2014–15 Serie B Explained
The 2014–15 Serie B was the 83rd season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 14 of which returning from the 2013–14 season, 5 of which promoted from Prima Divisione, and three relegated from Serie A. The original concept was that due to Siena's exclusion because of financial issues and the fact such vacancy will not be filled in preparation of a future reduction to a league composed by 20 teams, this season featured 21 participant clubs instead of the usual 22. However, on 11 August 2014, Novara won an appeal and the league confirmed a 22nd team.[1] On 29 August, the league chose Vicenza Calcio as the 22nd participant.[2]
The series have 42 weeks of play. The opening games of the season began on 30 August 2014, and the final matches took place on 22 May 2015.[3]
Teams
Relegated from 2013–14 Serie A:
From 2013–14 Serie B:
Promoted from 2013–14 Prima Divisione:
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Team | President | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shorts sponsor |
---|
Avellino | Walter Taccone | Massimo Rastelli | Givova | Metaedil.com, HS Company | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Bari | Gianluca Paparesta | Davide Nicola | Erreà | SuisseGas | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Bologna | Joe Tacopina | Delio Rossi | Macron | NGM Smartphones, +energia | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Brescia | Luigi Ragazzoni | Alessandro Calori | Joma | UBI Banco di Brescia, FALAR serramenti | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Carpi | Stefano Bonacini | Fabrizio Castori | Sportika | Blumarine, Blusport/CAVA International | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Catania | Antonino Pulvirenti | Dario Marcolin | Givova | Fortè Hard Discount, TTT Lines | 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 |
Frosinone | Maurizio Stirpe | Roberto Stellone | Legea | Banca Popolare del Frusinate, GALA | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Latina | Pasquale Maietta | Mark Iuliano | Givova | Bricofer, Recoma Group | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Livorno | Aldo Spinelli | Christian Panucci | Legea | F.O.P. Italia | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Modena | Angelo Forcina | Mauro Melotti & Simone Pavan | Erreà | CoopGas, CPL Concordia | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Perugia | Massimiliano Santopadre | Andrea Camplone | Frankie Garage | Officine Piccini, Magna Testone | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Pescara | Daniele Sebastiani | Marco Baroni | Erreà | Officina Metalmeccanica Angelucci, Pharmapiù | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Pro Vercelli | Massimo Secondo | Cristiano Scazzola | Erreà | SeniorService/Punto Service, Riso di Pasta | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Spezia | Matteo Volpi | Nenad Bjelica | Lotto | Carispezia | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Ternana | Edoardo Longarini | Attilio Tesser | Macron | Banca Mediolanum, Tascout | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Trapani | Vittorio Morace | Serse Cosmi | Macron | Ustica Lines | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Varese | Nicola Laurenza | Stefano Bettinelli | Zeus | Oro in Euro, Unendo Energia Italiana | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Vicenza | Tiziano Cunico | Pasquale Marino | Macron | Banca Popolare di Vicenza | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Virtus Entella | Antonio Gozzi | Alfredo Aglietti | Acerbis | Creditis, Arinox | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici |
Virtus Lanciano | Valentina Maio | Roberto D'Aversa | Legea | Gruppo Maio, Marfisi Carni | NGM Mobile | CAME Cancelli Automatici | |
Managerial changes
Ownership changes
League table
Playoffs
Promotion play-offs
Six teams will play in the promotion playoffs. 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 will then play against the 3rd and 4th-placed teams in two-legged semifinals. 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.
Relegation play-out
In case of an aggregate tie, the higher placed team wins.
The matches later became null and void following Catania’s disqualification.
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Updated including all games played up until May 22, 2015
Source: Official Goalscorers' StandingsNotes and References
- Web site: Web Server's Default Page.
- Web site: Serie B, il Vicenza calcio ripescato. Fuori il Pisa: "Mancava un documento". 29 August 2014 . 30 August 2014. Il Fatto Quotidiano .
- Web site: SERIE B 2014-15 Fixtures. 19 August 2014. Football Italia.
- News: E' Diego Lopez il nuovo allenatore del Bologna . 26 July 2014 . https://archive.today/20140726180411/http://www.bolognafc.it/news.asp?id=7034%23.U8p-kPl_stc . dead. it . 19 July 2014 . Bologna FC 1909 . 1 July 2014 .
