2021–22 Serie B

Serie B
Season	2021–22
Dates	Regular season:; 20 August 2021 – 6 May 2022; Play-offs and play-outs:; 13 May 2022 – 29 May 2022
Champions	Lecce (2nd title)
Promoted	Lecce; Cremonese; Monza (via play-off)
Relegated	Vicenza (via play-out); Alessandria; Crotone; Pordenone
Matches played	380
Goals scored	942 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Massimo Coda; (20 goals)
Biggest home win	SPAL 5–0 Pordenone; (29 August 2021); Ternana 5–0 Vicenza; (23 October 2021); Benevento 5–0 Como; (23 February 2022)
Biggest away win	Pordenone 0–4 Parma; (12 September 2021); Reggina 0–4 Alessandria; (12 December 2021)
Highest scoring	Ternana 4–4 Frosinone; (18 April 2022)
Longest winning run	Benevento (14–18); Pisa (1–5); (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Lecce (2–16); (15 matches)
Longest winless run	Cosenza (11–25); (15 matches)
Longest losing run	Pordenone (22–28); (7 matches)
Highest attendance	26,904; Lecce 1–0 Pordenone; (6 May 2022)
Lowest attendance	450; Pordenone 2–0 Frosinone ; (5 April 2022)
Total attendance	1,681,765
Average attendance	4,312
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

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[edit]

The following teams have changed division since the 2020–21 season:

To Serie B[edit]

Relegated from Serie A

Promoted from Serie C

Como (Group A)
Perugia (Group B)
Ternana (Group C)
Alessandria (play-off winners)

From Serie B[edit]

Promoted to Serie A

Relegated to Serie C

Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Location of teams in 2021–22 Serie B

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2020–21 season
Alessandria	Alessandria	Giuseppe Moccagatta	5,936	Serie C play-off winners
Ascoli	Ascoli Piceno	Cino e Lillo Del Duca	12,461	16th in Serie B
Benevento	Benevento	Ciro Vigorito	16,867	18th in Serie A
Brescia	Brescia	Mario Rigamonti	19,500	7th in Serie B
Cittadella	Cittadella (Padua)	Pier Cesare Tombolato	7,623	6th in Serie B
Como	Como	Giuseppe Sinigaglia	13,602	Serie C Group A champions
Cosenza	Cosenza	San Vito-Gigi Marulla	20,987	17th in Serie B
Cremonese	Cremona	Giovanni Zini	20,641	13th in Serie B
Crotone	Crotone	Ezio Scida	16,640	19th in Serie A
Frosinone	Frosinone	Benito Stirpe	16,227	10th in Serie B
Lecce	Lecce	Via del Mare	31,533	4th in Serie B
Monza	Monza	Brianteo	10,000	3rd in Serie B
Parma	Parma	Ennio Tardini	27,906	20th in Serie A
Perugia	Perugia	Renato Curi	23,625	Serie C Group B champions
Pisa	Pisa	Arena Garibaldi	25,000	14th in Serie B
Pordenone	Pordenone	Guido Teghil (Lignano Sabbiadoro)	5,000	15th in Serie B
Reggina	Reggio Calabria	Oreste Granillo	27,543	11th in Serie B
SPAL	Ferrara	Paolo Mazza	16,134	9th in Serie B
Ternana	Terni	Libero Liberati	22,000	Serie C Group C champions
Vicenza	Vicenza	Romeo Menti	12,000	12th in Serie B

Number of teams by regions[edit]

No. of teams	Region	Team(s)
4	Lombardy	Brescia, Como, Cremonese and Monza
3	Calabria	Cosenza, Crotone and Reggina
2	Emilia-Romagna	Parma and SPAL
	Umbria	Perugia and Ternana
	Veneto	Cittadella and Vicenza
1	Apulia	Lecce
	Campania	Benevento
	Friuli Venezia Giulia	Pordenone
	Lazio	Frosinone
	Marche	Ascoli
	Piedmont	Alessandria
	Tuscany	Pisa

