The 2023–24 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) was the 92nd season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929.
Changes The following teams changed divisions since the 2022–23 season:
To Serie B Relegated from Serie A Spezia Cremonese Sampdoria
Promoted from Serie C Feralpisalò (Group A) Reggiana (Group B) Catanzaro (Group C) Lecco (Play-off winners)
From Serie B Promoted to Serie A Frosinone Genoa Cagliari
Relegated to Serie C Benevento Perugia SPAL Reggina (excluded)
Feralpisalò played in Serie B for the first time in history this season, the 125th team entering this round robin league.
After 50 years of absence, Lecco returned to Serie B for the first time since 1973, Catanzaro returned to Serie B after a 17-year spell in lower divisions and Reggiana returned to Serie B after a 2-year spell in Serie C.
On 1 July 2023, the Co.Vi.So.C. rejected the applications of Lecco (due to the documentation involving their home venue of Padua for the season being presented late) and Reggina (due to financial irregularities). On appeal, the Federal Council readmitted Lecco, but confirmed Reggina's exclusion. The following level of appeal, the Collegio di Garanzia of the Italian Olympic Committee, withheld Reggina's exclusion while also ruling in favour of Perugia's demand to overrule FIGC's decision to accept Lecco.
On 3 August, the Administrative Court of Rome again reversed Lecco's exclusion, readmitting the Lombardian club into the Serie B league, while rejecting Reggina's request for readmission. Those decisions were appealed at the Council of State later on 29 August. In case of any vacancies, Brescia and Perugia (in that order) were expected to be readmitted to the league.
On 30 August, the Council of State rejected the demands of Perugia and Reggina and ruled in favour of Lecco and Brescia, consequently the two teams were allowed to take part in the league.
Teams Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2022–23 seasonAscoliAscoli PicenoStadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca 12th in Serie BBariBariStadio San Nicola 3rd in Serie BBresciaBresciaStadio Mario Rigamonti 16th in Serie B Catanzaro Catanzaro Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Serie C Group C champions Cittadella Cittadella Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato 15th in Serie B Como Como Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia 13th in Serie B Cosenza Cosenza Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla 17th in Serie B Cremonese Cremona Stadio Giovanni Zini 19th in Serie A Feralpisalò Salò and Lonato del Garda Stadio Leonardo Garilli Serie C Group A champions Lecco Lecco Stadio Rigamonti-CeppiStadio Euganeo Serie C play-off winners Modena Modena Stadio Alberto Braglia 10th in Serie B Palermo Palermo Stadio Renzo Barbera 9th in Serie B Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 4th in Serie B Pisa Pisa Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani 11th in Serie B Reggiana Reggio Emilia Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore Serie C Group B champions Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 20th in Serie A Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco 18th in Serie A Südtirol Bolzano Stadio Druso 6th in Serie B Ternana Terni Stadio Libero Liberati 14th in Serie B Venezia Venice Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo 8th in Serie B
Number of teams by regions Region Team(s)5Brescia, Como, Cremonese, Feralpisalò and Lecco3Modena, Parma and Reggiana2Catanzaro and CosenzaSampdoria and SpeziaCittadella and Venezia1BariAscoliPalermoSüdtirolPisaTernana
Personnel and kits TeamChairmanManagerCaptainKit makerShirt sponsor(s)MainOther(s) Ascoli Carlo Neri Massimo Carrera Eric Botteghin NikeFainplast Bari Luigi De Laurentiis Federico Giampaolo (caretaker) Valerio Di Cesare Kappa Molino CasilloBrescia Massimo Cellino Rolando Maran Dimitri BisoliKappaGruppo DAC Catanzaro Floriano Noto Vincenzo Vivarini Pietro Iemmello EYE Sport Coop Cittadella Andrea Gabrielli Edoardo Gorini Simone Branca Erreà Sirmax Como Dennis Wise Osian Roberts (caretaker) Alessandro Bellemo Erreà Mola (Home & Away) & Quelli che... con Luca (Third) Cosenza Eugenio Guarascio William Viali Alessandro Micai NikePatata della SilaCremonese Paolo Rossi Giovanni Stroppa Matteo BianchettiAcerbisIlta Inox (Home) & Arinox (Away & Third) Feralpisalò Giuseppe Pasini Marco Zaffaroni Davide Balestrero WeArlequin Feralpi SiderurgicaLecco Cristian Di Nunno Andrea Malgrati (caretaker) Vedran CeljakLegeaCantine Pirovano Modena Carlo Rivetti Pierpaolo Bisoli Antonio Pergreffi New Balance Kerakoll Palermo Dario Mirri Michele Mignani Matteo Brunori PumaOld Wild West Parma Kyle J. Krause Fabio Pecchia Enrico Del Prato Puma Prometeon Pisa Giuseppe Corrado Alberto Aquilani Marius MarinAdidas Cetilar Reggiana Carmelo Salerno Alessandro Nesta Paolo Rozzio Macron ImmergasSampdoria Marco Lanna Andrea Pirlo Fabio DepaoliMacronBanca Ifis / RendimaxSpezia Philip Raymond Platek Jr. Luca D'Angelo Dimitris NikolaouKappaSpigas Clienti Südtirol Gerhard Comper Federico Valente Fabian Tait MizunoSüdtirol Ternana Nicola Guida Roberto Breda Marco Capuano Macron Pharmaguida Venezia Duncan L. Niederauer Paolo Vanoli Marco Modolo KappaBechèr
