Series B 2013/14

Series B 2013/14
master	US Palermo
Climbers	US Palermo FC Empoli
Relegation ↑	AC Cesena
Relegation ↓	Novara Calcio
Relegated	Calcio Padova Reggina Calcio SS Juve Stabia
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1079  (ø 2.34 per game)
Top scorer	Matteo Mancosu 000 ( Trapani Calcio )
← Series B 2012/13 Series B 2014/15 →
↑ Series A 2013/14 Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2013/14 ↓

The Series B 2013/14 is the 82nd season of the second highest Italian league football of Lords. It began on August 23, 2013 and will end on May 31, 2014 with the 42nd and final matchday.

There are 22 teams taking part in the championship, of which the first two will be promoted to Serie A and the third to eighth teams will determine the third promoted team via the play-offs for promotion. The three last-placed teams are relegated to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione , the two teams in ranks 18 and 19 compete in the play-offs for relegation.

Attendees

Participating clubs in Serie B 2013/14

For the 2013/14 season, the three worst teams of the previous first division season ( Serie A 2012/13 ), the three teams that lost in the previous play-offs for promotion ( play-off games for promotion 2013 ), the teams in positions seven to 18 of the previous season ( Serie B 2012/13 ), the two champions of groups A and B of the previous third division season ( Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2012/13 ) and the two winners of the previous third division play-offs about the climb. These teams include:

The three worst teams of the previous first division season: US Palermo AC Siena Delfino Pescara 1936	The three teams who lost to promotion in the play-offs: FC Empoli Novara Calcio Brescia Calcio
The teams in positions seven to 18 of the previous season:
AS Varese 1910 Modena FC Ternana Calcio AS Bari Calcio Padova FC Crotone	Specia Calcio AC Cesena AS Cittadella SS Juve Stabia Reggina Calcio SS Virtus Lanciano
The two champions of the previous third division season: AS Avellino 1912 (Group B, Supercoppa Lega Pro 1 winner ) Trapani Calcio (Group A, Loser Supercoppa Lega Pro 1 )	The two winners of the third division play-offs for promotion: Carpi FC (Group A) US Latina (Group B)

statistics

table

rank	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
01.	US Palermo (A)	42	25th	11	06th	62:28	+34	86
02.	FC Empoli	42	20th	12	10	58:35	+23	72
03.	US Latina (N)	42	18th	14th	10	44:36	+ 08	68
04th	AC Cesena	42	17th	15th	10	45:34	+11	66
05.	Modena FC	42	16	16	10	65:43	+22	64
06th	FC Crotone	42	17th	12	13	56:52	+ 04	63
07th	AS Bari 1	42	19th	10	13	51:43	+ 08	63
08th.	Specia Calcio	42	16	14th	12	46:48	- 02nd	62
09.	AC Siena 1 (A)	42	18th	15th	09	57:41	+16	61
10.	SS Virtus Lanciano	42	15th	15th	12	44:45	- 01	60
11.	AS Avellino 1912 (N)	42	15th	14th	13	48:45	+ 03	59
12.	Carpi FC (N)	42	16	11	15th	50:49	+ 01	59
13.	Brescia Calcio	42	15th	14th	13	56:53	+ 03	59
14th	Trapani Calcio (N)	42	14th	15th	13	58:55	+ 03	57
15th	Delfino Pescara 1936 (A)	42	13	13	16	50:52	- 02nd	52
16.	Ternana Calcio	42	12	15th	15th	54:56	- 02nd	51
17th	AS Cittadella	42	11	14th	17th	42:49	- 07th	47
18th	AS Varese 1910	42	12	11	19th	51:63	−12	47
19th	Novara Calcio	42	10	14th	18th	40:57	−17	44
20th	Calcio Padova	42	10	11	21st	45:63	−18	41
21st	Reggina Calcio 1	42	06th	11	25th	38:70	−32	28
22nd	SS Juve Stabia	42	02	13	27	37:80	−43	19th
Final score

¹Due to financial irregularities and involvement in the manipulation and betting scandal, several point deductions came into effect:
−8 points: AC Siena
−4 points: AS Bari
−1 point: Reggina Calcio

Legend
At the end of the 2013/14 season
	Promotion to Serie A in 2014/15
	Participation in the promotion play-offs
	Participation in the relegation play-offs
	Relegation to the Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2014/15
At the end of the 2012/13 season
(A)	Relegated from Serie A 2012/13
(N)	Newcomers from the Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2012/13
In the event of a tie, the direct comparison counts

