2009–10 Serie B
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The 2009–10 Serie B
season is the seventy-eighth edition since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contest the league, 15 of which returned from the 2008-09 season
, 4 of which have been promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and three relegated from Serie A
.
Giuseppe Giannini left Gallipoli by mutual consent on 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. Salernitana under-19 coach Gianluca Grassadonia was appointed to replace Marco Cari on 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, 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, who were announced on February 8, 2010 and withdrawn two days later following a meeting with club chairman Daniele D'Odorico.
, 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 August 10 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 September 23, 2009 the Football League committee point deductions of respectively two and one points for clubs Crotone
and Gallipoli
due to administrative and financial breaches. 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.
An analogous one-point penalty involving Ancona
was ratified by the National Disciplinary Committee on February 18, 2010 due to not having paid a number of salaries in June and July 2009; such deduction was extended to two points by the Federal Court of Justice later on March 12.
The season also experienced a suspension for the March 3 game Cesena
vs Sassuolo
, which was not completed due to heavy snow at the 73rd minute, with result being 0–0. As per Italian league rules, only the remaining 17 minutes were played, and a unusual mini-game was therefore rescheduled on March 16, during which Sassuolo managed to score a goal (at the second minute of the match replay) and brought home a 1–0 win.
Later on March 19, Salernitana
were deducted 6 points due to matchfixing regarding a Serie C1
league game held in April 2008 against Potenza. 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.
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Brescia promoted to Serie A
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26 goals Éder
(Empoli
)
24 goals Mirko Antenucci
(Ascoli
) Rolando Bianchi
(Torino
) Mauricio Pinilla
(Grosseto
)
23 goals Andrea Caracciolo
(Brescia
)
22 goals Matteo Ardemagni
(Cittadella
) Salvatore Mastronunzio
(Ancona
)
18 goals Alessandro Noselli (Sassuolo
)
17 goals Daniele Corvia
(Lecce
)
16 goals Claudio Coralli
(Empoli
)
Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, 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 Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
season is the seventy-eighth edition since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contest the league, 15 of which returned from the 2008-09 season
Serie B 2008-09
The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the...
, 4 of which have been promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and three relegated from Serie A
Serie A 2008-09
The 2008–09 Serie A was the seventy-seventh season since its establishment. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008...
.
Stadiums and locations
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2008–09 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlbinoLeffe U.C. AlbinoLeffe Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an Italian association football club based in Leffe and also representing the town of Albino, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy. AlbinoLeffe plays its home games at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo, and its official colors are dark blue and... |
Albino Albino, Italy Albino is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located north of Bergamo and is situated in the Seriana valley. The population continues to increase.- History:... and Leffe Leffe, Italy Leffe is a town and comune near the Alps in Lombardy, Italy. It is nearly 80 kilometers from Milan, and administratively part of the province of Bergamo. The town is well known because of its textile industry.-External links:*... (playing in Bergamo Bergamo Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan... ) |
Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Atleti Azzurri d'Italia is a stadium in Bergamo, Italy, used by the Atalanta and Albinoleffe football teams. The field is 120 m long, and 70 m wide... |
26,393 | 9th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Ancona A.C. Ancona Associazione Calcio Ancona was a professional Italian football club, based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 1905 as Unione Sportiva Anconitana, changing its name to Ancona Calcio 1905 in 1981 and being refounded in 2004 with its last denomination.... |
Ancona Ancona Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 101,909 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region.... |
del Conero Stadio del Conero Stadio del Conero has been the home of A.C. Ancona until 2010 when it was canceled by each league.Currently it is the home of U.S. Ancona 1905 located in Ancona, Italy.It is an all seater built in 1992 with a capacity of 26,000.... |
26,000 | 19th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Ascoli Ascoli Calcio 1898 Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A... |
Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno is a town and comune in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is c. 51,400.-Geography:... |
Cino e Lillo Del Duca Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca is a multi-purpose stadium in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Ascoli Calcio 1898. The stadium was built in 1962 and holds 20,000.-External links:*... |
20,000 | 16th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Brescia Brescia Calcio Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence... |
Brescia Brescia Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan... |
Mario Rigamonti Stadio Mario Rigamonti Stadio Mario Rigamonti is a football ground in Brescia, Italy, home of Brescia Calcio. It was built in 1928 and holds 27,547 .... |
