2019–20 Serie B
The 2019–20 Serie B (known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons) was the 88th season since its establishment in 1929. The 20-team format returned after 16 years, the last time being in the 2002–03 season. The season was scheduled to run from 23 August 2019 to 14 May 2020, though on 9 March 2020, the Italian government halted the league until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Serie B did not resume play on this date. On 18 May, it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. On 28 May, it was announced that Serie B would resume starting from 20 June.
| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 August 2019 – 20 August 2020 |
| Champions | Benevento (1st title) |
| Promoted | Benevento Crotone Spezia (via play-off) |
| Relegated | Perugia (via play-out) Trapani Juve Stabia Livorno |
| Matches played | 390 |
| Goals scored | 979 (2.51 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Simy (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Benevento 5–0 Trapani (6 December 2019) Cremonese 5–0 Trapani (16 February 2020) |
| Biggest away win | Juve Stabia 1–5 Ascoli (21 September 2019) Virtus Entella 0–4 Benevento (22 February 2020) Livorno 1–5 Crotone (24 July 2020) Empoli 1–5 Cosenza (27 July 2020) |
| Highest scoring | Livorno 4–4 Virtus Entella (18 January 2020) |
| Longest winning run | 7 games Benevento |
| Longest unbeaten run | 22 games Benevento |
| Longest winless run | 14 games Livorno |
| Longest losing run | 8 games Livorno |
| Highest attendance | 18,003 Salernitana 0–2 Benevento (16 September 2019) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,521 Virtus Entella 1–1 Pordenone (9 November 2019) |
| Total attendance | 1,544,371 |
| Average attendance | 5,872 |
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