2014–15 Serie B

Serie B
Season 2014–15
Champions Carpi
Promoted Carpi
Frosinone
Bologna (by play-off)
Relegated Brescia (readmitted on 4 August)
Virtus Entella (readmitted on 29 August)
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Cittadella
Varese (bankrupted after the season and relegated to Eccellenza)
Catania (match-fixing)
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1074 (2.32 per match)

The 2014–15 Serie B was the 83rd season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 16 of which returning from the 2013–14 season, 4 of which promoted from Prima Divisione, and three relegated from Serie A. The original concept was that due to Siena's exclusion because of financial issues and the fact such vacancy will not be filled in preparation of a future reduction to a league composed by 20 teams, this season featured 21 participant clubs instead of the usual 22. However, on 11 August 2014, Novara won an appeal and the league confirmed a 22nd team.[1] On 29 August, the league chose Vicenza Calcio as the 22nd participant.[2]

The series have 42 weeks of play. The opening games of the season began on 30 August 2014, and the final matches took place on 22 May 2015.[3]

Teams

Relegated from 2013–14 Serie A:

From 2013–14 Serie B:

Promoted from 2013–14 Prima Divisione:

Further:

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2013–14 season
Avellino Avellino Partenio 26,000 11th in Serie B
Bari Bari San Nicola 58,270 7th in Serie B
Bologna Bologna Renato Dall'Ara 38,279 19th in Serie A
Brescia Brescia Mario Rigamonti 16,308 13th in Serie B
Carpi Carpi Sandro Cabassi 4,144 12th in Serie B
Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 20,266 18th in Serie A
Cittadella Cittadella Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,623 17th in Serie B
Crotone Crotone Ezio Scida 9,631 6th in Serie B
Frosinone Frosinone Matusa 9,680 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B Playoff Winners
Latina Latina Domenico Francioni 6,850 3rd in Serie B
Livorno Livorno Armando Picchi 19,238 20th in Serie A
Modena Modena Alberto Braglia 21,151 5th in Serie B
Perugia Perugia Renato Curi 28,000 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B Champions
Pescara Pescara Adriatico 20,476 15th in Serie B
Pro Vercelli Vercelli Silvio Piola 8,000 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A Playoff Winners
Spezia La Spezia Alberto Picco 10,000 8th in Serie B
Ternana Terni Libero Liberati 22,000 16th in Serie B
Trapani Trapani
(playing in Erice)
Provinciale 7,000 14th in Serie B
Varese Varese Franco Ossola 8,213 18th in Serie B
Vicenza Vicenza Romeo Menti 17,163 5th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A
Virtus Entella Chiavari Comunale 4,154 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A Champions
Virtus Lanciano Lanciano Guido Biondi 4,678 10th in Serie B

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Avellino Italy Walter Taccone Italy Massimo Rastelli Givova Metaedil.com
HS Company
Bari Italy Gianluca Paparesta Italy Davide Nicola Erreà SuisseGas
Bologna United States Joe Tacopina Italy Delio Rossi Macron NGM Mobile
+Energia
Brescia Italy Luigi Ragazzoni Italy Alessandro Calori Joma Banco di Brescia
Carpi Italy Stefano Bonacini Italy Fabrizio Castori Sportika Blumarine
Catania Italy Antonino Pulvirenti Italy Dario Marcolin Givova Fortè Hard Discount
TTT Lines
Cittadella Italy Andrea Gabrielli Italy Claudio Foscarini Garman Gabrielli
Crotone Italy Raffaele Vrenna Italy Massimo Drago Zeus V&V Group
Frosinone Italy Maurizio Stirpe Italy Roberto Stellone Legea Banca Popolare del Frusinate
Latina Italy Pasquale Maietta Italy Mark Iuliano Givova Gruppo Bricofer
Livorno Italy Aldo Spinelli Italy Christian Panucci Legea F.O.P. Italia
Modena Italy Angelo Forcina Italy Mauro Melotti
Italy Simone Pavan
Erreà CoopGas
CPL Concordia
Perugia Italy Massimiliano Santopadre Italy Andrea Camplone FOG Piccini
Pescara Italy Daniele Sebastiani Italy Marco Baroni Erreà Oma Group
Pro Vercelli Italy Massimo Secondo Italy Cristiano Scazzola Erreà Punto Service
Riso di Pasta
Spezia Italy Matteo Volpi Croatia Nenad Bjelica Lotto Carispezia
Ternana Italy Edoardo Longarini Italy Attilio Tesser Macron Banca Mediolanum
Trapani Italy Vittorio Morace Italy Serse Cosmi Macron Ustica Lines
Varese Italy Nicola Laurenza Italy Stefano Bettinelli Zeus Oro in Euro
Vicenza Italy Tiziano Cunico Italy Pasquale Marino Macron Banca Popolare di Vicenza
Virtus Entella Italy Antonio Gozzi Italy Alfredo Aglietti Acerbis Banca Carige
Virtus Lanciano Italy Valentina Maio Italy Roberto D'Aversa Legea Grupo Maio

