2014–15 Serie B
The 2014–15 Serie B was the 83rd season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 14 of which returning from the 2013–14 season, 5 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 featured 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]
Season | 2014–15 |
---|---|
Champions | Carpi (1st title) |
Promoted | Carpi Frosinone Bologna (by play-off) |
Relegated | Cittadella Varese (bankruptcy) Catania (match-fixing) |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,074 (2.32 per match) |
← 2013–14 2015–16 → |
The series have 42 weeks of play. The opening games of the season began on 30 August 2014, and the final matches took place on 22 May 2015.[3]
Teams
Relegated from 2013–14 Serie A:
From 2013–14 Serie B:
Promoted from 2013–14 Prima Divisione:
- Virtus Entella
- Perugia
- Pro Vercelli
- Frosinone
- Further: Vicenza, which took the place of Siena.
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Team | President | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
---|---|---|---|---|
Avellino | Walter Taccone | Massimo Rastelli | Givova | Metaedil.com HS Company |
Bari | Gianluca Paparesta | Davide Nicola | Erreà | SuisseGas |
Bologna | Joe Tacopina | Delio Rossi | Macron | NGM Mobile +Energia |
Brescia | Luigi Ragazzoni | Alessandro Calori | Joma | Banco di Brescia |
Carpi | Stefano Bonacini | Fabrizio Castori | Sportika | Blumarine |
Catania | Antonino Pulvirenti | Dario Marcolin | Givova | Fortè Hard Discount TTT Lines |
Cittadella | Andrea Gabrielli | Claudio Foscarini | Garman | Gabrielli |
Crotone | Raffaele Vrenna | Massimo Drago | Zeus | V&V Group |
Frosinone | Maurizio Stirpe | Roberto Stellone | Legea | Banca Popolare del Frusinate |
Latina | Pasquale Maietta | Mark Iuliano | Givova | Gruppo Bricofer |
Livorno | Aldo Spinelli | Christian Panucci | Legea | F.O.P. Italia |
Modena | Angelo Forcina | Mauro Melotti Simone Pavan |
Erreà | CoopGas CPL Concordia |
Perugia | Massimiliano Santopadre | Andrea Camplone | FOG | Piccini |
Pescara | Daniele Sebastiani | Marco Baroni | Erreà | Oma Group |
Pro Vercelli | Massimo Secondo | Cristiano Scazzola | Erreà | Punto Service Riso di Pasta |
Spezia | Matteo Volpi | Nenad Bjelica | Lotto | Carispezia |
Ternana | Edoardo Longarini | Attilio Tesser | Macron | Banca Mediolanum |
Trapani | Vittorio Morace | Serse Cosmi | Macron | Ustica Lines |
Varese | Nicola Laurenza | Stefano Bettinelli | Zeus | Oro in Euro |
Vicenza | Tiziano Cunico | Pasquale Marino | Macron | Banca Popolare di Vicenza |
Virtus Entella | Antonio Gozzi | Alfredo Aglietti | Acerbis | Banca Carige |
Virtus Lanciano | Valentina Maio | 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 | Davide Ballardini | End of contract | 30 June 2014 | Pre-season | Diego López[4] | 1 July 2014 |
Carpi | Giuseppe Pillon | End of contract | 30 June 2014 | Fabrizio Castori[5] | 1 July 2014 | |
Virtus Lanciano | Marco Baroni | Mutual consent | 30 June 2014 | Roberto D'Aversa[6] | 20 July 2014 | |
Bari | Roberto Alberti | End of contract | 30 June 2014 | Devis Mangia[7] | 8 July 2014 | |
Pescara | Serse Cosmi | End of contract | 30 June 2014 | Marco Baroni[8] | 1 July 2014 | |
Latina | Roberto Breda[9] | End of contract | 30 June 2014 | Mario Beretta[10] | 1 July 2014 | |
Livorno | Davide Nicola | Mutual consent | 30 June 2014 | Carmine Gautieri[11] | 4 July 2014 | |
Spezia | Devis Mangia[12] | Sacked | 30 June 2014 | Nenad Bjelica[13] | 1 July 2014 | |
Catania | Maurizio Pellegrino[14] | Sacked | 14 September 2014 | 20th | Giuseppe Sannino[14] | 14 September 2014 |
Latina | Mario Beretta[15] | Mutual consent | 6 October 2014 | 14th | Roberto Breda[16] | 6 October 2014 |
Vicenza | Giovanni Lopez[17] | Sacked | 29 October 2014 | 20th | Pasquale Marino[18] | 30 October 2014 |
Bari | Devis Mangia[19] | Sacked | 16 November 2014 | 14th | Davide Nicola[20] | 17 November 2014 |
Brescia | Ivo Iaconi[21] | Sacked | 15 December 2014 | 18th | Ivan Javorčić (caretaker)[21] | 15 December 2014 |
Catania | Giuseppe Sannino[22] | Resigned | 19 December 2014 | 17th | Maurizio Pellegrino[22] | 19 December 2014 |
Maurizio Pellegrino[23] | Sacked | 3 January 2015 | 19th | Dario Marcolin[23] | 3 January 2015 | |
Livorno | Carmine Gautieri[24] | Mutual consent | 4 January 2015 | 6th | Ezio Gelain[24] | 4 January 2015 |
Latina | Roberto Breda[25] | Sacked | 5 January 2015 | 21st | Mark Iuliano[25] | 5 January 2015 |
Brescia | Ivan Javorčić[26] | End of caretaker spell | 21 January 2015 | 15th | Salvatore Giunta[26] | 21 January 2015 |
Salvatore Giunta[27] | Sacked | 18 February 2015 | 17th | Alessandro Calori[27] | 18 February 2015 | |
Modena | Walter Novellino[28] | Mutual consent | 28 February 2015 | 18th | Mauro Melotti and Simone Pavan[29] | 1 March 2015 |
Varese | Stefano Bettinelli[30] | Sacked | 28 February 2015 | 21st | Davide Dionigi[31] | 1 March 2015 |
Varese | Davide Dionigi[32] | Sacked | 9 March 2015 | 22nd | Stefano Bettinelli[32] | 9 March 2015 |