27,547 | 4th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Cesena A.C. Cesena Associazione Calcio Cesena is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and won the first promotion to Serie A in 1973. Since then, the club have been in the Italian Premier League for a total of in 11 seasons, reaching the best achievement in 1976 with the 6th... |
Cesena Cesena Cesena is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, co-chief of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. It is at the foot of the Apennines, and about 15 km from the Adriatic Sea.-History:Cesena was originally an Umbrian... |
Dino Manuzzi Stadio Dino Manuzzi Stadio Dino Manuzzi is a football stadium in Cesena, Italy. It is currently the home of A.C. Cesena. The stadium holds 23,860 and at the beginning of the 2011/12 season it was converted to an artificial playing surface.... |
23,860 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione – A Champions |
| Cittadella A.S. Cittadella Associazione Sportiva Cittadella is an Italian association football club, based in Cittadella, Veneto.-History:Cittadella was founded in 1973, after the merger of U.S. Cittadellense and A.S. Olympia. The club spent most of its first years in amateur football, and then professional football at Serie... |
Cittadella Cittadella Cittadella is a medieval walled city in the province of Padua, northern Italy, founded in the thirteenth century as a military outpost of Padua. The surrounding wall has been restored and is 1461 m in circumference with a diameter of around 450 m. There are four gates which roughly... |
Pier Cesare Tombolato Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato is a multi-use stadium in Cittadella, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of A.S. Cittadella. The stadium holds 7,623.... |
7,623 | 17th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Crotone F.C. Crotone Football Club Crotone is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in Serie B, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 9,631-seat capacity.-History:... |
Crotone Crotone Crotone is a city and comune in Calabria, southern Italy, on the Ionian Sea. Founded circa 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Croton , it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when its name was changed to the current one. In 1994 it became the capital of the newly established... |
Ezio Scida Stadio Ezio Scida Stadio Ezio Scida is a football stadium in Crotone, Italy. It is currently the home of F.C. Crotone. The stadium holds 9,631.... |
9,631 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione – B Playoff Winners Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2008-09 The 2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season is the thirty-first since its establishment in 1978, and the first edition since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro... |
| Empoli Empoli F.C. Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions... |
Empoli Empoli Empoli is a town and comune in Tuscany, Italy, about 20 km southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the latter river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The commune's territory becomes a hilly one as it departs from the river... |
Carlo Castellani Stadio Carlo Castellani Stadio Carlo Castellani is a multi-purpose stadium in Empoli, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Empoli F.C.... |
19,795 | 5th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Frosinone Frosinone Calcio Frosinone Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.It in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B.... |
Frosinone Frosinone Frosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1... |
Matusa | 9,680 | 11th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Gallipoli Gallipoli Calcio Gallipoli Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Gallipoli, Apulia.- History :The club was founded in 1999 as Associazione Calcio Gallipoli to represent the town of Gallipoli from the province of Lecce... |
Gallipoli (playing in Lecce Lecce Lecce is a historic city of 95,200 inhabitants in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Puglia... ) |
Via del Mare Stadio Via del Mare Stadio Via del Mare is a multi-purpose stadium in Lecce, Italy. It is mostly used for football matches and is the home of U.S. Lecce. The stadium was built in 1966 and holds 33,876. It takes its name from the street leading to the sea.-History:... |
33,876 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione – B Champions |
| Grosseto U.S. Grosseto F.C. Unione Sportiva Grosseto Football Club is a professional Italian association football club, based in the city of Grosseto, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1912. The team's most associated nickname is grifone, after its logo, depicting a griffon... |
Grosseto Grosseto Grosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river.... |
Carlo Zecchini Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini is a multi-use stadium in Grosseto, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of U.S. Grosseto F.C.. The stadium holds 10,200.... |
9,909 | 6th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Lecce U.S. Lecce Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11.... |
Lecce Lecce Lecce is a historic city of 95,200 inhabitants in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Puglia... |
Via del Mare | 33,876 | 20th in Serie A Serie A 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie A was the seventy-seventh season since its establishment. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008... |
| Mantova A.C. Mantova Mantova Football Club is an Italian football club, based in Mantua, Lombardy. Mantova had played consecutively in the Italian Serie B from the 2005–06 season to 2009–10 as Associazione Calcio Mantova, when they were relegated after ending the season in 20th place.During the summer 2010, the club... |
Mantua Mantua Mantua is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the same name. Mantua's historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the country as a whole... |
