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2004–05 Serie B

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Serie B TIM
Season2004–05
PromotedEmpoli (1st title)
Ascoli
Treviso
RelegatedGenoa
Perugia
Salernitana
Venezia (to C2)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,098 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerItaly Gionatha Spinesi (22 goals)

The 2004–05 Serie B is the 73rd season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy.

Teams

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Arezzo, Catanzaro, Cesena and Crotone had been promoted from Serie C, while Perugia, Modena, and Empoli had been relegated from Serie A, and Ancona had lost their national professional licence.

Stadiums and locations

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Team Home city Stadium 2003-04 season
AlbinoLeffe Albino and Leffe Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (Bergamo) 18th in Serie B
Arezzo Arezzo Stadio Città di Arezzo Serie C1 Group A champions
Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca 11th in Serie B
Bari Bari Stadio San Nicola 21st in Serie B
Catania Catania Stadio Angelo Massimino 9th in Serie B
Catanzaro Catanzaro Stadio Nicola Ceravolo Serie C1 Group B champions
Cesena Cesena Stadio Dino Manuzzi Serie C1 Group A play-off winners
Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida Serie C1 Group B play-off winners
Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 17th in Serie A
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 16th in Serie B
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi 19th in Serie B
Modena Modena Stadio Alberto Braglia 16th in Serie A
Perugia Perugia Stadio Renato Curi 15th in Serie A
Pescara Pescara Stadio Adriatico 22nd in Serie B
Piacenza Piacenza Stadio Leonardo Garilli 8th in Serie B
Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi 17th in Serie B
Ternana Terni Stadio Libero Liberati 7th in Serie B
Torino Turin Stadio delle Alpi 12th in Serie B
Treviso Treviso Stadio Omobono Tenni 15th in Serie B
Triestina Trieste Stadio Nereo Rocco 10th in Serie B
Venezia Venice Stadio Pierluigi Penzo 20th in Serie B
Vicenza Vicenza Stadio Romeo Menti 13th in Serie B

Personnel and kits

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Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AlbinoLeffe Italy Gianfranco Andreoletti Italy Elio Gustinetti Legea SCAME
Arezzo Italy Piero Mancini Italy Pasquale Marino Legea Banca Etruria
Ascoli Italy Roberto Benigni Italy Marco Giampaolo and Italy Massimo Silva Uhlsport Carisap
Bari Italy Vincenzo Matarrese Italy Guido Carboni Lotto Pasta Ambra
Catania Italy Antonino Pulvirenti Italy Nedo Sonetti Galex SP Energia Siciliana, Regione Siciliana
Catanzaro Italy Claudio Parente Italy Bruno Bolchi Asics Catanzaro città tra due mari, Caffè Guglielmo
Cesena Italy Giorgio Lugaresi Italy Fabrizio Castori Lotto Solo Affitti
Crotone Italy Raffaele Vrenna Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Devis Sovreco (H)/Frais Monde (A)
Empoli Italy Fabrizio Corsi Italy Mario Somma Asics Computer Gross
Genoa Italy Enrico Preziosi Italy Serse Cosmi Asics Costa Cruises
Hellas Verona Italy Giambattista Pastorello Italy Massimo Ficcadenti Legea Clerman
Modena Italy Romano Amadei Italy Stefano Pioli Erreà Immergas, Alberti & Tagliazucchi
Perugia Italy Alessandro Gaucci Italy Stefano Colantuono Galex Mobili Paolo
Pescara Italy Dante Paterna Italy Giovanni Simonelli Ennedue Eurovision TV
Piacenza Italy Fabrizio Garilli Italy Giuseppe Iachini Lotto UNICEF
Salernitana Italy Aniello Aliberti Italy Angelo Gregucci Devis Centrale del Latte di Salerno/Caffè Motta
Ternana Italy Luigi Agarini Italy Claudio Tobia Erreà None
Torino Italy Attilio Romero Italy Renato Zaccarelli Asics Bavaria
Treviso Italy Ettore Setten Italy Giuseppe Pillon Lotto Segafredo, Provincia di Treviso
Triestina Italy Amilcare Berti Italy Attilio Tesser Asics Bossini
Venezia Italy Francesco Dal Cin Italy Andrea Manzo Sportika Boscolo Tours
Vicenza ItalyEgypt Sergio Cassingena Italy Maurizio Viscidi Biemme Caffè Vero, Supermercati SISA

Events

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Following the long-standing consequences of the “Caso Catania”, the league included 22 teams, while promotions decreased to three spots.

