Lega Serie B – General Discussion

[RomaShield27]

Serie B: Romagna derby kicks off
FootballItalia – Tuesday 31 July, 2007

The Serie B fixture list has been drawn up and the new season kicks off with a heated derby between Bologna and Rimini.

The campaign begins on the weekend of August 25 and the big game is immediately at the Stadio Dall’Ara, where local rivals and promotion contenders clash in the opening round.

Chievo’s return to Serie B is marked away to Cesena, while Messina make the long journey up north to Triestina.

Brescia-Vicenza is another intriguing opener between clubs who have done so well in the recent past, while Piacenza visit Ascoli at the Stadio Del Duca.

Week 1
25/8/07
Albinoleffe-Spezia
Ascoli-Piacenza
Bari-Pisa
Bologna-Rimini
Brescia-Vicenza
Cesena-Chievo
Frosinone-Lecce
Mantova-Ravenna
Modena-Grosseto
Treviso-Avellino
Triestina-Messina

Full fixure list to follow.

[vtec]

sigh....the serie b just isn't the same without juve in it.

[morra10]

Lecce Groundsman Killed By Lightning


Tragedy has struck Italian football after a Lecce groundsman was killed by a bolt of lighting today.

The Serie B squad had been involved in training when a sudden storm forced them to take shelter in the dressing room.

Antonio De Giorgi had remained outside to collect all the training equipment when he was freakishly struck.

Ambulance and paramedics immediately arrived onto the scene but were unable to revive the 42-year-old.

He leaves a wife and a son behind him and Lecce are now set to ask for their match with Cesena to be postponed.

It has not been confirmed yet but it is also likely that there will be a minute silence during all fixtures in the Italian league this Saturday and Sunday.

[morra10]

I've watched a couple serie b games this year and I gotta say they play some good soccer. I mean I watched it all last year so I knew they played good soccer, but I thought a huge part of that was because juve, napoli, and genoa were in it. It's pretty entertaining. Definitely better than the soccer Milan play, eh vtec?

Anyways here are the standings after 12 games. Pisa is a pretty huge shock seeing as how they finished 3rd last year in serie c, I think.

1 Albinoleffe 12 8 2 2 22 12 5 0 1 14 7 3 2 1 8 5 10 26
2 Pisa 12 8 1 3 21 18 3 1 2 10 10 5 0 1 11 8 3 25
3 Chievo Verona 12 7 3 2 20 12 3 2 1 11 5 4 1 1 9 7 8 24
4 Brescia 11 7 2 2 18 10 4 0 1 9 5 3 2 1 9 5 8 23
5 Lecce 12 6 4 2 17 10 2 3 1 8 5 4 1 1 9 5 7 22
6 Bologna 11 6 4 1 12 5 3 2 0 6 3 3 2 1 6 2 7 22
7 Frosinone 12 6 2 4 17 14 3 1 2 11 8 3 1 2 6 6 3 20
8 Modena 12 5 4 3 19 15 3 2 1 10 6 2 2 2 9 9 4 19
9 Mantova 12 5 3 4 16 10 3 2 1 12 5 2 1 3 4 5 6 18
10 Rimini 11 4 4 3 13 12 3 1 1 7 5 1 3 2 6 7 1 16
11 Messina 12 4 4 4 9 13 4 1 1 6 3 0 3 3 3 10 -4 16
12 Ascoli 11 4 3 4 17 12 4 1 1 14 6 0 2 3 3 6 5 15
13 Bari 12 3 4 5 14 17 3 2 1 10 5 0 2 4 4 12 -3 13
14 Vicenza 12 2 6 4 14 16 0 5 1 5 6 2 1 3 9 10 -2 12
15 Piacenza 12 4 0 8 8 17 2 0 4 4 7 2 0 4 4 10 -9 12
16 Spezia 12 3 3 6 15 15 3 0 3 9 6 0 3 3 6 9 0 11
17 Grosseto 11 2 5 4 7 11 2 2 1 4 3 0 3 3 3 8 -4 11
18 Ravenna 12 3 2 7 16 23 3 1 2 7 8 0 1 5 9 15 -7 11
19 Triestina 12 2 5 5 13 21 1 3 2 6 8 1 2 3 7 13 -8 11
20 Treviso 12 3 0 9 10 20 3 0 3 7 8 0 0 6 3 12 -10 9
21 US Avellino 12 2 2 8 8 18 2 1 3 4 6 0 1 5 4 12 -10 8
22 Cesena 12 0 7 5 10 19 0 5 1 6 7 0 2 4 4 12 -9 7

[RomaShield27]

Serie B update – Week 23 – 2/2/08:


