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Serie B ( italian pronunciation : [ ˈsɛːrje ˈbi ] [ 1 ] ), presently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, [ 2 ] is the second-highest division in the italian football league arrangement after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, when the Lega Serie B was created for the 2010–11 season. Common nickname for the league are campionato cadetto and cadetteria, since cadetto is the italian name for junior or cadet .

history [edit ]

A junior football championship was created at inaugural in Italy in 1904, after seven editions of the major tournament of FIGC : it was called Second Category, and was composed both by senior squads of town clubs and by youth teams of city clubs. If the first ones won the backing, they would be promoted to First Category, which consequently improved in size : the foremost team to reach the respect, was Pro Vercelli in 1907, which even won the scudetto in 1908. FIGC attempted many times to introduce relegations on the contrary, but the reform was in truth adopted only in 1921 by the secessionist CCI in its Northern League, which consisted of a First Division and a second part : the first teams to be relegated were AC Vicenza and FC Inter flush if, after the reunion with FIGC, the regulations were changed, and Venezia was demoted alternatively of the Milanese club. even if part of the lapp league, differently from First Division, Second Division was based on local group with proximity criteria. lone in 1928 was the big reform conceived by FIGC president Leandro Arpinati : after a year, a fresh second division based on the lapp national format of the major tournament would be born. Serie B began in 1929 with 18 clubs and continued until World War II, after which it was divided again between the northern and the southerly separate of the state in the aftermath of the war. The championship became national again in 1948, and for many years in the second half of the twentieth century, it was played by 20 clubs. In 2003–04, a single group of 24 teams was formed, the largest in the history of all levels of the italian backing. After 2004, a 22-team format was introduced together with playoffs. After Serie A split with Serie B to form Lega Serie A, Lega Serie B was formed on 7 July 2010. The league signed a new patronize bwin for 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons ; changed the league mention from Serie B TIM to Serie Bwin. [ 3 ] The League changed again its name in Serie B ConTe.it due to sponsorship reasons. [ 4 ] Serie B is the lowest class in which five clubs have ever played : turin, Juventus, Milan, Roma and Lazio. Serie B introduced the “ park circuit board ” at the get down of the 2015–16 season. The green batting order is given to promote bazaar play and adept acts. The greens card will not be given during the game, as it would alter sport rules, but awarded after the equal to a player or coach who exhibited carnival toy by the reviewer. The actor or passenger car with the highest number of green cards at the end of the season will be rewarded. [ 5 ]

Format, promotion and relegation [edit ]

At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to Serie A and four teams are relegated to Serie C. The top two teams are automatically promoted. If the 3rd-placed team is 10 or more points ahead of the 4th-placed team, it is mechanically promoted besides, differently, a playoff tournament determines the one-third team that will be ascending. In the 2013–14 season, anywhere between two and six teams within a “ playoff margin ” of 14 points from the 3rd-placed team will enter the playoff tournament. Under the fresh playoff format, up to three rounds may be required. The final examination two rounds are two-legged ties while opening cycle matches ( if required ) are single legs hosted by the higher-ranked team. If a tie is drawn at the end of regular play ( one or two matches, depending on the round ), extra time is played. If the two teams are hush tied after thirty minutes, the higher classified team advances. In the delegating zone, the three last-placed teams ( 18th, 19th and 20th ) are mechanically demoted to Serie C. If the 16th-placed team is 5 or more points ahead of the 17th-placed team, then the 17th-placed team becomes the 4th and final examination team to be demoted, differently, the conditions for a playoff more normally called playout exist. If the playout is necessary, the 16th and 17th-placed teams are paired in a two-legged serial with home-field advantage in the 2nd leg going to the 16th-placed team. The team with the higher sum score remains in Serie B while the failure becomes the fourth team relegated to Serie C. If an aggregate link exists at the goal of regulation play of the 2nd leg, the 16th-placed team is saved, and the 17th-placed team is demoted, unless the two teams ended the season with peer points, in which shell there will be extra-time and a penalty shoot-out if still tied. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league ‘s history ;

  • 18 clubs: 1929–1933
  • 26 clubs (in two groups): 1933–1934
  • 32 clubs (in two groups): 1934–1935
  • 18 clubs: 1935–1936
  • 16 clubs: 1936–1937
  • 17 clubs: 1937–1938
  • 18 clubs: 1938–1943
  • 60 clubs (in three groups): 1946–1947
  • 54 clubs (in three groups): 1947–1948
  • 22 clubs: 1948–1950
  • 21 clubs: 1950–1951
  • 22 clubs: 1951–1952
  • 18 clubs: 1952–1958
  • 20 clubs: 1958–1967
  • 21 clubs: 1967–1968
  • 20 clubs: 1968–2003
  • 24 clubs: 2003–2004
  • 22 clubs: 2004–2018
  • 19 clubs: 2018–2019
  • 20 clubs: 2019–

