# 1973–74 Serie B

The Serie B 1973–74 was the forty-second tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Parma, SPAL and Avellino had been promoted from Serie C, while Atalanta, Palermo and Ternana had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Varese (P, C) | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 51 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Ascoli (P) | 38 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 51 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Ternana (P) | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 50 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Como | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 46 | |
| 5 | Parma | 38 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 39 | |
| 6 | Taranto | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 39 | |
| 7 | Palermo | 38 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 39 | |
| 8 | Novara | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 38 | |
| 9 | S.P.A.L. | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 38 | |
| 10 | Arezzo | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 37 | |
| 11 | Atalanta | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 36 | |
| 12 | Brescia | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 36 | |
| 13 | Catanzaro | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 35 | |
| 14 | Avellino | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 35 | |
| 15 | Perugia | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 34 | |
| 16 | Reggiana | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 34 | |
| 17 | Brindisi | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 34 | |
| 18 | Reggina (R) | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 34 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 19 | Bari (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 28 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 20 | Catania (R) | 38 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 26 | Relegation to Serie C |
* ↑ Reggina relegated for goal difference.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARE | ASC | ATA | AVE | BAR | BRE | BRI | CTN | CTZ | COM | NOV | PAL | PAR | PER | REA | REG | SPA | TAR | TER | VAR |
| Arezzo | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Ascoli | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Atalanta | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Avellino | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Bari | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Brescia | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Brindisi | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Catania | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Catanzaro | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Como | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Novara | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Palermo | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Parma | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Perugia | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Reggiana | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Reggina | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| SPAL | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Taranto | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 3–3 |
| Ternana | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Varese | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |

## References and sources

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