Series B 2011/12

Series B 2011/12
master	Delfino Pescara 1936
Climbers	Delfino Pescara 1936 Turin FC
Relegation ↑	Sampdoria Genoa
Relegation ↓	none, because Vicenza Calcio was allowed to remain in Serie B due to the forced relegation of US Lecce
Relegated	ASG Nocerina AS Gubbio 1910 UC AlbinoLeffe
Teams	22nd
Games	462  (of which 462 played)
Gates	1164  (ø 2.52 per game)
Top scorer	Ciro Immobile ( Delfino Pescara 1936 )
← Series B 2010/11 Series B 2012/13 →
↑ Series A 2011/12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2011/12 ↓

The 2011/12 season was the 80th season of the Italian Serie B since it was first run in 1929. Sampdoria Genoa , Brescia Calcio and AS Bari were relegated from Serie A. The clubs ASG Nocerina , AS Gubbio 1910 , Hellas Verona and SS Juve Stabia rose from the Lega Pro Prima Divisione last year . As a consequence of the manipulation scandal in Italy in 2011, Ascoli Calcio received a deduction of six points for the new season. Due to financial problems, FC Crotone and Stabia were deducted from a counter.

Pescara Calcio won the Serie B championship for the second time after 1987 and rose to Serie A as champions of the second division. As the second-placed team, FC Turin also achieved direct promotion to the top division. After successful play-offs, Sampdoria Genoa managed to get promoted back to Serie A immediately.

ASG Nocerina and AS Gubbio 1910, both promoted from the Lega Pro Prima Divisione, failed to maintain the league and were relegated straight back to the third-highest division. After nine years in the league, UC AlbinoLeffe also had to accept the relegation to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione. After the play-outs, the traditional club Vicenza Calcio was determined as another relegated to the third division. In the course of the Italian manipulation scandal, first division relegated US Lecce and US Grosseto were sentenced to relegation to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione, whereupon Vicenza and Nocerina remain in the second division.

Ciro Immobile from second division champions Pescara Calcio was the top scorer this season with 28 goals.

Teams

society	city	Stadion	capacity
Ascoli Calcio	Ascoli Piceno	Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca	20,100
UC AlbinoLeffe	Albino and Leffe	Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium	26,500
AS Bari	Bari	San Nicola Stadium	58,300
Brescia Calcio	Brescia	Mario Rigamonti Stadium	23,400
SS Juve Stabia	Castellammare di Stabia	Stadio Romeo Menti	07,600
AS Cittadella	Cittadella	Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato	07,600
FC Crotone	Crotone	Ezio Scida Stadium	09,600
FC Empoli	Empoli	Carlo Castellani Stadium	16,800
Sampdoria Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,700
US Grosseto	Grosseto	Carlo Zecchini Stadium	10,000
AS Gubbio 1910	Gubbio	Stadio Pietro Barbetti	05,300
AS Livorno	Livorno	Armando Picchi Stadium	19,200
Modena FC	Modena	Stadio Alberto Braglia	21,200
ASG Nocerina	Nocera Inferiore	San Francesco d'Assisi Stadium	15,000
Padova Calcio	Padova	Euganeo Stadium	32,400
Pescara Calcio	Pescara	Stadio Adriatico	24,400
Reggina Calcio	Reggio Calabria	Oreste Granillo Stadium	27,500
US Sassuolo Calcio	Sassuolo	Stadio Alberto Braglia	21,200
Torino FC	Turin	Olympic Stadium Turin	28,000
AS Varese 1910	Varese	Stadio Franco Ossola	09,400
Hellas Verona	Verona	Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium	42,200
Vicenza Calcio	Vicenza	Stadio Romeo Menti	11,600