Table:
1 Bologna 49 23 14 7 2 31 12 8 3 0 18 5 6 4 2 13 7
2 Chievo 47 23 14 5 4 43 27 6 3 2 24 12 8 2 2 19 15
3 Lecce 46 23 13 7 3 37 14 6 4 1 19 6 7 3 2 18 8
4 Pisa 46 23 13 7 3 41 27 4 5 2 13 12 9 2 1 28 15
5 Albinoleffe 45 23 13 6 4 35 18 8 3 1 23 8 5 3 3 12 10
6 Brescia 41 22 12 5 5 35 20 9 0 3 25 11 3 5 2 10 9
7 Mantova 40 23 12 4 7 36 27 8 2 2 22 9 4 2 5 14 18
8 Rimini 33 23 9 6 8 29 24 5 3 3 20 13 4 3 5 9 11
9 Modena 32 23 8 8 7 33 28 5 4 3 20 13 3 4 4 13 15
10 Messina 32 23 9 5 9 19 26 8 1 3 14 9 1 4 6 5 17
11 Ascoli 30 22 7 9 6 32 22 7 2 2 25 11 0 7 4 7 11
12 Triestina 29 23 7 8 8 29 37 4 6 2 17 13 3 2 6 12 24
13 Frosinone 27 23 7 6 10 28 37 4 4 3 18 16 3 2 7 10 21
14 Piacenza 26 23 8 2 13 18 28 5 1 5 10 9 3 1 8 8 19
15 Grosseto 25 23 6 7 10 20 32 6 4 2 15 9 0 3 8 5 23
16 Treviso 21 23 5 6 12 23 33 5 2 4 15 12 0 4 8 8 21
17 Avellino 21 23 5 6 12 23 34 5 3 3 16 12 0 3 9 7 22
18 Bari 21 23 4 9 10 24 36 3 5 4 14 15 1 4 6 10 21
19 Cesena 19 23 3 10 10 24 35 3 7 2 16 11 0 3 8 8 24
20 Spezia (-1) 19 23 4 7 12 27 37 4 1 6 13 14 0 6 6 14 23
21 Vicenza 18 23 3 9 11 20 36 0 6 6 9 18 3 3 5 11 18
22 Ravenna 17 23 4 5 14 27 44 4 3 4 15 15 0 2 10 12 29

Top-scorers:
Godeas Mantova 16
Castillo Pisa 16 (3 pens)
Cellini Albinoleffe 14 (3)
Marazzina Bologna 13
Granoche Triestina 13 (5)

Attendances:
The situation is different in Serie B, who have lost big clubs like Juventus, Napoli and Genoa to promotion. The average attendance here has precipitated from 8,531 in 2006-07 to just 5,946 so far this season.

[Messinterista]

i suppose this is the latest one. romashield, is there a way we can make the table look better? or is this it?
anyway, messina 13th...meh, as long as we dont go 2 serie c1.

Full table
Games Won Draw Lost GF GA Goal diff. Points
1. Chievo 37 22 11 4 67 38 29 77
2. Albinoleffe 37 22 8 7 60 34 26 74
3. Lecce 37 20 13 4 60 25 35 73
4. Bologna F.C. 37 20 12 5 52 26 26 72
5. Brescia 37 19 10 8 52 31 21 67
6. Pisa 37 17 14 6 55 37 18 65
7. Rimini 37 15 9 13 53 42 11 54
8. Mantova 37 14 10 13 50 44 6 52
9. Frosinone 37 14 9 14 51 55 -4 51
10. Ascoli 37 12 14 11 51 44 7 50
11. Triestina 37 13 10 14 48 56 -8 49
12. Bari 37 11 15 11 45 49 -4 48
13. Messina 37 13 9 15 37 52 -15 48
14. Grosseto 37 9 16 12 39 48 -9 43
15. Piacenza 37 13 4 20 35 49 -14 43
16. Modena 37 8 15 14 49 56 -7 39
17. Vicenza 37 8 15 14 39 55 -16 39
18. Spezia 37 6 14 17 43 57 -14 32
19. Treviso 37 7 11 19 34 49 -15 32
20. Avellino 37 7 10 20 36 58 -22 31
21. Ravenna 37 6 10 21 44 69 -25 28
22. Cesena 37 4 15 18 31 57 -26 27

[RomaShield27]

romashield, is there a way we can make the table look better? or is this it?
anyway, messina 13th...meh, as long as we dont go 2 serie c1.

No, its not possible to tab in a forum, at least not to my knowledge.

Who knows or is familiar with Albinoleffe? They're in second now and are going strong, looks like they're in line for promotion. They've come from nowhere. Have they got much of a fanbase?

Anyway, I would like to see Bologna get back up to Serie A.

