Serie B

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Italian association football league

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::summary Italian association football league ::

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nameSerie B
logoSerie BKT logo.svg
pixels140
countryItaly
confedUEFA
founded
(pilot in 1922)
organiserLega B
teams20
promotionSerie A
relegationSerie C
levels2
domest_cupCoppa Italia
championsSassuolo (2nd title)
season2024–25
most successful clubGenoa (6 titles)
most_appearancesLuigi Cagni (483)
top_goalscorerMassimo Coda (136)
tvLaB Channel
DAZN
websitelegab.it
current2025–26 Serie B
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::callout[type=note] the Italian football league ::

| name = Serie B | logo = Serie BKT logo.svg | pixels = 140 | country = Italy | confed = UEFA | founded =
(pilot in 1922) | organiser = Lega B | folded = | divisions = | teams = 20 | feeds = | promotion = Serie A | relegation = Serie C | levels = 2 | domest_cup = Coppa Italia | champions = Sassuolo (2nd title) | season = 2024–25 | most successful club = Genoa (6 titles) | most_appearances = Luigi Cagni (483) | top_goalscorer = Massimo Coda (136) | tv = LaB Channel DAZN | website = legab.it | current = 2025–26 Serie B

The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010 and the Lega B ever since. Common nicknames for the league are campionato cadetto and cadetteria, since cadetto is the Italian name for junior or cadet.

History

The first Italian football championships were composed of a small number of teams. It was in 1904 that the tournament expanded with the first edition of the Seconda Categoria (Second Category): this was a competition in which, on one side, the reserve teams of clubs affiliated with the Prima Categoria (First Category) participated, and on the other side, those provincial clubs that had recently joined the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).

For the provincial teams, it wasn't enough to beat the reserve teams of the metropolitan clubs by winning the second-tier championship: they had to prove to a Federal Technical Commission that they had acquired a sufficient level of technical ability to compete with the first-team players of the Prima Categoria. Therefore, they were required to demonstrate this in a unique test match, not comparable to a play-off, a match against a Prima Categoria team in front of prominent football figures of the time. The first team to reach the honour, was Pro Vercelli in 1907, which even won the scudetto in 1908.

The status quo was challenged by a federal official with a letter published in the football columns of La Gazzetta dello Sport in February 1912: according to him, there was no movement between the Prima Categoria and the Seconda Categoria, which had to bear the expenses of an entire season only to see them wasted by a single match against the reserve teams of the larger clubs. The official proposed the introduction of a promotion-relegation system, which immediately gained the support of many clubs. As a result, several proposals for changes to the current Championship Regulations were drawn up in preparation for the annual Federal Assembly. This mechanism was introduced by the Federal Assembly on 31 August 1912, when the Valvassori-Faroppa plan was approved. This plan modified the Italian football pyramid, turning the Seconda Categoria into the new Promozione (Promotion) championship and creating a dedicated championship for Reserve teams. Just as the Seconda Categoria had been managed in the past, the Promozione was entrusted to the Regional Committees, which the FIGC had established in 1909.

It wasn’t until 1921 that the Pozzo Plan, made by manager Vittorio Pozzo, created a true national second-tier league by establishing the Seconda Divisione (Second Division), a tournament in which all the clubs affected by the heavy trimming of the Prima Categoria, now renamed Prima Divisione (First Division), participated. The new introduced regulations, strongly supported by the secessionist Italian Football Confederation (CCI) (which applied them starting in the 1921–22 season) and approved along with the Pozzo Plan, involved the division of Italy into two large geographical areas, managed by the North and South Leagues, with a sharp cut at the center of the country. This meant teams from Tuscany played in the North, and those from Marche and Umbria played in the South. As a result, the Seconda Divisione experienced two different sets of rules, due to the stark geographical and organizational differences: in the North, the league was organized outside the regional framework directly by the Lega Nord, while in the South, it was still managed by the Regional Committees because the distances and means of transportation didn’t allow for interregional league management. Only in the 1925–26 season did the Lega Sud of major clubs organized the regional Seconda Divisione groups directly. The first teams to be relegated (1921-22 season) were Vicenza and Inter Milan even if, after the CCI reunion with FIGC, the regulations were changed, and Venezia was demoted instead of the Milanese club.

In the north, the new competition started in the 1922–23 season with 48 teams divided into six groups, structured at the interregional level but still vaguely corresponding to the jurisdictions of the regional committees. By 1924–25, the number dropped to 40 teams and four groups, now geographically more extensive. In the south, not all Regional Committees managed to organize the Seconda Divisione championship immediately, which was especially difficult in the island regions, where the number of regulation-sized fields was minimal. The first season saw about 25 teams participating, and by the following season, this increased to 40, but problems related to the particularly troubled political era began to emerge. Few clubs managed to complete all four championships organized by the Lega Sud between 1922–23 and 1925–26 due to high operating costs.

