2015–16 Serie B: Difference between revisions

Serie B
Season	2015–16
Matches played	209
Goals scored	501 (2.4 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

Location of teams in 2015–16 Serie B

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	Francesco Bellini	Devis Mangia	Max Sport	Fainplast
Avellino	Walter Taccone	Attilio Tesser	Givova	Gruppo Taccane
Bari	Gianluca Paparesta	Andrea Camplone	Nike	Puglia
Brescia	Luigi Ragazzoni	Roberto Boscaglia	Acerbis	Banco di Brescia
Cagliari	Tommaso Giulini	Massimo Rastelli	Kappa	EP
Cesena	Giorgio Lugaresi	Massimo Drago	Lotto
Como	Pietro Porro, Gianluca Zambrotta	Stefano Cuoghi	Legea	Fox Town
Crotone	Raffaele Vrenna	Ivan Jurić	Zeus	Metal Carpenteria
Latina	Pasquale Maietta	Carmine Gautieri	Givova	Sarchioto
Livorno	Aldo Spinelli	Ezio gelain	Legea
Modena	Angelo Forcina	Cristiano Bergodi'	Erreà
Novara	Massimo De Salvo	Marco Baroni	Joma	Banca Popolare di Novara
Perugia	Massimiliano Santopadre	Pierpaolo Bisoli	FG sport	Piccini
Pescara	Daniele Sebastiani	Massimo Oddo	Erreà	Plarma[+]
Pro Vercelli	Massimo Secondo	Claudio Foscarini	Erreà	Amteco
Salernitana	Marco Mezzaroma	Leonardo Menichini	Givova	caffe motta
Spezia	Matteo Volpi	Domenico Di Carlo	Acerbis	Carispezia
Ternana	Giuseppe Masoni	Roberto Breda	Macron
Trapani	Vittorio Morace	Serse Cosmi	Joma	Usticalines
Vicenza	Tiziano Cunico	Franco Lerda	Macron	Banca Popolare di Vicenza
Virtus Entella	Antonio Gozzi	Alfredo Aglietti	Acerbis
Virtus Lanciano	Valentina Maio	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	Alessandro Calori	Sacked	26 May 2015^[4]	Pre-season	Roberto Boscaglia	24 June 2015^[5]
Crotone	Massimo Drago	Mutual consent	28 May 2015^[6]		Ivan Jurić	9 June 2015^[7]
Cagliari	Gianluca Festa	End of contract	31 May 2015		Massimo Rastelli	12 June 2015^[8]
Perugia	Andrea Camplone	End of contract	31 May 2015		Pierpaolo Bisoli	5 June 2015^[9]
Cesena	Domenico Di Carlo	Sacked	6 June 2015^[10]		Massimo Drago	8 June 2015^[11]
Modena	Simone Pavan	Sacked	10 June 2015^[12]		Hernán Crespo	30 June 2015^[13]
Avellino	Massimo Rastelli	Signed by Cagliari	12 June 2015		Attilio Tesser	13 June 2015^[14]
Ternana	Attilio Tesser	Signed by Avellino	13 June 2015		Domenico Toscano	24 July 2015^[15]
Ternana	Domenico Toscano	Resigned	23 September 2015^[16]	22nd	Roberto Breda	28 September 2015^[17]
Pro Vercelli	Cristiano Scazzola	Sacked	11 October 2015^[18]	20th	Claudio Foscarini	11 October 2015^[19]
Como	Carlo Sabatini	Sacked	31 October 2015^[20]	22nd	Gianluca Festa	1 November 2015^[21]
Latina	Mark Iuliano	Sacked	2 November 2015	12th	Mario Somma	2 November 2015^[22]
Ascoli	Mario Petrone	Mutual consent	2 November 2015^[23]	19th	Devis Mangia	4 November 2015^[24]
Spezia	Nenad Bjelica	Sacked	21 November 2015^[25]	15th	Domenico Di Carlo	23 November 2015^[26]
Livorno	Christian Panucci	Sacked	25 November 2015^[27]	7th	Bortolo Mutti	25 November 2015^[27]
Bari	Davide Nicola	Sacked	31 December 2015^[28]	6th	Andrea Camplone	31 December 2015^[29]
Livorno	Bortolo Mutti	Sacked	27 January 2016^[30]	18th	Christian Panucci	27 January 2016
Virtus Lanciano	Roberto D'Aversa	Sacked	30 January 2016^[31]	21st	Primo Maragliulo	1 February 2016^[32]
Salernitana	Vincenzo Torrente	Sacked	2 February 2016^[33]	20th	Leonardo Menichini	2 February 2016
Modena	Hernán Crespo	Sacked	26 March 2016^[34]	18th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Crotone	38	22	11	5	58	31	+27	77	Promotion to Serie A
2	Cagliari	38	22	7	9	68	38	+30	73	Promotion to Serie A
3	Trapani	38	18	11	9	58	47	+11	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Bari	38	18	10	10	54	41	+13	64
5	Pescara	38	19	7	12	59	49	+10	64
6	Spezia	38	16	13	9	45	40	+5	61
7	Virtus Entella	38	16	12	10	46	37	+9	60
8	Cesena^[a]	38	16	10	12	51	34	+17	58
9	Novara^[b]	38	17	9	12	51	34	+17	58
10	Brescia	38	14	12	12	50	55	−5	54
11	Perugia	38	14	10	14	38	37	+1	52
12	Ternana	38	13	6	19	43	51	−8	45
13	Avellino	38	12	9	17	48	58	−10	45
14	Ascoli	38	13	6	19	42	57	−15	45
15	Pro Vercelli	38	10	12	16	38	47	−9	42
16	Vicenza	38	9	15	14	37	50	−13	42
17	Latina	38	9	13	16	40	48	−8	40
18	Modena	38	11	7	20	34	45	−11	40	Qualification to relegation play-offs
19	Salernitana	38	8	16	14	45	57	−12	40	Qualification to relegation play-offs
20	Virtus Lanciano^[c]	38	12	10	16	39	47	−8	39	Relegation to Lega Pro
21	Livorno	38	9	9	20	37	51	−14	36
22	Como	38	4	17	17	33	60	−27	29

