2001–02 Serie B

Serie B TIM
Season	2001–02
Promoted	Como (3rd title); Modena; Reggina; Empoli
Relegated	Crotone; Pistoiese; Cittadella
Matches played	380
Goals scored	934 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luís Oliveira (23 goals)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Ancona

Bari

Como

Messina

Modena

Napoli

Palermo

Pistoiese

Reggina

Salernitana

Siena

Ternana

Vicenza

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Serie B 2001-02 team distribution

The 2001–02 Serie B is the 70th season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy.

Teams[]

Modena, Palermo, Como and Messina had been promoted from Serie C, while Reggina, Vicenza, Napoli and Bari had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Como (P, C)	38	22	8	8	53	35	+18	74	Promotion to Serie A
2	Modena (P)	38	20	12	6	58	23	+35	72
3	Reggina (P)	38	19	11	8	50	33	+17	68
4	Empoli (P)	38	19	10	9	60	35	+25	67
5	Napoli	38	16	13	9	48	39	+9	61
6	Bari	38	14	11	13	44	51	−7	53
7	Salernitana	38	14	11	13	57	59	−2	53
8	Ancona	38	14	8	16	43	52	−9	50
9	Vicenza	38	12	13	13	50	52	−2	49
10	Palermo	38	12	12	14	47	54	−7	48
11	Sampdoria	38	12	12	14	42	46	−4	48
12	Siena	38	12	11	15	35	44	−9	47
13	Cagliari	38	10	17	11	39	39	0	47
14	Genoa	38	10	17	11	43	40	+3	47
15	Cosenza	38	13	8	17	47	57	−10	47
16	Messina	38	11	14	13	41	42	−1	47
17	Ternana (T)	38	9	18	11	46	49	−3	45	Re-admitted^[a]
18	Cittadella (R)	38	9	10	19	49	63	−14	37	Relegation to Serie C1
19	Pistoiese (R)	38	8	12	18	38	51	−13	36
20	Crotone (R)	38	5	10	23	44	70	−26	25

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated
Notes:

^ Relegated and later readmitted after Fiorentina's bankruptcy in Serie A.

Results[]

Home \ Away	ANC	BAR	CAG	CIT	COM	COS	CRO	EMP	GEN	MES	MOD	NAP	PAL	PST	REG	SAL	SAM	SIE	TER	VIC
Ancona	—	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	3–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	0–0	3–1	1–0
Bari	2–1	—	0–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–1
Cagliari	2–0	1–2	—	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2
Cittadella	3–1	0–1	0–2	—	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–2	4–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2
Como	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–3	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	1–0
Cosenza	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–4	—	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–1
Crotone	2–0	2–2	4–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	4–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	3–3	1–1	1–2	2–3	3–4
Empoli	5–0	5–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	—	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	5–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0
Genoa	1–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	3–3	—	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–2
Messina	1–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0
Modena	0��0	2–0	3–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	—	4–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	5–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–1
Napoli	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	—	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0
Palermo	2–3	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–0	1–3
Pistoiese	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	—	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–1
Reggina	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	—	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
Salernitana	2–0	2–3	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	—	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Sampdoria	0–3	3–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	—	0–1	4–2	2–1
Siena	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–4	—	0–3	2–4
Ternana	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	—	3–1
Vicenza	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–2	4–0	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–5	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	—

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

[table_note_res_F0.28957406025826-1] Relegated and later readmitted after Fiorentina's bankruptcy in Serie A.

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1945–46 special postwar season: Serie A-B in Southern Italy