1999–2000 Serie B

This article contains information on the 1999–2000 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.

Serie B

Season	1999–2000
Champions	Vicenza
Promoted	Vicenza Atalanta Brescia Napoli
Relegated	Cesena Alzano Virescit Savoia Fermana
Matches played	380
Goals scored	952 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cosimo Francioso (24 goals)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Alzano V.
Atalanta

Brescia

Cesena

Cosenza

Fermana

Genoa
Sampdoria

Monza

Napoli
Savoia

Pescara

Pistoiese
Empoli

Ravenna

Salernitana

Ternana

Treviso

Vicenza
Chievo

Serie B 1999–2000 team distribution

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vicenza (P)	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	38	13	10	15	39	43	−4	45[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for Relegation tie-breaker
17	Cesena (R)	38	8	21	9	47	45	+2	45
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.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cesena	2-3	Pistoiese	1-3	1-0

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