2022–23 Serie B Explained

Competition:Serie B
Dates:Regular season:
12 August 2022 – 19 May 2023
Play-offs:
26 May 2023 – 11 June 2023
Winners:Frosinone (1st title)
Promoted:Frosinone
Genoa
Cagliari (via play-offs)
Relegated:Perugia
SPAL
Benevento
Reggina (to D)
Matches:380
Matches Footnote:[1]
Total Goals:891
Total Goals Footnote:[2]
League Topscorer:Gianluca Lapadula
(21+4 goals)
Biggest Home Win:SPAL 5–0 Cosenza
(22 October 2022)
Venezia 5–0 Modena
(1 May 2023)
Biggest Away Win:Perugia 0–5 Cagliari
(5 May 2023)
Highest Scoring:Bari 6–2 Brescia
(1 October 2022)
Longest Wins:6 matches
Frosinone
(8–13 and 19–24)[3]
Longest Unbeaten:14 matches
Pisa (6–19)
Longest Winless:17 matches
Brescia (15–31)
Longest Losses:7 matches
Brescia (20–26)
Highest Attendance:58,206[4]
Bari 0–1 Cagliari
(Play-offs)
Lowest Attendance:2,323
Cittadella 1–0 Frosinone
Attendance:4,002,387
Average Attendance:10,263
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24
Season:2022–23

The 2022–23 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929.

Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:

To Serie B

Relegated from Serie A

Promoted from Serie C

From Serie B

Promoted to Serie A

Relegated to Serie C

Südtirol played in Serie B for the first time in history for this season, the 124th team entering in this round robin league.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2021–22 season
AscoliAscoli PicenoCino e Lillo Del Duca6th in Serie B
BariBariSan NicolaSerie C Group C champions
BeneventoBeneventoCiro Vigorito7th in Serie B
BresciaBresciaMario Rigamonti5th in Serie B
CagliariCagliariUnipol Domus18th in Serie A
CittadellaCittadella (Padua)Pier Cesare Tombolato11th in Serie B
ComoComoGiuseppe Sinigaglia13th in Serie B
CosenzaCosenzaSan Vito-Gigi Marulla16th in Serie B
FrosinoneFrosinoneBenito Stirpe9th in Serie B
GenoaGenoaLuigi Ferraris19th in Serie A
ModenaModenaAlberto BragliaSerie C Group B champions
PalermoPalermoRenzo BarberaSerie C
Playoff winner
ParmaParmaEnnio Tardini12th in Serie B
PerugiaPerugiaRenato Curi8th in Serie B
PisaPisaArena Garibaldi3rd in Serie B
RegginaReggio CalabriaOreste Granillo14th in Serie B
SPALFerraraPaolo Mazza15th in Serie B
SüdtirolBolzanoDrusoSerie C Group A champions
TernanaTerniLibero Liberati10th in Serie B
VeneziaVenicePier Luigi Penzo20th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKit manufacturer[5] Shirt Sponsor (front)Shirt Sponsor (back)Shirt Sponsor (sleeve)Shorts Sponsor
Ascoli Carlo Neri Roberto Breda Federico DionisiNikeFainplastBricofer/Rabona Mobile/northsixthgroup/Distretti EcologiciImpresa Turzo (H)/Edil Style (A)Gruppo Boero
Bari Luigi De Laurentiis Michele Mignani Valerio Di CesareKappaMolino Casillo, Acqua AmataMV LineDecò SupermercatiGranoro
Benevento Oreste Vigorito Andrea Agostinelli Gaetano LetiziaNikeIVPC, Rillo CostruzioniPastificio RummoContraderNone
Brescia Massimo Cellino Daniele Gastaldello Dimitri BisoliKappaRigamonti SalumificioLe Stagioni d'ItaliaPardgroupNone
Cagliari Tommaso Giulini Claudio Ranieri Leonardo PavolettiEYE SportSardegna Artigianato, Fondazione Mont'e PramaIchnusaArboreaBlue Shark
Cittadella Andrea Gabrielli Edoardo Gorini Romano PerticoneErreàSirmax, Gruppo GabrielliStylplex (H)/Quartzforms (A)Pastificio CecchinScilm (H)/Stylplex (A)
Como Dennis Wise Moreno Longo Alessandro BellemoErreàMola (H & A), Quelli che con LucaAcqua S.BernardoNoneNone
Cosenza Eugenio Guarascio William Viali Michele RigioneNikeSalumi di Calabria, Mi'NdujoGruppo MaliziaScintille Montesanto3F Falvo Group
Frosinone Maurizio Stirpe Fabio Grosso Fabio LucioniZeusMeglioBancaPolsinelli EnologiaOrsoliniPlasta Rei
Genoa Alberto Zangrillo Alberto Gilardino Milan BadeljCastoreRadio 105, MSC CruisesLeasePlanNonePortofino Mare
Modena Carlo Rivetti Attilio Tesser Antonio PergreffiNew BalanceKerakollSAUBPR NutritionStudio Appari
Palermo Dario Mirri Eugenio Corini Matteo BrunoriKappaDecò Supermercati, BisatenA29 Energy Service CompanyL.T. CostruzioniNuova Sicilauto
Parma Kyle J. Krause Fabio Pecchia Gianluigi BuffonErreàPrometeon, Classic Football ShirtsITCompanyAgenzia Viaggi Fontana nel MondoOARO
Perugia Massimiliano Santopadre Fabrizio Castori Gabriele AngellaFrankie GarageVIM, VitakraftRe SalmoneSISASMericat
Pisa Giuseppe Corrado Luca D'Angelo Marius MarinAdidasCetilar, Cavarretta Assicurazioni/SEACHi-turf SolutionGruppo PaimToni Luigi Scavi e Demolizioni
Reggina Felice Saladini Filippo Inzaghi Lorenzo CrisetigGivovaCanale Group, Ferraro SpASosetegCaffè MauroSecurmed Group
SPAL Joe Tacopina Massimo Oddo Lorenzo DickmannMacronRotary Club Ferrara Est-Rotary Club Ferrara-A-ROSE Associazione/Iosco Group, Adamant BioNRGErrebi TechnologyEdilalbaCablaggi Iosco/Diemme Costruzioni
Südtirol Gerhard Comper Pierpaolo Bisoli Fabian TaitMizunoSüdtirol, DukaTopHausAlperiaCi Gusta
Ternana Stefano Bandecchi Cristiano Lucarelli Marino DefendiMacronUnicusano, Terni col CuoreCaffè Ternano Cuore UmbroOrsoliniNone
Venezia Duncan L. Niederauer Paolo Vanoli Marco ModoloKappaNoneNoneBechèrNone

