The Serie B 1977–78 was the forty-sixth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B
Season1977–78
ChampionsAscoli
1st title

Teams

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Cremonese, Pistoiese and Bari had been promoted from Serie C, while Sampdoria, Catanzaro and Cesena 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 Ascoli (P, C) 38 26 9 3 73 30 +43 61 Promotion to Serie A
2 Catanzaro (P) 38 16 12 10 50 41 +9 44
3 Avellino (P) 38 15 14 9 34 29 +5 44
4 Monza 38 14 14 10 36 29 +7 42
5 Ternana 38 14 14 10 34 27 +7 42
6 Palermo 38 12 16 10 42 36 +6 40
7 Lecce 38 12 15 11 27 26 +1 39
8 Sampdoria 38 12 14 12 41 37 +4 38
9 Cesena 38 11 16 11 36 33 +3 38
10 Sambenedettese 38 11 16 11 30 28 +2 38
11 Taranto 38 10 18 10 31 38 −7 38
12 Cagliari 38 12 13 13 52 47 +5 37
13 Bari 38 12 13 13 38 42 −4 37
14 Brescia 38 9 17 12 35 40 −5 35
15 Varese 38 10 15 13 34 44 −10 35
16 Pistoiese 38 12 10 16 33 40 −7 34
17 Rimini 38 9 16 13 31 39 −8 34
18 Cremonese (R) 38 9 15 14 34 38 −4 33 Relegation to Serie C1
19 Como (R) 38 8 15 15 25 37 −12 31
20 Modena (R) 38 6 8 24 24 59 −35 20
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ASC AVE BAR BRE CAG CTZ CES COM CRE LCE MOD MON PAL PST RIM SBN SAM TAR TER VAR
Ascoli 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 5–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 4–1
Avellino 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1
Bari 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0
Brescia 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
Cagliari 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–4 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 2–2 1–2 4–3
Catanzaro 1–2 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Cesena 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–0
Como 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1
Cremonese 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–0
Lecce 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2
Modena 2–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–4
Monza 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–1
Palermo 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0
Pistoiese 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2
Rimini 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–1
Sambenedettese 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 5–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Sampdoria 3–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–0
Taranto 1–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0
Ternana 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1
Varese 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1
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.

References and sources

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