Italy Serie B

A junior football championship was created in Italy in 1904; after seven editions of the major tournament of FIGC. It was called Second Category, and was composed of senior squads of town clubs and by youth teams of city clubs. If the first ones won the championship, they would be promoted to First Category, which consequently improved in size: the first team to reach the honour, was Pro Vercelli in 1907, which even won the scudetto in 1908. FIGC attempted many times to introduce relegations on the contrary, but the reform was really adopted only in 1921 by the secessionist CCI in its Northern League, which consisted of a First Division and a Second Division: the first teams to be relegated were AC Vicenza and FC Inter even if, after the reunion with FIGC, the regulations were changed, and Venezia was demoted instead of the Milanese club. Even if part of the same league, differently from First Division, Second Division was based on local group with proximity criteria.

Only in 1928 was the big reform conceived by FIGC president Leandro Arpinati: after a year, a new second division based on the same national format of the major tournament would be born. Serie B began in 1929 with 18 clubs and continued until World War II, after which it was divided again between the northern and the southern part of the country in the aftermath of the war. The championship became national again in 1948, and for many years in the second half of the 20th century, it was played by 20 clubs. In 2003–04, a single group of 24 teams was formed, the largest in the history of all levels of the Italian championship. After 2004, a 22-team format was introduced together with playoffs.

After Serie A split with Serie B to form Lega Serie A, Lega Serie B was reformed on 7 July 2010. The league signed a new sponsor bwin for 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons; changed the league name from Serie B TIM to Serie Bwin. The League changed again its name in Serie B ConTe.it due to sponsorship reasons.

Serie B is the lowest division in which five clubs have ever played: Torino, Juventus, Milan, Roma and Lazio.

Date	R	Home v Away	-
12/22 16:15	18	^[4] Cremonese v Sampdoria ^[14]	1-1
12/22 14:00	18	^[6] Juve Stabia v Cesena ^[5]	1-0
12/21 16:15	18	^[11] Modena v Pisa ^[2]	1-0
12/21 16:15	18	^[20] Cittadella v AC Reggiana ^[14]	3-1
12/21 16:15	18	^[8] Catanzaro v Spezia ^[3]	0-1
12/21 14:00	18	^[7] Bari v Sudtirol ^[19]	0-1
12/21 14:00	18	^[1] Sassuolo v Palermo ^[9]	2-1
12/21 14:00	18	^[13] Mantova v Frosinone ^[18]	3-1
12/21 14:00	18	^[12] Carrarese v Cosenza ^[17]	1-0
12/20 19:30	18	^[16] Salernitana v Brescia ^[11]	0-0
12/15 16:15	17	^[16] Salernitana v Juve Stabia ^[7]	1-2
12/15 14:00	17	^[20] Cittadella v Cremonese ^[5]	0-0
12/15 14:00	17	^[11] Brescia v Carrarese ^[12]	0-0
12/15 14:00	17	^[8] Palermo v Catanzaro ^[9]	1-2
12/14 16:15	17	^[15] Sampdoria v Spezia ^[3]	0-0
12/14 14:00	17	^[12] AC Reggiana v Modena ^[14]	0-1
12/14 14:00	17	^[6] Cesena v Cosenza ^[17]	2-1
12/14 14:00	17	^[19] Sudtirol v Mantova ^[13]	2-2
12/14 14:00	17	^[18] Frosinone v Sassuolo ^[1]	1-2
12/13 19:30	17	^[2] Pisa v Bari ^[4]	2-0
12/08 16:15	16	^[1] Sassuolo v Sampdoria ^[13]	5-1
12/08 14:00	16	^[3] Spezia v Cittadella ^[19]	5-0
12/08 14:00	16	^[4] Cremonese v AC Reggiana ^[18]	0-2
12/08 14:00	16	^[12] Catanzaro v Brescia ^[9]	2-1
12/07 16:15	16	^[13] Cosenza v Frosinone ^[18]	0-1
12/07 14:00	16	^[14] Modena v Salernitana ^[15]	1-1
12/07 14:00	16	^[7] Bari v Cesena ^[5]	1-0
12/07 14:00	16	^[10] Mantova v Pisa ^[2]	2-3
12/07 14:00	16	^[16] Carrarese v Palermo ^[8]	1-0
12/06 19:30	16	^[9] Juve Stabia v Sudtirol ^[19]	2-1

Italy Serie B

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