The Serie B 1972–73 was the forty-first tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B
1972–73 Genoa squad
Season1972–73
ChampionsGenoa
4th title

Teams

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Lecco, Ascoli and Brindisi had been promoted from Serie C, while Catanzaro, Mantova and Varese 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 Genoa (P, C) 38 20 13 5 47 26 +21 53 Promotion to Serie A
2 Cesena (P) 38 17 15 6 36 21 +15 49
3 Foggia (P) 38 19 11 8 37 25 +12 49
4 Ascoli 38 20 8 10 45 31 +14 48
5 Catania 38 14 15 9 29 20 +9 43
6 Varese 38 13 16 9 30 26 +4 42
7 Brindisi 38 12 17 9 32 24 +8 41
8 Catanzaro 38 12 15 11 38 27 +11 39
9 Novara 38 13 12 13 37 37 0 38
10 Reggiana 38 11 15 12 31 31 0 37
11 Como 38 11 14 13 31 33 −2 36
12 Bari 38 10 16 12 29 33 −4 36
13 Arezzo 38 9 16 13 24 29 −5 34
14 Perugia 38 11 11 16 29 34 −5 33
15 Taranto 38 8 17 13 29 39 −10 33
16 Reggina 38 6 19 13 18 26 −8 31
17 Brescia 38 7 17 14 26 37 −11 31
18 Mantova (R) 38 8 15 15 19 32 −13 31 Relegation to Serie C[a]
19 Monza (R) 38 8 15 15 24 39 −15 31
20 Lecco (R) 38 5 15 18 19 40 −21 25
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Mantova and Monza relegated for goal difference.

Results

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Home \ Away ARE ASC BAR BRE BRI CTN CTZ CES COM FOG GEN LCO MAN MON NOV PER REA REG TAR VAR
Arezzo 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Ascoli 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1
Bari 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–0
Brescia 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Brindisi 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Catania 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
Catanzaro 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–0
Cesena 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Como 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–2 1–1
Foggia 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
Genoa 1–0 6–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–2
Lecco 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
Mantova 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
Monza 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–1
Novara 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 5–3 4–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2
Perugia 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2
Reggiana 2–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–0
Reggina 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
Taranto 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0
Varese 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1
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