2020–21 Serie B

Serie B
Season	2020–21
Dates	Regular season:; 25 September 2020 – 10 May 2021; Play-offs:; 13 May 2021 – 27 May 2021
Champions	Empoli (3rd title)
Promoted	Empoli; Salernitana; Venezia (via play-off)
Relegated	Chievo (disbanded); Reggiana; Pescara; Virtus Entella
Matches played	380[1]
Goals scored	913 (2.4 per match)[2]
Top goalscorer	Massimo Coda; (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Lecce 7–1 Reggiana; (21 November 2020)
Biggest away win	Virtus Entella 1–5 Lecce; (8 November 2020); Reggiana 0–4 Lecce; (7 March 2021); Reggina 0–4 Frosinone ; (10 May 2021)
Highest scoring	Vicenza 4–4 Pisa; (31 October 2020); Lecce 7–1 Reggiana; (21 November 2020)
Longest winning run	Lecce[3]; SPAL[4]; (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Empoli[5]; (28 games)
Longest winless run	Virtus Entella[6]; (19 games)
Longest losing run	Virtus Entella[7]; (6 games)
Total attendance	51,222[8]
Average attendance	96[8]
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Serie B (known as the Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) was the 89th season of the Serie B since its establishment in 1929. It started on 25 September 2020 and ended on 10 May 2021.[9]

On 5 November 2020, Serie B announced it would use VAR from the second half of the season.[10] However, it was used only on promotion play-off matches. DAZN broadcast all matches live domestically, with MyCujoo further distributing games in 15 countries.

Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season:

To Serie B

Relegated from Serie A

Promoted from Serie C

Monza (Group A)
Vicenza (Group B)
Reggina (Group C)
Reggiana (Play-off winners)

From Serie B

Promoted to Serie A

Relegated to Serie C

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in 2020–21 Serie B

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2019–20 season
Ascoli	Ascoli Piceno	Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca	11,326	14th in Serie B
Brescia	Brescia	Stadio Mario Rigamonti	19,550	19th in Serie A
Chievo	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	31,045	6th in Serie B
Cittadella	Cittadella (Padua)	Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato	7,623	5th in Serie B
Cosenza	Cosenza	Stadio San Vito-Gigi Marulla	20,987	15th in Serie B
Cremonese	Cremona	Stadio Giovanni Zini	16,003	12th in Serie B
Empoli	Empoli (Florence)	Stadio Carlo Castellani	16,284	7th in Serie B
Frosinone	Frosinone	Stadio Benito Stirpe	16,227	8th in Serie B
Lecce	Lecce	Stadio Via del Mare	31,533	18th in Serie A
Monza	Monza	Stadio Brianteo	10,000	Serie C Group A Champions
Pescara	Pescara	Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia	20,515	17th in Serie B
Pisa	Pisa	Arena Garibaldi – Romeo Anconetani	10,000	9th in Serie B
Pordenone	Pordenone	Stadio Guido Teghil (Lignano Sabbiadoro)	5,000	4th in Serie B
Reggiana	Reggio Emilia	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore	21,525	2nd in Serie C Group B, play-off winner
Reggina	Reggio Calabria	Stadio Oreste Granillo	27,543	Serie C Group C Champions
Salernitana	Salerno	Stadio Arechi	37,000	10th in Serie B
SPAL	Ferrara	Stadio Paolo Mazza	16,134	20th in Serie A
Venezia	Venice	Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo	7,371	11th in Serie B
Vicenza	Vicenza	Stadio Romeo Menti	13,173	Serie C Group B Champions
Virtus Entella	Chiavari (Genoa)	Comunale Aldo Gastaldi	5,500	13th in Serie B

Number of teams by regions

No. of teams	Region	Team(s)
4	Veneto	Chievo, Cittadella, Venezia, and Vicenza
3	Lombardy	Brescia, Cremonese, and Monza
2	Calabria	Cosenza and Reggina
	Emilia-Romagna	Reggiana and SPAL
	Tuscany	Empoli and Pisa
1	Abruzzo	Pescara
	Apulia	Lecce
	Campania	Salernitana
	Friuli Venezia Giulia	Pordenone
	Lazio	Frosinone
	Liguria	Virtus Entella
	Marche	Ascoli

