2007–08 Serie B
Official Club Name Home City Stadium Name 2006/2007 Season
U.C . AlbinoLeffe Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 10th in Serie B
Ascoli Calcio 1898 Ascoli Piceno Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca 19th in Serie A
U.S. Avellino Avellino Stadio Partenio Serie C1/B Playoff Winners
A.S. Bari Bari Stadio San Nicola 13th in Serie B
Bologna F.C . 1909 Bologna Stadio Renato dall'Ara 7th in Serie B
Brescia Calcio Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti 6th in Serie B
A.C. Cesena Cesena Stadio Dino Manuzzi 16th in Serie B
A.C. ChievoVerona Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi 18th in Serie A
Frosinone Calcio Frosinone Stadio Matusa 14th in Serie B
U.S. Grosseto F.C Grosseto Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini Serie C1/A Champions
U.S. Lecce Lecce Stadio Via del Mare 9th in Serie B
A.C. Mantova Mantova Stadio Danilo Martelli 8th in Serie B
F.C . Messina Peloro Messina Stadio San Filippo 20th in Serie A
Modena F.C Modena Stadio Alberto Braglia 15th in Serie B
Piacenza Calcio Piacenza Stadio Leonardo Garilli 4th in Serie B
Pisa Calcio Pisa Arena Garibaldi Serie C1/A Playoff Winners
Ravenna Calcio Ravenna Stadio Bruno Benelli Serie C1/B Champions
Rimini Calcio F.C Rimini Stadio Romeo Neri 5th in Serie B
Spezia Calcio 1906 La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco 18th in Serie B
Treviso F.B.C . 1993 Treviso Stadio Omobono Tenni 12th in Serie B
Teams
The following 22 clubs comprise the Serie B in 2007-08 :
The 2007-08 Serie B regular season is the seventy-sixth since its establishment. It started on August 25, 2007, and ended with the promotion playoff final on June 15, 2008. At the end of the year, three teams were promoted to Serie A, the first two via direct promotion (league champions, Chievo Verona, and Bologna), and the third team after two rounds of playoffs (Lecce). Four teams were relegated to Serie C1. The bottom three were relegated directly (Cesena, Spezia and Ravenna), as was the fourth-to-last team (Avellino), since they finished 9 points back of the fifth-to-last, Treviso, denying them a chance at a survival playout. The 2007-08 Serie B season marked the first appearance in the division for newly promoted Grosseto. Ravenna and Chievo returned to the second-highest Italian division after six years, their last time in Serie B having been in 2001 (both, in fact, returned to the leagues from which they'd come after this season). Pisa returned to Serie B after 13 years, surprisingly qualifying for the promotion playoffs.