In 1926, the Viareggio Charter renamed the top league to Divisione Nazionale (National Division), consequently renaming the lower categories, with the Seconda Divisione becoming the Prima Divisione. The two bodies managing the tournament, the Lega Nord and Lega Sud, were merged into a national governing body called the Direttorio Divisioni Superiori (Directory of Higher Divisions). This led to one of the groups being reserved for southern clubs, with many northern teams effectively relegated by default. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Atalanta_1927-1928.jpg" caption="Lombard]] club holds the record with 6 first-place finishes in the second-tier league."] ::

The far-reaching reform envisioned by the Viareggio Charter was completed in 1928 by the new FIGC president, the fascist politician from Bologna, Leandro Arpinati. The influential politician established the creation of a radically different second-tier league within a year, meaning no longer an interregional tournament but a single national group, exactly like the one planned for the top league. Thus, in 1929, the Serie B of the Divisione Nazionale was born. The establishment of a single group for the second-tier league sparked protests from smaller clubs, who complained about the high travel costs for matches across the entire country and the lower gate receipts compared to the top league. They unsuccessfully proposed expanding the first edition of Serie B of the Divisione Nazionale to two groups based on territorial criteria, admitting the semifinalists of the southern Prima Divisione championship by default. The two-group formula would have reduced the high operating costs of participating in the second-tier league and given more representation to the central and southern teams. However, the proposal was not accepted, and Serie B remained a single group.

The first edition saw 18 teams registered, a format that remained unchanged until the 1933–34 season, when an attempt was made to divide into two groups based on geography (west and east). However, this experiment was unsuccessful, and in 1935–36, the original model was reinstated, which, except for an attempt to reduce the number of teams between 1936 and 1938, continued until the break caused by World War II. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/1972–73_Genoa_1893_(edited).jpg" caption="Atalanta]]."] ::

In the immediate post-war years, the colossal wartime destruction and widespread poverty made it impossible to immediately restart the competition. The tournament developed with different formats between the two areas of the country, north and south. In the 1946–47 and 1947–48 seasons, the Serie B was played with a three-group format (geographically divided into northwest, northeast, and central-south). In the 1948–49 season, the FIGC finally managed to recreate a single group with 22 teams, reduced again to 18 teams in the 1952–53 season. In the 1958–59 season, the league was expanded to 20 teams, a format that, except for one occasion (the 1967–68 season, with 21 teams due to the reduction from 18 to 16 Serie A teams), remained unchanged for 35 years.

It was the consequences of the so-called "Caso Catania" in the 2003–04 season that disrupted this consolidated tradition and brought the number of participating teams to a record high of 24, later reduced to 22 the following year.

From 1946, both Serie A and Serie B were run by Lega Calcio. However, on 30 April 2009, after divisions between Serie A and Serie B clubs regarding the future of the league, 19 of 20 top-flight clubs (the only exception being Lecce) agreed on plans to split from Serie B to form another governing and financing body. Subsequently, on 1 July 2010, the Lega Calcio has officially ceased to exist and was replaced by the two newly formed leagues, Lega Serie A and Lega Serie B.

In the 2018–19 season, due to the bankruptcy of Avellino, Bari, and Cesena to register, and the inability to quickly relegate teams (by the deadline for presenting the 2018–19 season fixtures), the second-tier league once again had an odd number of teams, dropping from 22 to 19. By FIGC order, in the 2019–20 season, the league returned to having 20 teams, a format that had been in place from 1968 to 2003.

The second-tier league, following the example of the top division, introduced the VAR system: from 2018 to 2021, it was used only for the play-offs and play-outs, while starting from the 2021–22 season, it was implemented for the entire regular season.

Serie B is the lowest division in which five historic clubs have ever played: Torino, Juventus, Milan, Roma and Lazio.

Competition format

League

The single group format established in the 1929–30 season is identical to the Serie A (the immediately higher category): a round-robin group with home and away matches between the twenty participating teams for 38 games. Three points are awarded to the winner of the match, one point each for a draw, and no points for the losing team. The regulations provide for three promotions to the top tier, against four relegations to Serie C. The top two teams are automatically promoted; the last promotion is instead decided through the playoffs, in which teams ranked from 3rd to 8th place participate, unless there is a gap of more than 14 points between the 3rd and 4th place teams: in this case, the playoffs will not be played, and the 3rd place team will be promoted directly to Serie A. Conversely, the teams ranked 18th to 20th are directly relegated; the last relegation is decided by a play-out between the 16th and 17th placed teams, unless the 17th place is more than 5 points behind the 16th place: in this case, the play-out will not be played, and the 17th place team will be directly relegated to Serie C. Starting from the 2005-06 season, the "head-to-head" ranking is used to determine the final classification in the event of a tie.

Since the 2006–07 season, Serie B introduced an on-field award ceremony for the first-place team, which is presented with a dedicated trophy. Until the 2019–20 season, the winning team of the tournament received the Ali della Vittoria (Wings of Victory) cup. After an interim season, starting from the 2021–22 season, the new "Nexus Cup" was introduced; a smaller version of this cup is also awarded to the second-place team and the winner of the playoffs.

Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league's history:

  • 18 clubs: 1929–1933
  • 26 clubs (in two groups): 1933–1934
  • 32 clubs (in two groups): 1934–1935
  • 18 clubs: 1935–1936
  • 16 clubs: 1936–1937
  • 17 clubs: 1937–1938
  • 18 clubs: 1938–1943
  • 60 clubs (in three groups): 1946–1947
  • 54 clubs (in three groups): 1947–1948
  • 22 clubs: 1948–1950
  • 21 clubs: 1950–1951
  • 22 clubs: 1951–1952
  • 18 clubs: 1952–1958
  • 20 clubs: 1958–1967
  • 21 clubs: 1967–1968
  • 20 clubs: 1968–2003
  • 24 clubs: 2003–2004
  • 22 clubs: 2004–2018
  • 19 clubs: 2018–2019
  • 20 clubs: 2019–present

Promotion and relegation

Play-offs

Play-offs were introduced in Serie B in the 2004–05 season to determine the third team promoted to Serie A.

The original formula provided for the participation of four teams (from 3rd to 6th place) who faced each other in semifinals and finals (both based on home and away matches). If the gap between the 3rd and 4th place teams was greater than nine points, the third-place team would be directly promoted to Serie A; otherwise, the play-offs would take place. In the 2012–13 season, there was a change in the final regulation: extra time was abolished in the away leg if the score was tied after 180 minutes.

In the 2013–2014 season, the play-off bracket was expanded to include a maximum of six teams (from 3rd to 8th place), which had to be within a fourteen-point margin. As a result, the number of clubs participating in the promotion play-offs could vary, and thus the structure of the tournament changed depending on how many teams were involved. The third-place team would still be directly promoted if it had a gap of more than 9 points from the fourth place.

From the 2017–2018 season onwards, the play-offs involve teams ranked from 3rd to 8th place (without considering the gap between them), but the point difference between the 3rd and 4th place teams must not exceed fourteen points (instead of nine). The format is no longer variable based on the number of participating teams.

The current format is as follows:

  • The teams ranked from 5th to 8th place enter the preliminary round: 5th place faces 8th, and 6th faces 7th. There is only one match at the home of the higher-ranked team at the end of the season, and in case of a draw, extra time is played. If still tied after 120 minutes, the higher-ranked team in the regular season advances to the semifinals.

  • The teams ranked 3rd and 4th place automatically advance to the semifinals, along with the 2 winners from the preliminary round. The 3rd place team faces the winner of the match between 6th and 7th place from the preliminary round. Semifinal matches are played home and away, and in case of a tie after 90 minutes in the return leg, the team better placed in the regular season advances to the final.

  • The final consists of one home and one away match. If there is an overall tie after 180 minutes, the team better placed in the regular season is promoted to Serie A. Only if both teams finished the season with the same number of points, starting from the 2015–2016 season, extra time and possibly penalty kicks are played. In both the semifinals and the final, the away goals rule is not applied.

Play-out

Play-outs were introduced in the 2003–04 season to determine the fourth team relegated to Serie C: the bottom three teams are directly relegated, followed by the fourth-to-last team if the gap from the fifth-to-last team exceeds four points (5 points in the 2003–04 season). Otherwise, the play-out takes place with a home and away match: in the event of a draw in the final score, the fifth-to-last placed team at the end of the season retains its place in Serie B. Only if the two teams have finished the season with the same points in the standings, starting from the 2015–16 season, the away match includes extra time and possibly penalty kicks. Just like in the play-offs, the away goals rule does not apply in the play-out.

Clubs

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TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2022–23 season
BariBariStadio San Nicola17th in Serie B
BresciaBresciaStadio Mario Rigamonti8th in Serie B
CarrareseCarraraStadio dei MarmiSerie C, play-off winner
CatanzaroCatanzaroStadio Nicola Ceravolo5th in Serie B
CesenaCesenaOrogel Stadium-Dino ManuzziSerie C, Group B winner
CittadellaCittadellaStadio Pier Cesare Tombolato14th in Serie B
CosenzaCosenzaStadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla9th in Serie B
CremoneseCremonaStadio Giovanni Zini4th in Serie B
FrosinoneFrosinoneStadio Benito Stirpe18th in Serie A
Juve StabiaCastellammare di StabiaStadio Romeo MentiSerie C, Group C winner
MantovaMantuaStadio Danilo MartelliSerie C, Group A winner
ModenaModenaStadio Alberto Braglia10th in Serie B
PalermoPalermoStadio Renzo Barbera6th in Serie B
PisaPisaArena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani13th in Serie B
ReggianaReggio EmiliaMapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore11th in Serie B
SalernitanaSalernoStadio Arechi20th in Serie A
SampdoriaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris7th in Serie B
SassuoloSassuoloMapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore19th in Serie A
SpeziaLa SpeziaStadio Alberto Picco15th in Serie B
SüdtirolBolzanoStadio Druso12th in Serie B
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Seasons in Serie B

This is the complete list of the 144 clubs that have taken part in the 94 Serie B seasons played from the 1929–30 season until the 2025–26 season.

