# 1981–82 Serie B

The Serie B 1981–82 was the fiftieth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Reggiana, Cremonese, Cavese and Sambenedettese had been promoted from Serie C, while Brescia, Perugia and Pistoiese had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Verona (P, C) | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 48 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Sampdoria (P) | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 47 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Pisa (P) | 38 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 47 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Varese | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 45 | |
| 5 | Bari | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 45 | |
| 6 | Perugia | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 42 | |
| 7 | Palermo | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 42 | |
| 8 | Sambenedettese | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 38 | |
| 9 | Catania | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 38 | |
| 10 | Cremonese | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 37 | |
| 11 | Lazio | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 37 | |
| 12 | Reggiana | 38 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 37 | |
| 13 | Lecce | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 37 | |
| 14 | Foggia | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 36 | |
| 15 | Pistoiese | 38 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 36 | |
| 16 | Cavese | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 36 | |
| 17 | Rimini (R) | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 36 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 18 | Brescia (R) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | S.P.A.L. (R) | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 28 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Pescara (R) | 38 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 20 | 57 | −37 | 17 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
* ↑ Rimini relegated for worst head-to-head results against Foggia, Cavese and Pistoiese.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BRE | CAT | CAV | CRE | FOG | LAZ | LEC | PAL | PER | PES | PSA | PST | REG | RIM | SMB | SMP | SPA | VAR | VER |
| Bari | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Brescia | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Catania | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Cavese | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Cremonese | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–5 |
| Foggia | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Lazio | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Lecce | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Palermo | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Perugia | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Pescara | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Pisa | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Pistoiese | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Reggiana | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Rimini | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Samb. | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Sampdoria | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Spal | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Varese | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Verona | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — |

## References and sources

* ↑ FOG 8 pts, PST 6 pts, CAV 5 pts, RMN 3 pts.
* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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