2018–19 Serie B

Serie B
Season 2018–19
Dates 24 August 2018 – 11 May 2019[1]
Matches played 63
Goals scored 165 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer Alfredo Donnarumma
(7 goals)[2]
Biggest home win Benevento 4–0 Salernitana
(21 September 2018)
Biggest away win Cosenza 0–3 Hellas Verona[3]
Livorno 0–3 Lecce
(25 September 2018)
Highest scoring Foggia 4–2 Carpi
(26 August 2018)
Benevento 3–3 Lecce
(27 August 2018)
Longest winning run 4 games
Hellas Verona[4]
Longest unbeaten run 7 games[5]
Cremonese
Pescara
Longest winless run 7 games[5]
Cosenza
Longest losing run 3 games
Carpi[6]
Foggia[7]
Venezia[7]
Highest attendance 13,622
Benevento 4–0 Salernitana
(21 September 2018)[8]
Lowest attendance 1,500
Carpi 0–1 Cittadella
(1 September 2018)[8]
Total attendance 383,981[8]
Average attendance 7,245[8]
2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 7 October 2018.

The 2018–19 Serie B (known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons[9]) is the 87th season of Serie B in Italy since its establishment in 1929.

A total of 19 teams are contesting in the 2018–19 season, instead of the usual 22 teams, due to the exclusion of Bari, Cesena and Avellino. There are 12 teams returning from the 2017–18 Serie B season, 4 promoted from 2017–18 Serie C (Livorno, Padova, Lecce, Cosenza) and 3 relegated from 2017–18 Serie A (Crotone, Verona, Benevento).

Teams

The list of teams for the season was originally expected to feature 15 teams from the 2017–18 Serie B, as well as three teams who were relegated from the 2017–18 Serie A (Crotone, Verona and Benevento) and four promoted from the 2017–18 Serie C: league winners Livorno, Padova and Lecce, plus national playoff winners Cosenza.

Later in July, Bari and Cesena renounced on their participation to the league due to serious financial issues, whereas Avellino was excluded due to financial irregularities. Foggia was admitted, but it had eight points deducted.

Following these event, the Serie B league assembly voted in favour of reducing the number of teams from 22 to 20;[10] this move was promptly revoked by the Italian Football Federation due to bureaucratic issues who would not allow to change the league format for the current season.[11][12]

On 7 August, Avellino was finally excluded from the Serie B after losing on their appeal verdict to be readmitted in the league.[13]

Although it was expected that the three vacancies were to be filled by Catania, Novara and Siena, however Pro Vercelli and Ternana disagreed,[14] and on 10 August, the Lega B announced the 2018–19 season would go ahead with 19 teams instead of the regular 22.[15] The Italian Football Federation formalized the change of format for the Serie B from 22 to 19 teams later on 13 August.[16]

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2017–18 season
Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca 10,887 18th in Serie B
Benevento Benevento Stadio Ciro Vigorito 17,554 20th in Serie A
Brescia Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti 16,743 16th in Serie B
Carpi Carpi Stadio Sandro Cabassi 5,510 11th in Serie B
Cittadella Cittadella Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,623 6th in Serie B
Cosenza Cosenza Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla 24,209 5th Serie C/C, play-off winner
Cremonese Cremona Stadio Giovanni Zini 20,641 14th in Serie B
Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida 16,547 18th in Serie A
Foggia Foggia Stadio Pino Zaccheria 16,798 9th in Serie B
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 19th in Serie A
Lecce Lecce Stadio Via del Mare 40,670 Serie C/C Champions
Livorno Livorno Stadio Armando Picchi 19,238 Serie C/A Champions
Padova Padua Stadio Euganeo 19,740 Serie C/B Champions
Palermo Palermo Stadio Renzo Barbera 36,349 4th in Serie B
Perugia Perugia Stadio Renato Curi 23,125 8th in Serie B
Pescara Pescara Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia 20,515 17th in Serie B
Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi 31,300 12th in Serie B
Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco 10,290 10th in Serie B
Venezia Venice Stadio Pierluigi Penzo 7,450 5th in Serie B

Number of teams by regions

Number of teams Region Team(s)
4  VenetoCittadella, Hellas Verona, Padova and Venezia
2  ApuliaFoggia and Lecce
 CalabriaCosenza and Crotone
 CampaniaBenevento and Salernitana
 LombardyBrescia and Cremonese
1  AbruzzoPescara
 Emilia-RomagnaCarpi
 LiguriaSpezia
 MarcheAscoli
 SicilyPalermo
 TuscanyLivorno
 UmbriaPerugia

