2019–20 Serie B


The 2019–20 Serie B was the 88th season since its establishment in 1929. The 20-team format returned after 16 years, the last time being in the 2002–03 season. The season was scheduled to run from 23 August 2019 to 14 May 2020, though on 9 March 2020, the Italian government halted the league until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Serie B did not resume play on this date. On 18 May, it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. On 28 May, it was announced that Serie B would resume starting from 20 June.

Teams

After one season with 19 clubs, Serie B was played in a 20-team format for the first time since the 2002–03 season.
Among the five promoted teams, Pordenone is the only one to have never played Serie B before. Among the relegated teams, two of them have returned to Serie B after only one season in the top flight.
On 4 July 2019, the Co.Vi.Soc. recommended the exclusion of Palermo from the league due to financial irregularities. The club's exclusion was confirmed and ratified on 12 July, with Venezia being readmitted in place of the Rosanero.

Stadiums and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2018–19 season
AscoliAscoli PicenoStadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca13th in Serie B
BeneventoBeneventoStadio Ciro Vigorito3rd in Serie B
ChievoVeronaStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi20th in Serie A
CittadellaCittadella Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato7th in Serie B
CosenzaCosenzaStadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla10th in Serie B
CremoneseCremonaStadio Giovanni Zini9th in Serie B
CrotoneCrotoneStadio Ezio Scida12th in Serie B
EmpoliEmpoli Stadio Carlo Castellani18th in Serie A
FrosinoneFrosinoneStadio Benito Stirpe19th in Serie A
Juve StabiaCastellammare di Stabia Romeo MentiSerie C/C Champions
LivornoLivornoStadio Armando Picchi14th in Serie B
PerugiaPerugiaStadio Renato Curi8th in Serie B
PescaraPescaraStadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia4th in Serie B
PisaPisaArena Garibaldi – Romeo Anconetani3rd in Serie C/A, play-off winner
PordenonePordenoneDacia Arena
Stadio Nereo Rocco
Serie C/B Champions
SalernitanaSalernoStadio Arechi16th in Serie B
SpeziaLa SpeziaStadio Alberto Picco6th in Serie B
TrapaniTrapaniPolisportivo Provinciale 2nd in Serie C/C, play-off winner
VeneziaVeniceStadio Pier Luigi Penzo15th in Serie B
Virtus EntellaChiavari Comunale Aldo GastaldiSerie C/A Champions

Personnel and kits

* For this season, all the teams participating in the Serie B tournament featured the institutional sponsor Facile Ristrutturare.

League table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Promotion play-offs

Six teams could contest the promotion play-offs depending on the point differential between the third and fourth-placed teams. It began with a preliminary one-legged round played at the home venue of the higher placed team, involving the teams placed fifth to eight. The two winning teams advanced to play the third and fourth-placed teams in the two-legged semi-finals. Those winning teams advanced to the two-legged final, where the winner was promoted to play in Serie A the following season. In the two-legged rounds, the higher seeded team played the second game at home. If tied on aggregate, the higher seeded team advanced.


Relegation play-out

The higher-placed team played at home for the second leg. After being tied on aggregated, the lower-placed team were not relegated directly, but extra time and a penalty shoot-out were played since both teams finished tied on points during regular season.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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1Player scored 1 goal in the play-out.
2Player scored 2 goals in the play-offs.

Hat-tricks

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– Home – Away

Clean sheets

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1Player kept 1 clean sheet in the play-offs.
2Player kept 2 clean sheets in the play-offs.