The 2026–27 Serie D is the seventy-ninth season of the top-level Italian non-professional football championship, the forty-fifth edition under the lordship of the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system.
Rules The season provides a total of nine promotions to Serie C (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:
2nd-placed team vs 5th-placed team; 3rd-placed team vs 4th-placed team.
In the event of a draw at the end of the game, two extra periods will be played. If no winner is determined 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 playoff winners will be prioritized to fill a potential Serie C league vacancy.
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).
Two extra times will be played in case of an aggregate draw after the second leg. If a further aggregate draw occurs, the team with the worst record will be relegated.
In case the two teams have a league gap of at least eight points, the relegation playoff will not take place and the worst-placed club will be automatically relegated instead.
Teams The league's composition involves nine divisions, grouped geographically and named alphabetically.
Relegated from Serie C Virtus Verona Pro Patria Triestina Bra Pontedera Siracusa Trapani
Exclusions The regulations would have involved interchanging nine clubs between Serie C and Serie D. However, due to Rimini not completing their season and Ternana Calcio renouncing their Serie C spot due to major financial issues, two league spots were consequently vacated.
Teams promoted from Eccellenza The following teams were promoted from Eccellenza:
Abruzzo Lanciano Santegidiese Apulia Brindisi Bisceglie Basilicata Melfi Calabria PraiaTortora Campania Real Forio Ebolitana Gladiator Emilia-Romagna Nibbiano & Valtidone Mezzolara Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lavarian Mortean Esperia Lazio Aranova Anagni Certosa
Liguria Millesimo Fezzanese Lombardy Arconatese Tritium Pavonese Solbiatese Marche Montecchio Gallo Molise Venafro Piedmont & Aosta Valley Borgosesia Alessandria Lascaris Sardinia Ossese
Sicily Licata Modica Avola Trentino Alto Adige – Südtirol Virtus Bolzano Tuscany Lucchese Rondinella Marzocco Umbria Angelana Pietralunghese Veneto Schio Sandonà
Promoted as national playoff winners. Promoted as Coppa Italia Dilettanti champions.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
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