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.
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 → |
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).
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;[19] 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.[20][21]
On 7 August, Avellino was finally excluded from the Serie B after losing on their appeal verdict to be readmitted in the league.[22]
Although it was expected that the three vacancies were to be filled by Catania, Novara and Siena, however Pro Vercelli and Ternana disagreed,[23] and on 10 August, the Lega B announced the 2018–19 season would go ahead with 19 teams instead of the regular 22.[24] The Italian Football Federation formalized the change of format for the Serie B from 22 to 19 teams later on 13 August.[25]
Stadiums and locations
Number of teams by regions
No. of teams | Region | Team(s) |
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4 | Veneto | Cittadella, Hellas Verona, Padova and Venezia |
2 | Apulia | Foggia and Lecce |
Calabria | Cosenza and Crotone | |
Campania | Benevento and Salernitana | |
Lombardy | Brescia and Cremonese | |
1 | Abruzzo | Pescara |
Emilia-Romagna | Carpi | |
Liguria | Spezia | |
Marche | Ascoli | |
Sicily | Palermo | |
Tuscany | Livorno | |
Umbria | Perugia |
Personnel and kits
Team | President | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back)* | Shirt sponsor (sleeve)* | Shorts sponsor |
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Ascoli | Giuliano Tosti | Vincenzo Vivarini | Nike | AIR fire/Fainplast, Bricofer | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | None |
Benevento | Oreste Vigorito | Cristian Bucchi | Frankie Garage | IVPC, Rillo Costruzioni | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | SAPA Group |
Brescia | Massimo Cellino | Eugenio Corini | Acerbis | UBI Banca | OMR | None | None |
Carpi | Claudio Caliumi | Fabrizio Castori | Givova | Gaudì Jeans | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | None |
Cittadella | Andrea Gabrielli | Roberto Venturato | Boxeur Des Rues | OCSA (H)/Veneta Nastri (A)/Gavinox (T), Gruppo Gabrielli | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | Metalservice |
Cosenza | Eugenio Guarascio | Piero Braglia | Legea | Ecologia Oggi, Volkswagen Gruppo Chiappetta | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | La Valle Trasporti |
Cremonese | Paolo Rossi | Massimo Rastelli | Garman | Ilta Inox (H)/Arinox (A) | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | Arvedi Tubi Acciaio |
Crotone | Gianni Vrenna | Giovanni Stroppa | Zeus | Envì Group, Metal Carpenteria | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | Ford Vumbaca Group |
Foggia | Lucio Fares | Gianluca Grassadonia | Nike | Wüber, VisionOttica | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | Metaurobus |
Hellas Verona | Maurizio Setti | Alfredo Aglietti | Macron | Gruppo Sinergy, AirDolomiti (H & A)/Sartori Vini (T) | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | SEC Events |
Lecce | Saverio Sticchi Damiani | Fabio Liverani | M908 | Moby Lines, Pasta Maffei | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | Villa Iris |
Livorno | Aldo Spinelli | Roberto Breda | Legea | Gruppo Spinelli, Toremar | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | Archipelagus Line & Energy |
Padova | Roberto Bonetto | Matteo Centurioni | Kappa | Italiana Assiurazioni, Zanutta | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | Tiemme Costruzioni |
Palermo | Rino Foschi | Delio Rossi | Legea | Unieuro/Super Conveniente/Arkus Network, Bisaten | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | None |
Perugia | Massimiliano Santopadre | Alessandro Nesta | Frankie Garage | Officine Piccini, Vitakraft | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | Mericat |
Pescara | Daniele Sebastiani | Giuseppe Pillon | Erreà | Sarni Ristorazione, Liofilchem | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | Vincenzo Serraiocco Consulting |
Salernitana | Marco Mezzaroma & Claudio Lotito | Angelo Gregucci | Givova | Sèleco | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | None |
Spezia | Andrea Corradino | Pasquale Marino | Acerbis | Carispezia | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | Gelateria Vernazza |
Venezia | Joe Tacopina | Serse Cosmi | Nike | Lino Sonego | Unibet | Facile Ristrutturare | None |
* Starting from this season, the two new unique institutional sponsors for all the teams participating in the Serie B tournament (except for Brescia) are Unibet (on the back under the numbering) and Facile Ristrutturare (on the left sleeve as a patch).
