2001–02 Serie B

The 2001–02 Serie B is the 70th season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy.

Serie B TIM

Season	2001–02
Promoted	Como (3rd title) Modena Reggina Empoli
Relegated	Crotone Pistoiese Cittadella
Matches played	380
Goals scored	934 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luís Oliveira (23 goals)[1]
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Ancona

Bari

Cagliari

Cittadella

Como

Cosenza

Crotone

Empoli

Genoa
Sampdoria

Messina

Modena

Napoli

Palermo

Pistoiese

Reggina

Salernitana

Siena

Ternana

Vicenza

Serie B 2001-02 team distribution

Teams

Modena, Palermo, Como and Messina had been promoted from Serie C, while Reggina, Vicenza, Napoli and Bari had been relegated from Serie A.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ancona	Luciano Spalletti	Ropam	Banca Marche
Bari	Attilio Perotti	Lotto	None
Cagliari	Nedo Sonetti	Uhlsport	Terra Sarda
Cittadella	Ezio Glerean	Legea	Imasaf
Como	Loris Dominissini	Erreà	Magiste International
Cosenza	Luigi De Rosa	Legea	Provincia di Cosenza
Crotone	Franco Selvaggi	Devis	Caffè Guglielmo
Empoli	Silvio Baldini	Erreà	Computer Gross
Genoa	Claudio Onofri	Erreà	None
Messina	Daniele Arrigoni	Asics	Jonax Group
Modena	Gianni De Biasi	Erreà	Immergas
Napoli	Luigi De Canio	Diadora	Peroni
Palermo	Bortolo Mutti	Lotto	Le Telecomunicazioni del Sud
Pistoiese	Walter Nicoletti	Garman	Vannucci Piante
Reggina	Franco Colomba	Asics	Caffè Mauro
Salernitana	Zdeněk Zeman	In-house[a]	ICS Personal Computer
Sampdoria	Gianfranco Bellotto	Asics	Grafoplast Wiremarkers
Siena	Giuseppe Papadopulo	Lotto	Monte Paschi Vita
Ternana	Bruno Bolchi	Erreà	Professionecasa
Vicenza	Adelio Moro and Fabio Viviani	Umbro	Artel Clima

1. The logo of TELE+ Digitale was featured instead of a kit manufacturer logo

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Como (P, C)	38	22	8	8	53	35	+18	74	Promotion to Serie A
2	Modena (P)	38	20	12	6	58	23	+35	72
3	Reggina (P)	38	19	11	8	50	33	+17	68
4	Empoli (P)	38	19	10	9	60	35	+25	67
5	Napoli	38	16	13	9	48	39	+9	61
6	Bari	38	14	11	13	44	51	−7	53
7	Salernitana	38	14	11	13	57	59	−2	53
8	Ancona	38	14	8	16	43	52	−9	50
9	Vicenza	38	12	13	13	50	52	−2	49
10	Palermo	38	12	12	14	47	54	−7	48
11	Sampdoria	38	12	12	14	42	46	−4	48
12	Siena	38	12	11	15	35	44	−9	47
13	Cagliari	38	10	17	11	39	39	0	47
14	Genoa	38	10	17	11	43	40	+3	47
15	Cosenza	38	13	8	17	47	57	−10	47
16	Messina	38	11	14	13	41	42	−1	47
17	Ternana (T)	38	9	18	11	46	49	−3	45	Re-admitted[a]
18	Cittadella (R)	38	9	10	19	49	63	−14	37	Relegation to Serie C1
19	Pistoiese (R)	38	8	12	18	38	51	−13	36
20	Crotone (R)	38	5	10	23	44	70	−26	25

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

1. Relegated and later readmitted after Fiorentina's bankruptcy in Serie A.

Results

Home \ Away	ANC	BAR	CAG	CIT	COM	COS	CRO	EMP	GEN	MES	MOD	NAP	PAL	PST	REG	SAL	SAM	SIE	TER	VIC
Ancona	—	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	1–0
Bari	2–1	—	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1
Cagliari	2–0	1–2	—	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2
Cittadella	3–1	0–1	0–2	—	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–2	4–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2
Como	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–3	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–0
Cosenza	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–4	—	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–1
Crotone	2–0	2–2	4–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	4–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–3	3–4
Empoli	5–0	5–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	—	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	5–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0
Genoa	1–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–3	—	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–2
Messina	1–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0
Modena	0–0	2–0	3–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	—	4–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–1
Napoli	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	—	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0
Palermo	2–3	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–3
Pistoiese	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	—	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–1
Reggina	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	—	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
Salernitana	2–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	—	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Sampdoria	0–3	3–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	—	0–1	4–2	2–1
Siena	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–4	—	0–3	2–4
Ternana	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	—	3–1
Vicenza	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	4–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–5	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	—

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

1. "2001-2002 Serie B Stats". FBRef.com. Retrieved 6 November 2024.