2018–19 Serie B

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Serie B
Season2018–19
Dates24 August 2018 – 9 June 2019
ChampionsBrescia (4th title)
PromotedBrescia
Lecce
Hellas Verona
RelegatedPalermo (to D)
Foggia (to D)
Padova
Carpi
Matches played342
Goals scored911 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorerAlfredo Donnarumma
(25 goals)[1]
Biggest home winLecce 7–0 Ascoli
(23 March 2019)
Biggest away winPescara 1–5 Brescia
(3 February 2019)
Highest scoringBrescia 4–4 Spezia
(27 January 2019)
Longest winning run3 games
Benevento[2]
Brescia[3]
Cittadella[4]
Cosenza[5]
Cremonese[6]
Foggia[7]
Hellas Verona[8]
Lecce[9]
Palermo[10]
Perugia[10]
Longest unbeaten run13 games
Brescia[11]
Palermo[12]
Longest winless run11 games
Crotone[13]
Longest losing run5 games
Padova[14]
Salernitana[15]
Highest attendance28,351
Palermo 2–2 Cittadella
(11 May 2019)[16]
Lowest attendance1,500
Carpi 0–1 Cittadella
(1 September 2018)[16]
Total attendance2,634,506[16][17]
Average attendance7,506[16][17]

The 2018–19 Serie B (known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons)[18] was the 87th season of Serie B in Italy since its establishment in 1929.

A total of 19 teams contested in the 2018–19 season, instead of the usual 22 teams, due to the exclusion of Bari, Cesena and Avellino. There are 12 teams returning from the 2017–18 Serie B season, 4 promoted from 2017–18 Serie C (Livorno, Padova, Lecce, Cosenza) and 3 relegated from 2017–18 Serie A (Crotone, Hellas Verona, Benevento).

Teams

The list of teams for the season was originally expected to feature 15 teams from the 2017–18 Serie B, as well as three teams who were relegated from the 2017–18 Serie A (Crotone, Verona and Benevento) and four promoted from the 2017–18 Serie C: league winners Livorno, Padova and Lecce, plus national playoff winners Cosenza.

Later in July, Bari and Cesena renounced on their participation to the league due to serious financial issues, whereas Avellino was excluded due to financial irregularities. Foggia was admitted, but it had eight points deducted.

Following these event, the Serie B league assembly voted in favour of reducing the number of teams from 22 to 20;[19] this move was promptly revoked by the Italian Football Federation due to bureaucratic issues who would not allow to change the league format for the current season.[20][21]

On 7 August, Avellino was finally excluded from the Serie B after losing on their appeal verdict to be readmitted in the league.[22]

Although it was expected that the three vacancies were to be filled by Catania, Novara and Siena, however Pro Vercelli and Ternana disagreed,[23] and on 10 August, the Lega B announced the 2018–19 season would go ahead with 19 teams instead of the regular 22.[24] The Italian Football Federation formalized the change of format for the Serie B from 22 to 19 teams later on 13 August.[25]

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in 2018–19 Serie B
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2017–18 season
Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca 10,887 18th in Serie B
Benevento Benevento Stadio Ciro Vigorito 17,554 20th in Serie A
Brescia Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti 16,743 16th in Serie B
Carpi Carpi Stadio Sandro Cabassi 5,510 11th in Serie B
Cittadella Cittadella Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato 7,623 6th in Serie B
Cosenza Cosenza Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla 20,987 5th Serie C/C, play-off winner
Cremonese Cremona Stadio Giovanni Zini 20,641 14th in Serie B
Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida 16,547 18th in Serie A
Foggia Foggia Stadio Pino Zaccheria 16,798 9th in Serie B
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 19th in Serie A
Lecce Lecce Stadio Via del Mare 40,670 Serie C/C Champions
Livorno Livorno Stadio Armando Picchi 19,238 Serie C/A Champions
Padova Padua Stadio Euganeo 19,740 Serie C/B Champions
Palermo Palermo Stadio Renzo Barbera 36,349 4th in Serie B
Perugia Perugia Stadio Renato Curi 23,125 8th in Serie B
Pescara Pescara Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia 20,515 17th in Serie B
Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi 31,300 12th in Serie B
Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco 10,290 10th in Serie B
Venezia Venice Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo 7,450 5th in Serie B

