Serie B

The Serie B (Italian pronunciation:

Only in 1928 was the big reform conceived by FIGC president Leandro Arpinati: after a year, a new second division based on the same national format of the major tournament would be born. Serie B began in 1929 with 18 clubs and continued until World War II, after which it was divided again between the northern and the southern part of the country in the aftermath of the war. The championship became national again in 1948, and for many years in the second half of the 20th century, it was played by 20 clubs. In 2003–04, a single group of 24 teams was formed, the largest in the history of all levels of the Italian championship. After 2004, a 22-team format was introduced together with playoffs.

After

During the regular season each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for 38 games. The games of the first leg (andata) and of the second leg (ritorno) are played in the same order. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss.

From the 2006–07 season to 2019–20, the Serie B champion was awarded the Ali della Vittoria (Wings of Victory) cup. The trophy was 63 cm high and weighed 5 kg. Its design represented the wings of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, holding a cup similar to an Olympic flame. From the 2021–22 season, the Coppa Nexus replaced the previous trophy.^[5]

Serie B was composed of 20 teams until the

The play-off system has three rounds and the rules are as follows.[6]

The preliminary round between fifth and eighth and between sixth and seventh are a single match on the ground of the best placed in the regular season . In the event of a tie at the end of normal time, extra time will be played. If the game is still tied at the end of extra time, the highest ranked team goes through, without taking a penalty shootout.

The semi-finals are a two-legged competition with a first leg at home for the teams that played in the preliminary round and a second leg at home for the third and fourth placed teams in the regular season. In the event of a tie in the aggregate result, the best-ranked team in the regular season progresses to the final, without extra time and penalties.

The final is played between the winners of the semi-finals over two legs, the latter at the home of the best-placed team in the league. In the event of a tie, the best-placed team in the regular season is promoted to Serie A, without the need for extra time or penalties. In the event that the two finalists have finished the regular season on equal points, the second leg includes extra time and penalties if required.

In the relegation zone, the three last-placed teams (18th, 19th and 20th) are automatically demoted to Serie C. If the 16th-placed team is 5 or more points ahead of the 17th-placed team, then the 17th-placed team becomes the 4th and final team to be demoted, otherwise, the conditions for a playoff more commonly called playout exist.

If the playout is necessary, the 16th and 17th-placed teams are paired in a two-legged series with home-field advantage in the 2nd leg going to the 16th-placed team. The team with the higher aggregate score remains in Serie B while the loser becomes the fourth team relegated to Serie C. If an aggregate tie exists at the end of regulation play of the 2nd leg, the 16th-placed team is saved, and the 17th-placed team is demoted, unless the two teams ended the season with equal points, in which case there will be extra-time and a penalty shoot-out if still tied.

Clubs

Ascoli

Bari

Brescia

Catanzaro

Cittadella

Como

Cosenza

Cremonese

Feralpisalò

Lecco

Modena

Palermo

Parma

Pisa

Reggiana

Sampdoria

Spezia

Südtirol

Ternana

Venezia

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Location of teams in 2023–24 Serie B

The Serie B–C Alta Italia post-war championship

This championship was organized by geographical criteria with only Northern Italy Serie B and the best Northern Italy

1945–46 Serie A

. For this reason, this championship is not included in the statistics.

• Alessandria – Alessandria
• Ausonia Spezia – La Spezia
• Biellese – Biella
• Casale – Casale Monferrato
• Cesena – Cesena
• Como – Como
• Crema
• Cremonese – Cremona
• Cuneo – Cuneo
• Fanfulla – Lodi
• Forlì – Forlì
• Gallaratese – Gallarate
• Lecco – Lecco
• Legnano – Legnano
• Mantova – Mantua
• Novara – Novara
• Padova – Padua
• Panigale – Bologna
• Parma – Parma
• Piacenza – Piacenza
• Pro Gorizia – Gorizia
• Pro Patria – Busto Arsizio
• Pro Sesto – Sesto San Giovanni
• Pro Vercelli – Vercelli
• Reggiana – Reggio Emilia
• Savona – Savona
• Seregno – Seregno
• Sestrese – Genoa
• SPAL – Ferrara
• Suzzara – Suzzara
• Trento – Trento
• Treviso – Treviso
• Udinese – Udine
• Verona – Verona
• Vigevano – Vigevano
• Vogherese – Voghera

