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The 2012–13 Serie B (known as the Serie bwin for sponsorship reasons) is the 81st season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams will contest the league: 16 of which returning from the 2011–12 season, 4 of which promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and two relegated from Serie A. Puma replaced Nike as manufacturer of the official Serie B match ball, a relationship that continues today.

Season2012–13
ChampionsSassuolo (1st title)
PromotedSassuolo
Hellas Verona
Livorno (by Play-off)
RelegatedVicenza
Ascoli
Pro Vercelli
Grosseto
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Serie B
Season2012–13
ChampionsSassuolo (1st title)
PromotedSassuolo
Hellas Verona
Livorno (by Play-off)
RelegatedVicenza
Ascoli
Pro Vercelli
Grosseto
Matches451
Goals1,149 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorerDaniele Cacia
(24 goals)
Biggest home winBrescia 5–0 Crotone
Sassuolo 5–0 Cesena
Biggest away winSpezia 0–6 Novara
Highest scoringCittadella 2–6 Novara
Longest winning run5 games
Livorno
Sassuolo
Longest unbeaten run12 games
Livorno
Longest winless run9 games
Empoli
Spezia
Longest losing run6 games
Novara
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The league featured two clubs relegated from Serie A: Novara returned to the second division after only a single season in the top flight, whereas Cesena were relegated after a two-year stint.

Four teams were promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, one of them returning to Serie B after a significant absence and one of them will play Serie B for the first time in their history, Pro Vercelli after 64 years, Ternana after 6 years, while Spezia will take part to Serie B after 4 years. The fourth promoted team, Virtus Lanciano will make debut in Serie B.

Grosseto and Lecce were provisionally, not yet enforceable, condemned to relegation to Lega Pro Prima Divisione, due to a large match fixing scandal involving Italian football; both clubs appealed the decision to the Italian Football Federation's Court of Justice. In appeal, Grosseto was acquitted from all charges and readmitted to Serie B, whereas Lecce's relegation was confirmed. Lecce already announced its intention to appeal the decision at the TNAS (National Sports Arbitration Court, at the Italian Olympic Committee level), but not blocking the relegation being immediately enforceable.[1] On 23 August 2012, FIGC officially communicated that Vicenza were to replace Lecce, and there has been a possibility of extending the transfer window as regards Grosseto and Vicenza.[2]

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Serie B

Promoted to Serie A
Relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione

To Serie B

Relegated from Serie A
Promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Girone A)
Promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione (Girone B)

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in Serie B 2012–13
More information Team, Home city ...
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2011–12 season
Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Cino e Lillo Del Duca 20,550 15th in the Serie B
Bari Bari San Nicola 58,270 13th in the Serie B
Brescia Brescia Mario Rigamonti 23,486 8th in the Serie B
Cesena Cesena Dino Manuzzi 23,860 20th in the Serie A
Cittadella Cittadella Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,623 16th in the Serie B
Crotone Crotone Ezio Scida 9,631 11th in the Serie B
Empoli Empoli Carlo Castellani 19,795 18th in the Serie B
Grosseto Grosseto Carlo Zecchini 9,909 14th in the Serie B
Hellas Verona Verona Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 4th in the Serie B
Juve Stabia Castellammare di Stabia Romeo Menti 7,642 9th in the Serie B
Livorno Livorno Armando Picchi 19,238 17th in the Serie B
Modena Modena Alberto Braglia 21,151 12th in the Serie B
Novara Novara Silvio Piola 17,875 19th in the Serie A
Padova Padua Euganeo 18,060 7th in the Serie B
Pro Vercelli Vercelli Silvio Piola 8,000 The Prima Divisione/A play-off winners
Reggina Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo 27,454 10th in the Serie B
Sassuolo Sassuolo
(playing in Modena)		 Alberto Braglia 21,151 3rd in the Serie B
Spezia La Spezia Alberto Picco 10,000 The Prima Divisione/B Champions
Ternana Terni Libero Liberati 22,000 The Prima Divisione/A Champions
Varese Varese Franco Ossola 8,213 5th in Serie B
Vicenza Vicenza Romeo Menti 12,200 19th in the Serie B
Virtus Lanciano Lanciano Guido Biondi 5,553 The Prima Divisione/B play-off winners
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Personnel and kits