[Messinterista]

albinloffe have really suprised me. they have been a mid table serie b side for years and never have really performed strongly. they seem to have gotten their act together this season and it shows.
i'd like to see messina back in serie a lol, but that wont be for a while

[RomaShield27]

Two games left in the Cadetti to decide which three side will be making the jump to the big league (incidentally, does anyone know how much Serie B teams get for gaining promotion? I read somewhere that sides in the english Nationwide-coca-mcdonalds-axa-cola-football-league-Championship or whatever the fuck its called get something like £60m for achieving promotion to the EPL). Chievo are more or less promoted and will probably finish as champions (taking probably Juve's last major honor in the process), with Bologna clinging onto second and Lecce, Albinoleffe, Brescia and Pisa are all still in with a shout through the play-offs.

Serie B Table:
1) Chievo 83
2) Bologna 78
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3) Lecce 77
4) Albinoleffe 77
5) Brescia 70
6) Pisa 68

Remaining fixtures:

Week 41, 25/5/08
Albinoleffe - Rimini
Bari - Avellino
Brescia - Frosinone
Cesena - Piacenza
Grosseto - Chievo
Mantova - Bologna
Messina - Lecce
Modena - Ascoli
Pisa - Spezia
Triestina - Treviso
Vicenza - Ravenna

Week 42, 1/6/08
Ascoli - Triestina
Avellino - Brescia
Bologna - Pisa
Chievo - Bari
Frosinone - Albinoleffe
Lecce - Vicenza
Piacenza - Mantova
Ravenna - Cesena
Rimini - Messina
Spezia - Grosseto
Treviso - Modena

[Messinterista]

serie a promotion is no where near as big as the poms promotion. far too much money in england unfortunately.
messina soo close to serie a nxt season!

[Messinterista]

Pts P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A
Chievo (p) 84 41 24 12 5 75 41 13 5 2 45 18 11 7 3 30 23
Bologna 81 41 23 12 6 57 29 15 4 1 37 12 8 8 5 20 17
Lecce 80 41 22 14 5 69 29 11 7 2 33 11 11 7 3 36 18
Albinoleffe 77 41 23 8 10 65 46 12 4 5 36 26 11 4 5 29 20
Brescia 71 41 20 11 10 58 39 13 4 4 34 17 7 7 6 24 22
Pisa 71 41 19 14 8 61 43 8 10 3 24 17 11 4 5 37 26
Rimini 66 41 19 9 13 65 46 10 6 4 40 25 9 3 9 25 21
Ascoli 59 41 15 14 12 61 48 12 4 4 40 23 3 10 8 21 25
Mantova 59 41 16 11 14 53 46 11 4 6 31 18 5 7 8 22 28
Frosinone 55 41 15 10 16 61 65 10 5 5 41 30 5 5 11 20 35
Bari 54 41 13 15 13 48 53 8 7 6 25 21 5 8 7 23 32
Triestina 51 41 13 12 16 54 64 8 8 5 33 25 5 4 11 21 39
Messina 49 41 13 10 18 38 59 11 4 6 27 22 2 6 12 11 37
Grosseto 48 41 10 18 13 45 52 8 10 3 29 20 2 8 10 16 32
Piacenza 46 41 13 7 21 40 56 8 4 8 23 23 5 3 13 17 33
Modena 45 41 10 15 16 56 64 6 7 8 28 28 4 8 8 28 36
Vicenza 45 41 10 15 16 43 59 6 8 7 23 26 4 7 9 20 33
Treviso 44 41 11 11 19 40 51 9 4 7 29 24 2 7 12 11 27
Avellino (r) 35 41 8 11 22 41 63 7 6 7 26 26 1 5 15 15 37
Ravenna (r) 34 41 8 10 23 48 75 6 6 8 22 27 2 4 15 26 48
Spezia (-1) (r) 33 41 6 15 20 43 64 6 6 8 23 23 0 9 12 20 41
Cesena (r) 31 41 5 16 20 37 66 5 12 4 25 22 0 4 16 12 44

[Messinterista]

messina really are finding it difficult. luckily the bottom four have been relegated.

[RomaShield27]

Great to see Bologna back in the big time. Always thought them to a good club with some very nice players down through the years, and it'll be good to see 35,000+ in the Dall'Ara next season.

[Messinterista]

yea its good to see em in seriea...i would've like to have seen messina there though

[morra10]

well you won't be seeing much of messina anymore, since they've been relegated to serie D because of financial issues.

[tonykart]

It is a real bummer. Guess I will have to pull for Salernitana.

[Messinterista]

It is a real bummer. Guess I will have to pull for Salernitana.

where u a follow of the giallorossi?

[tonykart]

Not a real giallorossi fan, but I have a special place in my heart for the sicilian sides.

[Messinterista]

serie b sux now

[tonykart]

It was definately better off with Messina in it. No Napoli, no Bologna, no Genoa... classic teams. Better that they are in Serie A though. I think Serie A is the best league in the world again.