The teams in bold compete in Serie B in the 2025–26 season. The teams in italics represent defunct teams. The year in parentheses represents the most recent year of participation at this level.

The Serie B–C Alta Italia post-war championship

This championship was organized by geographical criteria with only Northern Italy Serie B and the best Northern Italy Serie C teams taking part. Southern Italy Serie B teams took part to 1945–46 Serie A. For this reason, this championship is not included in the statistics.

Champions and promotions

Note: a cadet title had already been awarded by the DDS’s First Division to Novara in 1927 and to Atalanta in 1928. ::data[format=table]

SeasonChampionsRunners-upOther promotedNorthern championsCentral championsSouthern championsChampionsRunners-upOther promoted
1929–30CasaleLegnano
1930–31FiorentinaBari
1931–32PalermoPadova
1932–33LivornoBrescia
1933–34SampierdareneseBaria
1934–35GenoaBari
1935–36LuccheseNovara
1936–37LivornoAtalanta
1937–38**Modena**b**Novara**b
1938–39FiorentinaVenezia
1939–40AtalantaLivorno
1940–41SampierdareneseModena
1941–42BariVicenza
1942–43ModenaBrescia
1945–46AlessandriaPro PatriaaNapoli

| 1946–47 | | | | | | | | | | | Pro Patria | Lucchese | Salernitana | | | | | | | | | 1947–48 | Novara | Padova | Palermo | | | | | | | | 1948–49 | | | | | | | | | | | Como | Venezia | | | | | | | | | | 1949–50 | Napoli | Udinese | | | | | | | | | 1950–51 | SPAL | Legnano | | | | | | | | | 1951–52 | Roma | Bresciaa | | | | | | | | | 1952–53 | Genoa | Legnano | | | | | | | | | 1953–54 | Catania | Pro Patria | | | | | | | | | 1954–55 | Vicenza | Padova | | | | | | | | | 1955–56 | Udinese | Palermo | | | | | | | | | 1956–57 | Hellas Verona | Alessandria | | | | | | | | | 1957–58 | Triestina | Bari | | | | | | | | | 1958–59 | Atalanta | Palermo | | | | | | | | | 1959–60 | Torino | Lecco | Catania | | | | | | | | 1960–61 | Venezia | Mantova | Palermo | | | | | | | | 1961–62 | Genoa | Napoli | Modena | | | | | | | | 1962–63 | Messina | Bari | Lazio | | | | | | | | 1963–64 | Varese | Cagliari | Foggia | | | | | | | | 1964–65 | Brescia | Napoli | SPAL | | | | | | | | 1965–66 | Venezia | Lecco | Mantova | | | | | | | | 1966–67 | Sampdoria | Varese | | | | | | | | | 1967–68 | Palermo | Hellas Verona | Pisa | | | | | | | | 1968–69 | Lazio | Brescia | Bari | | | | | | | | 1969–70 | Varese | Foggia | Catania | | | | | | | | 1970–71 | Mantova | Atalanta | Catanzaro | | | | | | | | 1971–72 | Ternana | Lazio | Palermo | | | | | | | | 1972–73 | Genoa | Cesena | Foggia | | | | | | | | 1973–74 | Varese | Ascoli | Ternana | | | | | | | | 1974–75 | Perugia | Como | Hellas Verona | | | | | | | | 1975–76 | Genoa | Catanzaro | Foggia | | | | | | | | 1976–77 | Vicenza | Atalanta | Pescara | | | | | | | | 1977–78 | Ascoli | Catanzaro | Avellino | | | | | | | | 1978–79 | Udinese | Cagliari | Pescara | | | | | | | | 1979–80 | Como | Pistoiese | Brescia | | | | | | | | 1980–81 | Milan | Genoa | Cesena | | | | | | | | 1981–82 | Hellas Verona | Pisa | Sampdoria | | | | | | | | 1982–83 | Milan | Lazio | Catania | | | | | | | | 1983–84 | Atalanta | Como | Cremonese | | | | | | | | 1984–85 | Pisa | Lecce | Bari | | | | | | | | 1985–86 | Ascoli | Brescia | Empoli | | | | | | | | 1986–87 | Pescara | Pisa | Cesena | | | | | | | | 1987–88 | Bologna | Lecce | Lazio, Atalanta | | | | | | | | 1988–89 | Genoa | Bari | Udinese, Cremonese | | | | | | | | 1989–90 | Torino | Pisa | Cagliari, Parma | | | | | | | | 1990–91 | Foggia | Hellas Verona | Cremonese, Ascoli | | | | | | | | 1991–92 | Brescia | Pescara | Ancona, Udinese | | | | | | | | 1992–93 | Reggiana | Cremonese | Piacenza, Lecce | | | | | | | | 1993–94 | Fiorentina | Bari | Brescia, Padova | | | | | | | | 1994–95 | Piacenza | Udinese | Vicenza, Atalanta | | | | | | | | 1995–96 | Bologna | Hellas Verona | Perugia, Reggiana | | | | | | | | 1996–97 | Brescia | Empoli | Lecce, Bari | | | | | | | | 1997–98 | Salernitana | Venezia | Cagliari, Perugia | | | | | | | | 1998–99 | Hellas Verona | Torino | Reggina, Lecce | | | | | | | | 1999–2000 | Vicenza | Atalanta | Brescia, Napoli | | | | | | | | 2000–01 | Torino | Piacenza | Chievo, Venezia | | | | | | | | 2001–02 | Como | Modena | Reggina, Empoli | | | | | | | | 2002–03 | Siena | Sampdoria | Lecce, Ancona | | | | | | | | 2003–04 | Palermo | Cagliari | Livorno, Messina, Atalanta, Fiorentinac | | | | | | | | 2004–05 | Empoli | Torinoa | Treviso, Ascoli | | | | | | | | 2005–06 | Atalanta | Catania | Torino | | | | | | | | 2006–07 | Juventus | Napoli | Genoa | | | | | | | | 2007–08 | Chievo | Bologna | Lecce | | | | | | | | 2008–09 | Bari | Parma | Livorno | | | | | | | | 2009–10 | Lecce | Cesena | Brescia | | | | | | | | 2010–11 | Atalanta | Siena | Novara | | | | | | | | 2011–12 | Pescara | Torino | Sampdoria | | | | | | | | 2012–13 | Sassuolo | Hellas Verona | Livorno | | | | | | | | 2013–14 | Palermo | Empoli | Cesena | | | | | | | | 2014–15 | Carpi | Frosinone | Bologna | | | | | | | | 2015–16 | Cagliari | Crotone | Pescara | | | | | | | | 2016–17 | SPAL | Hellas Verona | Benevento | | | | | | | | 2017–18 | Empoli | Parma | Frosinone | | | | | | | | 2018–19 | Brescia | Lecce | Hellas Verona | | | | | | | | 2019–20 | Benevento | Crotone | Spezia | | | | | | | | 2020–21 | Empoli | Salernitana | Venezia | | | | | | | | 2021–22 | Lecce | Cremonese | Monza | | | | | | | | 2022–23 | Frosinone | Genoa | Cagliari | | | | | | | | 2023–24 | Parma | Como | Venezia | | | | | | | | 2024–25 | Sassuolo | Pisa | Cremonese | | | | | | | ::

