The 2022–23 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) was the 91st season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929.
Changes The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season:
To Serie B Relegated from Serie A Cagliari Genoa Venezia
Promoted from Serie C Südtirol (Group A) Modena (Group B) Bari (Group C) Palermo (Play-off winners)
From Serie B Promoted to Serie A Lecce Cremonese Monza
Relegated to Serie C Vicenza Alessandria Crotone Pordenone
Südtirol played in Serie B for the first time in history for this season, the 124th team entering in this round robin league.
Teams Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2021–22 seasonAscoliAscoli PicenoCino e Lillo Del Duca 6th in Serie B Bari Bari San Nicola Serie C Group C champions Benevento Benevento Ciro Vigorito 7th in Serie B Brescia Brescia Mario Rigamonti 5th in Serie B Cagliari Cagliari Unipol Domus 18th in Serie A Cittadella Cittadella (Padua) Pier Cesare Tombolato 11th in Serie B Como Como Giuseppe Sinigaglia 13th in Serie B Cosenza Cosenza San Vito-Gigi Marulla 16th in Serie B Frosinone Frosinone Benito Stirpe 9th in Serie B Genoa Genoa Luigi Ferraris 19th in Serie A Modena Modena Alberto Braglia Serie C Group B championsPalermoPalermoRenzo Barbera Serie CPlayoff winner Parma Parma Ennio Tardini 12th in Serie B Perugia Perugia Renato Curi 8th in Serie B Pisa Pisa Arena Garibaldi 3rd in Serie B Reggina Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo 14th in Serie B SPAL Ferrara Paolo Mazza 15th in Serie B Südtirol Bolzano Druso Serie C Group A champions Ternana Terni Libero Liberati 10th in Serie B Venezia Venice Pier Luigi Penzo 20th in Serie A
Personnel and kits TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt Sponsor (front)Shirt Sponsor (back)Shirt Sponsor (sleeve)Shorts Sponsor Ascoli Carlo Neri Roberto Breda Federico Dionisi NikeFainplastBricofer/Rabona Mobile/northsixthgroup/Distretti EcologiciImpresa Turzo (H)/Edil Style (A)Gruppo Boero Bari Luigi De Laurentiis Michele Mignani Valerio Di Cesare Kappa Molino Casillo, Acqua AmataMV LineDecò SupermercatiGranoro Benevento Oreste Vigorito Andrea Agostinelli Gaetano Letizia NikeIVPC, Rillo CostruzioniPastificio RummoContraderNone Brescia Massimo Cellino Daniele Gastaldello Dimitri Bisoli KappaRigamonti SalumificioLe Stagioni d'ItaliaPardgroupNone Cagliari Tommaso Giulini Claudio Ranieri Leonardo Pavoletti EYE Sport Sardegna Artigianato, Fondazione Mont'e PramaIchnusaArboreaBlue Shark Cittadella Andrea Gabrielli Edoardo Gorini Romano Perticone Erreà Sirmax, Gruppo GabrielliStylplex (H)/Quartzforms (A)Pastificio CecchinScilm (H)/Stylplex (A) Como Dennis Wise Moreno Longo Alessandro Bellemo Erreà Mola (H & A), Quelli che con LucaAcqua S.BernardoNoneNone Cosenza Eugenio Guarascio William Viali Michele Rigione NikeSalumi di Calabria, Mi'NdujoGruppo MaliziaScintille Montesanto3F Falvo Group Frosinone Maurizio Stirpe Fabio Grosso Fabio Lucioni Zeus MeglioBancaPolsinelli EnologiaOrsoliniPlasta Rei Genoa Alberto Zangrillo Alberto Gilardino Milan BadeljCastore Radio 105, MSC CruisesLeasePlanNonePortofino Mare Modena Carlo Rivetti Attilio Tesser Antonio Pergreffi New Balance KerakollSAUBPR NutritionStudio Appari Palermo Dario Mirri Eugenio Corini Matteo Brunori KappaDecò Supermercati, BisatenA29 Energy Service CompanyL.T. CostruzioniNuova Sicilauto Parma Kyle J. Krause Fabio Pecchia Gianluigi Buffon Erreà Prometeon, Classic Football ShirtsITCompanyAgenzia Viaggi Fontana nel MondoOARO Perugia Massimiliano Santopadre Fabrizio Castori Gabriele Angella Frankie GarageVIM, VitakraftRe SalmoneSISASMericat Pisa Giuseppe Corrado Luca D'Angelo Marius MarinAdidas Cetilar, Cavarretta Assicurazioni/SEACHi-turf SolutionGruppo PaimToni Luigi Scavi e Demolizioni Reggina Felice Saladini Filippo Inzaghi