2016–17 Serie B
Season | 2016–17 |
---|---|
Champions | SPAL (2nd title) |
Promoted | SPAL Hellas Verona Benevento (by play-off) |
Relegated | Trapani Vicenza Pisa Latina (bankruptcy) |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,021 (2.21 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Giampaolo Pazzini (23 goals) |
Biggest home win | Virtus Entella 4–0 Brescia (29 October 2016) Cittadella 5–1 Hellas Verona (18 November 2016) Benevento 4–0 Brescia (19 November 2016) SPAL 4–0 Ternana (24 December 2016) Trapani 4–0 Bari (18 March 2017) |
Biggest away win | Avellino 0–5 Perugia (4 March 2017) |
Highest scoring | Ternana 4–3 Novara (29 October 2016) Benevento 3–4 Bari (24 February 2017) |
Longest winning run | 5 games Cittadella SPAL |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 games Pro Vercelli SPAL |
Longest winless run | 15 games Pisa |
Longest losing run | 6 games Ternana |
Highest attendance | 22,671 Bari 2–0 Brescia (27 February 2017) |
Lowest attendance | 1,566 Virtus Entella 4–1 Cittadella (18 May 2017) |
Total attendance | 3,192,945 |
Average attendance | 6,911 |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
The 2016–17 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams were contesting the league: 15 returning from the 2015–16 season, 4 promoted from Lega Pro, and 3 relegated from Serie A.
Teams
[edit]Stadia and locations
[edit]Personnel and kits
[edit]Team | President | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Shorts sponsor |
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Ascoli | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | Fainplast/CIAM, AMIK | Brosway | Conad |
Avellino | ![]() | ![]() | Givova | Sienergia | Gruppo Taccone | Soft Technology |
Bari | ![]() | ![]() | Umbro | Betaland/Betpoint, Balkan Express/Sly Service Security | None | None |
Benevento | ![]() | ![]() | Frankie Garage | IVPC, Liquore Strega | Rillo Costruzioni | None |
Brescia | ![]() | ![]() | Acerbis | UBI Banco di Brescia | None | None |
Carpi | ![]() | ![]() | Givova | Gaudì Jeans | None | None |
Cesena | ![]() | ![]() | Lotto | PLT Puregreen | None | None |
Cittadella | ![]() | ![]() | Garman | OCSA/Gavinox, Gruppo Gabrielli | Metalservice | Veneta Nastri |
Frosinone | ![]() | ![]() | Legea | Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Gala | 7Sette | None |
Hellas Verona | ![]() | ![]() | Nike | Metano Nord, Extreme Printing/SEC | Chancebet.it | Consorzio San Zeno |
Latina | ![]() | ![]() | Givova | Loggia, Innova | Villa Meravigliosa Ricevimenti | None |
Novara | ![]() | ![]() | Joma | Banca Popolare di Novara, Comoli Ferrari | Cristina Rubinetterie | None |
Perugia | ![]() | ![]() | Frankie Garage | Officine Piccini, Fortinfissi | Tedesco Group | None |
Pisa | ![]() | ![]() | Kappa | Toscana Aeroporti | Casa di Cura Privata San Rossore | None |
Pro Vercelli | ![]() | ![]() | Erreà | Meeting Art | None | None |
Salernitana | ![]() | ![]() | Givova | Caffè Motta, eté Supermercati | SunTrades | IASA |
SPAL | ![]() | ![]() | HS Football | Vetroresina/958 Santero, Magnadyne | ErreEffe Group | Ceramica Sant'Agostino |
Spezia | ![]() | ![]() | Acerbis | Arquati, Carispezia | 958 Santero | None |
Ternana | ![]() | ![]() | Macron | None | None | None |
Trapani | ![]() | ![]() | Joma | Ustica Lines/Liberty Lines | None | None |
Vicenza | ![]() | ![]() | Macron | Banca Popolare di Vicenza, Nordor Batterie | Faizane | GSC Group |
Virtus Entella | ![]() | ![]() | Acerbis | Creditis, Arinox | Due Energie | None |
Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ascoli | ![]() | Sacked | 10 May 2016 | Pre-season | ![]() | 16 June 2016 |
Frosinone | ![]() | Sacked | 15 May 2016[1] | ![]() | 6 June 2016[2] | |
Hellas Verona | ![]() | Sacked | 23 May 2016[3] | ![]() | 1 June 2016 | |
Perugia | ![]() | Sacked | 24 May 2016 | ![]() | 15 June 2016 | |
Virtus Entella | ![]() | Resigned | 26 May 2016 | ![]() | 1 July 2016 | |
Avellino | ![]() | Signed by Cremonese | 31 May 2016 | ![]() | 4 June 2016 | |
Latina | ![]() | Sacked | 12 June 2016 | ![]() | 13 June 2016 | |
Benevento | ![]() | Sacked | 14 June 2016 | ![]() | 1 July 2016 | |
Novara | ![]() | Signed by Benevento | 30 June 2016 | ![]() | 1 July 2016 | |
