# 1977–78 Serie B

The Serie B 1977–78 was the forty-sixth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Cremonese, Pistoiese and Bari had been promoted from Serie C, while Sampdoria, Catanzaro and Cesena had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ascoli (P, C) | 38 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 73 | 30 | +43 | 61 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Catanzaro (P) | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 44 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Avellino (P) | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 44 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Monza | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 42 | |
| 5 | Ternana | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 42 | |
| 6 | Palermo | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 40 | |
| 7 | Lecce | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 39 | |
| 8 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 38 | |
| 9 | Cesena | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 38 | |
| 10 | Sambenedettese | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 38 | |
| 11 | Taranto | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 38 | |
| 12 | Cagliari | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 37 | |
| 13 | Bari | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 37 | |
| 14 | Brescia | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 35 | |
| 15 | Varese | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 35 | |
| 16 | Pistoiese | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 34 | |
| 17 | Rimini | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 34 | |
| 18 | