2019–20 Serie B
Season | 2019–20 |
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Dates | 23 August 2019 – June 2020 |
Matches played | 209 |
Goals scored | 509 (2.44 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Pietro Iemmello (15 goals) |
Biggest home win | Benevento 5–0 Trapani (6 December 2019) |
Biggest away win | Juve Stabia 1–5 Ascoli (21 September 2019) |
Highest scoring | Livorno 4–4 Virtus Entella (18 January 2020) |
Longest winning run | 7 games Benevento[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 games Benevento[2] |
Longest winless run | 10 games Livorno[3] |
Longest losing run | 4 games Livorno[4] Trapani[5] |
Highest attendance | 18,003 Salernitana 0–2 Benevento (16 September 2019)[6] |
Lowest attendance | 1,521 Virtus Entella 1–0 Livorno (24 August 2019)[6] |
Total attendance | 1,229,171[6] |
Average attendance | 5,909[6] |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 27 January 2020. |
The 2019–20 Serie B (known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) is the 88th season since its establishment in 1929.[7] The 20-team format returned 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.
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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.[8] The club's exclusion was confirmed and ratified on 12 July, with Venezia being readmitted in place of the Rosanero.[9]
Stadia and locations
Number of teams by regions
No. of teams | Region | Team(s) |
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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 |
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Ascoli | Giuliano Tosti | Paolo Zanetti (until 27 January 2020) | Riccardo Brosco | Nike | Fainplast, Moretti Design, Air Fire, Green Network Energy |
Benevento | Oreste Vigorito | Filippo Inzaghi | Christian Maggio | Kappa | IVCP, Rillo Costruzioni |
Chievo | Luca Campedelli | Michele Marcolini | Bostjan Cesar | Givova | Paluani, Coati, Avelia, Nobis |
Cittadella | Andrea Gabrielli | Roberto Venturato | Manuel Iori | Mizuno | Sirmax, Gabrielli, Metalservice, Gavinox |
Cosenza | Eugenio Guarascio | Piero Braglia | Angelo Corsi | Legea | 4.0, Gruppo Chiappetta |
Cremonese | Paolo Rossi | Massimo Rastelli (until 8 October 2019) Marco Baroni (from 8 October 2019 to 8 January 2020) Massimo Rastelli (from 8 January 2019) |
Claiton | Acerbis | Arinox, Acciaieria Arvedi, Argenta Active |
Crotone | Gianni Vrenna | Giovanni Stroppa | Alex Cordaz | Zeus | San Vincenzo, Envì Group, Vumbaca Group Ford |
Empoli | Fabrizio Corsi | Cristian Bucchi (until 14 November 2019) Roberto Muzzi (from 14 November 2019 to 26 January 2020) Pasquale Marino (from 26 January 2020) |
Domenico Maietta | Kappa | Computer Gross, Sammontana, Giletti |
Frosinone | Maurizio Stirpe | Alessandro Nesta | Mirko Gori | Zeus | Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Acea |
Juve Stabia | Francesco Manniello | Fabio Caserta | Alessandro Mastalli | Givova | Spada Roma, AutoShopping |
Livorno | Aldo Spinelli | Roberto Breda (until 9 December 2019) Paolo Tramezzani (from 10 November 2019) |
Andrea Luci | Legea | Gruppo Spinelli, Pediatrica |
Perugia | Massimiliano Santopadre | Massimo Oddo (until 4 January 2020) Serse Cosmi (from 4 January 2020) |
Aleandro Rosi | Frankie Garage | Piccini, Vitakraft, Fortinfissi |
Pescara | Daniele Sebastiani | Luciano Zauri (until 20 January 2020) Nicola Legrottaglie (from 21 January 2020) |
Vincenzo Fiorillo | Erreà | SarniOro, Lublan, Liofilchem |
Pisa | Giuseppe Corrado | Luca D'Angelo | Davide Moscardelli | Adidas | HTS, Vitali |
Pordenone | Mauro Lovisa | Attilio Tesser | Mirko Stefani | Joma | Omega Group, Assiteca, Alea |
Salernitana | Marco Mezzaroma Claudio Lotito |
Gian Piero Ventura | Francesco Di Tacchio | Zeus | |
Spezia | Andrea Corradino | Vincenzo Italiano | Claudio Terzi | Acerbis | CA Carispezia |
Trapani | Giorgio Heller | Francesco Baldini (until 17 December 2019) Fabrizio Castori (from 19 December 2019) |
Luca Pagliarulo | Joma | Liberty Lines, Tonno Auriga |
Venezia | Joe Tacopina | Alessio Dionisi | Marco Modolo | Nike | |
Virtus Entella | Antonio Gozzi | Roberto Boscaglia | 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 |