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Ascoli Andrea SottilMutual consent6 June 2022[6] Pre-season Cristian Bucchi1 July 2022[7]
Perugia Massimiliano Alvini8 June 2022[8] Fabrizio Castori1 July 2022[9]
Südtirol Ivan Javorčić9 June 2022[10] Lamberto Zauli1 July 2022[11]
Parma Giuseppe IachiniEnd of contract30 June 2022[12] Fabio Pecchia1 July 2022[13]
Cagliari Alessandro AgostiniEnd of caretaker spell8 June 2022 Fabio Liverani1 July 2022[14]
Venezia Andrea SoncinEnd of caretaker spell9 June 2022 Ivan Javorčić1 July 2022[15]
Brescia Eugenio CoriniMutual consent14 June 2022[16] Pep Clotet1 July 2022[17]
Cosenza Pierpaolo Bisoli15 June 2022 Davide Dionigi1 July 2022[18]
Pisa Luca D'Angelo14 June 2022[19] Rolando Maran1 July 2022[20]
Reggina Roberto StelloneEnd of contract30 June 2022 Filippo Inzaghi12 July 2022[21]
Palermo Silvio BaldiniResigned27 July 2022[22] Stefano Di Benedetto (caretaker)28 July 2022[23]
Stefano Di BenedettoEnd of caretaker spell7 August 2022 Eugenio Corini7 August 2022[24]
Südtirol Lamberto ZauliMutual consent9 August 2022[25] Leandro Greco (caretaker)9 August 2022
Leandro GrecoEnd of caretaker spell29 August 2022[26] 20th Pierpaolo Bisoli29 August 2022
Como Giacomo GattusoExtended leave of absence8 September 2022[27] 18th Massimiliano Guidetti (caretaker)8 September 2022
Pisa Rolando MaranSacked19 September 2022[28] 20th Luca D'Angelo19 September 2022[29]
Perugia Fabrizio Castori19 September 2022[30] 17th Silvio Baldini20 September 2022[31]
Como Massimiliano GuidettiEnd of caretaker spell20 September 2022[32] 19th Moreno Longo20 September 2022
Benevento Fabio CasertaSacked20 September 2022[33] 12th Fabio Cannavaro21 September 2022[34]
SPAL Roberto Venturato9 October 2022[35] 14th Daniele De Rossi11 October 2022[36]
Perugia Silvio BaldiniResigned19 October 2022[37] [38] 20th Fabrizio Castori19 October 2022[39]
Venezia Ivan JavorčićSacked31 October 2022[40] 18th Andrea Soncin (caretaker)1 November 2022[41]
Cosenza Davide Dionigi31 October 2022[42] 16th William Viali2 November 2022[43]
Venezia Andrea SoncinEnd of caretaker spell7 November 202219th Paolo Vanoli7 November 2022[44]
Ternana Cristiano LucarelliSacked26 November 2022[45] 7th Aurelio Andreazzoli2 December 2022[46]
Genoa Alexander Blessin6 December 2022[47] 5th Alberto Gilardino6 December 2022[48]
Cagliari Fabio Liverani20 December 2022[49] 14th Roberto Muzzi (caretaker)20 December 2022
Brescia Pep Clotet21 December 2022[50] 10th Alfredo Aglietti21 December 2022[51]
Cagliari Roberto MuzziEnd of caretaker spell1 January 2023[52] 14th Claudio Ranieri1 January 2023
Brescia Alfredo AgliettiSacked16 January 2023[53] 13th Pep Clotet16 January 2023
Ascoli Cristian Bucchi4 February 2023[54] 13th Roberto Breda6 February 2023[55]
Benevento Fabio Cannavaro4 February 2023[56] 19th Roberto Stellone6 February 2023[57]
Brescia Pep Clotet6 February 2023[58] 16th Davide Possanzini7 February 2023[59]
SPAL Daniele De Rossi14 February 2023[60] 18th Massimo Oddo14 February 2023[61]
Brescia Davide Possanzini20 February 2023[62] 19th Daniele Gastaldello20 February 2023
Ternana Aurelio AndreazzoliResigned25 February 2023[63] 11th Cristiano Lucarelli27 February 2023[64]
Benevento Roberto Stellone10 April 2023[65] 20th Andrea Agostinelli12 April 2023[66]

