Serie B 2007-08
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Serie B
Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...
regular season is the seventy-sixth since its establishment. It started on August 25, 2007, and ended with the promotion playoff final on June 15, 2008.
At the end of the year, three teams were promoted to Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
, the first two via direct promotion (league champions, Chievo Verona
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
, and Bologna
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
), and the third team after two rounds of playoffs (Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
).
Four teams were relegated to Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
. The bottom three were relegated directly (Cesena
A.C. Cesena
Associazione Calcio Cesena is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and won the first promotion to Serie A in 1973. Since then, the club have been in the Italian Premier League for a total of in 11 seasons, reaching the best achievement in 1976 with the 6th...
, Spezia
Spezia Calcio 1906
Spezia Calcio 1906 is an Italian football club, based in La Spezia, Liguria. Founded in 1906, the team's colors are black and white. The club's home ground is Stadio Alberto Picco.-1944 scudetto:...
and Ravenna
Ravenna Calcio
Ravenna Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1913 and refounded in 2001....
), as was the fourth-to-last team (Avellino
U.S. Avellino
Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...
), since they finished 9 points back of the fifth-to-last, Treviso
Treviso F.B.C. 1993
Football Club Treviso is an Italian football club based in Treviso. The club was formed in 1909, and refounded in 1993 and in 2009. The club currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.Treviso's official colours are light blue and white.-History:...
, denying them a chance at a survival "playout".
The 2007-08 Serie B season marked the first appearance in the division for newly promoted Grosseto
U.S. Grosseto F.C.
Unione Sportiva Grosseto Football Club is a professional Italian association football club, based in the city of Grosseto, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1912. The team's most associated nickname is grifone, after its logo, depicting a griffon...
. Ravenna
Ravenna Calcio
Ravenna Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1913 and refounded in 2001....
and Chievo returned to the second-highest Italian division after six years, their last time in Serie B having been in 2001 (both, in fact, returned to the leagues from which they'd come after this season). Pisa
Pisa Calcio
Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles...
returned to Serie B after 13 years, surprisingly qualifying for the promotion playoffs.
Teams
The following 22 clubs comprise the Serie B in 2007-08:| Official Club Name | Home City | Stadium Name | 2006/2007 Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.C. AlbinoLeffe U.C. AlbinoLeffe Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an Italian association football club based in Leffe and also representing the town of Albino, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy. AlbinoLeffe plays its home games at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo, and its official colors are dark blue and... |
Bergamo Bergamo Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan... |
Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Atleti Azzurri d'Italia is a stadium in Bergamo, Italy, used by the Atalanta and Albinoleffe football teams. The field is 120 m long, and 70 m wide... |
10th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| Ascoli Calcio 1898 Ascoli Calcio 1898 Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A... |
Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno Ascoli Piceno is a town and comune in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is c. 51,400.-Geography:... |
Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca is a multi-purpose stadium in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Ascoli Calcio 1898. The stadium was built in 1962 and holds 20,000.-External links:*... |
19th in Serie A Serie A 2006-07 The Serie A 2006–2007 season began September 10, 2006. It was scheduled to begin on August 26 and 27, but was then postponed due to the Serie A scandal of 2006. It is the 104th Italian championship ever held, the first without the presence of Juventus, and the 75th Serie A league, the first... |
| U.S. Avellino U.S. Avellino Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white... |
Avellino Avellino Avellino is a town and comune, capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains 42 km north-east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento.-History:Before the Roman conquest, the... |
Stadio Partenio Stadio Partenio Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi is a multi-purpose stadium in Avellino, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of A.S. Avellino 1912. The stadium was built in 1973 and holds 26,308.... |
Serie C1/B Playoff Winners Serie C1 2006-07 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the football league season of Italian Serie C1 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007, and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff... |
| A.S. Bari A.S. Bari Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B.... |
Bari Bari Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas... |
Stadio San Nicola Stadio San Nicola The Stadio San Nicola is a multi-use all-seater stadium designed by Renzo Piano in Bari, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Associazione Sportiva Bari. It hosted the 1991 European Cup Final, won by Red Star Belgrade. The stadium itself resembles a... |
13th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history... |
Bologna Bologna Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,... |
Stadio Renato dall'Ara Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Stadio Renato Dall'Ara is a multi-purpose stadium in Bologna, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Bologna F.C. 1909. The stadium was built in 1927 and holds 38,279... |
7th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| Brescia Calcio Brescia Calcio Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence... |
Brescia Brescia Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, between the Mella and the Naviglio, with a population of around 197,000. It is the second largest city in Lombardy, after the capital, Milan... |