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Alessandria	Luca Di Masi	Moreno Longo	Giuseppe Prestia	Adidas	Y3K	Gruppo AMAG	ReLife Group	None
Ascoli	Carlo Neri	Andrea Sottil	Federico Dionisi	Νike	Fainplast Compounds/Ascoli Piceno Candidata a Capitale italiana della cultura 2024, Bricofer/Distretti Ecologici/FEVO/Rabona Mobile	Rabona Mobile/North Sixth Group/D&G Service 2008	Ecotel Italia	Gruppo Boero
Benevento	Oreste Vigorito	Fabio Caserta	Gaetano Letizia	Nike	IVPC, Rillo Construzioni	Pasta Rummo	Gesesa	Comfort Zone
Brescia	Massimo Cellino	Eugenio Corini	Dimitri Bisoli	Kappa	Rigamonti Salumificio	OMR	Pardgroup	None
Cittadella	Andrea Gabrielli	Edoardo Gorini	Romano Perticone	Mizuno	Sirmax, Gruppo Gabrielli	Stylplex (H)/Quartzforms (A)	Pastificio Cecchin	Metalservice
Como	Dennis Wise	Giacomo Gattuso	Alessandro Bellemo	Legea	Mola^[5]	Acqua S. Bernardo	Randstad	Pulsee Luce e Gas
Cosenza	Eugenio Guarascio	Pierpaolo Bisoli	Luca Palmiero	Legea	Hexergia/Quattropuntozero	None	La Valle Viaggi	Supermercati Contè
Cremonese	Paolo Rossi	Fabio Pecchia	Daniel Ciofani	Acerbis	Ilta Inox (H)/Arinox (A), Arvedi	Fattorie Cremona	Synlab	Arvedi Tubi Acciaio
Crotone	Gianni Vrenna	Francesco Modesto	Nahuel Estévez	Zeus	San Vincenzo Salumi, Envì Group	Ford Vumbaca Group	Econet	GCM Industrie
Frosinone	Maurizio Stirpe	Fabio Grosso	Nicolò Brighenti	Zeus	Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Portobello	Polsinelli Enologia	Orsolini	Plasta Rei
Lecce	Saverio Sticchi Damiani	Marco Baroni	Fabio Lucioni	M908	Links Management & Technology, Studio Sticchi Damiani/Asfalti Isolbit	Barocco SpA/DEGHI	Banca Popolare Pugliese	Asfalti Isolbit/Platino News
Monza	Paolo Berlusconi	Giovanni Stroppa	Mario Sampirisi	Lotto	WithU, U-Power	Pontenossa	Febal Casa	Dell'Orto
Parma	Kyle Krause	Giuseppe Iachini	Gianluigi Buffon	Erreà	Cetilar, Gravity Sport	EGO Airways	Canovi Coperture	COLSER Servizi
Perugia	Massimiliano Santopadre	Massimiliano Alvini	Gabriele Angella	Frankie Garage	Nutrihum, Vitakraft	Re Salmone	Sisas	Mericat Group
Pisa	Giuseppe Corrado	Luca D'Angelo	Robert Gucher	Adidas	Cetilar, Synlab/Ferramenta Piampiani/Pisanova	Hi-Turf Solution	Maiora-AB Yachts	Beapp/SEAC/Toni Luigi Scavi e Demolizioni/Cavarretta Assicurazioni
Pordenone	Mauro Lovisa	Bruno Tedino	Mirko Stefani	Givova	Omega Gruppo, 6sicuro.it	Lignano Sabbiadoro	Alea Office	CRO Area Giovani
Reggina	Luca Gallo	Roberto Stellone	Lorenzo Crisetig	Macron	Dalia/Centroriparo Bellè Gomme, Soseteg	Puliservice	Caffè Mauro	D. Caracciolo & figli
SPAL	Joe Tacopina	Roberto Venturato	Francesco Vicari	Macron	Omega Group	Errebi Technology	Adamant BioNRG	Golden Group
Ternana	Stefano Bandecchi	Cristiano Lucarelli	Marino Defendi	Macron	Unicusano, Terni Col Cuore	None	Orsolini	None
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[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Lecce	Eugenio Corini	Sacked	22 May 2021^[6]	Pre-season	Marco Baroni	1 July 2021^[7]
Parma	Roberto D'Aversa	Sacked	23 May 2021^[8]		Enzo Maresca	1 July 2021^[9]
