2013–14 Serie B

The 2013–14 Serie B (known as the Serie B Eurobet^[1] for sponsorship reasons) was the 82nd season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 15 of which were returning from the 2012–13 season, 4 of which were promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and three relegated from Serie A.

Serie B

Season	2013–14
Champions	Palermo (4th title)
Promoted	Palermo Empoli Cesena (by Play-off)
Relegated	Siena (bankruptcy) Novara Padova (bankruptcy) Reggina Juve Stabia
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,099 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	26 goals Matteo Mancosu
Biggest home win	Ternana 5–0 Novara
Biggest away win	Padova 0-4 Cittadella
Highest scoring	Siena 5-2 Crotone Varese 4-3 Reggina Trapani 3-4 Bari
Longest winning run	6 games Palermo
Longest unbeaten run	20 games Palermo
Longest winless run	18 games Juve Stabia
Longest losing run	7 games Varese
Highest attendance	48,744 Bari 4-1 Novara (30 May 2014)
Lowest attendance	936 Bari 1-0 Modena (14 September 2013)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The league features three clubs relegated from Serie A: Pescara returned after a one-year stint, Siena after two seasons, and Palermo after nine seasons.

Four teams were promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, with only two certain as of May 2013: Avellino, after four seasons, and Trapani, which will make their debut in the league. On 16 June, the winners of the Lega Pro Prima Divisione play-off finals were determined as two newcomers: Carpi and Latina.

Changes from last season

Playoff format

A new playoff format^[2] changes the number of playoff participants from four (third through sixth place) to a variable-size playoff including up to six teams (third through eighth place). Qualifying teams must finish the season within a "playoff margin" of 14 points from the third place team. Similar to previous seasons, if the third-place team finishes 10 or more points above the fourth place team, no playoffs will be held.

The following formats will be used for playoffs consisting of two to six teams:

• Two teams, single round: 3 plays 4.
• Three teams, two rounds: 4 plays 5 in semifinal; semifinal winner plays 3.
• Four teams, two rounds: 3 plays 6 and 4 plays 5 in semifinals; semifinal winners play each other.
• Five teams, three rounds: 6 plays 7 in opening round; 3 plays 6/7 and 4 plays 5 in semifinals; semifinal winners play each other.
• Six teams, three rounds: 5 plays 8 and 6 plays 7 in opening round; 3 plays 6/7 and 4 plays 5/8 in semifinals; semifinal winners play each other.

Semifinals and finals are two-legged ties, while opening round matches are single legs hosted by the higher-ranked team.

Team changes

From Serie B

Promoted to Serie A

• Sassuolo
• Verona
• Livorno

Relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione

• Vicenza
• Ascoli
• Pro Vercelli
• Grosseto

To Serie B

Relegated from Serie A

• Palermo
• Siena
• Pescara

Promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Girone A)

• Trapani
• Carpi

Promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Girone B)

• Avellino
• Latina

Teams

Stadia and locations

Avellino

Bari

Carpi

Brescia

Cesena

Cittadella

Crotone

Empoli

Juve Stabia

Latina

Modena

Novara

Padova

Palermo

Pescara

Reggina

Siena

Spezia

Ternana

Trapani

Varese

Virtus Lanciano

Location of teams in Serie B 2013–14

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2012–13 season
Avellino	Avellino	Partenio	26,000	Prima Divisione/B Champions
Bari	Bari	San Nicola	58,270	10th in Serie B
Brescia	Brescia	Mario Rigamonti	23,486	6th in Serie B
Carpi	Carpi	Sandro Cabassi	4,144	Prima Divisione/A play-off winners
Cesena	Cesena	Dino Manuzzi	23,860	14th in Serie B
Cittadella	Cittadella	Pier Cesare Tombolato	7,623	15th in Serie B
Crotone	Crotone	Ezio Scida	9,631	12th in Serie B
Empoli	Empoli	Carlo Castellani	19,795	4th in Serie B
Juve Stabia	Castellammare di Stabia	Romeo Menti	7,642	16th in Serie B
Latina	Latina	Domenico Francioni	6,850	Prima Divisione/B play-off winners
Modena	Modena	Alberto Braglia	21,151	8th in Serie B
Novara	Novara	Silvio Piola	17,875	5th in Serie B
Padova	Padova	Euganeo	18,060	11th in Serie B
Palermo	Palermo	Renzo Barbera	36,349	18th in Serie A
Pescara	Pescara	Adriatico	24,400	20th in Serie A
Reggina	Reggio Calabria	Oreste Granillo	27,454	17th in Serie B
Siena	Siena	Artemio Franchi	15,373	19th in Serie A
Spezia	La Spezia	Alberto Picco	10,000	13th in Serie B
Ternana	Terni	Libero Liberati	22,000	9th in Serie B
Trapani	Trapani (playing in Erice)	Provinciale	7,000	Prima Divisione/A Champions
Varese	Varese	Franco Ossola	8,213	7th in Serie B
Virtus Lanciano	Lanciano	Guido Biondi	4,678	18th in Serie B