a Not promoted for Serie A reduction.

b Modena and Novara were both awarded champions in 1937–38.

c Six teams were promoted in 2003–04 due to the expansion of Serie A from 18 to 20 teams.

Club performances

Main article: List of Serie B champions and promotions

Performance by club

Updated as of 2023–24 season ::data[format=table]

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning years
Genoa621935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1976, 1989
Atalanta531940, 1959, 1984, 2006, 2011
Palermo521932, 1948, 1968, 2004, 2014
Bari461935, 1942, 1946, 2009
Brescia461965, 1992, 1997, 2019
Hellas Verona351957, 1982, 1999
Como331949, 1980, 2002
Torino321960, 1990, 2001
Varese311964, 1970, 1974
Vicenza311955, 1977, 2000
Fiorentina3–1931, 1939, 1994
Novara331927, 1938, 1948
Empoli312005, 2018, 2021
Napoli231946, 1950
Venezia231961, 1966
Lecce222010, 2022
Pescara221987, 2012
Udinese221956, 1979
Ascoli211978, 1986
Bologna211988, 1996
Livorno211933, 1937
Salernitana211947, 1998
Lucchese2–1936, 1947
Milan2–1981, 1983
Sampierdarenese2–1934, 1941
SPAL2–1951, 2017
Modena141943
Pisa141985
Cagliari132016
Padova131948
Lazio121969
Parma122024
Perugia121975
Pro Patria121947
Alessandria111946
Catania111954
Foggia111991
Frosinone112023
Mantova111971
Piacenza111995
Reggiana111993
Sampdoria111967
Siena112003
Ternana111972
Benevento1–2020
Carpi1–2015
Casale1–1930
Chievo1–2008
Juventus1–2007
Messina1–1963
Roma1–1952
Sassuolo1–2013
Triestina1–1958
Spezia1–1929
Legnano–4–
Catanzaro–2–
Cesena–2–
Cremonese–2–
Crotone–2–
Lecco–2–
Pistoiese–1–
Treviso–1–
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Titles by region

Updated as of 2023–24 season ::data[format=table]