Crosstab

2013/14
US Palermo		1: 1	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	3-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 2	1: 2
AC Siena	2: 3		1: 3	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 3	1: 1	3: 2	2-0	5: 2	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	1-0	3-0	2: 1	0-0	1-0
Delfino Pescara 1936	1: 2	1-0		1: 2	0-0	3: 3	1: 2	2: 2	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	3-0	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1	0: 1	4: 2	0: 1
FC Empoli	1: 1	0-0	2-0		3: 1	2: 2	2-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	2-0	0-0	0: 1	2: 1	4-0	3-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 1
Novara Calcio	0: 1	2: 1	0-0	0: 1		1: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	1-0	0: 3	2: 1	3: 1	1-0	2: 2
Brescia Calcio	1: 1	2: 2	3-0	1: 3	1: 1		4: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 3	1: 2	0: 2	0-0	4: 1	4: 1	2: 1	2: 2	0: 2	3: 3	0: 2	0: 2
AS Varese 1910	1: 2	2-0	3: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 2		1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	0: 3	2-0	4-0	1: 3	2: 1	2: 2	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	0-0
Modena FC	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	3: 1	0: 1	4: 1		3: 3	4-0	3: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	4: 2	3-0	1-0	1-0	3: 1	2: 3	4-0
Ternana Calcio	1: 2	2: 2	1-0	1-0	5-0	1: 2	2-0	1: 1		1: 3	2: 1	2: 3	1: 2	0: 2	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	1-0
AS Bari	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	3-0	4: 1	0-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 1		2: 2	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	1-0	3-0	0: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	0: 1
Calcio Padova	0: 3	2: 2	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 2	2: 2	1: 1	1: 2		0-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 4	2: 1	2: 2	5: 1	2: 1	0: 2	1: 4	0-0
FC Crotone	1: 2	0-0	3-0	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	3: 2	3: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1		1-0	1: 2	2-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	3: 2	2: 1	0-0	0: 1
Specia Calcio	1-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 3	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	2: 2	3: 1		2: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	1: 4
AC Cesena	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	2-0	0: 3	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	0: 2		2: 2	1-0	3: 1	0: 1	2-0	2: 2	4: 1	1: 3
AS Cittadella	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	2: 2	2: 2	0: 1	5: 1	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 2	1-0		0: 2	0-0	1: 2	1: 2	2: 2	1-0	0-0
SS Juve Stabia	0: 3	2: 2	2: 1	0: 2	1: 2	1: 2	2: 4	1: 1	2: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2	0: 2	1: 1		1: 1	0: 1	2: 2	2: 3	0: 2	1: 1
Reggina Calcio	0: 2	0: 2	2: 3	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3: 4	2: 2	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 4	1: 2	1: 2	0: 1	3: 1		1-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1
SS Virtus Lanciano	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1		1-0	2: 2	1: 3	0-0
AS Avellino 1912	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	2-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	2: 1	3-0	1: 3		3: 3	4: 1	1: 1
Trapani Calcio	0: 1	0: 2	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	3: 4	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 2	3-0	4-0	1-0	1: 1		0: 1	1: 1
Carpi FC	1-0	0: 1	2-0	0: 2	1-0	0-0	1-0	2: 2	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1-0	0: 3	2: 2	1: 1	3: 2		1: 1
US Latina	1: 3	0: 3	0: 2	2: 1	4: 1	2-0	0: 3	0-0	2-0	1-0	3-0	2: 3	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0

Play-offs

Promotion play-offs

The 3rd and 4th places in Serie B are set for the semi-finals of the promotion play-offs and meet the winners of the preliminary round there. These are determined between the sixth and seventh and the fifth and eighth. In the preliminary round, individual games are played, in the semi-finals and the final, home and return games are played. In the event of a tie in both games, the away goals rule does not decide , but the higher position in the table. The winner of a game is written in bold .

Preliminary round

game	date	home	Result	guest	Goal scorers
VR-1	03rd June 2014	FC Crotone	0: 3 (0: 1)	AS Bari	0: 1 Galano (28th), 0: 2 Silva (90th + 1 '), 0: 3 Sciaudone (90th + 5')
VR-2	03rd June 2014	Modena FC	1: 0 (0: 0)	Specia Calcio	1-0 Signori (56th)

Semifinals

game	date	home	Result	guest	Goal scorers
HF-1	0June 8, 2014	AS Bari	2: 2 (0: 1)	US Latina	0: 1 polenta (22./ ET ), 1: 1 Çani (67.), 2: 1 Silva (79.), 2: 2 Ristovski (90.)
	June 11, 2014	US Latina	2: 2 (0: 0)	AS Bari	0: 1 Polenta (73./ E ), 1: 1 Jonathas (81./ E ), 2: 1 Laribi (84.), 2: 2 Galano (88.)
HF-2	0June 8, 2014	Modena FC	0: 1 (0: 1)	AC Cesena	0: 1 Marilungo (18th)
	June 11, 2014	AC Cesena	1: 1 (0: 0)	Modena FC	1: 0 Marilungo (56th), 1: 1 Manfrin (75th)

final

game	date	home	Result	guest	Goal scorers
final	15th June 2014	AC Cesena	2: 1 (1: 0)	US Latina	1: 0 Volta (45th + 3 '), 2: 0 Marilungo (52nd), 2: 1 Cisotti (90th)
	June 18, 2014	US Latina	1: 2 (1: 0)	AC Cesena	1: 0 Bruno (13th), 1: 1 Defrel (52nd), 1: 2 Cascione (90th + 4 '/ E )

Overview

Preliminary round

Semifinals

final

3.

