# 1972–73 Serie B

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

## Teams

Lecco, Ascoli and Brindisi had been promoted from Serie C, while Catanzaro, Mantova and Varese had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| 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 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Foggia (P) | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 49 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 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 |
| 19 | Monza (R) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 20 | Lecco (R) | 38 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 40 | −21 | 25 | Relegation to Serie C |
* ↑ Mantova and Monza relegated for goal difference.

## Results

| 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 | |

## References and sources

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