2021–22 Serie B Explained

Competition:	Serie B
Dates:	Regular season: 20 August 2021 – 6 May 2022 Play-offs and play-outs: 13 May 2022 – 29 May 2022
Winners:	Lecce (2nd title)
Promoted:	Lecce Cremonese Monza (via play-off)
Relegated:	Vicenza (via play-out) Alessandria Crotone Pordenone
Matches:	380
Matches Footnote:	^[1]
Total Goals:	942
Total Goals Footnote:	^[2]
League Topscorer:	Massimo Coda (20 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	SPAL 5–0 Pordenone (29 August 2021) Ternana 5–0 Vicenza (23 October 2021) Benevento 5–0 Como (23 February 2022)
Biggest Away Win:	Pordenone 0–4 Parma (12 September 2021) Reggina 0–4 Alessandria (12 December 2021)
Highest Scoring:	Ternana 4–4 Frosinone (18 April 2022)
Longest Wins:	Benevento (14–18) Pisa (1–5) (5 matches)^[3]
Longest Unbeaten:	Lecce (2–16) (15 matches)
Longest Winless:	Cosenza (11–25) (15 matches)
Longest Losses:	Pordenone (22–28) (7 matches)
Highest Attendance:	26,904 Lecce 1–0 Pordenone (6 May 2022)^[4]
Lowest Attendance:	450 Pordenone 2–0 Frosinone (5 April 2022)
Attendance:	1,681,765
Average Attendance:	4,312
Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23
Season:	2021–22

The 2021–22 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) was the 90th season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929.

Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:

To Serie B

Relegated from Serie A

• Benevento
• Crotone
• Parma

Promoted from Serie C

• Como (Group A)
• Perugia (Group B)
• Ternana (Group C)
• Alessandria (play-off winners)

From Serie B

Promoted to Serie A

• Empoli
• Salernitana
• Venezia

Relegated to Serie C

• Chievo (excluded)
• Reggiana
• Pescara
• Virtus Entella

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2020–21 season
Alessandria	Alessandria	Giuseppe Moccagatta		Serie C play-off winners
Ascoli	Ascoli Piceno	Cino e Lillo Del Duca		16th in Serie B
Benevento	Benevento	Ciro Vigorito		18th in Serie A
Brescia	Brescia	Mario Rigamonti		7th in Serie B
Cittadella	Cittadella (Padua)	Pier Cesare Tombolato		6th in Serie B
Como	Como	Giuseppe Sinigaglia		Serie C Group A champions
Cosenza	Cosenza	San Vito-Gigi Marulla			17th in Serie B
Cremonese	Cremona	Giovanni Zini		13th in Serie B
Crotone	Crotone	Ezio Scida		19th in Serie A
Frosinone	Frosinone	Benito Stirpe		10th in Serie B
Lecce	Lecce	Via del Mare		4th in Serie B
Monza	Monza	Brianteo		3rd in Serie B
Parma	Parma	Ennio Tardini		20th in Serie A
Perugia	Perugia	Renato Curi		Serie C Group B champions
Pisa	Pisa	Arena Garibaldi		14th in Serie B
Pordenone	Pordenone	Guido Teghil (Lignano Sabbiadoro)		15th in Serie B
Reggina	Reggio Calabria	Oreste Granillo		11th in Serie B
SPAL	Ferrara	Paolo Mazza		9th in Serie B
Ternana	Terni	Libero Liberati		Serie C Group C champions
Vicenza	Vicenza	Romeo Menti		12th in Serie B