US Latina

4th

6th

FC Crotone

0

VR-1

AS Bari

4th

7th

AS Bari

3

HF-1

US Latina

2

HF-2

AC Cesena

4th

4th

AC Cesena

2

5.

Modena FC

1

VR-2

Modena FC

1

8th.

Specia Calcio

0

Relegation play-offs

The 18th and 19th of the series B meet in the relegation play-offs and play the last non-relegation place from each other. A return match will be played. In the event of a tie in both games, the away goals rule does not decide , but the higher position in the table. The winner of a game is written in bold .

game	date	home	Result	guest	Goal scorers
final	0June 6, 2014	Novara Calcio	0: 2 (0: 1)	AS Varese 1910	0: 1, 0: 2 Pavoletti (26th, 63rd)
	June 13, 2014	AS Varese 1910	2: 2 (1: 0)	Novara Calcio	1: 0, 2: 2 Pavoletti (5th, 59th), 1: 1, 1: 2 González (53rd, 54th)

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	Matteo Mancosu	Trapani Calcio	26th
2	Francesco Tavano	FC Empoli	22nd
3	Khouma Babacar	Modena FC	20th
	Leonardo Pavoletti	AS Varese 1910
5	Mirco Antenucci	Ternana Calcio	19th
6th	Andrea Caracciolo	Brescia Calcio	18th
7th	Andrei Galabinov	AS Avellino 1912	15th
	Massimo Maccarone	FC Empoli
9	Abel Hernández	US Palermo	14th
	Jonathas	US Latina
Source: soccerway.com

Venues

The venues are classified according to the maximum permitted capacity. In total, the 22 stadiums have a capacity of 420,888 seats, which corresponds to an average capacity of around 19,131 seats.

society	Stadion	capacity		society	Stadion	capacity
AS Bari	San Nicola Stadium	58,000		Novara Calcio	Stadio Silvio Piola	17,875
US Palermo	Renzo Barbera Stadium	37,000		AC Siena	Artemio Franchi Stadium	13,500
Calcio Padova	Euganeo Stadium	32,336		SS Juve Stabia	Stadio Romeo Menti	12,000
Reggina Calcio	Oreste Granillo Stadium	27,763		Specia Calcio	Stadio Alberto Picco	10,336
Brescia Calcio	Mario Rigamonti Stadium	27,547		AS Varese 1910	Stadio Franco Ossola	09,925
AS Avellino 1912	Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi	26,308		FC Crotone	Ezio Scida Stadium	09,631
AC Cesena	Stadio Dino Manuzzi	23,860		SS Virtus Lanciano	Guido Biondi Stadium	08,000
Ternana Calcio	Libero Stadium	22,000		AS Cittadella	Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato	07,623
Modena FC	Stadio Alberto Braglia	20,057		US Latina	Stadio Domenico Francioni	06,850
FC Empoli	Carlo Castellani Stadium	19,847		Trapani Calcio	Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale	06,766
Delfino Pescara 1936	Stadio Adriatico	19,500		Carpi FC	Stadio Sandro Cabassi	04.164

Champions team

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

US Palermo

Goal: Stefano Sorrentino (32 / -); Samir Ujkani (11 / -) Defense: Siniša Anđelković (36/1); Fabio Daprelà (25 / -); Achraf Lazaar (14 / -); Milan Milanović (18/1); Michel Morganella (16/1); Ezequiel Muñoz (33/3); Eros Pisano (34/2); Aljaž Struna (1 / -); Claudio Terzi (31 / -); Roberto Vitiello (9 / -) Midfield: Armin Bačinović (8 / -); Edgar Barreto (34/4); Francesco Bolzoni (37/4); Davide Di Gennaro (14/2); Enzo Maresca (13 / -); Granddi Ngoyi (20 / -); Alen Stevanović (21 / -); Gennaro Troianiello (15 / -); Franco Vázquez (18/4); Valerio Verre (20 / -) Attack: Andrea Belotti (24/10); Paulo Dybala (28/5); Abel Hernández (28/14); Kyle Lafferty (34/11); Cephas Malele (3 / -) Coach: Giuseppe Iachini

useful information

• The newly promoted Trapani Calcio , Carpi FC and US Latina have never played in Serie B before . They are the clubs number 138, 139 and 140, which were able to qualify for the second-highest division in Italian football .

References

Web links

• Official homepage of Serie B (Italian)

See also

• Coppa Italia 2013/14
• Eternal table of series B
• Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio
• Soccer in Italy
• Series A 2013/14
• 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. ↑ Player from soccerway.com , accessed April 1, 2014