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The 2007–08 Serie B regular season is the seventy-sixth since its establishment. It started on August 25, 2007, and ended with the promotion playoff final on June 15, 2008.
At the end of the year, three teams were promoted to Serie A, the first two via direct promotion (league champions, Chievo Verona, and Bologna), and the third team after two rounds of playoffs (Lecce).
Four teams were relegated to Serie C1. The bottom three were relegated directly (Cesena, Spezia and Ravenna), as was the fourth-to-last team (Avellino), since they finished 9 points back of the fifth-to-last, Treviso, denying them a chance at a survival "relegation-playoff".
The 2007–08 Serie B season marked the first appearance in the division for newly promoted Grosseto. Ravenna and Chievo returned to the second-highest Italian division after six years, their last time in Serie B having been in 2001 (both, in fact, returned to the leagues from which they'd come after this season). Pisa returned to Serie B after 13 years, surprisingly qualifying for the promotion playoffs.[1]
The following 22 clubs comprise the Serie B in 2007-08:
Team | President | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
AlbinoLeffe | Gianfranco Andreoletti | Armando Madonna | Acerbis | UBI Banca Popolare di Bergamo |
Ascoli | Roberto Benigni | Ivo Iaconi | Legea | Cult Shoes, Fainplast |
Avellino | Massimo Pugliese | Alessandro Calori | Legea | Sidigas |
Bari | Vincenzo Matarrese | Antonio Conte | Erreà | Gaudianello, Radionorba |
Bologna | Alfredo Cazzola | Daniele Arrigoni | Macron | Joe Marmellata/Carisbo, COGEI |
Brescia | Gino Corioni | Serse Cosmi | Asics | UBI Banco di Brescia, Bregoli SpA |
Cesena | Giorgio Lugaresi | Fabrizio Castori | Mass | Gomme & Service, Solo Affitti |
Chievo Verona | Luca Campedelli | Giuseppe Iachini | Lotto | Banca Popolare di Verona/Soglia Hotels & Resorts, Cattolica Assicurazioni |
Frosinone | Maurizio Stirpe | Alberto Cavasin | Legea | Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Provincia di Frosinone |
Grosseto | Piero Camilli | Stefano Pioli | Erreà | Industria Lavorazione Carni Ovine, Banca della Maremma |
Lecce | Giovanni Semeraro | Giuseppe Papadopulo | Asics | Notte della Taranta, Lachifarma |
Mantova | Fabrizio Lori | Giuseppe Brucato | Diadora | Nuova Pansac |
Messina | Pietro Franza | Nello Di Costanzo | Legea | Framon Hotel Group, Chevrolet |
Modena | Alfredo Amadei | Daniele Zoratto | Erreà | Immergas, Kerakoll |
Piacenza | Fabrizio Garilli | Mario Somma | Macron | UNICEF |
Pisa | Leonardo Covarelli | Gian Piero Ventura | Joma | Limonta Sport, Abitalia |
Ravenna | Gianni Fabbri | Franco Varrella | Diadora | CVC Ravenna, Porto Marinara |
Rimini | Luca Benedettini | Leonardo Acori | Macron | Banca di Rimini (H)/COCIF (A) |
Spezia | Giuseppe Ruggieri | Antonio Soda | Erreà | Hyundai, Carispe |
Treviso | Ettore Setten | Giuseppe Pillon | Lotto | Grigolin, Provincia di Treviso |
Triestina | Stefano Fantinel | Rolando Maran | Asics | Bossini, Fantinel/Testa&Molinaro |
Vicenza | Gian Luigi Polato | Angelo Gregucci | Diadora | Fieri di Vicenza/Vicenzaoro First/Vicenzaoro Charm/Banca Popolare di Vicenza |
In November, it was announced that Serie B matches, as well as Serie C matches, would be postponed for one week after increasing violence surrounding Italian football matches, in which football fans attacked police, stemming from the shooting of a Lazio fan by a policeman. Serie A matches were unaffected as none were scheduled for that weekend due to an international match between Italy and Scotland.[2]
On January 19, at the conclusion of the andata (first half of the league season), Chievo Verona and Bologna were named winter co-champions.
With a 1–1 draw away to Grosseto on Matchday 41, Chievo Verona mathematically assured themselves of promotion to Serie A.
On the final matchday, Bologna's 1–0 victory over Pisa rendered Lecce's victory by the same score immaterial; Bologna secured the second direct promotion. Chievo Verona's 2–2 draw with Bari outdistanced the rossoblu, however, giving the mussi volanti their first league title in 14 years.
Lecce were instead left to contest the two-round promotion playoff with AlbinoLeffe, Brescia and Pisa, which will determine the identity of the 20th and final team in Italy's top flight.
On Day 40, Cesena became the first team mathematically relegated to Serie C1 with its 2–1 loss at Treviso. Although Cesena could still have finished 19th at the time, at best it would have been 5 points behind 18th-placed Treviso, a condition that would have made playouts unnecessary.