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shorts sponsor
Avellino	Walter Taccone	Massimo Rastelli	Givova	Metaedil.com	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Bari	Gianluca Paparesta	Roberto Alberti	Erreà	Bari, Fashion District/SuisseGas	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Brescia	Gino Corioni	Ivo Iaconi	Adidas	UBI Banco di Brescia, Tescoma	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Carpi	Claudio Caliumi	Giuseppe Pillon	Sportika	Blumarine, CAVA International	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Cesena	Giorgio Lugaresi	Pierpaolo Bisoli	Erreà	Aldini Costruzioni	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Cittadella	Andrea Gabrielli	Claudio Foscarini	Garman	Gruppo Gabrielli (H)/Gavinox (A), Metalservice	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Crotone	Raffaele Vrenna	Massimo Drago	Zeus	V&V Group	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Empoli	Fabrizio Corsi	Maurizio Sarri	Royal	NGM Mobile, Computer Gross	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Juve Stabia	Francesco Manniello	Piero Braglia	Fly Line	Abarth Tales, Marigo	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Latina	Paola Cavicchi	Roberto Breda	Givova	Bricofer, Recoma Group	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Modena	Angelo Forcina	Walter Novellino	Erreà	CPL Concordia, CoopGas	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Novara	Carlo Accornero	Alfredo Aglietti	Joma	Banca Popolare di Novara, Comoli Ferrari	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Padova	Diego Penocchio	Michele Serena	Joma	Famila, Birra Antoniani	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Palermo	Maurizio Zamparini	Giuseppe Iachini	Puma	palermocalcio.it, Supermercato Sigma	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Pescara	Daniele Sebastiani	Serse Cosmi	Erreà	Acqua & Sapone, Officina Meccanica Angelucci	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Reggina	Giuseppe Ranieri	Franco Gagliardi & Diego Zanin	Lotto	Ciao Telecom, Stocco & Stocco	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Siena	Massimo Mezzaroma	Mario Beretta	Kappa	None	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Spezia	Lamberto Tacoli	Devis Mangia	Lotto	Carispezia	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Ternana	Edoardo Longarini	Attilio Tesser	Macron	Family Banker Office	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Trapani	Vittorio Morace	Roberto Boscaglia	Macron	Ustica Lines, Regione Sicilia-Comune di Trapani	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Varese	Nicola Laurenza	Stefano Bettinelli	Zeus	Oro in Euro, R.invest	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici
Virtus Lanciano	Valentina Maio	Marco Baroni	Legea	Gruppo Maio, wemblegg.com	NGM Mobile	CAME Cancelli Automatici

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Bari	Vincenzo Torrente	Mutual consent	30 June 2013	Pre Season	Carmine Gautieri	15 July 2013[3]
Brescia	Alessandro Calori		30 June 2013		Marco Giampaolo	2 July 2013[4]
Carpi	Fabio Brini	End of contract	30 June 2013		Stefano Vecchi	17 July 2013[5]
Latina	Stefano Sanderra		30 June 2013		Gaetano Auteri	1 July 2013[6]
Padova	Fulvio Pea	Mutual consent	30 June 2013		Dario Marcolin	3 July 2013[7]
Palermo	Giuseppe Sannino		30 June 2013		Gennaro Gattuso	1 July 2013[8]
Pescara	Cristian Bucchi	End of caretaker spell	30 June 2013		Pasquale Marino	1 July 2013[9]
Reggina	Giuseppe Pillon	End of contract	30 June 2013		Gianluca Atzori	1 July 2013[10]
Siena	Giuseppe Iachini		30 June 2013		Mario Beretta	16 July 2013[11]
Spezia	Luigi Cagni		30 June 2013		Giovanni Stroppa	1 July 2013[12]
Varese	Andrea Agostinelli		30 June 2013		Stefano Sottili	1 July 2013[13]
Virtus Lanciano	Carmine Gautieri	Mutual consent	30 June 2013		Marco Baroni	1 July 2013[14]
Bari	Carmine Gautieri	Resigned	3 August 2013[15]		Roberto Alberti	5 August 2013[16]
Latina	Gaetano Auteri	Sacked	10 September 2013[17]	22nd	Roberto Breda	12 September 2013[18]
Palermo	Gennaro Gattuso		25 September 2013[19]	9th	Giuseppe Iachini	25 September 2013[19]
Brescia	Marco Giampaolo	Mutual consent	25 September 2013[20]	10th	Luigi Maifredi	25 September 2013[20]
Padova	Dario Marcolin	Sacked	28 September 2013[21]	20th	Bortolo Mutti	28 September 2013[21]
Brescia	Luigi Maifredi	End of caretaker spell	30 September 2013[22]	15th	Cristiano Bergodi	30 September 2013[22]
Reggina	Gianluca Atzori	Sacked	21 October 2013[23]	20th	Fabrizio Castori	21 October 2013[23]
Novara	Alfredo Aglietti		18 November 2013[24]	18th	Alessandro Calori	18 November 2013[24]
Juve Stabia	Piero Braglia		23 November 2013[25]	22nd	Fulvio Pea	25 November 2013[26]
Varese	Stefano Sottili		26 November 2013[27]	10th	Carmine Gautieri	26 November 2013[27]
Reggina	Fabrizio Castori		3 December 2013[28]	20th	Gianluca Atzori	3 December 2013[28]
Spezia	Giovanni Stroppa		15 December 2013[29]	9th	Devis Mangia	16 December 2013[29]
Ternana	Domenico Toscano		31 December 2013[30]	18th	Attilio Tesser	31 December 2013[30]
Reggina	Gianluca Atzori		7 January 2014[31]	21st	Franco Gagliardi	7 January 2014[32]
Padova	Bortolo Mutti		2 February 2014[33]	20th	Michele Serena	2 February 2014[33]
Novara	Alessandro Calori		16 February 2014[34]	18th	Alfredo Aglietti	16 February 2014[34]
Juve Stabia	Fulvio Pea		22 February 2014[35]	22nd	Piero Braglia	22 February 2014[35]
Pescara	Pasquale Marino		22 February 2014[36]	13th	Serse Cosmi	24 February 2014[37]
Brescia	Cristiano Bergodi		3 March 2014[38]	13th	Ivo Iaconi	4 March 2014[39]
Varese	Carmine Gautieri		15 March 2014[40]	15th	Stefano Sottili	15 March 2014[40]
Carpi	Stefano Vecchi		17 March 2014[41]	12th	Giuseppe Pillon	17 March 2014[41]
Varese	Stefano Sottili		17 May 2014	18th	Stefano Bettinelli	19 May 2014

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Palermo (C, P)	42	25	11	6	62	28	+34	86	Promotion to Serie A
2	Empoli (P)	42	20	12	10	59	35	+24	72
3	Latina	42	18	14	10	44	36	+8	68	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Cesena (O, P)	42	17	15	10	45	35	+10	66
5	Modena	42	16	16	10	65	43	+22	64	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Crotone	42	17	12	13	56	52	+4	63[a]
7	Bari[b]	42	19	10	13	52	43	+9	63[a]
8	Spezia	42	16	14	12	46	48	−2	62
9	Siena[c] (E, R, R)	42	18	15	9	57	41	+16	61	Relegation to Serie D
10	Virtus Lanciano	42	15	15	12	44	45	−1	60
11	Avellino	42	15	14	13	48	45	+3	59[d]
12	Carpi	42	16	11	15	50	49	+1	59[d]
13	Brescia	42	15	14	13	56	53	+3	59[d]
14	Trapani	42	14	15	13	58	54	+4	57
15	Pescara	42	13	13	16	50	53	−3	52
16	Ternana	42	12	15	15	54	56	−2	51
17	Cittadella	42	11	14	17	42	49	−7	47[e]
18	Varese	42	12	11	19	51	63	−12	47[e]	Qualification for relegation playoff
19	Novara (R)	42	10	14	18	40	58	−18	44
20	Padova (R, E, R)	42	10	11	21	45	63	−18	41	Relegation to Serie D[42][f]
21	Reggina[g] (R)	42	6	11	25	38	70	−32	26	Relegation to Divisione Unica
22	Juve Stabia (R)	42	2	13	27	37	80	−43	19