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Bologna Italy Davide Ballardini End of contract 30 June 2014 Pre-season Uruguay Diego López[4] 1 July 2014
Carpi Italy Giuseppe Pillon End of contract 30 June 2014 Italy Fabrizio Castori[5] 1 July 2014
Virtus Lanciano Italy Marco Baroni Mutual consent 30 June 2014 Italy Roberto D'Aversa[6] 20 July 2014
Bari Italy Roberto Alberti End of contract 30 June 2014 Italy Devis Mangia[7] 8 July 2014
Pescara Italy Serse Cosmi End of contract 30 June 2014 Italy Marco Baroni[8] 1 July 2014
Latina Italy Roberto Breda[9] End of contract 30 June 2014 Italy Mario Beretta[10] 1 July 2014
Livorno Italy Davide Nicola Mutual consent 30 June 2014 Italy Carmine Gautieri[11] 4 July 2014
Spezia Italy Devis Mangia[12] Sacked 30 June 2014 Croatia Nenad Bjelica[13] 1 July 2014
Catania Italy Maurizio Pellegrino[14] Sacked 14 September 2014 20th Italy Giuseppe Sannino[14] 14 September 2014
Latina Italy Mario Beretta[15] Mutual consent 6 October 2014 14th Italy Roberto Breda[16] 6 October 2014
Vicenza Italy Giovanni Lopez[17] Sacked 29 October 2014 20th Italy Pasquale Marino[18] 30 October 2014
Bari Italy Devis Mangia[19] Sacked 16 November 2014 14th Italy Davide Nicola[20] 17 November 2014
Brescia Italy Ivo Iaconi[21] Sacked 15 December 2014 18th Croatia Ivan Javorčić (caretaker)[21] 15 December 2014
Catania Italy Giuseppe Sannino[22] Resigned 19 December 2014 17th Italy Maurizio Pellegrino[22] 19 December 2014
Italy Maurizio Pellegrino[23] Sacked 3 January 2015 19th Italy Dario Marcolin[23] 3 January 2015
Livorno Italy Carmine Gautieri[24] Mutual consent 4 January 2015 6th Italy Ezio Gelain[24] 4 January 2015
Latina Italy Roberto Breda[25] Sacked 5 January 2015 21th Italy Mark Iuliano[25] 5 January 2015
Brescia Croatia Ivan Javorčić[26] End of caretaker spell 21 January 2015 15th Italy Salvatore Giunta[26] 21 January 2015
Italy Salvatore Giunta[27] Sacked 18 February 2015 17th Italy Alessandro Calori[27] 18 February 2015
Modena Italy Walter Novellino[28] Mutual consent 28 February 2015 18th Italy Mauro Melotti and Italy Simone Pavan[29] 1 March 2015
Varese Italy Stefano Bettinelli[30] Sacked 28 February 2015 21th Italy Davide Dionigi[31] 1 March 2015
Varese Italy Davide Dionigi[32] Sacked 9 March 2015 22nd Italy Stefano Bettinelli[32] 9 March 2015
Trapani Italy Roberto Boscaglia[33] Sacked 10 March 2015 18th Italy Serse Cosmi[34] 11 March 2015
Livorno Italy Ezio Gelain[35] Sacked 18 March 2015 6th Italy Christian Panucci[35] 18 March 2015
Virtus Entella Italy Luca Prina[36] Sacked 12 April 2015 19th Italy Alfredo Aglietti[37] 12 April 2015
Bologna Uruguay Diego López[38] Sacked 4 May 2015 3rd Italy Delio Rossi[38] 4 May 2015
Pescara Italy Marco Baroni[39] Sacked 16 May 2015 9th Italy Massimo Oddo[39] 16 May 2015

Ownership changes

Team Previous owner New owner Date
Bologna Italy [40][41] United States Joe Tacopina and Canada Joseph Christopher Vita[40][41] 15 October 2014
Brescia Italy Gino Corioni[42] Italy Profida Italia[42] 26 February 2015

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Carpi (C, P) 42 22 14 6 59 28 +31 80 Promotion to Serie A
2 Frosinone (P) 42 20 11 11 62 49 +13 71
3 Vicenza 42 18 14 10 44 37 +7 68 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Bologna (O, P) 42 17 17 8 49 35 +14 68
5 Spezia 42 18 13 11 59 40 +19 67
6 Perugia 42 16 18 8 49 40 +9 66
7 Pescara 42 16 13 13 69 55 +14 61
8 Avellino 42 15 14 13 42 42 0 59
9 Livorno 42 15 14 13 57 50 +7 59
10 Bari 42 14 12 16 43 49 6 54
11 Trapani 42 13 14 15 56 67 11 53
12 Ternana 42 13 12 17 36 47 11 51
13 Latina 42 11 17 14 38 41 3 50
14 Virtus Lanciano 42 10 20 12 49 48 +1 50
15 Pro Vercelli 42 12 13 17 46 57 11 49
16 Crotone 42 12 12 18 42 52 10 48
17 Modena (O) 42 10 17 15 37 39 2 47 Qualification to relegation play-offs
18 Virtus Entella[lower-alpha 1] 42 10 17 15 37 52 15 47
19 Cittadella (R) 42 9 17 16 47 56 9 44 Relegation to Lega Pro
20 Brescia[lower-alpha 2] 42 12 12 18 54 63 9 42
21 Varese[lower-alpha 3] (R) 42 9 12 21 40 67 27 35 Relegation to Eccellenza
22 Catania[lower-alpha 4] (R) 42 12 13 17 59 60 1 49 Relegation to Lega Pro
Source: Lega Serie B
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Virtus Entella was readmitted to Serie B after Catania's relegation.
  2. Brescia was docked 6 points. They were also readmitted to Serie B after the bankruptcy of Parma.
  3. Varese was docked 4 points for financial irregularities; a phoenix club was admitted to Eccellenza due to Varese's exclusion from Lega Pro.
  4. Catania was assigned as the last due to match-fixing scandal on 20 August 2015

