1972–73 Serie D

Serie D
Season	1972–73
Promoted	Gaviese; Bolzano; Clodiasottomarina; Riccione; Grosseto; Latina; Nocerina; Pescara; Marsala
Relegated	Ivrea (repecheaged); Juventus Domo; Arona; Cisanese; Guastalla; Sassuolo; Torvis Snia; San Donà; Alense; Faenza; Serenissima; Sangiorgese; R.M. Firenze (repecheaged); Sarzanese; Libertas Tavarnelle; Palestrina; Tevere Roma; Guspini; Battipagliese; Pomigliano; Savoia; Gallipoli; Poggiardo; Audace Cerignola; Nicastro; Avola; AMAT Palermo
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Serie D was the twenty-third edition of Serie D, the fourth highest league in the Italian football league system.

A total of 162 teams contested the league, divided into nine groups (in Italian: Gironi) of 18 teams.

League tables

Girone A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Gaviese (C, P)	34	19	12	3	53	21	+32	50	Promotion to Serie C
2	Albese	34	18	11	5	54	24	+30	47
3	Ignis Varese	34	15	13	6	43	23	+20	43
4	Imperia	34	15	10	9	35	27	+8	40
5	Pro Patria	34	12	15	7	38	28	+10	39
6	Asti Macobi	34	9	17	8	26	25	+1	35
7	Borgosesia	34	12	11	11	34	34	0	35
8	Omegna	34	8	18	8	32	28	+4	34
9	Albenga	34	9	16	9	30	32	−2	34
10	Canelli	34	11	11	12	39	41	−2	33
11	Biellese	34	9	15	10	28	34	−6	33
12	Novese	34	9	14	11	33	32	+1	32
13	Istituto Sociale Cafasse	34	12	7	15	34	37	−3	31
14	Borgomanero	34	7	17	10	23	27	−4	31
15	Casale	34	7	17	10	25	34	−9	31
16	Ivrea^[a]	34	9	9	16	29	49	−20	27	Relegation to Promozione
17	Juventus Domo (R)	34	5	12	17	28	57	−29	22
18	Arona (R)	34	5	5	24	19	50	−31	15

Updated to match(es) played on May 1973. Source: CalcioDiEccellenza.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Ivrea were relegated to 1973–74 Promozione, but they were later admitted to 1973–74 Serie D through repechage.

Girone B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bolzano (C, P)	34	18	14	2	45	14	+31	50	Promotion to Serie C
2	Melzo	34	18	12	4	40	22	+18	48
3	Carpi	34	13	15	6	36	22	+14	41
4	Pergolettese	34	14	13	7	35	22	+13	41
5	Romanese	34	9	17	8	38	35	+3	35
6	Anaune	34	9	16	9	32	25	+7	34
7	Crema	34	13	8	13	40	36	+4	34
8	Oltisarco	34	11	12	11	37	34	+3	34
9	Trevigliese	34	11	12	11	35	36	−1	34
10	Meda 1913	34	12	10	12	30	38	−8	34
11	Fanfulla	34	11	11	12	32	34	−2	33
12	San Giorgio Sassuolo	34	8	16	10	27	23	+4	32
13	Arco	34	9	13	12	21	27	−6	31
14	Pro Sesto	34	9	12	13	22	25	−3	30
15	Pavia	34	8	14	12	28	37	−9	30
16	Cisanese (R)	34	6	15	13	16	30	−14	27	Relegation to Promozione
17	Guastalla (R)	34	6	13	15	24	45	−21	25
18	Sassuolo (R)	34	4	11	19	24	57	−33	19

Updated to match(es) played on May 1973. Source: CalcioDiEccellenza.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Girone C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Clodiasottomarina (C, P)	34	22	8	4	49	24	+25	52	Promotion to Serie C
2	Treviso	34	17	10	7	37	16	+21	44
3	Mestrina	34	17	9	8	47	21	+26	43
4	Adriese	34	13	15	6	27	18	+9	41
5	Audace	34	12	15	7	33	27	+6	39
6	Montebelluna	34	12	13	9	36	33	+3	37
7	Bassano Virtus	34	13	11	10	27	25	+2	37
8	Portogruaro	34	11	11	12	33	26	+7	33
9	Malo	34	10	13	11	36	36	0	33
10	Pordenone	34	11	10	13	34	36	−2	32
11	Rovigo	34	12	7	15	28	35	−7	31
12	Monfalcone	34	6	18	10	17	26	−9	30
13	Coneglianese	34	7	15	12	25	34	−9	29
14	Legnago	34	8	12	14	33	39	−6	28
15	Pro Gorizia	34	9	10	15	32	43	−11	28
16	Torvis Snia (R)	34	8	10	16	18	37	−19	26	Relegation to Promozione
17	San Donà (R)	34	7	11	16	32	42	−10	25
18	Alense (R)	34	7	10	17	22	48	−26	24

