2013–14 Serie B

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Serie B
Season 2013–14
Champions Palermo
Promoted Palermo
Empoli
Cesena (by Play-off)
Relegated Siena
Novara
Padova
Reggina
Juve Stabia
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1099 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer 25 goals
Matteo Mancosu
Biggest home win Ternana 5–0 Novara
Biggest away win Padova 0-4 Cittadella
Highest scoring Siena 5-2 Crotone
Varese 4-3 Reggina
Trapani 3-4 Bari
Longest winning run 6 games
Palermo
Longest unbeaten run 20 games
Palermo
Longest winless run 18 games
Juve Stabia
Longest losing run 7 games
Varese
Highest attendance 48,744
Bari 4-1 Novara
(30 May 2014)
Lowest attendance 936
Bari 1-0 Modena
(14 September 2013)

The 2013–14 Serie B (known as the Serie B Eurobet[1] for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 15 of which were returning from the 2012–13 season, 4 of which were promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and three relegated from Serie A.

The league features three clubs relegated from Serie A: Pescara returned after a one-year stint, Siena after two seasons, and Palermo after nine seasons.

Four teams were promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, with only two certain as of May 2013: Avellino, after four seasons, and Trapani, which will make their debut in the league. On 16 June, the winners of the Lega Pro Prima Divisione play-off finals were determined as two newcomers: Carpi and Latina.

Changes from last season

Playoff format

A new playoff format[2] changes the number of playoff participants from four (third through sixth place) to a variable-size playoff including up to six teams (third through eighth place). Qualifying teams must finish the season within a "playoff margin" of 14 points from the third place team. Similar to previous seasons, if the third-place team finishes 10 or more points above the fourth place team, no playoffs will be held.

The following formats will be used for playoffs consisting of two to six teams:

  • Two teams, single round: 3 plays 4.
  • Three teams, two rounds: 4 plays 5 in semifinal; semifinal winner plays 3.
  • Four teams, two rounds: 3 plays 6 and 4 plays 5 in semifinals; semifinal winners play each other.
  • Five teams, three rounds: 6 plays 7 in opening round; 3 plays 6/7 and 4 plays 5 in semifinals; semifinal winners play each other.
  • Six teams, three rounds: 5 plays 8 and 6 plays 7 in opening round; 3 plays 6/7 and 4 plays 5/8 in semifinals; semifinal winners play each other.

Semifinals and finals are two-legged ties, while opening round matches are single legs hosted by the higher-ranked team.

Team changes

From Serie B

Promoted to Serie A
Relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione

To Serie B

Relegated from Serie A
Promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Girone A)
Promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Girone B)

Teams

Number of teams by region

Region Number of teams Teams
Emilia-Romagna 3 Carpi, Cesena and Modena
Abruzzo 2 Pescara and Virtus Lanciano
Calabria 2 Crotone and Reggina
Campania 2 Avellino and Juve Stabia
Lombardy 2 Brescia and Varese
Sicily 2 Palermo and Trapani
Tuscany 2 Empoli and Siena
Veneto 2 Cittadella and Padova
Apulia 1 Bari
Lazio 1 Latina
Liguria 1 Spezia
Piedmont 1 Novara
Umbria 1 Ternana

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in Serie B 2013–14
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2012–13 season
Avellino Avellino Partenio 26,000 Prima Divisione/B Champions
Bari Bari San Nicola 58,270 10th in Serie B
Brescia Brescia Mario Rigamonti 23,486 6th in Serie B
Carpi Carpi Sandro Cabassi 4,144 Prima Divisione/A play-off winners
Cesena Cesena Dino Manuzzi 23,860 14th in Serie B
Cittadella Cittadella Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,623 15th in Serie B
Crotone Crotone Ezio Scida 9,631 12th in Serie B
Empoli Empoli Carlo Castellani 19,795 4th in Serie B
Juve Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Romeo Menti 7,642 16th in Serie B
Latina Latina Domenico Francioni 6,850 Prima Divisione/B play-off winners
Modena Modena Alberto Braglia 21,151 8th in Serie B
Novara Novara Silvio Piola 17,875 5th in Serie B
Padova Padova Euganeo 18,060 11th in Serie B
Palermo Palermo Renzo Barbera 36,349 18th in Serie A
Pescara Pescara Adriatico 24,400 20th in Serie A
Reggina Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo 27,454 17th in Serie B
Siena Siena Artemio Franchi 15,373 19th in Serie A
Spezia La Spezia Alberto Picco 10,000 13th in Serie B
Ternana Terni Libero Liberati 22,000 9th in Serie B
Trapani Trapani
(playing in Erice)		 Provinciale 7,000 Prima Divisione/A Champions
Varese Varese Franco Ossola 8,213 7th in Serie B
Virtus Lanciano Lanciano Guido Biondi 4,678 18th in Serie B