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Ascoli Italy Giuliano Tosti Italy Vincenzo Vivarini Nike
Benevento Italy Oreste Vigorito Italy Cristian Bucchi FG Sport
Brescia Italy Massimo Cellino Honduras David Suazo (till 18 September 2018)
Italy Eugenio Corini (from 18 September 2018)		 Acerbis
Carpi Italy Claudio Caliumi Italy Marcello Chezzi (till 18 September 2018)
Italy Fabrizio Castori (from 18 September 2018)		 Givova
Cittadella Italy Andrea Gabrielli Italy Roberto Venturato Boxeur Des Rues
Cosenza Italy Eugenio Guarascio Italy Piero Braglia Legea
Cremonese Italy Paolo Rossi Italy Andrea Mandorlini Garman
Crotone Italy Gianni Vrenna Italy Giovanni Stroppa Zeus
Foggia Italy Lucio Fares Italy Gianluca Grassadonia Nike
Hellas Verona Italy Maurizio Setti Italy Fabio Grosso Macron
Lecce Italy Saverio Sticchi Damiani Italy Fabio Liverani M908 MOBY, Maffei
Livorno Italy Aldo Spinelli Italy Cristiano Lucarelli Legea
Padova Italy Roberto Bonetto Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli Kappa
Palermo Italy Bruno Tedino (till 26 September 2018)
Italy Roberto Stellone (from 26 September 2018)		 Legea Vivaticket, ANDROS[17]
Perugia Italy Massimiliano Santopadre Italy Alessandro Nesta FG Sport
Pescara Italy Daniele Sebastiani Italy Giuseppe Pillon Erreà
Salernitana Italy Marco Mezzaroma
Italy Claudio Lotito		 Italy Stefano Colantuono Givova
Spezia Italy Andrea Corradino Italy Pasquale Marino Acerbis
Venezia United States Joe Tacopina Italy Stefano Vecchi (till 11 October 2018)
Italy Walter Zenga (from 11 October 2018)		 Nike

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Ascoli Italy Serse Cosmi Sacked Pre-season Italy Vincenzo Vivarini Pre-season
Benevento Italy Roberto De Zerbi End of contract Italy Christian Bucchi
Brescia Italy Ivo Pulga End of contract Honduras David Suazo
Carpi Italy Antonio Calabro End of contract Italy Marcello Chezzi
Crotone Italy Walter Zenga Mutual consent Italy Giovanni Stroppa
Foggia Italy Giovanni Stroppa Signed by Crotone Italy Gianluca Grassadonia
Livorno Italy Andrea Sottil Mutual consent Italy Cristiano Lucarelli
Palermo Italy Roberto Stellone Mutual consent Italy Bruno Tedino
Spezia Italy Fabio Gallo End of contract Italy Pasquale Marino
Hellas Verona Italy Fabio Pecchia End of contract Italy Fabio Grosso
Venezia Italy Filippo Inzaghi End of contract Italy Stefano Vecchi
Brescia Honduras David Suazo Sacked 18 September 2018[18] Italy Eugenio Corini 18 September 2018[19]
Carpi Italy Marcello Chezzi Mutual consent 18 September 2018[20] Italy Fabrizio Castori 18 September 2018[21]
Palermo Italy Bruno Tedino Sacked 26 September 2018[22] Italy Roberto Stellone 26 September 2018[22]
Venezia Italy Stefano Vecchi Sacked 11 October 2018[23] Italy Walter Zenga 11 October 2018[23]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Pescara 7 4 3 0 11 7 +4 15 Promotion to Serie A
2 Hellas Verona 7 4 1 2 12 7 +5 13
3 Lecce 7 3 3 1 13 8 +5 12 Qualification to promotion play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Spezia 7 4 0 3 10 9 +1 12
5 Palermo 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11
6 Cremonese 7 2 5 0 8 4 +4 11
7 Cittadella 6 3 1 2 7 3 +4 10
8 Benevento 6 3 1 2 13 10 +3 10
9 Brescia 7 2 4 1 13 10 +3 10
10 Salernitana 7 2 4 1 7 7 0 10
11 Perugia 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
12 Crotone 7 2 1 4 9 11 −2 7
13 Ascoli 6 1 3 2 5 7 −2 6
14 Padova 7 1 3 3 7 13 −6 6
15 Carpi 7 1 2 4 7 13 −6 5 Qualification to relegation play-out[lower-alpha 2]
16 Venezia 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4
17 Foggia[lower-alpha 3] 7 4 0 3 14 13 +1 4 Relegation to Serie C
18 Cosenza 7 0 4 3 4 11 −7 4
19 Livorno 6 0 2 4 4 11 −7 2
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Lega Serie B
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]
Notes:
  1. ↑ If the third-placed team finishes more than 14 points ahead of the fourth-placed team, then the promotion play-offs are not played and the third-placed team is promoted to Serie A.
  2. ↑ If the 15th-placed team finishes more than 4 points ahead of the 16th-placed team, then the relegation play-out is not played and the 16th-placed team is relegated to Serie C.
  3. ↑ Foggia was deducted eight points for administral 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
Ascoli5161013121213
Benevento31295338
Brescia61515148109
Carpi17181818151615
Cittadella1112557
Cosenza7131616171718
Cremonese8956446
Crotone1853791112
Foggia19191919191917
Hellas Verona91421112
Lecce48149663
Livorno15171717181819
Padova1041111131414
Palermo131063795
Perugia112812141311
Pescara12374221
Salernitana141141010710
Spezia1661381184
Venezia271215161516
Promotion to Serie A
Play-offs
Play-out
Relegation to Serie C

