2014–15 Serie B

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The 2014–15 Serie B was the 83rd season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 14 of which returning from the 2013–14 season, 5 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]

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...
Serie B
Season2014–15
ChampionsCarpi (1st title)
PromotedCarpi
Frosinone
Bologna (by play-off)
RelegatedCittadella
Varese (bankruptcy)
Catania (match-fixing)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,074 (2.32 per match)
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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

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Perspective

Relegated from 2013–14 Serie A:

From 2013–14 Serie B:

Promoted from 2013–14 Prima Divisione:

Stadia and locations

Personnel and kits

More information Team, President ...
Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shorts sponsor
Avellino Italy Walter Taccone Italy Massimo Rastelli Givova Metaedil.com, HS Company NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Bari Italy Gianluca Paparesta Italy Davide Nicola Erreà SuisseGas NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Bologna United States Joe Tacopina Italy Delio Rossi Macron NGM Smartphones, +energia NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Brescia Italy Luigi Ragazzoni Italy Alessandro Calori Joma UBI Banco di Brescia, FALAR serramenti NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Carpi Italy Stefano Bonacini Italy Fabrizio Castori Sportika Blumarine, Blusport/CAVA International NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Catania Italy Antonino Pulvirenti Italy Dario Marcolin Givova Fortè Hard Discount, TTT Lines NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Cittadella Italy Andrea Gabrielli Italy Claudio Foscarini Garman Gruppo Gabrielli (H)/Gavinox (A), Metalservice NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Crotone Italy Raffaele Vrenna Italy Massimo Drago Zeus V&V Group NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Frosinone Italy Maurizio Stirpe Italy Roberto Stellone Legea Banca Popolare del Frusinate, GALA NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Latina Italy Pasquale Maietta Italy Mark Iuliano Givova Bricofer, Recoma Group NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Livorno Italy Aldo Spinelli Italy Christian Panucci Legea F.O.P. Italia NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Modena Italy Angelo Forcina Italy Mauro Melotti & Italy Simone Pavan Erreà CoopGas, CPL Concordia NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Perugia Italy Massimiliano Santopadre Italy Andrea Camplone Frankie Garage Officine Piccini, Magna Testone NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Pescara Italy Daniele Sebastiani Italy Marco Baroni Erreà Officina Metalmeccanica Angelucci, Pharmapiù NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Pro Vercelli Italy Massimo Secondo Italy Cristiano Scazzola Erreà SeniorService/Punto Service, Riso di Pasta NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Spezia Italy Matteo Volpi Croatia Nenad Bjelica Lotto Carispezia NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Ternana Italy Edoardo Longarini Italy Attilio Tesser Macron Banca Mediolanum, Tascout NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Trapani Italy Vittorio Morace Italy Serse Cosmi Macron Ustica Lines NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Varese Italy Nicola Laurenza Italy Stefano Bettinelli Zeus Oro in Euro, Unendo Energia Italiana NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Vicenza Italy Tiziano Cunico Italy Pasquale Marino Macron Banca Popolare di Vicenza NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Virtus Entella Italy Antonio Gozzi Italy Alfredo Aglietti Acerbis Creditis, Arinox NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
Virtus Lanciano Italy Valentina Maio Italy Roberto D'Aversa Legea Gruppo Maio, Marfisi Carni NGM Mobile CAME Cancelli Automatici
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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
BolognaItaly Davide BallardiniEnd of contract30 June 2014Pre-seasonUruguay Diego López[4]1 July 2014
CarpiItaly Giuseppe Pillon30 June 2014Italy Fabrizio Castori[5]1 July 2014
Virtus LancianoItaly Marco BaroniMutual consent30 June 2014Italy Roberto D'Aversa[6]20 July 2014
BariItaly Roberto AlbertiEnd of contract30 June 2014Italy Devis Mangia[7]8 July 2014
PescaraItaly Serse Cosmi30 June 2014Italy Marco Baroni[8]1 July 2014
LatinaItaly Roberto Breda[9]30 June 2014Italy Mario Beretta[10]1 July 2014
LivornoItaly Davide NicolaMutual consent30 June 2014Italy Carmine Gautieri[11]4 July 2014
SpeziaItaly Devis Mangia[12]Sacked30 June 2014Croatia Nenad Bjelica[13]1 July 2014
CataniaItaly Maurizio Pellegrino[14]14 September 201420thItaly Giuseppe Sannino[14]14 September 2014
LatinaItaly Mario Beretta[15]Mutual consent6 October 201414thItaly Roberto Breda[16]6 October 2014
VicenzaItaly Giovanni Lopez[17]Sacked29 October 201420thItaly Pasquale Marino[18]30 October 2014
BariItaly Devis Mangia[19]16 November 201414thItaly Davide Nicola[20]17 November 2014
BresciaItaly Ivo Iaconi[21]15 December 201418thCroatia Ivan Javorčić (caretaker)[21]15 December 2014
CataniaItaly Giuseppe Sannino[22]Resigned19 December 201417thItaly Maurizio Pellegrino[22]19 December 2014
Italy Maurizio Pellegrino[23]Sacked3 January 201519thItaly Dario Marcolin[23]3 January 2015
LivornoItaly Carmine Gautieri[24]Mutual consent4 January 20156thItaly Ezio Gelain[24]4 January 2015
LatinaItaly Roberto Breda[25]Sacked5 January 201521stItaly Mark Iuliano[25]5 January 2015
BresciaCroatia Ivan Javorčić[26]End of caretaker spell21 January 201515thItaly Salvatore Giunta[26]21 January 2015
Italy Salvatore Giunta[27]Sacked18 February 201517thItaly Alessandro Calori[27]18 February 2015
ModenaItaly Walter Novellino[28]Mutual consent28 February 201518thItaly Mauro Melotti and Italy Simone Pavan[29]1 March 2015
VareseItaly Stefano Bettinelli[30]Sacked28 February 201521stItaly Davide Dionigi[31]1 March 2015
VareseItaly Davide Dionigi[32]9 March 201522ndItaly Stefano Bettinelli[32]9 March 2015
TrapaniItaly Roberto Boscaglia[33]10 March 201518thItaly Serse Cosmi[34]11 March 2015
LivornoItaly Ezio Gelain[35]18 March 20156thItaly Christian Panucci[35]18 March 2015
Virtus EntellaItaly Luca Prina[36]12 April 201519thItaly Alfredo Aglietti[37]12 April 2015
BolognaUruguay Diego López[38]4 May 20153rdItaly Delio Rossi[38]4 May 2015
PescaraItaly Marco Baroni[39]16 May 20159thItaly Massimo Oddo[39]16 May 2015
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Ownership changes

