Lega B

Governing body of the Italian professional football championship of Serie B

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2025 Serie B continues its 92nd season, featuring 20 teams competing for promotion to Serie A and avoiding relegation to Serie C.
2025 Serie B continues its ongoing season with 20 teams competing, including long-standing clubs like Brescia (66 seasons), Modena (54 seasons), and Bari (50 seasons).
2019 Benevento set a Serie B record of 86 points in a 20-team season, sharing the record for most wins (26) with Ascoli.
2019 Lega B restored the league structure to 20 clubs, returning to the format that existed before 2003.
2017 Adopted Kappa Kombat as the official match ball, which continues to be used as of the current date
2016 Puma evoPOWER 2.1 became the new official match ball for Serie B.
2016 Switched to Puma evoPOWER 2.1 as the official match ball
2015 Parma became the first and only team to achieve three consecutive promotions from Serie D to Serie A, between the 2015-16 and 2017-18 seasons.
2011 Changed official match ball to Nike Seitiro
2010 Introduced Nike T90 Tracer as the official match ball for Serie B
2010 Andrea Abodi becomes president of Lega Serie B, taking leadership of the governing body for the Italian professional football championship of Serie B.
July 7 2010 Lega Nazionale Professionisti B (Lega B) was officially founded following a split between Serie A and Serie B clubs, resulting in the dissolution of Lega Calcio and the creation of two separate leagues: Lega Serie A and Lega Serie B.

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