Danilo Martelli Stadio Danilo Martelli Stadio Danilo Martelli is the main stadium in Mantua, Italy. It is named after a Mantuan footballer from the 40's, who died in the Superga air disaster of 1949. It is currently used mostly for football matches and, on occasion, for concerts. It is the home of A.C. Mantova... |
14,844 | 13th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Modena Modena F.C. Modena Football Club is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1912 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, after being relegated from a two year period in Serie A in the year 2004. The team's previous stay in Italy's top division ended in 1964. The team... |
Modena Modena Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.... |
Alberto Braglia Stadio Alberto Braglia Stadio Alberto Braglia is a football stadium in Modena, Italy. The stadium was built in 1936 and holds 21,151 people.Artists that have performed at the stadium include Sting, Prince, U2, Pink Floyd and Rage Against the Machine, among others.... |
20,507 | 15th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Padova Calcio Padova Calcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996... |
Padua Padua Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having... |
Euganeo Stadio Euganeo Stadio Euganeo is a football stadium in Padua, Italy. It replaced the old and historical Appiani stadium.Since 1994 it is the home of Calcio Padova, which now plays in Serie B... |
32,336 | Lega Pro Prima Divisione – A Playoff Winners Lega Pro Prima Divisione 2008-09 The 2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione season is the thirty-first since its establishment in 1978, and the first edition since the renaming from Serie C to Lega Pro... |
| Piacenza Piacenza Calcio Piacenza Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione B. The team's colors are red and white, prompting one of the team's nicknames, the Biancorossi. They are also known as the Papaveri , and... |
Piacenza Piacenza Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza... |
Leonardo Garilli Stadio Leonardo Garilli Stadio Leonardo Garilli is a multi-use stadium in Piacenza, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Piacenza Calcio... |
21,608 | 10th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Reggina Reggina Calcio Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo... |
Reggio Calabria Reggio Calabria Reggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian... |
Oreste Granillo Stadio Oreste Granillo The Stadio Oreste Granillo is a football stadium in Reggio Calabria, Italy. It is the home of Reggina Calcio. The stadium was built in 1999 on the foundations of Comunale and holds 27,763... |
27,454 | 19th in Serie A |
| Salernitana Salernitana Calcio 1919 Salerno Calcio, or simply Salerno is an Italian association football club from Salerno, Campania.The club is not the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, but there is however a sports continuity between the two companies thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC, and the fact that they... |
Salerno Salerno Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea.... |
Arechi Stadio Arechi The Stadio Arechi is a multi-purpose stadium in Salerno, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Salernitana Calcio 1919.The stadium holds 37,245 and was built in 1991.... |
37,245 | 14th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Sassuolo U.S. Sassuolo Calcio Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.In the season 2010-11 it plays in Serie B.The club was founded in 1922.... |
Sassuolo Sassuolo Sassuolo is an important industrial centre of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The town stands on the right bank of the river Secchia some 17 km south-west of Modena.-History :... (playing in Modena Modena Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.... ) |
Alberto Braglia | 20,507 | 7th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Torino Torino F.C. Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football.... |
Turin Turin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat... |
Olimpico di Torino | 27,994 | 18th in Serie A Serie A 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie A was the seventy-seventh season since its establishment. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008... |
| Triestina U.S. Triestina Calcio Unione Sportiva Triestina is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.It is in the season 2010-11 from Serie B, having returned there in 2002 after 11 seasons in Serie C and Serie D, the club was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-History:The club was... |
Trieste Trieste Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city... |
Nereo Rocco Stadio Nereo Rocco Stadio Nereo Rocco is a football stadium in Trieste, Italy. It is currently the home of U.S. Triestina Calcio, named after former player and manager Nereo Rocco. The stadium holds 32,454.... |
32,454 | 8th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
| Vicenza Vicenza Calcio Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A... |
Vicenza Vicenza Vicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione... |
Romeo Menti Stadio Romeo Menti Stadio Romeo Menti is the name of three stadiums in Italy:* Stadio Romeo Menti * Stadio Romeo Menti * Stadio Romeo Menti... |
17,163 | 12th in Serie B Serie B 2008-09 The 2008–09 Serie B season was the seventy-seventh since its establishment. A total of 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will be returning from the 2007–08 season, four of which will have been promoted from Serie C1 , and three relegated from Serie A.-Teams:Noted teams featured in the... |
Before the start of the season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascoli Ascoli Calcio 1898 Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A... |
Franco Colomba Franco Colomba Franco Colomba is an Italian football coach and former player, who is currently in charge of Serie A club Parma.-Playing:... |
Contract expired | Alessandro Pane | ||
| Vicenza Vicenza Calcio Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A... |
Angelo Gregucci Angelo Gregucci Angelo Adamo Gregucci is an Italian football manager and former player.-Player:... |
