2015–16 Serie B

Serie B
Season 2015–16
Promoted Crotone
Matches played 427
Goals scored 1028 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer Gianluca Lapadula
(23 goals)
Biggest home win Cagliari 6–0 Brescia
(16 April 2016)
Biggest away win Como 0–4 Ascoli
(3 October 2015)
Highest scoring Bari 4–3 Spezia
(6 September 2015)
Longest winning run 6 games (Novara)
Longest unbeaten run 7 games (Vicenza)
Longest winless run 15 games (Como)
Longest losing run 5 games (Ascoli)
Highest attendance 27,278
Bari 2–1 Salernitana
(6 November 2015)
Lowest attendance 1,499
Virtus Entella 1–0 Pro Vercelli
(3 October 2015)
Average attendance 6,847
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The 2015–16 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) will be the 84th season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams will contest the league: 16 returning from the 2014–15 season, 4 promoted from Lega Pro, and 2 relegated from Serie A. Vacancies created by the bankruptcy of Serie A-relegated Parma and the demotion of Catania to Lega Pro due to match fixing allowed Brescia to remain in the league despite being relegated. Furthermore, Teramo was due to participate to Serie B but due to the allegations for match-fixing, the Courts decided to relegate Teramo in the last place of Lega Pro of the previous season. After the demotion of Catania, Virtus Entella was readmitted into Serie B as the best team of the relegated teams from the previous season. Furthermore, Ascoli was promoted into the championship after finishing second in Lega Pro Group B, second after Teramo before being stripped of the title for the match-fixing scandal.[1][2]

Events

Serie B introduced the "green card" at the beginning of the season. The green card is given to promote fair play and good acts. The green card will not be given during the game, as it would alter sport rules, but awarded after the match to a player or coach who exhibited fair play by the referee. The player or coach with the most green cards at the end of the season will be rewarded.[3]

Teams

Relegated from 2014-15 Serie A:

From 2014-15 Serie B:

Promoted from 2014–15 Lega Pro:

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2014–15 season
Ascoli Ascoli Del Duca 20,550 Lega Pro/B champions
Avellino Avellino Partenio 26,000 8th in Serie B
Bari Bari San Nicola 58,270 10th in Serie B
Brescia Brescia Mario Rigamonti 16,308 20th in Serie B
Cagliari Cagliari Sant'Elia 16,000 18th in Serie A
Cesena Cesena Dino Manuzzi 23,900 19th in Serie A
Como Como Giuseppe Sinigaglia 13,602 Lega Pro Play-off winners
Crotone Crotone Ezio Scida 9,631 16th in Serie B
Latina Latina Domenico Francioni 6,850 13th in Serie B
Livorno Livorno Armando Picchi 19,238 9th in Serie B
Modena Modena Alberto Braglia 21,151 17th in Serie B
Novara Novara Silvio Piola 17,875 Lega Pro/A champions
Perugia Perugia Renato Curi 28,000 6th in Serie B
Pescara Pescara Adriatico 20,476 7th in Serie B
Pro Vercelli Vercelli Silvio Piola 5,500 15th in Serie B
Salernitana Salerno Arechi 37,245 Lega Pro/C champions
Spezia La Spezia Alberto Picco 10,000 5th in Serie B
Ternana Terni Libero Liberati 22,000 12th in Serie B
Trapani Trapani Provinciale (Erice) 7,000 11th in Serie B
Vicenza Vicenza Romeo Menti 17,163 3rd in Serie B
Virtus Entella Chiavari Comunale 4,154 18th in Serie B
Virtus Lanciano Lanciano Guido Biondi 4,678 14th in Serie B