Source: Serie BKT

Results

Home \ Away ASC BEN BRE CAR CIT COS CRE CRO FOG VER LEC LIV PAD PAL PER PES SAL SPE VEN
Ascoli — 1–1 0–0 1–0
Benevento — 1–3 3–3 4–0
Brescia — 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Carpi 1–1 — 0–1 1–1
Cittadella 0–1 — 2–0 3–0
Cosenza — 0–3[25] 1–1 1–1
Cremonese 2–0 — 1–1 0–0 2–0
Crotone 2–2 — 4–1 1–2
Foggia 3–2 4–2 — 2–1 1–2
Hellas Verona 4–1 — 0–2 1–1 2–1
Lecce 1–1 — 2–2 2–1
Livorno 0–1 0–3 — 1–3
Padova 1–1 — 2–2 1–0
Palermo 2–2 1–0 — 4–1
Perugia 0–1 — 1–0
Pescara 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 —
Salernitana 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 —
Spezia 3–2 2–1 1–0 —
Venezia 2–3 1–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source: Serie BKT
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

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.

  Preliminary round     Semifinals     Two-legged final
                                   
        5-8  
  5     4    
  8        
     
        6-7    
  6     3  
  7  

Relegation play-out

Two teams may contest the relegation playout, depending on the point differential between the 15th and 16th-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
(16) (15)

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Italy Giampaolo Pazzini Hellas Verona Carpi 4–1 (H) 16 September 2018
Italy Alfredo Donnarumma Brescia Padova 4–1 (H) 7 October 2018

Last updated: 7 October 2018

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Italy Alessandro Micai Salernitana 4
Serbia Boris Radunović Cremonese
3 Italy Alberto Paleari Cittadella 3
4 Italy Alberto Brignoli Palermo 2
Brazil Gabriel Perugia
Italy Filippo Perucchini Ascoli
Italy Christian Puggioni Benevento
Italy Mauro Vigorito Lecce
9 Italy Simone Colombi Carpi 1
Italy Alex Cordaz Crotone
Italy Vincenzo Fiorillo Pescara
Italy Ivan Lanni Ascoli
Italy Luca Lezzerini Venezia
Italy Nicolò Manfredini Spezia
Italy Davide Merelli Padova

Last updated: 7 October 2018

References

  1. ↑ Regular season.
  2. 1 2 3 "Statistiche del campionato - Serie BKT". Serie BKT - Il campionato degli italiani (in Italian).
  3. ↑ Forfeit.
  4. ↑ From round 3 to round 5, including a forfeit win over Cosenza scheduled between round 2 and round 3.
  5. 1 2 From round 1 to round 7.
  6. ↑ From round 1 to round 3.
  7. 1 2 From round 2 to round 4.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2018-2019". StadiaPostcards.
  9. ↑ http://www.calcioefinanza.it/2018/06/22/nuovo-title-sponsor-serie-b-bkt/
  10. ↑ "Serie B, è caos ripescaggi: la Lega di B proclama campionato a 20 squadre. E la Figc?". Sky Sport (in Italian). Sky Italia. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "La Figc ribadisce la Serie B a 22 squadre". TuttoC.com (in Italian). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "La FIGC scrive alla Lega B: l'organico è a 22 squadre" (Press release) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Avellino, il Tar respinge il ricorso: niente Serie B" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Novara e Catania con un piede in B, il Siena spera ancora". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  15. ↑ "Official: Serie B with 19 clubs". Football Italia. 10 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Serie B a 19 squadre ufficiale, ok della FIGC e calendario stilato: una squadra riposerà" (in Italian). Eurosport.it. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  17. ↑ http://palermocalcio.it/en/sponsor/
  18. ↑ "Comunicato ufficiale" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  19. ↑ "Eugenio Corini è il nuovo allenatore del Brescia Calcio" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  20. ↑ "Comunicato ufficiale" (in Italian). Carpi FC 1909. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  21. ↑ "Bentornato Fabrizio Castori" (in Italian). Carpi FC 1909. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  22. 1 2 "TEDINO SOLLEVATO DALL'INCARICO STELLONE È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE" (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  23. 1 2 "UFFICIALE: Venezia, esonerato Vecchi. Panchina affidata a Zenga" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  24. ↑ "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  25. ↑ Forfeit.
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