Stadio Mario Rigamonti Stadio Mario Rigamonti Stadio Mario Rigamonti is a football ground in Brescia, Italy, home of Brescia Calcio. It was built in 1928 and holds 27,547 .... |
6th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| A.C. Cesena A.C. Cesena Associazione Calcio Cesena is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and won the first promotion to Serie A in 1973. Since then, the club have been in the Italian Premier League for a total of in 11 seasons, reaching the best achievement in 1976 with the 6th... |
Cesena Cesena Cesena is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, co-chief of the Province of Forlì-Cesena. It is at the foot of the Apennines, and about 15 km from the Adriatic Sea.-History:Cesena was originally an Umbrian... |
Stadio Dino Manuzzi Stadio Dino Manuzzi Stadio Dino Manuzzi is a football stadium in Cesena, Italy. It is currently the home of A.C. Cesena. The stadium holds 23,860 and at the beginning of the 2011/12 season it was converted to an artificial playing surface.... |
16th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| A.C. ChievoVerona A.C. ChievoVerona Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo... |
Verona Verona Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona... |
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi is a stadium in Verona, Italy. It is the home of both Chievo Verona of Serie A and Hellas Verona of Serie B.Inaugurated as a state-of-the-art facility and as one of Italy's finest venues in 1963, the stadium appeared excessive for a team that had spent the best part... |
18th in Serie A Serie A 2006-07 The Serie A 2006–2007 season began September 10, 2006. It was scheduled to begin on August 26 and 27, but was then postponed due to the Serie A scandal of 2006. It is the 104th Italian championship ever held, the first without the presence of Juventus, and the 75th Serie A league, the first... |
| Frosinone Calcio Frosinone Calcio Frosinone Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.It in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B.... |
Frosinone Frosinone Frosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1... |
Stadio Matusa | 14th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| U.S. Grosseto F.C. U.S. Grosseto F.C. Unione Sportiva Grosseto Football Club is a professional Italian association football club, based in the city of Grosseto, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1912. The team's most associated nickname is grifone, after its logo, depicting a griffon... |
Grosseto Grosseto Grosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river.... |
Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini is a multi-use stadium in Grosseto, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of U.S. Grosseto F.C.. The stadium holds 10,200.... |
Serie C1/A Champions Serie C1 2006-07 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the football league season of Italian Serie C1 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007, and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff... |
| U.S. Lecce U.S. Lecce Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11.... |
Lecce Lecce Lecce is a historic city of 95,200 inhabitants in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Puglia... |
Stadio Via del Mare Stadio Via del Mare Stadio Via del Mare is a multi-purpose stadium in Lecce, Italy. It is mostly used for football matches and is the home of U.S. Lecce. The stadium was built in 1966 and holds 33,876. It takes its name from the street leading to the sea.-History:... |
9th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| A.C. Mantova A.C. Mantova Mantova Football Club is an Italian football club, based in Mantua, Lombardy. Mantova had played consecutively in the Italian Serie B from the 2005–06 season to 2009–10 as Associazione Calcio Mantova, when they were relegated after ending the season in 20th place.During the summer 2010, the club... |
Mantova | Stadio Danilo Martelli Stadio Danilo Martelli Stadio Danilo Martelli is the main stadium in Mantua, Italy. It is named after a Mantuan footballer from the 40's, who died in the Superga air disaster of 1949. It is currently used mostly for football matches and, on occasion, for concerts. It is the home of A.C. Mantova... |
8th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| F.C. Messina Peloro F.C. Messina Peloro Associazione Calcio Rinascita Messina is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D.- Brief history :The origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F.C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues... |
Messina | Stadio San Filippo Stadio San Filippo Stadio Comunale San Filippo is a football stadium in Messina, Italy. It is currently the home of A.C.R. Messina.-History:The stadium was initially commissioned at the start of the 90s, but was not finished until 2004. It was officially opened on August 17, 2004 with Messina playing host to... |
20th in Serie A Serie A 2006-07 The Serie A 2006–2007 season began September 10, 2006. It was scheduled to begin on August 26 and 27, but was then postponed due to the Serie A scandal of 2006. It is the 104th Italian championship ever held, the first without the presence of Juventus, and the 75th Serie A league, the first... |
| Modena F.C. Modena F.C. Modena Football Club is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1912 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, after being relegated from a two year period in Serie A in the year 2004. The team's previous stay in Italy's top division ended in 1964. The team... |
Modena Modena Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.... |
Stadio Alberto Braglia Stadio Alberto Braglia Stadio Alberto Braglia is a football stadium in Modena, Italy. The stadium was built in 1936 and holds 21,151 people.Artists that have performed at the stadium include Sting, Prince, U2, Pink Floyd and Rage Against the Machine, among others.... |
15th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| Piacenza Calcio Piacenza Calcio Piacenza Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione B. The team's colors are red and white, prompting one of the team's nicknames, the Biancorossi. They are also known as the Papaveri , and... |
Piacenza Piacenza Piacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza... |
Stadio Leonardo Garilli Stadio Leonardo Garilli Stadio Leonardo Garilli is a multi-use stadium in Piacenza, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and the home of Piacenza Calcio... |
4th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| Pisa Calcio Pisa Calcio Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles... |
Pisa Pisa Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa... |
