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Serie B
Season2019–20
Dates23 August 2019 – June 2020
Matches played20
Goals scored49 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerPietro Iemmello
(3 goals)
Biggest home winPordenone 3–0 Frosinone
(26 August 2019)
Benevento 4–1 Cittadella
(31 August 2019)
Biggest away winCittadella 0–3 Spezia
(24 August 2019)
Highest scoringPescara 4–2 Pordenone
(1 September 2019)
Longest winning run2 games[1]
Perugia
Salernitana
Virtus Entella
Longest unbeaten run2 games[1]
7 teams
Longest winless run2 games[1]
6 teams
Longest losing run2 games[1]
Cittadella
Juve Stabia
Livorno
Trapani
Highest attendance10,547
Crotone 0–0 Cosenza
(24 August 2019)[2]
Lowest attendance2,853
Virtus Entella 1–0 Livorno
(24 August 2019)[2]
Total attendance61,159[2]
Average attendance6,116[2]
2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 1 September 2019.

The 2019–20 Serie B (known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) will be the 88th season since its establishment in 1929.[3] The 20-team format will return after 16 years, the last time being in the 2002–03 season.

Team changes

After one season with 19 clubs, Serie B will be played under a 20-team format for the first time since the 2002–03 season.

Promoted from 2018–19 Serie C
Relegated from 2018–19 Serie A

Among the five promoted teams, Pordenone will be the only one to have never played Serie B before. Among the relegated teams, two of them (Empoli and Frosinone) will return to Serie B after only one season in the top flight.

On 4 July 2019, the Co.Vi.Soc. recommended the exclusion of Palermo from the league due to financial irregularities.[4] The club's exclusion was confirmed and ratified on 12 July, with Venezia being readmitted in place of the Rosanero.[5]

Stadia and locations

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Location of teams in 2019–20 Serie B
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2018–19 season
Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca 12,461 13th in Serie B
Benevento Benevento Stadio Ciro Vigorito 16,867 3rd in Serie B
Chievo Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 31,045 20th in Serie A
Cittadella Cittadella (Padua) Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,623 7th in Serie B
Cosenza Cosenza Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla 24,209 10th in Serie B
Cremonese Cremona Stadio Giovanni Zini 20,641 9th in Serie B
Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida 16,640 12th in Serie B
Empoli Empoli (Florence) Stadio Carlo Castellani 16,284 18th in Serie A
Frosinone Frosinone Stadio Benito Stirpe 16,227 19th in Serie A
Juve Stabia Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) Romeo Menti 13,000 Serie C/C Champions
Livorno Livorno Stadio Armando Picchi 14,267 14th in Serie B
Perugia Perugia Stadio Renato Curi 23,625 8th in Serie B
Pescara Pescara Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia 20,515 4th in Serie B
Pisa Pisa Arena Garibaldi – Romeo Anconetani 10,000 3rd in Serie C/A, play-off winner
Pordenone Pordenone Dacia Arena (Udine) 25,132 Serie C/B Champions
Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi 37,180 16th in Serie B
Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco 10,336 6th in Serie B
Trapani Trapani Polisportivo Provinciale (Erice) 7,787 2nd in Serie C/C, play-off winner
Venezia Venice Stadio Pierluigi Penzo 7,371 15th in Serie B
Virtus Entella Chiavari (Genoa) Comunale Aldo Gastaldi 5,535 Serie C/A Champions

Number of teams by regions

No. of teams Region Team(s)
3  Campania Benevento, Juve Stabia and Salernitana
 Tuscany Empoli, Livorno and Pisa
 Veneto Chievo, Cittadella and Venezia
2  Calabria Cosenza and Crotone
 Liguria Spezia and Virtus Entella
1  Abruzzo Pescara
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia Pordenone
 Lazio Frosinone
 Lombardy Cremonese
 Marche Ascoli
 Sicily Trapani
 Umbria Perugia