Trapani | Roberto Boscaglia[33] | Sacked | 10 March 2015 | 18th | Serse Cosmi[34] | 11 March 2015 |
Livorno | Ezio Gelain[35] | Sacked | 18 March 2015 | 6th | Christian Panucci[35] | 18 March 2015 |
Virtus Entella | Luca Prina[36] | Sacked | 12 April 2015 | 19th | Alfredo Aglietti[37] | 12 April 2015 |
Bologna | Diego López[38] | Sacked | 4 May 2015 | 3rd | Delio Rossi[38] | 4 May 2015 |
Pescara | Marco Baroni[39] | Sacked | 16 May 2015 | 9th | Massimo Oddo[39] | 16 May 2015 |
Ownership changes
Team | Previous owner | New owner | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Bologna | [40][41] | Joe Tacopina and Joseph Christopher Vita[40][41] | 15 October 2014 |
Brescia | Gino Corioni[42] | Profida Italia[42] | 26 February 2015 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carpi (C, P) | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 80 | Promotion to Serie A |
2 | Frosinone (P) | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 71 | |
3 | Vicenza | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 68 | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals |
4 | Bologna (O, P) | 42 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 68 | |
5 | Spezia | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 67 | Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round |
6 | Perugia | 42 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 66 | |
7 | Pescara | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 69 | 55 | +14 | 61 | |
8 | Avellino | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 59 | |
9 | Livorno | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 59 | |
10 | Bari | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 54 | |
11 | Trapani | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 53 | |
12 | Ternana | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 51 | |
13 | Latina | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 50 | |
14 | Virtus Lanciano | 42 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 50 | |
15 | Pro Vercelli | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 49 | |
16 | Crotone | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 48 | |
17 | Modena | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 47 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
18 | Virtus Entella[lower-alpha 1] | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 47 | |
19 | Cittadella (R) | 42 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 44 | Relegation to Lega Pro |
20 | Brescia[lower-alpha 2] (T) | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 42 | Re-admitted |
21 | Varese[lower-alpha 3] (R, E, R, R) | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 35 | Relegation to Serie E |
22 | Catania[lower-alpha 4] (D, R) | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 49 | Relegation to Lega Pro |
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.
Notes:
- Virtus Entella was readmitted to Serie B after Catania's relegation.
- Brescia was docked 6 points. They were also readmitted to Serie B after the bankruptcy of Parma in Serie A.
- Varese was docked 4 points for financial irregularities; a phoenix club was admitted to Eccellenza due to Varese's exclusion from Lega Pro.
- Catania was assigned as the last due to match-fixing scandal on 20 August 2015
Playoffs
Promotion playoffs
Six teams will play in the promotion playoffs. A preliminary one-legged round, played at the home venue of the higher placed team, involved the teams from 5th to 8th place. The two winning teams will then play against the 3rd and 4th-placed teams in two-legged semifinals. 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.
Preliminary round | Semifinals | Two-legged final | |||||||||||||||
7 | Pescara | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
6 | Perugia | 1 | 3 | Vicenza | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
7 | Pescara | 2 | 7 | Pescara | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
4 | Bologna | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
8 | Avellino | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
5 | Spezia | 1 | 4 | Bologna | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
8 | Avellino | 2 |
Relegation play-out
In case of an aggregate tie, the higher placed team wins.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Virtus Entella(19) | 3–3 | Modena(18) | 2–2 | 1–1 |
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Updated including all games played up until May 22, 2015
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrea Cocco | Vicenza | 19 |
Andrea Catellani | Spezia | ||
Pablo Granoche | Modena | ||
4 | Riccardo Maniero | Pescara / Catania | 18 |
Emanuele Calaiò | Catania | ||
6 | Ettore Marchi | Pro Vercelli | 17 |
Camillo Ciano | Crotone | ||
8 | Luigi Castaldo | Avellino | 16 |
9 | Jerry Mbakogu | Carpi | 15 |
Daniele Vantaggiato | Livorno |
Source: Official Goalscorers' Standings
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