The 2021–22 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) was the 90th season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929.
Changes The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:
To Serie B Relegated from Serie A Benevento Crotone Parma
Promoted from Serie C Como (Group A) Perugia (Group B) Ternana (Group C) Alessandria (play-off winners)
From Serie B Promoted to Serie A Empoli Salernitana Venezia
Relegated to Serie C Chievo (excluded) Reggiana Pescara Virtus Entella
Teams Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2020–21 season Alessandria Alessandria Giuseppe Moccagatta Serie C play-off winners Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Cino e Lillo Del Duca 16th in Serie B Benevento Benevento Ciro Vigorito 18th in Serie A Brescia Brescia Mario Rigamonti 7th in Serie B Cittadella Cittadella (Padua) Pier Cesare Tombolato 6th in Serie B Como Como Giuseppe Sinigaglia Serie C Group A champions Cosenza Cosenza San Vito-Gigi Marulla 17th in Serie B Cremonese Cremona Giovanni Zini 13th in Serie B Crotone Crotone Ezio Scida 19th in Serie A Frosinone Frosinone Benito Stirpe 10th in Serie B Lecce Lecce Via del Mare 4th in Serie B Monza Monza Brianteo 3rd in Serie B Parma Parma Ennio Tardini 20th in Serie A Perugia Perugia Renato Curi Serie C Group B champions Pisa Pisa Arena Garibaldi 14th in Serie B Pordenone Pordenone Guido Teghil (Lignano Sabbiadoro) 15th in Serie B Reggina Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo 11th in Serie B SPAL Ferrara Paolo Mazza 9th in Serie B Ternana Terni Libero Liberati Serie C Group C champions Vicenza Vicenza Romeo Menti 12th in Serie B
Personnel and kits TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)Shorts sponsor Alessandria Luca Di Masi Moreno Longo Giuseppe Prestia Adidas Y3KGruppo AMAGReLife GroupNone Ascoli Carlo Neri Andrea Sottil Federico Dionisi Νike Fainplast Compounds/Ascoli Piceno Candidata a Capitale italiana della cultura 2024, Bricofer/Distretti Ecologici/FEVO/Rabona MobileRabona Mobile/North Sixth Group/D&G Service 2008Ecotel ItaliaGruppo Boero Benevento Oreste Vigorito Fabio Caserta Gaetano Letizia Nike IVPC, Rillo ConstruzioniPasta RummoGesesaComfort Zone Brescia Massimo Cellino Eugenio Corini Dimitri Bisoli Kappa Rigamonti SalumificioOMRPardgroupNone Cittadella Andrea Gabrielli Edoardo Gorini Romano Perticone Mizuno Sirmax, Gruppo GabrielliStylplex (H)/Quartzforms (A)Pastificio CecchinMetalservice Como Dennis Wise Giacomo Gattuso Alessandro Bellemo Legea MolaAcqua S. BernardoRandstadPulsee Luce e Gas Cosenza Eugenio Guarascio Pierpaolo Bisoli Luca Palmiero Legea Hexergia/QuattropuntozeroNoneLa Valle ViaggiSupermercati Contè Cremonese Paolo Rossi Fabio Pecchia Daniel Ciofani Acerbis Ilta Inox (H)/Arinox (A), ArvediFattorie CremonaSynlabArvedi Tubi Acciaio Crotone Gianni Vrenna Francesco Modesto Nahuel Estévez Zeus San Vincenzo Salumi, Envì GroupFord Vumbaca GroupEconetGCM Industrie Frosinone Maurizio Stirpe Fabio Grosso Nicolò Brighenti Zeus Banca Popolare del Frusinate, PortobelloPolsinelli EnologiaOrsoliniPlasta Rei Lecce Saverio Sticchi Damiani Marco Baroni Fabio Lucioni M908 Links Management & Technology, Studio Sticchi Damiani/Asfalti IsolbitBarocco SpA/DEGHIBanca Popolare PuglieseAsfalti Isolbit/Platino News Monza Paolo Berlusconi Giovanni Stroppa Mario Sampirisi Lotto WithU, U-PowerPontenossaFebal CasaDell'Orto Parma Kyle Krause Giuseppe Iachini Gianluigi Buffon Erreà Cetilar, Gravity SportEGO AirwaysCanovi CopertureCOLSER Servizi Perugia Massimiliano Santopadre Massimiliano Alvini Gabriele