1978–79 Serie B

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Serie B
Season1978–79
Champions Udinese
3rd title
1979–80

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

Contents

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Udinese (P, C)38211345222+3055Promotion to Serie A
2 Cagliari (P)38161754624+2249
3 Pescara (P)38161664427+1748 Serie A after tie-breaker
4 Monza 38161663920+1948 Promotion tie-breaker
5 Pistoiese 38151493828+1044
6 Lecce 38141593333043
7 Palermo 38111983834+441
8 Brescia 381117104141039
9 Sampdoria 38918113739236
10 Ternana 38820103339636
11 Sambenedettese 38918113542736
12 Genoa 381113143435135
13 Cesena 38917122729235
14 S.P.A.L. 38917123437335
15 Taranto 38721102530535
16 Bari 3862392936735
17 Foggia (R)38817133945633Relegation to Serie C1
18 Nocerina (R)388131724391529
19 Rimini (R)383181717392224
20 Varese (R)386122029552624
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 1–02–21–11–11–02–20–00–01–00–01–10–02–01–00–03–30–01–21–0
Brescia 1–13–11–14–31–03–10–12–12–11–10–02–10–02–11–10–01–02–21–0
Cagliari 2–02–20–10–02–15–10–11–02–21–12–01–02–13–00–02–02–01–02–0
Cesena 0–03–10–02–00–00–10–01–11–00–11–11–00–00–01–21–12–01–11–0
Foggia 3–11–10–20–01–12–01–13–01–11–21–21–12–33–12–11–11–10–01–0
Genoa 0–00–11–14–21–11–11–00–02–30–02–01–02–00–11–02–10–12–12–0
Lecce 2–12–12–12–01–02–10–02–10–22–20–01–02–01–21–00–00–01–02–1
Monza 1–11–00–13–01–01–10–13–01–11–12–13–01–02–02–02–00–01–02–0
Nocerina 1–02–01–12–10–11–00–00–21–10–11–02–01–21–01–10–01–10–02–0
Palermo 1–10–00–01–02–11–00–02–01–01–11–01–02–21–12–11–13–10–10–1
Pescara 2–10–00–00–04–11–11–01–02–11–13–02–03–11–10–02–02–10–22–0
Pistoiese 3–01–11–01–02–01–01–11–21–02–22–13–12–00–04–01–02–00–12–1
Rimini 0–01–01–20–02–21–10–00–00–00–00–00–01–00–20–02–11–21–31–1
Samb. 1–13–21–12–11–11–10–00–03–02–01–00–01–12–21–11–00–01–13–1
Sampdoria 2–02–00–00–11–00–20–01–10–03–13–20–01–10–00–00–03–31–12–0
Spal 0–02–11–11–00–10–12–00–03–21–11–21–11–14–03–20–21–11–13–0
Taranto 1–00–00–01–00–01–11–10–01–00–00–10–00–02–00–01–01–10–13–2
Ternana 2–20–01–10–01–14–11–03–11–02–20–01–11–00–02–11–11–10–10–1
Udinese 1–11–10–01–12–02–01–01–13–01–01–02–02–01–03–22–03–14–01–0
Varese 1–13–30–20–31–11–01–12–21–10–02–10–11–02–22–20–11–11–02–2
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 Flag of Italy.svg 0-2 Flag of Italy.svg Pescara

Pescara promoted to Serie A.

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Cagliari25,048
2Bari20,089
3Pescara19,794
4Genoa19,709
5Udinese18,085
6Palermo15,429
7Sampdoria13,348
8Foggia12,741
9Taranto11,179
10Lecce11,057
11SPAL11,043
12Pistoiese10,010
13Brescia9,802
14Ternana9,607
15Cesena8,366
16Nocerina7,569
17Sambenedettese7,238
18Rimini6,148
19Monza5,630
20Varese3,588

Source: [1]

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