The 2016–17 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) was the 85th season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams were contesting the league: 15 returning from the 2015–16 season, 4 promoted from Lega Pro, and 3 relegated from Serie A.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2015–16 season Ascoli Ascoli Piceno Del Duca 15th in Serie B Avellino Avellino Partenio 14th in Serie B Bari Bari San Nicola 5th in Serie B Benevento Benevento Ciro Vigorito Lega Pro/C Champions Brescia Brescia Mario Rigamonti 11th in Serie B Carpi Carpi Stadio Sandro Cabassi 18th in Serie A Cesena Cesena Dino Manuzzi 6th in Serie B Cittadella Cittadella Pier Cesare Tombolato Lega Pro/A Champions Frosinone Frosinone Stadio Matusa 19th in Serie A Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 20th in Serie A Latina Latina Domenico Francioni 16th in Serie B Novara Novara Silvio Piola 8th in Serie B Perugia Perugia Renato Curi 10th in Serie B Pisa Pisa Arena Garibaldi Lega Pro Play-off Winners Pro Vercelli Vercelli Silvio Piola 17th in Serie B Salernitana Salerno Arechi 18th in Serie B SPAL Ferrara Paolo Mazza Lega Pro/B Champions Spezia La Spezia Alberto Picco 7th in Serie B Ternana Terni Libero Liberati 12th in Serie B Trapani Trapani Provinciale (Erice) 3rd in Serie B Vicenza Vicenza Romeo Menti 13th in Serie B Virtus Entella Chiavari Comunale 9th in Serie B
Personnel and kits Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)Shorts sponsor Ascoli Francesco Bellini Alfredo Aglietti Nike Fainplast/CIAM, AMIKBroswayConad Avellino Walter Taccone Walter Novellino Givova SienergiaGruppo TacconeSoft Technology Bari Gianluca Paparesta Stefano Colantuono Umbro Betaland/Betpoint, Balkan Express/Sly Service SecurityNoneNone Benevento Oreste Vigorito Marco Baroni Frankie Garage IVPC, Liquore StregaRillo CostruzioniNone Brescia Alessandro Triboldi Luigi Cagni Acerbis UBI Banco di BresciaNoneNone Carpi Claudio Caliumi Fabrizio Castori Givova Gaudì JeansNoneNone Cesena Giorgio Lugaresi Andrea Camplone Lotto PLT PuregreenNoneNone Cittadella Andrea Gabrielli Roberto Venturato Garman OCSA/Gavinox, Gruppo GabrielliMetalserviceVeneta Nastri Frosinone Maurizio Stirpe Pasquale Marino Legea Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Gala7SetteNone Hellas Verona Maurizio Setti Fabio Pecchia Nike Metano Nord, Extreme Printing/SECChancebet.itConsorzio San Zeno Latina Pasquale Maietta Vincenzo Vivarini Givova Loggia, InnovaVilla Meravigliosa RicevimentiNone Novara Massimo De Salvo Roberto Boscaglia Joma Banca Popolare di Novara, Comoli FerrariCristina RubinetterieNone Perugia Massimiliano Santopadre Cristian Bucchi Frankie Garage Officine Piccini, FortinfissiTedesco GroupNone Pisa Giuseppe Corrado Gennaro Gattuso Kappa Toscana AeroportiCasa di Cura Privata San RossoreNone Pro Vercelli Massimo Secondo Moreno Longo Erreà Meeting ArtNoneNone Salernitana Marco Mezzaroma Alberto Bollini Givova Caffè Motta, eté SupermercatiSunTradesIASA SPAL Walter Mattioli Leonardo Semplici HS FootballVetroresina/958 Santero, MagnadyneErreEffe GroupCeramica Sant'Agostino Spezia Matteo Volpi Domenico Di Carlo Acerbis Arquati, Carispezia958 SanteroNone Ternana Simone Longarini Fabio Liverani Macron NoneNoneNone Trapani Vittorio Morace Alessandro Calori Joma Ustica Lines/Liberty LinesNoneNone Vicenza Alfredo Pastorelli Vincenzo Torrente Macron Banca Popolare di Vicenza, Nordor BatterieFaizaneGSC Group Virtus Entella Antonio Gozzi Gianpaolo Castorina AcerbisCreditis, ArinoxDue EnergieNone
