1977–78 Serie B

49th season of second-tier football league in Italy

Football league season

Serie B
Season	1977–78
Champions	Ascoli 1st title
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

1977–78 Serie B is located in Italy

Ascoli

Avellino

Bari

Brescia

Cagliari

Catanzaro

Cesena

Como

Cremonese

Lecce

Modena

Monza

Palermo

Pistoiese

Rimini

Sambenedettese

Sampdoria

Taranto

Ternana

Varese

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Serie B 1977-78 team distribution

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

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
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

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1945–46 special postwar season: Serie A-B in Southern Italy

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1977–78 in Italian football

Domestic leagues	Serie A Serie B Serie C
Domestic cups	Coppa Italia Final
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Serie A	Catanzaro Juventus Milan

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