Pro Vercelli | ![]() | Signed by Livorno | 30 June 2016 | ![]() | 1 July 2016 | |
Ternana | ![]() | Signed by Virtus Entella | 30 June 2016 | ![]() | 1 July 2016 | |
Bari | ![]() | Contract expired | 30 June 2016 | ![]() | 4 July 2016 | |
Brescia | ![]() | Signed by Novara | 30 June 2016 | ![]() | 11 July 2016 | |
Ternana | ![]() | Sacked | 14 August 2016[4] | ![]() | 14 August 2016 | |
Vicenza | ![]() | Sacked | 2 October 2016 | 21st | ![]() | 3 October 2016[5] |
Cesena | ![]() | Sacked | 30 October 2016 | 19th | ![]() | 31 October 2016[6] |
Bari | ![]() | Sacked | 7 November 2016 | 16th | ![]() | 7 November 2016 |
Avellino | ![]() | Sacked | 29 November 2016 | 19th | ![]() | 29 November 2016 |
Salernitana | ![]() | Resigned | 29 November 2016 | 14th | ![]() | 30 November 2016 |
Trapani | ![]() | Sacked | 30 November 2016 | 22nd | ![]() | 4 December 2016 |
Ternana | ![]() | Resigned | 21 January 2017[7] | 21st | ![]() | 22 January 2017[8] |
Ternana | ![]() | Resigned | 5 March 2017 | 22nd | ![]() | 6 March 2017[9] |
Brescia | ![]() | Sacked | 12 March 2017 | 19th | ![]() | 12 March 2017[10] |
Vicenza | ![]() | Sacked | 18 April 2017[11] | 19th | ![]() | 19 April 2017[12] |
Virtus Entella | ![]() | Sacked | 30 April 2017 | 10th | ![]() | 30 April 2017[13] |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | SPAL (C, P) | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 78 | Promotion to Serie A |
2 | Hellas Verona (P) | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 74[a] | |
3 | Frosinone | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 74[a] | Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals |
4 | Perugia | 42 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 65[b] | |
5 | Benevento[c] (O, P) | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 65[b] | Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round |
6 | Cittadella | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 63 | |
7 | Carpi | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 62 | |
8 | Spezia | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 60 | |
9 | Novara | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 56 | |
10 | Salernitana | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 54[d] | |
11 | Virtus Entella | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 54 | 51 | +3 | 54[d] | |
12 | Bari | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 53[e] | |
13 | Cesena | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 53[e] | |
14 | Avellino[f] | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 50[g] | |
15 | Brescia | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 50[g] | |
16 | Ascoli | 42 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 49[h] | |
17 | Pro Vercelli | 42 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 49[h] | |
18 | Ternana[i] | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 49[h] | |
19 | Trapani[i] (R) | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 44 | Relegation to Serie C |
20 | Vicenza (R) | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 41 | |
21 | Latina[j] (R, E) | 42 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 35[k] | Revival in Serie D[l] |
22 | Pisa[m] (R) | 42 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 35[k] | Relegation to Serie C |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[16]
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Hellas Verona is ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head goal difference: Hellas Verona 2–0 Frosinone, Frosinone 1–0 Hellas Verona.
- ^ a b Perugia is ahead of Benevento on head-to-head points: Perugia 3–1 Benevento, Benevento 0–0 Perugia.
- ^ Benevento was deducted one point.
- ^ a b Salernitana is ahead of Virtus Entella on head-to-head points: Salernitana 1–1 Virtus Entella, Virtus Entella 0–1 Salernitana.
- ^ a b Bari is ahead of Cesena on head-to-head points: Bari 2–1 Cesena, Cesena 1–1 Bari.
- ^ Avellino was initially deducted three points due to match fixing. The deduction was later changed to two points.[14]
- ^ a b Avellino is ahead of Brescia on head-to-head points: Avellino 1–1 Brescia, Brescia 0–2 Avellino.
- ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Ascoli 7 pts, Pro Vercelli 7 pts, Ternana 3 pts. Ascoli is ahead of Pro Vercelli on head-to-head record: Ascoli 3–1 Pro Vercelli, Pro Vercelli 1–1 Ascoli.
- ^ a b Since the difference between the 18th-placed team and the 19th-placed team was five points, there was no play-out and the 19th-placed team was relegated directly.
- ^ Latina was initially deducted seven points. The deduction was later changed to four points.
- ^ a b Latina is ahead of Pisa on overall goal difference.
- ^ Latina was declared insolvent and excluded from the Italian football league system.[15] The team was later refound in Serie D.
- ^ Pisa was deducted four points.
Promotion play-offs
[edit]According to the regulations, third-placed Frosinone would have avoided the play-offs if they had ended the regular season 10 points clear of fourth place. However, in the last round, Perugia and Benevento won their matches to leave the gap at nine points.[17]
Six teams contested 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 played against the 3rd and 4th-placed teams in two-legged semi-finals. The higher placed team played the second leg of the promotion playoff at home.
Preliminary round | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Carpi | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Cittadella | 1 | 3 | Frosinone | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
7 | Carpi | 2 | 7 | Carpi | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Benevento | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Benevento | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Benevento | 2 | 4 | Perugia | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
8 | Spezia | 1 |
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Hellas Verona | 23 |
2 | ![]() | Benevento | 20 |
3 | ![]() | Virtus Entella | 18 |
![]() | SPAL | ||
5 | ![]() | Frosinone | 17 |
6 | ![]() | Frosinone | 16 |
![]() | Salernitana | ||
8 | ![]() | Carpi | 14 |
![]() | Brescia | ||
![]() | Cesena | ||
11 | ![]() | Cittadella | 13 |
![]() | Avellino | ||
![]() | Perugia | ||
14 | ![]() | Spezia | 12 |
![]() | Ascoli | ||
![]() | Novara | ||
![]() | Ternana |
Source:[18]
Results
[edit]Attendance data
[edit]Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bari | 342,944 | 22,671 | 13,519 | 16,331 | −23.7% |
2 | Hellas Verona | 310,246 | 20,848 | 12,342 | 14,774 | −18.8%1 |
3 | Cesena | 259,125 | 17,048 | 11,177 | 12,339 | +1.1% |
4 | Salernitana | 229,398 | 19,709 | 8,120 | 10,924 | −10.1% |
5 | Perugia | 196,959 | 12,811 | 7,641 | 9,379 | +1.5% |
6 | Benevento | 170,722 | 11,521 | 6,807 | 8,130 | +94.1%2 |
7 | SPAL | 165,302 | 9,238 | 6,411 | 7,872 | +53.4%2 |
8 | Vicenza | 163,626 | 10,697 | 6,249 | 7,792 | +1.5% |
9 | Brescia | 161,791 | 14,358 | 6,441 | 7,704 | +0.5% |
10 | Spezia | 149,151 | 8,690 | 6,335 | 7,102 | −2.2% |
11 | Pisa | 143,326 | 8,645 | 2,722 | 6,825 | +8.5%2 |
12 | Frosinone | 124,378 | 7,229 | 5,340 | 5,923 | −18.7%1 |
13 | Ascoli | 115,848 | 7,128 | 4,784 | 5,517 | −16.1% |
14 | Avellino | 107,462 | 9,500 | 3,500 | 5,117 | −19.0% |
15 | Trapani | 106,215 | 6,345 | 4,322 | 5,058 | −0.6% |
16 | Novara | 88,259 | 7,402 | 3,644 | 4,203 | −14.0% |
17 | Ternana | 84,216 | 9,939 | 2,166 | 4,010 | +16.9% |
18 | Cittadella | 63,981 | 5,967 | 2,120 | 3,047 | +55.6%2 |
19 | Pro Vercelli | 60,147 | 4,582 | 2,218 | 2,864 | −6.0% |
20 | Latina | 51,467 | 4,485 | 1,867 | 2,451 | −21.4% |
21 | Carpi | 51,089 | 3,683 | 1,643 | 2,433 | −72.9%1 |
22 | Virtus Entella | 47,293 | 4,505 | 1,566 | 2,252 | +3.7% |
League total | 3,192,945 | 22,671 | 1,566 | 6,911 | −3.5% |
Source: [19]
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Serie A.
2: Team played last season in Lega Pro.
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