The 2004–05 Serie B is the 73rd season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy.
Teams Arezzo, Catanzaro, Cesena and Crotone had been promoted from Serie C, while Perugia, Modena, and Empoli had been relegated from Serie A, and Ancona had lost their national professional licence.
Stadiums and locations TeamHome cityStadium2003–04 seasonAlbinoLeffeAlbino and LeffeStadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (Bergamo)18th in Serie BArezzoArezzoStadio Città di ArezzoSerie C1 Group A championsAscoliAscoli PicenoStadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca11th in Serie BBariBariStadio San Nicola21st in Serie BCataniaCataniaStadio Angelo Massimino9th in Serie BCatanzaroCatanzaroStadio Nicola CeravoloSerie C1 Group B championsCesenaCesenaStadio Dino ManuzziSerie C1 Group A play-off winnersCrotoneCrotoneStadio Ezio ScidaSerie C1 Group B play-off winnersEmpoliEmpoliStadio Carlo Castellani17th in Serie AGenoaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris16th in Serie BHellas VeronaVeronaStadio Marcantonio Bentegodi19th in Serie BModenaModenaStadio Alberto Braglia16th in Serie APerugiaPerugiaStadio Renato Curi15th in Serie APescaraPescaraStadio Adriatico22nd in Serie BPiacenzaPiacenzaStadio Leonardo Garilli8th in Serie BSalernitanaSalernoStadio Arechi17th in Serie BTernanaTerniStadio Libero Liberati7th in Serie BTorinoTurinStadio delle Alpi12th in Serie BTrevisoTrevisoStadio Omobono Tenni15th in Serie BTriestinaTriesteStadio Nereo Rocco10th in Serie BVeneziaVeniceStadio Pierluigi Penzo20th in Serie BVicenzaVicenzaStadio Romeo Menti13th in Serie B
Personnel and kits TeamPresidentManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAlbinoLeffe Gianfranco Andreoletti Elio GustinettiLegeaSCAMEArezzo Piero Mancini Pasquale MarinoLegeaBanca EtruriaAscoli Roberto Benigni Marco Giampaolo and Massimo SilvaUhlsportCarisapBari Vincenzo Matarrese Guido CarboniLottoPasta AmbraCatania Antonino Pulvirenti Nedo SonettiGalexSP Energia Siciliana, Regione SicilianaCatanzaro Claudio Parente Bruno BolchiAsicsCatanzaro città tra due mari, Caffè GuglielmoCesena Giorgio Lugaresi Fabrizio CastoriLottoSolo AffittiCrotone Raffaele Vrenna Gian Piero GasperiniDevisSovreco (H)/Frais Monde (A)Empoli Fabrizio Corsi Mario SommaAsicsComputer GrossGenoa Enrico Preziosi Serse CosmiAsicsCosta CruisesHellas Verona Giambattista Pastorello Massimo FiccadentiLegeaClermanModena Romano Amadei Stefano PioliErreàImmergas, Alberti & TagliazucchiPerugia Alessandro Gaucci Stefano ColantuonoGalexMobili PaoloPescara Dante Paterna Giovanni SimonelliEnnedueEurovision TVPiacenza Fabrizio Garilli Giuseppe IachiniLottoUNICEFSalernitana Aniello Aliberti Angelo GregucciDevisCentrale del Latte di Salerno/Caffè MottaTernana Luigi Agarini Claudio TobiaErreàNoneTorino Attilio Romero Renato ZaccarelliAsicsBavariaTreviso Ettore Setten Giuseppe PillonLottoSegafredo, Provincia di TrevisoTriestina Amilcare Berti Attilio TesserAsicsBossiniVenezia Francesco Dal Cin Andrea ManzoSportikaBoscolo ToursVicenza Sergio Cassingena Maurizio ViscidiBiemmeCaffè Vero, Supermercati SISA
Events Following the long-standing consequences of the "Caso Catania", the league included 22 teams, while promotions decreased to three spots.
Promotion playoffs were also introduced.
Final classification
Results
Play-off
Promotion play-off (later became a relegation play-off) Semi-finals
Finals
Torino Calcio promoted to Serie A, but later it went bankrupt and it was restored in 2005–06 Serie B by the Lodo Petrucci. Perugia Calcio also went bankrupt and it was restored in 2005–06 Serie C1 by the Lodo Petrucci.
This promotion play-off consequently became a relegation play-off.
Relegation play-off (later annulled)
Vicenza Calcio was lucky because its relegation was annulled following the Caso Genoa.
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Genoa 21,449 2 Hellas 10,948 3 Torino 10,003 4 Catania 8,931 5 Salernitana 8,840 6 Modena 7,915 7 Piacenza 7,812 8 Cesena 7,593 9 Vicenza 7,554 10 Perugia 6,717 11 Catanzaro 6,416 12 Triestina 6,333 13 Ascoli 6,095 14 Arezzo 5,561 15 Bari 4,891 16 Crotone 4,301 17 Treviso 4,015 18 Empoli 4,002 19 Ternana 3,887 20 Pescara 3,879 21 Venezia 2,207 22 AlbinoLeffe 1,722
Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita05.htm
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