Number of teams by regions

No. of teams Region Team(s)
4  Veneto Cittadella, Hellas Verona, Padova and Venezia
2  Apulia Foggia and Lecce
 Calabria Cosenza and Crotone
 Campania Benevento and Salernitana
 Lombardy Brescia and Cremonese
1  Abruzzo Pescara
 Emilia-Romagna Carpi
 Liguria Spezia
 Marche Ascoli
 Sicily Palermo
 Tuscany Livorno
 Umbria Perugia

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back)* Shirt sponsor (sleeve)* Shorts sponsor
Ascoli Italy Giuliano Tosti Italy Vincenzo Vivarini Nike AIR fire/Fainplast, Bricofer Unibet Facile Ristrutturare None
Benevento Italy Oreste Vigorito Italy Cristian Bucchi Frankie Garage IVPC, Rillo Costruzioni Unibet Facile Ristrutturare SAPA Group
Brescia Italy Massimo Cellino Italy Eugenio Corini Acerbis UBI Banca OMR None None
Carpi Italy Claudio Caliumi Italy Fabrizio Castori Givova Gaudì Jeans Unibet Facile Ristrutturare None
Cittadella Italy Andrea Gabrielli Italy Roberto Venturato Boxeur Des Rues OCSA (H)/Veneta Nastri (A)/Gavinox (T), Gruppo Gabrielli Unibet Facile Ristrutturare Metalservice
Cosenza Italy Eugenio Guarascio Italy Piero Braglia Legea Ecologia Oggi, Volkswagen Gruppo Chiappetta Unibet Facile Ristrutturare La Valle Trasporti
Cremonese Italy Paolo Rossi Italy Massimo Rastelli Garman Ilta Inox (H)/Arinox (A) Unibet Facile Ristrutturare Arvedi Tubi Acciaio
Crotone Italy Gianni Vrenna Italy Giovanni Stroppa Zeus Envì Group, Metal Carpenteria Unibet Facile Ristrutturare Ford Vumbaca Group
Foggia Italy Lucio Fares Italy Gianluca Grassadonia Nike Wüber, VisionOttica Unibet Facile Ristrutturare Metaurobus
Hellas Verona Italy Maurizio Setti Italy Alfredo Aglietti Macron Gruppo Sinergy, AirDolomiti (H & A)/Sartori Vini (T) Unibet Facile Ristrutturare SEC Events
Lecce Italy Saverio Sticchi Damiani Italy Fabio Liverani M908 Moby Lines, Pasta Maffei Unibet Facile Ristrutturare Villa Iris
Livorno Italy Aldo Spinelli Italy Roberto Breda Legea Gruppo Spinelli, Toremar Unibet Facile Ristrutturare Archipelagus Line & Energy
Padova Italy Roberto Bonetto Italy Matteo Centurioni Kappa Italiana Assiurazioni, Zanutta Unibet Facile Ristrutturare Tiemme Costruzioni
Palermo Italy Rino Foschi Italy Delio Rossi Legea Unieuro/Super Conveniente/Arkus Network, Bisaten Unibet Facile Ristrutturare None
Perugia Italy Massimiliano Santopadre Italy Alessandro Nesta Frankie Garage Officine Piccini, Vitakraft Unibet Facile Ristrutturare Mericat
Pescara Italy Daniele Sebastiani Italy Giuseppe Pillon Erreà Sarni Ristorazione, Liofilchem Unibet Facile Ristrutturare Vincenzo Serraiocco Consulting
Salernitana Italy Marco Mezzaroma & Italy Claudio Lotito Italy Angelo Gregucci Givova Sèleco Unibet Facile Ristrutturare None
Spezia Italy Andrea Corradino Italy Pasquale Marino Acerbis Carispezia Unibet Facile Ristrutturare Gelateria Vernazza
Venezia United States Joe Tacopina Italy Serse Cosmi Nike Lino Sonego Unibet Facile Ristrutturare None

* Starting from this season, the two new unique institutional sponsors for all the teams participating in the Serie B tournament (except for Brescia) are Unibet (on the back under the numbering) and Facile Ristrutturare (on the left sleeve as a patch).