Then on Day 41, another Treviso win—coupled with concurrent losses by Ravenna, Avellino, and Spezia—ensured that none of those three teams would finish within 4 points of the veneti, consigning all three of them to Serie C1.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Chievo (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 77 | 43 | +34 | 85 | Promotion to Serie A |
2 | Bologna (P) | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 58 | 29 | +29 | 84 | |
3 | Lecce (O, P) | 42 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 70 | 29 | +41 | 83 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
4 | AlbinoLeffe | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 78 | |
5 | Brescia | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 72 | |
6 | Pisa | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 71 | |
7 | Rimini | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 68 | 46 | +22 | 69 | |
8 | Ascoli | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 64 | 49 | +15 | 62 | |
9 | Mantova | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 60 | |
10 | Frosinone | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 56 | |
11 | Bari | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 55 | |
12 | Triestina | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 51 | |
13 | Grosseto | 42 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 49 | |
14 | Messina[lower-alpha 1] (E, R, R) | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 49 | Revival in Serie D |
15 | Piacenza | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 47 | |
16 | Modena | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 57 | 65 | −8 | 46 | |
17 | Vicenza | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 45 | |
18 | Treviso | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 45 | |
19 | Avellino (T) | 42 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 42 | 64 | −22 | 36 | Spared from relegation[lower-alpha 2] |
20 | Ravenna (R) | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 48 | 75 | −27 | 35 | Relegation to Lega Pro 1ªDiv |
21 | Spezia[lower-alpha 3] (E, R, E, R) | 42 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 33 | Revival in Serie D |
22 | Cesena (R) | 42 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 66 | −29 | 32 | Relegation to Lega Pro 1ªDiv |
Home \ Away | ALB | ASC | AVE | BAR | BOL | BRE | CES | CHI | FRO | GRO | LEC | MAN | MES | MOD | PIA | PIS | RAV | RIM | SPE | TRE | TRI | VIC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AlbinoLeffe | — | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 |
Ascoli | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
Avellino | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
Bari | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
Bologna | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Brescia | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
Cesena | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
Chievo | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
Frosinone | 2–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Grosseto | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
Lecce | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Mantova | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
Messina | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Modena | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
Piacenza | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Pisa | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Ravenna | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
Rimini | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | — | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–1 |
Spezia | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Treviso | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 |
Triestina | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 5–1 |
Vicenza | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pisa (6) | 1-3 | (3) Lecce | 0-1 | 1-2 |
Brescia (5) | 2-2 | (4) AlbinoLeffe | 1-0 | 1-2 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
AlbinoLeffe (4) | 1-2 | (3) Lecce | 0-1 | 1-1 |
Lecce promoted to Serie A
Players with at least 10 goals[3]
Club | Head coach | From | To |
---|---|---|---|
Albinoleffe | Elio Gustinetti | June 19, 2007[4] | May 26, 2008[5] |
Armando Madonna | May 26, 2008[5] | ||
Ascoli | Ivo Iaconi | June 16, 2007[6] | |
Avellino | Giovanni Vavassori | April 18, 2007[7] | July 16, 2007[8] |
Maurizio Sarri | July 18, 2007[9] | August 23, 2007[10] | |
Guido Carboni | August 23, 2007[11] | March 10, 2008[12] | |
Alessandro Calori | March 10, 2008[12] | ||
Bari | Giuseppe Materazzi | February 26, 2007[13] | December 28, 2007[14] |
Antonio Conte | December 28, 2007[14] | ||
Bologna | Daniele Arrigoni | June 11, 2007[15] | |
Brescia | Serse Cosmi | February 28, 2007[16] | |
Cesena | Fabrizio Castori | June 14, 2003[17] | November 11, 2007[18] |
Giovanni Vavassori | November 12, 2007[19] | February 25, 2008[20] | |
Fabrizio Castori | February 25, 2008[20] | ||
Chievo Verona | Giuseppe Iachini | June 15, 2007[21] | |
Frosinone | Alberto Cavasin | June 22, 2007[22] | |
Grosseto | Giorgio Roselli | June 8, 2007[23] | September 10, 2007[24][25] |
Stefano Pioli | September 11, 2007[25] | ||
Lecce | Giuseppe Papadopulo | December 24, 2006[26] | |
Mantova | Attilio Tesser | June 11, 2007[27] | February 24, 2008[28] |
Giuseppe Brucato | February 25, 2008[29] | ||
Messina | Nello Di Costanzo | June 18, 2007[30] | |
Modena | Bortolo Mutti | February 13, 2007[31] | April 20, 2008[32] |
Daniele Zoratto | April 20, 2008[32] | ||
Piacenza | Gian Marco Remondina | July 2, 2007[33] | October 23, 2007[34] |
Mario Somma | October 23, 2007[34] | ||
Pisa | Giampiero Ventura | June 25, 2007[35] | |
Ravenna | Dino Pagliari | February 1, 2006[36] | December 2, 2007[37] |
Franco Varrella | December 3, 2007[38] | January 14, 2008[39] | |
Dino Pagliari | January 14, 2008[40] | April 7, 2008[41] | |
Franco Varrella | April 7, 2008[41] | ||
Rimini | Leonardo Acori | June 12, 2002[42] | |
Spezia | Antonio Soda | July 8, 2005[43] | |
Treviso | Giuseppe Pillon | June 16, 2007[44] | |
Triestina | Rolando Maran | June 13, 2007[45] | |
Vicenza | Angelo Gregucci | October 3, 2006[46] |
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