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)	Shorts sponsor
Ascoli	Carlo Neri	Andrea Sottil	Riccardo Brosco	Nike	Fainplast, Bricofer	Bricofer	Ecotel Italia	Sky Network/Gruppo Boero
Brescia	Massimo Cellino	Pep Clotet	Dimitri Bisoli	Kappa	UBI Banca	Officine Meccaniche Rezzatesi	None	None
Chievo	Luca Campedelli	Alfredo Aglietti	Filip Đorđević	Givova	Mitsubishi Motors/Paluani, Coati Salumi	Nobis Assicurazioni	Avelia	Vicentini Carni
Cittadella	Andrea Gabrielli	Roberto Venturato	Manuel Iori	Mizuno	Sirmax, Gabrielli	Gavinox (H)/Quartzforms (A)	OCSA	Metalservice
Cosenza	Eugenio Guarascio	Roberto Occhiuzzi	Angelo Corsi	Legea	Quattropuntozero, Concessionaria Carlomagno	None	La Valle Viaggi	None
Cremonese	Paolo Rossi	Fabio Pecchia	Emanuele Terranova	Acerbis	Ilta Inox (H)/Arinox (A), Arvedi	Fattorie Cremona	Arvedi Tubi Acciaio	None
Empoli	Fabrizio Corsi	Alessio Dionisi	Simone Romagnoli	Kappa	Computer Gross, Sammontana (H)/Logli Massimo (A)	Pediatrica	Inpa	ChiantiBanca
Frosinone	Maurizio Stirpe	Alessandro Nesta	Nicolò Brighenti	Zeus	Banca Popolare del Frusinate	Acea	Polsinelli Enologia	None
Lecce	Saverio Sticchi Damiani	Eugenio Corini	Marco Mancosu	M908	Links Management & Technology, Pasta Maffei	Barocco SpA	Banca Popolare Pugliese	Asfalti Isolbit
Monza	Paolo Berlusconi	Cristian Brocchi	Andrea D'Errico	Lotto	WithU, U-Power	Febal Casa	Pontenossa	Dell'Orto
Pescara	Daniele Sebastiani	Gianluca Grassadonia	Vincenzo Fiorillo	Erreà	Contrader, TecnoRex	Liofilchem	Industria Vernici e Colori	Pharmapiù Sport
Pisa	Giuseppe Corrado	Luca D'Angelo	Robert Gucher	Adidas	Cetilar, Synlab	Hi-Turf Solution	Despe	Mercedes-Benz Palumbo Auto
Pordenone	Mauro Lovisa	Maurizio Domizzi	Mirko Stefani	Joma	Omega Group, Assiteca (H)/6sicuro (A)	Lignano Sabbiadoro	Alea Office	CRO Area Giovani
Reggiana	Luca Quintavalli	Massimiliano Alvini	Paolo Rozzio	Macron	Immergas, Conad (H)/Tutto per l'Imballo (A)/Safim Architettura	Alfa Romeo Autostile	Righi Food	Azimut Investments
Reggina	Luca Gallo	Marco Baroni	Giuseppe Loiacono	Macron	Bencivenni Gruppo Volkswagen, Puliservice Frontale	Multi Service 5D	Caffè Mauro	D. Caracciolo & figli
Salernitana	Marco Mezzaroma & Claudio Lotito	Fabrizio Castori	Francesco Di Tacchio	Zeus	Meda Supermercati/Real Sud EqualQuality/BCC Aquara/Centri Verrengia/Check-Up Centro Polidiagnostico/Real Sud/Gruppo Noviello/Ethos Grafica/San Matteo New York/Smyb Business Logistics, Gruppo Noviello	New Energy Gas e Luce	Real Sud	Obiettivo Ristrutturare/Ethos Grafica/BTL Industries
SPAL	Walter Mattioli	Massimo Rastelli	Sergio Floccari	Macron	Adamant BioNRG, Omega Group	Errebi Technology	Pentaferte	None
Venezia	Duncan L. Niederauer	Paolo Zanetti	Marco Modolo	Nike	Fluorsid	IBSA Group	Don Peppe	Stevanato Prodotti e Lavori Speciali
Vicenza	Renzo Rosso	Domenico Di Carlo	Stefano Giacomelli	Lotto	Diesel, Aon (H)/Sergio Bassan John Deere (A)	Protek (H)/Famila (A)	Legor (H)	Zanutta (H)
Virtus Entella	Antonio Gozzi	Vincenzo Vivarini	Luca Nizzetto	Adidas	Duferco Energia	None	None	Kia Gecar

