# 1939–40 Serie B

The Serie B 1939–40 was the eleventh tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Brescia, Udinese, Molinella and Catania had been promoted from Serie C, while Livorno and Lucchese had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Atalanta (P, C) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 31 | 2.000 | 47 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Livorno (P) | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 84 | 35 | 2.400 | 46 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Lucchese | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 45 | 1.400 | 44 | |
| 4 | Anconitana | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 34 | 1.588 | 41 | |
| 5 | Siena | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 34 | 1.441 | 40 | |
| 6 | Brescia | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 39 | 1.385 | 40 | |
| 7 | Alessandria | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 41 | 1.439 | 38 | |
| 8 | Padova | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 69 | 57 | 1.211 | 37 | |
| 9 | Pro Vercelli | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 62 | 67 | 0.925 | 34 | |
| 10 | Udinese | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 60 | 57 | 1.053 | 33 | |
| 11 | Fanfulla | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 44 | 1.023 | 32 | |
| 12 | Pisa | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 62 | 0.871 | 31 | |
| 13 | Verona | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 0.732 | 31 | |
| 14 | Palermo (E, R, R) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 69 | 0.565 | 29 | Revival in First Division |
| 15 | Molinella (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 62 | 0.677 | 26 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 16 | Vigevano (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 70 | 0.629 | 23 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 17 | Sanremese (R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 0.450 | 21 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 18 | Catania (R) | 34 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 69 | 0.348 | 19 | Relegation to Serie C |
* ↑ Palermo was unable to retain their professional status in summer 1940 and the FIGC disbanded the first team. The club continued in the Sicilian Championship with its reserve amatorial team, then it merged with city-mate Juventina to return in Serie C in 1941. The FIGC then fastly decided with its fascist powers that Molinella was too poor to be restored in B.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALE | ANC | ATA | BRE | CTN | FAN | LIV | LUC | MOL | PAD | PAL | PIS | PVE | SNR | SIE | UDI | HEL | VIG |
| Alessandria | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Anconitana | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Atalanta | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Brescia | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Catania | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Fanfulla | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Livorno | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 7–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Lucchese | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 |
| Molinella | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Padova | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | | 6–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 |
| Palermo | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Pisa | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Pro Vercelli | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 |
| Sanremese | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Siena | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 |
| Udinese | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 6–3 | 1–2 |
| Hellas Verona | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| Vigevano | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 1–2 | |

## References and sources

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