- News: PANCHINA A CASTORI . it . 19 July 2014 . Carpi FC 1909 . 30 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140716161958/http://www.carpifc1909.it/wp/?p=35046 . 16 July 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: Ufficiale: Roberto D'Aversa nuovo allenatore della Virtus Lanciano: La presentazione lunedì 21 Luglio, ore 10, presso la Sala Stampa del "Biondi". 20 July 2014. 23 July 2014. dead. https://archive.today/20140726180351/http://www.virtuslanciano.it/news/2447_ufficiale-roberto-d-aversa-nuovo-allenatore-della-virtus-lanciano.html. 26 July 2014. SS Virtus Lanciano. it.
- News: Il Bari si affida a Mangia È l'allenatore per la serie A . it . 19 July 2014 . Corriere del Mezzogiorno . 8 July 2014 .
- News: Marco Baroni è l'allenatore del Pescara . it . 19 July 2014 . Delfino Pescara 1936 . 28 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151118141838/http://www.pescaracalcio.com/stagione/archivio-news/7469-2014-06-28-09-45-23.html . 18 November 2015 .
- News: Roberto Breda lascia il Latina . it . 19 July 2014 . US Latina Calcio . 22 June 2014 . https://archive.today/20140623200920/http://www.uslatinacalcio.it/notizie/1977/roberto-breda-lascia-il-latina . 23 June 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: Primo giorno in nerazzurro per Mario Beretta . it . 19 July 2014 . US Latina Calcio . 1 July 2014 . https://archive.today/20140726180355/http://www.uslatinacalcio.it/notizie/1980/primo-giorno-in-nerazzurro-per-mario-beretta . 26 July 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: Gautieri nuovo allenatore del Livorno . it . 19 July 2014 . AS Livorno Calcio . 4 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163234/http://www.livornocalcio.it/notizie/notizie.php?id=9731 . 14 July 2014 .
- News: Mister Devis Mangia non proseguirà con le Aquile . it . 19 July 2014 . Spezia Calcio . 23 June 2014 .
- News: Ufficiale: Nenad Bjelica è il nuovo allenatore dello Spezia . it . 19 July 2014 . Spezia Calcio . 23 June 2014 .
- News: Maurizio Pellegrino sollevato dall'incarico, Giuseppe Sannino è il nuovo allenatore del Catania . it . 14 September 2014 . Calcio Catania . 14 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140919161447/http://www.ilcalciocatania.it/article.php?id=30910&l= . 19 September 2014 .
- News: Beretta non è più l'allenatore del Latina . it . 14 October 2014 . US Latina Calcio . 6 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141012224337/http://www.uslatinacalcio.it/beretta-non-e-piu-lallenatore-del-latina/ . 12 October 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: Breda è il nuovo tecnico: conferenza alle 12.30 . it . 14 October 2014 . US Latina Calcio . 6 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016211711/http://www.uslatinacalcio.it/breda-e-il-nuovo-tecnico-conferenza-alle-12-30/ . 16 October 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: DISPOSTO L'ESONERO DEL TECNICO GIOVANNI LOPEZ . it . 30 October 2014 . Vicenza Calcio . 29 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150627055212/http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/disposto-lesonero-del-tecnico-giovanni-lopez/ . 27 June 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: PASQUALE MARINO È L'ALLENATORE DEL VICENZA . it . 30 October 2014 . Vicenza Calcio . 30 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626130406/http://www.vicenzacalcio.com/pasquale-marino-e-lallenatore-del-vicenza/ . 26 June 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: DEVIS MANGIA ESONERATO. 16 November 2014. 16 November 2014. dead. https://archive.today/20141116191118/http://www.fcbari1908.club/devis-mangia-esonerato/. 16 November 2014. FC Bari 1908. it.
- News: NICOLA NUOVO TECNICO DELLA FC BARI 1908 . it . 17 November 2014 . FC Bari 1908 . 17 November 2014 . https://archive.today/20141117205157/http://www.fcbari1908.club/nicola-tecnico-fc-bari-1908/ . 17 November 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: Comunicato ufficiale Brescia Calcio . it . 15 December 2014 . Brescia Calcio . 15 December 2014 .
- News: Giuseppe Sannino rassegna le dimissioni, Maurizio Pellegrino alla guida della prima squadra . it . 21 December 2014 . Calcio Catania . 19 December 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220803/http://www.calciocatania.it/article.php?id=31202 . dead .
