Series B 2012/13

Series B 2012/13
master	US Sassuolo Calcio
Climbers	US Sassuolo Calcio Hellas Verona
Relegation ↑	AS Livorno
Relegated	Vicenza Calcio Ascoli Calcio FC Pro Vercelli US Grosseto
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1172  (ø 2.54 per game)
spectator	2,052,670  (ø 4443 per game)
Top scorer	Daniele Cacia ( Hellas Verona ) 000
← Series B 2011/12 Series B 2013/14 →
↑ Series A 2012/13 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2012/13 ↓

The Serie B 2012-13 was the 81st season of the second highest Italian soccer league since its prototyping 1929. As relegated from Serie A came of Cesena and Novara . The third relegated, US Lecce , had to relegate to the third- tier Lega Pro Prima Divisione due to their involvement in the Italian manipulation scandal . This allowed Vicenza Calcio to remain in Serie B, although they lost to FC Empoli in the play-offs against relegation . The US Grosseto was also determined to be relegated, but it was able to prevent this in the appeal process, so that one remained in second class for another year. The SS Virtus Lanciano , FC Pro Vercelli , Spezia Calcio and Ternana Calcio from the Lega Pro Prima Divisione were promoted to Serie B.

In the course of the manipulation and betting scandal in Italy, AS Bari received seven points, US Grosseto six points, Novara Calcio three points, FC Crotone , FC Modena and Reggina Calcio two points as well as Ascoli Calcio and the for the 2012/13 season AS Varese deducted one point in 1910 .

Attendees

society	city	Stadion	capacity
Ascoli Calcio	Ascoli Piceno	Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca	20,600
AS Bari	Bari	San Nicola Stadium	58,300
Brescia Calcio	Brescia	Mario Rigamonti Stadium	23,100
Juve Stabia	Castellammare di Stabia	Stadio Romeo Menti	13,000
AC Cesena	Cesena	Stadio Dino Manuzzi	23,900
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
US Grosseto	Grosseto	Carlo Zecchini Stadium	10,000
SS Virtus Lanciano	Lanciano	Guido Biondi Stadium	05,500
AS Livorno	Livorno	Armando Picchi Stadium	19,200
Modena FC	Modena	Stadio Alberto Braglia	21,200
Novara Calcio	Novara	Stadio Silvio Piola	17,900
Padova Calcio	Padova	Euganeo Stadium	18,100
Reggina Calcio	Reggio Calabria	Oreste Granillo Stadium	27,500
US Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Stadio Alberto Braglia	21,200
Specia Calcio	La Spezia	Stadio Alberto Picco	10,300
Ternana Calcio	Terni	Libero Stadium	22,000
AS Varese 1910	Varese	Stadio Franco Ossola	09,900
SG Pro Vercelli	Vercelli	Stadio Silvio Piola	05,500
Hellas Verona	Verona	Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium	42,200
Vicenza Calcio	Vicenza	Stadio Romeo Menti	12,200

statistics

table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
01.	US Sassuolo	42	25th	10	07th	78:40	+38	85
02.	Hellas Verona	42	23	13	06th	67:32	+35	82
03.	AS Livorno	42	23	11	08th	77:47	+30	80
04th	FC Empoli	42	20th	13	09	69:51	+18	73
05.	Novara Calcio 1 (A)	42	19th	10	13	73:46	+27	64
06th	Brescia Calcio	42	15th	17th	10	58:50	+ 08	62
07th	AS Varese 1910 1	42	16	13	13	55:53	+ 02	60
08th.	Modena FC 1	42	15th	12	15th	52:51	+ 01	55
09.	Ternana Calcio (N)	42	12	17th	13	37:38	- 01	53
10.	AS Bari 1	42	16	12	14th	55:47	+ 08	53
11.	Calcio Padova	42	12	17th	13	47:51	- 04th	53
12.	FC Crotone 1	42	14th	13	15th	45:56	−11	53
13.	Spezia Calcio (N)	42	12	15th	15th	52:58	- 06	51
14th	AC Cesena (A)	42	12	14th	16	46:59	−13	50
15th	AS Cittadella	42	12	14th	16	48:61	−13	50
16.	Juve Stabia	42	12	14th	16	54:65	−11	50
17th	Reggina Calcio 1	42	12	15th	15th	42:52	−10	49
18th	SS Virtus Lanciano (N)	42	09	21st	12	49:59	−10	48
19th	Vicenza Calcio	42	10	12	20th	41:58	−17	42
20th	Ascoli Calcio 1	42	11	09	22nd	48:67	−19	41
21st	FC Pro Vercelli (N)	42	08th	09	25th	37:67	−30	33
22nd	US Grosseto 1	42	07th	13	22nd	44:67	−23	28
Final score

