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2015–16 Serie B

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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.[1][2]

Season2015–16
ChampionsCagliari (1st title)
PromotedCagliari
Crotone
Pescara (by play-off)
RelegatedVirtus Lanciano
Livorno
Modena
Como
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Serie B
Season2015–16
ChampionsCagliari (1st title)
PromotedCagliari
Crotone
Pescara (by play-off)
RelegatedVirtus Lanciano
Livorno
Modena
Como
Matches427
Goals1,028 (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
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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.[3]

Teams

Relegated from 2014–15 Serie A:

From 2014–15 Serie B:

Promoted from 2014–15 Lega Pro:

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2015–16 Serie B
More information Team, Home city ...
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
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Personnel and kits

More information Team, President ...
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/Alzati Sannio/Kia Motor Group Avellino-Nola/Biotermocamino Helios Tecnologie 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 Football Cares/Spontini/ISOLA, EP/Gruppo Grendi 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 Logistica & Trasporti 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
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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
BresciaItaly Alessandro CaloriSacked26 May 2015[4]Pre-seasonItaly Roberto Boscaglia24 June 2015[5]
CrotoneItaly Massimo DragoMutual consent28 May 2015[6]Croatia Ivan Jurić9 June 2015[7]
CagliariItaly Gianluca FestaEnd of contract31 May 2015Italy Massimo Rastelli12 June 2015[8]
PerugiaItaly Andrea Camplone31 May 2015Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli5 June 2015[9]
CesenaItaly Domenico Di CarloSacked6 June 2015[10]Italy Massimo Drago8 June 2015[11]
ModenaItaly Simone Pavan10 June 2015[12]Argentina Hernán Crespo30 June 2015[13]
AvellinoItaly Massimo RastelliSigned by Cagliari12 June 2015Italy Attilio Tesser13 June 2015[14]
TernanaItaly Attilio TesserSigned by Avellino13 June 2015Italy Domenico Toscano24 July 2015[15]
TernanaItaly Domenico ToscanoResigned23 September 2015[16]22ndItaly Roberto Breda28 September 2015[17]
Pro VercelliItaly Cristiano ScazzolaSacked11 October 2015[18]20thItaly Claudio Foscarini11 October 2015[19]
ComoItaly Carlo Sabatini31 October 2015[20]22ndItaly Gianluca Festa1 November 2015[21]
LatinaItaly Mark Iuliano2 November 201512thItaly Mario Somma2 November 2015[22]
AscoliItaly Mario PetroneMutual consent2 November 2015[23]19thItaly Devis Mangia4 November 2015[24]
SpeziaCroatia Nenad BjelicaSacked21 November 2015[25]15thItaly Domenico Di Carlo23 November 2015[26]
LivornoItaly Christian Panucci25 November 2015[27]7thItaly Bortolo Mutti25 November 2015[27]
BariItaly Davide Nicola31 December 2015[28]6thItaly Andrea Camplone31 December 2015[29]
LivornoItaly Bortolo Mutti27 January 2016[30]18thItaly Christian Panucci27 January 2016
Virtus LancianoItaly Roberto D'Aversa30 January 2016[31]21stItaly Primo Maragliulo1 February 2016[32]
SalernitanaItaly Vincenzo Torrente2 February 2016[33]20thItaly Leonardo Menichini2 February 2016
LatinaItaly Mario Somma28 February 2016[34]14thItaly Carmine Gautieri7 March 2016[35]
ComoItaly Gianluca Festa13 March 2016[36]22ndItaly Stefano Cuoghi13 March 2016
VicenzaItaly Pasquale Marino14 March 201620thItaly Franco Lerda15 March 2016[37]
LivornoItaly Christian Panucci21 March 2016[38]19thItaly Franco Colomba21 March 2016
AvellinoItaly Attilio Tesser22 March 2016[39]12thItaly Dario Marcolin22 March 2016[40]
ModenaArgentina Hernán Crespo26 March 2016[41]17thItaly Cristiano Bergodi28 March 2016[42]
LivornoItaly Franco Colomba16 April 2016[43]21stItaly Ezio Gelain16 April 2016
AvellinoItaly Dario Marcolin20 April 2016[44]13thItaly Attilio Tesser20 April 2016
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
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[a] 42 19 11 12 57 37 +20 68
7 Spezia 42 17 15 10 47 45 +2 66
8 Novara[b] 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[c] (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
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Source: Lega Serie B
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Cesena at the beginning was deducted one point for financial irregularities, then the deduction was removed.[45]
  2. [b]
    Novara was deducted two points for administrative irregularities.[46]
  3. [c]
    Virtus Lanciano was deducted four points for financial irregularities.[47]

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

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

More information Home \ Away, ASC ...
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
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Source: Lega Serie B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...
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
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Attendance data

More information Pos, Team ...
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%†
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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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