- News: Dario Marcolin alla guida del Catania, Maurizio Pellegrino torna a dirigere il Settore Giovanile . it . 3 January 2015 . Calcio Catania . 3 January 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083537/http://www.calciocatania.it/article.php?id=31225&l= . dead .
- News: Ezio Gelain nuovo allenatore del Livorno Calcio . it . 4 January 2015 . AS Livorno Calcio . 4 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150104190418/http://www.livornocalcio.it/notizie/notizie.php?id=10258 . 4 January 2015 .
- News: Breda sollevato dall'incarico, squadra affidata a Mark Iuliano . it . 5 January 2015 . US Latina Calcio . 5 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150104171006/http://www.uslatinacalcio.it/breda-sollevato-dallincarico-squadra-affidata-a-mark-iuliano/ . 4 January 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: Salvatore Giunta nuovo allenatore del Brescia Calcio . it . 21 January 2015 . Brescia Calcio . 21 January 2015 .
- News: Alessandro Calori nuovo allenatore del Brescia Calcio . it . 18 February 2015 . Brescia Calcio . 1 March 2015 .
- News: COMUNICATO STAMPA DEL 28 FEBBRAIO 2015 . it . 28 February 2015 . Modena FC . 1 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123548/http://www.modenafc.net/news/dalla-societo/item/2047-comunicato-stampa-del-28-febbraio-2015 . 2 April 2015 . dead .
- News: COMUNICATO STAMPA DEL 1 MARZO 2015 . it . 1 March 2015 . Modena FC . 1 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155531/http://www.modenafc.net/news/dalla-societo/item/2048-comunicato-stampa-del-1-marzo-2015 . 2 April 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: Bettinelli esonerato . it . 28 February 2015 . AS Varese 1910 . 1 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150606101340/http://www.varese1910.it/it/news-173.html . 6 June 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: Davide Dionigi nuovo allenatore del Varese . it . 1 March 2015 . AS Varese 1910 . 1 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150606040703/http://www.varese1910.it/it/news-174.html . 6 June 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
- News: Serie B: il Varese richiama Bettinelli . it . 1 April 2015 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 9 March 2015 .
- News: Trapani: esonerato il tecnico Boscaglia . it . 1 April 2015 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 10 March 2015 .
- News: Trapani, Cosmi nuovo allenatore . it . 1 April 2015 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 11 March 2015 . 13 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161113202935/http://www.gazzetta.it/notizie-ultima-ora/Calcio/Trapani-Cosmi-nuovo-allenatore/11-03-2015/2-A_016140839.shtml . dead .
- News: Livorno, ufficiale l'arrivo di Panucci . it . 1 April 2015 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 18 March 2015 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924165106/http://www.gazzetta.it/notizie-ultima-ora/Calcio/Livorno-ufficiale-arrivo-Panucci/18-03-2015/2-A_016229957.shtml . dead .
- News: Entella:esonerato Prina dopo ko a Modena . it . 14 May 2015 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 12 April 2015 .
- News: Entella: Aglietti al posto di Prina . it . 14 May 2015 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 12 April 2015 .
- News: Bologna, esonerato Diego Lopez: arriva Delio Rossi . it . 14 May 2015 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 4 May 2015 .
- News: Comunicato Stampa: Baroni sollevato dall'incarico . it . 23 May 2015 . Pescara Calcio . 16 May 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094632/http://www.pescaracalcio.com/stagione/archivio-news/8330-comunicato-stampa-baroni-sollevato-dallincarico.html . 18 May 2015 .
- News: Joe Tacopina è il Presidente del Bologna . https://archive.today/20141015160734/http://www.bolognafc.it/news.asp?id=7596 . dead . 15 October 2014 . it . 15 October 2014 . Bologna FC 1909 . 15 October 2014 .
- News: Il Bologna è di Tacopina e Saputo Dopo mezzanotte le firme (a distanza) . it . 14 October 2014 . Corriere di Bologna . 14 October 2014 .
- News: Brescia calcio: nuova proprietà, a Corioni restano briciole . it . 1 March 2015 . BSnews.it . 26 February 2015 . https://archive.today/20150301193642/http://www.bsnews.it/notizia/39002/26_02_2015_Il_Brescia_Calcio_a_Profida_Italia_solo_il_2_alla_famiglia_Corioni_ancora_per_poco_ . 1 March 2015 . dead . dmy-all .