Angella Frankie Garage Nutrihum, VitakraftRe SalmoneSisasMericat Group Pisa Giuseppe Corrado Luca D'Angelo Robert Gucher Adidas Cetilar, Synlab/Ferramenta Piampiani/PisanovaHi-Turf SolutionMaiora-AB YachtsBeapp/SEAC/Toni Luigi Scavi e Demolizioni/Cavarretta Assicurazioni Pordenone Mauro Lovisa Bruno Tedino Mirko Stefani Givova Omega Gruppo, 6sicuro.itLignano SabbiadoroAlea OfficeCRO Area Giovani Reggina Luca Gallo Roberto Stellone Lorenzo Crisetig Macron Dalia/Centroriparo Bellè Gomme, SosetegPuliserviceCaffè MauroD. Caracciolo & figli SPAL Joe Tacopina Roberto Venturato Francesco Vicari Macron Omega GroupErrebi TechnologyAdamant BioNRGGolden Group Ternana Stefano Bandecchi Cristiano Lucarelli Marino Defendi Macron Unicusano, Terni Col CuoreNoneOrsoliniNone Vicenza Renzo Rosso Francesco Baldini Stefano Giacomelli Lotto Diesel, Aon (H)/Fendt (A)/SC Saldatura Carpenteria (T)Sicura (H)/Famila (A & T)Legor (H)Zanutta (H)/SC Saldatura Carpenteria (A)/Trivellato Industriali (T)
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Lecce Eugenio CoriniSacked 22 May 2021Pre-season Marco Baroni 1 July 2021 Parma Roberto D'Aversa 23 May 2021 Enzo Maresca 1 July 2021 Monza Cristian Brocchi Mutual consent 28 May 2021 Giovanni Stroppa 1 July 2021 Perugia Fabio Caserta 14 June 2021 Massimiliano Alvini 1 July 2021 Reggina Marco Baroni End of contract 30 June 2021 Alfredo Aglietti 1 July 2021 Crotone Serse Cosmi 30 June 2021 Francesco Modesto 1 July 2021 Pordenone Maurizio Domizzi 30 June 2021 Massimo Paci 1 July 2021 Benevento Filippo Inzaghi 30 June 2021 Fabio Caserta 1 July 2021 Brescia Pep Clotet 30 June 2021 Filippo Inzaghi 30 June 2021 SPAL Massimo Rastelli 30 June 2021 Pep Clotet 2 July 2021 Cittadella Roberto Venturato 30 June 2021 Edoardo Gorini 19 July 2021 Cosenza Roberto OcchiuzziSacked 22 July 2021 Marco Zaffaroni 6 August 2021 Pordenone Massimo Paci 30 August 2021 20th Massimo Rastelli 31 August 2021 Vicenza Domenico Di Carlo 22 September 2021 19th Cristian Brocchi 22 September 2021 Pordenone Massimo Rastelli 16 October 2021 20th Bruno Tedino 18 October 2021 Crotone Francesco Modesto 29 October 2021 18th Pasquale Marino 29 October 2021 Parma Enzo Maresca 23 November 2021 14th Giuseppe Iachini 23 November 2021Cosenza Marco Zaffaroni6 December 202116th Roberto Occhiuzzi7 December 2021Crotone Pasquale Marino10 December 202118th Francesco Modesto10 December 2021Reggina Alfredo Aglietti13 December 202113th Domenico Toscano14 December 2021SPAL Pep Clotet5 January 202215th Roberto Venturato5 January 2022Reggina Domenico Toscano23 January 202214th Roberto Stellone24 January 2022Cosenza Roberto Occhiuzzi16 February 202217th Pierpaolo Bisoli17 February 2022Brescia Filippo Inzaghi23 March 20225th Eugenio Corini23 March 2022 Vicenza Cristian Brocchi 11 April 2022 18th Francesco Baldini 12 April 2022
League table
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Results
Promotion play-offs Rules: Preliminary round: the higher-placed team played at home. If teams were tied after regular time, extra time was played. If scores were still level, the higher-placed team advanced; Semi-finals: the higher-placed team played at home for second leg. If teams were tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team advanced; Final: the higher-placed team played at home for second leg. If teams were tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team was promoted to Serie A, unless the teams finished tied on points after regular season, in which case winner was decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.
