This special Serie B-C championship was organized with geographical criteria with Serie B and the best Serie C teams from Northern Italy taking part. For this reason, it is not included in the statistics even if it was an official tournament.

Serie B-C North
Season1945–46
ChampionsAlessandria
1st title

Just after the Allied disbandment of the fascist Higher Directory, the major clubs from US-occupied Northern Italy replaced it by a provisional football league, the High Italy League (Lega Alta Italia), which organized the expanded local section of the Serie B.

Spezia asked to be admitted to Serie A. After the refusal of FIGC, Spezia decided to join the regional leagues. Ultimately, Spezia was admitted to Serie B in the following season.

Teams

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Northern Italy had 12 Serie B clubs: six regular and three re-admitted teams of the last pre-war season, and three clubs promoted from Serie C. However, newly-promoted Varese obtained a yearly break for huge wartime damages, while Spezia Calcio did not join.

All Serie C guests advancing to the final round were granted a titular Serie B licence.

Three groups were created: Western, Central and Eastern.

Group A

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Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alessandria (A) 22 13 4 5 42 20 2.100 30 Qualification to Final round
1 Vigevano (G, A, P) 22 12 6 4 26 13 2.000 30
3 Pro Vercelli (G) 22 11 5 6 32 23 1.391 27
4 Piacenza (G) 22 12 2 8 44 36 1.222 26
5 Casale (G) 22 10 4 8 36 27 1.333 24
5 Novara 22 9 6 7 23 15 1.533 24
7 Biellese (G) 22 8 5 9 31 28 1.107 21
7 Vogherese (G) 22 7 7 8 31 33 0.939 21
9 Sestrese (G) 22 8 4 10 30 40 0.750 20
10 Savona 22 6 5 11 28 39 0.718 17
11 Ausonia Spezia (G, R) 22 3 6 13 14 38 0.368 12 Relegation to Serie C
12 Cuneo (G, R) 22 4 4 14 18 43 0.419 12
Source: Panini
(A) Advance to a further round; (G) Guests; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ALE AUS BIE CSL CUN NOV PIA PVE SVN SES VIG VOG
Alessandria 8–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–3 4–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 5–0
Ausonia Spezia 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1
Biellese 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 4–0 0–4 4–2 1–1 0–0 3–0
Casale 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 8–1 0–1 2–1
Cuneo 0–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–2 3–4 1–0 0–1 1–2
Novara 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–0
Piacenza 2–5 1–0 1–2 4–2 7–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 6–1 1–0 7–2
Pro Vercelli 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–1
Savona 2–0 2–2 1–4 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–3 1–1 1–1
Sestrese 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 4–0
Vigevano 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0
Vogherese 1–2 4–0 4–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 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.

Group B

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Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cremonese (A) 22 12 9 1 39 11 3.545 33 Qualification to Final round
2 Pro Patria (A) 22 10 8 4 34 21 1.619 28
3 Lecco (G) 22 9 9 4 28 18 1.556 27
4 Legnano (G) 22 9 8 5 36 28 1.286 26
5 Como (G) 22 9 6 7 31 22 1.409 24
6 Crema (G) 22 8 7 7 32 25 1.280 23
7 Fanfulla 22 8 5 9 28 37 0.757 21
8 Pro Sesto (G) 22 6 7 9 20 21 0.952 19
9 Seregno (G) 22 8 2 12 23 33 0.697 18
10 Gallaratese (G) 22 4 8 10 18 29 0.621 16
10 Mantova (G) 22 6 4 12 22 42 0.524 16
12 Trento (G, R) 22 4 5 13 17 41 0.415 13 Relegation to Serie C
Source: Panini
(A) Advance to a further round; (G) Guests; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away COM CRM CRE FAN GLR LCO LEG MAN PPA PSE SER TRN
Como 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 5–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–0
Crema 0–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 7–1 4–1 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–1
Cremonese 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 5–0
Fanfulla 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0
Gallaratese 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0
Lecco 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0
Legnano 2–1 2–0 0–0 5–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–0
Mantova 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2
Pro Patria 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Pro Sesto 1–0 1–2 0–3 5–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1
Seregno 0–1 1–4 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–2 3–2
Trento 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–0 1–0
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.

Group C

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Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Padova (A) 22 11 7 4 35 18 1.944 29 Qualification to Final round
1 Reggiana (G, A, P) 22 11 7 4 32 19 1.684 29
3 Parma (G) 22 12 4 6 36 20 1.800 28
3 Verona 22 11 6 5 34 22 1.545 28
5 Suzzara (G) 22 11 4 7 25 18 1.389 26
6 Treviso (G) 22 9 5 8 30 28 1.071 23
7 Pro Gorizia 22 7 8 7 26 24 1.083 22
8 Cesena (G) 22 5 10 7 29 24 1.208 20
8 S.P.A.L. (G) 22 6 8 8 29 28 1.036 20
10 Udinese 22 6 6 10 21 32 0.656 18
11 Forlì (G) 22 4 5 13 21 48 0.438 13
12 Panigale (G, R) 22 2 4 16 19 56 0.339 8 Relegation to Serie C
Source: Panini
(A) Advance to a further round; (G) Guests; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away CES FOR PAD PAN PAR PGO REA SPA SUZ TRV UDI HEL
Cesena 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 5–0 3–1 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–1
Forlì 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–1
Padova 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 5–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 3–3 2–1
Panigale 2–2 4–2 1–1 1–7 0–2 0–5 0–3 1–2 1–2 3–1 0–4
Parma 1–0 4–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 4–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 4–1
Pro Gorizia 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–4 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Reggiana 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1
SPAL 0–0 5–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0
Suzzara 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–0
Treviso 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–0
Udinese 2–0 0–0 0–1 4–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–0
Hellas Verona 1–1 4–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–0
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.

Final round

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Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Alessandria (P, C) 10 7 1 2 21 6 3.500 15 Promotion to Serie A
2 Pro Patria 10 4 3 3 10 6 1.667 11
3 Vigevano 10 4 2 4 11 11 1.000 10
4 Reggiana 10 4 1 5 8 13 0.615 9
5 Cremonese 10 3 2 5 7 12 0.583 8
6 Padova 10 3 1 6 10 19 0.526 7
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

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Home \ Away ALE CRE PAD PPA REA VIG
Alessandria 1–0 6–2 1–0 5–0 2–0
Cremonese 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–3
Padova 0–2 1–0 1–4 2–0 1–1
Pro Patria 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0
Reggiana 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Vigevano 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0
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.

Footnotes

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On 16 May 1946 the Lega Calcio was created. Under agreements between FIGC, Northern and Southern clubs, all clubs from this championship out of the last ones were admitted to the Northern Serie B.

References and sources

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