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Ascoli | Serse Cosmi | Sacked | Pre-season | Pre-season | Vincenzo Vivarini | Pre-season |
Benevento | Roberto De Zerbi | End of contract | Christian Bucchi | |||
Brescia | Ivo Pulga | David Suazo | ||||
Carpi | Antonio Calabro | Marcello Chezzi | ||||
Crotone | Walter Zenga | Mutual consent | Giovanni Stroppa | |||
Foggia | Giovanni Stroppa | Signed by Crotone | Gianluca Grassadonia | |||
Livorno | Andrea Sottil | Mutual consent | Cristiano Lucarelli | |||
Palermo | Roberto Stellone | Bruno Tedino | ||||
Spezia | Fabio Gallo | End of contract | Pasquale Marino | |||
Hellas Verona | Fabio Pecchia | Fabio Grosso | ||||
Venezia | Filippo Inzaghi | Stefano Vecchi | ||||
Brescia | David Suazo | Sacked | 18 September 2018[26] | 15th | Eugenio Corini | 18 September 2018[27] |
Carpi | Marcello Chezzi | Mutual consent | 18 September 2018[28] | 18th | Fabrizio Castori | 18 September 2018[29] |
Palermo | Bruno Tedino | Sacked | 26 September 2018[30] | 7th | Roberto Stellone | 26 September 2018[30] |
Venezia | Stefano Vecchi | 11 October 2018[31] | 16th | Walter Zenga | 11 October 2018[31] | |
Crotone | Giovanni Stroppa | 29 October 2018[32] | 11th | Ivan Moschella (caretaker) | 29 October 2018 | |
Ivan Moschella | End of caretaker spell | 1 November 2018 | 12th | Massimo Oddo | 1 November 2018[32] | |
Cremonese | Andrea Mandorlini | Sacked | 4 November 2018[33] | 12th | Massimo Rastelli | 5 November 2018[34] |
Padova | Pierpaolo Bisoli | 6 November 2018[35] | 16th | Claudio Foscarini | 6 November 2018[35] | |
Livorno | Cristiano Lucarelli | 6 November 2018[36] | 19th | Roberto Breda | 7 November 2018[37] | |
Foggia | Gianluca Grassadonia | 11 December 2018[38] | 18th | Gaetano Pavone (caretaker) | 11 December 2018[39] | |
Gaetano Pavone | End of caretaker spell | 18 December 2018[40] | 17th | Pasquale Padalino | 18 December 2018[40] | |
Salernitana | Stefano Colantuono | Resigned | 18 December 2018[41] | 10th | Angelo Gregucci | 20 December 2018[42] |
Crotone | Massimo Oddo | 28 December 2018[43] | 14th | Giovanni Stroppa | 28 December 2018[43] | |
Padova | Claudio Foscarini | Sacked | 28 December 2018[44] | 19th | Pierpaolo Bisoli | 28 December 2018[44] |
Venezia | Walter Zenga | 5 March 2019[45] | 16th | Serse Cosmi | 5 March 2019[45] | |
Foggia | Pasquale Padalino | 10 March 2019[46] | 17th | Gianluca Grassadonia | 11 March 2019[47] | |
Padova | Pierpaolo Bisoli | 18 March 2019[48] | 18th | Matteo Centurioni | 18 March 2019[48] | |
Palermo | Roberto Stellone | 23 April 2019[49] | 3rd | Delio Rossi | 24 April 2019[50] | |
Hellas Verona | Fabio Grosso | 1 May 2019[51] | 6th | Alfredo Aglietti | 1 May 2019[51] |