Contract expired | Rolando Maran | ||
| Piacenza Piacenza Calcio Piacenza Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione B. The team's colors are red and white, prompting one of the team's nicknames, the Biancorossi. They are also known as the Papaveri , and... |
Stefano Pioli Stefano Pioli Stefano Pioli is an Italian former footballer and current manager of Serie A team Bologna.-Player:Pioli, a native of Parma, started his own playing career for his home city team, AC Parma. Successively, he was signed by Juventus, with whom he had his Serie A debut in 1984... |
Contract expired | Fabrizio Castori Fabrizio Castori Fabrizio Castori is an Italian football coach.- Coach :Castori was born in San Severino Marche, but grew up in Tolentino. He started his coaching career in 1980 at the age of 26 as head coach of Seconda Categoria team Belfortese from Belforte del Chienti... |
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| Sassuolo U.S. Sassuolo Calcio Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.In the season 2010-11 it plays in Serie B.The club was founded in 1922.... |
Andrea Mandorlini Andrea Mandorlini Andrea Mandorlini is an Italian football manager and former defender, currently in charge as head coach of Verona.-Playing career:... |
Mutual consent | Stefano Pioli Stefano Pioli Stefano Pioli is an Italian former footballer and current manager of Serie A team Bologna.-Player:Pioli, a native of Parma, started his own playing career for his home city team, AC Parma. Successively, he was signed by Juventus, with whom he had his Serie A debut in 1984... |
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| Reggina Reggina Calcio Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo... |
Nevio Orlandi Nevio Orlandi Nevio Orlandi is an Italian football manager, who last served as head coach of Serie A side Reggina.-Playing:... |
Contract expired | Walter Novellino | ||
| Triestina U.S. Triestina Calcio Unione Sportiva Triestina is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.It is in the season 2010-11 from Serie B, having returned there in 2002 after 11 seasons in Serie C and Serie D, the club was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-History:The club was... |
Rolando Maran | Mutual consent | Luca Gotti | ||
| Torino Torino F.C. Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football.... |
Giancarlo Camolese Giancarlo Camolese Giancarlo Camolese is an Italian football manager and former player. He is currently without a club.-Playing:... |
Contract expired | Stefano Colantuono Stefano Colantuono Stefano Colantuono is an Italian football manager, currently in charge as head coach of Atalanta.-Playing career:... |
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| Empoli Empoli F.C. Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions... |
Silvio Baldini Silvio Baldini Silvio Baldini is an Italian association football manager and the former head coach of Vicenza in the Serie B league.- Coach :... |
Sacked | Salvatore Campilongo Salvatore Campilongo Salvatore Campilongo is an Italian football manager and former striker.-Playing:Salvatore "Sasà" Campilongo started his career with Juve Stabia, then joining Lazio in 1980 and making his Serie A debut on May 4, 1980 with the biancazzurri jersey. He successively played another Serie A season, this... |
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| Gallipoli Gallipoli Calcio Gallipoli Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Gallipoli, Apulia.- History :The club was founded in 1999 as Associazione Calcio Gallipoli to represent the town of Gallipoli from the province of Lecce... |
Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini is a former Italian international footballer, who currently serves as head coach of Serie B side Grosseto. He spent the majority of his 16-year playing career with A.S... |
Mutual consent | Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini is a former Italian international footballer, who currently serves as head coach of Serie B side Grosseto. He spent the majority of his 16-year playing career with A.S... |
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| Mantova A.C. Mantova Mantova Football Club is an Italian football club, based in Mantua, Lombardy. Mantova had played consecutively in the Italian Serie B from the 2005–06 season to 2009–10 as Associazione Calcio Mantova, when they were relegated after ending the season in 20th place.During the summer 2010, the club... |
Mario Somma Mario Somma Mario Somma is an Italian football manager.-Player:Somma started his career with Genoa and then spent his later years mostly at the Serie C1 and Serie C2 level, playing for several Campanian teams... |
Contract expired | Michele Serena Michele Serena Michele Serena is an Italian former football defender and current manager of Spezia.- Player :Serena started his playing career with Mestre of Serie C2, then become Venezia following a merger. He was signed by Juventus in 1989, and made four league appearances with the bianconeri... |
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| Crotone F.C. Crotone Football Club Crotone is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in Serie B, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 9,631-seat capacity.-History:... |
Francesco Moriero Francesco Moriero Francesco "Checco" Moriero is a retired Italian association football player turned manager.-Playing career:A right winger, Moriero played for several clubs, including US Lecce, Cagliari, AS Roma, Inter Milan and SSC Napoli.... |
Mutual consent | Franco Lerda | ||
| Frosinone Frosinone Calcio Frosinone Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.It in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B.... |
Piero Braglia Piero Braglia Piero Braglia is an Italian football manager and former player.-Playing:A midfielder, Braglia started his professional career with Serie C team Montevarchi, then making his debut in the Serie A in 1976 with Fiorentina. He then spent six seasons with Catanzaro, five of them being in the Italian top... |