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Salernitana	Gian Piero Ventura	End of contract	1 August 2020[11]	Pre-season	Fabrizio Castori	10 August 2020[12]
Pescara	Andrea Sottil		1 August 2020		Massimo Oddo	29 August 2020[13]
SPAL	Luigi Di Biagio		2 August 2020[14]		Pasquale Marino	12 August 2020[15]
Venezia	Alessio Dionisi	Mutual consent	10 August 2020[16]		Paolo Zanetti	14 August 2020[17]
Empoli	Pasquale Marino	Mutual consent	11 August 2020[18]		Alessio Dionisi	19 August 2020[19]
Virtus Entella	Roberto Boscaglia	Resigned	14 August 2020[20]		Bruno Tedino	17 August 2020[21]
Lecce	Fabio Liverani	Sacked	19 August 2020[22]		Eugenio Corini	22 August 2020[23]
Brescia	Diego López	Mutual consent	20 August 2020[24]		Luigi Delneri	4 September 2020[25]
Ascoli	Davide Dionigi	Sacked	24 August 2020[26]		Valerio Bertotto	25 August 2020[27]
Brescia	Luigi Delneri		6 October 2020[28]	20th	Diego López	6 October 2020
Virtus Entella	Bruno Tedino		23 November 2020[29]	18th	Vincenzo Vivarini	25 November 2020[30]
Ascoli	Valerio Bertotto		29 November 2020[31]	17th	Delio Rossi	29 November 2020[32]
Pescara	Massimo Oddo		29 November 2020[33]	20th	Roberto Breda	29 November 2020[34]
Brescia	Diego López		7 December 2020[35]	12th	Daniele Gastaldello (caretaker)	7 December 2020[36]
Brescia	Daniele Gastaldello	End of caretaker spell	10 December 2020	11th	Davide Dionigi	10 December 2020[37]
Reggina	Domenico Toscano	Sacked	14 December 2020[38]	15th	Marco Baroni	15 December 2020[39]
Ascoli	Delio Rossi		22 December 2020[40]	19th	Andrea Sottil	23 December 2020[41]
Cremonese	Pierpaolo Bisoli		7 January 2021[42]	16th	Fabio Pecchia	7 January 2021[43]
Brescia	Davide Dionigi		3 February 2021[44]	13th	Pep Clotet	5 February 2021[45]
Pescara	Roberto Breda		14 February 2021[46]	20th	Gianluca Grassadonia	14 February 2021[47]
SPAL	Pasquale Marino		16 March 2021[48]	8th	Massimo Rastelli	16 March 2021[49]
Frosinone	Alessandro Nesta		22 March 2021[50]	12th	Fabio Grosso	23 March 2021[51]
Pordenone	Attilio Tesser		3 April 2021[52]	15th	Maurizio Domizzi	3 April 2021[53]
Virtus Entella	Vincenzo Vivarini		12 April 2021[54]	20th	Gennaro Volpe	12 April 2021[54]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Empoli (C, P)	38	19	16	3	68	35	+33	73	Promotion to Serie A
2	Salernitana (P)	38	19	12	7	46	34	+12	69	Promotion to Serie A
3	Monza	38	17	13	8	51	33	+18	64	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Lecce	38	16	14	8	68	47	+21	62	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Venezia (O, P)	38	15	14	9	53	39	+14	59	Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Cittadella	38	15	12	11	48	35	+13	57
7	Brescia	38	15	11	12	61	53	+8	56[lower-alpha 1]
8	Chievo (R, D, R, R)	38	14	14	10	50	37	+13	56[lower-alpha 1]	Bankruptcy
9	SPAL	38	14	14	10	44	42	+2	56[lower-alpha 1]
10	Frosinone	38	12	14	12	38	42	−4	50[lower-alpha 2]
11	Reggina	38	12	14	12	42	45	−3	50[lower-alpha 2]
12	Vicenza	38	11	15	12	48	53	−5	48[lower-alpha 3]
13	Cremonese	38	12	12	14	46	44	+2	48[lower-alpha 3]
14	Pisa	38	11	15	12	54	59	−5	48[lower-alpha 3]
15	Pordenone	38	10	15	13	40	39	+1	45
16	Ascoli[lower-alpha 4]	38	11	11	16	37	48	−11	44
17	Cosenza[lower-alpha 4] (T)	38	6	17	15	29	47	−18	35	Spared from relegation
18	Reggiana (R)	38	9	7	22	31	57	−26	34	Relegation to Serie C
19	Pescara (R)	38	7	11	20	29	60	−31	32
20	Virtus Entella (R)	38	4	11	23	30	64	−34	23