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Ascoli Devis Mangia Sacked 10 May 2016Pre-season Alfredo Aglietti 16 June 2016 Frosinone Roberto Stellone 15 May 2016 Pasquale Marino 6 June 2016 Hellas Verona Luigi Delneri 23 May 2016 Fabio Pecchia 1 June 2016 Perugia Pierpaolo Bisoli 24 May 2016 Cristian Bucchi 15 June 2016 Virtus Entella Alfredo Aglietti Resigned 26 May 2016 Roberto Breda 1 July 2016 Avellino Attilio Tesser Signed by Cremonese 31 May 2016 Domenico Toscano 4 June 2016 Latina Carmine Gautieri Sacked 12 June 2016 Vincenzo Vivarini 13 June 2016 Benevento Gaetano Auteri 14 June 2016 Marco Baroni 1 July 2016 Novara Marco Baroni Signed by Benevento 30 June 2016 Roberto Boscaglia 1 July 2016 Pro Vercelli Claudio Foscarini Signed by Livorno 30 June 2016 Moreno Longo 1 July 2016 Ternana Roberto Breda Signed by Virtus Entella 30 June 2016 Christian Panucci 1 July 2016 Bari Andrea Camplone Contract expired 30 June 2016 Roberto Stellone 4 July 2016 Brescia Roberto Boscaglia Signed by Novara 30 June 2016 Cristian Brocchi 11 July 2016 Ternana Christian Panucci Sacked 14 August 2016 Benito Carbone 14 August 2016 Vicenza Franco Lerda 2 October 2016 21st Pierpaolo Bisoli 3 October 2016 Cesena Massimo Drago 30 October 2016 19th Andrea Camplone 31 October 2016 Bari Roberto Stellone 7 November 2016 16th Stefano Colantuono 7 November 2016 Avellino Domenico Toscano 29 November 2016 19th Walter Novellino 29 November 2016 Salernitana Giuseppe Sannino Resigned 29 November 2016 14th Alberto Bollini 30 November 2016 Trapani Serse Cosmi Sacked 30 November 2016 22nd Alessandro Calori 4 December 2016 Ternana Benito Carbone Resigned 21 January 2017 21st Carmine Gautieri 22 January 2017 Carmine Gautieri 5 March 2017 22nd Fabio Liverani 6 March 2017 Brescia Cristian Brocchi Sacked 12 March 2017 19th Luigi Cagni 12 March 2017 Vicenza Pierpaolo Bisoli 18 April 2017 19th Vincenzo Torrente 19 April 2017 Virtus Entella Roberto Breda 30 April 2017 10th Gianpaolo Castorina 30 April 2017
League table
Promotion play-offs According to the regulations, third-placed Frosinone would have avoided the play-offs if they had ended the regular season 10 points clear of fourth place. However, in the last round, Perugia and Benevento won their matches to leave the gap at nine points.
Six teams contested the promotion playoffs. A preliminary one-legged round, played at the home venue of the higher placed team, involved the teams from 5th to 8th place. The two winning teams played against the 3rd and 4th-placed teams in two-legged semi-finals. The higher placed team played the second leg of the promotion playoff at home.
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Giampaolo PazziniHellas Verona232 Fabio CeravoloBenevento203 Francesco CaputoVirtus Entella18 Mirco AntenucciSPAL5 Federico DionisiFrosinone176 Daniel CiofaniFrosinone16 Massimo CodaSalernitana8 Kevin LasagnaCarpi14 Andrea CaraccioloBrescia Camillo CianoCesena11 Gianluca LitteriCittadella13 Matteo ArdemagniAvellino Samuel Di CarminePerugia14 Pablo GranocheSpezia12 Daniele CaciaAscoli Andrey GalabinovNovara Felipe AvenattiTernana Source:
Results
Attendance data
References