Contract expired | Francesco Moriero Francesco Moriero Francesco "Checco" Moriero is a retired Italian association football player turned manager.-Playing career:A right winger, Moriero played for several clubs, including US Lecce, Cagliari, AS Roma, Inter Milan and SSC Napoli.... |
During the season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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| Salernitana Salernitana Calcio 1919 Salerno Calcio, or simply Salerno is an Italian association football club from Salerno, Campania.The club is not the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, but there is however a sports continuity between the two companies thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC, and the fact that they... |
Fabio Brini | Sacked | Marco Cari | ||
| AlbinoLeffe U.C. AlbinoLeffe Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an Italian association football club based in Leffe and also representing the town of Albino, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy. AlbinoLeffe plays its home games at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo, and its official colors are dark blue and... |
Armando Madonna Armando Madonna Armando Madonna is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Piacenza in the Italian Serie B.-Playing:... |
Sacked | Emiliano Mondonico Emiliano Mondonico Emiliano Mondonico is an Italian football manager. He last served as head coach of Serie B side AlbinoLeffe.-Career:... |
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| Brescia Brescia Calcio Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence... |
Alberto Cavasin Alberto Cavasin Alberto Cavasin is an Italian football manager and former player. He last served as head coach of Serie A team Sampdoria.-Playing career:... |
Sacked | Giuseppe Iachini Giuseppe Iachini Giuseppe Iachini is an Italian football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of U.C. Sampdoria.-Playing career:... |
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| Triestina U.S. Triestina Calcio Unione Sportiva Triestina is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.It is in the season 2010-11 from Serie B, having returned there in 2002 after 11 seasons in Serie C and Serie D, the club was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-History:The club was... |
Luca Gotti | Sacked | Mario Somma Mario Somma Mario Somma is an Italian football manager.-Player:Somma started his career with Genoa and then spent his later years mostly at the Serie C1 and Serie C2 level, playing for several Campanian teams... |
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| Reggina Reggina Calcio Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo... |
Walter Novellino | Sacked | Ivo Iaconi Ivo Iaconi Ivo Iaconi is an Italian football manager and former player.-Playing career:Iaconi played mostly with Serie C and amateur clubs, starting his career with Giulianova in the 1970s. He retired in 1992 after Giulianova were relegated to Serie D.-Managing career:In 1992-93 he started his coaching... |
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| Salernitana Salernitana Calcio 1919 Salerno Calcio, or simply Salerno is an Italian association football club from Salerno, Campania.The club is not the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, but there is however a sports continuity between the two companies thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC, and the fact that they... |
Marco Cari | Sacked | Gianluca Grassadonia | ||
| Piacenza Piacenza Calcio Piacenza Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione B. The team's colors are red and white, prompting one of the team's nicknames, the Biancorossi. They are also known as the Papaveri , and... |
Fabrizio Castori Fabrizio Castori Fabrizio Castori is an Italian football coach.- Coach :Castori was born in San Severino Marche, but grew up in Tolentino. He started his coaching career in 1980 at the age of 26 as head coach of Seconda Categoria team Belfortese from Belforte del Chienti... |
Sacked | Massimo Ficcadenti Massimo Ficcadenti Massimo Ficcadenti is an Italian football manager and former midfielder.-Playing:Ficcadenti started his playing career with Sambenedettese, where he played from 1985 to 1989. He then signed for Messina, playing for the Sicilian side for a total of three seasons before to join Verona in 1992... |
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| Ascoli Ascoli Calcio 1898 Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A... |
Alessandro Pane | Sacked | Giuseppe Pillon Giuseppe Pillon Giuseppe "Bepi" Pillon is an Italian association football and former manager of Empoli in Serie B.-Player:... |
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| Torino Torino F.C. Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football.... |
Stefano Colantuono Stefano Colantuono Stefano Colantuono is an Italian football manager, currently in charge as head coach of Atalanta.-Playing career:... |
Sacked | Mario Beretta Mario Beretta Mario Beretta is an Italian association football manager, last serving as head coach of Brescia in the Serie A league.-Career:Beretta had a short career as footballer, playing only for Pro Patria of Serie D.... |
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| Torino Torino F.C. Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football.... |
Mario Beretta Mario Beretta Mario Beretta is an Italian association football manager, last serving as head coach of Brescia in the Serie A league.-Career:Beretta had a short career as footballer, playing only for Pro Patria of Serie D.... |
Sacked | Stefano Colantuono Stefano Colantuono Stefano Colantuono is an Italian football manager, currently in charge as head coach of Atalanta.-Playing career:... |
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| Reggina Reggina Calcio Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo... |
Ivo Iaconi Ivo Iaconi Ivo Iaconi is an Italian football manager and former player.-Playing career:Iaconi played mostly with Serie C and amateur clubs, starting his career with Giulianova in the 1970s. He retired in 1992 after Giulianova were relegated to Serie D.-Managing career:In 1992-93 he started his coaching... |