Source: Lega Serie B
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. BAR 1-2 CRO; CRO 0-0 BAR
2. Bari was docked 3 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal and 1 point for financial irregularities.
3. Siena was docked 8 points for financial irregularities; subsequently not admitted for next season.
4. AVE: 7 pts ; CAR: 5 pts ; BRE: 4 pts
5. VAR 2-1 CIT; CIT 5-1 VAR
6. Padova went bankrupt and folded after non-admission by Lega Pro.
7. Reggina was docked 3 points for financial irregularities.

When rumors about Siena's probable collapse arrived to the FIGC in May, the Federation decided to seize the opportunity to reduce the league. However, Novara appealed the decision in June. When the CONI agreed with the Piedmontese club, the angry FIGC decided to choose a Lega Pro team instead of Novara.

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Starting from this season, six teams played in the promotion playoffs instead of four. A preliminary one-legged round, played at the home venue of the best placed one, involved the teams from 5th to 8th place. The two winning teams then play against 3rd of 4th-placed teams in a two-legged semifinal. 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 except for there being extra time played if scores are tied after both games, the higher placed team will be promoted if scores are still level at the end of this period.

	Preliminary round					Semi-finals							Two-legged final
						7	Bari	2	2	4
	6	Crotone	0			3	Latina	2	2	4
	7	Bari	3										3	Latina	1	1	2
													4	Cesena	2	2	4
						5	Modena	0	1	1
	5	Modena	1			4	Cesena	1	1	2
	8	Spezia	0

Relegation play-out

In case of an aggregate tie, the best placed team wins.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Novara (19)	2–4	(18) Varese	0–2	2–2

Results

Home \ Away	AVE	BAR	BRE	CRP	CES	CIT	CRO	EMP	JST	LAT	MOD	NOV	PAD	PAL	PES	REG	SIE	SPE	TER	TRA	VAR	VLN
Avellino	—	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–3
Bari	1–0	—	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Brescia	0–2	2–1	—	0–2	0–0	4–1	1–2	1–3	4–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	3–3	4–2	2–2
Carpi	1–1	1–2	0–0	—	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–2	1–0	2–2
Cesena	2–0	2–1	0–3	4–1	—	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1
Cittadella	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	—	1–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	5–1	1–2
Crotone	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–2
Empoli	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	—	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0
Juve Stabia	2–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	—	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–3	2–3	2–4	0–1
Latina	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	—	0–0	4–1	3–0	1–3	0–2	1–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–0
Modena	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	4–0	—	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	3–3	3–1	4–1	1–0
Novara	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	—	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–3
Padova	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–4	0–1	0–4	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	—	0–3	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–2	3–2	5–1
Palermo	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	—	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1
Pescara	1–1	0–1	3–3	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	—	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–2
Reggina	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–4	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–3	—	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–4	1–0
Siena	3–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	5–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–3	2–1	—	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Spezia	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–4	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	—	2–2	0–1	2–1	2–0
Ternana	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	—	0–2	2–0	1–1
Trapani	1–1	3–4	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	—	1–1	1–0
Varese	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	3–2	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	—	0–1
Virtus Lanciano	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	—

Source: Lega Serie B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 18 June 2014.^[43]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Matteo Mancosu	Trapani	26
2	Francesco Tavano	Empoli	23
3	Leonardo Pavoletti1	Varese	22
4	Khouma Babacar	Modena	20
5	Andrea Caracciolo	Brescia	19
	Mirco Antenucci	Ternana
7	Jonathas2	Latina	15
	Andrey Galabinov	Avellino
9	Massimo Maccarone	Empoli	14
	Abel Hernández	Palermo

1. - includes 2 goals in the play-offs.
2. - includes 1 goal in the play-offs.