| Competition: | Serie D |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Winners: | Campobasso (1st title) |
| Promoted: | Alcione Caldiero Terme Union Clodiense Chioggia Carpi Pianese Cavese Team Altamura Trapani |
| Relegated: | Alba Pinerolo PDHAE Borgosesia Legnano Crema Tritium Cjarlins Muzane Atletico Castegnato Ponte San Pietro Virtus Bolzano Santo Stefano Borgo San Donnino Certaldo Mezzolara Sansepolcro Real Forte Querceta Mobilieri Ponsacco Cenaia Tivoli Fano Vastogirardi Matese Gladiator Nuova Florida Boreale Budoni Città di Gallipoli Barletta Bitonto Santa Maria Cilento San Luca Castrovillari Gioiese Pistoiese (excluded) Lamezia Terme (excluded) |
| Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 Serie D is the seventy-fourth season of the top-level Italian non-professional football championship. It represents the fourth tier in the Italian football league system.
The season will provide a total of 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:
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 prioritized 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:
Two extra times will be played in case of an aggregate draw after the second leg; in case of a further aggregate draw, the worst-placed team 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 team will be automatically relegated instead.[2]
The league's composition involves nine divisions, grouped geographically and named alphabetically.
On 12 September 2023, the league committee announced that it had admitted La Fenice Amaranto as the phoenix club of Reggina after the latter's exclusion from Serie B, according to the Article 52 of N.O.I.F. regulations.[3] The club was later renamed LFA Reggio Calabria.[4]
The following teams were relegated from the 2022–23 Serie C:
Viterbese, who were originally relegated from Serie C, did not apply to take part in the new season.[5]
The following teams were promoted from Eccellenza:[6]
Promoted as national playoff winners. Promoted as Coppa Italia Dilettanti semi-finalists, due to all other three semi-finalists (Cast Brescia, Campobasso and San Marzano) having been directly promoted to Serie D.
On 14 July 2023, the Serie D football committee announced Viterbese and Arzachena had not submitted their league applications. In contrast, Torviscosa had renounced their right to participate in the season.[13]
Successively, the league committee excluded Seregno and Sambenedettese due to financial issues;[14] fellow Serie D club Porto d'Ascoli, renamed San Benedetto Calcio, successively acquired the naming rights of the latter under formal approval by the Italian Football Federation.[15]
On 2 November 2023, after the tenth matchday of the season, Lamezia Terme (Group I) announced they were voluntarily withdrawing from the league; all their games played before their announcement were consequently declared null and void.[16]
On 16 April 2024, Pistoiese were excluded after missing two consecutive league games due to financial issues.[17]
The relegation playout games took place on 12 May 2024 and were hosted by the best-placed team in the regular season. In case of a tie after extra time, the best-placed team would escape relegation.[18]
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