RegionTitlesWinning club(s) (titles)
Lombardy20Atalanta (6), Brescia (4), Como (3), Varese (3), Milan (2), Mantova (1), Pro Patria (1)
Tuscany12Empoli (3), Fiorentina (3), Livorno (2), Lucchese (2), Pisa (1), Siena (1)
Emilia-Romagna10Bologna (2), SPAL (2), Carpi (1), Modena (1), Parma (1), Piacenza (1), Reggiana (1), Sassuolo (1)
Veneto10Hellas Verona (3), Vicenza (3), Venezia (2), Chievo (1), Padova (1)
Liguria9Genoa (6), Sampierdarenese (2), Sampdoria (1), Spezia (1)
Piedmont8Torino (3), Novara (3), Alessandria (1), Casale (1), Juventus (1)
Apulia7Bari (4), Lecce (2), Foggia (1)
Sicily7Palermo (5), Catania (1), Messina (1)
Campania5Salernitana (2), Napoli (2), Benevento (1)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia3Udinese (2), Triestina (1)
Lazio3Frosinone (1), Lazio (1), Roma (1)
Abruzzo2Pescara (2)
Marche2Ascoli (2)
Umbria2Perugia (1), Ternana (1)
Sardinia1Cagliari (1)
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Titles by city

Updated as of 2023–24 season ::data[format=table]

CityTitlesWinning club(s) (titles)
Genoa9Genoa (6), Sampierdarenese (2), Sampdoria (1)
Bergamo6Atalanta (6)
Palermo5Palermo (5)
Turin4Torino (3), Juventus (1)
Verona4Hellas Verona (3), Chievo (1)
Bari4Bari (4)
Brescia4Brescia (4)
Como3Como (3)
Florence3Fiorentina (3)
Varese3Varese (3)
Vicenza3Vicenza (3)
Novara3Novara (3)
Empoli3Empoli (3)
Ascoli Piceno2Ascoli (2)
Bologna2Bologna (2)
Ferrara2SPAL (2)
Lecce2Lecce (2)
Livorno2Livorno (2)
Lucca2Lucchese (2)
Milan2Milan (2)
Naples2Napoli (2)
Pescara2Pescara (2)
Rome2Lazio (1), Roma (1)
Salerno2Salernitana (2)
Udine2Udinese (2)
Venice2Venezia (2)
Alessandria1Alessandria (1)
Benevento1Benevento (1)
Busto Arsizio1Pro Patria (1)
Cagliari1Cagliari (1)
Carpi1Carpi (1)
Casale Monferrato1Casale (1)
Catania1Catania (1)
Foggia1Foggia (1)
Frosinone1Frosinone (1)
La Spezia1Spezia (1)
Mantua1Mantova (1)
Messina1Messina (1)
Modena1Modena (1)
Padua1Padova (1)
Parma1Parma (1)
Perugia1Perugia (1)
Piacenza1Piacenza (1)
Pisa1Pisa (1)
Reggio Emilia1Reggiana (1)
Sassuolo1Sassuolo (1)
Siena1Siena (1)
Terni1Ternana (1)
Trieste1Triestina (1)
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Promotions by region

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RegionPromotionsPromoted clubs (263)
Lombardy52Atalanta (12), Brescia (12), Como (6), Cremonese (5), Varese (4), Legnano (3), Mantova (3), Lecco (2), Milan (2), Pro Patria (2), Monza (1)
Veneto29Hellas Verona (10), Venezia (7), Vicenza (5), Padova (4), Chievo (2), Treviso (1)
Emilia-Romagna28Modena (5), Cesena (5), Bologna (4), Parma (4), Piacenza (3), SPAL (3), Reggiana (2), Carpi (1), Sassuolo (1)
Tuscany27Empoli (7), Livorno (6), Pisa (5), Fiorentina (4), Lucchese (2), Siena (2), Pistoiese (1)
Apulia26Bari (11), Lecce (10), Foggia (5)
Liguria16Genoa (9), Sampdoria (4) Sampierdarenese (2) Spezia (1)
Sicily16Palermo (9), Catania (5), Messina (2)
Piedmont14Torino (6), Novara (4), Alessandria (2), Casale (1), Juventus (1)
Campania11Napoli (5), Salernitana (3), Benevento (2), Avellino (1)
Lazio9Lazio (5), Frosinone (3), Roma (1)
Calabria7Catanzaro (3), Reggina (2), Crotone (2)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia7Udinese (6), Triestina (1)
Marche7Ascoli (5), Ancona (2)
Sardinia7Cagliari (7)
Abruzzo6Pescara (6)
Umbria5Perugia (3), Ternana (2)
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Statistics and Records