Updated to match(es) played on May 1973. Source: CalcioDiEccellenza.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Girone D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Riccione (C, P)	34	20	10	4	43	19	+24	50	Promotion to Serie C
2	Bellaria	34	17	16	1	50	16	+34	50
3	Cattolica	34	14	14	6	36	23	+13	42
4	Forlì	34	15	9	10	36	25	+11	39
5	Spoleto	34	11	16	7	32	22	+10	38
6	Città di Castello	34	12	14	8	37	31	+6	38
7	Imola	34	13	11	10	34	25	+9	37
8	Fermana	34	12	11	11	38	33	+5	35
9	Pergolese	34	10	14	10	26	28	−2	34
10	Gubbio	34	10	11	13	37	40	−3	31
11	Foligno	34	10	11	13	33	37	−4	31
12	Baracca Lugo	34	9	13	12	29	34	−5	31
13	Civitanovese	34	9	13	12	32	40	−8	31
14	Fano	34	8	13	13	21	27	−6	29
15	Jesi	34	8	12	14	30	44	−14	28
16	Faenza (R)	34	7	11	16	24	45	−21	25	Relegation to Promozione
17	Serenissima (R)	34	8	7	19	18	42	−24	23
18	Sangiorgese (R)	34	4	12	18	20	45	−25	20

Updated to match(es) played on May 1973. Source: CalcioDiEccellenza.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion play-offs


2 June 1973
Bellaria	0–1^[1]	Riccione	Stadio La Fiorita, Cesena

Riccione promoted to Serie C.

Girone E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Grosseto (C, P)	34	20	10	4	47	19	+28	50	Promotion to Serie C
2	Siena	34	17	11	6	45	25	+20	45
3	Pistoiese	34	10	20	4	28	17	+11	40
4	Pontedera	34	13	12	9	34	27	+7	38
5	Pietrasanta	34	13	11	10	44	33	+11	37
6	Sangiovannese	34	12	12	10	30	25	+5	36
7	Figline	34	11	13	10	28	27	+1	35
8	Sansepolcro	34	11	13	10	28	29	−1	35
9	Poggibonsi	34	11	12	11	32	26	+6	34
10	Camaiore	34	11	10	13	32	33	−1	32
11	Entella	34	11	10	13	39	40	−1	32
12	Orbetello	34	10	12	12	27	31	−4	32
13	Sestri Levante	34	11	9	14	34	37	−3	31
14	Carrarese	34	7	17	10	20	26	−6	31
15	Lerici	34	10	10	14	20	28	−8	30
16	R.M. Firenze^[a]	34	9	12	13	29	41	−12	30	Relegation to Promozione
17	Sarzanese (R)	34	7	12	15	22	34	−12	26
18	Libertas Tavarnelle (R)	34	4	10	20	25	56	−31	18

Updated to match(es) played on May 1973. Source: CalcioDiEccellenza.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ R.M. Firenze were initially relegated to Promozione due to the goal difference rule, but they were later admitted to 1973–74 Serie D through repechage.

Girone F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Latina (C, P)	34	17	15	2	29	8	+21	49	Promotion to Serie C
2	VJS Velletri	34	13	15	6	29	20	+9	41
3	L'Aquila	34	11	18	5	25	17	+8	40
4	Cassino	34	12	15	7	43	27	+16	39
5	ALMAS	34	12	15	7	39	28	+11	39
6	Orvietana	34	11	17	6	35	24	+11	39
7	Civitavecchia	34	13	12	9	39	25	+14	38
8	STEFER Roma	34	10	17	7	30	26	+4	37
9	OMI Roma	34	12	12	10	23	20	+3	36
10	Nuorese	34	9	17	8	17	18	−1	35
11	Alatri	34	9	15	10	32	32	0	33
12	Monteponi Iglesias	34	9	14	11	29	27	+2	32
13	Alghero	34	10	11	13	25	28	−3	31
14	Romulea	34	8	14	12	25	34	−9	30
15	Sora	34	6	16	12	16	33	−17	28
16	Palestrina (R)	34	6	13	15	23	40	−17	25	Relegation to Promozione
17	Tevere Roma (R)	34	4	15	15	17	38	−21	23
18	Guspini (R)	34	5	7	22	22	53	−31	17

