2004–05 Serie B

The 2004–05 Serie B is the 73rd season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy.

Serie B TIM
Season2004–05
PromotedEmpoli (1st title)
Ascoli
Treviso
RelegatedGenoa
Venezia
Salernitana
Perugia
Matches played462
Goals scored1,098 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer Gionatha Spinesi (22 goals)
Serie B 2004-05 team distribution

Teams

Arezzo, Catanzaro, Cesena and Crotone had been promoted from Serie C, while Perugia, Modena, and Empoli had been relegated from Serie A, and Ancona had lost their national professional licence.

Events

Following the long-standing consequences of the “Caso Catania”, the league included 22 teams, while promotions decreased to three spots.

Promotion playoffs were also introduced.

Final classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Empoli (P, C) 42 19 17 6 72 44 +28 74 Promotion to Serie A
2 Torino[lower-alpha 1] (O, E) 42 21 11 10 49 31 +18 74 Declined from promotion
3 Perugia[lower-alpha 2] (E, R) 42 21 11 10 56 34 +22 74 Relegation to Serie C1
4 Treviso[lower-alpha 3] (P) 42 18 10 14 58 48 +10 64 Promotion to Serie A
5 Ascoli[lower-alpha 3] (P) 42 17 11 14 51 52 −1 62
6 Hellas Verona 42 15 16 11 60 47 +13 61
7 Modena[lower-alpha 4] 42 16 14 12 47 37 +10 61
8 Ternana 42 14 15 13 51 54 −3 57
9 Piacenza 42 16 8 18 44 46 −2 56
10 Bari[lower-alpha 4] 42 13 17 12 41 37 +4 55
11 AlbinoLeffe 42 14 13 15 55 51 +4 55
12 Catania 42 13 16 13 42 44 −2 55
13 Salernitana[lower-alpha 2] (E, R) 42 12 15 15 50 57 −7 51 Relegation to Serie C1
14 Arezzo 42 12 15 15 51 52 −1 51
15 Cesena 42 12 14 16 47 61 −14 50
16 Crotone[lower-alpha 5] 42 13 14 15 48 45 +3 50
17 Vicenza[lower-alpha 6] 42 12 13 17 59 67 −8 49 Relegation play-offs
18 Triestina[lower-alpha 7] 42 12 12 18 43 54 −11 48
19 Pescara[lower-alpha 8] (T) 42 10 16 16 43 61 −18 46 Spared from relegation
20 Venezia[lower-alpha 9] (R, E, D) 42 7 14 21 33 58 −25 35 Relegation to Serie C2
21 Catanzaro[lower-alpha 8] (T) 42 5 11 26 40 82 −42 26 Spared from relegation
22 Genoa[lower-alpha 10] (D, R) 42 19 19 4 72 44 +28 76 Relegation to Serie C1
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2006, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Promoted to Serie A after play-off but later not admitted for financial problems.
  2. Relegated to Serie C1 for financial problems.
  3. Promoted to Serie A in place of Torino and Perugia.
  4. 1 point deducted.
  5. 3 points deducted.
  6. Vicenza was restored in Serie B following Genoa conviction.
  7. Saved after relegation play-off.
  8. Relegated to Serie C1 and later readmitted.
  9. Dissolved due to bankruptcy. A new entity was admitted to Serie C2 by Lodo Petrucci. The team was also involved in Caso Genoa.
  10. Put in the last place by the FIGC because of Caso Genoa.

Results
Home \ Away ALB ARE ASC BAR CTN CTZ CES CRO EMP GEN MOD PER PES PIA SAL TER TOR TRV TRI VEN HEL VIC
AlbinoLeffe — 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–0 1–1 2–1
Arezzo 1–1 — 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–0
Ascoli 2–3 2–2 — 3–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Bari 1–1 1–0 0–1 — 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Catania 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 — 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
Catanzaro 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–3 — 2–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–4 1–1 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Cesena 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 — 1–0 3–3 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3
Crotone 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 — 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 4–2 2–0 2–2 0–1
Empoli 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 5–2 1–0 2–1
Genoa 3–2 3–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–3 1–0 3–2 — 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 5–2
Modena 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 — 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
Perugia 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 — 4–1 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–0
Pescara 1–3 2–2 0–2 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–4 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 — 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 4–0
Piacenza 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–4 0–1 — 0–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
Salernitana 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 6–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 3–2 — 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 3–1
Ternana 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 — 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
Torino 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 — 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–1
Treviso 0–2 1–4 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 — 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0
Triestina 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–4 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–2 1–1
Venezia 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–4 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–3 0–3 1–2 1–2 — 3–2 2–0
Hellas Verona 3–2 5–3 2–2 0–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 — 5–3
Vicenza 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 5–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–0 4–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 —
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2006, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2005
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off

Promotion play-off
Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ascoli 1-3 Torino 0-1 1-2
Treviso 0-3 Perugia 0-1 0-2
Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Perugia 1-3 Torino 1-2 0-1

Torino Calcio promoted to 2005–06 Serie A, but later not admitted for financial problems. Perugia Calcio also was not admitted for financial problems and consequently relegated to 2005–06 Serie C1.

Relegation play-off
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Triestina 4-0 Vicenza 2-0 2-0

Vicenza Calcio was later readmitted for the Caso Genoa.

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