Monza	Cristian Brocchi	Mutual consent	28 May 2021^[10]		Giovanni Stroppa	1 July 2021^[11]
Perugia	Fabio Caserta	Mutual consent	14 June 2021^[12]		Massimiliano Alvini	1 July 2021^[13]
Reggina	Marco Baroni	End of contract	30 June 2021		Alfredo Aglietti	1 July 2021^[14]
Crotone	Serse Cosmi		30 June 2021^[15]		Francesco Modesto	1 July 2021^[16]
Pordenone	Maurizio Domizzi		30 June 2021		Massimo Paci	1 July 2021^[17]
Benevento	Filippo Inzaghi		30 June 2021		Fabio Caserta	1 July 2021^[18]
Brescia	Pep Clotet		30 June 2021		Filippo Inzaghi	30 June 2021^[19]
SPAL	Massimo Rastelli		30 June 2021		Pep Clotet	2 July 2021^[20]
Cittadella	Roberto Venturato		30 June 2021^[21]		Edoardo Gorini	19 July 2021^[22]
Cosenza	Roberto Occhiuzzi	Sacked	22 July 2021^[23]		Marco Zaffaroni	6 August 2021^[24]
Pordenone	Massimo Paci		30 August 2021^[25]	20th	Massimo Rastelli	31 August 2021^[26]
Vicenza	Domenico Di Carlo		22 September 2021^[27]	19th	Cristian Brocchi	22 September 2021^[28]
Pordenone	Massimo Rastelli		16 October 2021^[29]	20th	Bruno Tedino	18 October 2021^[30]
Crotone	Francesco Modesto		29 October 2021^[31]	18th	Pasquale Marino	29 October 2021^[31]
Parma	Enzo Maresca		23 November 2021^[32]	14th	Giuseppe Iachini	23 November 2021^[33]
Cosenza	Marco Zaffaroni		6 December 2021^[34]	16th	Roberto Occhiuzzi	7 December 2021^[35]
Crotone	Pasquale Marino		10 December 2021^[36]	18th	Francesco Modesto	10 December 2021^[36]
Reggina	Alfredo Aglietti		13 December 2021^[37]	13th	Domenico Toscano	14 December 2021^[38]
SPAL	Pep Clotet		5 January 2022^[39]	15th	Roberto Venturato	5 January 2022^[40]
Reggina	Domenico Toscano		23 January 2022^[41]	14th	Roberto Stellone	24 January 2022^[42]
Cosenza	Roberto Occhiuzzi		16 February 2022^[43]	17th	Pierpaolo Bisoli	17 February 2022^[44]
Brescia	Filippo Inzaghi		23 March 2022^[45]	5th	Eugenio Corini	23 March 2022^[46]
Vicenza	Cristian Brocchi		11 April 2022^[47]	18th	Francesco Baldini	12 April 2022^[48]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lecce (C, P)	38	19	14	5	59	31	+28	71	Promotion to Serie A
2	Cremonese (P)	38	20	9	9	57	39	+18	69	Promotion to Serie A
3	Pisa	38	18	13	7	48	35	+13	67^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Monza (O, P)	38	19	10	9	60	38	+22	67^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Brescia	38	17	15	6	55	35	+20	66	Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Ascoli	38	19	8	11	52	42	+10	65
7	Benevento	38	18	9	11	62	39	+23	63
8	Perugia	38	14	16	8	40	32	+8	58^[b]
9	Frosinone	38	15	13	10	58	45	+13	58^[b]
10	Ternana	38	15	9	14	58	61	−3	54
11	Cittadella	38	13	13	12	38	36	+2	52
12	Parma	38	11	16	11	48	43	+5	49
13	Como	38	11	14	13	49	54	−5	47
14	Reggina^[c]	38	13	9	16	31	49	−18	46
15	SPAL	38	9	15	14	46	54	−8	42
16	Cosenza (O)	38	8	11	19	36	59	−23	35	Qualification for relegation play-out
17	Vicenza (R)	38	9	7	22	38	59	−21	34^[d]	Qualification for relegation play-out
18	Alessandria (R)	38	8	10	20	37	59	−22	34^[d]	Relegation to Serie C
19	Crotone (R)	38	4	14	20	41	61	−20	26
20	Pordenone (R)	38	3	9	26	29	71	−42	18

Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[49]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.
^ ^a ^b Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.
^ Reggina were deducted 2 points for administrative irregularities.
^ ^a ^b Vicenza finished ahead of Alessandria on head-to-head points: Vicenza 2–1 Alessandria, Alessandria 0–1 Vicenza.

Positions by round[edit]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Team ╲ Round
Lecce	20	15	16	12	10	6	4	3	4	5	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	3	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	1
Cremonese	12	8	9	10	14	11	13	13	11	10	9	11	8	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	2
Pisa	7	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	4	5	4	3	1	3	2	3	4	6	5	4	4	3
Monza	1	10	5	3	6	3	2	2	5	6	7	8	5	6	8	6	6	3	4	5	4	2	1	2	3	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	4
Brescia	2	1	1	2	3	2	3	4	2	4	2	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	1	3	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	6	5	6	5
Ascoli	4	4	3	5	2	4	5	5	9	9	13	10	7	7	6	7	9	10	9	8	9	9	9	7	9	7	9	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Benevento	3	11	11	9	4	5	6	6	3	2	4	6	11	5	4	4	4	5	3	4	6	6	7	6	6	4	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	4	6	5	7
Perugia	6	12	12	11	9	10	9	7	8	8	8	12	9	10	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	8	8	9	7	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Frosinone	10	5	7	6	5	7	8	10	7	7	6	5	4	4	7	8	10	8	7	7	5	7	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Ternana	19	17	19	17	15	15	15	14	10	14	16	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	11	13	11	10	10	10	10
Cittadella	5	2	6	4	8	12	7	9	12	16	12	9	10	11	10	10	7	7	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11
Parma	11	6	4	8	12	13	12	12	15	13	10	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	12	13	13	11	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	14	14	10	12	13	13	14	12
Como	8	13	14	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	11	7	12	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13
Reggina	13	7	8	7	7	8	10	8	6	3	5	4	6	9	11	12	13	14	14	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	12	12	12	14
SPAL	17	9	10	13	11	14	14	15	14	12	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Cosenza	15	19	13	14	13	9	11	11	13	11	14	16	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
Vicenza	18	18	17	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Alessandria	14	16	18	18	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	18
Crotone	9	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Pordenone	16	20	20	20	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Leader and promotion to Serie A
	Promotion to Serie A
	Play-off semifinals
	Play-off preliminary round
	Play-out
	Relegation to Serie C

Source: WorldFootball.net

Results[edit]

Home \ Away	ALE	ASC	BEN	BRE	CIT	COM	COS	CRE	CRO	FRO	LEC	MON	PAR	PER	PIS	POR	REG	SPA	TER	VIC
Alessandria	—	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–1
Ascoli	3–0	—	0–2	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	4–1	2–1
Benevento	4–3	0–2	—	0–1	4–1	5–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–4	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	5–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	1–2	1–0
Brescia	1–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–1	2–4	5–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0
Cittadella	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	—	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0
Como	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	—	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2
Cosenza	2–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	—	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–2	0–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	2–1
Cremonese	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	—	3–2	1–1	3–0	3–2	3–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0
Crotone	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	3–3	3–1	—	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1
Frosinone	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	—	0–0	4–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	3–0	4–0	1–1	2–0
Lecce	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	—	3–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–3	2–1
Monza	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	—	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	4–0
Parma	2–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–1	4–0	2–3	1–0
Perugia	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0
Pisa	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–2
Pordenone	2–0	0–1	1–4	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–3	2–0	0–1	1–4	0–4	0–1	0–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–4
Reggina	0–4	1–2	0–3	0–2	0–1	1–4	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	—	2–1	3–2	3–1
SPAL	2–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	5–0	1–3	—	5–1	3–2
Ternana	3–0	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	4–4	1–4	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	2–0	1–0	—	5–0
Vicenza	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–3	3–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	—

