Spezia was relegated to Serie C after a negative season. The Fidal president, Stefano Mei, comments on the situation: "We have lived through worse periods but also better ones". The city will have to start again from the third division fourteen years after the last time. "Football is a particular sport that also leads to these situations that sometimes arise from small inconveniences that occur during the year". "It was not a lucky season", concludes Mei. "Football is not athletics where 1+1 equals 2 and therefore only the verdict of the field should be accepted".