1937–38 Serie B
11th season of second-tier football league in Italy
Football league season
| Season | 1937–38 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Novara 2nd title |
← 1936–37 1938–39 → | |
Anconitana
Brescia
Cremonese
Modena
Novara
Padova
Pisa
Spezia
Taranto
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Serie B 1937-38 team distributionThe Serie B 1937–38 was the ninth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.
Teams
Sanremese, Vigevano, Padova, Anconitana and Taranto had been promoted from Serie C, while Novara and Alessandria had been relegated from Serie A.
Events
The league was expanded to seventeen clubs to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy.
Final classification
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novara (P, C) | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 57 | 23 | 2.478 | 43 | Serie A after tie-breaker |
| 1 | Modena (P) | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 32 | 1.688 | 43 | |
| 3 | Alessandria | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 62 | 34 | 1.824 | 43 | Promotion tie-breaker |
| 4 | Padova | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 33 | 1.485 | 40 | |
| 5 | Anconitana | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 31 | 1.419 | 38 | |
| 6 | Pisa | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 51 | 1.059 | 37 | |
| 7 | Palermo | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 46 | 43 | 1.070 | 35 | |
| 7 | Venezia | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 47 | 1.043 | 35 | |
| 9 | Sanremese | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 37 | 1.135 | 34 | |
| 10 | Verona | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 31 | 1.194 | 33 | |
| 11 | Pro Vercelli | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 40 | 1.350 | 32 | |
| 12 | Vigevano | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 39 | 0.846 | 30 | |
| 13 | Spezia | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 47 | 0.723 | 26 | |
| 14 | Brescia (R) | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 47 | 0.638 | 21 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 14 | Cremonese (R) | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 50 | 0.560 | 21 | |
| 16 | Taranto (R) | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 64 | 0.375 | 18 | |
| 17 | Messina[a] (R) | 32 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 75 | 0.360 | 14 |
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ 1 point deducted.
Results
| Home \ Away | ALE | ANC | BRE | CRE | MES | MOD | NOV | PAD | PAL | PIS | PVE | SNR | SPE | TAR | VEN | HEL | VIG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandria | 2–2 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Anconitana | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Brescia | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–1 | |
| Cremonese | 1–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Messina | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Modena | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
| Novara | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
| Padova | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 7–2 | |
| Palermo | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 7–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Pisa | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |
| Pro Vercelli | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 9–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Sanremese | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Spezia | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| Taranto | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Venezia | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| Hellas Verona | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Vigevano | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 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.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion tie-breaker
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Alessandria | 0–3 | Modena |
| Alessandria | 2–3 | Novara |
The match Modena-Novara was not played because it wouldn't have influenced the verdict. Modena and Novara were both awarded champions and promoted to Serie A.
References and sources
- Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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