1978–79 Serie B

Serie B
Season1978–79
ChampionsUdinese
3rd title
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Serie B 1978-79 team distribution

The Serie B 1978–79 was the forty-seventh tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Udinese, SPAL and Nocerina had been promoted from Serie C, while Genoa, Foggia and Pescara had been relegated from Serie A.

Events

Relegations rose to four following the reform of the Serie C. The winners joined the Mitropa Cup.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Udinese (P, C) 38 21 13 4 52 22 +30 55 Promotion to Serie A
2 Cagliari (P) 38 16 17 5 46 24 +22 49
3 Pescara (P) 38 16 16 6 44 27 +17 48 Serie A after tie-breaker
4 Monza 38 16 16 6 39 20 +19 48 Promotion tie-breaker
5 Pistoiese 38 15 14 9 38 28 +10 44
6 Lecce 38 14 15 9 33 33 0 43
7 Palermo 38 11 19 8 38 34 +4 41
8 Brescia 38 11 17 10 41 41 0 39
9 Sampdoria 38 9 18 11 37 39 −2 36
10 Ternana 38 8 20 10 33 39 −6 36
11 Sambenedettese 38 9 18 11 35 42 −7 36
12 Genoa 38 11 13 14 34 35 −1 35
13 Cesena 38 9 17 12 27 29 −2 35
14 S.P.A.L. 38 9 17 12 34 37 −3 35
15 Taranto 38 7 21 10 25 30 −5 35
16 Bari 38 6 23 9 29 36 −7 35
17 Foggia (R) 38 8 17 13 39 45 −6 33 Relegation to Serie C1
18 Nocerina (R) 38 8 13 17 24 39 −15 29
19 Rimini (R) 38 3 18 17 17 39 −22 24
20 Varese (R) 38 6 12 20 29 55 −26 24
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BAR BRE CAG CES FOG GEN LEC MON NOC PAL PES PIS RIM SMB SMP SPA TAR TER UDI VAR
Bari — 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 0–0 1–2 1–0
Brescia 1–1 — 3–1 1–1 4–3 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0
Cagliari 2–0 2–2 — 0–1 0–0 2–1 5–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0
Cesena 0–0 3–1 0–0 — 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0
Foggia 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 — 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
Genoa 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 — 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0
Lecce 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 — 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Monza 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 — 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0
Nocerina 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 — 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0
Palermo 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–1
Pescara 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 — 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0
Pistoiese 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–1 — 3–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1
Rimini 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–1
Samb. 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1
Sampdoria 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–0
Spal 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–2 — 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–0
Taranto 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 1–1 0–1 3–2
Ternana 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 0–1
Udinese 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 — 1–0
Varese 1–1 3–3 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion tie-breaker

Played in Bologna on July 1st

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Monza Italy 0-2 Italy Pescara

Pescara promoted to Serie A.

References and sources

  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005