2011–12 Serie B
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Pescara |
| Promoted |
Pescara Torino Sampdoria (by Play-off) |
| Relegated |
Nocerina Gubbio AlbinoLeffe |
| Matches played | 440 |
| Goals scored | 1,097 (2.49 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ciro Immobile (28) |
| Biggest home win |
Sampdoria 6–0 Gubbio (4 September 2011) Torino 6–0 Gubbio (24 March 2012) Pescara 6–0 Vicenza (1 May 2012) |
| Biggest away win | Padova 0–6 Pescara (20 April 2012) |
| Highest scoring | Pescara 5–3 AlbinoLeffe (1 October 2011) |
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2012–13 →
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The 2011–12 Serie B (known as the Serie bwin for sponsorship reasons) will be the eightieth season since its establishment in 1929. A total of 22 teams will contest the league: 15 of which returning from the 2010–11 season, four of which promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, and three relegated from Serie A. It began on 27 August 2011 and will end on 27 May 2012.
The league will feature three clubs relegated from Serie A: Brescia returned to the second division after only a single season in the top flight, whereas Bari were relegated after a two-year stint. The third relegated team, Sampdoria, made instead a rather unexpected Serie B return after nine years.
Four teams were promoted from Lega Pro Prima Divisione, three of them returning to Serie B after significant absences, and two of them will play Serie B for their second time in history, Gubbio after 63 years and Juve Stabia after 59 years, while Nocerina will take part to its third Serie B after 32 years. The fourth promoted team, Verona, make instead their return to Serie B after four years; Verona will also participate as one of only three teams in the league who won the Italian national championship at some point in history (the other two being Sampdoria and Torino).
The league started with a number of teams being punished with Ascoli being docked six points (then reduced to three) as a consequence of the 2011 Italian football scandal. Ascoli were also docked one point due to failing to pay social security money in time, together with Crotone and Juve Stabia.
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