Serie B season completed today, Benevento and Crotone go up automatically. Both sides back up after two seasons out, Benevento coached by Pippo Inzaghi and they seem somewhat ambitious although most of the players they are linked with are past their best (Gervinho, Sturridge, Pelle, Glik, Pjaca, Loic Remy to name a few) . Crotone have an extremely small budget so it will be a fight
Playoff teams are Spezia, Pordenone, Cittadella, Chievo Verona, Empoli and Frosinone. The final two spots were decided with a three-team tiebreaker, Empoli and Frosinone edging out Pisa (Empoli made the playoffs with a negative GD). Spezia and Pordenone get a bye to the next round, Cittadella host Frosinone and Chievo host Empoli in one leg matches, the semifinals and finals are two legs. Spezia, Pordenone and Cittadella have never played in Serie A. Spezia has been around forever, mostly bounding between third and second tier but they did win the title during the WW2 era when Serie A was 'disbanded' for a regional format, Pordenone has only been in the second tier for 2 years while Cittadella are a fairly new club (created in the 70s)