2010–11 Serie B

Serie B
Season 2010–11
Champions Atalanta
Promoted Atalanta
Siena
Novara (by Play-off)
Relegated Piacenza
Triestina
Portogruaro
Frosinone
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1077 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer Federico Piovaccari (23)
Biggest home win Siena 5–0 Varese
Biggest away win Livorno 0–4 Sassuolo
Highest scoring Sassuolo 5–3 Frosinone

The 2010–11 Serie B (known as the Serie bwin for sponsorship reasons) is the seventy-ninth season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contest the league, 15 of which returned from the 2009–10 season, 4 of which have been promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and three relegated from Serie A.

Events

On April 25, 2010 Livorno became the first team to be mathematically relegated to the league from Serie A;[1] on the same day, Novara put an end to a 33-year absence from the division by becoming Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A champions in advance of two weeks.[2]

On May 2, 2010 Siena became the second team to get relegated from Serie A, putting an end to a seven-year consecutive stay in the Italian top flight.[3]

On May 9, 2010 Atalanta were mathematically relegated into the Serie B;[4] on the same day, Portogruaro won the Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B title, thus ensuring themselves participation in the Italian second tier in a historical first team for the small Venetian club.[5]

On June 13, 2010 Varese and Pescara became the other two teams promoted from the third tier as playoff winners.[6]

On June 22, 2010 it was announced that newly promoted Portogruaro would play the first games of the new season at the Stadio Friuli in Udine, in order to allow renovation plans for the club's home stadium in Portogruaro, which is considered too small for Serie B standards; according to the club's general manager Paolo Mio, Portogruaro is expected to play at least the first four or five home games in Udine.[7]

On the deadline of July 7, Ascoli and Ancona ultimately failed not fulfill the financial requirement and were expelled from the league, while Portogruaro was expelled because it didn't fulfill bureaucratic requirements.[8] On July 16, 2010 the Federal Council readmitted Ascoli and Portoguraro to Serie B championship, and excluded Ancona,[9] who subsequently announced their intention to appeal the decision to the Italian Olympic Committee.[10]

On July 23 Ancona appeal was rejected,[11] but the club filed another appeal to an administrative court in Rome.[12] Such appeal was rejected on August 3, thus formalizing Ancona's exclusion from the league. On August 4 the Federal Council decided to bring back Triestina to fill the vacancy.

On 28 October, the Venice prefecture signed the authorization that allowed Portosummaga to play its home matches at the Stadio Piergiovanni Mecchia, that had undergone renovation works during the summer (more notably, a new stand).[13]

Stadiums and locations

Club City Stadium Capacity 2009–10 season
AlbinoLeffe Albino and Leffe
(playing in Bergamo)
Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,393 11th in Serie B
Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Cino e Lillo Del Duca 20,000 9th in Serie B
Atalanta Bergamo Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,393 18th in Serie A
Cittadella Cittadella Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,500 6th in Serie B
Crotone Crotone Ezio Scida 9,631 8th in Serie B
Empoli Empoli Carlo Castellani 19,795 10th in Serie B
Frosinone Frosinone Matusa 9,680 16th in Serie B
Grosseto Grosseto Carlo Zecchini 9,909 7th in Serie B
Livorno Livorno Armando Picchi 19,238 20th in Serie A
Modena Modena Alberto Braglia 20,507 12th in Serie B
Novara Novara Silvio Piola 10,106 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A Champions
Padova Padua Euganeo 32,336 19th in Serie B
Pescara Pescara Adriatico 24,500 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B Playoff Winners
Piacenza Piacenza Leonardo Garilli 21,668 15th in Serie B
Portogruaro Portogruaro Piergiovanni Mecchia1 3,335 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B Champions
Reggina Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo 27,454 13th in Serie B
Sassuolo Sassuolo
(playing in Modena)
Alberto Braglia 20,507 4th in Serie B
Siena Siena Artemio Franchi 15,373 19th in Serie A
Torino Turin Olimpico di Torino 27,994 5th in Serie B
Triestina Trieste Nereo Rocco 32,454 18th in Serie B
Varese Varese Franco Ossola 8,213 Lega Pro Prima Divisione/A Playoff Winners
Vicenza Vicenza Romeo Menti 17,163 14th in Serie B

1Portogruaro played the first 5 home matches at Stadio Friuli in Udine.

