2014–15 Serie B

Serie B
Season 2014–15
Promoted Carpi

The 2014–15 Serie B (known as the Serie B Eurobet for sponsorship reasons) is the 83rd season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contest the league: 16 of which returning from the 2013–14 season, 4 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 will feature 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]

The series have 42 weeks of play. The opening games of the season began on 30 August 2014, and the final matches will take place on 22 May 2015.[3]

Teams

Relegated from 2013-14 Serie A:

From 2013-14 Serie B:

Promoted from 2013–14 Prima Divisione:

Further:

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2013–14 season
Avellino Avellino Partenio 26,000 11th in Serie B
Bari Bari San Nicola 58,270 7th in Serie B
Bologna Bologna Renato Dall'Ara 38,279 19th in Serie A
Brescia Brescia Mario Rigamonti 16,308 13th in Serie B
Carpi Carpi Sandro Cabassi 4,144 12th in Serie B
Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 20,266 18th in Serie A
Cittadella Cittadella Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,623 17th in Serie B
Crotone Crotone Ezio Scida 9,631 6th in Serie B
Frosinone Frosinone Matusa 9,680 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B Playoff Winners
Latina Latina Domenico Francioni 6,850 3rd in Serie B
Livorno Livorno Armando Picchi 19,238 20th in Serie A
Modena Modena Alberto Braglia 21,151 5th in Serie B
Perugia Perugia Renato Curi 28,000 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B Champions
Pescara Pescara Adriatico 20,476 15th in Serie B
Pro Vercelli Vercelli Silvio Piola 8,000 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A Playoff Winners
Spezia La Spezia Alberto Picco 10,000 8th in Serie B
Ternana Terni Libero Liberati 22,000 16th in Serie B
Trapani Trapani
(playing in Erice)		 Provinciale 7,000 14th in Serie B
Varese Varese Franco Ossola 8,213 18th in Serie B
Vicenza Vicenza Romeo Menti 17,163 5th in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A
Virtus Entella Chiavari Comunale 4,154 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A Champions
Virtus Lanciano Lanciano Guido Biondi 4,678 10th in Serie B

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Avellino Italy Walter Taccone Italy Massimo Rastelli Givova Metaedil.com
HS Company
Bari Italy Gianluca Paparesta Italy Davide Nicola Erreà SuisseGas
Bologna United States Joe Tacopina Uruguay Diego López Macron NGM Mobile
+Energia
Brescia Italy Luigi Ragazzoni Italy Alessandro Calori Joma UBI Banco di Brescia
Carpi Italy Stefano Bonacini Italy Fabrizio Castori Sportika Blumarine
Catania Italy Antonino Pulvirenti Italy Dario Marcolin Givova Fortè Hard Discount
TTT Lines
Cittadella Italy Andrea Gabrielli Italy Claudio Foscarini Garman Gabrielli
Crotone Italy Raffaele Vrenna Italy Massimo Drago Zeus V&V Group
Frosinone Italy Maurizio Stirpe Italy Roberto Stellone Legea Banca Popolare del Frusinate
Latina Italy Pasquale Maietta Italy Mark Iuliano Givova Gruppo Bricofer
Livorno Italy Aldo Spinelli Italy Christian Panucci Legea F.O.P. Italia
Modena Italy Angelo Forcina Italy Mauro Melotti
Italy Simone Pavan		 Erreà CoopGas
CPL Concordia
Perugia Italy Massimiliano Santopadre Italy Andrea Camplone FOG Piccini
Pescara Italy Daniele Sebastiani Italy Marco Baroni Erreà Oma Group
Pro Vercelli Italy Massimo Secondo Italy Cristiano Scazzola Erreà Punto Service
Riso di Pasta
Spezia Italy Matteo Volpi Croatia Nenad Bjelica Lotto Carispezia
Ternana Italy Edoardo Longarini Italy Attilio Tesser Macron
Trapani Italy Vittorio Morace Italy Serse Cosmi Macron Ustica Lines
Varese Italy Nicola Laurenza Italy Stefano Bettinelli Zeus Oro in Euro
Vicenza Italy Tiziano Cunico Italy Pasquale Marino Macron Banca Popolare di Vicenza
Virtus Entella Italy Antonio Gozzi Italy Luca Prina Acerbis Banco di Chiavari
Virtus Lanciano Italy Valentina Maio Italy Roberto D'Aversa Legea Grupo Maio