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Ascoli Italy Serse Cosmi Sacked Pre-season Pre-season Italy Vincenzo Vivarini Pre-season
Benevento Italy Roberto De Zerbi End of contract Italy Christian Bucchi
Brescia Italy Ivo Pulga Honduras David Suazo
Carpi Italy Antonio Calabro Italy Marcello Chezzi
Crotone Italy Walter Zenga Mutual consent Italy Giovanni Stroppa
Foggia Italy Giovanni Stroppa Signed by Crotone Italy Gianluca Grassadonia
Livorno Italy Andrea Sottil Mutual consent Italy Cristiano Lucarelli
Palermo Italy Roberto Stellone Italy Bruno Tedino
Spezia Italy Fabio Gallo End of contract Italy Pasquale Marino
Hellas Verona Italy Fabio Pecchia Italy Fabio Grosso
Venezia Italy Filippo Inzaghi Italy Stefano Vecchi
Brescia Honduras David Suazo Sacked 18 September 2018[26] 15th Italy Eugenio Corini 18 September 2018[27]
Carpi Italy Marcello Chezzi Mutual consent 18 September 2018[28] 18th Italy Fabrizio Castori 18 September 2018[29]
Palermo Italy Bruno Tedino Sacked 26 September 2018[30] 7th Italy Roberto Stellone 26 September 2018[30]
Venezia Italy Stefano Vecchi 11 October 2018[31] 16th Italy Walter Zenga 11 October 2018[31]
Crotone Italy Giovanni Stroppa 29 October 2018[32] 11th Italy Ivan Moschella (caretaker) 29 October 2018
Italy Ivan Moschella End of caretaker spell 1 November 2018 12th Italy Massimo Oddo 1 November 2018[32]
Cremonese Italy Andrea Mandorlini Sacked 4 November 2018[33] 12th Italy Massimo Rastelli 5 November 2018[34]
Padova Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli 6 November 2018[35] 16th Italy Claudio Foscarini 6 November 2018[35]
Livorno Italy Cristiano Lucarelli 6 November 2018[36] 19th Italy Roberto Breda 7 November 2018[37]
Foggia Italy Gianluca Grassadonia 11 December 2018[38] 18th Italy Gaetano Pavone (caretaker) 11 December 2018[39]
Italy Gaetano Pavone End of caretaker spell 18 December 2018[40] 17th Italy Pasquale Padalino 18 December 2018[40]
Salernitana Italy Stefano Colantuono Resigned 18 December 2018[41] 10th Italy Angelo Gregucci 20 December 2018[42]
Crotone Italy Massimo Oddo 28 December 2018[43] 14th Italy Giovanni Stroppa 28 December 2018[43]
Padova Italy Claudio Foscarini Sacked 28 December 2018[44] 19th Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli 28 December 2018[44]
Venezia Italy Walter Zenga 5 March 2019[45] 16th Italy Serse Cosmi 5 March 2019[45]
Foggia Italy Pasquale Padalino 10 March 2019[46] 17th Italy Gianluca Grassadonia 11 March 2019[47]
Padova Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli 18 March 2019[48] 18th Italy Matteo Centurioni 18 March 2019[48]
Palermo Italy Roberto Stellone 23 April 2019[49] 3rd Italy Delio Rossi 24 April 2019[50]
Hellas Verona Italy Fabio Grosso 1 May 2019[51] 6th Italy Alfredo Aglietti 1 May 2019[51]