Lorenzo Crisetig GivovaCanale Group, Ferraro SpASosetegCaffè MauroSecurmed Group SPAL Joe Tacopina Massimo Oddo Lorenzo Dickmann Macron Rotary Club Ferrara Est-Rotary Club Ferrara-A-ROSE Associazione/Iosco Group, Adamant BioNRGErrebi TechnologyEdilalbaCablaggi Iosco/Diemme Costruzioni Südtirol Gerhard Comper Pierpaolo Bisoli Fabian Tait MizunoSüdtirol, DukaTopHausAlperiaCi Gusta Ternana Stefano Bandecchi Cristiano Lucarelli Marino Defendi Macron Unicusano, Terni col CuoreCaffè Ternano Cuore UmbroOrsoliniNone Venezia Duncan L. Niederauer Paolo Vanoli Marco Modolo KappaNoneNoneBechèrNone
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Ascoli Andrea Sottil Mutual consent 6 June 2022 Pre-season Cristian Bucchi 1 July 2022 Perugia Massimiliano Alvini 8 June 2022 Fabrizio Castori 1 July 2022 Südtirol Ivan Javorčić 9 June 2022 Lamberto Zauli 1 July 2022 Parma Giuseppe Iachini End of contract 30 June 2022 Fabio Pecchia 1 July 2022 Cagliari Alessandro Agostini End of caretaker spell 8 June 2022 Fabio Liverani 1 July 2022 Venezia Andrea Soncin End of caretaker spell 9 June 2022 Ivan Javorčić 1 July 2022 Brescia Eugenio Corini Mutual consent 14 June 2022 Pep Clotet 1 July 2022 Cosenza Pierpaolo Bisoli 15 June 2022 Davide Dionigi 1 July 2022 Pisa Luca D'Angelo 14 June 2022 Rolando Maran 1 July 2022 Reggina Roberto Stellone End of contract 30 June 2022 Filippo Inzaghi 12 July 2022 Palermo Silvio Baldini Resigned 27 July 2022 Stefano Di Benedetto (caretaker) 28 July 2022 Stefano Di Benedetto End of caretaker spell 7 August 2022 Eugenio Corini 7 August 2022 Südtirol Lamberto Zauli Mutual consent 9 August 2022 Leandro Greco (caretaker) 9 August 2022 Leandro Greco End of caretaker spell 29 August 2022 20th Pierpaolo Bisoli 29 August 2022 Como Giacomo Gattuso Extended leave of absence 8 September 2022 18th Massimiliano Guidetti (caretaker) 8 September 2022 Pisa Rolando Maran Sacked 19 September 2022 20th Luca D'Angelo 19 September 2022 Perugia Fabrizio Castori 19 September 2022 17th Silvio Baldini 20 September 2022 Como Massimiliano Guidetti End of caretaker spell 20 September 2022 19th Moreno Longo 20 September 2022 Benevento Fabio Caserta Sacked 20 September 2022 12th Fabio Cannavaro 21 September 2022 SPAL Roberto Venturato 9 October 2022 14th Daniele De Rossi 11 October 2022 Perugia Silvio Baldini Resigned 19 October 2022 20th Fabrizio Castori 19 October 2022 Venezia Ivan JavorčićSacked 31 October 2022 18th Andrea Soncin (caretaker) 1 November 2022 Cosenza Davide Dionigi 31 October 2022 16th William Viali 2 November 2022 Venezia Andrea Soncin End of caretaker spell 7 November 2022 19th Paolo Vanoli 7 November 2022 Ternana Cristiano Lucarelli Sacked 26 November 2022 7th Aurelio Andreazzoli 2 December 2022 Genoa Alexander Blessin 6 December 2022 5th Alberto Gilardino 6 December 2022 Cagliari Fabio Liverani 20 December 2022 14th Roberto Muzzi (caretaker) 20 December 2022 Brescia Pep Clotet 21 December 2022 10th Alfredo Aglietti 21 December 2022 Cagliari Roberto Muzzi End of caretaker spell 1 January 2023 14th Claudio Ranieri 1 January 2023 Brescia Alfredo Aglietti Sacked 16 January 2023 13th Pep Clotet 16 January 2023 Ascoli Cristian Bucchi 4 February 2023 13th Roberto Breda 6 February 2023 Benevento Fabio Cannavaro 4 February 2023 19th Roberto Stellone 6 February 2023 Brescia Pep Clotet 6 February 2023 16th Davide Possanzini 7 February 2023 SPAL Daniele De Rossi 14 February 2023 18th Massimo Oddo 14 February 2023 Brescia Davide Possanzini 20 February 2023 19th Daniele Gastaldello 20 February 2023 Ternana Aurelio Andreazzoli Resigned 25 February 2023 11th Cristiano Lucarelli 27 February 2023Benevento Roberto Stellone10 April 202320th Andrea Agostinelli12 April 2023
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 that were played immediately afterwards.