Arena Garibaldi | Serie C1/A Playoff Winners Serie C1 2006-07 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the football league season of Italian Serie C1 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007, and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff... |
| Ravenna Calcio Ravenna Calcio Ravenna Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1913 and refounded in 2001.... |
Ravenna Ravenna Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome... |
Stadio Bruno Benelli Stadio Bruno Benelli Stadio Bruno Benelli is a multi-use stadium in Ravenna, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Ravenna Calcio. The stadium holds 12,020 and was opened in 1966.-External links:*... |
Serie C1/B Champions Serie C1 2006-07 The 2006–07 Serie C1 was the football league season of Italian Serie C1 for the years 2006 and 2007. It was divided into two phases: the regular season, played from September 3, 2006 to May 13, 2007, and the playoff phase. Once the regular season was over teams placed 2nd to 5th entered a playoff... |
| Rimini Calcio F.C. Rimini Calcio F.C. Associazione Calcio Rimini 1912 is an Italian association football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna.... |
Rimini Rimini Rimini is a medium-sized city of 142,579 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa... |
Stadio Romeo Neri Stadio Romeo Neri Stadio Romeo Neri is a multi-use stadium in Rimini, Italy. The stadium has a capacity of 9,768 and is largely used for football as the home of Rimini Calcio F.C.. The stadium itself was named after Italian gymnast Romeo Neri, the first citizen of Rimini to participate in the Olympic Games - in... |
5th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| Spezia Calcio 1906 Spezia Calcio 1906 Spezia Calcio 1906 is an Italian football club, based in La Spezia, Liguria. Founded in 1906, the team's colors are black and white. The club's home ground is Stadio Alberto Picco.-1944 scudetto:... |
La Spezia La Spezia La Spezia , at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the Liguria region of northern Italy, is the capital city of the province of La Spezia. Located between Genoa and Pisa on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbours and hosts one of Italy's biggest military... |
Stadio Alberto Picco Stadio Alberto Picco Stadio Alberto Picco is the main football stadium in La Spezia, Italy. Since 1919 it is the home ground of Spezia Calcio 1906. The stadium holds 10,336.-Gallery:*... |
18th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| Treviso F.B.C. 1993 Treviso F.B.C. 1993 Football Club Treviso is an Italian football club based in Treviso. The club was formed in 1909, and refounded in 1993 and in 2009. The club currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.Treviso's official colours are light blue and white.-History:... |
Treviso Treviso Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city... |
Stadio Omobono Tenni Stadio Omobono Tenni Stadio Omobono Tenni is a football stadium in Treviso, Italy. It is currently the home of Treviso F.B.C. 1993. The stadium was built in 1933 and holds 10,001. After the inauguration in 1933, a friendly match between Treviso F.B.C. and Udinese was held, which was followed by a friendly against the... |
12th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| U.S. Triestina Calcio U.S. Triestina Calcio Unione Sportiva Triestina is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.It is in the season 2010-11 from Serie B, having returned there in 2002 after 11 seasons in Serie C and Serie D, the club was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-History:The club was... |
Trieste Trieste Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city... |
Stadio Nereo Rocco Stadio Nereo Rocco Stadio Nereo Rocco is a football stadium in Trieste, Italy. It is currently the home of U.S. Triestina Calcio, named after former player and manager Nereo Rocco. The stadium holds 32,454.... |
17th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
| Vicenza Calcio Vicenza Calcio Vicenza Calcio is an Italian football club based in Vicenza, Veneto. The club was formed in 1902 and currently plays in Italy's Serie B, having spent the entire 1960s and a large part of the 1990s in Serie A... |
Vicenza Vicenza Vicenza , a city in north-eastern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione... |
Stadio Romeo Menti Stadio Romeo Menti Stadio Romeo Menti is the name of three stadiums in Italy:* Stadio Romeo Menti * Stadio Romeo Menti * Stadio Romeo Menti... |
11th in Serie B Serie B 2006-07 The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season.... |
Events
In November, it was announced that Serie B matches, as well as Serie CSerie C
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matches, would be postponed for one week after increasing violence surrounding Italian football matches, in which football fans attacked police, stemming from the shooting of a Lazio
S.S. Lazio
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...
fan by a policeman. Serie A
Serie A
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matches were unaffected as none were scheduled for that weekend due to an international match between Italy
Italy national football team
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and Scotland
Scotland national football team
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.
On January 19, at the conclusion of the andata (first half of the league season), Chievo Verona and Bologna were named winter co-champions.
Promotions
With a 1-1 draw away to GrossetoU.S. Grosseto F.C.
Unione Sportiva Grosseto Football Club is a professional Italian association football club, based in the city of Grosseto, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1912. The team's most associated nickname is grifone, after its logo, depicting a griffon...
on Matchday 41, Chievo Verona
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
mathematically assured themselves of promotion to Serie A
Serie A 2008-09
The 2008–09 Serie A was the seventy-seventh season since its establishment. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008...
.
On the final matchday, Bologna
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
's 1-0 victory over Pisa
Pisa Calcio
Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles...
rendered Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
's victory by the same score immaterial; Bologna secured the second direct promotion. Chievo Verona's 2-2 draw with Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
outdistanced the rossoblu, however, giving the mussi volanti their first league title in 14 years.