Source: Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs[edit]

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					Final

			5	Brescia	1	1	2
5	Brescia (a.e.t.)	3	4	Monza	2	2	4
8	Perugia	2						4	Monza (a.e.t.)	2	4	6
								3	Pisa	1	3	4
			7	Benevento	1	0	1
6	Ascoli	0	3	Pisa	0	1	1
7	Benevento	1

Preliminary round[edit]

13 May 2022	Ascoli	0–1	Benevento	Ascoli Piceno
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Lapadula 38'	Stadium: Cino e Lillo Del Duca Attendance: 10,797^[4] Referee: Gianluca Manganiello

14 May 2022	Brescia	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Perugia	Brescia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pajač 45+6' (pen.) Ayé 107' Bianchi 118'	Report	Kouan 10' Matos 102'	Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 10,740^[4] Referee: Francesco Fourneau

Semi-finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

17 May 2022	Benevento	1–0	Pisa	Benevento
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Lapadula 85'	Report		Stadium: Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 10,979^[4] Referee: Alessandro Prontera

18 May 2022	Brescia	1–2	Monza	Brescia
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moreo 7'	Report	Gytkjær 44', 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Mario Rigamonti Attendance: 13,600^[4] Referee: Gianluca Aureliano

Second leg[edit]

21 May 2022	Pisa	1–0 (1–1 agg.)	Benevento	Pisa
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Benali 11'	Report		Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Attendance: 9,942^[4] Referee: Simone Sozza

22 May 2022	Monza	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Brescia	Monza
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mancuso 70' D'Alessandro 90+4'	Report	Tramoni 7'	Stadium: Brianteo Attendance: 8,559^[4] Referee: Paolo Valeri

Final[edit]

First leg[edit]

26 May 2022	Monza	2–1	Pisa	Monza
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mota 9' Gytkjær 74'	Report	Berra 90+3'	Stadium: Brianteo Attendance: 9,649^[4] Referee: Marco Guida

Second leg[edit]

29 May 2022	Pisa	3–4 (a.e.t.) (4–6 agg.)	Monza	Pisa
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Torregrossa 1' Hermannsson 9' Mastinu 90'	Report	Machín 20' Gytkjær 79', 101' Marrone 96'	Stadium: Arena Garibaldi Attendance: 9,942^[4] Referee: Maurizio Mariani

Relegation play-out[edit]

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.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vicenza	1–2	Cosenza	1–0	0–2

First leg[edit]

12 May 2022	Vicenza	1–0	Cosenza	Vicenza
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Maggio 90'	Report		Stadium: Romeo Menti Attendance: 10,659^[4] Referee: Fabio Maresca

Second leg[edit]

20 May 2022	Cosenza	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Vicenza	Cosenza
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Larrivey 46', 67' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: San Vito-Gigi Marulla Attendance: 17,771^[4] Referee: Davide Massa

Season statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]


Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[50]
1	Massimo Coda	Lecce	20
2	Alfredo Donnarumma	Ternana	14
	Christian Gytkjær⁵	Monza
	Gabriel Strefezza	Lecce
	Franco Vázquez	Parma
6	Gianluca Lapadula²	Benevento	13
7	Simone Corazza	Alessandria	12
7	Dany Mota¹	Monza	12
9	Mirko Marić	Crotone	11
10	Enrico Baldini	Cittadella	10
	Alberto Cerri	Como
	Gabriel Charpentier	Frosinone
	Manuel De Luca	Perugia
	Stefano Moreo¹	Brescia
	Mattia Valoti	Monza

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[edit]

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Simone Corazza	Alessandria	Benevento	3–4 (A)	22 August 2021
Gianluca Lapadula	Benevento	Cittadella	4–1 (H)	21 September 2021
Massimo Coda	Lecce	Parma	4–0 (H)	7 November 2021
Mirko Marić	Crotone	Cosenza	3–3 (H)	23 February 2022
Ettore Gliozzi	Como	Parma	3–4 (A)	6 April 2022
Frank Tsadjout	Ascoli	Ternana	4–1 (H)	6 May 2022

Note

(H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[3]	Game weeks
1	Michele Di Gregorio	Monza	15	1–2, 8–9, 11, 16, 20, 22–23, 29–31, 33–34, 37
	Jesse Joronen	Brescia		1, 4, 9, 11–12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 32–34, 38
	Nícolas¹	Pisa		1–2, 7, 13–14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28–29, 31, 33
4	Leandro Chichizola	Perugia	14	1, 3, 5, 7–9, 13, 16, 21–22, 24, 29, 33, 38
	Gabriel	Lecce		3, 5, 7, 9, 12–13, 16, 19, 24, 26, 28, 34, 36, 38
	Alberto Paleari²	Benevento		3–4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 21, 24–26, 33–34
7	Elhan Kastrati	Cittadella	12	1, 4, 7–8, 11–12, 16–17, 23, 26–27, 33
8	Nicola Leali	Ascoli	11	1, 3, 13, 16, 23–24, 30, 34–37
9	Antony Iannarilli	Ternana	10	6, 9, 12, 15, 21–22, 27, 29, 31, 377
10	Marco Carnesecchi	Cremonese	9	1, 3, 6, 16, 19, 22, 24–25, 31
10	Federico Ravaglia	Frosinone	9	2–4, 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.

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

Official website

[table_hth_PIS0.078046573362335-49] Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.

[table_hth_PER0.078046573362335-50] Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.

[table_note_REG0.078046573362335-51] Reggina were deducted 2 points for administrative irregularities.

[table_hth_VIC0.078046573362335-52] Vicenza finished ahead of Alessandria on head-to-head points: Vicenza 2–1 Alessandria, Alessandria 0–1 Vicenza.

[1] 390 including play-offs and play-outs.

[2] 969 including play-offs and play-outs.

[summary-3] "Serie B - Summary - Matches". Soccerway.

[attendance-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Attendance Statistics of Serie B 2021-2022". StadiaPostcards.

[5] "Le nuove maglie del Como!". Como 1907. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[6] "RISOLTO UNILATERALMENTE IL RAPPORTO CONTRATTUALE CON IL TECNICO CORINI" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. 22 May 2021.

[7] "CONDUZIONE TECNICA AFFIDATA A MISTER BARONI" (in Italian). U.S. Lecce. 31 May 2021.

[8] "Parma, esonerato D'Aversa" (in Italian). ParmaToday. 23 May 2021.

[9] "ENZO MARESCA IS THE NEW HEAD COACH OF PARMA CALCIO". Parma Calcio 1913. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[10] "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" (in Italian). AC Monza. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[11] "Welcome Back Giovanni Stroppa!". AC Monza. 28 May 2021.

[12] "COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" (in Italian). Perugia Calcio. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

[13] "ALVINI È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL PERUGIA!" (in Italian). Perugia Calcio. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[14] "BENTORNATO MISTER!" (in Italian). Reggina 1914. 31 May 2021.

[15] "Il presidente saluta mister Cosmi" (in Italian). F.C. Crotone. 31 May 2021.

[16] "Un crotonese alla guida dei rossoblù: bentornato a casa Modesto!" (in Italian). F.C. Crotone. 9 June 2021.

[17] "MASSIMO PACI NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL PORDENONE CALCIO" (in Italian). Pordenone Calcio. 3 June 2021.

[18] "FABIO CASERTA È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL BENEVENTO" (in Italian). Benevento Calcio. 15 June 2021.

[19] "Filippo Inzaghi è il nuovo allenatore del Brescia" (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 9 June 2021.

[20] "JOSEP CLOTET RUIZ E' IL NUOVO RESPONSABILE DELLA PRIMA SQUADRA SPAL" (in Italian). S.P.A.L. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[21] "GRAZIE ROBERTO!" (in Italian). A.S. Cittadella. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[22] "Mister EDOARDO GORINI!" (in Italian). A.S. Cittadella. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[23] "Cosenza, il DS Goretti ha comunicato ad Occhiuzzi l'esonero" (in Italian). TuttoC.com. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[24] "MARCO ZAFFARONI È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL COSENZA CALCIO" (in Italian). Cosenza Calcio. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[25] "COMUNICAZIONE UFFICIALE CONDUZIONE TECNICA" (in Italian). Pordenone Calcio. 30 August 2021.