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Ascoli ItalyCanada Francesco Bellini Italy Devis Mangia Max Sport Fainplast
Avellino Italy Walter Taccone Italy Attilio Tesser Givova Gruppo Taccane
Bari Italy Gianluca Paparesta Italy Andrea Camplone Nike Puglia
Brescia Italy Luigi Ragazzoni Italy Roberto Boscaglia Acerbis Banco di Brescia
Cagliari Italy Tommaso Giulini Italy Massimo Rastelli Kappa EP
Cesena Italy Giorgio Lugaresi Italy Massimo Drago Lotto
Como Italy Pietro Porro, Italy Gianluca Zambrotta Italy Stefano Cuoghi Legea Fox Town
Crotone Italy Raffaele Vrenna Croatia Ivan Jurić Zeus Metal Carpenteria
Latina Italy Pasquale Maietta Italy Carmine Gautieri Givova Sarchioto
Livorno Italy Aldo Spinelli Italy Ezio Gelain Legea
Modena Italy Angelo Forcina Italy Cristiano Bergodi Erreà
Novara Italy Massimo De Salvo Italy Marco Baroni Joma Banca Popolare di Novara
Perugia Italy Massimiliano Santopadre Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli FG sport Piccini
Pescara Italy Daniele Sebastiani Italy Massimo Oddo Erreà Plarma[+]
Pro Vercelli Italy Massimo Secondo Italy Claudio Foscarini Erreà Amteco
Salernitana Italy Marco Mezzaroma Italy Leonardo Menichini Givova caffe motta
Spezia Italy Matteo Volpi Italy Domenico Di Carlo Acerbis Carispezia
Ternana Italy Giuseppe Masoni Italy Roberto Breda Macron
Trapani Italy Vittorio Morace Italy Serse Cosmi Joma Usticalines
Vicenza Italy Tiziano Cunico Italy Franco Lerda Macron Banca Popolare di Vicenza
Virtus Entella Italy Antonio Gozzi Italy Alfredo Aglietti Acerbis
Virtus Lanciano Italy Valentina Maio Italy Primo Maragliulo Legea in Opera

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Brescia Italy Alessandro Calori Sacked 26 May 2015[4] Pre-season Italy Roberto Boscaglia 24 June 2015[5]
Crotone Italy Massimo Drago Mutual consent 28 May 2015[6] Croatia Ivan Jurić 9 June 2015[7]
Cagliari Italy Gianluca Festa End of contract 31 May 2015 Italy Massimo Rastelli 12 June 2015[8]
Perugia Italy Andrea Camplone End of contract 31 May 2015 Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli 5 June 2015[9]
Cesena Italy Domenico Di Carlo Sacked 6 June 2015[10] Italy Massimo Drago 8 June 2015[11]
Modena Italy Simone Pavan Sacked 10 June 2015[12] Argentina Hernán Crespo 30 June 2015[13]
Avellino Italy Massimo Rastelli Signed by Cagliari 12 June 2015 Italy Attilio Tesser 13 June 2015[14]
Ternana Italy Attilio Tesser Signed by Avellino 13 June 2015 Italy Domenico Toscano 24 July 2015[15]
Ternana Italy Domenico Toscano Resigned 23 September 2015[16] 22nd Italy Roberto Breda 28 September 2015[17]
Pro Vercelli Italy Cristiano Scazzola Sacked 11 October 2015[18] 20th Italy Claudio Foscarini 11 October 2015[19]
Como Italy Carlo Sabatini Sacked 31 October 2015[20] 22nd Italy Gianluca Festa 1 November 2015[21]
Latina Italy Mark Iuliano Sacked 2 November 2015 12th Italy Mario Somma 2 November 2015[22]
Ascoli Italy Mario Petrone Mutual consent 2 November 2015[23] 19th Italy Devis Mangia 4 November 2015[24]
Spezia Croatia Nenad Bjelica Sacked 21 November 2015[25] 15th Italy Domenico Di Carlo 23 November 2015[26]
Livorno Italy Christian Panucci Sacked 25 November 2015[27] 7th Italy Bortolo Mutti 25 November 2015[27]
Bari Italy Davide Nicola Sacked 31 December 2015[28] 6th Italy Andrea Camplone 31 December 2015[29]
Livorno Italy Bortolo Mutti Sacked 27 January 2016[30] 18th Italy Christian Panucci 27 January 2016
Virtus Lanciano Italy Roberto D'Aversa Sacked 30 January 2016[31] 21st Italy Primo Maragliulo 1 February 2016[32]
Salernitana Italy Vincenzo Torrente Sacked 2 February 2016[33] 20th Italy Leonardo Menichini 2 February 2016
Latina Italy Mario Somma Sacked 28 February 2016[34] 14th Italy Carmine Gautieri 7 March 2016[35]
Como Italy Gianluca Festa Sacked 13 March 2016[36] 22nd Italy Stefano Cuoghi 13 March 2016
Vicenza Italy Pasquale Marino Sacked 14 March 2016 20th Italy Franco Lerda 15 March 2016[37]
Livorno Italy Christian Panucci Sacked 21 March 2016[38] 19th Italy Franco Colomba 21 March 2016
Avellino Italy Attilio Tesser Sacked 22 March 2016[39] 12th Italy Dario Marcolin 22 March 2016[40]
Modena Argentina Hernán Crespo Sacked 26 March 2016[41] 17th Italy Cristiano Bergodi 28 March 2016[42]
Livorno Italy Franco Colomba Sacked 16 April 2016[43] 21st Italy Ezio Gelain 16 April 2016
Avellino Italy Dario Marcolin Sacked 20 April 2016[44] 13th Italy Attilio Tesser 20 April 2016