Updated to match(es) played on May 1973. Source: CalcioDiEccellenza.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Girone G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Nocerina (C, P)	34	16	17	1	37	15	+22	49	Promotion to Serie C
2	Benevento	34	18	11	5	45	12	+33	47
3	Pro Salerno	34	19	9	6	52	26	+26	47
4	Castrovillari	34	14	11	9	33	31	+2	39
5	Campobasso	34	10	14	10	22	23	−1	34
6	Sessana	34	11	12	11	37	38	−1	34
7	Palmese	34	12	9	13	36	28	+8	33
8	Terzigno	34	12	9	13	32	33	−1	33
9	Cavese	34	11	11	12	34	37	−3	33
10	Puteolana	34	10	13	11	28	32	−4	33
11	Lavello	34	9	13	12	30	38	−8	31
12	Flacco Venosa	34	12	7	15	26	36	−10	31
13	Portici	34	10	11	13	22	40	−18	31
14	Ischia Isolaverde	34	10	10	14	34	32	+2	30
15	Paganese	34	9	12	13	32	31	+1	30
16	Battipagliese (R)	34	7	14	13	27	33	−6	28	Relegation to Promozione
17	Pomigliano (R)	34	8	11	15	23	39	−16	27
18	Savoia (R)	34	7	8	19	24	50	−26	22

Updated to match(es) played on May 1973. Source: CalcioDiEccellenza.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Girone H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Pescara (C, P)	34	21	10	3	49	18	+31	52	Promotion to Serie C
2	Teramo	34	19	10	5	48	22	+26	48
3	Pro Lanciano	34	15	16	3	41	11	+30	46
4	Nardò	34	15	14	5	44	25	+19	44
5	Martina	34	17	9	8	45	19	+26	43
6	Fasano	34	15	10	9	44	33	+11	40
7	Monopoli	34	11	12	11	24	23	+1	34
8	Santegidiese	34	9	16	9	34	33	+1	34
9	Sulmona	34	9	14	11	36	36	0	32
10	Termoli	34	10	12	12	22	28	−6	32
11	Putignano	34	9	13	12	35	36	−1	31
12	Angolana	34	8	14	12	25	33	−8	30
13	Manduria	34	9	12	13	33	47	−14	30
14	Fidelis Andria	34	7	15	12	29	35	−6	29
15	Bitonto	34	7	12	15	22	36	−14	26
16	Gallipoli (R)	34	6	13	15	16	37	−21	25	Relegation to Promozione
17	Poggiardo (R)	34	2	14	18	17	53	−36	18
18	Audace Cerignola (R)	34	2	14	18	12	51	−39	18

Updated to match(es) played on May 1973. Source: CalcioDiEccellenza.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Girone I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Marsala (C, P)	34	20	9	5	42	15	+27	49	Promotion to Serie C
2	Leonzio	34	16	11	7	37	23	+14	43
3	Milazzo	34	13	12	9	30	22	+8	38
4	Massiminiana	34	13	12	9	29	33	−4	38
5	Paternò	34	12	14	8	31	27	+4	38
6	Enna	34	12	11	11	35	35	0	35
7	Bagheria	34	11	13	10	32	33	−1	35
8	Ragusa	34	11	13	10	29	30	−1	35
9	Caltagirone	34	10	13	11	29	25	+4	33
10	Palmi	34	11	11	12	39	40	−1	33
11	Akragas	34	12	9	13	29	37	−8	33
12	Gioiese	34	10	12	12	38	28	+10	32
13	Nuova Igea	34	10	12	12	27	34	−7	32
14	Folgore Castelvetrano	34	9	13	12	26	31	−5	31
15	Cantieri Navali	34	10	11	13	27	33	−6	31
16	Nicastro (R)	34	9	11	14	32	33	−1	29	Relegation to Promozione
17	Avola (R)	34	8	13	13	26	31	−5	29
18	AMAT Palermo (R)	34	4	10	20	18	56	−38	18

Updated to match(es) played on May 1973. Source: CalcioDiEccellenza.it
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

^ Santandrea, Elisabetta (10–24 May 2007). "Momenti di gloria: le stagioni d'oro" (PDF). Il Nuovo (in Italian). No. 10, Anno IV. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

External links

(in Italian) 1972–73 Serie D at CalcioDiEccellenza.it

[table_note_IVREA0.21651453348646-1] Ivrea were relegated to 1973–74 Promozione, but they were later admitted to 1973–74 Serie D through repechage.

[table_note_FIRE0.43395872248055-3] R.M. Firenze were initially relegated to Promozione due to the goal difference rule, but they were later admitted to 1973–74 Serie D through repechage.

[2] Santandrea, Elisabetta (10–24 May 2007). "Momenti di gloria: le stagioni d'oro" (PDF). Il Nuovo (in Italian). No. 10, Anno IV. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

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