¹Due to financial irregularities and involvement in the manipulation and betting scandal, several point deductions became effective:
-7 points: AS Bari
-6 points: US Grosseto
-3 points: Novara Calcio
-2 points: FC Crotone , FC Modena , Reggina Calcio
-1 point: Ascoli Calcio , AS Varese 1910

Legend
	Promotion to Serie A
	Participation in the play-offs for promotion
	Relegation to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione
(A)	Relegated from Serie A
(N)	Newcomers from the Lega Pro Prima Divisione
In the event of a tie, the direct comparison counts

Play-offs

In the play-offs, AS Livorno first played in third place against Brescia Calcio in sixth and fourth, FC Empoli , against fifth, Novara Calcio , in the first and second legs. The winners of the semi-finals then played in the final turn in home and away play-off for the remaining place in the Serie A . In the event of a tie from both games, it was not the more away goals scored but the higher place in the table that decided. The winner of a game is written in bold .

Semifinals

date	home	Result	guest	Goal scorers
22. May 2013	Novara Calcio	1: 1 (1: 1)	FC Empoli	0: 1 Maccarone (3rd), 1: 1 Buzzegoli (38./ FE )
May 26, 2013	FC Empoli	4: 1 (2: 1)	Novara Calcio	1: 0 Tavano (19th), 2: 0 Saponara (22nd), 2: 1 Seferović (37th), 3: 1 Saponara (70th), 4: 1 Mtschedlidze (90th + 3)

date	home	Result	guest	Goal scorers
22. May 2013	Brescia Calcio	1: 1 (1: 0)	AS Livorno	1: 0 Caracciolo (36th), 1: 1 Paulinho (51st)
May 26, 2013	AS Livorno	1: 1 (0: 0)	Brescia Calcio	0: 1 Corvia (56th), 1: 1 Paulinho (66th)

final

date	home	Result	guest	Goal scorers
May 29, 2013	FC Empoli	1: 1 (1: 0)	AS Livorno	1: 0 Tavano (30th), 1: 1 Duncan (72nd)
02nd June 2013	AS Livorno	1: 0 (1: 0)	FC Empoli	1-0 Paulinho (32nd)

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.