Sacked | Roberto Breda Roberto Breda Roberto Breda is an Italian football coach and former player, currently in charge as head coach of Reggina.-Playing career:... |
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| Padova Calcio Padova Calcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996... |
Carlo Sabatini Carlo Sabatini Carlo Sabatini is an Italian football coach.He is the brother of Walter Sabatini.-Career:He began his career as a coach in Pontevecchio. He then moved to the youth of Padova, where plays Alessandro Del Piero. Is then promoted to the first team, bringing in Serie B... |
Sacked | Nello Di Costanzo Nello Di Costanzo Cuono "Nello" Di Costanzo is an Italian football manager and former player, who last served as head coach of Padova in the Italian Serie B.-Playing:... |
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| Triestina U.S. Triestina Calcio Unione Sportiva Triestina is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.It is in the season 2010-11 from Serie B, having returned there in 2002 after 11 seasons in Serie C and Serie D, the club was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-History:The club was... |
Mario Somma Mario Somma Mario Somma is an Italian football manager.-Player:Somma started his career with Genoa and then spent his later years mostly at the Serie C1 and Serie C2 level, playing for several Campanian teams... |
Sacked | Daniele Arrigoni Daniele Arrigoni Daniele Arrigoni is an Italian football coach, his manager at Cesena.- Playing career :Arrigoni, a defender, made fifteen Serie A appearances in his first professional playing season with Cesena, and mostly played at Serie B and Serie C levels for several different teams, before retiring in 1993.-... |
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| Salernitana Salernitana Calcio 1919 Salerno Calcio, or simply Salerno is an Italian association football club from Salerno, Campania.The club is not the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, but there is however a sports continuity between the two companies thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC, and the fact that they... |
Gianluca Grassadonia | Removed from managerial duties | Ersilio Cerone | ||
| Gallipoli Gallipoli Calcio Gallipoli Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Gallipoli, Apulia.- History :The club was founded in 1999 as Associazione Calcio Gallipoli to represent the town of Gallipoli from the province of Lecce... |
Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini Giuseppe Giannini is a former Italian international footballer, who currently serves as head coach of Serie B side Grosseto. He spent the majority of his 16-year playing career with A.S... |
Resigned | Giovanni Di Pasquale (caretaker) | ||
| Grosseto U.S. Grosseto F.C. Unione Sportiva Grosseto Football Club is a professional Italian association football club, based in the city of Grosseto, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1912. The team's most associated nickname is grifone, after its logo, depicting a griffon... |
Elio Gustinetti Elio Gustinetti Elio Gustinetti is an Italian football manager.- Leffe and Albinese :Gustinetti started his coaching career in 1988 with Serie D club Leffe, ending the season in third place. He then moved at Promozione club Albinese, leading them to win the league and gaining promotion to Serie D... |
Sacked | Maurizio Sarri Maurizio Sarri Maurizio Sarri is an Italian professional football manager.-Career:Grown up in Arezzo, for a decade he trained a number of fringe Tuscany teams, obtaining several successes... |
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| Vicenza Vicenza Calcio Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A... |
Rolando Maran | Sacked | Nedo Sonetti Nedo Sonetti Nedo Sonetti is an Italian veteran football manager.-Career:Sonetti was born in Piombino, southern Tuscany and lives now in Gorle.He played in Serie B and Serie C for Spezia Calcio 1906 and Reggina.... |
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| Gallipoli Gallipoli Calcio Gallipoli Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Gallipoli, Apulia.- History :The club was founded in 1999 as Associazione Calcio Gallipoli to represent the town of Gallipoli from the province of Lecce... |
Giovanni Di Pasquale | End of caretaker spell | Ezio Rossi | ||
| Padova Calcio Padova Calcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996... |
Nello Di Costanzo Nello Di Costanzo Cuono "Nello" Di Costanzo is an Italian football manager and former player, who last served as head coach of Padova in the Italian Serie B.-Playing:... |
Sacked | Carlo Sabatini Carlo Sabatini Carlo Sabatini is an Italian football coach.He is the brother of Walter Sabatini.-Career:He began his career as a coach in Pontevecchio. He then moved to the youth of Padova, where plays Alessandro Del Piero. Is then promoted to the first team, bringing in Serie B... |
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| Vicenza Vicenza Calcio Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A... |
Nedo Sonetti Nedo Sonetti Nedo Sonetti is an Italian veteran football manager.-Career:Sonetti was born in Piombino, southern Tuscany and lives now in Gorle.He played in Serie B and Serie C for Spezia Calcio 1906 and Reggina.... |
Sacked | Rolando Maran | ||
| Frosinone Frosinone Calcio Frosinone Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.It in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B.... |
Francesco Moriero Francesco Moriero Francesco "Checco" Moriero is a retired Italian association football player turned manager.-Playing career:A right winger, Moriero played for several clubs, including US Lecce, Cagliari, AS Roma, Inter Milan and SSC Napoli.... |
Sacked | Guido Carboni Guido Carboni Guido Carboni is an Italian football manager of Empoli and a former player.He is the brother of former Italian international footballer Amedeo Carboni.-Playing career:... |
The list does not include Giuseppe Giannini
Giuseppe Giannini
Giuseppe Giannini is a former Italian international footballer, who currently serves as head coach of Serie B side Grosseto. He spent the majority of his 16-year playing career with A.S...