Lecce were instead left to contest the two-round promotion playoff with AlbinoLeffe
U.C. AlbinoLeffe
Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an Italian association football club based in Leffe and also representing the town of Albino, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy. AlbinoLeffe plays its home games at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo, and its official colors are dark blue and...
, Brescia
Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
and Pisa, which will determine the identity of the 20th and final team in Italy's top flight.
Relegations
On Day 40, CesenaA.C. Cesena
Associazione Calcio Cesena is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and won the first promotion to Serie A in 1973. Since then, the club have been in the Italian Premier League for a total of in 11 seasons, reaching the best achievement in 1976 with the 6th...
became the first team mathematically relegated to Serie C1
Serie C1
Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
with its 2-1 loss at Treviso
Treviso F.B.C. 1993
Football Club Treviso is an Italian football club based in Treviso. The club was formed in 1909, and refounded in 1993 and in 2009. The club currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.Treviso's official colours are light blue and white.-History:...
. Although Cesena could still have finished 19th at the time, at best it would have been 5 points behind 18th-placed Treviso, a condition that would have made playouts unnecessary.
Then on Day 41, another Treviso win -- coupled with concurrent losses by Ravenna
Ravenna Calcio
Ravenna Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1913 and refounded in 2001....
, Avellino
U.S. Avellino
Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...
, and Spezia
Spezia Calcio 1906
Spezia Calcio 1906 is an Italian football club, based in La Spezia, Liguria. Founded in 1906, the team's colors are black and white. The club's home ground is Stadio Alberto Picco.-1944 scudetto:...
-- ensured that none of those three teams would finish within 4 points of the veneti, consigning all three of them to Serie C1.
Final classification
Results
- Please note that the home teams are read down the left hand side while the away teams are indicated along the top.
- Numbers in brackets represent the day (1 to 42) of future games
updated to games played June 1, 2008
Promotion play-off
- Semifinals
- First legs played June 4, 2008; return legs played June 8, 2008
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- Finals
- First leg played June 11, 2008; return leg played June 15, 2008
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Lecce promoted to Serie A
Top goalscorers
Players with at least 10 goals28 goals Denis Godeas
Denis Godeas
Denis Godeas is an Italian footballer who plays for U.S. Triestina Calcio as a striker.-Football career:Godeas started his career at U.S...
(Mantova
A.C. Mantova
Mantova Football Club is an Italian football club, based in Mantua, Lombardy. Mantova had played consecutively in the Italian Serie B from the 2005–06 season to 2009–10 as Associazione Calcio Mantova, when they were relegated after ending the season in 20th place.During the summer 2010, the club...
)
24 goals Pablo Granoche
Pablo Granoche
Pablo Mariano Granoche Louro is an Uruguayan football player, in the role of striker, currently playing for Novara, on loan from Chievo.-Career:...
(Triestina
U.S. Triestina Calcio
Unione Sportiva Triestina is an Italian football club based in Trieste, in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.It is in the season 2010-11 from Serie B, having returned there in 2002 after 11 seasons in Serie C and Serie D, the club was relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-History:The club was...
)
23 goals Marco Cellini
Marco Cellini
Marco Cellini is an Italian footballer who plays for A.S. Varese 1910.-Career:Born in the Campo di Marte Florence neighbourhood, next to the local Artemio Franchi stadium, Cellini started his career with Serie C2 team Prato, where he played until 2002...
(AlbinoLeffe
U.C. AlbinoLeffe
Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an Italian association football club based in Leffe and also representing the town of Albino, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy. AlbinoLeffe plays its home games at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo, and its official colors are dark blue and...
) Massimo Marazzina
Massimo Marazzina
Massimo Marazzina is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker.-Early years:Marazzina was born in Pandino, a city near Lodi in the Province of Cremona. He finished his football formation at F.C. Internazionale Milano, and made his Serie A debut on 27 February 1994, in a 0–2 away loss against A.C...
(Bologna
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...
)
22 goals Sergio Pellissier
Sergio Pellissier
Sergio Pellissier is an Italian football striker. He is the captain of Italian Serie A club Chievo, where he has been since 2000.-Club:...
(Chievo Verona
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...
)
21 goals José Ignacio Castillo
José Ignacio Castillo
José Ignacio Castillo Álvarez is an Argentine footballer currently playing for AS Bari.-Serie D:A prolific striker, nicknamed Nacho, he moved in Italy in 2001 to join Serie D club Brindisi, offering a massive contribution to their promotion to Serie C2 thanks to 15 goals in 23 matches...
(Pisa
Pisa Calcio
Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles...
)
20 goals Francesco Lodi
Francesco Lodi
Francesco Lodi is an Italian footballer, who plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A. He is a free-kick and penalty specialist.-Empoli F.C.:...
(Frosinone
Frosinone Calcio
Frosinone Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.It in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B....
)
18 goals Salvatore Bruno
Salvatore Bruno
Salvatore Bruno is an Italian football striker who plays for Modena F.C..Bruno started his career at Serie A team Napoli, but most of his career has been spent in the lower division....