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Bari Vincenzo Torrente Mutual consent 30 June 2013 Before the start
of the season		 Carmine Gautieri 15 July 2013[3]
Brescia Alessandro Calori Mutual consent 30 June 2013 Marco Giampaolo 2 July 2013[4]
Carpi Fabio Brini End of contract 30 June 2013 Stefano Vecchi 17 July 2013[5]
Latina Stefano Sanderra End of contract 30 June 2013 Gaetano Auteri 1 July 2013[6]
Padova Fulvio Pea Mutual consent 30 June 2013 Dario Marcolin 3 July 2013[7]
Palermo Giuseppe Sannino Mutual consent 30 June 2013 Gennaro Gattuso 1 July 2013[8]
Pescara Cristian Bucchi End of caretaker spell 30 June 2013 Pasquale Marino 1 July 2013[9]
Reggina Giuseppe Pillon End of contract 30 June 2013 Gianluca Atzori 1 July 2013[10]
Siena Giuseppe Iachini End of contract 30 June 2013 Mario Beretta 16 July 2013[11]
Spezia Luigi Cagni End of contract 30 June 2013 Giovanni Stroppa 1 July 2013[12]
Varese Andrea Agostinelli End of contract 30 June 2013 Stefano Sottili 1 July 2013[13]
Virtus Lanciano Carmine Gautieri Mutual consent 30 June 2013 Marco Baroni 1 July 2013[14]
Bari Carmine Gautieri Resigned 3 August 2013[15] Roberto Alberti 5 August 2013[16]
Latina Gaetano Auteri Sacked 10 September 2013[17] 22nd Roberto Breda 12 September 2013[18]
Palermo Gennaro Gattuso Sacked 25 September 2013[19] 9th Giuseppe Iachini 25 September 2013[19]
Brescia Marco Giampaolo Mutual consent 25 September 2013[20] 10th Luigi Maifredi 25 September 2013[20]
Padova Dario Marcolin Sacked 28 September 2013[21] 20th Bortolo Mutti 28 September 2013[21]
Brescia Luigi Maifredi End of caretaker spell 30 September 2013[22] 15th Cristiano Bergodi 30 September 2013[22]
Reggina Gianluca Atzori Sacked 21 October 2013[23] 20th Fabrizio Castori 21 October 2013[23]
Novara Alfredo Aglietti Sacked 18 November 2013[24] 18th Alessandro Calori 18 November 2013[24]
Juve Stabia Piero Braglia Sacked 23 November 2013[25] 22nd Fulvio Pea 25 November 2013[26]
Varese Stefano Sottili Sacked 26 November 2013[27] 10th Carmine Gautieri 26 November 2013[27]
Reggina Fabrizio Castori Sacked 3 December 2013[28] 20th Gianluca Atzori 3 December 2013[28]
Spezia Giovanni Stroppa Sacked 15 December 2013[29] 9th Devis Mangia 16 December 2013[29]
Ternana Domenico Toscano Sacked 31 December 2013[30] 18th Attilio Tesser 31 December 2013[30]
Reggina Gianluca Atzori Sacked 7 January 2014[31] 21st Franco Gagliardi 7 January 2014[32]
Padova Bortolo Mutti Sacked 2 February 2014[33] 20th Michele Serena 2 February 2014[33]
Novara Alessandro Calori Sacked 16 February 2014[34] 18th Alfredo Aglietti 16 February 2014[34]
Juve Stabia Fulvio Pea Sacked 22 February 2014[35] 22nd Piero Braglia 22 February 2014[35]
Pescara Pasquale Marino Sacked 22 February 2014[36] 13th Serse Cosmi 24 February 2014[37]
Brescia Cristiano Bergodi Sacked 3 March 2014[38] 13th Ivo Iaconi 4 March 2014[39]
Varese Carmine Gautieri Sacked 15 March 2014[40] 15th Stefano Sottili 15 March 2014[40]
Carpi Stefano Vecchi Sacked 17 March 2014[41] 12th Giuseppe Pillon 17 March 2014[41]