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Crotone (P) 39 22 12 5 59 32 +27 78 Promotion to Serie A
2 Cagliari 39 22 8 9 70 40 +30 74
3 Trapani 39 18 12 9 58 47 +11 66 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Bari 39 18 11 10 54 41 +13 65
5 Pescara 39 19 8 12 59 49 +10 65
6 Spezia 39 16 14 9 45 40 +5 62
7 Cesena[lower-alpha 1] 39 17 10 12 53 35 +18 61
8 Virtus Entella 39 16 13 10 46 37 +9 61
9 Novara[lower-alpha 2] 39 17 10 12 51 34 +17 59
10 Brescia 39 14 12 13 50 56 6 54
11 Perugia 39 14 11 14 38 37 +1 53
12 Avellino 39 13 9 17 50 59 9 48
13 Ternana 39 14 6 19 45 52 7 48
14 Ascoli 39 13 7 19 44 59 15 46
15 Vicenza 39 10 15 14 38 50 12 45
16 Pro Vercelli 39 10 12 17 39 49 10 42
17 Latina 39 9 14 16 40 48 8 41
18 Modena 39 11 8 20 35 46 11 41 Qualification to relegation play-offs
19 Salernitana 39 8 17 14 47 59 12 41
20 Virtus Lanciano[lower-alpha 3] 39 12 10 17 40 49 9 39 Relegation to Lega Pro
21 Livorno 39 9 10 20 39 53 14 37
22 Como 39 4 17 18 34 62 28 29
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: Lega Serie B
Notes:
  1. Cesena at the beginning was deducted one point for financial irregularities, then the deduction was removed.[45]
  2. Novara was deducted two points for administrative irregularities.[46]
  3. Virtus Lanciano was deducted seven points for financial irregularities.[47]