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.[55]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

Head-to-head points: Brescia 9, Chievo 5, SPAL 2.
Frosinone finished ahead of Reggina on head-to-head points: Frosinone 1–1 Reggina, Reggina 0–4 Frosinone.
Head-to-head points: Vicenza 8, Cremonese 4, Pisa 3.
Since the 16th-placed team Ascoli finished more than 4 points ahead of the 17th-placed team Cosenza, the relegation play-out was not played and Cosenza were originally relegated directly. However, Cosenza was ultimately spared from relegation following Chievo's bankruptcy and subsequent dissolution.

Positions by round

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
Empoli	2	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Salernitana	9	6	2	3	2	4	7	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	5	3	4	4	4	5	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Monza	13	13	14	13	15	11	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	6	4	3	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3
Lecce	12	5	9	8	9	8	5	3	2	3	4	5	7	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Venezia	3	8	10	4	6	6	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	7	10	9	9	9	7	6	4	4	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
Cittadella	1	1	1	1	3	5	8	8	7	7	7	7	4	3	3	4	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	6	5	7	7	6	6	6	8	7	8	8	6	6	6	6
Brescia	7	20	7	11	12	12	10	10	11	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	14	13	16	16	14	14	12	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	7
Chievo	10	14	8	5	5	2	2	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	3	3	2	2	5	7	5	6	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	8
SPAL	16	12	12	14	8	7	6	4	4	2	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	3	5	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	9
Frosinone	20	7	4	6	4	3	4	7	6	5	5	3	3	5	6	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	11	12	10
Reggina	8	3	5	7	7	9	13	13	15	13	15	16	18	18	17	13	14	15	15	16	16	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	11	10	9	9	10	10	11
Vicenza	18	15	18	19	19	18	14	16	12	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	15	13	11	13	13	11	10	10	12	13	12	14	14	12
Cremonese	19	17	15	16	16	19	20	20	19	17	17	17	16	14	14	16	17	14	14	15	15	15	17	15	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	12	11	13
Pisa	4	9	17	18	18	17	17	14	16	14	13	13	12	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	13	12	13	13	13	14
Pordenone	15	11	11	15	13	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	12	12	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	11	11	11	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15
Ascoli	6	16	20	12	14	16	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	18	18	17	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	16
Cosenza	11	10	13	10	10	13	15	12	13	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	17	14	14	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17
Reggiana	5	2	6	9	11	14	12	15	14	11	10	10	14	15	15	17	18	18	16	17	17	18	15	13	14	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Pescara	14	18	19	20	20	20	19	19	20	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	15	17	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Virtus Entella	17	19	16	17	17	15	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Champions, promotion to Serie A
	Promotion to Serie A
	Play-off semifinals
	Play-off preliminary round
	Relegation to Serie C

Source: Serie BKT (in Italian), worldfootball.net (in English)