Champions and promotions

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Other promoted
1929–30	Casale	Legnano
1930–31	Fiorentina	Bari
1931–32	Palermo	Padova
1932–33	Livorno	Brescia
1933–34	Sampierdarenese	Bari a
1934–35	Genoa	Bari
1935–36	Lucchese	Novara
1936–37	Livorno	Atalanta
1937–38	Modena b	Novara b
1938–39	Fiorentina	Venezia
1939–40	Atalanta	Livorno
1940–41	Sampierdarenese	Modena
1941–42	Bari	Vicenza
1942–43	Modena	Brescia
1945–46	Alessandria	Pro Patriaa	Napoli
1946–47	Northern champions	Central champions	Southern champions
	Pro Patria	Lucchese	Salernitana
1947–48	Novara	Padova	Palermo
	Champions	Runners-up	Other promoted
1948–49	Como	Venezia
1949–50	Napoli	Udinese
1950–51	SPAL	Legnano
1951–52	Roma	Bresciaa
1952–53	Genoa	Legnano
1953–54	Catania	Pro Patria
1954–55	Vicenza	Padova
1955–56	Udinese	Palermo
1956–57	Hellas Verona	Alessandria
1957–58	Triestina	Bari
1958–59	Atalanta	Palermo
1959–60	Torino	Lecco	Catania
1960–61	Venezia	Mantova	Palermo
1961–62	Genoa	Napoli	Modena
1962–63	Messina	Bari	Lazio
1963–64	Varese	Cagliari	Foggia
1964–65	Brescia	Napoli	SPAL
1965–66	Venezia	Lecco	Mantova
1966–67	Sampdoria	Varese
1967–68	Palermo	Hellas Verona	Pisa
1968–69	Lazio	Brescia	Bari
1969–70	Varese	Foggia	Catania
1970–71	Mantova	Atalanta	Catanzaro
1971–72	Ternana	Lazio	Palermo
1972–73	Genoa	Cesena	Foggia
1973–74	Varese	Ascoli	Ternana
1974–75	Perugia	Como	Hellas Verona
1975–76	Genoa	Catanzaro	Foggia
1976–77	Vicenza	Atalanta	Pescara
1977–78	Ascoli	Catanzaro	Avellino
1978–79	Udinese	Cagliari	Pescara
1979–80	Como	Pistoiese	Brescia
1980–81	Milan	Genoa	Cesena
1981–82	Hellas Verona	Pisa	Sampdoria
1982–83	Milan	Lazio	Catania
1983–84	Atalanta	Como	Cremonese
1984–85	Pisa	Lecce	Bari
1985–86	Ascoli	Brescia	Empoli
1986–87	Pescara	Pisa	Cesena
1987–88	Bologna	Lecce	Atalanta
1988–89	Genoa	Bari	Cremonese
1989–90	Torino	Pisa	Cagliari, Parma
1990–91	Foggia	Hellas Verona	Ascoli
1991–92	Brescia	Pescara	Ancona, Udinese
1992–93	Reggiana	Cremonese	Lecce
1993–94	Fiorentina	Bari	Brescia, Padova
1994–95	Piacenza	Udinese	Atalanta
1995–96	Bologna	Hellas Verona	Reggiana
1996–97	Brescia	Empoli	Bari
1997–98	Salernitana	Venezia	Perugia
1998–99	Hellas Verona	Torino	Lecce
1999–2000	Vicenza	Atalanta	Napoli
2000–01	Torino	Piacenza	Venezia
2001–02	Como	Modena	Empoli
2002–03	Siena	Sampdoria	Ancona
2003–04	Palermo	Cagliari	Atalanta, Fiorentina c
2004–05	Empoli	Torino a	Ascoli
2005–06	Atalanta	Catania	Torino
2006–07	Juventus	Napoli	Genoa
2007–08	Chievo	Bologna	Lecce
2008–09	Bari	Parma	Livorno
2009–10	Lecce	Cesena	Brescia
2010–11	Atalanta	Siena	Novara
2011–12	Pescara	Torino	Sampdoria
2012–13	Sassuolo	Hellas Verona	Livorno
2013–14	Palermo	Empoli	Cesena
2014–15	Carpi	Frosinone	Bologna
2015–16	Cagliari	Crotone	Pescara
2016–17	SPAL	Hellas Verona	Benevento
2017–18	Empoli	Parma	Frosinone
2018–19	Brescia	Lecce	Hellas Verona
2019–20	Benevento	Crotone	Spezia
2020–21	Empoli	Salernitana	Venezia
2021–22	Lecce	Cremonese	Monza
2022–23	Frosinone	Genoa	Cagliari
2023–24	Parma	Como	Venezia

^a Not promoted for Serie A reduction.

^b Modena and Novara were both awarded champions in 1937–38.

^c Six teams were promoted in 2003–04 due to the expansion of Serie A from 18 to 20 teams.