(Modena
Modena F.C.
Modena Football Club is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1912 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, after being relegated from a two year period in Serie A in the year 2004. The team's previous stay in Italy's top division ended in 1964. The team...
) Alessandro Pellicori
Alessandro Pellicori
Alessandro Pellicori is an Italian footballer who is a free agent, having most recently played for Queens Park Rangers in the Premier League. He plays as a striker.-Career:...
(Avellino
U.S. Avellino
Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...
) Andrea Soncin
Andrea Soncin
Andrea Soncin is an Italian footballer who plays for Ascoli Calcio 1898.-Football career:Soncin started his professional career at Solbiatese of Serie C2...
(Ascoli
Ascoli Calcio 1898
Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A...
)
17 goals Simone Tiribocchi
Simone Tiribocchi
Simone Tiribocchi is an Italian football striker. He currently plays for Atalanta.- Career :A Lazio youth product, he made his debut playing for Pistoiese in 1995. He played 8 seasons for Torino F.C., although half of them loaned to Serie B and Serie C1 clubs. He was signed by A.C. ChievoVerona...
(Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
)
16 goals Marco Bernacci
Marco Bernacci
Marco Bernacci is an Italian footballer who plays for Modena of Serie B.A youth product of hometown club Cesena, he followed the Serie C1 playoffs winner of 2004 promoted to Serie B....
(Ascoli
Ascoli Calcio 1898
Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A...
) Davide Possanzini
Davide Possanzini
Davide Possanzini is an Italian football player currently plays for Swiss club FC Lugano.He started his career with amateur team Recanatese in 1992. He was signed by Torino in 1994, but never made a first team appearance and was later sold to Serie C2 side Lecco...
(Brescia
Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
) Davide Succi
Davide Succi
Davide Succi is an Italian footballer, who plays for Padova, on loan from Palermo. His nickname is Il cigno o Pazzucci.-Career:...
(Ravenna
Ravenna Calcio
Ravenna Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1913 and refounded in 2001....
)
15 goals Davide Moscardelli
Davide Moscardelli
Davide Moscardelli is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Chievo.Moscardelli had spent 7 seasons in Serie B and scored 75 goals...
(Cesena
A.C. Cesena
Associazione Calcio Cesena is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and won the first promotion to Serie A in 1973. Since then, the club have been in the Italian Premier League for a total of in 11 seasons, reaching the best achievement in 1976 with the 6th...
)
14 goals Barreto
Paulo Vitor Barreto de Souza
Paulo Vitor Barreto de Souza or simply Barreto is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Italian club Udinese.-Treviso & Udinese:...
(Treviso
Treviso F.B.C. 1993
Football Club Treviso is an Italian football club based in Treviso. The club was formed in 1909, and refounded in 1993 and in 2009. The club currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.Treviso's official colours are light blue and white.-History:...
) Zlatko Dedič
Zlatko Dedic
Zlatko Dedič is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a striker for 2nd Bundesliga club Dynamo Dresden and the Slovenia national team.-Club career:He started his career with Koper....
(Piacenza
Piacenza Calcio
Piacenza Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione B. The team's colors are red and white, prompting one of the team's nicknames, the Biancorossi. They are also known as the Papaveri , and...
)
13 goals Felice Evacuo
Felice Evacuo
Felice Evacuo is an Italian footballer who plays for Benevento at Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-Early career:Born in Pompei, the Province of Naples, Evacuo started his professional career at Serie C1 side Turris. In 2001-02 season, he joined Lazio, played at their youth team...
(Frosinone
Frosinone Calcio
Frosinone Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.It in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B....
) Massimiliano Guidetti (Spezia
Spezia Calcio 1906
Spezia Calcio 1906 is an Italian football club, based in La Spezia, Liguria. Founded in 1906, the team's colors are black and white. The club's home ground is Stadio Alberto Picco.-1944 scudetto:...
)
12 goals Elvis Abbruscato
Elvis Abbruscato
Elvis Abbruscato is an Italian football forward who currently plays for Vicenza.His career started in 1998 when he played for A.C. Reggiana 1919, Hellas Verona F.C., A.S. Livorno Calcio, Triestina and A.C. Arezzo. In January 2006 he was loaned to Torino, where he remained for one season and a half...
(Lecce
U.S. Lecce
Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....
) Luigi Beghetto
Luigi Beghetto
Luigi Beghetto is an Italian footballer.- Career :Beghetto started his career with hometown club Bassano, then in Serie D. He was then signed by Vicenza in July 1994, but was sold to Serie C1's Carpi on October without making a single appearance for his previous club...
(Treviso
Treviso F.B.C. 1993
Football Club Treviso is an Italian football club based in Treviso. The club was formed in 1909, and refounded in 1993 and in 2009. The club currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.Treviso's official colours are light blue and white.-History:...
) Jeda
Jedaias Capucho Neves
Jeda is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for Novara on loan from Lecce.-Career:...
(Rimini
Rimini Calcio F.C.