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Alessandria	Luca Di Masi	Moreno Longo	Giuseppe Prestia	Adidas	Y3K	Gruppo AMAG	ReLife Group	None
Ascoli	Carlo Neri	Andrea Sottil	Federico Dionisi	Νike	Fainplast Compounds/Ascoli Piceno Candidata a Capitale italiana della cultura 2024, Bricofer/Distretti Ecologici/FEVO/Rabona Mobile	Rabona Mobile/North Sixth Group/D&G Service 2008	Ecotel Italia	Gruppo Boero
Benevento	Oreste Vigorito	Fabio Caserta	Gaetano Letizia	Nike	IVPC, Rillo Construzioni	Pasta Rummo	Gesesa	Comfort Zone
Brescia	Massimo Cellino	Eugenio Corini	Dimitri Bisoli	Kappa	Rigamonti Salumificio	OMR	Pardgroup	None
Cittadella	Andrea Gabrielli	Edoardo Gorini	Romano Perticone	Mizuno	Sirmax, Gruppo Gabrielli	Stylplex (H)/Quartzforms (A)	Pastificio Cecchin	Metalservice
Como	Dennis Wise	Giacomo Gattuso	Alessandro Bellemo	Legea	Mola^[5]	Acqua S. Bernardo	Randstad	Pulsee Luce e Gas
Cosenza	Eugenio Guarascio	Pierpaolo Bisoli	Luca Palmiero	Legea	Hexergia/Quattropuntozero	None	La Valle Viaggi	Supermercati Contè
Cremonese	Paolo Rossi	Fabio Pecchia	Daniel Ciofani	Acerbis	Ilta Inox (H)/Arinox (A), Arvedi	Fattorie Cremona	Synlab	Arvedi Tubi Acciaio
Crotone	Gianni Vrenna	Francesco Modesto	Nahuel Estévez	Zeus	San Vincenzo Salumi, Envì Group	Ford Vumbaca Group	Econet	GCM Industrie
Frosinone	Maurizio Stirpe	Fabio Grosso	Nicolò Brighenti	Zeus	Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Portobello	Polsinelli Enologia	Orsolini	Plasta Rei
Lecce	Saverio Sticchi Damiani	Marco Baroni	Fabio Lucioni	M908	Links Management & Technology, Studio Sticchi Damiani/Asfalti Isolbit	Barocco SpA/DEGHI	Banca Popolare Pugliese	Asfalti Isolbit/Platino News
Monza	Paolo Berlusconi	Giovanni Stroppa	Mario Sampirisi	Lotto	WithU, U-Power	Pontenossa	Febal Casa	Dell'Orto
Parma	Kyle Krause	Giuseppe Iachini	Gianluigi Buffon	Erreà	Cetilar, Gravity Sport	EGO Airways	Canovi Coperture	COLSER Servizi
Perugia	Massimiliano Santopadre	Massimiliano Alvini	Gabriele Angella	Frankie Garage	Nutrihum, Vitakraft	Re Salmone	Sisas	Mericat Group
Pisa	Giuseppe Corrado	Luca D'Angelo	Robert Gucher	Adidas	Cetilar, Synlab/Ferramenta Piampiani/Pisanova	Hi-Turf Solution	Maiora-AB Yachts	Beapp/SEAC/Toni Luigi Scavi e Demolizioni/Cavarretta Assicurazioni
Pordenone	Mauro Lovisa	Bruno Tedino	Mirko Stefani	Givova	Omega Gruppo, 6sicuro.it	Lignano Sabbiadoro	Alea Office	CRO Area Giovani
Reggina	Luca Gallo	Roberto Stellone	Lorenzo Crisetig	Macron	Dalia/Centroriparo Bellè Gomme, Soseteg	Puliservice	Caffè Mauro	D. Caracciolo & figli
SPAL	Joe Tacopina	Roberto Venturato	Francesco Vicari	Macron	Omega Group	Errebi Technology	Adamant BioNRG	Golden Group
Ternana	Stefano Bandecchi	Cristiano Lucarelli	Marino Defendi	Macron	Unicusano, Terni Col Cuore	None	Orsolini	None
Vicenza	Renzo Rosso	Francesco Baldini	Stefano Giacomelli	Lotto	Diesel, Aon (H)/Fendt (A)/SC Saldatura Carpenteria (T)	Sicura (H)/Famila (A & T)	Legor (H)	Zanutta (H)/SC Saldatura Carpenteria (A)/Trivellato Industriali (T)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Lecce	Eugenio Corini	Sacked	22 May 2021^[6]	Pre-season	Marco Baroni	1 July 2021^[7]
Parma	Roberto D'Aversa		23 May 2021^[8]		Enzo Maresca	1 July 2021^[9]
Monza	Cristian Brocchi	Mutual consent	28 May 2021^[10]		Giovanni Stroppa	1 July 2021^[11]
Perugia	Fabio Caserta		14 June 2021^[12]		Massimiliano Alvini	1 July 2021^[13]
Reggina	Marco Baroni	End of contract	30 June 2021		Alfredo Aglietti	1 July 2021^[14]
Crotone	Serse Cosmi		30 June 2021^[15]		Francesco Modesto	1 July 2021^[16]
Pordenone	Maurizio Domizzi		30 June 2021		Massimo Paci	1 July 2021^[17]
Benevento	Filippo Inzaghi		30 June 2021		Fabio Caserta	1 July 2021^[18]
Brescia	Pep Clotet		30 June 2021		Filippo Inzaghi	30 June 2021^[19]
SPAL	Massimo Rastelli		30 June 2021		Pep Clotet	2 July 2021^[20]
Cittadella	Roberto Venturato		30 June 2021^[21]		Edoardo Gorini	19 July 2021^[22]
Cosenza	Roberto Occhiuzzi	Sacked	22 July 2021^[23]		Marco Zaffaroni	6 August 2021^[24]
Pordenone	Massimo Paci		30 August 2021^[25]	20th	Massimo Rastelli	31 August 2021^[26]
Vicenza	Domenico Di Carlo		22 September 2021^[27]	19th	Cristian Brocchi	22 September 2021^[28]
Pordenone	Massimo Rastelli		16 October 2021^[29]	20th	Bruno Tedino	18 October 2021^[30]
Crotone	Francesco Modesto		29 October 2021^[31]	18th	Pasquale Marino	29 October 2021
Parma	Enzo Maresca		23 November 2021^[32]	14th	Giuseppe Iachini	23 November 2021^[33]
Cosenza	Marco Zaffaroni		6 December 2021^[34]	16th	Roberto Occhiuzzi	7 December 2021^[35]
Crotone	Pasquale Marino		10 December 2021^[36]	18th	Francesco Modesto	10 December 2021
Reggina	Alfredo Aglietti		13 December 2021^[37]	13th	Domenico Toscano	14 December 2021^[38]
SPAL	Pep Clotet		5 January 2022^[39]	15th	Roberto Venturato	5 January 2022^[40]
Reggina	Domenico Toscano		23 January 2022^[41]	14th	Roberto Stellone	24 January 2022^[42]
Cosenza	Roberto Occhiuzzi		16 February 2022^[43]	17th	Pierpaolo Bisoli	17 February 2022^[44]
Brescia	Filippo Inzaghi		23 March 2022^[45]	5th	Eugenio Corini	23 March 2022^[46]
Vicenza	Cristian Brocchi		11 April 2022^[47]	18th	Francesco Baldini	12 April 2022^[48]