Top scorers

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SeasonTop scorer(s)Club(s)Goals
1929–30ITA Luigi DemarchiCasale19
1930–31ITA Gastone PrendatoPadova25
1931–32ITA Carlo RadicePalermo28
1932–33ITA Marco RomanoComo29
1933–34ITA Remo GalliModena26
1934–35ITA Marco RomanoNovara30
1935–36ITA Vinicio VianiLucchese34
1936–37ITA Bruno ArcariLivorno30
1937–38ITA Otello TorriNovara25
1938–39ITA Alfredo DiotaleviSpezia21
1939–40ITA Vinicio VianiLivorno35
1940–41ITA Vittorio SentimentiModena24
ITA Renato GeiBrescia
1941–42ITA Giovanni CostanzoSpezia24
1942–43ITA Giovanni CostanzoSpezia22
ITA Luigi GallantiFanfulla
1943–45: Cancelled due to World War II
1945–46ITA Bruno MazzaCrema17
1946–47ITA Aldo BoffiSeregno32
1947–48ITA Aurelio Pavesi De MarcoPalermo23
1948–49ITA Attilio FrizziSPAL25
1949–50ITA Ettore BertoniBrescia30
1950–51ITA Ettore BertoniLegnano25
1951–52ITA Attilio FrizziGenoa20
1952–53ITA Alvaro ZianFanfulla19
1953–54ITA Michele ManentiCatania15
1954–55ITA Achille FraschiniBrescia14
ITA Enrico MottaVicenza
ITA Giancarlo RebizziLegnano
1955–56ITA Aurelio MilaniMonza23
1956–57ITA Paolo ErbaParma16
1957–58ITA Pietro BiagioliValdagno19
1958–59ARG Santiago VernazzaPalermo19
1959–60ITA Giuseppe VirgiliTorino20
1960–61ITA Giovanni FanelloAlessandria25
1961–62ITA Renzo CappellaroAlessandria21
1962–63ITA Cosimo NoceraFoggia24
1963–64ITA Romano TaccolaPrato19
1964–65BRA Sergio ClericiLecco20
ITA Virginio De PaoliBrescia
1965–66ITA Gianni BuiCatanzaro18
1966–67ITA Fulvio FrancesconiSampdoria20
1967–68ITA Lucio MujesanBari19
1968–69ITA Virginio De PaoliBrescia18
1969–70ITA Roberto BettegaVarese13
ITA Aquilino BonfantiCatania
ITA Ariedo BraidaVarese
1970–71ITA Sergio MagistrelliComo15
ITA Alberto SpeltaModena
1971–72ITA Giorgio ChinagliaLazio21
1972–73ITA Fabio EnzoSeregno15
1973–74ITA Egidio CalloniVarese15
ITA Giacomo La RosaPalermo
1974–75ITA Fabio BonciParma14
1975–76ITA Roberto PruzzoGenoa18
ITA Giuliano MusielloAvellino
1976–77ITA Paolo RossiVicenza21
1977–78ITA Massimo PalancaCatanzaro18
1978–79ITA Oscar DamianiGenoa17
1979–80ITA Marco NicolettiComo13
1980–81ITA Roberto AntonelliMilan15
1981–82ITA Giovanni De RosaPalermo19
1982–83ITA Bruno GiordanoLazio18
1983–84ITA Marco PacioneAtalanta15
1984–85ITA Edi BiviBari20
1985–86ITA Oliviero GarliniLazio19
1986–87ITA Stefano RebonatoPescara21
1987–88ITA Lorenzo MarronaroBologna21
1988–89ITA Salvatore SchillaciMessina23
1989–90ITA Andrea SilenziReggiana23
1990–91ITA Francesco BaianoFoggia22
ARG Abel BalboUdinese
BRA Walter CasagrandeAscoli
1991–92ITA Maurizio GanzBrescia19
1992–93GER Oliver BierhoffAscoli20
1993–94ITA Massimo AgostiniAncona18
1994–95ITA Giovanni PisanoSalernitana21
1995–96ITA Dario HübnerCesena22
1996–97ITA Davide DionigiReggina24
1997–98ITA Marco Di VaioSalernitana21
1998–99ITA Marco FerranteTorino27
1999–2000ITA Cosimo FranciosoGenoa24
2000–01ITA Nicola CacciaPiacenza23
2001–02BEL Luís OliveiraComo23
2002–03ITA Igor ProttiLivorno23
2003–04ITA Luca ToniPalermo30
2004–05ITA Gionatha SpinesiArezzo22
2005–06ITA Cristian BucchiModena29
2006–07ITA Alessandro Del PieroJuventus20
2007–08ITA Denis GodeasMantova28
2008–09ITA Francesco TavanoLivorno24
2009–10ITA ÉderEmpoli26
2010–11ITA Federico PiovaccariCittadella24
2011–12ITA Ciro ImmobilePescara28
2012–13ITA Daniele CaciaVerona24
2013–14ITA Matteo MancosuTrapani26
2014–15ITA Andrea CoccoVicenza19
ITA Andrea CatellaniSpezia
URU Pablo GranocheModena
2015–16PER Gianluca LapadulaPescara23
2016–17ITA Giampaolo PazziniVerona23
2017–18ITA Francesco CaputoEmpoli26
2018–19ITA Alfredo DonnarummaBrescia25
2019–20NGR SimyCrotone20
2020–21ITA Massimo CodaLecce22
2021–22ITA Massimo CodaLecce20
2022–23PER Gianluca LapadulaCagliari21
2023–24FIN Joel PohjanpaloVenezia22
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Awards

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YearMVP of the SeasonMVP of the PlayoffsRef
2021-22ITA Massimo Coda (Lecce)DEN Christian Gytkjaer (Monza)
2022-23PER Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari)ITA Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari)
2023-24ITA Patrick Cutrone (Como)
2024-25FRA Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo)ITA Manuel De Luca (Cremonese)
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Sponsorships

From the 1998–99 season to the 2009–10 season, Serie B used its first commercial name, Serie B TIM, following a sponsorship agreement with TIM, an Italian telecommunications company, which involved all the competitions organized by Lega Calcio.