Club performances

Main article: List of Serie B champions and promotions

Performance by club

Updated as of 2023–24 season

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years
Genoa	6	2	1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1976, 1989
Atalanta	5	3	1940, 1959, 1984, 2006, 2011
Palermo	5	2	1932, 1948, 1968, 2004, 2014
Bari	4	6	1935, 1942, 1946, 2009
Brescia	4	6	1965, 1992, 1997, 2019
Hellas Verona	3	5	1957, 1982, 1999
Como	3	3	1949, 1980, 2002
Torino	3	2	1960, 1990, 2001
Varese	3	1	1964, 1970, 1974
Vicenza	3	1	1955, 1977, 2000
Fiorentina	3	–	1931, 1939, 1994
Novara	3	3	1927, 1938, 1948
Empoli	3	1	2005, 2018, 2021
Venezia	2	3	1961, 1966
Napoli	2	3	1946, 1950
Lecce	2	2	2010, 2022
Pescara	2	2	1987, 2012
Udinese	2	2	1956, 1979
Ascoli	2	1	1978, 1986
Livorno	2	1	1933, 1937
Bologna	2	1	1988, 1996
Salernitana	2	1	1947, 1998
Sampierdarenese	2	–	1934, 1941
Lucchese	2	–	1936, 1947
Milan	2	–	1981, 1983
SPAL	2	–	1951, 2017
Modena	1	4	1943
Pisa	1	4	1985
Cagliari	1	3	2016
Padova	1	3	1948
Lazio	1	2	1969
Perugia	1	2	1975
Pro Patria	1	2	1947
Alessandria	1	1	1946
Catania	1	1	1954
Foggia	1	1	1991
Frosinone	1	1	2023
Mantova	1	1	1971
Piacenza	1	1	1995
Reggiana	1	1	1993
Sampdoria	1	1	1967
Siena	1	1	2003
Ternana	1	1	1972
Benevento	1	–	2020
Carpi	1	–	2015
Casale	1	–	1930
Chievo	1	–	2008
Juventus	1	–	2007
Messina	1	–	1963
Roma	1	–	1952
Sassuolo	1	–	2013
Triestina	1	–	1958
Spezia	1	–	1929
Parma	1	2	2024
Legnano	–	4	–
Catanzaro	–	2	–
Cesena	–	2	–
Cremonese	–	2	–
Crotone	–	2	–
Lecco	–	2	–
Pistoiese	–	1	–
Treviso	–	1	–

Titles by region

Updated as of 2023–24 season

Region	Titles	Winning club(s) (titles)
Lombardia	20	Mantova (1), Pro Patria (1)
Toscana	12	Empoli (3), Fiorentina (3), Livorno (2), Lucchese (2), Pisa (1), Siena (1)
Emilia-Romagna	10	Carpi (1), Modena (1), Parma (1), Piacenza (1), Reggiana (1), Sassuolo (1)
Veneto	10	Venezia (2), Chievo (1), Padova (1)
Liguria	9	Genoa (6), Sampierdarenese (2), Sampdoria (1), Spezia (1)
Piemonte	8	Torino (3), Novara (3), Alessandria (1), Casale (1), Juventus (1)
Puglia	7	Bari (4), Lecce (2), Foggia (1)
Sicilia	7	Catania (1), Messina (1)
Campania	5	Salernitana (2), Napoli (2), Benevento (1)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	3	Udinese (2), Triestina (1)
Lazio	3	Frosinone (1), Lazio (1), Roma (1)
Abruzzo	2	Pescara (2)
Marche	2	Ascoli (2)
Umbria	2	Perugia (1), Ternana (1)
Sardinia	1	Cagliari (1)

Titles by city

Updated as of 2023–24 season

City	Titles	Winning club(s) (titles)
Genoa	9	Genoa (6), Sampierdarenese (2), Sampdoria (1)
Bergamo	6	Atalanta (6)
Palermo	5	Palermo (5)
Turin	4	Torino (3), Juventus (1)
Verona	4	Hellas Verona (3), Chievo (1)
Bari	4	Bari (4)
Brescia	4	Brescia (4)
Como	3	Como (3)
Florence	3	Fiorentina (3)
Varese	3	Varese (3)
Vicenza	3	Vicenza (3)
Novara	3	Novara (3)
Empoli	3	Empoli (3)
Ascoli Piceno	2	Ascoli (2)
Bologna	2	Bologna (2)
Ferrara	2	SPAL (2)
Lecce	2	Lecce (2)
Livorno	2	Livorno (2)
Lucca	2	Lucchese (2)
Milan	2	Milan (2)
Naples	2	Napoli (2)
Pescara	2	Pescara (2)
Rome	2	Lazio (1), Roma (1)
Salerno	2	Salernitana (2)
Udine	2	Udinese (2)
Venice	2	Venezia (2)
Alessandria	1	Alessandria (1)
Benevento	1	Benevento (1)
Busto Arsizio	1	Pro Patria (1)
Cagliari	1	Cagliari (1)
Carpi	1	Carpi (1)
Casale Monferrato	1	Casale (1)
Catania	1	Catania (1)
Foggia	1	Foggia (1)
Frosinone	1	Frosinone (1)
La Spezia	1	Spezia (1)
Mantua	1	Mantova (1)
Messina	1	Messina (1)
Modena	1	Modena (1)
Padua	1	Padova (1)
Parma	1	Parma (1)
Perugia	1	Perugia (1)
Piacenza	1	Piacenza (1)
Pisa	1	Pisa (1)
Reggio Emilia	1	Reggiana (1)
Sassuolo	1	Sassuolo (1)
Siena	1	Siena (1)
Terni	1	Ternana (1)
Trieste	1	Triestina (1)

