2015–16 Serie B

Serie B
Season2015–16
ChampionsCagliari (1st title)
PromotedCagliari
Crotone
Pescara (by play-off)
RelegatedVirtus Lanciano
Livorno
Modena
Como
Matches played427
Goals scored1,028 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerGianluca Lapadula
(23 goals)
Biggest home winCagliari 6–0 Brescia
(16 April 2016)
Biggest away winComo 0–4 Ascoli
(3 October 2015)
Highest scoringBari 4–3 Spezia
(6 September 2015)
Longest winning run8 games (Trapani)
Longest unbeaten run18 games (Trapani)
Longest winless run15 games (Como)
Longest losing run5 games (Ascoli)
Highest attendance27,278
Bari 2–1 Salernitana
(6 November 2015)
Lowest attendance1,499
Virtus Entella 1–0 Pro Vercelli
(3 October 2015)
Average attendance6,847

The 2015–16 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested 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.

Serie B introduced the "green card" at the beginning of the season. The green card was given to promote fair play and good acts. The green card was not 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 was rewarded.

Teams

Relegated from 2014–15 Serie A:

From 2014–15 Serie B:

Promoted from 2014–15 Lega Pro:

Stadia and locations

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 5,639 14th in Serie B

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shorts sponsor
Ascoli ItalyCanada Francesco Bellini Italy Devis Mangia Max Sport Fainplast/CIAM Brosway Rosso Piceno
Avellino Italy Walter Taccone Italy Attilio Tesser Givova Gruppo Taccone None None
Bari Italy Gianluca Paparesta Italy Andrea Camplone Nike Puglia, Balkan Express None ESIM
Brescia Italy Luigi Ragazzoni Italy Roberto Boscaglia Acerbis UBI Banco di Brescia None None
Cagliari Italy Tommaso Giulini Italy Massimo Rastelli Kappa Spontini/ISOLA, EP Pecorino Romano/Eva Arredamenti Energit
Cesena Italy Giorgio Lugaresi Italy Massimo Drago Lotto SunTrades None None
Como Italy Pietro Porro, Italy Gianluca Zambrotta Italy Stefano Cuoghi Legea Verga Promozionali, FoxTown None None
Crotone Italy Raffaele Vrenna Croatia Ivan Jurić Zeus Metal Carpenteria V&V Group None
Latina Italy Pasquale Maietta Italy Carmine Gautieri Givova Sarchioto None Re Chips
Livorno Italy Aldo Spinelli Italy Ezio Gelain Legea None None Kia
Modena Italy Angelo Forcina Italy Cristiano Bergodi Erreà Casa Modena/Safim Architettura None None
Novara Italy Massimo De Salvo Italy Marco Baroni Joma Banca Popolare di Novara, Comoli Ferrari Cristina Rubinetterie None
Perugia Italy Massimiliano Santopadre Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli Frankie Garage Piccini Group, Fortinfissi Tedesco Group None
Pescara Italy Daniele Sebastiani Italy Massimo Oddo Erreà Officina Meccanica Angelucci, Pharmapiù DZ Insurance Sport Vincenzo Serraiocco Consulting
Pro Vercelli Italy Massimo Secondo Italy Claudio Foscarini Erreà Amteco, GLI Gestione Logistica Interna None None
Salernitana Italy Marco Mezzaroma Italy Leonardo Menichini Givova Caffè Motta, Supermercati eté None IASA
Spezia Italy Matteo Volpi Italy Domenico Di Carlo Acerbis Carispezia None None
Ternana Italy Giuseppe Masoni Italy Roberto Breda Macron CIesse Piumini None None
Trapani Italy Vittorio Morace Italy Serse Cosmi Joma Ustica Lines None None
Vicenza Italy Tiziano Cunico Italy Franco Lerda Macron Banca Popolare di Vicenza Estel Group None
Virtus Entella Italy Antonio Gozzi Italy Alfredo Aglietti Acerbis Creditis, Arinox None Due Energie
Virtus Lanciano Italy Valentina Maio Italy Primo Maragliulo Legea In Opera, Marfisi Carni None None

