2011-2012 Italian Serie B Season Review

It was a turmoil year for the Italian Serie B in 2011-2012, prosacution over a match fixing scandel including suspension of many well known players and the tragic on pitch death of Livorno's Piermario Morosini made stories off the pitch overshadow a rather exciting season on. One issue Serie B struggles with is the financial viability of its clubs where teams exclusively rely on selling players or bringing players in on loan to survive. 2011-2012 was no different as only a few standout players on Serie B clubs will remain on the clubs books in 2012-2013, Champions Pescera is a good example despite promotion to Serie A through a great core of exciting young players have only been able to hold on to Marco Capuano.

Final Standings

Top Individual Player's Statistics for League based on Minutes Played

Other Statistical Leaders
Goals: Immobile (Pes) 28, Sau (JS) 21, Sforzini (Gro) 20, Sansone (Sas) 20.
Headed Goals: Sforzini (Gro) 10, Immobile (Pes) 5, 3 players with 4.
Free Kick Goals: Sansone (Sas) 4, 5 players with 2.
Goals Outside Box: Sansone (Sas) 7, Viola (Reg) 4, Insigne (Pes) 4, de Falco (Bri) 4.
Assists: Insigne (Pes) 13, Gomez-Teleb (Ver) 9, Cascione (Pes) 9, 4 with 8.
Shots on Target: Insigne (Pes) 71, Sansone (Sas) 66, Immobile (Pes) 57, Tavano (Emp) 56.
Game Winners: Sansone (Sas) 7, Immobile (Pes) 7, Tavano (Emp) 7, Sau (JS) 6, Sansovini (Pes) 6.
Yellow Cards: Borghese (Bri) 16, Perna (Mod) 14, Zenon (Pes) 14, Cascione (Pes) 14.
Red Cards: Polenta (Bri) 3, Gabionetta (Cro) 3, 16 players with 2.

2011-2012 Top 10 Players based on Statistical Output & Long Term Player Value
 1. Lorenzo Insigne - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/06/italian-serie-b-1-lorenzo-insigne.html
 2. Gianluca Sansone - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/06/italian-serie-b-2-gianluca-sansone.html
 3. Angelo Ogbonna - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/06/italian-serie-b-3-angelo-ogbonna.html
 4. Ciro Immobile - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/06/italian-serie-b-4-ciro-immobile.html
 5. Marco Sau - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/06/italian-serie-b-5-marco-sau.html
 6. Marco Verratti - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/06/italian-serie-b-6-marco-verratti.html
 7. Omar El-Kaddouri - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/06/italian-serie-b-7-omar-el-kaddouri.html
 8. Yidom Boakye - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/06/italian-serie-b-8-yidom-boakye.html
 9. Marco Capuano - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/06/italian-serie-b-9-marco-capuano.html
10. Jonathas - http://enbsports.blogspot.ca/2012/06/italian-serie-b-10-jonathas.html