–0 0–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–1
Casale
 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 4–3 3–0 1–0 0–1 6–0 0–1
Cuneo
 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 4–3 0–0 1–0 2–1
Giacomense
 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–4 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 5–2 0–0 0–4 2–0 0–3 0–0 2–0
Lecco 2–1 0–5 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–3
Mantova
 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 0–0
Montichiari
 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1
Poggibonsi
 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 5–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–0
Pro Patria 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–3 0–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 4–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 4–2
Renate
 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2
Rimini
 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–1
Sambonifacese
 3–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–4 2–0 4–0 0–1 0–3 3–3 1–1 1–2 1–4 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–0
San Marino
 1–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–0 4–1 2–2 4–3 3–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–2
Santarcangelo 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–5 2–3 1–2 1–0 3–2 2–3 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
Savona
 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Treviso
 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 6–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1
Valenzana 1–1 2–0 3–2 0–3 3–3 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 3–2 0–3 2–4 0–0 0–3 1–1
Virtus Entella 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 3–0 6–2 5–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2012. Source: Lega Pro
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion Playoffs

Semifinals

First legs scheduled 20 May 2012; return legs scheduled 27 May 2012
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rimini
 (6) 		0–1 (3) 
Cuneo
 0–0 0–1
Virtus Entella (5) 5–4 (4) 
Casale
 3–2 2–2

Final

First leg scheduled 3 June 2012; return leg scheduled 10 June 2012
Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Virtus Entella (5) 3–6 (3) 
Cuneo
 		1–1 2–5

Cuneo promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.

Girone B

Teams

Vibonese
Vigor Lamezia
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Location of teams in Girone B 2011–12