2009–10 Serie B
81st season of second-tier football league in Italy
Football league season
The 2009–10 Serie B season is the seventy-eighth edition since its establishment in 1929. Serie B is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A . It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Calcio .
A total of 22 teams contest the league, 15 of which returned from the 2008–09 season , four of which have been promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione , and three relegated from Serie A .
Teams
Location of (qualified) teams in Serie B 2009–10
Stadiums and locations
Club
City
Stadium
Capacity
2008–09 season
AlbinoLeffe
Albino and Leffe (playing in Bergamo )
Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
26,393
9th in Serie B
Ancona
Ancona
del Conero
26,000
19th in Serie B
Ascoli
Ascoli Piceno
Cino e Lillo Del Duca
20,000
16th in Serie B
Brescia
Brescia
Mario Rigamonti
27,547
4th in Serie B
Cesena
Cesena
Dino Manuzzi
23,860
Lega Pro Prima Divisione – A Champions
Cittadella
Cittadella
Pier Cesare Tombolato
7,623
17th in Serie B
Crotone
Crotone
Ezio Scida
9,631
Lega Pro Prima Divisione – B Playoff Winners
Empoli
Empoli
Carlo Castellani
19,795
5th in Serie B
Frosinone
Frosinone
Matusa
9,680
11th in Serie B
Gallipoli
Gallipoli (playing in Lecce [ 1] )
Via del Mare [ 1]
33,876
Lega Pro Prima Divisione – B Champions
Grosseto
Grosseto
Carlo Zecchini
9,909
6th in Serie B
Lecce
Lecce
Via del Mare
33,876
20th in Serie A
Mantova
Mantua
Danilo Martelli
14,844
13th in Serie B
Modena
Modena
Alberto Braglia
20,507
15th in Serie B
Padova
Padua
Euganeo
32,336
Lega Pro Prima Divisione – A Playoff Winners
Piacenza
Piacenza
Leonardo Garilli
21,668
10th in Serie B
Reggina
Reggio Calabria
Oreste Granillo
27,454
19th in Serie A
Salernitana
Salerno
Arechi
37,245
14th in Serie B
Sassuolo
Sassuolo (playing in Modena )
Alberto Braglia
20,507
7th in Serie B
Torino
Turin
Olimpico di Torino
27,994
18th in Serie A
Triestina
Trieste
Nereo Rocco
32,454
8th in Serie B
Vicenza
Vicenza
Romeo Menti
17,163
12th in Serie B
Personnel and kits
Team
President
Manager
Kit manufacturer
Shirt sponsor
AlbinoLeffe
Gianfranco Andreoletti
Emiliano Mondonico
Acerbis
UBI Assicurazioni , Studio Casa Agenzie Immobiliari
Ancona
Flavio Mais
Sandro Salvioni
Legea
Kerself (1) / Twice SIM (2, 7-8, 10, 12, 14, 17) / H6 (3, 9) / RSM Italy (4) / Kinexia (5) / University.it (6) / Fisioclub Ancona (11) / Ecoware (13) / Società Italiana Sviluppo & Impresa (15) / Sartoria Paolorossi (16) / Centro Carni Villa Musone (18, 20, 26, 42) / Impero (21) / La Stafferia (22) / Brainspark Investment Group (29-30) / Dentro e Fuori Service (31) / La Cantina di Palazzo Bello (33, 35, 39) / La Gramigna Srl (34) / Radio Tua (38), Maracanà Sport Store (31)
Ascoli
Roberto Benigni
Giuseppe Pillon
Legea
Carisap , CIAM
Brescia
Gino Corioni
Giuseppe Iachini
Mass
UBI Banco di Brescia , Bresciani Cover All
Cesena
Igor Campedelli
Pierpaolo Bisoli
Lotto
Phytum Ton
Cittadella
Andrea Gabrielli
Claudio Foscarini
Garman
Siderurgica Gabrielli
Crotone
Salvatore Gualtieri
Franco Lerda
Zeus
Città di Crotone , Ceramica Gres 2000
Empoli
Fabrizio Corsi
Salvatore Campilongo
Asics
Limonta Sport, Computer Gross
Frosinone
Maurizio Stirpe
Guido Carboni
Legea
Banca Popolare del Frusinate , Provincia di Frosinone
