2020–21 Serie B

The 2020–21 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) is the 89th season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929. It started on 25 September 2020 and will end on 7 May 2021.[2]

Serie B
Season2020–21
Dates25 September 2020 – 7 May 2021
Matches played200
Goals scored475 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerMassimo Coda
Leonardo Mancuso
(11 goals each)
Biggest home winLecce 7–1 Reggiana
(21 November 2020)
Biggest away winVirtus Entella 1–5 Lecce
(8 November 2020)
Highest scoringVicenza 4–4 Pisa
(31 October 2020)
Lecce 7–1 Reggiana
(21 November 2020)
Longest winning runSPAL
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten runEmpoli
(14 games)
Longest winless runVirtus Entella
(14 games)
Longest losing runVirtus Entella
(6 games)
Total attendance51,222[1]
Average attendance138[1]
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 2 February 2021.

On 5 November 2020, Serie B announced it would use VAR from the second half of the season.[3]

Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season:

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in 2020–21 Serie B
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2019–20 season
Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca 11,326 14th in Serie B
Brescia Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti 19,550 19th in Serie A
Chievo Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 31,045 6th in Serie B
Cittadella Cittadella (Padua) Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,623 5th in Serie B
Cosenza Cosenza Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla 20,987 15th in Serie B
Cremonese Cremona Stadio Giovanni Zini 16,003 12th in Serie B
Empoli Empoli (Florence) Stadio Carlo Castellani 16,284 7th in Serie B
Frosinone Frosinone Stadio Benito Stirpe 16,227 8th in Serie B
Lecce Lecce Stadio Via del Mare 31,533 18th in Serie A
Monza Monza Stadio Brianteo 10,000 Serie C Group A Champions
Pescara Pescara Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia 20,515 17th in Serie B
Pisa Pisa Arena Garibaldi – Romeo Anconetani 10,000 9th in Serie B
Pordenone Pordenone Stadio Guido Teghil (Lignano Sabbiadoro) 5,000 4th in Serie B
Reggiana Reggio Emilia Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore 21,525 2nd in Serie C Group B, play-off winner
Reggina Reggio Calabria Stadio Oreste Granillo 27,543 Serie C Group C Champions
Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi 37,000 10th in Serie B
SPAL Ferrara Stadio Paolo Mazza 16,134 20th in Serie A
Venezia Venice Stadio Pierluigi Penzo 7,371 11th in Serie B
Vicenza Vicenza Stadio Romeo Menti 13,173 Serie C Group B Champions
Virtus Entella Chiavari (Genoa) Comunale Aldo Gastaldi 5,500 13th in Serie B

Number of teams by regions
No. of teams Region Team(s)
4  VenetoChievo, Cittadella, Venezia, and Vicenza
3  LombardyBrescia, Cremonese, and Monza
2  CalabriaCosenza and Reggina
 Emilia-RomagnaReggiana and SPAL
 TuscanyEmpoli and Pisa
1  AbruzzoPescara
 ApuliaLecce
 CampaniaSalernitana
 Friuli Venezia GiuliaPordenone
 LazioFrosinone
 LiguriaVirtus Entella
 MarcheAscoli

Personnel and kits
Team President Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Ascoli Carlo Neri Andrea Sottil Riccardo Brosco Nike Fainplast, Moretti Design, Air Fire, Green Network Energy
Brescia Massimo Cellino Pep Clotet Dimitri Bisoli Kappa UBI Banca, Officine Meccaniche Rezzatesi
Chievo Luca Campedelli Alfredo Aglietti Filip Đorđević Givova Paluani, Coati, Avelia, Nobis
Cittadella Andrea Gabrielli Roberto Venturato Manuel Iori Mizuno Sirmax, Gabrielli, Metalservice, Gavinox
Cosenza Eugenio Guarascio Roberto Occhiuzzi Angelo Corsi Legea 4.0, Gruppo Chiappetta
Cremonese Paolo Rossi Fabio Pecchia Emanuele Terranova Acerbis Arinox, Acciaieria Arvedi, Argenta Active
Empoli Fabrizio Corsi Alessio Dionisi Simone Romagnoli Kappa Computer Gross, Sammontana, Giletti
Frosinone Maurizio Stirpe Alessandro Nesta Nicolò Brighenti Zeus Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Acea
Lecce Saverio Sticchi Damiani Eugenio Corini Marco Mancosu M908 Banca Popolare Pugliese, Pasta Maffei, Barocco SpA
Monza Paolo Berlusconi Cristian Brocchi Andrea D'Errico Lotto Withu, U-Power, Febalcasa, Pontenossa, Dell'Orto
Pescara Daniele Sebastiani Roberto Breda Vincenzo Fiorillo Erreà SarniOro, Lublan, Liofilchem
Pisa Giuseppe Corrado Luca D'Angelo Robert Gucher Adidas HTS, Vitali
Pordenone Mauro Lovisa Attilio Tesser Mirko Stefani Joma Omega Group, Assiteca, Alea
Reggiana Luca Quintavalli Massimiliano Alvini Paolo Rozzio Macron
Reggina Luca Gallo Marco Baroni Giuseppe Loiacono Macron
Salernitana Marco Mezzaroma
Claudio Lotito		 Fabrizio Castori Francesco Di Tacchio Zeus
SPAL Walter Mattioli Pasquale Marino Sergio Floccari Macron Omega Group, Pentaferte, Errebi Technology
Venezia Duncan L. Niederauer Paolo Zanetti Marco Modolo Nike
Vicenza Renzo Rosso Domenico Di Carlo Stefano Giacomelli Lotto
Virtus Entella Antonio Gozzi Vincenzo Vivarini Luca Nizzetto Adidas Duferco Energia, Kia Gecar