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Brescia (C, P) 36 18 13 5 69 42 +27 67 Promotion to Serie A
2 Lecce (P) 36 19 9 8 66 45 +21 66
3 Benevento 36 17 9 10 61 45 +16 60 Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Pescara 36 14 13 9 50 46 +4 55
5 Hellas Verona (O, P) 36 13 13 10 49 46 +3 52 Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6 Spezia 36 14 9 13 53 46 +7 51[a]
7 Cittadella 36 12 15 9 49 38 +11 51[a]
8 Perugia 36 14 8 14 49 49 0 50
9 Cremonese 36 12 13 11 37 33 +4 49
10 Cosenza 36 11 13 12 34 42 −8 46
11 Palermo[b] (R, E, R) 36 16 15 5 57 38 +19 43[c] Demotion to Serie D
12 Crotone 36 11 10 15 40 42 −2 43[c]
13 Ascoli 36 10 13 13 40 56 −16 43[c]
14 Livorno 36 9 12 15 38 51 −13 39
15 Venezia[d] 36 8 14 14 35 46 −11 38[e] Qualification to relegation play-out
16 Salernitana 36 10 8 18 41 57 −16 38[e]
17 Foggia[f] (R, E, D) 36 10 13 13 44 49 −5 37 Demotion to Serie D
18 Padova (R) 36 5 16 15 36 49 −13 31 Relegation to Serie C
19 Carpi (R) 36 7 8 21 39 67 −28 29
Source: Lega Serie B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[52]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Spezia finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Spezia 1–0 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–1 Spezia.
  2. ^ Palermo were initially deducted twenty points for financial irregularities, they were excluded from the 2019–20 Serie B on 12th July 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Positions determined by head-to-head points: Palermo: 9 pts; Crotone: 6 pts; Ascoli 3 pts.
  4. ^ Venezia was spared from relegation after Palermo's bankruptcy.
  5. ^ a b Venezia finished ahead of Salernitana on head-to-head points: Venezia 1–0 Salernitana, Salernitana 1–1 Venezia.
  6. ^ Foggia were initially deducted six points for administral irregularities and relegated to 2019-20 Serie C; they were excluded from the 2019–20 Serie C on 12th July 2019.

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.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Brescia6151514810910688685423222211111111111111111
Lecce481496636857532232454334464644222222222
Benevento312953384366856777666653342466664444443
Pescara123742211111224346533445535355556555554
Hellas Verona914211122233779665345567656533445666695
Spezia166138118479911129129910977976777898989777766
Cittadella1112557857544355478878810810979897888977
Perugia112812141311131313109108888891089989878777899910108
Cremonese89564469101112101211111313131212111111111313131313131111121210889
Cosenza713161617171814141515161514141414141414141414121111111111111312111112111110
Palermo13106379534221111111111222232223333333311
Crotone185379111211111214141415151516171819161617171817171616141414141414131312
Ascoli51610131212131212109111110121011111011131313141212121212121010101011121213
Livorno1517171718181919191819191919191918161617181816161516151414151517171616151514
Venezia27121516151616161413131313131112121313121212131414161515161616151515161715
Salernitana141141010710574436710129101191010109109101010101213131313141416
Foggia1919191919191718171717171818181717181716151515151615141717171715161717171617
Padova104111113141415151616151616161819191918191919181919191818181819191919191818
Carpi1718181815161517181918181717171615151515171718191718181919191918181818181919
Champions, promotion to Serie A
Promotion to Serie A
Play-off semifinals
Play-off preliminary round
Play-out
Relegation to Serie C
Source: Serie BKT

Results

Home \ Away ASC BEN BRE CAR CIT COS CRE CRO FOG VER LEC LIV PAD PAL PER PES SAL SPE VEN
Ascoli — 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–4 3–1 1–0
Benevento 1–2 — 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 3–3 1–0 3–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 2–3 3–0
Brescia 1–0 2–3 — 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 4–2 2–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 4–4 2–0
Carpi 1–1 2–2 1–1 — 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 3–2 3–2 2–3
Cittadella 2–2 0–1 2–2 3–1 — 2–0 1–3 3–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–1 3–1 0–1 3–2
Cosenza 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 2–0 — 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–3[53] 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1
Cremonese 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1
Crotone 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 — 4–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–1
Foggia 3–2 1–1 2–2 4–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 — 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–1
Hellas Verona 1–1 0–3 2–2 4–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 — 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Lecce 7–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 — 3–2 3–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–1
Livorno 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–3 — 1–1 2–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–0
Padova 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–3 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0
Palermo 3–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 4–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–1
Perugia 2–0 2–4 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–2 — 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0
Pescara 1–1 2–1 1–5 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 — 2–0 2–0 1–0
Salernitana 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–5 4–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–4 — 1–0 1–1
Spezia 3–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 — 1–1
Venezia 1–0 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 —
Source: Serie BKT
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Preliminary round Semi-finals Finals
7 Cittadella 1 3 4
6 Spezia 1 3 Benevento 2 0 2
7 Cittadella 2 7 Cittadella 2 0 2
5 Hellas Verona 0 3 3
5 Hellas Verona 0 1 1
5 Hellas Verona 4 4 Pescara 0 0 0
8 Perugia 1