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Modena Attilio Tesser Sacked 23 May 2023 Pre-season Paolo Bianco1 July 2023 Pisa Luca D'Angelo 2 June 2023 Alberto Aquilani1 July 2023Ternana Cristiano Lucarelli21 June 2023 Aurelio Andreazzoli1 July 2023 Reggiana Aimo Diana End of contract 30 June 2023 Alessandro Nesta 1 July 2023 Sampdoria Dejan Stanković 30 June 2023 Andrea Pirlo 1 July 2023Ascoli Roberto Breda30 June 2023 William Viali1 July 2023Cosenza William VialiSigned by Ascoli30 June 2023 Fabio Caserta1 July 2023Spezia Leonardo SempliciEnd of contract30 June 2023 Massimiliano Alvini6 July 2023Ternana Aurelio AndreazzoliMutual consent11 July 2023 Cristiano Lucarelli14 July 2023Cremonese Davide BallardiniSacked18 September 20239th Giovanni Stroppa19 September 2023Bari Michele Mignani9 October 202312th Pasquale Marino10 October 2023Lecco Luciano Foschi9 October 202320th Emiliano Bonazzoli12 October 2023Feralpisalò Stefano Vecchi23 October 202319th Marco Zaffaroni23 October 2023Ternana Cristiano Lucarelli6 November 202319th Roberto Breda6 November 2023Brescia Daniele Gastaldello10 November 202313th Luca Belingheri (caretaker)10 November 2023Como Moreno Longo13 November 20237th Cesc Fàbregas (caretaker)13 November 2023Ascoli William Viali13 November 202316th Fabrizio Castori13 November 2023Brescia Luca Belingheri End of caretaker spell14 November 202315th Rolando Maran14 November 2023Spezia Massimiliano AlviniSacked15 November 202318th Luca D'Angelo15 November 2023Südtirol Pierpaolo Bisoli4 December 202313th Federico Valente4 December 2023Como Cesc FàbregasEnd of caretaker spell23 December 20233rd Osian Roberts (caretaker)24 December 2023Bari Pasquale MarinoSacked5 February 202413th Giuseppe Iachini6 February 2024Lecco Emiliano Bonazzoli12 February 202420th Alfredo Aglietti12 February 2024Cosenza Fabio Caserta11 March 202414th William Viali11 March 2024Ascoli Fabrizio Castori12 March 202418th Massimo Carrera12 March 2024Lecco Alfredo Aglietti3 April 202420th Andrea Malgrati (caretaker)3 April 2024Palermo Eugenio Corini3 April 20246th Michele Mignani3 April 2024Modena Paolo Bianco13 April 202413th Pierpaolo Bisoli14 April 2024Bari Giuseppe Iachini15 April 202416th Federico Giampaolo (caretaker)15 April 2024
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 in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round that was played immediately afterwards.
Results
Promotion play-offs Rules: Preliminary round: the higher-placed team plays at home. If teams are tied after regular time, extra-time is played. If scores are still level, the higher-placed team advances; Semi-finals: the higher-placed team plays at home for the second leg. If teams are tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team advances; Final: the higher-placed team plays at home for the second leg. If teams are tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team is promoted to Serie A, unless the teams finished tied on points after regular season, in which case winner is 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 would be decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.
First leg
Second leg
Season statistics
Top goalscorers +RankPlayerClubGoals1 Joel PohjanpaloVenezia222 Gennaro TutinoCosenza203 Matteo BrunoriPalermo17 Massimo Coda1Cremonese Pietro Iemmello2Catanzaro6 Daniele Casiraghi Südtirol167 Patrick CutroneComo148 Christian Gytkjær1Venezia129 Tommaso Biasci1Catanzaro11 Dennis ManParma Pedro MendesAscoli Gabriele Moncini1Brescia Giuseppe SibilliBari Note 1 Player scored 1 goals in the play-offs. 2 Player scored 2 goals in the play-offs.
Hat-tricks PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Matteo BrunoriPalermoVenezia3–1 (A) Joel PohjanpaloVeneziaSampdoria5–3 (H) Gennaro TutinoCosenzaVenezia4–2 (H) Manuel De LucaSampdoriaTernana4–1 (H) Fabio BoriniSampdoriaCatanzaro3–1 (A) Note (H) – Home (A) – Away
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheetsGame weeks1 Leandro ChichizolaParma141–2, 4–5, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 32–35, 372 Jesse Joronen3 Venezia131, 4–6, 22, 24, 27, 30, 32–33 Adrian ŠemperComo4, 6–7, 11, 13, 3, 15, 20, 23–24, 27, 31, 374 Alessandro MicaiCosenza111, 6, 9, 11, 13, 17–18, 22, 29, 34, 385 Andrea FulignatiCatanzaro101, 3, 9–10, 14, 16, 27–28, 31, 34 Andreas JungdalCremonese13–16, 18, 20–22, 25, 28 Elhan KastratiCittadella1, 4, 13, 15–16, 19–20, 32–34 Giacomo PoluzziSüdtirol2, 7, 10, 20, 26, 28, 30, 32–349 Francesco BardiReggiana94, 7, 10–11, 19, 22, 26, 28, 36 Riccardo GagnoModena2, 4, 6–8, 1, 34–35, 37 Mirko PigliacelliPalermo1, 4–5, 9, 2, 23, 25, 29, 34 Emiliano VivianoAscoli3, 7, 10, 17, 19, 22, 25–26, 28
3 Player kept 3 clean-sheets in the play-offs.
Awards Monthly MonthMVP of the Month RefSeptember Massimo CodaCremoneseOctober Dennis ManParmaNovember Giuseppe SibilliBariDecember Sebastiano EspositoSampdoriaJanuary Jacopo SegrePalermoFebruary Joel PohjanpaloVeneziaMarchApril Gennaro TutinoCosenza
Annual Award Winner Club RefMVP of the season Patrick CutroneComo
Attendances
Palermo FC drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Serie B.
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