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Ascoli Giuseppe Pillon[14] End of contract 1 July 2010 Elio Gustinetti[15] 1 July 2010
Siena Alberto Malesani[16] End of contract 1 July 2010 Antonio Conte[17] 1 July 2010
Livorno Gennaro Ruotolo End of caretaker spell 1 July 2010 Giuseppe Pillon[18] 1 July 2010
Empoli Salvatore Campilongo End of contract 1 July 2010 Alfredo Aglietti[19] 1 July 2010
Piacenza Massimo Ficcadenti[20] End of contract[21] 1 July 2010 Armando Madonna[22] 7 July 2010
Sassuolo Stefano Pioli[23] Mutual consent 1 July 2010 Daniele Arrigoni[24][25] 1 July 2010
Torino Stefano Colantuono[26] Resigned 1 July 2010 Franco Lerda[27] 1 July 2010
Atalanta Bortolo Mutti End of contract 1 July 2010 Stefano Colantuono[28] 1 July 2010
Crotone Franco Lerda End of contract 1 July 2010 Leonardo Menichini[29] 1 July 2010
Reggina Roberto Breda End of contract 1 July 2010 Gianluca Atzori[30] 1 July 2010
Padova Carlo Sabatini[31] End of contract 1 July 2010 Alessandro Calori[31] 2 July 2010
Portoguraro Alessandro Calori[31] Mutual consent 2 July 2010 Eugenio Corini[32][33] 5 July 2010
Grosseto Maurizio Sarri End of contract 1 July 2010 Luigi Apolloni[34] 6 July 2010
Modena Luigi Apolloni End of contract 1 July 2010 Cristiano Bergodi[35] 12 July 2010
Portogruaro Eugenio Corini[36] Resigned 17 July 2010 Fabio Viviani[37] 19 July 2010

During the regular season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Grosseto Luigi Apolloni Sacked 27 September 2010 Francesco Moriero[38] 27 September 2010
Sassuolo Daniele Arrigoni[39] Sacked 3 October 2010 Angelo Gregucci 3 October 2010
Ascoli Elio Gustinetti[40] Sacked 3 November 2010 Fabrizio Castori[40] 3 November 2010
Crotone Leonardo Menichini[41] Sacked 27 November 2010 Eugenio Corini[41] 27 November 2010
Portogruaro Fabio Viviani[42] Sacked 29 November 2010 Andrea Agostinelli[43] 3 December 2010
Triestina Ivo Iaconi[44] Sacked 23 December 2010 Sandro Salvioni[44] 23 December 2010
Frosinone Guido Carboni[45] Sacked 8 January 2011 Salvatore Campilongo[45] 8 January 2011
Grosseto Francesco Moriero[46] Sacked 12 January 2011 Michele Serena[46] 13 January 2011
AlbinoLeffe Emiliano Mondonico[47][48] Sick leave 29 January 2011 Daniele Fortunato (a.i.)[47] 29 January 2011
Livorno Giuseppe Pillon[49] Sacked 14 January 2011 Walter Novellino[49] 14 January 2011
AlbinoLeffe Daniele Fortunato (a.i.)[50][51] End of sick leave 15 February 2011 Emiliano Mondonico[50][51] 15 February 2011
Crotone Eugenio Corini[52] Sacked 20 February 2011 Leonardo Menichini[52] 20 February 2011
Torino Franco Lerda[53] Sacked 9 March 2011 Giuseppe Papadopulo[54] 9 March 2011
Padova Alessandro Calori[55] Sacked 15 March 2011 Alessandro Dal Canto (caretaker)[55] 15 March 2011
Torino Giuseppe Papadopulo[56] Sacked 20 March 2011 Franco Lerda[56] 20 March 2011
Sassuolo Angelo Gregucci[57] Sacked 9 May 2011 Paolo Mandelli (caretaker)[57] 9 May 2011

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Atalanta (C) (P) 42 22 13 7 61 35+26 79 Promotion to Serie A
2 Siena (P) 42 21 14 7 67 35+32 77
3 Novara (O) (P) 42 18 16 8 63 38+25 70 Promotion play-off
4 Varese 42 16 20 6 51 34+17 68
5 Padova 42 15 17 10 63 48+15 62
6 Reggina 42 15 16 11 46 40+6 61
7 Livorno 42 15 14 13 49 46+3 59
8 Torino 42 15 13 14 49 48+1 58
9 Empoli 42 13 18 11 46 39+7 57
10 Modena 42 12 19 11 46 515 55
11 Crotone 42 13 15 14 45 505 54 CRO 1–2 VIC
VIC 1–2 CRO
12 Vicenza 42 15 9 18 44 5410 54
13 Pescara 42 14 11 17 44 484 53
14 Cittadella 42 12 15 15 50 544 51 CIT: 6 pts
GRO: 5 pts
SAS: 3 pts
15 Grosseto 42 12 15 15 43 507 51
16 Sassuolo 42 13 12 17 42 464 51
17 Ascoli 42 14 14 14 44 484 501
18 AlbinoLeffe 42 13 10 19 55 6611 49 Relegation play-off
19 Piacenza (R) 42 11 13 18 50 6313 46
20 Triestina (R) 42 8 16 18 34 5723 40 Relegation to Lega Pro Prima Divisione TRI 0–0 POR
POR 1–2 TRI
21 Portogruaro (R) 42 10 10 22 39 6324 40
22 Frosinone (R) 42 8 14 20 46 6418 38

