The Serie B 1976–77 was the forty-fifth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B
Season1976–77
ChampionsVicenza
2nd title

Teams

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Monza, Rimini and Lecce had been promoted from Serie C, while Ascoli, Como and Cagliari had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lanerossi Vicenza (P, C) 38 18 15 5 47 29 +18 51 Promotion to Serie A
2 Pescara (P) 38 17 15 6 48 29 +19 49 Serie A after tie-breaker
3 Atalanta (P) 38 19 11 8 44 26 +18 49
4 Cagliari 38 17 15 6 45 32 +13 49 Promotion tie-breaker
5 Monza 38 17 14 7 46 27 +19 48
6 Como 38 12 17 9 35 27 +8 41
7 Lecce 38 13 13 12 33 32 +1 39
8 Varese 38 12 14 12 41 37 +4 38
9 Taranto 38 12 13 13 32 31 +1 37
10 Ascoli 38 12 13 13 41 43 −2 37
11 Sambenedettese 38 9 19 10 27 31 −4 37
12 Rimini 38 9 15 14 25 27 −2 33
13 Palermo 38 8 17 13 29 31 −2 33
14 Modena 38 10 12 16 28 35 −7 32
15 Avellino 38 10 12 16 27 37 −10 32
16 Brescia 38 9 14 15 35 46 −11 32
17 Ternana 38 11 10 17 32 45 −13 32
18 S.P.A.L. (R) 38 6 19 13 29 37 −8 31 Relegation to Serie C
19 Catania (R) 38 6 19 13 26 44 −18 31
20 Novara (R) 38 7 15 16 34 48 −14 29
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ASC ATA AVE BRE CAG CTN COM LRV LCE MOD MON NOV PAL PES RIM SBN SPA TAR TER VAR
Ascoli 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0
Atalanta 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–4
Avellino 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1
Brescia 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–4
Cagliari 3–2 3–2 2–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–2
Catania 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
Como 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0
L.R. Vicenza 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0
Lecce 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
Modena 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Monza 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Novara 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1
Palermo 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0
Pescara 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–0
Rimini 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Sambenedettese 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0
SPAL 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–0
Taranto 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1
Ternana 3–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2
Varese 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1
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
Atalanta   2-1   Cagliari
Atalanta   0-0   Pescara
Cagliari   0-0   Pescara

Atalanta and Pescara promoted to Serie A.

References and sources

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