Results

Home \ Away	ASC	BRE	CHI	CIT	COS	CRE	EMP	FRO	LEC	MON	PES	PIS	POR	RGA	RGI	SAL	SPA	VEN	VIC	ENT
Ascoli	—	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1
Brescia	1–1	—	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	4–3	4–1	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	0–3	2–2
Chievo	3–0	1–0	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–1
Cittadella	1–0	3–0	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–0
Cosenza	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	—	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Cremonese	3–3	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	—	2–2	4–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1
Empoli	1–1	4–2	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–0	—	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	5–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0
Frosinone	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	—	0–3	2–2	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–0
Lecce	1–2	2–2	4–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	—	0–0	3–1	0–3	0–0	7–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–0
Monza	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–4	1–1	5–0
Pescara	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	—	3–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	0–1	0–2	2–3	1–1
Pisa	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–4	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	—	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	2–2	2–2	3–2
Pordenone	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	—	3–0	2–2	1–2	3–3	2–0	1–2	3–0
Reggiana	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–4	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	—	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1
Reggina	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–4	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–0	1–0
Salernitana	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	4–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	—	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1
SPAL	1–2	2–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	2–0	1–4	2–0	—	1–1	3–2	0–0
Venezia	2–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–2	2–3	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	—	1–0	3–2
Vicenza	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	4–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	—	0–1
Virtus Entella	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–5	2–3	1–5	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	—

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

Promotion play-offs

Rules:

Preliminary round: the higher-placed team plays at home. If teams are tied after regular time, extra-time is played. If scores are still level, the higher-placed team advances;
Semi-finals: the higher-placed team plays at home for second leg. If teams are tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team advances;
Final: the higher-placed team plays at home for second leg. If teams are tied on aggregate, the higher-placed team is promoted to Serie A, unless the teams finished tied on points after regular season, in which case winner is decided by extra-time and a penalty shootout if necessary.

Preliminary round			Semi-finals					Final

			6	Cittadella	3	0	3
6	Cittadella	1	3	Monza	0	2	2
7	Brescia	0						6	Cittadella	0	1	1
								5	Venezia	1	1	2
			5	Venezia	1	1	2
5	Venezia (a.e.t.)	3	4	Lecce	0	1	1
8	Chievo	2

Preliminary round

13 May 2021	Cittadella	1–0	Brescia	Cittadella
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Proia 40'	Report		Stadium: Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 0[56] Referee: Ivan Pezzuto

13 May 2021	Venezia	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Chievo	Venice
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bertagnoli 60' (o.g.) Maleh 107' Johnsen 116'	Report	Garritano 10' (pen.) Mogoș 104' (pen.)	Stadium: Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 0[56] Referee: Simone Sozza

First leg

17 May 2021	Cittadella	3–0	Monza	Cittadella
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Baldini 13', 22', 85'	Report		Stadium: Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 0[56] Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi

17 May 2021	Venezia	1–0	Lecce	Venice
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Forte 47'	Report		Stadium: Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 0[56] Referee: Valerio Marini

Second leg

20 May 2021	Lecce	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Venezia	Lecce
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pettinari 66'	Report	Aramu 45+3'	Stadium: Via del Mare Attendance: 0[56] Referee: Massimiliano Irrati

20 May 2021	Monza	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Cittadella	Monza
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Balotelli 58' D'Alessandro 78'	Report		Stadium: Brianteo Attendance: 0[56] Referee: Juan Luca Sacchi

First leg

23 May 2021	Cittadella	0–1	Venezia	Cittadella
21:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Di Mariano 50'	Stadium: Pier Cesare Tombolato Attendance: 0[56] Referee: Simone Sozza

Second leg

27 May 2021	Venezia	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Cittadella	Venice
21:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Bocalon 90+3'	Report	Proia 25'	Stadium: Pierluigi Penzo Attendance: 0[56] Referee: Daniele Orsato

Relegation play-out

The relegation play-out was not played because the 16th-placed team Ascoli finished more than 4 points ahead of 17th-placed team Cosenza, then they were relegated directly to Serie C. Cosenza was later readmitted to replace the excluded Chievo.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers


Rank	Player	Club	Goals[57]
1	Massimo Coda	Lecce	22
2	Leonardo Mancuso	Empoli	20
3	Florian Ayé	Brescia	16
4	Francesco Forte¹	Venezia	15
5	Michele Marconi	Pisa	13
5	Gennaro Tutino	Salernitana	13
7	Riad Bajić	Ascoli	12
8	Daniel Ciofani	Cremonese	11
	Davide Diaw	Pordenone (10) Monza (1)
	Andrea La Mantia	Empoli
	Riccardo Meggiorini	Vicenza
	Andrija Novakovich	Frosinone
	Mattia Valoti	SPAL

Note

¹ Player scored 1 goal in the play-offs.