League table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Promotion play-offs

Rules:

• Preliminary round: the higher-placed team played at home. If teams were tied after regular time, extra time was played. If scores were still level, the higher-placed team advanced;
• Semi-finals: the higher-placed team played at home for second leg. If teams were tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team advanced;
• Final: the higher-placed team played at home for second leg. If teams were tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team was promoted to Serie A, unless the teams finished tied on points after regular season, in which case winner was decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.

Semi-finals

Second leg

Final

Second leg

Relegation play-out

The higher-placed team played at home for the second leg. If the teams were tied on aggregate, the lower-placed team was relegated to Serie C, unless the teams finished tied on points after the regular season, in which case the winner was decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.|}

Second leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

!Rank!Player!Club!Goals^[49]

1	Massimo Coda	Lecce	20
2	Alfredo Donnarumma	Ternana	14
	Christian Gytkjær^5	Monza
	Gabriel Strefezza	Lecce
	Franco Vázquez	Parma
6	Gianluca Lapadula^2	Benevento	13
7	Simone Corazza	Alessandria	12
	Dany Mota^1	Monza
9	Mirko Marić	Crotone	11
10	Enrico Baldini	Cittadella	10
	Alberto Cerri	Como
	Gabriel Charpentier	Frosinone
	Manuel De Luca	Perugia
	Stefano Moreo^1	Brescia
	Mattia Valoti	Monza

Note¹ Player scored 1 goal in the play-offs.
² Player scored 2 goals in the play-offs.
⁵ Player scored 5 goals in the play-offs.

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Simone Corazza	Alessandria	Benevento	3–4 (A)
Gianluca Lapadula	Benevento	Cittadella	4–1 (H)
Massimo Coda	Lecce	Parma	4–0 (H)
Mirko Marić	Crotone	Cosenza	3–3 (H)
Ettore Gliozzi	Como	Parma	3–4 (A)
Frank Tsadjout	Ascoli	Ternana	4–1 (H)

Note(H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets	Game weeks
1	Michele Di Gregorio	Monza	15	1–2, 8–9, 11, 16, 20, 22–23, 29–31, 33–34, 37
	Jesse Joronen	Brescia		1, 4, 9, 11–12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 32–34, 38
	Nícolas^1	Pisa		1–2, 7, 13–14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28–29, 31, 33
4	Leandro Chichizola	Perugia	14	1, 3, 5, 7–9, 13, 16, 21–22, 24, 29, 33, 38
	Gabriel	Lecce		3, 5, 7, 9, 12–13, 16, 19, 24, 26, 28, 34, 36, 38
	Alberto Paleari^2	Benevento		3–4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 21, 24–26, 33–34
7	Elhan Kastrati	Cittadella	12	1, 4, 7–8, 11–12, 16–17, 23, 26–27, 33
8	Nicola Leali	Ascoli	11	1, 3, 13, 16, 23–24, 30, 34–37
9	Antony Iannarilli	Ternana	10	6, 9, 12, 15, 21–22, 27, 29, 31, 377
10	Marco Carnesecchi	Cremonese	9	1, 3, 6, 16, 19, 22, 24–25, 31
	Federico Ravaglia	Frosinone		2–4, 6, 13, 18, 20–21, 25

Note¹ Player kept 1 clean sheet in the play-offs.
² Player kept 2 clean sheets in the play-offs.

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1. 390 including play-offs and play-outs.
2. 969 including play-offs and play-outs.
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