2018–19 Serie B
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The 2018–19 Serie B (known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons)[18] was the 87th season of Serie B in Italy since its establishment in 1929.
Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 24 August 2018 – 9 June 2019 |
Champions | Brescia (4th title) |
Promoted | Brescia Lecce Hellas Verona |
Relegated | Palermo (to D) Foggia (to D) Padova Carpi |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 911 (2.66 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Alfredo Donnarumma (25 goals)[1] |
Biggest home win | Lecce 7–0 Ascoli (23 March 2019) |
Biggest away win | Pescara 1–5 Brescia (3 February 2019) |
Highest scoring | Brescia 4–4 Spezia (27 January 2019) |
Longest winning run | 3 games Benevento[2] Brescia[3] Cittadella[4] Cosenza[5] Cremonese[6] Foggia[7] Hellas Verona[8] Lecce[9] Palermo[10] Perugia[10] |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 games Brescia[11] Palermo[12] |
Longest winless run | 11 games Crotone[13] |
Longest losing run | 5 games Padova[14] Salernitana[15] |
Highest attendance | 28,351 Palermo 2–2 Cittadella (11 May 2019)[16] |
Lowest attendance | 1,500 Carpi 0–1 Cittadella (1 September 2018)[16] |
Total attendance | 2,634,506[16][17] |
Average attendance | 7,506[16][17] |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
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A total of 19 teams contested 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, Hellas Verona, Benevento).