Playoffs

Promotion playoffs

Six teams will play in the promotion playoffs. A preliminary one-legged round, played at the home venue of the higher placed team, involved the teams from 5th to 8th place. The two winning teams will then play against the 3rd and 4th-placed teams in two-legged semifinals. The higher placed team plays the second leg of the promotion playoff at home. If scores are tied after both games in the semifinals, the higher placed team progresses to the final. The same conditions apply to the final.

  Preliminary round     Semifinals     Two-legged final
                                   
        7  Pescara 1 2 3  
  6  Perugia 1     3  Vicenza 0 2 2    
  7  Pescara 2         7  Pescara 0 1 1
      4  Bologna 0 1 1
        8  Avellino 0 3 3    
  5  Spezia 1     4  Bologna 1 2 3  
  8  Avellino 2  

Relegation playoff

In case of an aggregate tie, the higher placed team wins.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Virtus Entella(19) 3–3 Modena(18) 2–2 1–1

Results

Home ╲ Away AVE BAR BOLBRECRPCTNCITCROFROLATLIVMODPERPESPVESPETERTRAVARVICVETVLN
Avellino 20 10 20 10 10 12 12 30 10 21 10 12 32 10 00 11 11 00 01 11 11
Bari 42 11 32 00 11 10 11 40 10 20 11 02 11 10 03 01 21 30 01 00 20
Bologna 11 20 12 00 20 10 02 22 00 20 00 21 00 30 00 00 21 30 02 11 10
Brescia 32 21 11 33 42 00 21 31 12 01 01 12 13 21 01 00 11 11 30 30 11
Carpi 20 00 30 30 00 52 21 00 21 12 10 40 12 10 00 31 22 42 10 00 00
Catania 10 23 22 22 02 23 11 12 10 11 00 20 21 40 22 20 41 21 31 51 33
Cittadella 31 01 01 11 01 32 00 11 11 11 11 02 32 12 13 00 10 30 01 01 23
Crotone 20 30 02 10 11 11 22 20 21 10 14 21 14 01 20 02 10 10 00 00 11
Frosinone 00 11 21 10 10 10 11 31 10 51 20 21 21 32 11 01 41 11 10 33 21
Latina 12 20 12 11 01 12 32 10 14 32 11 00 20 11 12 11 10 10 00 11 10
Livorno 01 52 32 42 11 42 01 10 00 11 11 00 12 31 01 31 60 10 11 21 10
Modena 12 01 00 11 12 00 11 30 10 00 00 00 20 10 20 12 21 11 12 20 11
Perugia 00 11 21 10 20 10 31 00 01 00 11 20 22 32 21 22 10 20 22 21 00
Pescara 00 00 23 23 05 10 11 21 30 11 30 10 22 10 12 12 00 20 22 40 11
Pro Vercelli 11 30 11 00 00 32 01 32 11 11 33 11 00 04 10 21 10 40 11 20 21
Spezia 01 10 11 41 12 30 00 20 21 11 30 32 20 22 52 01 30 11 00 10 33
Ternana 22 20 01 21 01 10 11 21 01 02 04 10 00 11 01 00 12 20 02 01 01
Trapani 41 11 00 32 00 22 21 31 31 10 00 30 22 24 21 32 42 00 21 22 10
Varese 11 21 13 12 01 03 22 10 14 12 01 21 11 21 11 21 20 52 23 22 11
Vicenza 10 10 00 20 12 00 11 10 21 00 00 02 31 21 21 10 20 30 10 00 22
Virtus Entella 00 02 12 01 20 20 21 11 10 20 11 11 02 25 00 20 21 11 01 21 00
Virtus Lanciano 10 11 12 20 11 30 22 11 15 11 10 20 11 01 20 02 11 22 12 40 10

Updated to games played on 22 May 2015.
Source: Lega Serie B
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated including all games played up until May 22, 2015

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Andrea Cocco Vicenza 19
Italy Andrea Catellani Spezia
Uruguay Pablo Granoche Modena
4 Italy Riccardo Maniero Pescara / Catania 18
Italy Emanuele Calaiò Catania
6 Italy Ettore Marchi Pro Vercelli 17
Italy Camillo Ciano Crotone
8 Italy Luigi Castaldo Avellino 16
9 Nigeria Jerry Mbakogu Carpi 15
Italy Daniele Vantaggiato Livorno

Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings

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