Preliminary round

17 May 2019 Spezia1–2 Cittadella La Spezia
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Maggiore 52'
 Report
Stadium: Stadio Alberto Picco
Attendance: 7,442[16]
Referee: Francesco Fourneau
18 May 2019 Hellas Verona 4–1 (a.e.t.)PerugiaVerona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 10,234[16]
Referee: Ivano Pezzuto

Semi-finals

First leg

21 May 2019 Cittadella 1–2 Benevento Cittadella
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Proia 10' Report
Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato
Attendance: 6,250[16]
Referee: Davide Ghersini
22 May 2019 Hellas Verona 0–0 Pescara Verona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 11,308[16]
Referee: Livio Marinelli

Second leg

25 May 2019 Benevento0–3
(2–4 agg.)		 Cittadella Benevento
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito
Attendance: 10,669[16]
Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi
26 May 2019 Pescara0–1
(0–1 agg.)		 Hellas Verona Pescara
21:00 CEST (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Stadio Adriatico
Attendance: 11,165[16]
Referee: Eugenio Abbattista

Finals

First leg

30 May 2019 Cittadella 2–0 Hellas Verona Cittadella
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato
Attendance: 7,623[16]
Referee: Antonio Giua

Second leg

2 June 2019 Hellas Verona 3–0
(3–2 agg.)		CittadellaVerona
21:15 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
Attendance: 25,248[16]
Referee: Marco Piccinini

Relegation play-out

The relegation play-out was originally scheduled to be played between the 15th and the 16th placed teams in the table — Venezia and Salernitana. However, following the relegation of Palermo to the bottom of the table due to administrative offense (financial irregularities),[54] the Lega B announced no relegation play-off would be held, thus effectively relegating Foggia directly.[55]

However, on 23 May 2019, the Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR) of Lazio declared void the procedure followed by the Lega B, provisionally reintroducing the play-out, this time between Salernitana (15th) and Foggia (16th), in accordance with the new standings after Palermo were subsequently placed at the bottom of the league table due to financial irregularities.[56] The decision was upheld by the Guarantee College of Sports (Collegio di garanzia dello sport) on 27 May.

Finally, on 29 May, the Court of Appeal of the Italian Football Federation (Corte d'Appello della FIGC) annulled the relegation of Palermo, who were sanctioned with 20 points of penalization instead, and hence changed the composition of the matches, causing the immediate relegation of Foggia, and the re-admission to the play-out of Venezia. Nevertheless, the players of both teams threatened to boycott the challenge, regarding it as late in the calendar (25 days after the last match), problematic for holidays and recesses of players, and conflicting with the FIFA International Calendar and a resolution of Lega B, according to which Serie B matches could not be held during the national team period (3–11 June).[57]

Matches

The higher-placed team played at home for the second leg. If tied on aggregate, extra time and a penalty shoot-out would be played because both teams ended up with the same number of points in the table. The losers would be relegated to Serie C for the following season.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Salernitana 2–2
(4–2 p) 		Venezia 2–1 0–1 (a.e.t.)

