1937–38 Serie B

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The Serie B 1937–38 was the ninth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B
Season1937–38
ChampionsNovara
2nd title

Teams

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Sanremese, Vigevano, Padova, Anconitana and Taranto had been promoted from Serie C, while Novara and Alessandria had been relegated from Serie A.

Events

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The league was expanded to seventeen clubs to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Novara (P, C) 32 16 11 5 57 23 2.478 43 Serie A after tie-breaker
1 Modena (P) 32 18 7 7 54 32 1.688 43
3 Alessandria 32 18 7 7 62 34 1.824 43 Promotion tie-breaker
4 Padova 32 18 4 10 49 33 1.485 40
5 Anconitana 32 15 8 9 44 31 1.419 38
6 Pisa 32 15 7 10 54 51 1.059 37
7 Palermo 32 15 5 12 46 43 1.070 35
7 Venezia 32 13 9 10 49 47 1.043 35
9 Sanremese 32 13 8 11 42 37 1.135 34
10 Verona 32 12 9 11 37 31 1.194 33
11 Pro Vercelli 32 13 6 13 54 40 1.350 32
12 Vigevano 32 9 12 11 33 39 0.846 30
13 Spezia 32 9 8 15 34 47 0.723 26
14 Brescia (R) 32 7 7 18 30 47 0.638 21 Relegation to Serie C
14 Cremonese (R) 32 6 9 17 28 50 0.560 21
16 Taranto (R) 32 6 6 20 24 64 0.375 18
17 Messina[a] (R) 32 4 7 21 27 75 0.360 14
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 1 point deducted.

Results

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Home \ Away ALE ANC BRE CRE MES MOD NOV PAD PAL PIS PVE SNR SPE TAR VEN HEL VIG
Alessandria 2–2 4–1 6–1 5–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1
Anconitana 1–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 7–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
Brescia 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–4 0–2 3–1
Cremonese 1–4 3–1 0–0 5–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2
Messina 1–2 0–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 5–3 2–4 1–1 0–0
Modena 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 3–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–0
Novara 1–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 6–0 2–0 5–0 1–1 4–0 1–1
Padova 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 5–1 5–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 7–2
Palermo 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–0 7–3 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–2 3–0 1–0 0–0
Pisa 2–0 5–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–2
Pro Vercelli 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 9–0 1–0 4–2 7–0 5–1 2–1 1–1
Sanremese 5–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–0
Spezia 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2
Taranto 0–4 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2
Venezia 1–3 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–3 3–1 1–3 5–3 1–0 2–0 3–0
Hellas Verona 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 6–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1
Vigevano 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion tie-breaker

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria 0–3 Modena
Alessandria 2–3 Novara

The match Modena-Novara was not played because it wouldn't have influenced the verdict. Modena and Novara were both awarded champions and promoted to Serie A.

References and sources

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