Gallipoli
Daniele D'Odorico
Ezio Rossi
Garman
D'Odorico Group/Caroli Hotels, Italcantieri
Grosseto
Piero Camilli
Maurizio Sarri
Erreà
Industria Lavorazione Carni Ovine, Banca della Maremma
Lecce
Giovanni Semeraro
Luigi De Canio
Asics
HAITI - SMS 48541/Better, Lachifarma
Mantova
Fabrizio Lori
Michele Serena
Joma
Nuova Pansac
Modena
Alfredo Amadei
Luigi Apolloni
Givova
CPL Concordia, Immergas
Padova
Marcello Cestaro
Carlo Sabatini
Lotto
Famila, Cassa di Risparmio del Veneto
Piacenza
Fabrizio Garilli
Massimo Ficcadenti
Macron
UNICEF
Reggina
Pasquale Foti
Roberto Breda
Onze
Stocco&Stocco/Guglielmo Caffè/Ipac/La Gru, Stocco&Stocco
Salernitana
Antonio Lombardi
Ersilio Cerone
Givova
Lombardi Costruzioni
Sassuolo
Carlo Rossi
Stefano Pioli
Sportika
Mapei
Torino
Urbano Cairo
Stefano Colantuono
Kappa
MG.K VIS/Il Buon Riso/Il Buon Riso Firma/Italporte/Dolmar Makita /Maniva Oligominerale/Škoda Yeti /Be-Total/Stylo Rent a Car, Dahlia TV
Triestina
Stefano Fantinel
Daniele Arrigoni
Mass
Fantinel, Testa & Molinaro
Vicenza
Sergio Cassingena
Rolando Maran
Max Sport
FIAMM
Managerial changes
Before the start of the season
During the season
^1 Giuseppe Giannini left Gallipoli by mutual consent in June 2009, only three weeks after having won promotion to Serie B with the club, due to uncertainty regarding the club future. He successively agreed to return at Gallipoli two months later, and only ten days before the season kick-off, after Udine-based D'Odorico Group completed the club takeover. During the time Giannini did not act as head coach, no replacement was appointed.
^2 Salernitana under-19 coach Gianluca Grassadonia was appointed to replace Marco Cari in November 2009 despite not having the required coaching badges. In December, Ersilio Cerone was appointed "official" head coach to fulfil the requirement for a UEFA A coaching graduate,[ 49] with Grassadonia appearing as assistant but being usually referred as the "real" manager. Grassadonia was later announced to have been removed from the first team coaching staff on March 14, 2010, whereas Cerone was confirmed as head coach, this time on a real basis.
The list does not include Giuseppe Giannini 's resignation from Gallipoli , who were announced on February 8, 2010[ 50] and withdrawn two days later following a meeting with club chairman Daniele D'Odorico.[ 51]
Events
The 2009–10 Serie B season will feature the return of seven-times Italian champions Torino , who were relegated from Serie A. Other teams relegated from the top flight include Reggina (after seven consecutive seasons in the Serie A) and Lecce (after only one season in the highest tier).
Four teams were promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione : Cesena , Crotone , Padova and newcomers Gallipoli . As of 10 August, Gallipoli did not manage to organize a squad for the league and were even without a head coach due to club issues (the club chairman being in talks with several third parties regarding a possible takeover); this also forced the club to play the Under-19 team for the second round of the Coppa Italia tournament, lost 6–1 to lower league outfit Lumezzane. The following day, Giuseppe Giannini returned to coach Gallipoli after a company from Udine took over the club.