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Brescia Italy Alessandro Calori Sacked 26 May 2015 Pre-season Italy Roberto Boscaglia 24 June 2015
Crotone Italy Massimo Drago Mutual consent 28 May 2015 Croatia Ivan Jurić 9 June 2015
Cagliari Italy Gianluca Festa End of contract 31 May 2015 Italy Massimo Rastelli 12 June 2015
Perugia Italy Andrea Camplone End of contract 31 May 2015 Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli 5 June 2015
Cesena Italy Domenico Di Carlo Sacked 6 June 2015 Italy Massimo Drago 8 June 2015
Modena Italy Simone Pavan Sacked 10 June 2015 Argentina Hernán Crespo 30 June 2015
Avellino Italy Massimo Rastelli Signed by Cagliari 12 June 2015 Italy Attilio Tesser 13 June 2015
Ternana Italy Attilio Tesser Signed by Avellino 13 June 2015 Italy Domenico Toscano 24 July 2015
Ternana Italy Domenico Toscano Resigned 23 September 2015 22nd Italy Roberto Breda 28 September 2015
Pro Vercelli Italy Cristiano Scazzola Sacked 11 October 2015 20th Italy Claudio Foscarini 11 October 2015
Como Italy Carlo Sabatini Sacked 31 October 2015 22nd Italy Gianluca Festa 1 November 2015
Latina Italy Mark Iuliano Sacked 2 November 2015 12th Italy Mario Somma 2 November 2015
Ascoli Italy Mario Petrone Mutual consent 2 November 2015 19th Italy Devis Mangia 4 November 2015
Spezia Croatia Nenad Bjelica Sacked 21 November 2015 15th Italy Domenico Di Carlo 23 November 2015
Livorno Italy Christian Panucci Sacked 25 November 2015 7th Italy Bortolo Mutti 25 November 2015
Bari Italy Davide Nicola Sacked 31 December 2015 6th Italy Andrea Camplone 31 December 2015
Livorno Italy Bortolo Mutti Sacked 27 January 2016 18th Italy Christian Panucci 27 January 2016
Virtus Lanciano Italy Roberto D'Aversa Sacked 30 January 2016 21st Italy Primo Maragliulo 1 February 2016
Salernitana Italy Vincenzo Torrente Sacked 2 February 2016 20th Italy Leonardo Menichini 2 February 2016
Latina Italy Mario Somma Sacked 28 February 2016 14th Italy Carmine Gautieri 7 March 2016
Como Italy Gianluca Festa Sacked 13 March 2016 22nd Italy Stefano Cuoghi 13 March 2016
Vicenza Italy Pasquale Marino Sacked 14 March 2016 20th Italy Franco Lerda 15 March 2016
Livorno Italy Christian Panucci Sacked 21 March 2016 19th Italy Franco Colomba 21 March 2016
Avellino Italy Attilio Tesser Sacked 22 March 2016 12th Italy Dario Marcolin 22 March 2016
Modena Argentina Hernán Crespo Sacked 26 March 2016 17th Italy Cristiano Bergodi 28 March 2016
Livorno Italy Franco Colomba Sacked 16 April 2016 21st Italy Ezio Gelain 16 April 2016
Avellino Italy Dario Marcolin Sacked 20 April 2016 13th Italy Attilio Tesser 20 April 2016

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cagliari (C, P) 42 25 8 9 78 41 +37 83 Promotion to Serie A
2 Crotone (P) 42 23 13 6 61 36 +25 82
3 Trapani 42 20 13 9 64 49 +15 73 Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Pescara (O, P) 42 21 9 12 69 52 +17 72
5 Bari 42 19 11 12 58 48 +10 68 Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6 Cesena 42 19 11 12 57 37 +20 68
7 Spezia 42 17 15 10 47 45 +2 66
8 Novara 42 19 10 13 57 35 +22 65
9 Virtus Entella 42 17 13 12 51 40 +11 64
10 Perugia 42 14 13 15 40 40 0 55
11 Brescia 42 14 12 16 55 64 −9 54
12 Ternana 42 15 8 19 50 56 −6 53
13 Vicenza 42 11 16 15 41 53 −12 49
14 Avellino 42 13 10 19 52 66 −14 49
15 Ascoli 42 13 8 21 45 64 −19 47
16 Latina 42 10 16 16 44 51 −7 46
17 Pro Vercelli 42 11 13 18 43 53 −10 46
18 Salernitana (O) 42 9 18 15 48 62 −14 45 Relegation play-out
19 Virtus Lanciano (R, E, R, R) 42 12 12 18 43 56 −13 44 Bankruptcy after play-out
20 Livorno (R) 42 10 12 20 45 57 −12 42 Relegation to Lega Pro
21 Modena (R) 42 11 9 22 37 55 −18 42
22 Como (R) 42 5 18 19 39 64 −25 33
Source: Lega Serie B
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Cesena at the beginning was deducted one point for financial irregularities, then the deduction was removed.
  2. ^ Novara was deducted two points for administrative irregularities.
  3. ^ Virtus Lanciano was deducted four points for financial irregularities.