Results
Promotion play-offs Rules: Preliminary round: the higher-placed team plays at home. If teams were tied after regular time, extra-time was played. If scores were still level, the higher-placed team advanced; Semi-finals: the higher-placed team played at home for the second leg. If teams were tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team advanced; Final: the higher-placed team played at home for the second leg. If teams were tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team was promoted to Serie A, unless the teams finished tied on points after regular season, in which case winner was decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.
Preliminary round
Semi-finals First leg
Second leg
Final First leg
Second leg
Relegation play-out The higher-placed team played at home for the second leg. If the teams were tied on aggregate, the lower-placed team was relegated to Serie C, unless the teams finished tied on points after the regular season, in which case the winner was decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.
First leg
Second leg
Season statistics
Top goalscorers +RankPlayerClubGoals1 Gianluca Lapadula4Cagliari252 Joel PohjanpaloVenezia193 Matteo BrunoriPalermo17 Walid CheddiraBari5 Samuele MulattieriFrosinone126 Mirko AntonucciCittadella11 Albert GuðmundssonGenoa Franco VázquezParma9 Massimo CodaGenoa10 Davide DiawModena Ettore Gliozzi Pisa Note 4 Player scored 4 goals in the play-offs.
Hat-tricks PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Cedric GondoAscoliPalermo3–2 (A) Joel Pohjanpalo4VeneziaModena5–0 (H) Note 4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheetsGame weeks1 Stefano TuratiFrosinone201–2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12–13, 16–17, 19, 22–24, 27–29, 32–342 Josep MartínezGenoa172–3, 6–8, 20, 22, 24, 26–31, 33–35 Giacomo Poluzzi2Südtirol5, 7, 10, 17–18, 20–21, 23, 25, 27, 29–30, 34–364 Boris Radunović2Cagliari164–5, 8, 19–21, 24, 26–27, 30, 32–33, 36, 385 Elia Caprile1Bari155–6, 11, 15–16, 18, 20, 26–29, 31–32, 376 Antony IannarilliTernana132, 6–8, 11–13, 16–17, 20, 23, 27, 307 Stefano GoriPerugia112, 5, 14–16, 19, 22–23, 25, 27, 30 Elhan KastratiCittadella4–5, 9–12, 15, 21, 23, 27, 319 Enrico AlfonsoSPAL103, 5, 9–10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 26, 34 Simone ColombiReggina3–6, 8, 15, 17–19, 32 Riccardo GagnoModena7, 12, 19, 21, 23–24, 29, 31–32, 34 Mirko PigliacelliPalermo1, 5, 10–12, 15–16, 21, 27, 32 Note 1Player kept 1 clean sheet in the play-offs. 2Player kept 2 clean sheets in the play-offs.
Awards Monthly MonthMVP of the Month RefSeptember Walid CheddiraBariOctober Massimo CodaGenoaNovember Luigi CanottoRegginaDecember Samuele MulattieriFrosinoneJanuary Matteo BrunoriPalermoFebruary Giovanni CrociataCittadellaMarch Gianluca LapadulaCagliariApril Joel PohjanpaloVeneziaMay
Annual Award Winner Club RefMVP of the season Gianluca LapadulaCagliariPlay-offs MVP Leonardo Pavoletti
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