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Ascoli Italy Giuliano Tosti Italy Paolo Zanetti Italy Matteo Ardemagni Nike Moretti Design, Air Fire
Benevento Italy Oreste Vigorito Italy Filippo Inzaghi Italy Christian Maggio Kappa IVCP, Rillo Costruzioni
Chievo Italy Luca Campedelli Italy Michele Marcolini Slovenia Bostjan Cesar Givova Coati, Mulish
Cittadella Italy Andrea Gabrielli Italy Roberto Venturato Italy Manuel Iori Mizuno Ocsa, Gabrielli
Cosenza Italy Eugenio Guarascio Italy Piero Braglia Italy Angelo Corsi Legea 4.0, Volkswagen
Cremonese Italy Paolo Rossi Italy Massimo Rastelli Brazil Claiton Acerbis Arinox
Crotone Italy Gianni Vrenna Italy Giovanni Stroppa Italy Alex Cordaz Zeus Envì Group, MetalCarpenteria
Empoli Italy Fabrizio Corsi Italy Cristian Bucchi Italy Domenico Maietta Kappa Sammontana, Igloo
Frosinone Italy Maurizio Stirpe Italy Alessandro Nesta Italy Mirko Gori Zeus Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Confetti Maxtris
Juve Stabia Italy Francesco Manniello Italy Fabio Caserta Italy Alessandro Mastalli Givova Marigo
Livorno Italy Aldo Spinelli Italy Roberto Breda Italy Andrea Luci Legea Gruppo Spinelli, Toremar
Perugia Italy Massimiliano Santopadre Italy Massimo Oddo Italy Aleandro Rosi Frankie Garage Piccini, Vitakraft
Pescara Italy Daniele Sebastiani Italy Luciano Zauri Italy Vincenzo Fiorillo Erreà Sarni, Liofilchem
Pisa Italy Giuseppe Corrado Italy Luca D'Angelo Italy Davide Moscardelli Adidas Tirrenica Mobilità, Pisa Top Team
Pordenone Italy Mauro Lovisa Italy Attilio Tesser Italy Mirko Stefani Joma Assiteca, Birra Castello
Salernitana Italy Marco Mezzaroma
Italy Claudio Lotito 		Italy Gian Piero Ventura Italy Francesco Di Tacchio Zeus
Spezia Italy Andrea Corradino Italy Vincenzo Italiano Italy Claudio Terzi Acerbis CA Carispezia
Trapani Italy Giorgio Heller Italy Francesco Baldini Italy Luca Pagliarulo Joma Liberty Lines, Tonno Auriga
Venezia United States Joe Tacopina Italy Alessio Dionisi Italy Marco Modolo Nike
Virtus Entella Italy Antonio Gozzi Italy Roberto Boscaglia Italy Luca Nizzetto Adidas Duferco Energia, Kia Gecar

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Perugia Italy Alessandro Nesta Signed for Frosinone 21 May 2019[6] Pre-season Italy Massimo Oddo 7 June 2019[7]
Pescara Italy Giuseppe Pillon Resigned 26 May 2019[8] Italy Luciano Zauri 5 June 2019[9]
Spezia Italy Pasquale Marino Mutual consent 30 May 2019[10] Italy Vincenzo Italiano 19 June 2019[11]
Chievo Italy Domenico Di Carlo Signed for Vicenza 1 June 2019 Italy Michele Marcolini 4 July 2019[12]
Frosinone Italy Marco Baroni Mutual consent 2 June 2019[13] Italy Alessandro Nesta 17 June 2019[14]
Ascoli Italy Vincenzo Vivarini Sacked 5 June 2019[15] Italy Paolo Zanetti 7 June 2019[16]
Empoli Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli Signed for Genoa 13 June 2019[17] Italy Cristian Bucchi 18 June 2019[18]
Benevento Italy Cristian Bucchi Signed for Empoli 18 June 2019 Italy Filippo Inzaghi 22 June 2019[19]
Trapani Italy Vincenzo Italiano Signed for Spezia 19 June 2019[20] Italy Francesco Baldini 11 July 2019[21]
Salernitana Italy Leonardo Menichini Sacked 30 June 2019 Italy Gian Piero Ventura 30 June 2019[22]
Venezia Italy Serse Cosmi End of contract 30 June 2019 Italy Alessio Dionisi 3 July 2019[23]

