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Italy Serie B table: Empoli is leading the competition

The second-highest Italian football competition is down to the end of the 2020-2021 season. Let’s see how the Serie B teams performed in the last 30 matchdays and keep yourself updated with the current standings table of Serie B this season in the article below.
Frank Merino
By: Frank Merino

Italy Serie B simplifies

The first section will be about the basic knowledge about Serie B. For example, you will know when this league was born and how it works. 

What is Italy Serie B?

Serie B is the second-highest football division in the Italian football league system. It also has another name with the suffix “BKT” followed by Serie B because this sponsorship company has put up money on this league for a couple of years.

This football competition was founded for the first time in the 1929-30 season and used to be organized by Lega Calcio. However, since the inception of Lega Nazionale Professionisti B (LNPB, or Lega B) in 2010, this association has become the governing body of Serie B.

Italy Serie B

How does Italy Serie B work?

Serie B is a round-robin tournament. The number of participants has changed throughout the league’s history, and the competition has run with 20 teams involved since 2019. 

Each team will have to be matched with every one of the rest teams twice, once playing at their home ground and once away. The scoring system will take control and determine the team with the highest point to win this game. Once they defeat a single match, they can obtain three points, and it will be one point if they and their opponent end up level.

The Promotion and Relegation system exists among Serie B with the upper and lower divisions. The top three teams are promoted to Serie A, while the three teams at the bottom of the table are transferred to Serie C.

Regarding three promoted teams, the top two clubs are automatically sent to Serie A, and it will happen with the third-placed team too if they are 10 points or more ahead of the fourth-ranked club. Otherwise, these two teams will have to compete against each other in a playoff match to determine which team will be promoted. 

What is the difference between Serie A and Serie B?

Serie A and Serie B in comparison
 

Serie A

Serie B


Similarities

Number of teams: 20

Competition format: round-robin

Rank in the Italian football pyramid

First

Second

Organizing body

Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A

Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie B

Current sponsor

TIM

BKT

Promotion and Relegation

Promote to UEFA Champions League;

Relegate to Serie B

Promote to Serie A;

Relegate to Serie C

 

According to the comparison table above, we can see how these two top-flight divisions differentiate and share the same features with each other. Up to the present, both round-robin leagues comprise 20 Italian football clubs that cover the whole of Italy and use the round-robin format.

What are the current team rankings in the Italy Serie B table?

2020-2021 Serie B table
 

Team

GP

W

D

L

F

A

GD

P

1

Empoli

30

15

14

1

53

24

29

59

2

Lecce

30

13

13

4

58

36

22

52

3

Salernitana

30

13

12

5

32

27

5

51

4

Monza

30

13

11

6

40

26

14

50

5

Venezia FC

30

13

10

7

42

30

12

49

6

Cittadella

30

12

9

9

40

28

12

45

7

SPAL

30

11

12

7

35

32

3

45

8

Chievo Verona

30

11

11

8

37

28

9

44

9

Pisa

29

9

13

7

39

40

-1

40

10

Brescia

30

10

9

11

40

41

-1

39

11

Vicenza

30

8

14

8

40

40

0

38

12

Frosinone

30

9

11

10

28

36

-8

38

13

Reggina

30

9

10

11

29

34

-5

37

14

Cremonese

30

9

9

12

35

36

-1

36

15

Pordenone Calcio

29

7

13

9

28

28

0

34

16

Cosenza

30

4

17

9

24

30

-6

29

17

Reggiana

30

8

5

17

25

47

-22

29

18

Ascoli

30

6

10

14

25

39

-14

28

19

US Pescara

30

5

8

17

22

47

-25

23

20

Virtus Entella

30

4

9

17

24

47

-23

21

 

Currently, Serie B is reaching matchday 31 of 38, and Empoli is leading the competition with 59 points in total. The second-placed team is Lecce, who has gained 52 aggregate points after 30 played matches.

Empoli FC

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_B

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A

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Frank Merino
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