Serie B 2008–09

The 2008–09 Serie B season will be the seventy-seventh since its establishment. 22 teams will contest the league, 15 of which will have contested in the 2007-08 season, 4 of which will have been promoted from the Serie C1, and three relegated from the Serie A.

Teams

A total of 22 teams are competing in the Serie B 2008–09. This list include three teams relegated from Serie A and four teams promoted from Serie C1.

Noted teams featured in the league include Parma F.C., who last played Serie B in 1989–90, winning their first promotion in the top flight under coach Nevio Scala and then going on to win two UEFA Cups, a European Super Cup, three Coppa Italia, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and an Italian Super Cup before their relegation in 2007–08.

U.S. Sassuolo Calcio, promoted to Serie B as Serie C1/A champions, are instead competing in the league for a historical first time. A vacancy created by the dismal of Sicilians F.C. Messina Peloro was filled by the federation by including U.S. Avellino back in the league as the best team being relegated in 2007–08.

¹Until their home stadium, Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato, is renovated.

Events

Following the end of the 2007–08 season, rumours spread out regarding Messina's financial struggles which might lead the team to insolvency and following exclusion from the Serie B teamlist. This was implicitly confirmed by the fact that Messina has not organized a pre-season camp as of July 10, and the team being still without a coach. On July 14, 2008 the club board announced their intention to resign from the Serie B due to financial difficulties, also stating their intention to start again from amateur league Serie D. [cite news |url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/Notizie/Calcio/36504/Messina,+triste+addio+alla+B |publisher=Corriere dello Sport |language=Italian |title=Messina, triste addio alla B |accessdate=2008-07-14 |date=2008-07-14]

On July 25, 2008 the Italian Football Federation confirmed that Avellino had been readmitted to Serie B to replace Messina. [cite news |url=http://www.usavellino.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=140335 |publisher=Unione Sportiva Avellino S.p.A. - Sito Ufficiale |language=Italian |title=L'U.S. Avellino riammessa in Serie B |accessdate=2008-07-25 |date=2008-07-25] [cite news |url=http://www.figc.it/it/204/19303/2008/07/News.shtml |publisher=FIGC.it |language=Italian |title=Via libera per l’Avellino: la squadra irpina “ripescata” in Serie B per la stagione 2008/9 |accessdate=2008-07-25 |date=2008-07-25]

League table

"Updated as of 2008-10-06"

Top goalscorers

"Updated as of 2008-10-06" [cite web |url=http://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/calcio/serie-b/2008-2009/classifiche/marcatori.html |title=Serie B - Classifica - Marcatori |accessdate=2008-10-06 |language=Italian |publisher=Yahoo! Eurosport Italia] ; 5 goals
* Alessandro Noselli "(Sassuolo)"; 4 goals
* Éder "(Frosinone)"
* Cristiano Lucarelli "(Parma)"
* Salvatore Mastronunzio "(Ancona)"
* Francesco Tavano "(Livorno)"; 3 goals
* Saša Bjelanović "(Vicenza)"
* Salvatore Bruno "(Modena)"
* Arturo Di Napoli "(Salernitana)"
* Dino Fava Passaro "(Salernitana)"
* Francesco Lodi "(Empoli)"
* Thomas Pichlmann "(Grosseto)"
* Francesco Ruopolo "(AlbinoLeffe)"
* Emiliano Salvetti "(Sassuolo)"
* Ighli Vannucchi "(Empoli)"; 2 goals
* Riccardo Allegretti "(Triestina)"
* Edgar Álvarez "(Pisa)"
* Barreto "(Bari)"
* Antonio Buscè "(Empoli)"
* Andrea Caracciolo "(Brescia)"
* Gaetano Caridi "(Mantova)"
* Corrado Colombo "(Bari)"
* Giorgio Corona "(Mantova)"
* Zlatko Dedič "(Brescia)"
* Luigi Della Rocca "(Triestina)"
* Marco Gorzegno "(Brescia)"
* Giuseppe Greco "(Pisa)"
* Matías Miramontes "(Ancona)"
* Maurizio Nassi "(Ancona)"
* Alberto Paloschi "(Parma)"
* Davide Possanzini "(Brescia)"
* Alessandro Sgrigna "(Vicenza)"
* Riccardo Zampagna "(Sassuolo)"

Results

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Managerial changes

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