1948–49 Serie B

20th season of second-tier football league in Italy
Football league season
Serie B
Season1948–49
ChampionsComo
1st title
← 1947–48
1949–50 →
1948–49 Serie B is located in Italy
Arsenaltaranto
Arsenaltaranto
Brescia Verona
Brescia
Verona
Cremon.
Cremon.
Empoli
Empoli
Lecce
Lecce
Legnano P. Sesto
Legnano
P. Sesto
Parma
Parma
Pescara
Pescara
Pisa
Pisa
1948–49 Serie B
Reggiana
Reggiana
1948–49 Serie B
1948–49 Serie B
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Serie B 1948-49 team distribution

The Serie B 1948–49 was the seventeenth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Salernitana, Alessandria, Vicenza and Napoli had been relegated from Serie A.

Events

Pre-war regulations were restored.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Como (P, C) 42 25 10 7 83 39 2.128 60 Promotion to Serie A
2 Venezia (P) 42 21 10 11 69 44 1.568 52
3 Vicenza 42 21 9 12 69 48 1.438 51
4 Salernitana 42 21 5 16 75 64 1.172 47
5 Brescia 42 17 11 14 61 50 1.220 45
5 Napoli 42 17 11 14 43 40 1.075 45
7 Pro Sesto 42 18 8 16 61 51 1.196 44
8 Legnano 42 17 8 17 73 66 1.106 42
8 Pisa 42 17 8 17 63 58 1.086 42
10 S.P.A.L. 42 16 9 17 72 57 1.263 41
11 Alessandria 42 17 6 19 70 54 1.296 40
11 Verona 42 16 8 18 62 73 0.849 40
11 Siracusa 42 17 6 19 55 70 0.786 40
11 ArsenalTaranto 42 18 4 20 56 72 0.778 40
11 Cremonese 42 16 8 18 60 78 0.769 40
16 Reggiana 42 18 3 21 56 56 1.000 39
17 Empoli 42 15 8 19 53 76 0.697 38
18 Spezia 42 12 13 17 49 63 0.778 37 Relegation tie-breaker
19 Parma (R) 42 12 13 17 42 59 0.712 37 Serie C after tie-breaker
20 Lecce (R) 42 14 8 20 57 68 0.838 36 Relegation to Serie C
21 Seregno (R) 42 11 12 19 51 72 0.708 34
22 Pescara (R) 42 11 12 19 49 71 0.690 34
Source: Panini
Rules for classification: Note: goal difference was not used in Italy before 1960. Goal average was used instead.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ALE ARS BRE COM CRE EMP LCE LEG NAP PAR PES PIS PSE REA SAL SER SIR SPA SPE VEN HEL VIC
Alessandria 9–0 1–4 0–3 5–0 5–3 4–0 3–2 3–0 2–2 3–1 0–2 0–2 4–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 0–0
ArsenalTaranto 2–1 3–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 6–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0
Brescia 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
Como 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
Cremonese 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 3–1 3–2 1–2 0–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 6–3 0–1 3–2 3–1 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0
Empoli 1–0 2–1 3–3 0–0 2–0 4–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 4–3 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–0
Lecce 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 6–0 3–1 1–0 4–0 5–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–1
Legnano 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 4–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 0–1 2–2 5–2 3–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–0
Napoli 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
Parma 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 4–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Pescara 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 7–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–0
Pisa 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 6–2 6–0 5–0 1–0 2–2 1–2
Pro Sesto 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–5 3–1 6–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 6–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
Reggiana 0–2 4–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 2–0
Salernitana 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 6–2 5–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 8–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 4–0
Seregno 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 0–1
Siracusa 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–3 6–2 4–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–1
SPAL 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 4–1 3–0 0–0 6–2 1–0 5–0 7–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 8–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–3 4–0 5–0
Spezia 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1
Venezia 2–1 6–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 5–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 7–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 2–0
Hellas Verona 4–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–3 5–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 4–3
Vicenza 4–1 4–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 6–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1
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.

Relegation tie-breaker

Played in Milan on July 10:
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Parma 1–4 Spezia

Parma relegated to Serie C.

References and sources

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