Promotion playoffs were also introduced.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Empoli (P, C) 42 19 17 6 72 44 +28 74 Promotion to Serie A
2 Torino[a] (O, D) 42 21 11 10 49 31 +18 74 Declined from promotion
3 Perugia[b] (D, E, R) 42 21 11 10 56 34 +22 74 Revival in Serie C1
4 Treviso[c] (P) 42 18 10 14 58 48 +10 64 Promotion to Serie A
5 Ascoli[c] (P) 42 17 11 14 51 52 −1 62
6 Hellas Verona 42 15 16 11 60 47 +13 61
7 Modena[d] 42 16 14 12 47 37 +10 61
8 Ternana 42 14 15 13 51 54 −3 57
9 Piacenza 42 16 8 18 44 46 −2 56
10 Bari[d] 42 13 17 12 41 37 +4 55
11 AlbinoLeffe 42 14 13 15 55 51 +4 55
12 Catania 42 13 16 13 42 44 −2 55
13 Salernitana[b] (E, R) 42 12 15 15 50 57 −7 51 Revival in Serie C1
14 Arezzo 42 12 15 15 51 52 −1 51
15 Cesena 42 12 14 16 47 61 −14 50
16 Crotone[e] 42 13 14 15 48 45 +3 50
17 Vicenza[f] 42 12 13 17 59 67 −8 49 Relegation play-offs
18 Triestina 42 12 12 18 43 54 −11 48
19 Pescara[g] (T) 42 10 16 16 43 61 −18 46 Spared from relegation
20 Venezia[h] (R, E, D) 42 7 14 21 33 58 −25 35 Revival in Serie C2
21 Catanzaro[g] (T) 42 5 11 26 40 82 −42 26 Spared from relegation
22 Genoa[i] (D, R) 42 19 19 4 72 44 +28 76 Relegation to Serie C1
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2006, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Promoted to Serie A after play-off but later not admitted for financial problems.
  2. ^ a b Relegated to Serie C1 for financial problems.
  3. ^ a b Promoted to Serie A in place of Torino and Perugia.
  4. ^ a b 1 point deducted.
  5. ^ 3 points deducted.
  6. ^ Vicenza was restored in Serie B following Genoa conviction.
  7. ^ a b Spared from relegation following Salernitana’s bankruptcy.
  8. ^ Dissolved due to bankruptcy. A new entity was admitted to Serie C2 by Lodo Petrucci. The team was also involved in Caso Genoa.
  9. ^ Put in the last place by the FIGC because of match fixing in the Caso Genoa.

Results

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Home \ Away ALB ARE ASC BAR CTN CTZ CES CRO EMP GEN MOD PER PES PIA SAL TER TOR TRV TRI VEN HEL VIC
AlbinoLeffe 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–0 1–1 2–1
Arezzo 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–0
Ascoli 2–3 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Bari 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Catania 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Catanzaro 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–4 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Cesena 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3
Crotone 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–2 2–0 2–2 0–1
Empoli 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 5–2 1–0 2–1
Genoa 3–2 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–3 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 5–2
Modena 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
Perugia 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0
Pescara 1–3 2–2 0–2 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–4 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0
Piacenza 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–4 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
Salernitana 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 3–1
Ternana 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
Torino 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1
Treviso 0–2 1–4 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0
Triestina 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–4 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Venezia 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–4 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–0
Hellas Verona 3–2 5–3 2–2 0–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 5–3
Vicenza 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 5–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 4–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2006, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2005
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off

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Promotion play-off

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(later became a relegation play-off)

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ascoli 1-3 Torino 0-1 1-2
Treviso 0-3 Perugia 0-1 0-2
Finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Perugia 2-2 Torino 1-2 1-0

Torino Calcio promoted to Serie A, but later it went bankrupt and it was restored in 2005–06 Serie B by the Lodo Petrucci. Perugia Calcio also went bankrupt and it was restored in 2005–06 Serie C1 by the Lodo Petrucci.

This promotion play-off consequently became a relegation play-off.

Relegation play-off

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(later annulled)

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Triestina 4-0 Vicenza 2-0 2-0

Vicenza Calcio was lucky because its relegation was annulled following the Caso Genoa.