[26] "MASSIMO RASTELLI NUOVO ALLENATORE DEL PORDENONE" (in Italian). Pordenone Calcio. 31 August 2021.

[27] "Ufficiale: interrotto il rapporto con mister Di Carlo" (in Italian). L.R. Vicenza. 22 September 2021.

[28] "Ufficiale: Cristian Brocchi nuovo Allenatore Responsabile della Prima Squadra" (in Italian). L.R. Vicenza. 22 September 2021.

[29] "COMUNICAZIONE UFFICIALE GUIDA TECNICA" (in Italian). Pordenone Calcio. 16 October 2021.

[30] "BENTORNATO MISTER BRUNO TEDINO!" (in Italian). Pordenone Calcio. 18 October 2021.

[modesto_marino-31] "Modesto sollevato dall'incarico, Marino è il nuovo allenatore" (in Italian). F.C. Crotone. 29 October 2021.

[32] "ENZO MARESCA SOLLEVATO DALL'INCARICO" (in Italian). Parma Calcio 1913. 23 November 2021.

[33] "GIUSEPPE IACHINI È L'ALLENATORE CROCIATO" (in Italian). Parma Calcio 1913. 23 November 2021.

[34] "Mister Marco Zaffaroni sollevato dall'incarico". Sito ufficiale del Cosenza Calcio (in Italian). 6 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[35] "Roberto Occhiuzzi torna sulla panchina del Cosenza Calcio". Sito ufficiale del Cosenza Calcio (in Italian). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[:0-36] "Marino sollevato dall'incarico: Modesto torna in panchina". F.C. Crotone (in Italian). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[37] "ESONERO MISTER AGLIETTI" (in Italian). Reggina 1914. 13 December 2021.

[38] "MIMMO TOSCANO TORNA IN AMARANTO" (in Italian). Reggina 1914. 14 December 2021.

[39] "MISTER CLOTET SOLLEVATO DALL'INCARICO DI RESPONSABILE TECNICO DELLA PRIMA SQUADRA SPAL" (in Italian). S.P.A.L. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[40] "ROBERTO VENTURATO E' IL NUOVO RESPONSABILE TECNICO DELLA PRIMA SQUADRA SPAL" (in Italian). S.P.A.L. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

[41] "ESONERO MISTER TOSCANO" (in Italian). Reggina 1914. 23 January 2022.

[42] "ROBERTO STELLONE È IL NUOVO TECNICO AMARANTO" (in Italian). Reggina 1914. 24 January 2022.

[43] "Cosenza, finisce l'avventura di Occhiuzzi in panchina: tecnico esonerato". TuttoMercatoWeb (in Italian). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

[44] "Cosenza, ecco il nuovo allenatore: Bisoli firma fino al termine della stagione" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.

[45] "Filippo Inzaghi non è più l'allenatore del Brescia". Brescia Calcio (in Italian). 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

[46] "Eugenio Corini è il nuovo allenatore del Brescia". Brescia Calcio (in Italian). 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

[47] "Cristian Brocchi sollevato dall'incarico" (in Italian). L.R. Vicenza. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

[48] "Francesco Baldini nuovo Allenatore Responsabile della Prima Squadra" (in Italian). L.R. Vicenza. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

[53] "Norme organizzative interne della F.I.G.C. - Art. 51.6" (PDF) (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

[players-54] "Serie B - Players". Soccerway.

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Changes[edit]

To Serie B[edit]

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Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

Number of teams by regions[edit]

Personnel and kits[edit]

Managerial changes[edit]

League table[edit]

Positions by round[edit]

Results[edit]

Promotion play-offs[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Final[edit]

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Relegation play-out[edit]

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Season statistics[edit]

Top goalscorers[edit]

Hat-tricks[edit]

Clean sheets[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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