# 2001–02 Serie B

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.

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Ancona | Luciano Spalletti | Ropam | Banca Marche |
| Bari | Attilio Perotti | Lotto | None |
| Cagliari | Nedo Sonetti | Uhlsport | Terra Sarda |
| Cittadella | Ezio Glerean | Legea | Imasaf |
| Como | Loris Dominissini | Erreà | Magiste International |
| Cosenza | Luigi De Rosa | Legea | Provincia di Cosenza |
| Crotone | Franco Selvaggi | Devis | Caffè Guglielmo |
| Empoli | Silvio Baldini | Erreà | Computer Gross |
| Genoa | Claudio Onofri | Erreà | None |
| Messina | Daniele Arrigoni | Asics | Jonax Group |
| Modena | Gianni De Biasi | Erreà | Immergas |
| Napoli | Luigi De Canio | Diadora | Peroni |
| Palermo | Bortolo Mutti | Lotto | Le Telecomunicazioni del Sud |
| Pistoiese | Walter Nicoletti | Garman | Vannucci Piante |
| Reggina | Franco Colomba | Asics | Caffè Mauro |
| Salernitana | Zdeněk Zeman | In-house | ICS Personal Computer |
| Sampdoria | Gianfranco Bellotto | Asics | Grafoplast Wiremarkers |
| Siena | Giuseppe Papadopulo | Lotto | Monte Paschi Vita |
| Ternana | Bruno Bolchi | Erreà | Professionecasa |
| Vicenza | Adelio Moro and Fabio Viviani | Umbro | Artel Clima |
* ↑ The logo of TELE+ Digitale was featured instead of a kit manufacturer logo

## 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 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Reggina (P) | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 68 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Empoli (P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 67 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 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 |
| 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 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Crotone (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 44 | 70 | −26 | 25 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
* ↑ 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 | — |