's resignation from Gallipoli
Gallipoli Calcio
Gallipoli Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Gallipoli, Apulia.- History :The club was founded in 1999 as Associazione Calcio Gallipoli to represent the town of Gallipoli from the province of Lecce...
, who were announced on February 8, 2010 and withdrawn two days later following a meeting with club chairman Daniele D'Odorico.
Events
The 2009–10 Serie B season will feature the return of seven-times Italian champions TorinoTorino F.C.
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....
, who were relegated from Serie A. Other teams relegated from the top flight include Reggina
Reggina Calcio
Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo...
(after seven consecutive seasons in the Serie A) and Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
(after only one season in the highest tier).
Four teams were promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione: Cesena
A.C. Cesena
Associazione Calcio Cesena is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and won the first promotion to Serie A in 1973. Since then, the club have been in the Italian Premier League for a total of in 11 seasons, reaching the best achievement in 1976 with the 6th...
, Crotone
F.C. Crotone
Football Club Crotone is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in Serie B, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 9,631-seat capacity.-History:...
, Padova
Calcio Padova
Calcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996...
and newcomers Gallipoli
Gallipoli Calcio
Gallipoli Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Gallipoli, Apulia.- History :The club was founded in 1999 as Associazione Calcio Gallipoli to represent the town of Gallipoli from the province of Lecce...
. As of August 10 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
Giuseppe Giannini
Giuseppe Giannini is a former Italian international footballer, who currently serves as head coach of Serie B side Grosseto. He spent the majority of his 16-year playing career with A.S...
returned to coach Gallipoli after a company from Udine
Udine
Udine is a city and comune in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 99,439 in 2009, and that of its urban area was 175,000.- History :Udine is the historical...
took over the club.
On September 23, 2009 the Football League committee point deductions of respectively two and one points for clubs Crotone
F.C. Crotone
Football Club Crotone is an Italian football club based in Crotone, Calabria. Founded in 1923, it currently plays in Serie B, holding home games at Stadio Ezio Scida, which has a 9,631-seat capacity.-History:...
and Gallipoli
Gallipoli Calcio
Gallipoli Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Gallipoli, Apulia.- History :The club was founded in 1999 as Associazione Calcio Gallipoli to represent the town of Gallipoli from the province of Lecce...
due to administrative and financial breaches. 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.
An analogous one-point penalty involving Ancona
A.C. Ancona
Associazione Calcio Ancona was a professional Italian football club, based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 1905 as Unione Sportiva Anconitana, changing its name to Ancona Calcio 1905 in 1981 and being refounded in 2004 with its last denomination....
was ratified by the National Disciplinary Committee on February 18, 2010 due to not having paid a number of salaries in June and July 2009; such deduction was extended to two points by the Federal Court of Justice later on March 12.
The season also experienced a suspension for the March 3 game Cesena
A.C. Cesena
Associazione Calcio Cesena is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and won the first promotion to Serie A in 1973. Since then, the club have been in the Italian Premier League for a total of in 11 seasons, reaching the best achievement in 1976 with the 6th...
vs Sassuolo
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio
Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.In the season 2010-11 it plays in Serie B.The club was founded in 1922....
, which was not completed due to heavy snow at the 73rd minute, with result being 0–0. As per Italian league rules, only the remaining 17 minutes were played, and a unusual mini-game was therefore rescheduled on March 16, during which Sassuolo managed to score a goal (at the second minute of the match replay) and brought home a 1–0 win.
Later on March 19, Salernitana
Salernitana Calcio 1919
Salerno Calcio, or simply Salerno is an Italian association football club from Salerno, Campania.The club is not the legitimate heir of the former Salernitana Calcio 1919, but there is however a sports continuity between the two companies thanks to Article 52 NOIF of FIGC, and the fact that they...
were deducted 6 points due to matchfixing regarding a Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
league game held in April 2008 against Potenza. Salernitana were also the first team to get mathematically relegated, after a 5–2 loss to Empoli
Empoli F.C.
Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...
left the Campanian club with a 23-point gap between them and 19th-placed Padova
Calcio Padova
Calcio Padova is an Italian football club, based in Padua, Veneto. The club was founded in 1910. Padova is playing in Serie B, having last been in Serie A in 1996...
with seven games to the end of the season.
League table
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Promotion
- Semifinals
- First legs played June 2, 2010; return legs played June 6, 2010
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- In case of an aggregate tie, the higher seed advances.
- Finals
- First leg played June 9, 2010; return leg played June 13, 2010
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Brescia promoted to Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
.
Relegation
- First leg played June 4, 2010; return leg played June 12, 2010
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Top goalscorers
Updated as of May 23, 201026 goals Éder
Éder Citadin Martins
Éder Citadin Martins is a Brazilian football striker. He currently plays for Cesena.Éder was signed for Frosinone in co-ownership after a loan spell in second half of 2007-08 season...
(Empoli
Empoli F.C.
Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...
)
24 goals Mirko Antenucci
Mirko Antenucci
Mirco Antenucci is an Italian footballer and striker currently playing for Torino in Serie B.-Giulianova:Antenucci began his professional career in 2002, with Serie C1 club, Giulianova Calcio, where in two seasons with the club, the young striker managed to make 35 appearances, scoring 11 goals.In...
(Ascoli
Ascoli Calcio 1898
Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A...
) Rolando Bianchi
Rolando Bianchi
Rolando Bianchi is an Italian footballer, currently playing for Torino F.C.. His position is centre forward. He was widely considered as one of the brightest promises of Italian football, notably scoring 19 goals in the 2006–2007 season playing with Calabrian club Reggina.-Career:Bianchi began his...
(Torino
Torino F.C.
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....
) Mauricio Pinilla
Mauricio Pinilla
Mauricio Ricardo Pinilla Ferrera is a Chilean footballer who plays for U.S. Città di Palermo in Italy, as a centre forward....
(Grosseto
U.S. Grosseto F.C.
Unione Sportiva Grosseto Football Club is a professional Italian association football club, based in the city of Grosseto, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1912. The team's most associated nickname is grifone, after its logo, depicting a griffon...
)
23 goals Andrea Caracciolo
Andrea Caracciolo
Andrea Caracciolo , is an Italian footballer who plays for Genoa.-Career:His first football appearances were for Sancolombano of Italian Serie D ; later playing for Como and Pro Vercelli, both in professional leagues, before being signed by Brescia, the team in which he made his Serie A debut on 6...
(Brescia
Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
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22 goals Matteo Ardemagni
Matteo Ardemagni
Matteo Ardemagni is an Italian association football forward currently playing for Atalanta.A product of Milan's youth team, he has made a few appearances as a substitute for their Serie A team...
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A.S. Cittadella
Associazione Sportiva Cittadella is an Italian association football club, based in Cittadella, Veneto.-History:Cittadella was founded in 1973, after the merger of U.S. Cittadellense and A.S. Olympia. The club spent most of its first years in amateur football, and then professional football at Serie...
) Salvatore Mastronunzio
Salvatore Mastronunzio
Salvatore Mastronunzio is an Italian footballer who plays for Spezia.-Early career:Born in Empoli, Tuscany, Mastronunzio started his career at Empoli F.C.. He made his Serie A debut on 8 March 1998 against Bari. He replaced Max Tonetto in the 64th minute to strengthen the attack but the team lost...
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A.C. Ancona
Associazione Calcio Ancona was a professional Italian football club, based in Ancona, Marche. It was founded in 1905 as Unione Sportiva Anconitana, changing its name to Ancona Calcio 1905 in 1981 and being refounded in 2004 with its last denomination....
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18 goals Alessandro Noselli (Sassuolo
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio
Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.In the season 2010-11 it plays in Serie B.The club was founded in 1922....
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17 goals Daniele Corvia
Daniele Corvia
Daniele Corvia is an Italian footballer, who plays as a forward for Lecce in the Italian Serie A.Corvia joined Siena for €200K after the co-ownership deal with Ternana terminated with Roma favour. In June 2007, Siena bought him outright for another €350K. In summer 2009 he started his second...
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U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
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16 goals Claudio Coralli
Claudio Coralli
Claudio Coralli is an Italian football striker. He currently plays for Empoli.He was sold to Pizzighettone in joint-ownership deal.-References:...
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Empoli F.C.
Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...
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