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 that were played immediately afterwards.

Promotion play-offs

Rules:

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[67]
1 Gianluca Lapadula4Cagliari25
2 Joel PohjanpaloVenezia19
3 Matteo BrunoriPalermo17
Walid CheddiraBari
5 Samuele MulattieriFrosinone12
6 Mirko AntonucciCittadella11
Albert GuðmundssonGenoa
Franco VázquezParma
9 Massimo CodaGenoa10
Davide DiawModena
Pisa
Note4 Player scored 4 goals in the play-offs.

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Cedric GondoAscoliPalermo3–2 (A)
Joel Pohjanpalo4VeneziaModena5–0 (H)
Note4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
Game weeks
1 Stefano TuratiFrosinone201–2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12–13, 16–17, 19, 22–24, 27–29, 32–34
2 Josep MartínezGenoa172–3, 6–8, 20, 22, 24, 26–31, 33–35
Giacomo Poluzzi2Südtirol5, 7, 10, 17–18, 20–21, 23, 25, 27, 29–30, 34–36
4 Boris Radunović2Cagliari164–5, 8, 19–21, 24, 26–27, 30, 32–33, 36, 38
5 Elia Caprile1Bari155–6, 11, 15–16, 18, 20, 26–29, 31–32, 37
6 Antony IannarilliTernana132, 6–8, 11–13, 16–17, 20, 23, 27, 30
7 Stefano GoriPerugia112, 5, 14–16, 19, 22–23, 25, 27, 30
Elhan KastratiCittadella4–5, 9–12, 15, 21, 23, 27, 31
9 Enrico AlfonsoSPAL103, 5, 9–10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 26, 34
Simone ColombiReggina3–6, 8, 15, 17–19, 32
Riccardo GagnoModena7, 12, 19, 21, 23–24, 29, 31–32, 34
Mirko PigliacelliPalermo1, 5, 10–12, 15–16, 21, 27, 32
Note1Player kept 1 clean sheet in the play-offs.
2Player kept 2 clean sheets in the play-offs.

Notes and References

  1. 390 including play-offs and play-out.
  2. 908 including play-offs and play-out.
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  7. Web site: CRISTIAN BUCCHI NUOVO ALLENATORE DELL'ASCOLI.. Cristian Bucchi new Ascoli head coach.. Ascoli Calcio 1898. it. 14 June 2022. 14 June 2022.
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  10. Web site: FCS e mister Javorcic, le strade si dividono. . Italian . 9 June 2022 . 9 June 2022 .
  11. Web site: . it-IT . 13 June 2022 . 13 June 2022 . Lamberto Zauli è il nuovo allenatore dell'FC Südtirol .
  12. Web site: Parma, è separazione con Iachini. Con lui via anche il suo staff. TuttoMercatoWeb. it. 17 May 2022.
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  45. Web site: it . . 26 November 2022 . 28 November 2022 . Cristiano Lucarelli sollevato dall'incarico di allenatore della prima squadra.
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  63. Web site: it . . 25 February 2023 . 25 February 2023 . Si è dimesso l'allenatore rossoverde Aurelio Andreazzoli.
  64. Web site: it . . 27 February 2023 . 28 February 2023 . Tornano sulla panchina delle Fere Cristiano Lucarelli ed il suo staff.
  65. Web site: 2023-04-10 . BENEVENTO CALCIO: SI DIMETTE MISTER STELLONE . 2023-04-11 . Benevento Calcio . it.
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