More information Team, President ...
Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ascoli Italy Roberto Benigni Italy Massimo Silva Max Sport Carisap, CIAM
Bari Italy Francesco Vinella Italy Vincenzo Torrente Erreà Fashion District
Brescia Italy Gino Corioni Italy Alessandro Calori Givova UBI Banco di Brescia, SAMA
Cesena Italy Igor Campedelli Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli Adidas Technogym
Cittadella Italy Andrea Gabrielli Italy Claudio Foscarini Garman Siderurgica Gabrielli, Metalservice
Crotone Italy Raffaele Vrenna Italy Massimo Drago Zeus Sovreco, Associazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla
Empoli Italy Fabrizio Corsi Italy Maurizio Sarri Royal NGM Mobile, Computer Gross
Grosseto Italy Piero Camilli Italy Francesco Moriero Erreà Industria Lavorazione Carni Ovine, Banca della Maremma
Hellas Verona Italy Maurizio Setti Italy Andrea Mandorlini Asics agsm/Leaderform, E-gò/Velox Servizi
Juve Stabia Italy Francesco Giglio Italy Piero Braglia Fly Line Paddy Power, Marigo
Livorno Italy Aldo Spinelli Italy Davide Nicola Legea Banca Carige, Gruppo Spinelli
Modena Italy Pierluigi Grana Italy Walter Novellino Givova CPL Concordia, CoopGas
Novara Italy Carlo Accornero Italy Alfredo Aglietti Joma Banca Popolare di Novara, Intesa pour Homme
Padova Italy Marcello Cestaro Italy Franco Colomba Joma Famila
Pro Vercelli Italy Massimo Secondo Italy Maurizio Braghin Erreà Gruppo Biancamano/Senior Service, Riso Viazzo
Reggina Italy Lillo Foti Italy Giuseppe Pillon Givova Ciao Telecom, Stocco & Stocco
Sassuolo Italy Carlo Rossi Italy Eusebio Di Francesco Sportika Mapei
Spezia Italy Matteo Volpi Italy Luigi Cagni Lotto Carispezia, Gruppo Ferla
Ternana Italy Edoardo Longarini Italy Domenico Toscano Macron None
Varese Italy Antonio Rosati Italy Andrea Agostinelli Adidas Oro in Euro, Fatigati
Vicenza Italy Tiziano Cunico Italy Alessandro Dal Canto Macron Banca Popolare di Vicenza
Virtus Lanciano Italy Valentina Maio Italy Carmine Gautieri Legea Gruppo Maio, Banca Popolare di Lanciano e Sulmona
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
RegginaRoberto BredaEnd of contract30 June 2012Pre seasonDavide Dionigi3 July 2012[3]
CesenaMario Beretta30 June 2012Nicola Campedelli1 July 2012[4]
SassuoloFulvio Pea30 June 2012Eusebio Di Francesco1 July 2012[5]
VareseRolando MaranSigned by Catania30 June 2012Fabrizio Castori1 July 2012[6]
EmpoliAlfredo AgliettiEnd of contract30 June 2012Maurizio Sarri1 July 2012[7]
ModenaCristiano Bergodi30 June 2012Dario Marcolin12 July 2012[8]
PadovaAlessandro Dal Canto30 June 2012Fulvio Pea1 July 2012[9]
GrossetoFrancesco StatutoEnd of caretaker spell30 June 2012Francesco Moriero1 July 2012[10]
CesenaNicola CampedelliSacked10 September 2012[11]21stPierpaolo Bisoli11 September 2012[11]
GrossetoFrancesco Moriero1 October 2012[12]20thMario Somma1 October 2012[12]
Pro VercelliMaurizio Braghin15 October 2012[13]18thGiancarlo Camolese15 October 2012[13]
NovaraAttilio Tesser31 October 2012[14]20thGiacomo Gattuso31 October 2012[14]
NovaraGiacomo Gattuso18 November 2012[15]21stAlfredo Aglietti18 November 2012[15]
GrossetoMario Somma18 November 2012[16]22ndLamberto Magrini19 November 2012[17]
PadovaFulvio Pea17 December 2012[18]5thFranco Colomba17 December 2012[18]
GrossetoLamberto Magrini18 December 2012[19]22ndLeonardo Menichini18 December 2012[19]
Pro VercelliGiancarlo Camolese3 January 2013[20]21stMaurizio Braghin3 January 2013[20]
SpeziaMichele Serena4 January 2013[21]12thGianluca Atzori4 January 2013[21]
VicenzaRoberto Breda28 January 2013[22]20thAlessandro Dal Canto28 January 2013[22]
GrossetoLeonardo Menichini10 February 2013[23]22ndFrancesco Moriero11 February 2013[24]
SpeziaGianluca Atzori23 February 2013[25]13thLuigi Cagni23 February 2013[25]
AscoliMassimo Silva20 March 2013[26]16thRosario Pergolizzi20 March 2013[26]
ModenaDario Marcolin20 March 2013[27]12thWalter Novellino20 March 2013[27]
PadovaFranco Colomba20 March 2013[28]8thFulvio Pea20 March 2013[28]
AscoliRosario Pergolizzi13 April 2013[29]19thMassimo Silva13 April 2013[29]
VareseFabrizio Castori17 April 2013[30]7thAndrea Agostinelli17 April 2013[30]
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sassuolo (C, P) 42 25 10 7 78 40 +38 85 Promotion to Serie A
2 Hellas Verona (P) 42 23 13 6 67 32 +35 82
3 Livorno (O, P) 42 23 11 8 77 47 +30 80 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Empoli 42 20 13 9 69 51 +18 73
5 Novara[a] 42 19 10 13 73 46 +27 64
6 Brescia 42 15 17 10 58 50 +8 62
7 Varese[b] 42 16 13 13 55 53 +2 60
8 Modena[c] 42 15 12 15 52 51 +1 55
9 Ternana 42 12 17 13 37 38 −1 53[d]
10 Bari[e] 42 16 12 14 55 47 +8 53[d]
11 Padova 42 12 17 13 47 51 −4 53[d]
12 Crotone[f] 42 14 13 15 45 56 −11 53[d]
13 Spezia 42 12 15 15 52 58 −6 51
14 Cesena 42 12 14 16 46 58 −12 50[g]
15 Cittadella 42 12 14 16 48 61 −13 50[g]
16 Juve Stabia 42 12 14 16 54 65 −11 50[g]
17 Reggina[c] 42 12 15 15 42 51 −9 49
18 Virtus Lanciano[h] 42 9 21 12 50 60 −10 48
19 Vicenza (R) 42 10 12 20 41 58 −17 42 Relegation to Lega Pro Prima Divisione
20 Ascoli[b] (R) 42 11 9 22 48 67 −19 41
21 Pro Vercelli (R) 42 8 9 25 37 67 −30 33
22 Grosseto (R) 42 7 13 22 44 72 −28 28[i]
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Source: 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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Novara was docked 3 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.
  2. [b]
    Ascoli and Varese were docked 1 point due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.
  3. [c]
    Modena and Reggina were docked 2 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.
  4. [d]
    TER: 11pts; BAR: 10pts; PAD: 8pts; CRO: 2pts
  5. [e]
    Bari was docked 7 points: 2 points due to financial irregularities and 5 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.
  6. [f]
    Crotone was docked 2 points due to financial irregularities.
  7. [g]
    CES: 8pts; CIT: 5pts; JST: 2pts
  8. [h]
    No relegation playoffs will be held as Virtus Lanciano is more than 4 points clear of 4th-last place.
  9. [i]
    Grosseto was docked 6 points due to the 2011 Italian football scandal.

