2020–21 Serie B
92nd season of second-tier football league in Italy
Football league season
Serie B Season 2020–21 Dates Regular season: 25 September 2020 – 10 May 2021Play-offs: 13 May 2021 – 27 May 2021Champions Empoli (3rd title)Promoted EmpoliSalernitana Venezia (via play-off) Relegated Chievo (disbanded)Reggiana Pescara Virtus Entella Matches played 380[ 1] Goals scored 913 (2.4 per match)[ 2] Top goalscorer Massimo Coda (22 goals)Biggest home win Lecce 7–1 Reggiana (21 November 2020)Biggest away win Virtus Entella 1–5 Lecce (8 November 2020) Reggiana 0–4 Lecce (7 March 2021)Reggina 0–4 Frosinone (10 May 2021) Highest scoring Vicenza 4–4 Pisa (31 October 2020) Lecce 7–1 Reggiana (21 November 2020)Longest winning run Lecce[ 3] SPAL [ 4] (6 games) Longest unbeaten run Empoli[ 5] (28 games) Longest winless run Virtus Entella[ 6] (19 games) Longest losing run Virtus Entella[ 7] (6 games) Total attendance 51,222[ 8] Average attendance 96[ 8]
The 2020–21 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) was the 89th season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929. It started on 25 September 2020 and ended on 10 May 2021.[ 9]
On 5 November 2020, Serie B announced it would use VAR from the second half of the season.[ 10] However, it was used only on promotion play-off matches. DAZN broadcast all matches live domestically, with MyCujoo further distributing games in 15 countries.
Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season:
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in 2020–21 Serie B
Team
Home city
Stadium
Capacity
2019–20 season
Ascoli
Ascoli Piceno
Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca
11,326
14th in Serie B
Brescia
Brescia
Stadio Mario Rigamonti
19,550
19th in Serie A
Chievo
Verona
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
31,045
6th in Serie B
Cittadella
Cittadella (Padua )
Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato
7,623
5th in Serie B
Cosenza
Cosenza
Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla
20,987
15th in Serie B
Cremonese
Cremona
Stadio Giovanni Zini
16,003
12th in Serie B
Empoli
Empoli (Florence )
Stadio Carlo Castellani
16,284
7th in Serie B
Frosinone
Frosinone
Stadio Benito Stirpe
16,227
8th in Serie B
Lecce
Lecce
Stadio Via del Mare
31,533
18th in Serie A
Monza
Monza
Stadio Brianteo
10,000
Serie C Group A Champions
Pescara
Pescara
Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia
20,515
17th in Serie B
Pisa
Pisa
Arena Garibaldi – Romeo Anconetani
10,000
9th in Serie B
Pordenone
Pordenone
Stadio Guido Teghil (Lignano Sabbiadoro )
5,000
4th in Serie B
Reggiana
Reggio Emilia
Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
21,525
2nd in Serie C Group B, play-off winner
Reggina
Reggio Calabria
Stadio Oreste Granillo
27,543
Serie C Group C Champions
Salernitana
Salerno
Stadio Arechi
37,000
10th in Serie B
SPAL
Ferrara
Stadio Paolo Mazza
16,134
20th in Serie A
Venezia
Venice
Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
7,371
11th in Serie B
Vicenza
Vicenza
Stadio Romeo Menti
13,173
Serie C Group B Champions
Virtus Entella
Chiavari (Genoa )
Comunale Aldo Gastaldi
5,500
13th in Serie B
Personnel and kits
Team
President
Manager
Captain
Kit manufacturer
Shirt sponsor (front)
Shirt sponsor (back)
Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Shorts sponsor
Ascoli
Carlo Neri
Andrea Sottil
Riccardo Brosco
Nike
Fainplast, Bricofer
Bricofer
Ecotel Italia
Sky Network/Gruppo Boero
Brescia
Massimo Cellino
Pep Clotet
Dimitri Bisoli
Kappa
UBI Banca
Officine Meccaniche Rezzatesi
None
None
