2017–18 Serie B

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Serie B
Season 2017–18
Champions Empoli (2nd title)
Promoted Empoli
Parma
Frosinone (by play-off)
Relegated Virtus Entella
Novara
Pro Vercelli
Ternana
Bari (bankruptcy)
Cesena (bankruptcy)
Avellino (bankruptcy)
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1182 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer Francesco Caputo
(26 goals)
Biggest home win Perugia 5–0 Carpi
(18 November 2017)
Biggest away win Virtus Entella 1–5 Perugia
(27 August 2017)
Perugia 1–5 Pro Vercelli
(8 October 2017)
Bari 0-4 Empoli
(27 January 2018)
Cremonese 0-4 Foggia
(7 April 2018)
Highest scoring Empoli 5–3 Cesena
(18 November 2017)
Longest winning run 6 games
Empoli
Longest unbeaten run 28 games
Empoli
Longest winless run 18 games
Cremonese
Longest losing run 5 games
Perugia
Ternana
Highest attendance 33,567
Bari 1–0 Foggia
(26 November 2017)
Lowest attendance 912
Frosinone 2–1 Cittadella
(4 September 2017) (Match played in Avellino)
Total attendance 3,194,526
Average attendance 6,930[1]

The 2017–18 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) was the 86th season since its establishment in 1929.

A total of 22 teams contested the league: 15 returning from the 2016–17 Serie B season, 4 promoted from 2016–17 Lega Pro (Cremonese, Venezia, Foggia, Parma), and 3 relegated from 2016–17 Serie A (Empoli, Palermo, Pescara).

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2017–18 Serie B
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2016–17 season
Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca 10,887 15th in Serie B
Avellino Avellino Stadio Partenio 10,215 17th in Serie B
Bari Bari Stadio San Nicola 58,270 12th in Serie B
Brescia Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti 16,743 14th in Serie B
Carpi Carpi Stadio Sandro Cabassi 5,510 7th in Serie B
Cesena Cesena Stadio Dino Manuzzi 23,860 13th in Serie B
Cittadella Cittadella Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,623 6th in Serie B
Cremonese Cremona Stadio Giovanni Zini 20,641 Lega Pro/A Champions
Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 16,800 18th in Serie A
Foggia Foggia Stadio Pino Zaccheria 16,798 Lega Pro/C Champions
Frosinone Frosinone Stadio Benito Stirpe[2] 16,125 3rd in Serie B
Novara Novara Stadio Silvio Piola 17,875 9th in Serie B
Palermo Palermo Stadio Renzo Barbera 36,349 19th in Serie A
Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 27,906 2nd in Lega Pro/B
Perugia Perugia Stadio Renato Curi 23,125 4th in Serie B
Pescara Pescara Stadio Adriatico 20,515 20th in Serie A
Pro Vercelli Vercelli Stadio Silvio Piola 5,500 16th in Serie B
Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi 31,300 11th in Serie B
Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco 10,290 8th in Serie B
Ternana Terni Stadio Libero Liberati 17,460 18th in Serie B
Venezia Venice Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo 7,450 Lega Pro/B Champions
Virtus Entella Chiavari Stadio Comunale 5,535 10th in Serie B

Number of teams by regions

Number of teams Region Team(s)
3  Emilia-Romagna Carpi, Cesena and Parma
2  Apulia Bari and Foggia
 Campania Avellino and Salernitana
 Liguria Spezia and Virtus Entella
 Lombardy Brescia and Cremonese
 Piedmont Novara and Pro Vercelli
 Umbria Perugia and Ternana
 Veneto Cittadella and Venezia
1  Abruzzo Pescara
 Lazio Frosinone
 Marche Ascoli
 Sicily Palermo
 Tuscany Empoli