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Bologna Italy Davide Ballardini End of contract 30 June 2014 Pre-season Uruguay Diego López[4] 1 July 2014
Carpi Italy Giuseppe Pillon End of contract 30 June 2014 Italy Fabrizio Castori[5] 1 July 2014
Virtus Lanciano Italy Marco Baroni Mutual consent 30 June 2014 Italy Roberto D'Aversa[6] 20 July 2014
Bari Italy Roberto Alberti End of contract 30 June 2014 Italy Devis Mangia[7] 8 July 2014
Pescara Italy Serse Cosmi End of contract 30 June 2014 Italy Marco Baroni[8] 1 July 2014
Latina Italy Roberto Breda[9] End of contract 30 June 2014 Italy Mario Beretta[10] 1 July 2014
Livorno Italy Davide Nicola Mutual consent 30 June 2014 Italy Carmine Gautieri[11] 4 July 2014
Spezia Italy Devis Mangia[12] Sacked 30 June 2014 Croatia Nenad Bjelica[13] 1 July 2014
Catania Italy Maurizio Pellegrino[14] Sacked 14 September 2014 20th Italy Giuseppe Sannino[14] 14 September 2014
Latina Italy Mario Beretta[15] Mutual consent 6 October 2014 14th Italy Roberto Breda[16] 6 October 2014
Vicenza Italy Giovanni Lopez[17] Sacked 29 October 2014 20th Italy Pasquale Marino[18] 30 October 2014
Bari Italy Devis Mangia[19] Sacked 16 November 2014 14th Italy Davide Nicola[20] 17 November 2014
Brescia Italy Ivo Iaconi[21] Sacked 15 December 2014 18th Croatia Ivan Javorčić (caretaker)[21] 15 December 2014
Catania Italy Giuseppe Sannino[22] Resigned 19 December 2014 17th Italy Maurizio Pellegrino[22] 19 December 2014
Italy Maurizio Pellegrino[23] Sacked 3 January 2015 19th Italy Dario Marcolin[23] 3 January 2015
Livorno Italy Carmine Gautieri[24] Mutual consent 4 January 2015 6th Italy Ezio Gelain[24] 4 January 2015
Latina Italy Roberto Breda[25] Sacked 5 January 2015 21th Italy Mark Iuliano[25] 5 January 2015
Brescia Croatia Ivan Javorčić[26] End of caretaker spell 21 January 2015 15th Italy Salvatore Giunta[26] 21 January 2015
Italy Salvatore Giunta[27] Sacked 18 February 2015 17th Italy Alessandro Calori[27] 18 February 2015
Modena Italy Walter Novellino[28] Mutual consent 28 February 2015 18th Italy Mauro Melotti and Italy Simone Pavan[29] 1 March 2015
Varese Italy Stefano Bettinelli[30] Sacked 28 February 2015 21th Italy Davide Dionigi[31] 1 March 2015
Varese Italy Davide Dionigi[32] Sacked 9 March 2015 22nd Italy Stefano Bettinelli[32] 9 March 2015
Trapani Italy Roberto Boscaglia[33] Sacked 10 March 2015 18th Italy Serse Cosmi[34] 11 March 2015
Livorno Italy Ezio Gelain[35] Sacked 18 March 2015 6th Italy Christian Panucci[35] 18 March 2015

Ownership changes

Team Previous owner New owner Date
Bologna Italy Albano Guaraldi[36][37] United States Joe Tacopina and Canada Joey Saputo[36][37] 15 October 2014
Brescia Italy Gino Corioni[38] Italy Profida Italia[38] 26 February 2015

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Carpi (P) 38 21 12 5 57 25 +32 75 Promotion to Serie A
2 Frosinone 38 18 10 10 55 44 +11 64
3 Bologna 38 16 15 7 45 31 +14 63 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Vicenza 38 17 11 10 41 35 +6 62
5 Pescara 38 15 12 11 61 48 +13 57
6 Spezia 38 15 12 11 52 39 +13 57
7 Perugia 38 13 17 8 42 38 +4 56
8 Livorno 38 14 12 12 53 44 +9 54
9 Avellino 38 14 12 12 35 35 0 54
10 Virtus Lanciano 38 10 18 10 48 44 +4 48
11 Bari 38 12 12 14 39 44 −5 48
12 Catania 38 12 11 15 54 52 +2 47
13 Modena 38 10 16 12 34 31 +3 46
14 Trapani 38 11 13 14 50 64 −14 46
15 Crotone 38 11 11 16 38 46 −8 44
16 Ternana 38 11 11 16 31 44 −13 44
17 Latina 38 9 16 13 33 37 −4 43
18 Pro Vercelli 38 10 12 16 40 52 −12 42 Qualification to relegation play-offs
19 Virtus Entella 38 9 15 14 34 50 −16 42
20 Cittadella 38 8 16 14 43 50 −7 40 Relegation to Lega Pro
21 Brescia[lower-alpha 1] 38 10 12 16 44 52 −8 36
22 Varese[lower-alpha 2] 38 8 12 18 37 61 −24 32
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2015. Source: Lega Serie B
Notes:
  1. ↑ Brescia was docked 6 points
  2. ↑ Varese was docked 4 points for financial irregularities.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated including all games played up until April 7, 2015

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Emanuele Calaiò Catania 17
Italy Ettore Marchi Pro Vercelli
3 Italy Andrea Cocco Vicenza 16
Uruguay Pablo Granoche Modena
Italy Riccardo Maniero Pescara / Catania
6 Italy Luigi Castaldo Avellino 15
7 Italy Andrea Catellani Spezia 13
Nigeria Jerry Mbakogu Carpi
9 Italy Camillo Ciano Crotone 12
Italy Daniele Vantaggiato Livorno
Italy Diego Falcinelli Perugia
Italy Federico Melchiorri Pescara

Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings

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