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Benevento (C, P) 38 26 8 4 67 27 +40 86 Promotion to Serie A
2 Crotone (P) 38 20 8 10 63 40 +23 68
3 Spezia (O, P) 38 17 10 11 54 40 +14 61 Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Pordenone 38 16 10 12 48 46 +2 58[a]
5 Cittadella 38 17 7 14 49 49 0 58[a] Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6 Chievo 38 14 14 10 48 38 +10 56
7 Empoli 38 14 12 12 47 48 −1 54[b]
8 Frosinone 38 14 12 12 41 38 +3 54[b]
9 Pisa 38 14 12 12 49 45 +4 54[b]
10 Salernitana 38 14 10 14 53 50 +3 52
11 Venezia 38 12 14 12 37 40 −3 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 13 13 42 43 −1 49
13 Virtus Entella 38 12 12 14 46 50 −4 48
14 Ascoli 38 13 7 18 50 58 −8 46[c]
15 Cosenza 38 12 10 16 50 49 +1 46[c]
16 Perugia (R) 38 12 9 17 38 49 −11 45[d] Qualification for relegation play-out
17 Pescara (O) 38 12 9 17 48 55 −7 45[d]
18 Trapani[e] (R) 38 11 13 14 48 60 −12 44 Relegation to Serie C
19 Juve Stabia (R) 38 11 8 19 47 63 −16 41
20 Livorno (R) 38 5 6 27 30 67 −37 21
Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian) SOCCERWAY (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[24]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Pordenone finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Pordenone 0–0 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–2 Pordenone.
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Empoli 9, Frosinone 5, Pisa 2.
  3. ^ a b Ascoli finished ahead of Cosenza on head-to-head points: Ascoli 3–2 Cosenza, Cosenza 0–1 Ascoli.
  4. ^ a b Perugia finished ahead of Pescara on head-to-head points: Perugia 3–1 Pescara, Pescara 2–2 Perugia.
  5. ^ Deducted 2 points for administrative irregularities.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Ascoli310
Benevento94
Chievo Verona1315
Cittadella1920
Cosenza1016
Cremonese512
Crotone117
Empoli66
Frosinone2014
Juve Stabia1418
Livorno1617
Perugia72
Pescara1711
Pisa125
Pordenone19
Salernitana41
Spezia28
Trapani1819
Venezia1513
V. Entella83
Champions, Promotion to Serie A
Promotion to Serie A
Play-off semifinals
Play-off preliminary round
Play-out
Relegation to Serie C
Source: Serie B

Results by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
AscoliWL
BeneventoDW
Chievo VeronaLD
CittadellaLL
CosenzaDL
CremoneseWL
CrotoneDW
EmpoliWD
FrosinoneLW
Juve StabiaLL
LivornoLL
PerugiaWW
PescaraLW
PisaDW
PordenoneWL
SalernitanaWW
SpeziaWL
TrapaniLL
VeneziaLW
V. EntellaWW
Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Home \ Away ASC BEN CHI CIT COS CRE CRO EMP FRO JUV LIV PER PES PIS POR SAL SPE TRA VEN ENT
Ascoli — 3–1
Benevento — 4–1
Chievo — 1–1 a
Cittadella — 0–3
Cosenza — a 0–1
Cremonese — 0–1
Crotone 0–0 —
Empoli — 2–1 a a
Frosinone 2–1 —
Juve Stabia — 0–2 a
Livorno a — 0–1 a
Perugia 2–1 —
Pescara — 4–2
Pisa 0–0 a a — a
Pordenone 3–0 —
Salernitana a 3–1 —
Spezia 1–2 a — a
Trapani — 0–1
Venezia a 1–2 —
Virtus Entella 1–0 a —
First match(es) will be played: August 2019. Source: Serie B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion play-offs

Six teams may contest the promotion playoffs depending on the point differential between the third and fourth-placed teams. It begins with a preliminary one-legged round played at the home venue of the higher placed team, involving the teams placed fifth to eight. The two winning teams advance to play the third and fourth-placed teams in the two-legged semifinals. Those winning teams advance to the two-legged final where the winner is promoted to play in Serie A the following year. In the two-legged rounds, the higher seeded team plays the second game at home.

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Relegation play-out

Two teams may contest the relegation playout, depending on the point differential between the 16th and 17th-placed teams, in a two-legged round. The higher placed team plays the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
(17) (16)

Season statistics

Clean sheets

As of 1 September 2019
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets 		Weeks
1 Ukraine Nikita Contini Baranovsky Virtus Entella 2 1-2
Italy Stefano Gori Pisa
3 Italy Giacomo Bindi Pordenone 1 1
Italy Alex Cordaz Crotone
Lithuania Titas Krapikas Spezia
Italy Lorenzo Montipò Benevento
Italy Pietro Perina Cosenza
Italy Luca Lezzerini Venezia 2
Italy Alessandro Micai Salernitana
Italy Guglielmo Vicario Perugia

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2019-2020". StadiaPostcards.
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  19. ^ "Official: Benevento appoint Inzaghi". Football Italia. 22 June 2019.
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