1938–39 Serie B

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Serie B
Season1938–39
ChampionsFiorentina
2nd title
Verona
Vigevano
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Serie B 1938-39 team distribution

The Serie B 1938–39 was the tenth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Alessandria had been relegated from Serie A
.

Events

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

The

goal average substituted the tie-breaker in event of equal points, to save time considering the risk of war. This change greatly helped Venezia
.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Fiorentina (P, C) 34 16 13 5 62 30 2.067 45 Promotion to Serie A[a]
2
Venezia
(P) 		34 16 11 7 39 23 1.696 43
3
Atalanta
 34 15 13 6 43 26 1.654 43
4
Siena
 34 17 8 9 43 35 1.229 42
5
Verona
 34 16 8 10 46 36 1.278 40
6
Pro Vercelli
 34 14 9 11 50 44 1.136 37
7
Palermo
 34 13 10 11 35 34 1.029 36
8
Alessandria
 34 14 7 13 57 43 1.326 35
9 Padova 34 15 5 14 56 51 1.098 35
10
Fanfulla
 34 12 10 12 39 32 1.219 34
11
Sanremese
 34 14 6 14 41 45 0.911 34
12
Anconitana
 34 13 7 14 50 44 1.136 33
13
Pisa
 34 13 7 14 52 46 1.130 33
14 Vigevano 34 11 11 12 43 48 0.896 33
15 Spezia (R) 34 12 7 15 43 50 0.860 31 Relegation to Serie C
16
S.P.A.L.
(R) 		34 10 6 18 37 55 0.673 26
17
Salernitana
(R) 		34 10 3 21 40 58 0.690 23
18
Casale
(R) 		34 2 5 27 12 88 0.136 9
Source:
goal average officially used in event of equal points
.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. goal average
    .

Results

Home \ Away
ALE
ANC
ATA
CSL
FAN
 FIO PAD
PAL
PIS
PVE
SAL
SNR
SIE
SPA
 SPE
VEN
HEL
 VIG
Alessandria
 4–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–1
Anconitana
 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 6–1 2–0 4–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0
Atalanta
 2–1 1–1 6–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
Casale
 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–3
Fanfulla
 1–3 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 5–0
Fiorentina 4–1 2–0 0–3 3–0 4–0 3–1 7–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 3–0 1–1
Padova 5–1 4–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 2–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 3–2
Palermo
 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 4–0 0–0
Pisa
 4–2 3–2 1–1 8–0 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0
Pro Vercelli
 0–1 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 1–1
Salernitana
 3–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–3 7–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–4 2–1
Sanremese
 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 4–1 3–1
Siena
 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
SPAL
 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–4 0–0 3–3 3–2
Spezia 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–3 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1
Venezia
 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1
Hellas Verona
 1–0 0–0 2–0 7–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–2
Vigevano 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–3 0–0 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.

References and sources

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