Starting from the 2010–11 season, following the division within the Lega Calcio and the creation of the new Lega Serie B, the second tier of Italian football began managing its own search for title sponsors. The league adopted various commercial names, including: Serie bwin (2010–2013), Serie B Eurobet (2013–2014), Serie B ConTe.it (2015–2018), Serie BKT (since 2018). In the 2014–15 season, the play-off and play-out rounds received an additional sponsor: Compass, which led to the names Playoff Compass and Playout Compass for those phases of the competition.

Furthermore, in the 2013–2014 season, Serie B introduced a single top sponsor for all teams participating in the league, which appeared on the back of the players' jerseys for the first time. This sponsorship was repeated in the 2014–15 and 2018–19 seasons. ::data[format=table]

PeriodTitle sponsorPlay-off and Play-out sponsorTop sponsorOther sponsors
1998-2010Serie B TIM–––
2010-2013Serie bwin–––
2013-2014Serie B Eurobet–NGMCAME Automazione
2014-2015–Compass
2015-2018Serie B ConTe.it–––
2018-2019Serie BKT–UnibetFacile Ristrutturare
2019-2020––
2020-–––
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Footnotes

References

References

  1. [[Luciano Canepari]]. "serie". DiPI Online.
  2. Redazione. (22 June 2018). "La B cambia nome: si chiamerà Serie BKT fino al 2021".
  3. Essendo sorta dalla scissione del massimo campionato, la ''Divisione Nazionale'', in due serie a girone unico, la denominazione completa del campionato era ''Divisione Nazionale Serie B'' (cfr. [http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=37&p=1&c=1#page/256/mode/2up ''Annuario Italiano Giuoco Calcio 1929'', p. 258]), spesso abbreviata anche in ''Divisione Nazionale B'' (cfr. [http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=38&p=1&c=1#page/212/mode/2up ''Annuario Italiano Giuoco Calcio 1932 - stagione 1930/31'', p. 217]), ''Divisione B'' o ''Nazionale B'' (cfr. [http://ino.unipu.hr/data/corriere/1935/25.pdf ''Corriere Istriano'' del 29 gennaio 1935, p. 3]). Non di rado, durante il ventennio fascista, il campionato cadetto veniva definito "la Serie B della Divisione Nazionale" (cfr. [http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,4/articleid,1615_02_1940_0284_0004_23864743/ ''La Stampa'' (''Europa'') del 29 novembre 1940, p. 4]). A partire dal secondo dopoguerra la locuzione ''Divisione Nazionale'' per indicare nel loro insieme i campionati nazionali di A, B e C (e successivamente anche di D, come dimostra [http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,11/articleid,1533_02_1968_0059_0011_21622604/ ''La Stampa'' (''Europa'') del 9 marzo 1968]) cadde gradualmente in disuso fino a venir tagliata dalla denominazione ufficiale dei campionati.
  4. [http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=433&p=1&c=1#page/2/mode/2up ''Il Littoriale'' del 17 luglio 1929.]
  5. (2009-04-30). "Serie A to form breakaway league". BBC Sport.
  6. (1 July 2010). "IL SITO DELLA LEGA CALCIO SALUTA GLI UTENTI". Lega Calcio.
  7. (30 January 2019). "Figc, serie B a 20 squadre dalla prossima stagione".
  8. (22 August 2013). "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 57/A".
  9. (22 August 2013). "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 57/A".
  10. (22 August 2013). "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 57/A".
  11. (2022-05-04). "Presentata la Coppa Nexus".
  12. "Italy – Serie B All-Time Table since 1929".
  13. (2022-05-06). "Coda MVP della stagione".
  14. (2022-06-01). "A Gytkjær il Trofeo MVP dei Playoff".
  15. (2023-05-26). "Lapadula è l'MVP della stagione di Serie BKT 2022/2023".
  16. (2023-06-12). "Pavoletti è l'MVP dei playoff della Serie BKT 2022/2023".
  17. (2024-05-11). "Cutrone MVP della Serie BKT 2023/2024".
  18. (2025-05-09). "Laurienté è l'MVP della Serie BKT 2024/2025".
  19. (2025-06-02). "È De Luca l'MVP dei playoff Serie BKT".
  20. (26 May 1998). "Serie A, B e Coppa, Tim sponsor unico".
  21. (1 August 2013). "Il campionato si chiamerà "Serie B Eurobet"".
  22. (18 June 2018). "Nasce la Serie BKT: ecco il nuovo title sponsor del campionato".
  23. (22 August 2013). "Il top sponsor NGM comparirà su tutte le maglie della Serie B 2013-2014".

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