Promotions by region

Updated as of 2023–24 season

Region	Promotions	Promoted clubs (263)
Lombardia	52	Mantova (3), Lecco (2), Milan (2), Pro Patria (2), Monza (1)
Veneto	29	Hellas Verona (10), Venezia (7), Vicenza (5), Padova (4), Chievo (2), Treviso (1)
Emilia-Romagna	28	Carpi (1), Sassuolo (1)
Toscana	27	Empoli (7), Livorno (6), Pisa (5), Fiorentina (4), Lucchese (2), Siena (2), Pistoiese (1)
Puglia	26	Bari (11), Lecce (10), Foggia (5)
Liguria	16	Genoa (9), Sampdoria (4) Sampierdarenese (2) Spezia (1)
Sicilia	16	Catania (5), Messina (2)
Piemonte	14	Torino (6), Novara (4), Alessandria (2), Casale (1), Juventus (1)
Campania	11	Napoli (5), Salernitana (3), Benevento (2), Avellino (1)
Lazio	9	Lazio (5), Frosinone (3), Roma (1)
Calabria	7	Reggina (2), Crotone (2)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	7	Udinese (6), Triestina (1)
Marche	7	Ascoli (5), Ancona (2)
Sardinia	7	Cagliari (7)
Abruzzo	6	Pescara (6)
Umbria	5	Perugia (3), Ternana (2)

Top scorers (2000–)

Season	Top scorer(s)	Club(s)	Goals
1999–2000	Cosimo Francioso	Genoa	24
2000–01	Nicola Caccia	Piacenza	23
2001–02	Luís Oliveira	Como	23
2002–03	Igor Protti	Livorno	23
2003–04	Luca Toni	Palermo	30
2004–05	Gionatha Spinesi	Arezzo	22
2005–06	Cristian Bucchi	Modena	29
2006–07	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	20
2007–08	Denis Godeas	Mantova	28
2008–09	Francesco Tavano	Livorno	24
2009–10	Éder	Empoli	26
2010–11	Federico Piovaccari	Cittadella	24
2011–12	Ciro Immobile	Pescara	28
2012–13	Daniele Cacia	Verona	24
2013–14	Matteo Mancosu	Trapani	26
2014–15	Andrea Cocco	Vicenza	19
2015–16	Gianluca Lapadula	Pescara	23
2016–17	Giampaolo Pazzini	Verona	23
2017–18	Francesco Caputo	Empoli	26
2018–19	Alfredo Donnarumma	Brescia	25
2019–20	Simy	Crotone	20
2020–21	Massimo Coda	Lecce	22
2021–22	Massimo Coda	Lecce	20
2022–23	Gianluca Lapadula	Cagliari	21
2023–24	Joel Pohjanpalo	Venezia	22

See also

• Italian football league system
• List of football clubs in Italy
• Sports league attendances

Footnotes

1. ^ The championship was suspended from 1943 to 1945 due to WWII, and the 1945–46 northern edition is not statistically considered by FIGC, even if its promotion result was official.

References

1. ^ Luciano Canepari. "serie". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2021.
2. ^ Redazione (22 June 2018). "La B cambia nome: si chiamerà Serie BKT fino al 2021".
3. ^ "Dalla nuova Lega Serie B, nasce il campionato Serie bwin". Lega Serie B (in Italian). 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
4. ^ "Ecco il calendario ufficiale della Serie B ConTe.it". legab.it (in Italian). Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie B. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
5. ^ "Presentata la Coppa Nexus". Lega B (in Italian). 4 May 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
6. ^ "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE N. 22/A" (PDF). 20 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2018.}
7. ^ Mariani, Maurizio; Di Maggio, Roberto. "Italy – Serie B All-Time Table since 1929". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
8. ^ Pursuant to the Federal Internal Organizational Rules of the Italian Football Federation (NOIF, art. 20, subsection 5), Unione Calcio Sampdoria inherits and continues the sporting tradition of its most valuable ancestor, A.C. Sampierdarenese, which played at Serie B for 5 seasons.

External links

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