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Ascoli Canada Francesco Bellini Italy Serse Cosmi Nike
Avellino Italy Walter Taccone Italy Claudio Foscarini Givova Sidigas
Bari Italy Cosmo Antonio Giancaspro Italy Fabio Grosso Zeus Birra Peroni
Brescia Italy Alessandro Triboldi Italy Ivo Pulga Acerbis UBI Banca[3]
Carpi Italy Claudio Caliumi Italy Antonio Calabro Givova Gaudì Jeans
Cesena Italy Giorgio Lugaresi Italy Fabrizio Castori Lotto PLT puregreen
Cittadella Italy Andrea Gabrielli Italy Roberto Venturato Boxeur Des Rues Ocsa
Cremonese Italy Luigi Simoni Italy Andrea Mandorlini Garman Ilta Inox S.p.A.
Empoli Italy Fabrizio Corsi Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli Joma Gensan
Foggia Italy Lucio Fares Italy Giovanni Stroppa Nike Tamma
Frosinone Italy Maurizio Stirpe Italy Moreno Longo Legea Banca Popolare del Frusinate
Novara Italy Carlo Accornero Italy Domenico Di Carlo Joma Banca Popolare di Novara
Palermo Italy Maurizio Zamparini Italy Roberto Stellone Legea Sicily by Car, Bisaten
Parma China Jiang Lizhang Italy Roberto D'Aversa Erreà Aon,Cetiliar
Perugia Italy Massimiliano Santopadre Italy Roberto Breda FG Sport Piccini
Pescara Italy Daniele Sebastiani Italy Giuseppe Pillon Erreà O.M.A.
Pro Vercelli Italy Massimo Secondo Italy Gianluca Grassadonia Errea PGO Group S.p.A.
Salernitana Italy Marco Mezzaroma & Claudio Lotito Italy Stefano Colantuono Givova Seleco
Spezia Italy Andrea Corradino Italy Fabio Gallo Acerbis Arquati, Credit Agricole - Carispezia
Ternana Italy Stefano Bandecchi Italy Luigi De Canio Zeus Unicusano
Venezia United States Joe Tacopina Italy Filippo Inzaghi Nike
Virtus Entella Italy Antonio Gozzi Italy Alfredo Aglietti Acerbis Duferco Energia, Pensa Benessere

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Ascoli Italy Alfredo Aglietti End of contract 1 June 2017 Pre-season Italy Fulvio Fiorin & Italy Enzo Maresca 1 June 2017[4][5]
Bari Italy Stefano Colantuono End of contract 13 June 2017 Italy Fabio Grosso[6] 13 June 2017
Brescia Italy Luigi Cagni End of contract 3 June 2017 Italy Roberto Boscaglia 3 June 2017[7]
Carpi Italy Fabrizio Castori[8] Mutual consent 12 June 2017 Italy Antonio Calabro[9] 14 July 2017
Frosinone Italy Pasquale Marino[10] Mutual consent 14 June 2017 Italy Moreno Longo[11] 14 June 2017
Novara Italy Roberto Boscaglia[7] Signed by Brescia 3 June 2017 Italy Eugenio Corini[12] 14 June 2017
Pro Vercelli Italy Moreno Longo[13] Signed by Frosinone 14 June 2017 Italy Gianluca Grassadonia[14] 14 June 2017
Spezia Italy Domenico Di Carlo[15] End of contract 14 June 2017 Italy Fabio Gallo[16] 14 June 2017
Perugia Italy Cristian Bucchi[17] Signed by Sassuolo 20 June 2017 Italy Federico Giunti[18] 23 June 2017
Empoli Italy Giovanni Martusciello Mutual consent 20 June 2017 Italy Vincenzo Vivarini[19] 21 June 2017
Palermo Italy Diego Bortoluzzi End of contract 21 June 2017 Italy Bruno Tedino[20] 22 June 2017
Ternana Italy Fabio Liverani End of contract 30 June 2017 Italy Sandro Pochesci[21] 9 July 2017
Cesena Italy Andrea Camplone[22] Sacked 30 September 2017 22nd Italy Fabrizio Castori[23] 1 October 2017
Brescia Italy Roberto Boscaglia[24] 12 October 2017 15th Italy Pasquale Marino[24] 12 October 2017
Perugia Italy Federico Giunti 24 October 2017 15th Italy Roberto Breda 26 October 2017
V. Entella Italy Gianpaolo Castorina 5 November 2017 19th Italy Alfredo Aglietti[25] 6 November 2017
Ascoli Italy Fulvio Fiorin 7 December 2017 22nd Italy Serse Cosmi[26] 7 December 2017
Salernitana Italy Alberto Bollini 11 December 2017 11th Italy Stefano Colantuono[27] 12 December 2017
Empoli Italy Vincenzo Vivarini 16 December 2017 5th Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli[28] 17 December 2017
Pro Vercelli Italy Gianluca Grassadonia 16 December 2017 20th Italy Gianluca Atzori 17 December 2017
Brescia Italy Pasquale Marino[29] 15 January 2018 17th Italy Roberto Boscaglia[29] 15 January 2018
Pro Vercelli Italy Gianluca Atzori[30] 22 January 2018 22nd Italy Gianluca Grassadonia[30] 22 January 2018
Ternana Italy Sandro Pochesci[31] 29 January 2018 20th Italy Ferruccio Mariani[32] 30 January 2018
Novara Italy Eugenio Corini[33] 4 February 2018 16th Italy Domenico Di Carlo[34] 5 February 2018
Ternana Italy Ferruccio Mariani[35] 21 February 2018 22nd Italy Luigi De Canio[35] 21 February 2018
Pescara Czech Republic Zdeněk Zeman[36] 6 March 2018 13th Italy Massimo Epifani[36] 6 March 2018
Italy Massimo Epifani[37] 1 April 2018 16th Italy Giuseppe Pillon[37] 1 April 2018
Avellino Italy Walter Novellino[38] 3 April 2018 18th Italy Claudio Foscarini[39] 3 April 2018
Cremonese Italy Attilio Tesser[40] 23 April 2018 14th Italy Andrea Mandorlini[40] 23 April 2018
Palermo Italy Bruno Tedino[41] 28 April 2018 3rd Italy Roberto Stellone[41] 28 April 2018
Brescia Italy Roberto Boscaglia[42] 29 April 2018 13th Italy Ivo Pulga[42] 29 April 2018
Virtus Entella Italy Alfredo Aglietti[43] 6 May 2018 20th Italy Gennaro Volpe[43] 6 May 2018
Pro Vercelli Italy Gianluca Grassadonia 7 May 2018 22nd Italy Vito Grieco[44] 7 May 2018