Promotion play-offs

Six teams played in the promotion play-offs. 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 played against the 3rd and 4th-placed teams in the two-legged semi-finals. The higher placed team played the second leg of the promotion playoff at home. Pescara won the promotion play-offs to Serie A.

Preliminary round Semi-finals Final
8 Novara 0 2 2
5 Bari 3 4 Pescara 2 4 6
8 Novara (a.e.t.) 4 4 Pescara 2 1 3
3 Trapani 0 1 1
7 Spezia 0 0 0
6 Cesena 1 3 Trapani 1 2 3
7 Spezia 2

Relegation play-out

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Virtus Lanciano (19) 1–5 Salernitana (18) 1–4 0–1

Results

Home \ Away ASC AVE BAR BRE CAG CES COM CRO LAT LIV MOD NOV PER PES PVE SAL SPE TER TRA VIC VET VLN
Ascoli 3–4 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0
Avellino 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–4 2–0 3–2
Bari 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 6–2 2–1 4–3 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0
Brescia 2–2 1–0 2–3 4–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
Cagliari 3–0 2–1 2–1 6–0 3–1 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Cesena 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 5–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Como 0–4 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Crotone 2–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Latina 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–2
Livorno 1–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–2
Modena 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–5 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 0–1 0–1 1–0
Novara 2–0 4–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 4–1 4–0 1–0 4–1
Perugia 0–2 2–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–4 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0
Pescara 2–2 3–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 4–0
Pro Vercelli 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 5–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–1
Salernitana 2–0 3–1 3–4 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–3
Spezia 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0
Ternana 1–3 0–3 3–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1
Trapani 4–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 5–1 3–0 1–2 4–2 1–1
Vicenza 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2
Virtus Entella 4–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–2 4–0 4–1 1–1
Virtus Lanciano 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–2
Source: Lega Serie B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Gianluca Lapadula Pescara 27
2 Italy Francesco Caputo Virtus Entella 17
Italy Daniele Cacia Ascoli
4 Croatia Ante Budimir Crotone 16
Italy Simone Ganz Como
6 Italy Massimo Coda Salernitana 15
Italy Daniele Vantaggiato Livorno
8 Brazil Diego Farias Cagliari 14
9 Italy Gianluca Caprari Pescara 13
Brazil João Pedro Cagliari
Italy Felice Evacuo Novara
Italy Riccardo Maniero Bari

Attendance data

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Bari 449,677 31,107 15,056 21,413 +11.1%
2 Cagliari 261,978 15,551 9,785 12,475 +18.2%1
3 Cesena 256,345 14,353 10,631 12,207 −24.7%1
4 Salernitana 255,115 22,140 8,382 12,148 +13.4%2
5 Perugia 194,113 12,075 7,889 9,243 −14.7%
6 Pescara 170,333 13,790 5,648 8,111 +15.8%
7 Vicenza 161,284 11,104 6,740 7,680 −2.4%
8 Brescia 160,929 10,397 5,055 7,663 +28.9%
9 Spezia 152,558 8,198 6,487 7,265 +15.3%
10 Crotone 148,276 9,263 4,052 7,061 +56.0%
11 Ascoli 138,067 9,216 5,082 6,575 +27.8%2
12 Avellino 132,625 10,125 4,500 6,315 −11.1%
13 Livorno 129,735 9,839 5,207 6,178 −2.5%
14 Trapani 106,854 6,959 3,975 5,088 +1.0%
15 Modena 105,354 8,355 3,832 5,017 −8.1%
16 Novara 102,693 6,655 3,851 4,890 +20.4%2
17 Ternana 81,425 10,453 2,843 3,877 −20.9%
18 Como 68,496 6,035 1,544 3,262 +127.8%2
19 Latina 65,469 3,938 2,292 3,118 −18.2%
20 Pro Vercelli 63,981 5,352 2,316 3,047 +2.0%
21 Virtus Lanciano 57,367 4,181 2,147 2,732 −9.7%
22 Virtus Entella 45,620 5,521 1,499 2,172 −0.2%
League total 3,308,294 31,107 1,499 7,161 +8.9%

Source: Official club websites and Lega Serie B
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Serie A.
2: Team played last season in Lega Pro.


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