Updated to games played on 29 May 2011.
Source: Lega Serie B
Rules for classification: 1st points, 2nd head to head 3rd goal difference 4th goals for
(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.

1.^ Ascoli was docked 6 points.

Results

Home ╲ Away ALB ASC ATACITCROEMPFROGROLIVMODNOVPADPESPIAPORREGSASSIETORTRIVARVIC
AlbinoLeffe 11 23 13 11 20 21 11 03 00 31 21 12 33 10 13 31 10 12 11 31 22
Ascoli 20 11 01 22 00 31 12 15 11 11 10 10 31 10 21 00 32 04 30 00 21
Atalanta 31 21 22 20 12 00 20 02 10 11 41 10 30 41 11 10 00 21 40 00 20
Cittadella 04 01 01 10 23 11 21 20 11 02 31 32 30 11 12 11 00 21 41 22 01
Crotone 01 10 22 11 32 41 00 21 31 03 11 01 01 20 00 20 12 11 21 10 12
Empoli 31 10 30 20 00 21 10 00 01 00 22 00 11 23 10 01 30 11 11 11 11
Frosinone 21 11 01 11 23 23 00 02 11 11 11 11 11 10 12 12 01 10 10 10 40
Grosseto 33 00 11 11 22 21 20 00 31 01 31 32 10 31 01 10 01 00 20 00 12
Livorno 12 11 21 30 12 21 21 11 01 10 33 11 10 00 30 04 11 21 13 00 01
Modena 22 00 12 11 11 00 21 11 11 21 10 10 10 31 12 11 01 11 22 02 21
Novara 30 10 20 22 30 11 21 21 41 23 11 11 22 00 31 00 22 10 20 11 30
Padova 20 31 11 21 10 22 31 30 32 11 11 31 00 31 40 10 00 11 01 23 41
Pescara 20 12 02 10 10 10 11 42 01 02 12 02 22 42 00 10 11 20 00 10 10
Piacenza 13 24 32 02 20 21 11 40 01 02 12 22 02 12 32 10 01 11 22 21 41
Portogruaro 21 21 12 20 23 01 01 11 20 11 15 11 12 00 11 10 14 01 12 11 10
Reggina 12 00 00 01 00 00 21 10 11 40 10 11 10 20 10 00 00 11 11 11 32
Sassuolo 10 01 02 11 20 10 53 11 10 11 01 01 20 11 01 32 43 12 00 11 21
Siena 21 30 10 31 00 00 30 31 40 20 11 21 21 23 12 21 40 22 10 50 20
Torino 10 21 12 11 11 21 12 10 02 32 10 02 31 11 21 11 12 11 20 12 21
Triestina 11 20 01 32 30 12 22 01 00 22 11 00 10 01 00 04 21 00 01 11 01
Varese 30 11 00 00 11 00 33 31 11 30 31 00 11 10 10 10 21 10 30 40 10
Vicenza 10 10 11 10 12 11 10 01 00 11 10 21 22 31 41 01 11 22 10 20 01

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.

Play-off

Promotion

Semifinals
First legs will be played on June 2, 2011; return legs on June 5, 2011
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Reggina (6) 2–2(*) (3) Novara 0 – 0 2 – 2
Padova (5) 4–3 (4) Varese 1 – 0 3 – 3

(*)In case of an aggregate tie, the higher seed advances.

Finals
First leg played June 9, 2011; return leg played June 12, 2011
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Padova (5) 0 – 2 (3) Novara 0 – 0 0 – 2

Relegation

First leg played on June 4, 2011; return leg played on June 11, 2011
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Piacenza (19) 2 – 2 (18) AlbinoLeffe 0 – 0 2 – 2

Piacenza is relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2011-12.

Top goalscorers

23 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
15 goals

Updated: 29 May 2011

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