Promotion play-offs

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.

Semi-finals Two-legged Final
          
3 Livorno 1 1 2
6 Brescia 1 1 2
3 Livorno 1 1 2
4 Empoli 1 0 1
4 Empoli 1 4 5
5 Novara 1 1 2

Results

More information Home \ Away, ASC ...
Home \ Away ASC BAR BRE CES CIT CRO EMP GRO JST LIV MOD NOV PAD PVE REG SAS SPE TER VAR HEL VIC VLN
Ascoli — 1–3 2–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–4 1–4 2–3 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–4 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–5 0–0 1–1
Bari 0–1 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 3–0 2–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 4–3
Brescia 3–2 1–1 — 2–1 2–2 5–0 0–3 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0
Cesena 1–2 1–1 1–3 — 1–0 0–0 1–3 3–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–1
Cittadella 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 2–6 3–3 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0
Crotone 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 — 3–2 1–0 3–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–0
Empoli 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 — 3–2 5–0 2–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2
Grosseto 2–1 4–3 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 — 2–2 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–2
Juve Stabia 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 — 1–3 1–0 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–1
Livorno 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 4–2 4–0 2–2 — 1–2 1–3 3–2 2–0 3–3 3–2 1–5 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0
Modena 1–1 0–0 1–2 4–0 3–3 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2
Novara 1–0 0–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 5–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 — 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1
Padova 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–3 — 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1
Pro Vercelli 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–4 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 — 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–2
Reggina 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 — 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
Sassuolo 1–0 2–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 — 3–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–0
Spezia 4–3 3–2 3–1 1–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–6 2–3 1–3 1–0 0–2 — 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1
Ternana 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 — 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–2
Varese 2–0 2–2 3–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 3–4 0–0 1–0 — 0–3 1–1 1–2
Hellas Verona 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 — 0–1 2–0
Vicenza 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–0 1–5 2–1 1–2 3–3 3–3 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 — 0–1
Virtus Lanciano 1–1 0–3 0–2 3–3 3–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 —
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Source: Serie B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 13 May 2013.
24 goals
22 goals
21 goals
20 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals

Attendances

More information #, Club ...
#ClubAverage
1Hellas15,402
2Cesena9,551
3Vicenza6,931
4Bari6,591
5Padova5,873
6Spezia5,726
7Livorno5,667
8Ternana5,465
9Modena5,065
10Novara4,675
11Sassuolo4,465
12Brescia4,381
13Crotone3,767
14Varese3,564
15Reggina3,359
16Ascoli3,081
17Empoli2,648
18Juve Stabia2,479
19Cittadella2,359
20Virtus Lanciano2,184
21Pro Vercelli1,895
22Grosseto1,511
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