 However, due to financial troubles again, instead of being directly promoted to Serie B, U.S. Siracusa was inflicted a penalty of 5 points in the same season, which caused the relegation of the club to a final third position.Losing then the play-off semifinal to Lanciano did not help with their promotion to Serie B after almost six decades.After the end of the 2011–12 season, U.S. Siracusa did not appeal against the exclusion by the federal council of Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and it is excluded by the Italian professional football.