More information Team, Previous owner ...
Team Previous owner New owner Date
BolognaItaly [40][41]United States Joe Tacopina and Canada Joseph Christopher Vita[40][41]15 October 2014
BresciaItaly Gino Corioni[42]Italy Profida Italia[42]26 February 2015
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League table

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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 semi-finals
4 Bologna (O, P) 42 17 17 8 49 35 +14 68
5 Spezia 42 18 13 11 59 40 +19 67 Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
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 42 10 17 15 37 39 2 47 Qualification to relegation play-offs
18 Virtus Entella[a] 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[b] (T) 42 12 12 18 54 63 9 42 Spared from relegation
21 Varese[c] (D, R, E, R) 42 9 12 21 40 67 27 35 Revival in Serie E
22 Catania[d] (D, R) 42 12 13 17 59 60 1 49 Relegation to Lega Pro
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Source: Lega Serie B
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
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 in Serie A.
  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 play-offs

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 play-out

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

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Virtus Entella(19) 3–3 Modena(18) 2–2 1–1
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The matches later became null and void following Catania’s disqualification.

Results

More information Home \ Away, AVE ...
Home \ Away AVE BAR BOL BRE CRP CTN CIT CRO FRO LAT LIV MOD PER PES PVE SPE TER TRA VAR VIC VET VLN
Avellino 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
Bari 4–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–0
Bologna 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–0
Brescia 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 4–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1
Carpi 2–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 5–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 4–2 1–0 0–0 0–0
Catania 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–1 5–1 3–3
Cittadella 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–3
Crotone 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 1–4 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1
Frosinone 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 2–1
Latina 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–4 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Livorno 0–1 5–2 3–2 4–2 1–1 4–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 6–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Modena 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1
Perugia 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0
Pescara 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–3 0–5 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–1
Pro Vercelli 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–0 0–4 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
Spezia 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 2–2 5–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–3
Ternana 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–1
Trapani 4–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 2–4 2–1 3–2 4–2 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0
Varese 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 1–4 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 5–2 2–3 2–2 1–1
Vicenza 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–2
Virtus Entella 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–5 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0
Virtus Lanciano 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–5 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 1–0
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Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2015. Source: Lega Serie B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated including all games played up until May 22, 2015

Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings

References

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