After the 3-0 defeat against Frosinone on Friday, Salernitana was mathematically relegated to Serie B, the second tier of the professional football league. With four games still to play, it is in fact last with 15 points, 13 less than Frosinone, Verona and Empoli, the teams that currently occupy joint 17th place, the last one that allows them to avoid relegation (Verona and Empoli However, they have one game less: they will play on Saturday and Sunday, against Lazio and Atalanta respectively).
Salernitana has been grappling with serious corporate problems for some time and has had a complicated and disappointing season, during which it changed four coaches: Filippo Inzaghi, Paulo Sosa, Fabio Liverani and Stefano Colantuono, who was promoted from the youth sector in March. So far they have won only two league matches, with 26 goals scored and 73 conceded.