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: Lega Serie B
Notes:

^ Cesena at the beginning was deducted one point for financial irregularities, then the deduction was removed.^[35]
^ Novara was deducted two points for administrative irregularities.^[36]
^ Virtus Lanciano was deducted seven points for financial irregularities.^[37]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Bari	64,427	22,460	20,177	21,476	+11.4%^†
2	Salernitana	43,944	22,000	9,874	14,648	+36.8%²
3	Cagliari	39,508	14,600	11,000	13,169	+24.8%¹
4	Cesena	24,624	12,217	12,137	12,312	−24.0%¹
5	Perugia	28,470	9,954	9,477	9,490	−12.4%^†
6	Pescara	16,544	8,355	8,189	8,272	+18.1%^†
7	Vicenza	22,364	7,747	7,042	7,455	−5.2%^†
8	Spezia	14,410	7,362	7,048	7,205	+14.4%^†
9	Livorno	21,056	8,443	5,858	7,019	+10.8%^†
10	Avellino	13,500	7,000	6,500	6,750	−5.0%^†
11	Ascoli	18,884	7,072	5,462	6,295	+22.4%²
12	Brescia	12,055	7,000	5,055	6,028	+1.4%^†
13	Ternana	9,400	4,988	4,412	4,700	−4.2%^†
14	Modena	13,572	5,312	4,098	4,524	−17.2%^†
15	Trapani	13,010	4,755	4,030	4,337	−13.9%^†
15	Crotone	9,313	5,261	4,052	4,657	+2.9%^†
17	Novara	8,333	4,335	3,998	4,167	+2.6%²
18	Latina	6,661	3,544	3,117	3,331	−12.6%^†
19	Virtus Lanciano	6,275	3,610	2,665	3,138	+3.8%^†
20	Pro Vercelli	7,911	2,765	2,573	2,637	−11.7%^†
21	Virtus Entella	4,386	2,533	1,853	2,193	+1.0%^†
22	Como	3,832	2,016	1,816	1,916	+33.8%²
	League total	402,479	22,000	1,853	7,453	+13.4%^†