First leg

5 June 2019 Salernitana 2–1 Venezia Salerno
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Arechi
Attendance: 12,722[16]
Referee: Aleandro Di Paolo

Second leg

9 June 2019 Venezia1–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		 Salernitana Venice
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Attendance: 4,414[16]
Referee: Gianluca Aureliano
Penalties

On 12 July, the FIGC retired the professional license of Palermo. According to the new regulations enacted by the FIGC in January 2019, the relegation play-out was consequently considered null and void, and both Venezia and Salernitana were allowed to remain in Serie B.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[1]
1 Italy Alfredo Donnarumma Brescia 25
2 Italy Massimo Coda1 Benevento 22
3 Italy Leonardo Mancuso Pescara 19
4 Italy Andrea La Mantia Lecce 17
5 Italy Gabriele Moncini3 Cittadella 15
6 North Macedonia Ilija Nestorovski Palermo 14
Nigeria Simy Crotone
8 Italy Marco Mancosu Lecce 13
9 Italy Giampaolo Pazzini2 Hellas Verona 12
Italy Ernesto Torregrossa Brescia
Italy Valerio Verre Perugia
Note

1Player scored 1 goal in the play-offs.
2Player scored 2 goals in the play-offs.
3Player scored 3 goals in the play-offs.

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets 		Weeks
1 Italy Alberto Paleari2 Cittadella 14 1-3, 9, 11, 13, 15, 20, 27, 32, 36-37
2 Italy Pietro Perina Cosenza 12 13, 16-18, 20, 22, 24-26, 32-34
3 Italy Alex Cordaz Crotone 10 3, 20-21, 26-28, 31, 33, 36, 38
Italy Vincenzo Fiorillo1 Pescara 4, 18, 20-21, 24-25, 27, 34, 38
Italy Mauro Vigorito Lecce 5, 7, 10, 13-15, 28, 22,[a] 30, 35
6 Italy Alessandro Micai Salernitana 9 1, 3, 6-7, 12, 17-18, 22, 26
Italy Nicola Ravaglia Cremonese 5, 12, 14–15, 19–21, 23, 33
8 Brazil Gabriel Perugia 8 2, 7, 15, 18, 21, 24, 29, 36
Italy Eugenio Lamanna Spezia 9, 13, 15, 18, 22-23, 26, 37
Italy Lorenzo Montipò Benevento 14, 16-18, 22-24, 34
Italy Marco Silvestri3 Hellas Verona 15, 17-18, 25, 27
  1. ^ Played between weeks 29 and 30.
Note

1Player had 1 clean sheet in the play-offs.
2Player had 2 clean sheets in the play-offs.
3Player had 3 clean sheets in the play-offs.

Attendance data of regular season

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Lecce 218,079 25,135 8,198 12,116 +20.6%C
2 Benevento 192,039 13,622 9,505 10,669 −12.1%A
3 Verona 190,336 14,517 8,258 10,574 −39.0%A
4 Foggia 183,913 12,537 8,836 10,217 −7.6%†
5 Palermo 169,084 28,351 4,513 9,394 +4.0%†
6 Salernitana 153,237 12,979 5,705 8,513 −2.4%†
7 Brescia 148,154 14,000 5,502 8,231 +19.9%†
8 Perugia 141,516 9,501 6,883 7,862 −9.3%†
9 Padova 135,782 9,338 6,405 7,543 +43.2%C
10 Cremonese 130,218 11,840 5,416 7,234 +0.4%†
11 Cosenza 128,868 12,375 4,794 7,580 +243.6%C
12 Pescara 126,486 9,939 5,516 7,027 −7.2%†
13 Crotone 115,610 10,565 4,879 6,423 −39.3%A
14 Ascoli 109,108 8,416 4,789 6,062 +12.9%†
15 Livorno 105,831 6,594 4,986 5,880 +0.9%C
16 Spezia 97,856 6,508 4,845 5,436 −3.6%†
17 Cittadella 75,974 6,605 2,892 4,221 +19.3%†
18 Venezia 64,485 5,630 2,181 3,583 −14.7%†
19 Carpi 40,855 3,812 1,500 2,270 +4.1%†
League total 2,527,431 28,351 1,500 7,412 +7.0%†

Source: Stadia Postcards [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Notes:
A Team played last season in Serie A.
C Team played last season in Serie C.

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