Associazione Calcio Rimini 1912 is an Italian association football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna....
) Daniele Vantaggiato
Daniele Vantaggiato
Daniele Vantaggiato is an Italian footballer who plays for Bologna, on loan from Padova.- Career :Vantaggiato started his career at A.S. Bari. He was sold to Crotone in joint-ownership bid, where he won Serie B promotion. Vantaggiato returned to Bari in summer 2005...
(Rimini
Rimini Calcio F.C.
Associazione Calcio Rimini 1912 is an Italian association football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna....
)
11 goals Adrián Ricchiuti
Adrián Ricchiuti
Adrián Ricchiuti is an Argentine-Italian football midfielder, who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A.-Ternana Calcio:...
(Rimini
Rimini Calcio F.C.
Associazione Calcio Rimini 1912 is an Italian association football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna....
) Francesco Ruopolo
Francesco Ruopolo
Francesco Ruopolo is an Italian footballer who plays for Italian Serie B side Padova. He spent most of his career at the Italian 2nd highest division, Serie B.-Parma:...
(AlbinoLeffe
U.C. AlbinoLeffe
Unione Calcio AlbinoLeffe is an Italian association football club based in Leffe and also representing the town of Albino, in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy. AlbinoLeffe plays its home games at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium, in the city of Bergamo, and its official colors are dark blue and...
) Ferdinando Sforzini
Ferdinando Sforzini
Ferdinando Sforzini is an Italian footballer who currently plays for U.S. Grosseto.A tall forward, Sforzini spent 4 seasons in Serie B and a unsuccessful Serie A season with Bari.-Early career:...
(Ravenna
Ravenna Calcio
Ravenna Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna. The club was founded in 1913 and refounded in 2001....
)
10 goals Raffaele Biancolino (Messina
F.C. Messina Peloro
Associazione Calcio Rinascita Messina is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D.- Brief history :The origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F.C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues...
) Alessio Cerci
Alessio Cerci
Alessio Cerci is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Fiorentina as a winger.-Club career:He was a regular for the Roma youth team that won the Campionato Primavera 2004–05...
(Pisa
Pisa Calcio
Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles...
) Vitali Kutuzov
Vitali Kutuzov
Vitali Vladimirovich Kutuzov is a Belarusian football player, who plays the Belarusian national team.- Career :In 2001 he joined Italian side A.C. Milan from BATE Borisov, Belarus. During the half of the season he spent with the team he failed to establish himself in the first team, playing only...
(Pisa
Pisa Calcio
Associazione Calcio Pisa 1909 is an Italian association football club, based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club was founded in 1909 as Pisa Sporting Club and refounded in 1994 as A.C. Pisa , after the cancellation of the old one because of economical troubles...
) Davide Lanzafame
Davide Lanzafame
Davide Lanzafame is an Italian football striker/winger, who currently plays for Calcio Catania, in a co-ownership with Palermo, in the Italian Serie A.-Juventus:...
(Bari
A.S. Bari
Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
) Mario Salgado
Mario Salgado
Mario Antonio Salgado Jiménez is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Colo-Colo in the Primera A.Salgado formerly played at Huachipato in Chile and then moved to Italy with Brescia Calcio and remained during several years at other clubs of Europe...
(Avellino
U.S. Avellino
Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...
)
Managers
| Club | Head coach | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albinoleffe | |||
| Ascoli | |||
| Avellino | |||
| Bari | |||
| Bologna | |||
| Brescia | |||
| Cesena | |||
| Chievo Verona | |||
| Frosinone | |||
| Grosseto | |||
| Lecce | |||
| Mantova | |||
| Messina | |||
| Modena | |||
| Piacenza | |||
| Pisa | |||
| Ravenna | |||
| Rimini | |||
| Spezia | |||
| Treviso | |||
| Triestina | |||
| Vicenza |
2007-08 events
- AlbinoLeffe: on June 18, the club announced separation from head coach Emiliano MondonicoEmiliano MondonicoEmiliano Mondonico is an Italian football manager. He last served as head coach of Serie B side AlbinoLeffe.-Career:...
. The next day the club officially unveiled Elio GustinettiElio GustinettiElio Gustinetti is an Italian football manager.- Leffe and Albinese :Gustinetti started his coaching career in 1988 with Serie D club Leffe, ending the season in third place. He then moved at Promozione club Albinese, leading them to win the league and gaining promotion to Serie D...
, former club boss in the early Serie B campaigns for the club, as new boss. Under his reign, AlbinoLeffe managed to reach the top position of the league, becoming a potential candidate for a historical direct promotion to Serie A; however, four home consecutive losses in the end of the regular season deprived the seriani of this chance, just leaving them the opportunity to play the promotion playoffs. A 0–4 home loss to RiminiRimini Calcio F.C.Associazione Calcio Rimini 1912 is an Italian association football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna....
and a strained relationship between Gustinetti and club chairman Andreoletti led the latter to sack him on May 26, 2008 and appoint youth team coach Armando MadonnaArmando MadonnaArmando Madonna is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Piacenza in the Italian Serie B.-Playing:...
at the helm of the team for the remaining final league match and the following promotion playoffs. - Avellino: on July 16, Giovanni VavassoriGiovanni VavassoriGiovanni Vavassori is an Italian football manager and former centre back, last in charge of Verona.-Playing:...