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Salernitana Gian Piero Ventura End of contract 1 August 2020[4] Pre-season Fabrizio Castori 10 August 2020[5]
Pescara Andrea Sottil 1 August 2020 Massimo Oddo 29 August 2020[6]
SPAL Luigi Di Biagio 2 August 2020[7] Pasquale Marino 12 August 2020[8]
Venezia Alessio Dionisi Mutual consent 10 August 2020[9] Paolo Zanetti 14 August 2020[10]
Empoli Pasquale Marino 11 August 2020[11] Alessio Dionisi 19 August 2020[12]
Virtus Entella Roberto Boscaglia Resigned 14 August 2020[13] Bruno Tedino 17 August 2020[14]
Lecce Fabio Liverani Sacked 19 August 2020[15] Eugenio Corini 22 August 2020[16]
Brescia Diego López Mutual consent 20 August 2020[17] Luigi Delneri 4 September 2020[18]
Ascoli Davide Dionigi Sacked 24 August 2020[19] Valerio Bertotto 25 August 2020[20]
Brescia Luigi Delneri 6 October 2020[21] 20th Diego López 6 October 2020
Virtus Entella Bruno Tedino 23 November 2020[22] 18th Vincenzo Vivarini 25 November 2020[23]
Ascoli Valerio Bertotto 29 November 2020[24] 17th Delio Rossi 29 November 2020[25]
Pescara Massimo Oddo 29 November 2020[26] 20th Roberto Breda 29 November 2020[27]
Brescia Diego López 7 December 2020[28] 12th Daniele Gastaldello (caretaker) 7 December 2020[29]
Daniele Gastaldello End of caretaker spell 10 December 2020 11th Davide Dionigi 10 December 2020[30]
Reggina Domenico Toscano Sacked 14 December 2020[31] 15th Marco Baroni 15 December 2020[32]
Ascoli Delio Rossi 22 December 2020[33] 19th Andrea Sottil 23 December 2020[34]
Cremonese Pierpaolo Bisoli 7 January 2021[35] 16th Fabio Pecchia 7 January 2021[36]
Brescia Davide Dionigi 3 February 2021[37] 13th Pep Clotet 5 February 2021[38]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Empoli 20 11 8 1 39 17 +22 41 Promotion to Serie A
2 Monza 20 9 8 3 29 15 +14 35[lower-alpha 1]
3 Chievo 20 9 8 3 28 17 +11 35[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Salernitana 20 10 5 5 24 23 +1 35[lower-alpha 1]
5 Cittadella 20 10 4 6 32 18 +14 34[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6 SPAL 20 9 7 4 27 18 +9 34[lower-alpha 2]
7 Lecce 20 7 10 3 35 25 +10 31
8 Pordenone 20 6 11 3 23 16 +7 29[lower-alpha 3]
9 Venezia 20 7 8 5 22 18 +4 29[lower-alpha 3]
10 Frosinone 20 7 7 6 19 20 −1 28
11 Pisa 20 6 9 5 26 31 −5 27
12 Vicenza 20 4 10 6 25 27 −2 22
13 Brescia 20 5 6 9 27 32 −5 21
14 Cremonese 20 4 8 8 19 25 −6 20[lower-alpha 4]
15 Cosenza 20 3 11 6 15 17 −2 20[lower-alpha 4]
16 Reggina 20 4 7 9 17 26 −9 19 Qualification to relegation play-out[lower-alpha 5]
17 Reggiana 20 5 3 12 17 33 −16 18
18 Ascoli 20 4 5 11 17 28 −11 17[lower-alpha 6] Relegation to Serie C
19 Virtus Entella 20 4 5 11 18 34 −16 17[lower-alpha 6]
20 Pescara 20 4 4 12 16 35 −19 16
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[39]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points (goal difference): Monza 3 (+2), Chievo 3 (0), Salernitana 3 (-2)
  2. Head-to-head points: Cittadella 3, SPAL 0
  3. Head-to-head points: Pordenone 3, Venezia 0
  4. Head-to-head points: Cremonense 3, Cosenza 0
  5. If the 16th-placed team finishes 5 or more points ahead of the 17th-placed team, then the relegation play-out is not played and the 17th-placed team is relegated to Serie C.
  6. Head-to-head points (goal difference): Ascoli 1 (0), Virtus Entella 1 (0)