Serie B was composed of 20 teams until the 2002–03 season. It was enlarged to 24 teams for the 2003–04 season due to legal problems relating to Calcio Catania relegation. The league reverted to 22 teams for the 2004–05 season, while Serie A expanded from 18 to 20 teams. During the regular season, each team plays 38 games – two games against every opposition. In italian football, a dependable round-robin format is used. In the first gear half of the season, called andata, each team plays once against all its opponents, a entire of 19 games. In the second half of the season, called ritorno, each team will play the lapp teams in precisely the same order, the only remainder being that a home game played in the first one-half will be an away game with that lapp team in the second half, and vice versa. Since the 2006–07 season, the Serie B champion is awarded the cup Ali della Vittoria ( Wings of Victory ). The trophy is 63 centimeter high and weighs 5 kilogram. Its structure represents the wings of the goddess Nike, the goddess of victory, holding a cup like to an Olympic fire .

Clubs [edit ]

2021–22 members [edit ]

Seasons in Serie B [edit ]

This is the dispatch list of the 140 clubs that have taken separate in the 89 Serie B seasons played from the 1929–30 season until the 2021–22 season. [ 6 ] [ a ] The teams in bluff compete in Serie B in the 2021–22 season.

The Serie B-C Alta Italia post-war backing [edit ]

This championship was organized by geographic criteria with only Northern Italy Serie B and the best Northern Italy Serie C teams taking partially. southerly Italy Serie B teams took separate to 1945–46 Serie A. For this cause, this championship is not included in the statistics .

Champions and promotions [edit ]

a not promoted for Serie A decrease. b Modena and Novara were both award champions in 1937-38. c Six teams were promoted in 2003–04 due to the expansion of Serie A from 18 to 20 teams .

Club performances [edit ]

performance by club [edit ]

Updated as of 2020–21 season

Club

Winners

Runners-up

Winning years

Atalanta

6

3

1928, 1940, 1959, 1984, 2006, 2011

Genoa

6

1

1935, 1953, 1962, 1973, 1976, 1989

Palermo

5

2

1932, 1948, 1968, 2004, 2014

Bari

4

6

1935, 1942, 1946, 2009

Brescia

4

6

1965, 1992, 1997, 2019

Hellas Verona

3

5

1957, 1982, 1999

Como

3

2

1949, 1980, 2002

Torino

3

2

1960, 1990, 2001

Varese

3

1

1964, 1970, 1974

Vicenza

3

1

1955, 1977, 2000

Fiorentina

3

–

1931, 1939, 1994

Novara

3

3

1927, 1938, 1948

Empoli

3

1

2005, 2018, 2021

Venezia

2

3

1961, 1966

Napoli

2

3

1946, 1950

Pescara

2

2

1987, 2012

Udinese

2

2

1956, 1979

Ascoli

2

1

1978, 1986

Livorno

2

1

1933, 1937

Bologna

2

1

1988, 1996

Salernitana

2

1

1947, 1998

Lucchese

2

–

1936, 1947

Milan

2

–

1981, 1983

SPAL

2

–

1951, 2017

Modena

1

4

1943

Pisa

1

4

1985

Cagliari

1

3

2016

Padova

1

3

1948

Lazio

1

2

1969

Lecce

1

2

2010

Perugia

1

2

1975

Pro Patria

1

2

1947

Alessandria

1

1

1946

Catania

1

1

1954

Foggia

1

1

1991

Mantova

1

1

1971

Piacenza

1

1

1995

Reggiana

1

1

1993

Sampdoria

1

1

1967

Siena

1

1

2003

Ternana

1

1

1972

Benevento

1

–

2020

Carpi

1

–

2015

Casale

1

–

1930

Chievo

1

–

2008

Juventus

1

–

2007

Liguria

1

–

1941

Messina

1

–

1963

Roma

1

–

1952

Sampierdarenese

1

–

1934

Sassuolo

1

–

2013

Triestina

1

–

1958

Spezia

1

–

1929

Legnano

–

4

–

Catanzaro

–

2

–

Cesena

–

2

–

Crotone

–

2

–

Lecco

–

2

–

Parma

–

2

–

Cremonese

–

1

–

Frosinone

–

1

–

Pistoiese

–

1

–

Treviso

–

1

–

Titles by area [edit ]

Updated as of 2020–21 season

Titles by city [edit ]

Updated as of 2020–21 season

Promotions by region [edit ]

Updated as of 2020–21 season

See besides [edit ]

  1. ^ The backing was suspended from 1943 to 1945 due to WWII, and the 1945–46 northern edition is not statistically considered by FIGC, even if its promotion result was official .

References [edit ]