# 2000–01 Serie B

The Serie B 2000–01 was the sixty-ninth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Siena, Crotone, Cittadella and Ancona had been promoted from Serie C, while Torino, Venezia FC, Cagliari and Piacenza had been relegated from Serie A.

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Ancona | Fabio Brini | Ropam | Carilo/Banca Marche |
| Cagliari | Giuseppe Materazzi | Uhlsport | Pecorino Sardo/Terra Sarda |
| Chievo Verona | Luigi Delneri | Hummel | Paluani |
| Cittadella | Ezio Glerean | Hummel | Imasaf |
| Cosenza | Bortolo Mutti | Legea | Provincia di Cosenza |
| Crotone | Giuseppe Papadopulo | Devis | Caffè Guglielmo |
| Empoli | Silvio Baldini | Erreà | Computer Gross |
| Genoa | Franco Scoglio | Kappa | None |
| Monza | Gaetano Salvemini | Legea | ghostyclub.com |
| Pescara | Delio Rossi | Puma | Gelati Gis |
| Piacenza | Walter Novellino | Lotto | Copra Ristorazione Servizi (H)/Gruppo DAC Arco (A) |
| Pistoiese | Walter Nicoletti | Erreà | Vannucci Piante |
| Ravenna | Stefano Di Chiara | Erreà | Associazione italiana contro le leucemie-linfomi e mieloma |
| Salernitana | Francesco Oddo | In-house | ICS Personal Computer/Compuprint/Exigo Jeans |
| Sampdoria | Luigi Cagni | Asics | Dreamcast |
| Siena | Antonio Sala | Lotto | Romagest |
| Ternana | Andrea Agostinelli | Erreà | ONBanca |
| Torino | Giancarlo Camolese | Kelme | Directa SIM |
| Treviso | Mauro Sandreani | Lotto | Segafredo |
| Venezia | Cesare Prandelli | Kronos | Emmezeta |

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Torino (P, C) | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 73 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Piacenza (P) | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 70 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Chievo (P) | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 70 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Venezia (P) | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 69 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 5 | Empoli | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 64 | |
| 6 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 64 | |
| 7 | Ternana | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 62 | |
| 8 | Cosenza | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 60 | |
| 9 | Crotone | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 53 | |
| 10 | Ancona | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 51 | |
| 11 | Cagliari | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 50 | |
| 12 | Siena | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 47 | |
| 13 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 47 | |
| 14 | Cittadella | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 45 | |
| 15 | Salernitana | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 43 | |
| 16 | Pistoiese | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 41 | |
| 17 | Treviso (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 36 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 18 | Monza (R) | 38 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 41 | 77 | −36 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Ravenna (R) | 38 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 25 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Pescara (R) | 38 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 22 | Relegation to Serie C1 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANC | CAG | CHV | CIT | COS | CRO | EMP | GEN | MON | PES | PIA | PST | RAV | SAL | SAM | SIE | TER | TOR | TRV | VEN |
| Ancona | — | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Cagliari | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Chievo | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Cittadella | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Cosenza | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Crotone | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 |
| Empoli | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Genoa | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Monza | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Pescara | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| Piacenza | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Pistoiese | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Ravenna | 1–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Salernitana | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Sampdoria | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Siena | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Ternana | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Torino | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Treviso | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Venezia | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — |
* ↑ The phrase "Nube che corre" was featured on the shirt.
* ↑ The logo of TELE+ Digitale was featured instead of a kit manufacturer logo
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