# 1938–39 Serie B

The Serie B 1938–39 was the tenth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Casale, Fanfulla, SPAL, Siena and Salernitana had been promoted from Serie C, while Novara and Alessandria had been relegated from Serie A.

## Events

The league was expanded to eighteen clubs to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy.
The goal average substituted the tie-breaker in event of equal points, to save time considering the risk of war. This change greatly helped Venezia.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Fiorentina (P, C) | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 62 | 30 | 2.067 | 45 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Venezia (P) | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 23 | 1.696 | 43 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Atalanta | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 1.654 | 43 | |
| 4 | Siena | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 35 | 1.229 | 42 | |
| 5 | Verona | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 36 | 1.278 | 40 | |
| 6 | Pro Vercelli | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 44 | 1.136 | 37 | |
| 7 | Palermo | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 1.029 | 36 | |
| 8 | Alessandria | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 43 | 1.326 | 35 | |
| 9 | Padova | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 56 | 51 | 1.098 | 35 | |
| 10 | Fanfulla | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 32 | 1.219 | 34 | |
| 11 | Sanremese | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 45 | 0.911 | 34 | |
| 12 | Anconitana | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 44 | 1.136 | 33 | |
| 13 | Pisa | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 52 | 46 | 1.130 | 33 | |
| 14 | Vigevano | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 48 | 0.896 | 33 | |
| 15 | Spezia (R) | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 50 | 0.860 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 16 | S.P.A.L. (R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 55 | 0.673 | 26 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 17 | Salernitana (R) | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 40 | 58 | 0.690 | 23 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 18 | Casale (R) | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 12 | 88 | 0.136 | 9 | Relegation to Serie C |
* ↑ Venezia promoted on goal average.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALE | ANC | ATA | CSL | FAN | FIO | PAD | PAL | PIS | PVE | SAL | SNR | SIE | SPA | SPE | VEN | HEL | VIG |
| Alessandria | | 4–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| Anconitana | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Atalanta | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Casale | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Fanfulla | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Fiorentina | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Padova | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Palermo | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Pisa | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 8–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Pro Vercelli | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Salernitana | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 7–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 |
| Sanremese | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Siena | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| SPAL | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| Spezia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Venezia | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 4–2 |
| Vigevano | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |

## References and sources

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