table

	society	Games	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff.	Pt.
01	Pescara Calcio	42	26th	05	11	90	55	+35	83
02	Torino FC	42	24	11	07th	57	28	+29	83
03	US Sassuolo	42	22nd	14th	06th	57	33	+26	80
04th	Hellas Verona (N)	42	23	09	10	60	41	+19	78
05	AS Varese	42	20th	11	11	57	41	+16	71
06th	Sampdoria Genoa (A)	42	17th	16	09	53	34	+19	67
07th	Calcio Padova	42	18th	09	15th	56	58	- 02nd	63
08th	Brescia Calcio (A)	42	15th	12	15th	48	50	- 02nd	57
09	SS Juve Stabia ** (N)	42	16	13	13	53	49	+ 04	57
10	Reggina Calcio	42	14th	13	15th	63	59	+ 04	55
11	FC Crotone *	42	13	15th	14th	60	58	+ 02	53
12	AS Bari ** (A)	42	14th	14th	14th	47	48	- 01	52
13	Modena FC	42	12	16	14th	50	58	- 08	52
14th	US Grosseto	42	11	16	15th	47	60	−13	49
15th	Ascoli Calcio ***	42	15th	11	16	47	50	- 03	49
16	AS Cittadella	42	13	09	20th	51	64	−13	48
17th	AS Livorno	42	12	12	18th	49	49	± 00	48
18th	FC Empoli	42	12	11	19th	48	59	−11	47
19th	Vicenza Calcio	42	10	14th	18th	43	61	−18	44
20th	ASG Nocerina (N)	42	10	10	22nd	52	71	−19	40
21st	AS Gubbio (N)	42	07th	11	24	37	69	−32	32
22nd	UC AlbinoLeffe	42	06th	12	24	39	69	−30	30th

In the event of a tie, the direct comparison decides

	Promotion to Serie A
	Relegation to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione
(A)	Relegated from Serie A
(N)	Promoted from the Lega Pro Prima Divisione

* One point deducted due to financial irregularities.
** Four points deduction due to financial problems.
*** Seven points deducted for involvement in the Italian manipulation scandal in 2011.

Play-off for promotion

Semifinals:

• Sampdoria Genoa - US Sassuolo 3: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1)
• AS Varese - Hellas Verona 3: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1)

In the event of a tie after both games, the team better placed in the table will advance.

Final:

• Sampdoria Genoa - AS Varese 4: 2 (3: 2, 1: 0)

So Sampdoria Genoa was confirmed as the third climber and followed Pescara Calcio and Torino in Serie A. The rise was achieved after only a year absence from the first Italian football league.

Play-out against relegation

• FC Empoli - Vicenza Calcio 3: 2 (0: 0, 3: 2)

This means that the traditional club Vicenza Calcio has to compete in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione for the first time since 1993. They were the fourth relegated team after UC AlbinoLeffe , AS Gubbio 1910 and ASG Nocerina , although they were very close to relegation in the relegation second leg when Vicenza led 2-0 in Empoli in the middle of the second half. In the further course of the game Vicenza got three goals and had to relegate. After the forced relegation of Lecce and Grosseto, Vicenza remained like the third from last ASG Nocerina in Serie B. However, since Grosseto appealed against the forced relegation and was also successful, the ASG Nocerina had to go into the third division, while Vicenza Calcio remained second rate.

In the event of a tie after both games, the team better placed in the table will advance.