Chievo
Luca Campedelli
Alfredo Aglietti
Filip Đorđević
Givova
Mitsubishi Motors /Paluani, Coati Salumi
Nobis Assicurazioni
Avelia
Vicentini Carni
Cittadella
Andrea Gabrielli
Roberto Venturato
Manuel Iori
Mizuno
Sirmax, Gabrielli
Gavinox (H)/Quartzforms (A)
OCSA
Metalservice
Cosenza
Eugenio Guarascio
Roberto Occhiuzzi
Angelo Corsi
Legea
Quattropuntozero, Concessionaria Carlomagno
None
La Valle Viaggi
None
Cremonese
Paolo Rossi
Fabio Pecchia
Emanuele Terranova
Acerbis
Ilta Inox (H)/Arinox (A), Arvedi
Fattorie Cremona
Arvedi Tubi Acciaio
None
Empoli
Fabrizio Corsi
Alessio Dionisi
Simone Romagnoli
Kappa
Computer Gross, Sammontana (H)/Logli Massimo (A)
Pediatrica
Inpa
ChiantiBanca
Frosinone
Maurizio Stirpe
Alessandro Nesta
Nicolò Brighenti
Zeus
Banca Popolare del Frusinate
Acea
Polsinelli Enologia
None
Lecce
Saverio Sticchi Damiani
Eugenio Corini
Marco Mancosu
M908
Links Management & Technology, Pasta Maffei
Barocco SpA
Banca Popolare Pugliese
Asfalti Isolbit
Monza
Paolo Berlusconi
Cristian Brocchi
Andrea D'Errico
Lotto
WithU, U-Power
Febal Casa
Pontenossa
Dell'Orto
Pescara
Daniele Sebastiani
Gianluca Grassadonia
Vincenzo Fiorillo
Erreà
Contrader, TecnoRex
Liofilchem
Industria Vernici e Colori
Pharmapiù Sport
Pisa
Giuseppe Corrado
Luca D'Angelo
Robert Gucher
Adidas
Cetilar, Synlab
Hi-Turf Solution
Despe
Mercedes-Benz Palumbo Auto
Pordenone
Mauro Lovisa
Maurizio Domizzi
Mirko Stefani
Joma
Omega Group, Assiteca (H)/6sicuro (A)
Lignano Sabbiadoro
Alea Office
CRO Area Giovani
Reggiana
Luca Quintavalli
Massimiliano Alvini
Paolo Rozzio
Macron
Immergas, Conad (H)/Tutto per l'Imballo (A)/Safim Architettura
Alfa Romeo Autostile
Righi Food
Azimut Investments
Reggina
Luca Gallo
Marco Baroni
Giuseppe Loiacono
Macron
Bencivenni Gruppo Volkswagen, Puliservice Frontale
Multi Service 5D
Caffè Mauro
D. Caracciolo & figli
Salernitana
Marco Mezzaroma & Claudio Lotito
Fabrizio Castori
Francesco Di Tacchio
Zeus
Meda Supermercati/Real Sud EqualQuality/BCC Aquara/Centri Verrengia/Check-Up Centro Polidiagnostico/Real Sud/Gruppo Noviello/Ethos Grafica/San Matteo New York/Smyb Business Logistics, Gruppo Noviello
New Energy Gas e Luce
Real Sud
Obiettivo Ristrutturare/Ethos Grafica/BTL Industries
SPAL
Walter Mattioli
Massimo Rastelli
Sergio Floccari
Macron
Adamant BioNRG, Omega Group
Errebi Technology
Pentaferte
None
Venezia
Duncan L. Niederauer
Paolo Zanetti
Marco Modolo
Nike
Fluorsid
IBSA Group
Don Peppe
Stevanato Prodotti e Lavori Speciali
Vicenza
Renzo Rosso
Domenico Di Carlo
Stefano Giacomelli
Lotto
Diesel , Aon (H)/Sergio Bassan John Deere (A)
Protek (H)/Famila (A)
Legor (H)
Zanutta (H)
Virtus Entella
Antonio Gozzi
Vincenzo Vivarini
Luca Nizzetto
Adidas
Duferco Energia
None
None
Kia Gecar
Managerial changes
League table
Source:
Lega Serie B (in Italian),
Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
[ 55] (C) Champions;
(D) Disqualified;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated;
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
^ a b c Head-to-head points: Brescia 9, Chievo 5, SPAL 2.
^ a b Frosinone finished ahead of Reggina on head-to-head points: Frosinone 1–1 Reggina, Reggina 0–4 Frosinone.
^ a b c Head-to-head points: Vicenza 8, Cremonese 4, Pisa 3.
^ a b Since the 16th-placed team Ascoli finished more than 4 points ahead of the 17th-placed team Cosenza, the relegation play-out was not played and Cosenza were originally relegated directly. However, Cosenza was ultimately spared from relegation following Chievo's bankruptcy and subsequent dissolution.
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.
Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Empoli 2 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Salernitana 9 6 2 3 2 4 7 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 5 3 4 4 4 5 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 Monza 13 13 14 13 15 11 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 6 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 Lecce 12 5 9 8 9 8 5 3 2 3 4 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 6 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 Venezia 3 8 10 4 6 6 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 7 10 9 9 9 7 6 4 4 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 Cittadella 1 1 1 1 3 5 8 8 7 7 7 7 4 3 3 4 3 2 4 5 5 5 4 6 5 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 8 6 6 6 6 Brescia 7 20 7 11 12 12 10 10 11 12 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 13 13 13 13 14 13 16 16 14 14 12 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 8 8 7 Chievo 10 14 8 5 5 2 2 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 6 3 3 2 2 5 7 5 6 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 8 SPAL 16 12 12 14 8 7 6 4 4 2 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 3 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 9 9 9 Frosinone 20 7 4 6 4 3 4 7 6 5 5 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 11 12 10 Reggina 8 3 5 7 7 9 13 13 15 13 15 16 18 18 17 13 14 15 15 16 16 13 14 12 12 12 12 11 12 13 12 11 10 9 9 10 10 11 Vicenza 18 15 18 19 19 18 14 16 12 15 14 14 13 13 13 14 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 15 13 11 13 13 11 10 10 12 13 12 14 14 12 Cremonese 19 17 15 16 16 19 20 20 19 17 17 17 16 14 14 16 17 14 14 15 15 15 17 15 13 15 15 15 14 14 14 13 11 11 11 12 11 13 Pisa 4 9 17 18 18 17 17 14 16 14 13 13 12 11 10 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 11 12 13 12 13 13 13 14 Pordenone 15 11 11 15 13 10 11 11 10 10 12 12 11 12 12 10 10 8 8 8 8 9 9 11 11 11 13 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 Ascoli 6 16 20 12 14 16 16 17 17 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 18 18 17 18 18 18 19 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 16 16 16 15 16 Cosenza 11 10 13 10 10 13 15 12 13 16 16 15 15 16 16 15 16 16 17 14 14 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 Reggiana 5 2 6 9 11 14 12 15 14 11 10 10 14 15 15 17 18 18 16 17 17 18 15 13 14 16 16 16 16 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 Pescara 14 18 19 20 20 20 19 19 20 18 18 18 17 17 18 18 15 17 19 20 20 20 20 19 19 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Virtus Entella 17 19 16 17 17 15 18 18 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Results
Source:
Serie B (in Italian),
Soccerway (in English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Rules:
Preliminary round: the higher-placed team plays at home. If teams are tied after regular time, extra-time is played. If scores are still level, the higher-placed team advances;
Semi-finals: the higher-placed team plays at home for second leg. If teams are tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team advances;
Final: the higher-placed team plays at home for second leg. If teams are tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team is promoted to Serie A , unless the teams finished tied on points after regular season, in which case winner is decided by extra-time and a penalty shootout if necessary.
Preliminary round
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
First leg
Second leg
Relegation play-out
The relegation play-out was not played because the 16th-placed team Ascoli finished more than 4 points ahead of 17th-placed team Cosenza , then they were relegated directly to Serie C . Cosenza was later readmitted to replace the excluded Chievo .
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Note
1 Player scored 1 goal in the play-offs.
Hat-tricks
Note
4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away
Clean sheets
Rank
Player
Club
Clean sheets
Rounds[ 57]
1
Vid Belec
Salernitana
14[ 58]
5, 9–10, 13, 19–20, 27–30, 32–33, 37–38
2
Michele Di Gregorio 1
Monza
13
11–12, 14–17, 19, 24–25, 27, 36–37
Samuele Perisan
Pordenone
6, 9–10, 13, 16–19, 28, 32, 34, 37–38
Adrian Šemper
Chievo
1, 3–4, 6, 11–12, 17, 19, 22, 26, 29, 33, 38
5
Alberto Brignoli
Empoli
12
1–2, 7, 14, 17–18, 26, 28–30, 33, 36
6
Francesco Bardi
Frosinone
11
2–6, 13, 16,[ a] 24, 29, 31, 36
7
Wladimiro Falcone
Cosenza
9
4, 8, 12, 14, 16, 19, 25, 28, 35
Vincenzo Fiorillo
Pescara
1, 10, 12, 16–17, 24, 26, 28, 36
Gabriel
Lecce
1–2, 17–18, 26–27, 30–32
Elhan Kastrati 2
Cittadella
12, 14, 5,[ b] 28–29, 34, 36
Luca Lezzerini
Venezia
1, 3–4, 6, 5,[ c] 13–14, 19–20
^ Played between rounds 20 and 21.
^ Played between rounds 17 and 18.
^ Played between rounds 7 and 8.
Note
1 Player kept 1 clean sheet in the play-offs.
2 Player kept 2 clean sheets in the play-offs.
Awards
XI of the Season
References
External links
Domestic leagues
Domestic cups
International club competitions
Domestic leagues Domestic cups League cups Supercups UEFA competitions International competitions