, originally confirmed at the helm of the club following their victory in the Serie C1Serie C1Lega Pro Prima Divisione is the name of the third highest football league in Italy. It consists of 36 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 18 teams each. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1....
promotion playoffs, tended his resignations. Two days later the club announced to have appointed Maurizio SarriMaurizio SarriMaurizio Sarri is an Italian professional football manager.-Career:Grown up in Arezzo, for a decade he trained a number of fringe Tuscany teams, obtaining several successes...
as new head coach. But on August 23, only two days before the first Serie B matchday, Sarri resigned too, with Guido CarboniGuido CarboniGuido Carboni is an Italian football manager of Empoli and a former player.He is the brother of former Italian international footballer Amedeo Carboni.-Playing career:...
replacing him the same day. On March 10, 2008, with Avellino in 20th place, Carboni was sacked by the club management and replaced by Alessandro CaloriAlessandro CaloriAlessandro Calori is an Italian association football coach and former player.-Playing:A product of Arezzo's youth system, Calori made his professional debut in 1985 with Serie C team Montevarchi, where he spent four season...
. - Ascoli: on June 15, former FrosinoneFrosinone CalcioFrosinone Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Frosinone, Lazio. The club was founded in 1928 and refounded in 1991, following cancellation by the Italian Football Federation.It in the season 2011-12 plays in Lega Pro Prima Divisione/B....
boss Ivo IaconiIvo IaconiIvo Iaconi is an Italian football manager and former player.-Playing career:Iaconi played mostly with Serie C and amateur clubs, starting his career with Giulianova in the 1970s. He retired in 1992 after Giulianova were relegated to Serie D.-Managing career:In 1992-93 he started his coaching...
was unveiled as new head coach, succeeding Nedo SonettiNedo SonettiNedo Sonetti is an Italian veteran football manager.-Career:Sonetti was born in Piombino, southern Tuscany and lives now in Gorle.He played in Serie B and Serie C for Spezia Calcio 1906 and Reggina....
. - Bari: on December 28, 2007 Giuseppe MaterazziGiuseppe MaterazziGiuseppe Materazzi is an Italian football manager and former player.- Playing career :...
tended his resignations following a clear loss to Lecce in a local derby, and only one day after having been confirmed at the helm of the galletti by the club management. He was replaced the same day by Antonio ConteAntonio ConteAntonio Conte is an Italian former footballer and manager. He is the current manager of Juventus.-Playing career:...
. - Bologna: on June 11 Daniele ArrigoniDaniele ArrigoniDaniele Arrigoni is an Italian football coach, his manager at Cesena.- Playing career :Arrigoni, a defender, made fifteen Serie A appearances in his first professional playing season with Cesena, and mostly played at Serie B and Serie C levels for several different teams, before retiring in 1993.-...
was announced as new head coach. - Cesena: on November 11 Fabrizio CastoriFabrizio CastoriFabrizio Castori is an Italian football coach.- Coach :Castori was born in San Severino Marche, but grew up in Tolentino. He started his coaching career in 1980 at the age of 26 as head coach of Seconda Categoria team Belfortese from Belforte del Chienti...
was sacked by Cesena following a 4–1 defeat at Rimini in the local derby which left the club down to last place, with Giovanni VavassoriGiovanni VavassoriGiovanni Vavassori is an Italian football manager and former centre back, last in charge of Verona.-Playing:...
being appointed to replace him the next day. However on February 25, 2008, following a string of poor results which left Cesena in second-last place, Vavassori was sacked himself, with Castori being recalled at the helm of the bianconeri. - Chievo Verona: the position, left vacant following separation between the club and head coach Luigi Delneri, was filled on June 15 by Giuseppe IachiniGiuseppe IachiniGiuseppe Iachini is an Italian football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of U.C. Sampdoria.-Playing career:...
. - Frosinone: on June 22 Alberto CavasinAlberto CavasinAlberto Cavasin is an Italian football manager and former player. He last served as head coach of Serie A team Sampdoria.-Playing career:...
was announced as new boss, thus filling the position left vacant following separation between the club and head coach Ivo IaconiIvo IaconiIvo Iaconi is an Italian football manager and former player.-Playing career:Iaconi played mostly with Serie C and amateur clubs, starting his career with Giulianova in the 1970s. He retired in 1992 after Giulianova were relegated to Serie D.-Managing career:In 1992-93 he started his coaching...