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

2011/12
Sampdoria Genoa		2-0	2-0	0: 1	2: 2	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	1: 3	0-0	0-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	2-0	6-0	1: 1	2-0
Brescia Calcio	0-0		1: 3	1: 2	1: 2	0: 3	1: 3	1-0	2: 1	0-0	3-0	2-0	0: 3	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1: 3	2-0	2: 2	0-0	2: 1
AS Bari	1: 1	2: 2		0-0	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	0-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 3	1: 1	3-0	0-0	0: 1
AS Varese	3: 1	2: 2	0: 2		3-0	2-0	0: 2	0-0	0: 1	0-0	0-0	3-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 3	0: 1	4-0	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	0-0
Calcio Padova	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	1: 1		1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	0: 6	1-0	0: 1	0: 2	0: 2	3: 2	2: 2	3-0	2: 2	0-0
Reggina Calcio	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	3: 2	1: 4		2: 1	0: 1	3: 2	4: 1	1: 1	0: 3	4: 2	3: 3	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 2	0: 1
AS Livorno	0-0	0: 2	1: 2	1: 3	1: 2	0: 2		0: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2	2-0	0-0	0: 1	4: 1	0: 2	1: 1	3-0	0: 2
Torino FC	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	2-0	3: 1	1-0	1-0		2: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0	4: 2	1: 1	1-0	3-0	2: 1	0-0	3: 1	6-0	1-0	1: 4
FC Empoli	1: 3	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	2: 4	3: 2	1: 1	1-0		1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1	3: 2	0-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	1: 3
Modena FC	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	2: 2	2: 1	3: 3	1-0	2: 1	0: 2		1: 1	0: 3	3: 2	3-0	2: 1	2: 5	2-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	3-0	1: 1
FC Crotone	1-0	4: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	2: 2		2: 2	1: 2	3: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2	5: 2	3: 1	2: 1	0-0	3: 1
Vicenza Calcio	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1	0: 2	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1		1: 1	1: 4	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	3: 1	0: 3	2: 1
Pescara Calcio	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	3: 1	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	2-0	3: 2	3: 1	2-0	6-0		1-0	1: 2	3: 2	4: 1	5: 3	1-0	2: 1	2-0	3: 1
AS Cittadella	1: 2	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	1: 4	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	0: 1	4: 2	1: 2		2-0	0-0	1: 3	2: 1	1: 3	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2
US Grosseto	0: 1	2-0	0: 1	1: 5	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 4	2: 2		2: 2	3: 3	1-0	1: 2	2-0	0: 3	2: 1
US Sassuolo	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	0: 1	4: 1	2: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	4: 2	1: 1	2-0	1-0		0-0	1-0	3: 1	0: 2	2: 1	2-0
Ascoli Calcio	1: 2	3: 1	3: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	3: 2	1: 1	3-0	0: 1	0: 2	0: 1		1-0	1-0	2: 1	0-0	1: 2
UC AlbinoLeffe	1: 3	0: 2	0: 2	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	0: 4	0-0	0: 2	2: 1	1: 3	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2: 3	1-0		2: 2	0-0	1: 2	1: 1
ASG Nocerina	4: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 4	3-0	0: 4	2: 2	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2: 2	2: 4	0: 1	1: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1-0		2: 1	2: 3	3: 1
AS Gubbio	0-0	0: 2	2: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 3	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	2-0	3: 3	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	4-0	0: 1	2: 3	1: 2	2: 1		0-0	1: 1
SS Juve Stabia	1: 2	0: 1	1-0	2-0	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1-0	3: 2	3: 1	0-0	1: 3	2: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1-0		1: 2
Hellas Verona	1: 1	1-0	4: 1	3-0	2: 2	1-0	1-0	1: 3	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 2	3: 2	2-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0	2-0

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Ciro Immobile	Pescara Calcio	28
2	Marco Sau	Juve Stabia	21st
3	Gianluca Sansone	Sassuolo Calcio	20th
	Ferdinando Sforzini	US Grosseto
5	Francesco Tavano	FC Empoli	19th
6th	Lorenzo Insigne	Pescara Calcio	18th
7th	Caetano	FC Crotone	17th
8th	Jonathas	Brescia Calcio	16
	Marco Sansovini	Pescara Calcio
10	Papa Waigo N'Diaye	Ascoli Calcio	15th
	Nicola Pozzi	Sampdoria Genoa

See also

• Series A 2011/12
• Coppa Italia 2011/12

Web links

• Table on weltfußball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ legapro.it Lecce and Grosseto in Lega Pro
2. ↑ legaserieb.it: Marcatori Series B ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.