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Perugia | Alessandro Nesta | Signed for Frosinone | 21 May 2019[10] | Pre-season | Massimo Oddo | 7 June 2019[11] |
Pescara | Giuseppe Pillon | Resigned | 26 May 2019[12] | Luciano Zauri | 5 June 2019[13] | |
Spezia | Pasquale Marino | Mutual consent | 30 May 2019[14] | Vincenzo Italiano | 19 June 2019[15] | |
Chievo | Domenico Di Carlo | Signed for Vicenza | 1 June 2019 | Michele Marcolini | 4 July 2019[16] | |
Frosinone | Marco Baroni | Mutual consent | 2 June 2019[17] | Alessandro Nesta | 17 June 2019[18] | |
Ascoli | Vincenzo Vivarini | Sacked | 5 June 2019[19] | Paolo Zanetti | 7 June 2019[20] | |
Empoli | Aurelio Andreazzoli | Signed for Genoa | 13 June 2019[21] | Cristian Bucchi | 18 June 2019[22] | |
Benevento | Cristian Bucchi | Signed for Empoli | 18 June 2019 | Filippo Inzaghi | 22 June 2019[23] | |
Trapani | Vincenzo Italiano | Signed for Spezia | 19 June 2019[24] | Francesco Baldini | 11 July 2019[25] | |
Salernitana | Leonardo Menichini | Sacked | 30 June 2019 | Gian Piero Ventura | 30 June 2019[26] | |
Venezia | Serse Cosmi | End of contract | 30 June 2019 | Alessio Dionisi | 3 July 2019[27] | |
Cremonese | Massimo Rastelli | Sacked | 8 October 2019[28] | 12th | Marco Baroni | 8 October 2019[29] |
Empoli | Cristian Bucchi | Sacked | 12 November 2019[30] | 10th | Roberto Muzzi | 14 November 2019[31] |
Livorno | Roberto Breda | Sacked | 9 December 2019[32] | 20th | Paolo Tramezzani | 10 December 2019[33] |
Trapani | Francesco Baldini | Sacked | 17 December 2019[34] | 19th | Fabrizio Castori | 19 December 2019[35] |
Perugia | Massimo Oddo | Sacked | 4 January 2020[36] | 13th | Serse Cosmi | 4 January 2020[36] |
Cremonese | Marco Baroni | Sacked | 8 January 2020[37] | 17th | Massimo Rastelli | 8 January 2020[37] |
Pescara | Luciano Zauri | Resigned | 20 January 2020[38] | 10th | Nicola Legrottaglie | 21 January 2020[39] |
Empoli | Roberto Muzzi | Sacked | 26 January 2020[40] | 16th | Pasquale Marino | 26 January 2020[40] |
Ascoli | Paolo Zanetti | Sacked | 27 January 2020[41] | 13th | Guillermo Abascal (caretaker) | 27 January 2020[41] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[42]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Pordenone finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Pordenone 0–0 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–2 Pordenone.
- ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Empoli 9, Frosinone 5, Pisa 2.
- ^ a b Ascoli finished ahead of Cosenza on head-to-head points: Ascoli 3–2 Cosenza, Cosenza 0–1 Ascoli.
- ^ a b Perugia finished ahead of Pescara on head-to-head points: Perugia 3–1 Pescara, Pescara 2–2 Perugia.
- ^ 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.
Champions, Promotion to Serie A | |
Promotion to Serie A | |
Play-off semifinals | |
Play-off preliminary round | |
Play-out | |
Relegation to Serie C |
Results
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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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(17) | (16) |
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
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Top assists
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Hat-tricks
- As of 27 January 2020.
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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Camillo Ciano | Frosinone | Trapani | 3–0 (H) | 30 October 2019 |
Nicolas Viola | Benevento | Trapani | 5–0 (H) | 6 December 2019 |
Marco Sau | Benevento | Ascoli | 4–0 (H) | 29 December 2019 |
- Note
(H) – Home (A) – Away
Clean sheets
- As of 27 January 2020.
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
Weeks |
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1 | Lorenzo Montipò | Benevento | 12 | 1, 3, 7-8, 10-11, 13-17, 19 |
2 | Francesco Bardi | Frosinone | 9 | 8, 10-12, 14-16, 19, 21 |
3 | Nikita Contini Baranovsky | Virtus Entella | 8 | 1-3, 10, 14-16, 18 |
4 | Luca Lezzerini | Venezia | 7 | 2, 5, 8, 12, 16, 19-20 |
Alberto Paleari | Cittadella | 3, 6-7, 9-12 | ||
6 | Alex Cordaz | Crotone | 6 | 1, 3, 5-6, 19-20 |
Michele Di Gregorio | Pordenone | 2, 7, 9, 13, 15, 19 | ||
Simone Scuffet | Spezia | 9, 11, 13, 15-16, 18 | ||
9 | Adrian Šemper | Chievo | 5 | 3, 8, 11, 15, 20 |
Guglielmo Vicario | Perugia | 2-3, 7, 17, 21 |
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