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 Palermo (C) (P) 42 25 11 6 62 28 +34 86 Promotion to 2014–15 Serie A
2 Empoli (P) 42 20 12 10 59 35 +24 72
3 Latina 42 18 14 10 44 36 +8 68 Qualification to promotion playoffs
4 Cesena (O) (P) 42 17 15 10 45 35 +10 66
5 Modena 42 16 16 10 65 43 +22 64
6 Crotone 42 17 12 13 56 52 +4 63 BAR 1-2 CRO
CRO 0-0 BAR
7 Bari 42 19 10 13 52 43 +9 633
8 Spezia 42 16 14 12 46 48 −2 62
9 Siena (R) 42 18 15 9 57 41 +16 612 Relegation to Serie D 2
10 Virtus Lanciano 42 15 15 12 44 45 −1 60
11 Avellino 42 15 14 13 48 45 +3 59 AVE: 7 pts
CAR: 5 pts
BRE: 4 pts
12 Carpi 42 16 11 15 50 49 +1 59
13 Brescia 42 15 14 13 56 53 +3 59
14 Trapani 42 14 15 13 58 54 +4 57
15 Pescara 42 13 13 16 50 53 −3 52
16 Ternana 42 12 15 15 54 56 −2 51
17 Cittadella 42 11 14 17 42 49 −7 47 VAR 2-1 CIT
CIT 5-1 VAR
18 Varese (O) 42 12 11 19 51 63 −12 47 Qualification to relegation playoff
19 Novara (R) 42 10 14 18 40 58 −18 44
20 Padova (R) 42 10 11 21 45 63 −18 41 Folded after bankruptcy4
21 Reggina (R) 42 6 11 25 38 70 −32 261 Relegation to Divisione Unica
22 Juve Stabia (R) 42 2 13 27 37 80 −43 19

Updated to games played on 30 May 2014.
Source: Lega Serie B
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
1.^ Reggina was docked 3 points for financial irregularities.
2.^ Siena was docked 8 points for financial irregularities; subsequently not admitted for next season.
3.^ Bari was docked 3 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal and 1 point for financial irregularities.
4.^ Padova went bankrupt and folded after non-admission by Lega Pro.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Playoffs

Promotion playoffs

Starting from this season, six teams played in the promotion playoffs instead of four. A preliminary one-legged round, played at the home venue of the best placed one, involved the teams from 5th to 8th place. The two winning teams then play against 3rd of 4th-placed teams in a two-legged semifinal. 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 except for there being extra time played if scores are tied after both games, the higher placed team will be promoted if scores are still level at the end of this period.

  Preliminary round     Semifinals     Two-legged final
                                   
        7  Bari 2 2 4  
  6  Crotone 0     3  Latina 2 2 4    
  7  Bari 3         3  Latina 1 1 2
      4  Cesena 2 2 4
        5  Modena 0 1 1    
  5  Modena 1     4  Cesena 1 1 2  
  8  Spezia 0  

Relegation playoff

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Novara (19) 2–4 (18) Varese 0–2 2–2

Results

Home ╲ Away AVE BAR BRE CRP CES CIT CRO EMP JST LAT MOD NOV PAD PAL PES REG SIE SPE TER TRA VAR VLN
Avellino 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–3
Bari 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
Brescia 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 4–1 1–2 1–3 4–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–3 4–2 2–2
Carpi 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–2
Cesena 2–0 2–1 0–3 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1
Cittadella 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 5–1 1–2
Crotone 3–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–2
Empoli 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0
Juve Stabia 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–3 2–3 2–4 0–1
Latina 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 3–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 0–0
Modena 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 4–2 4–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 3–1 4–1 1–0
Novara 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–3
Padova 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–4 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 5–1
Palermo 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1
Pescara 1–1 0–1 3–3 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–2
Reggina 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–4 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–4 1–0
Siena 3–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 5–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 2–3 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Spezia 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–4 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–0
Ternana 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 5–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1
Trapani 1–1 3–4 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0
Varese 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–1
Virtus Lanciano 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0

Updated to games played on 30 May 2014.
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.

Top goalscorers

As of 18 June 2014.[42]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Matteo Mancosu Trapani 26
2 Italy Francesco Tavano Empoli 23
3 Italy Leonardo Pavoletti1 Varese 22
4 Senegal Khouma Babacar Modena 20
5 Italy Andrea Caracciolo Brescia 19
Italy Mirco Antenucci Ternana
7 Brazil Jonathas2 Latina 15
Bulgaria Andrey Galabinov Avellino
9 Italy Massimo Maccarone Empoli 14
Uruguay Abel Hernández Palermo
  1. - includes 2 goals in the play-offs.
  2. - includes 1 goal in the play-offs.

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