Results

Home ╲ Away ASC AVE BARBRECAGCESCOMCROLATLIVMODNOVPERPESPVESALSPETERTRAVICVETVLN
Ascoli 34 01 00 21 13 10 01 00 21 13 10 31 01 22 30 10 00 12 10 10
Avellino 30 11 33 12 00 31 21 20 00 12 13 10 10 01 02 13 14 20 32
Bari 30 21 12 00 30 23 00 10 11 11 10 00 62 21 43 40 21 00 10
Brescia 22 10 40 21 21 30 10 13 22 00 22 20 20 22 11 00 30 01 20 21
Cagliari 30 21 21 60 31 11 40 32 22 21 01 02 21 30 12 10 41 20 10 11
Cesena 30 12 02 20 21 31 21 30 10 20 21 10 21 12 51 40 00 11 20 20
Como 04 01 11 13 11 13 01 11 12 11 11 10 02 11 21 12 00 11 11 11
Crotone 20 31 41 11 31 20 20 30 10 21 12 42 11 40 00 30 00 20 10
Latina 10 30 12 22 13 10 11 22 31 01 10 21 01 10 22 00 12 11 01 22
Livorno 13 11 12 31 11 11 11 00 10 20 01 40 01 00 12 10 20 22 00
Modena 21 11 21 10 12 00 12 11 02 10 30 30 10 20 11 10 14 01 01 10
Novara 41 12 40 10 00 02 01 11 21 22 10 11 11 10 12 41 40 10 41
Perugia 02 20 00 40 00 00 20 00 20 41 10 14 04 00 11 10 02 01 00 20
Pescara 22 32 31 21 10 10 21 41 21 10 12 21 10 11 22 12 12 11 20
Pro Vercelli 11 11 01 21 20 20 02 11 10 01 01 01 52 11 01 12 21 23 21
Salernitana 20 31 34 30 02 11 11 32 31 10 11 22 12 02 21 01 00 22 13
Spezia 11 00 03 11 11 01 21 30 20 10 10 01 11 31 10 12 10 00 20
Ternana 13 03 30 11 40 12 00 23 21 20 01 10 22 40 12 10 20 12 11
Trapani 43 21 10 30 22 21 12 21 00 00 03 11 51 30 12 42 11
Vicenza 30 00 00 12 02 11 33 00 11 20 21 02 22 11 00 03 21 12 02
Virtus Entella 40 20 00 13 21 22 12 10 00 10 10 21 00 10 10 22 22 40 41 11
Virtus Lanciano 20 12 10 10 13 20 10 11 21 21 21 21 01 12 10 22 00 03 00 12

Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: Lega Serie B
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Attendance data

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Bari 64,427 22,460 20,177 21,476 0.11436280614363+11.4%
2 Salernitana 43,944 22,000 9,874 14,648 0.36782145858624+36.7%2
3 Cagliari 39,508 14,600 11,000 13,169 0.24812813951284+24.8%1
4 Cesena 24,624 12,217 12,137 12,312 -0.7598123920019724.0%1
5 Perugia 28,470 9,954 9,477 9,490 -0.875703608009612.4%
6 Pescara 16,544 8,355 8,189 8,272 0.18070225520982+18.0%
7 Vicenza 22,364 7,747 7,042 7,455 -0.947508896797155.2%
8 Spezia 14,410 7,362 7,048 7,205 0.14383235434196+14.3%
9 Livorno 21,056 8,443 5,858 7,019 0.10797158642463+10.7%
10 Avellino 13,500 7,000 6,500 6,750 -0.950035186488394.9%
11 Ascoli 18,884 7,072 5,462 6,295 0.22351797862002+22.3%2
12 Brescia 12,055 7,000 5,055 6,028 0.013790783720148+1.3%
13 Ternana 9,400 4,988 4,412 4,700 -0.95840130505714.1%
14 Modena 13,572 5,312 4,098 4,524 -0.8284197033510317.1%
15 Trapani 13,010 4,755 4,030 4,337 -0.8608574831282313.9%
15 Crotone 9,313 5,261 4,052 4,657 0.028716589352772+2.8%
17 Novara 8,333 4,335 3,998 4,167 0.025849335302806+2.5%2
18 Latina 6,661 3,544 3,117 3,331 -0.874278215223112.5%
19 Virtus Lanciano 6,275 3,610 2,665 3,138 0.037698412698413+3.7%
20 Pro Vercelli 7,911 2,765 2,573 2,637 -0.8825301204819311.7%
21 Virtus Entella 4,386 2,533 1,853 2,193 0.0096685082872927+0.9%
22 Como 3,832 2,016 1,816 1,916 0.33798882681564+33.7%2
League total 402,479 22,000 1,853 7,453+13.3%

Updated to games played on 28 September 2015
Source: Official club websites and Lega Serie B

Notes:
1: Team played last season in Serie A.
2: Team played last season in Lega Pro.

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