1936–37 Serie B

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The Serie B 1936–37 was the eighth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B
Season1936–37
ChampionsLivorno
2nd title

Teams

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Cremonese, Venezia, Spezia and Catanzaro had been promoted from Serie C, while Palermo and Brescia had been relegated from Serie A.

Events

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Four teams were relegated following the reform of the Serie C and in order to expand the number of participants to seventeen.

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Livorno (P, C) 30 17 8 5 66 20 3.300 42 Promotion to Serie A
2 Atalanta (P) 30 14 11 5 48 25 1.920 39
3 Modena 30 12 11 7 46 33 1.394 35
4 Spezia 30 10 14 6 35 23 1.522 34
5 Pisa 30 13 7 10 40 36 1.111 33
5 Cremonese 30 13 7 10 40 42 0.952 33
7 Palermo 30 9 12 9 43 32 1.344 30
7 Brescia 30 10 10 10 33 34 0.971 30
9 Verona 30 8 13 9 33 36 0.917 29
10 Pro Vercelli 30 9 10 11 40 45 0.889 28 Relegation tie-breaker
11 Messina 30 11 6 13 39 52 0.750 28
12 Venezia 30 9 10 11 35 35 1.000 28
13 Catania (R) 30 9 10 11 35 42 0.833 28 Serie C after tie-breaker
14 L'Aquila (R) 30 8 8 14 36 51 0.706 24 Relegation to Serie C
15 Catanzarese (R, E, R) 30 8 8 14 32 56 0.571 24 Revival in First Division[a]
16 Viareggio[b] (R) 30 5 5 20 21 60 0.350 14 Relegation to Serie C
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Catanzarese was unable to retain their professional status in summer 1937 and the FIGC disbanded the first team. The club continued in the Calabrian Championship with its reserve amatorial team, until the war break in 1939.
  2. ^ 1 point deducted.

Results

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Home \ Away ATA BRE CTN CTZ CRE LAQ LIV MES MOD PAL PIS PVE SPE VEN HEL VIA
Atalanta 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 6–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 4–1 0–0 2–0
Brescia 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 5–1
Catania 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 4–2 0–3 5–0 1–1 1–0
Catanzarese 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–4 0–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1
Cremonese 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 6–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–2
L'Aquila 1–1 5–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–5 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–2
Livorno 0–1 2–0 4–1 5–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 4–1 3–1 6–0 3–0
Messina 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 3–0 2–1 4–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–4 1–1 2–1 1–0
Modena 1–0 1–0 5–0 4–0 0–0 6–1 1–5 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–0
Palermo 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 8–2
Pisa 2–0 3–1 1–3 5–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–1
Pro Vercelli 2–3 0–0 2–1 6–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1
Spezia 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–0
Venezia 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0
Hellas Verona 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1
Viareggio 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0
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.

Relegation tie-breaker

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Classification

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Team Pts
1. Catania 6
1. Messina 6
1. Pro Vercelli 6
1. Venezia 6

Results

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Home \ Away CTN MES PVE VEN
Catania 2–1 3–1 2–1
Messina 4–3 3–0 2–1
Pro Vercelli 6–2 5–3 3–2
Venezia 4–0 3–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 January 2009. 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.

Since all the sides finished the play-off at 6 points, a tie-breaker was needed.

Tie-breaker

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Semifinal North played in Brescia on July 4:
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pro Vercelli 3-2 Venezia
Semifinal South played in Palermo on July 4:
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Messina 2-0 Catania
Final played in Rome on July 11:
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Venezia 4-0 Catania

Calcio Catania were relegated to Serie C.

See also

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References and sources

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