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Massimo Coda	Lecce	Reggiana	7–1 (H)	21 November 2020
Riad Bajić	Ascoli	Cremonese	3–3 (A)	12 December 2020
Leonardo Mancuso⁴	Empoli	Virtus Entella	5–2 (A)	12 December 2020
Mattia Aramu	Venezia	Monza	4–1 (A)	20 March 2021
Florian Ayé	Brescia	Pisa	4–3 (H)	7 May 2021
Andrija Novakovich	Frosinone	Reggina	4–0 (A)	10 May 2021
Enrico Baldini	Cittadella	Monza	3–0 (H)	17 May 2021

Note

⁴ Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets	Rounds[57]
1	Vid Belec	Salernitana	14[58]	5, 9–10, 13, 19–20, 27–30, 32–33, 37–38
2	Michele Di Gregorio¹	Monza	13	11–12, 14–17, 19, 24–25, 27, 36–37
	Samuele Perisan	Pordenone		6, 9–10, 13, 16–19, 28, 32, 34, 37–38
	Adrian Šemper	Chievo		1, 3–4, 6, 11–12, 17, 19, 22, 26, 29, 33, 38
5	Alberto Brignoli	Empoli	12	1–2, 7, 14, 17–18, 26, 28–30, 33, 36
6	Francesco Bardi	Frosinone	11	2–6, 13, 16,[lower-alpha 1] 24, 29, 31, 36
7	Wladimiro Falcone	Cosenza	9	4, 8, 12, 14, 16, 19, 25, 28, 35
	Vincenzo Fiorillo	Pescara		1, 10, 12, 16–17, 24, 26, 28, 36
	Gabriel	Lecce		1–2, 17–18, 26–27, 30–32
	Elhan Kastrati²	Cittadella		12, 14, 5,[lower-alpha 2] 28–29, 34, 36
	Luca Lezzerini	Venezia		1, 3–4, 6, 5,[lower-alpha 3] 13–14, 19–20

Played between rounds 20 and 21.
Played between rounds 17 and 18.
Played between rounds 7 and 8.

Note

¹ Player kept 1 clean sheet in the play-offs.
² Player kept 2 clean sheets in the play-offs.

Awards

XI of the Season

Pos.	Player	Club	Ref.
GK	Vid Belec	Salernitana	[59]
DF	Pasquale Mazzocchi	Venezia
DF	Norbert Gyömbér	Salernitana
DF	Luka Bogdan	Salernitana
DF	Carlos Augusto	Monza
MF	Davide Frattesi	Monza
MF	Marco Mancosu	Lecce
MF	Youssef Maleh	Venezia
FW	Leonardo Mancuso	Empoli
FW	Gennaro Tutino	Salernitana
FW	Massimo Coda	Lecce
Coach	Fabrizio Castori	Salernitana

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[table_hth_BRE0.80528639713548-55] Head-to-head points: Brescia 9, Chievo 5, SPAL 2.

[table_hth_FRO0.80528639713548-56] Frosinone finished ahead of Reggina on head-to-head points: Frosinone 1–1 Reggina, Reggina 0–4 Frosinone.

[table_hth_VIC0.80528639713548-57] Head-to-head points: Vicenza 8, Cremonese 4, Pisa 3.

[table_note_ASC0.80528639713548-58] Since the 16th-placed team Ascoli finished more than 4 points ahead of the 17th-placed team Cosenza, the relegation play-out was not played and Cosenza were originally relegated directly. However, Cosenza was ultimately spared from relegation following Chievo's bankruptcy and subsequent dissolution.

[fn2-63] Played between rounds 20 and 21.

[fn3-64] Played between rounds 17 and 18.

[fn1-65] Played between rounds 7 and 8.

[1] 388 including play-offs.

[2] 930 including play-offs.

[3] From 7 March 2021 to 5 April 2021."US Lecce". Soccerway.

[4] From 24 October 2020 to 5 December 2020."Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor 2013". Soccerway.

[5] From 7 November 2020 to 27 April 2021."Empoli FC". Soccerway.

[6] From 30 January 2021 to 10 May 2021."ACD Virtus Entella". Soccerway.

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[36] "Prima Squadra affidata a Daniele Gastaldello" [First team assigned to Daniele Gastaldello] (in Italian). Brescia Calcio. 7 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

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[covid-60] Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

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