On 23 September 2009, the Football League committee point deductions of respectively two and one points for clubs Crotone and Gallipoli due to administrative and financial breaches.[ 52] The one point deduction for Gallipoli was later canceled by the Federal Court of Justice on October 22, with the two-point penalty regarding Crotone being instead confirmed.[ 53]
An analogous one-point penalty involving Ancona was ratified by the National Disciplinary Committee on 18 February 2010 due to not having paid a number of salaries in June and July 2009;[ 54] such deduction was extended to two points by the Federal Court of Justice later on 12 March.[ 55]
The season also experienced a suspension for the 3 March match between Cesena and Sassuolo , which was not completed due to heavy snow at the 73rd minute, with the result being 0–0. As per Italian league rules, only the remaining 17 minutes were played, and an unusual mini-game was therefore rescheduled on 16 March during which Sassuolo managed to score a goal (at the second minute of the match replay) to record a 1–0 win.[ 56]
Later, on 19 March, Salernitana were docked six points due to matchfixing regarding a Serie C1 league game held in April 2008 against Potenza .[ 57] Salernitana were also the first team to get mathematically relegated, after a 5–2 loss to Empoli left the Campanian club with a 23-point gap between them and 19th-placed Padova with seven games to the end of the season.[ 58]
League table
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Lecce (C, P)
42
20
15
7
66
47
+19
75
Promotion to Serie A
2
Cesena (P)
42
20
14
8
55
29
+26
74
3
Brescia (O, P)
42
21
9
12
60
44
+16
72
Qualification to promotion play-offs
4
Sassuolo
42
18
15
9
60
42
+18
69
5
Torino
42
19
11
12
53
36
+17
68
6
Cittadella
42
18
12
12
62
43
+19
66
7
Grosseto
42
14
19
9
66
63
+3
61
8
Crotone [ a]
42
17
11
14
53
50
+3
60
9
Ascoli
42
15
12
15
57
57
0
57
10
Empoli
42
15
11
16
66
56
+10
56
11
AlbinoLeffe
42
14
13
15
59
56
+3
55
12
Modena
42
14
12
16
39
47
−8
54[ b]
13
Reggina
42
15
9
18
51
56
−5
54[ b]
14
Vicenza
42
12
17
13
40
41
−1
53[ c]
15
Piacenza
42
13
14
15
40
45
−5
53[ c]
16
Frosinone
42
15
8
19
50
67
−17
53[ c]
17
Ancona [ a] (R, E, R, R, D)
42
15
9
18
55
56
−1
52
Claimed club in Eccellenza [ 59] [ d]
18
Triestina (T)
42
13
12
17
41
51
−10
51[ e]
Spared from relegation[ d]
19
Padova
42
12
15
15
44
48
−4
51[ e]
Qualification to relegation play-off
20
Mantova (R, E, R, R)
42
10
18
14
46
58
−12
48
Restart in Serie D [ f]
21
Gallipoli (R, E, R, R, R)
42
10
10
22
43
74
−31
40
Restart in Promozione [ g]
22
Salernitana [ h] (R)
42
5
8
29
40
80
−40
17
Relegation to Prima Divisione
^ a b 2 points deducted due to financial irregularities.[ 60] [ 61]
^ a b MOD 1–0 REG; REG 0–1 MOD
^ a b c VIC: 8 pts 4–1; PIA: 5 pts 4–5; FRO: 3 pts 4–6
^ a b Ancona was excluded from football by Federal Council's decision. Later was relegated to Eccellenza as US Ancona 1905. As a consequence, Triestina as losing sides of the relegation play-off were spared from relegation.
^ a b PAD 0–0 TRI; TRI 2–1 PAD
^ Mantova declared bankrupt and relegated to Serie D .
^ Gallipoli declared bankrupt and relegated to Promozione .
^ 6 points deducted due to match-fixing during the 2007–08 Serie C1 season .[ 57]
Results
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Play-off
Semi-finals
First legs played 2 June 2010; return legs played 6 June 2010
In case of an aggregate tie, the higher seed advances.
Finals
First leg played 9 June 2010; return leg played 13 June 2010
Brescia promoted to Serie A .
Relegation
First leg played 4 June 2010; return leg played 12 June 2010
Top goalscorers
Updated as of May 23, 2010 [ 62]
26 goals
24 goals
23 goals
22 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
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