League table

Template:2017–18 Serie B table

On August 13, 2018, the FIGC decided to reduce the chronic financial instability of the league halting re-elections of clubs. Serie B was so reduced to 19 clubs.

Promotion play-offs

Six teams could contest the promotion play-offs depending on the point differential between the third and fourth-placed teams. It began with a preliminary one-legged round played at the home venue of the higher placed team, involving the teams placed fifth to eight. The two winning (or higher placed team from regular season if a match ended with a draw) teams advanced to play the third and fourth-placed teams in the two-legged semi-finals. Those winning teams advanced to the two-legged final, where the winner was promoted to play in Serie A the following season. In the two-legged rounds, the higher seeded team played the second game at home.

  Preliminary round     Semi-finals     Final
                           
        5  Venezia    
  5  Venezia 3     4  Palermo      
  8  Perugia 0         4  Palermo  
      3  Frosinone  
        6  Cittadella      
  6  Cittadella 2     3  Frosinone    
  7  Bari 2  

Relegation play-out

Two teams contested the relegation play-out in a two-legged round. The higher placed team played the second leg at home. In the case of a tie on aggregate, the higher placed team from the regular season were declared the winners. The losers were relegated to Serie C for the following season.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Virtus Entella (19) 0–0 Ascoli (18) 0–0 0–0

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[45]
1 Italy Francesco Caputo Empoli 26
2 Italy Alfredo Donnarumma Empoli 23
3 Italy Samuel Di Carmine Perugia 22
4 Italy Adriano Montalto Ternana 20
5 Italy Fabio Mazzeo Foggia 19
6 Italy Alberto Cerri Perugia 15
7 Italy Camillo Ciano Frosinone 14
Italy Cristian Galano Bari
9 Italy Emanuele Calaiò Parma 13
Italy Andrea Caracciolo Brescia
Italy Daniel Ciofani Frosinone
Republic of Macedonia Ilija Nestorovski Palermo
Italy Stefano Pettinari Pescara

Results

Home \ Away ASC AVE BAR BRE CRP CES CIT CRE EMP FOG FRO NOV PAL PAR PER PES PVE SAL SPE TER VEN VET
Ascoli — 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 3–3 1–1
Avellino 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 5–1 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0
Bari 3–0 2–1 — 3–0 2–0 3–0 4–2 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0
Brescia 0–1 2–3 2–1 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–0
Carpi 4–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0
Cesena 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 1–0 2–3 3–3 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 2–2 3–3 1–0 4–3 0–0 3–0
Cittadella 3–2 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 4–0 — 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1
Cremonese 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 — 1–1 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–3 0–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 3–3 5–1 0–1
Empoli 3–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 5–3 0–1 1–1 — 3–1 3–3 1–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–1
Foggia 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–3 0–3 — 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1
Frosinone 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 0–0 2–4 2–2 — 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 2–1 4–3
Novara 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 — 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–3 1–3 0–1
Palermo 4–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 3–3 1–2 1–0 0–2 — 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Parma 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 — 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1
Perugia 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 5–0 0–3 1–3 1–0 2–4 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 — 4–2 1–5 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 2–0
Pescara 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 5–1 3–3 1–0 2–2 1–4 0–2 — 3–1 1–0 3–2 3–3 1–0 2–2
Pro Vercelli 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 5–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–4 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 — 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–1
Salernitana 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 — 2–0 3–3 3–2 1–0
Spezia 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 4–2 4–0 5–1 3–0 — 1–1 1–1 2–1
Ternana 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 4–3 2–2 4–2 — 2–3 0–1
Venezia 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 — 2–0
Virtus Entella 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–5 0–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 —
Source: Eurosport.com (Italian)

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