1999–2000 Serie B

Serie B
Season	1999–2000
Promoted	Vicenza (3rd title); Atalanta; Brescia; Napoli
Relegated	Cesena; Alzano Virescit; Savoia; Fermana
Matches	380
Goals	952 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cosimo Francioso (24 goals)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Alzano V.
Atalanta

Brescia

Serie B 1999–2000 team distribution

The Serie B 1999–2000 was the sixty-eighth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Alzano, Fermana, Pistoiese and Savoia had been promoted from Serie C, while Salernitana, Sampdoria, Vicenza and Empoli had been relegated from Serie A.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alzano Virescit	Claudio Foscarini	Virma	Valtellina SpA
Atalanta	Giovanni Vavassori	Asics	Somet
Brescia	Nedo Sonetti	Garman	Ristora
Cesena	Paolo Ammoniaci	Adidas	CAMAC Industria Moda
Chievo Verona	Lorenzo Balestro & Luciano Miani	Hummel	Paluani
Cosenza	Bortolo Mutti	Kappa	Provincia di Cosenza
Empoli	Silvio Baldini	Erreà	Sammontana
Fermana	Ivo Iaconi	Fatto per fare	Teseo SpA
Genoa	Bruno Bolchi	Kappa	Festival Crociere
Monza	Roberto Antonelli	Legea	Vismara Salumi
Napoli	Walter Novellino	Nike	Peroni
Pescara	Giovanni Galeone	Puma	Gelati Gis
Pistoiese	Andrea Agostinelli	Erreà	Vannucci Piante
Ravenna	Attilio Perotti	Erreà	Valleverde Calzature
Salernitana	Luigi Cagni	Asics	Exigo Jeans
Sampdoria	Gian Piero Ventura	Asics	Dreamcast
Savoia	Gaetano Manzi & Franco Mango	Hummel	Challoils
Ternana	Tarcisio Burgnich	Ennedue	TAD Metals Ambiente
Treviso	Gianfranco Bellotto	Lotto	Segafredo
Vicenza	Edoardo Reja	Umbro	Caffè Vero

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vicenza (P, C)	38	20	7	11	69	45	+24	67	Promotion to Serie A
2	Atalanta (P)	38	17	12	9	51	34	+17	63
3	Brescia (P)	38	16	15	7	54	38	+16	63
4	Napoli (P)	38	17	12	9	55	44	+11	63
5	Sampdoria	38	17	11	10	45	40	+5	62
6	Genoa	38	16	9	13	51	42	+9	57
7	Salernitana	38	14	10	14	55	61	−6	52
8	Treviso	38	13	12	13	56	48	+8	51
9	Empoli	38	13	12	13	42	52	−10	51
10	Ternana	38	11	16	11	45	47	−2	49
11	Ravenna	38	11	15	12	41	39	+2	48
12	Cosenza	38	11	15	12	36	41	−5	48
13	Pescara	38	10	17	11	62	55	+7	47
14	Monza	38	9	20	9	45	46	−1	47
15	Chievo	38	11	14	13	48	53	−5	47
16	Pistoiese^[a]	38	13	10	15	39	43	−4	45	Relegation tie-breaker
17	Cesena (R)	38	8	21	9	47	45	+2	45	Serie C1 after tie-breaker
18	Alzano Virescit (R)	38	10	12	16	39	51	−12	42	Relegation to Serie C1
19	Savoia (R)	38	6	11	21	36	62	−26	29
20	Fermana (R)	38	6	11	21	36	66	−30	29

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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 4 points deducted

Results

Home \ Away	ALZ	ATA	BRE	CES	CHV	COS	EMP	FER	GEN	MON	NAP	PES	PST	RAV	SAL	SAM	SAV	TER	TRV	VIC
Alzano Virescit	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–4	4–2	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–3
Atalanta	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	4–1	1–2	3–2	1–0
Brescia	2–0	0–0	—	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–1
Cesena	1–1	1–1	2–2	—	0–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
Chievo	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	—	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2
Cosenza	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Empoli	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–2	—	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–5	1–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Fermana	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–1	0–1	3–2	0–3	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–2
Genoa	1–0	2–1	2–2	4–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	—	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–2
Monza	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–1	—	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	2–1
Napoli	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–3	2–2	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	2–1
Pescara	0–0	0–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	4–2	3–1	3–3	1–1	—	1–0	1–2	2–2	4–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	0–1
Pistoiese	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–1
Ravenna	0–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	—	2–0	0–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–1
Salernitana	3–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–3	2–0	3–0	—	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	3–2
Sampdoria	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–4	—	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–1
Savoia	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	—	0–1	1–0	1–1
Ternana	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	—	1–0	1–0
Treviso	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	5–1	2–2	3–3	1–1	7–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	—	0–1
Vicenza	3–1	5–3	2–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	6–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	—

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.

Relegation tie-breaker

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cesena	2-3	Pistoiese	1-3	1-0

A.C. Cesena relegated to Serie C1 2000-01.

[table_note_PST0.43349152031983-1] 4 points deducted

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