. - Grosseto: the newly promoted side separated from head coach Antonello CuccuredduAntonello CuccuredduAntonello Cuccureddu is an Italian football coach and former player.-Career:A central defender, Cuccureddu spent his playing career with Brescia , Juventus , and Fiorentina...
on June 6 and replaced him with Giorgio RoselliGiorgio RoselliGiorgio Roselli is an Italian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...
two days later. On September 10, following three disappointing losses in the first three league days, Roselli was sacked. Consequently, on the following day the management announced the appointment of Stefano PioliStefano PioliStefano Pioli is an Italian former footballer and current manager of Serie A team Bologna.-Player:Pioli, a native of Parma, started his own playing career for his home city team, AC Parma. Successively, he was signed by Juventus, with whom he had his Serie A debut in 1984...
as new boss. - Mantova: on June 11, 2007 Attilio TesserAttilio TesserAttilio Tesser is an Italian football manager, currently in charge of Novara.-Playing career:Tesser, a defender, started his playing career with Treviso. He moved to Napoli in 1978, where he played two seasons. He then played for Udinese from 1980 to 1985, and then for some lower league teams,...
was announced as new head coach, replacing Domenico Di CarloDomenico Di CarloDomenico "Mimmo" Di Carlo is an Italian association football coach, and former player, currently head coach of ChievoVerona.-Career:...
, who chose not to renew his contract with the virgiliani. Mantova started their season as a strong candidate for immediate promotion to Serie A, but they struggled to do so and Tesser was consequently sacked on February 24, 2008 after a 1–1 home tie with relegation-battling BariA.S. BariAssociazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....
which left the biancorossi seven points behind the last promotion playoff spot. The next day, Giuseppe Brucato was named new head coach for the remainder of the season. - Messina: on June 18, 2007 Nello Di CostanzoNello Di CostanzoCuono "Nello" Di Costanzo is an Italian football manager and former player, who last served as head coach of Padova in the Italian Serie B.-Playing:...
of Venezia was announced as new boss. - Modena: on April 20, 2008 the Modena club management decided to sack Bortolo MuttiBortolo MuttiBortolo Mutti is an Italian football manager and a former player.His older brother Tiziano Mutti also played football professionally...
from the team's head coaching post, re-appointing former boss Daniele ZorattoDaniele ZorattoDaniele Zoratto is an Italian association football coach and former player.-Career:Zoratto is best known as one of the AC Parma most prominent players during the early 1990s...
back at the helm of the gialloblu. - Piacenza: the position, left vacant following Giuseppe IachiniGiuseppe IachiniGiuseppe Iachini is an Italian football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of U.C. Sampdoria.-Playing career:...
's departure to Chievo, was filled on July 2, 2007 with the appointment of former SassuoloU.S. Sassuolo CalcioUnione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian association football club, based in Sassuolo, Emilia-Romagna.In the season 2010-11 it plays in Serie B.The club was founded in 1922....
boss Gian Marco Remondina. As Remondina does not have a valid coaching licence valid for the Serie B league (known as Patentino di Prima Categoria, "first category licence"), he will officially appear as assistant coach beside former youth team coach Felice Secondini. On October 23 Remondina was however sacked due to poor results and replaced with former EmpoliEmpoli F.C.Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...
and BresciaBrescia CalcioBrescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...
boss Mario SommaMario SommaMario Somma is an Italian football manager.-Player:Somma started his career with Genoa and then spent his later years mostly at the Serie C1 and Serie C2 level, playing for several Campanian teams...
. - Pisa: on June 19, only two days after being promoted to Serie B through playoffs, the club announced separation from head coach Piero BragliaPiero BragliaPiero Braglia is an Italian football manager and former player.-Playing:A midfielder, Braglia started his professional career with Serie C team Montevarchi, then making his debut in the Serie A in 1976 with Fiorentina. He then spent six seasons with Catanzaro, five of them being in the Italian top...
. On June 25, the club announced Giampiero VenturaGiampiero VenturaGiampiero Ventura is an Italian football manager and the current manager of Torino.-Career:After a short playing career started with Sampdoria, Ventura was forced to retire from active football at the age of 25 because of a serious back injury...
's appointment for the 2007-08 season. - Ravenna: on December 2, the newly promoted Serie B side announced to have dismissed Dino PagliariDino PagliariDino Pagliari is an Italian professional former footballer and manager. He's currently managing Pisa, in Lega Pro Prima Divisione.-Footballer:As a footballer, he played several seasons in Serie A like his younger brother Giovanni...
from his head coaching position, as he struggled to keep the team off the relegation zone, appointing Franco Varrella as his replacement the next day. On January 14, 2008, as Ravenna failed to improve their results, Varrella was axed himself and Pagliari was called back at the helm of the giallorossi. Pagliari lasted only three months, being ultimately sacked once again on April 7, 2008 with Ravenna lying in last place with eight matches remaining. The same day Ravenna choice to reinstate Varrella at the head coaching position. - Treviso: on June 16 Giuseppe PillonGiuseppe PillonGiuseppe "Bepi" Pillon is an Italian association football and former manager of Empoli in Serie B.-Player:...
was officially unveiled as new head coach. - Triestina: on June 13 the club management announced to have appointed Rolando Maran as new head coach for the 2007-08 season, thus replacing former boss Franco Varrella.