Preliminary round
Semi-finals First leg
Second leg
Final First leg
Second leg
Relegation play-out The higher-placed team played at home for the second leg. If the teams were tied on aggregate, the lower-placed team was relegated to Serie C, unless the teams finished tied on points after the regular season, in which case the winner was decided by extra time and a penalty shoot-out if necessary.
First leg
Second leg
Season statistics
Top goalscorers +RankPlayerClubGoals1 Massimo CodaLecce202 Alfredo DonnarummaTernana14 Christian Gytkjær5Monza Gabriel StrefezzaLecce Franco VázquezParma6 Gianluca Lapadula2Benevento137 Simone CorazzaAlessandria12 Dany Mota1Monza9 Mirko MarićCrotone1110 Enrico BaldiniCittadella10 Alberto CerriComo Gabriel CharpentierFrosinone Manuel De LucaPerugia Stefano Moreo1Brescia Mattia ValotiMonza Note 1 Player scored 1 goal in the play-offs. 2 Player scored 2 goals in the play-offs. 5 Player scored 5 goals in the play-offs.
Hat-tricks PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Simone CorazzaAlessandriaBenevento3–4 (A) Gianluca LapadulaBeneventoCittadella4–1 (H) Massimo CodaLecceParma4–0 (H) Mirko MarićCrotoneCosenza3–3 (H) Ettore GliozziComoParma3–4 (A) Frank TsadjoutAscoliTernana4–1 (H) Note (H) – Home (A) – Away
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheetsGame weeks1 Michele Di GregorioMonza151–2, 8–9, 11, 16, 20, 22–23, 29–31, 33–34, 37 Jesse JoronenBrescia1, 4, 9, 11–12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 32–34, 38 Nícolas1Pisa1–2, 7, 13–14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28–29, 31, 334 Leandro ChichizolaPerugia141, 3, 5, 7–9, 13, 16, 21–22, 24, 29, 33, 38 GabrielLecce3, 5, 7, 9, 12–13, 16, 19, 24, 26, 28, 34, 36, 38 Alberto Paleari2Benevento3–4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 21, 24–26, 33–347 Elhan KastratiCittadella121, 4, 7–8, 11–12, 16–17, 23, 26–27, 338 Nicola LealiAscoli111, 3, 13, 16, 23–24, 30, 34–379 Antony IannarilliTernana106, 9, 12, 15, 21–22, 27, 29, 31, 37710 Marco CarnesecchiCremonese91, 3, 6, 16, 19, 22, 24–25, 31 Federico RavagliaFrosinone2–4, 6, 13, 18, 20–21, 25 Note 1 Player kept 1 clean sheet in the play-offs. 2 Player kept 2 clean sheets in the play-offs.
Awards Monthly MonthMVP of the Month RefFebruary Massimo CodaLecceMarch Ernesto TorregrossaPisaApril Gianluca GaetanoCremonese
Annual Award Winner Club RefMVP of the season Massimo CodaLeccePlay-offs MVP Christian GytkjærMonza
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