2012/13
Novara Calcio		0: 1	3: 2	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	4: 2	1: 1	1: 1	5: 1	0: 1	0: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	2: 2	3: 1	1-0	1: 2	2-0	1: 1
AC Cesena	1: 4		0: 3	0-0	2-0	2-0	1: 3	3: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 2	1: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 3	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1
US Sassuolo	2-0	5-0		1: 1	4-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	0: 2	1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	3: 2	0-0	2: 1	2-0
Hellas Verona	1: 1	1: 1	1-0		2-0	0: 2	4: 2	1-0	2-0	3: 2	1-0	3: 1	2-0	3: 1	0-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	2-0
AS Varese	0: 2	3: 2	3: 4	0: 3		3-0	3: 2	1: 1	3-0	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	4-0	2-0	2-0	1: 3	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	1-0	2-0	1: 2
Calcio Padova	3: 3	1: 1	1: 3	2: 1	1: 1		0-0	1-0	3: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	1: 1
Brescia Calcio	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	2-0	0-0		2-0	2: 2	5-0	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	3: 2	2: 2	0-0	0: 3	0: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0
Juve Stabia	2: 4	2: 2	1: 1	0: 3	1: 2	1-0	0-0		1-0	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 3	1: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1
Reggina Calcio	1-0	1: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1		1: 1	1-0	2: 2	1-0	2-0	0: 1	1: 3	0: 3	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	0: 1
FC Crotone	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	3: 3	1-0	0: 1	1-0	3: 3	2: 2		0-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	3: 1	1: 2	3: 2	1-0	0: 2	0: 1	2: 1	0-0
AS Bari	1: 3	2: 1	3: 3	0: 2	0: 1	3-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	0-0		2-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 3	1-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	4: 3
Modena FC	1-0	4-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	3-0	0-0		0-0	1: 1	3: 3	1-0	2: 3	0: 1	1-0	1: 2	1-0	2: 2
US Grosseto	1: 1	1: 2	1: 2	0: 2	2: 2	1: 1	2: 2	2: 2	0: 1	1-0	4: 3	2-0		2: 1	3: 1	0: 3	0: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	2: 2
Ascoli Calcio	2-0	1-0	2: 4	0: 5	1: 1	0: 1	2-0	2: 4	0: 3	2-0	1: 3	2: 3	3: 1		4: 1	1: 4	1: 2	0-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1
AS Cittadella	2: 6	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	3: 3	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	2: 2	1: 1	0: 3	2: 1	1-0		0: 2	0-0	2: 2	0-0	1-0	3-0	1-0
AS Livorno	1: 3	1-0	3: 2	0: 2	2-0	3: 2	3-0	2: 2	3: 3	1: 2	2: 1	1: 2	4-0	3-0	2: 2		4: 2	2-0	1: 5	2: 1	2-0	2-0
FC Empoli	0: 2	1-0	0: 3	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	5-0	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	4: 2	3: 2	0: 3	1-0	2: 1		2-0	2: 2	0: 2	2: 1	2: 2
Vicenza Calcio	2: 1	3: 1	0: 1	2: 3	1: 1	0: 2	2: 2	1: 2	0-0	0-0	0: 1	3: 3	2: 1	1-0	1: 2	3: 3	1: 5		2: 3	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1
Specia Calcio	0: 6	1-0	0: 2	0: 1	0-0	2: 3	3: 1	2: 3	1-0	2: 1	3: 2	1: 1	2: 1	4: 3	0: 3	1: 2	3-0	2: 1		1: 1	1: 3	1: 1
Ternana Calcio	1: 1	0-0	1: 3	0: 2	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 2	1-0	1-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0	1: 2	3: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0		4: 2	2: 2
FC Pro Vercelli	1: 2	1: 3	1: 3	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 3	1: 4	0-0	0: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	3: 1	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	1-0		1: 2
SS Virtus Lanciano	1-0	3: 3	2: 2	1: 2	1: 2	2: 1	0: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1: 1	0: 3	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0: 3	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1

List of goalscorers

If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically by surname or artist name.

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Daniele Cacia	Hellas Verona	24
2	Matteo Ardemagni	Modena FC	23
3	Francesco Tavano	FC Empoli	21st
4th	Paulinho	AS Livorno	20th
	Marco Sansovini	Specia Calcio
6th	Simone Zaza	Ascoli Calcio	18th
7th	Francesco Caputo	AS Bari	17th
	Osariemen Ebagua	AS Varese 1910
	Massimo Maccarone	FC Empoli
10	Andrea Caracciolo	Brescia Calcio	16
Final score

Champions team

Games and goals are given in brackets. All players who were used during the season are listed.

US Sassuolo Calcio

Goal: Mirko Pigliacelli (1 / -); Alberto Pomini (41 / -) Defense: Luca Antei (2 / -); Paolo Bianco (34 / -); Paolo Frascatore (11 / -); Marcello Garzolla (32/1); Lorenzo Laverone (14 / -); Alessandro Longhi (40/1); Lino Marzorati (19 / -); Emanuele Terranova (37/11) Midfield: Tommaso Bianchi (30/4); Raman Chibsah (28/2); Karim Laribi (8 / -); Francesco Magnanelli (40/1); Simone Missiroli (37/6); Michele Troiano (30/2); Carl Valeri (3/1) Attack: Domenico Berardi (37/11); Richmond Boakye (31/11); Andrea Catellani (34/6); Gaetano Masucci (14/4); Leonardo Pavoletti (33/11); Gennaro Troianello (29/5) Coach: Eusebio Di Francesco

Web links

• Official homepage of Serie B (Italian)

See also

• Coppa Italia 2012/13
• Eternal table of series B
• Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
• Soccer in Italy
• Series A 2012/13
• Series B

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Campionato 2012-13 - Classifica ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2010 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. legaserieb.it, accessed on May 21, 2013 (Italian) 
2. ↑ List of goalscorers weltfussball.de, accessed on May 21, 2013