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Ascoli61620121416161717191919191919202020
Brescia7207111212101011121111101011111113
Chievo10148552268889999997
Cittadella111135887777433432
Cosenza111013101013151213161615151616151616
Cremonese191715161619202019171717161414161714
Empoli243211113421122111
Frosinone2074643476553356789
Lecce1259898532345787666
Monza131314131511999998864344
Pescara141819202020191920181818171718181517
Pisa4917181817171416141313121110121211
Pordenone15111115131011111010121211121210108
Reggiana52691114121514111010141515171818
Reggina835779131315131516181817131415
Salernitana962324721112211225
SPAL1612121487644234545553
Venezia38104663556666788710
Vicenza181518191918141612151414131313141312
Virtus Entella171916171715181818202020202020191919
Champions, promotion to Serie A
Promotion to Serie A
Play-off semifinals
Play-off preliminary round
Play-out
Relegation to Serie C
Source: Serie BKT

Results
Home \ Away ASC BRE CHI CIT COS CRE EMP FRO LEC MON PES PIS POR RGA RGI SAL SPA VEN VIC ENT
Ascoli — 2–1 0–0 0–3 9 Feb 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Brescia 1–1 — 14 Feb 6 Feb a 1–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–2 0–3 2–2
Chievo 1–0 — 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 10 Feb 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–1
Cittadella 1–0 3–0 — 9 Feb 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0
Cosenza 1–2 1–1 — 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 15 Feb 0–1 6 Feb 0–0 0–0
Cremonese 3–3 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 — 13 Feb 0–2 6 Feb 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1
Empoli 1–1 1–0 — 3–1 0–0 9 Feb 3–1 0–0 3–0 5–0 2–1 2–2
Frosinone 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 — 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 6 Feb 0–0
Lecce 5 Feb 9 Feb 2–2 2–2 2–2 — 0–0 3–1 0–3 0–0 7–1 2–2 2–1
Monza 2–0 1–2 2–2 6 Feb 2–0 — 12 Feb 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 5–0
Pescara 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–2 3–2 — 0–2 6 Feb 13 Feb 2–3
Pisa 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–4 1–1 a 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 9 Feb
Pordenone 1–1 1–1 13 Feb 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 — 3–0 2–2 3–3 2–0 6 Feb
Reggiana 14 Feb 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–2 — 0–1 2–1 2–1 7 Feb
Reggina 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 — 0–0 0–1 1–2 10 Feb
Salernitana 1–0 6 Feb 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 — 13 Feb 2–1
SPAL 2–3 0–0 1–1 13 Feb 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 9 Feb 2–0 2–0 — 3–2
Venezia 2–1 a 1–0 9 Feb 2–0 0–2 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 — 1–0
Vicenza 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 9 Feb 4–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 — 0–1
Virtus Entella 1–0 1–2 2–5 14 Feb 1–5 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: Serie B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks
As of 2 February 2021
Player Club Against Result Date
Massimo Coda Lecce Reggiana 7–1 (H) 21 November 2020
Riad Bajić Ascoli Cremonese 3–3 (A) 12 December 2020
Leonardo Mancuso4 Empoli Virtus Entella 5–2 (A) 12 December 2020
Note

4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets
As of 2 February 2021
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets		 Weeks
1 Luca Lezzerini Venezia 9 1, 3–4, 6, 5[lower-alpha 1], 13–14, 19–20
2 Samuele Perisan Pordenone 8 6, 9–10, 13, 16–19
Adrian Šemper Chievo 1, 3–4, 6, 11–12, 17, 19
4 Francesco Bardi Frosinone 7 2–6, 13, 16[lower-alpha 2]
Michele Di Gregorio Monza 11–12, 14–17, 19
6 Vid Belec Salernitana 6 5, 9–10, 13, 19–20
Alberto Brignoli Empoli 1–2, 7, 14, 17–18
Wladimiro Falcone Cosenza 4, 8, 12, 14, 16, 19
Demba Thiam SPAL 8–10, 12–14
10 Vincenzo Fiorillo Pescara 5 1, 10, 12, 16–17
Luca Maniero Cittadella 1–2, 4, 11, 18
  1. Played between weeks 7 and 8.
  2. Played between weeks 20 and 21.

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