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2015–16 Serie B

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Season
  
2015–16

Champion
  
Cagliari Calcio

Goals scored
  
1,028

Champions
  
Cagliari

Dates
  
5 Sep 2015 – 20 May 2016

Matches played
  
427

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Promoted
  
CagliariCrotonePescara (by play-off)

Top goalscorer
  
Gianluca Lapadula(23 goals)

Biggest home win
  
Cagliari 6–0 Brescia(16 April 2016)

Biggest away win
  
Como 0–4 Ascoli(3 October 2015)

Relegated
  
S.S. Virtus Lanciano 1924, A.S. Livorno Calcio, Modena F.C., Calcio Como

Similar
  
2016–17 Serie B, 2014–15 Serie B, 2015–16 Serie A, 2015–16 Coppa Italia, 2012–13 Serie B

The 2015–16 Serie B (known as the Serie B ConTe.it for sponsorship reasons) was the 84th season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams contested the league: 16 returning from the 2014–15 season, 4 promoted from Lega Pro, and 2 relegated from Serie A. Vacancies created by the bankruptcy of Serie A-relegated Parma and the demotion of Catania to Lega Pro due to match fixing allowed Brescia to remain in the league despite being relegated. Furthermore, Teramo was due to participate to Serie B but due to the allegations for match-fixing, the Courts decided to relegate Teramo in the last place of Lega Pro of the previous season. After the demotion of Catania, Virtus Entella was readmitted into Serie B as the best team of the relegated teams from the previous season. Furthermore, Ascoli was promoted into the championship after finishing second in Lega Pro Group B, second after Teramo before being stripped of the title for the match-fixing scandal.

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Events

Serie B introduced the "green card" at the beginning of the season. The green card is given to promote fair play and good acts. The green card will not be given during the game, as it would alter sport rules, but awarded after the match to a player or coach who exhibited fair play by the referee. The player or coach with the most green cards at the end of the season will be rewarded.

Teams

Relegated from 2014-15 Serie A:

  • Cagliari
  • Cesena

    • From 2014-15 Serie B:

  • Vicenza
  • Spezia
  • Perugia
  • Pescara
  • Avellino
  • Livorno
  • Bari
  • Trapani
  • Ternana
  • Latina
  • Lanciano
  • Pro Vercelli
  • Crotone
  • Modena
  • Brescia
  • Virtus Entella

    • Promoted from 2014–15 Lega Pro:

  • Novara
  • Ascoli
  • Salernitana
  • Como

    • Promotion play-offs

    Six teams played in the promotion playoffs. A preliminary one-legged round, played at the home venue of the higher placed team, involved the teams from 5th to 8th place. The two winning teams will played against the 3rd and 4th-placed teams in two-legged semifinals. The higher placed team played the second leg of the promotion playoff at home. Pescara won the promotion play-offs to Serie A.

    Results

    Updated to games played on 14 May 2016.
    Source: Lega Serie B
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    Attendance data

    Updated to games played on 15 May 2016
    Source: Official club websites and Lega Serie B
    Notes:
    1: Team played last season in Serie A.
    2: Team played last season in Lega Pro.

    References

    2015–16 Serie B Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA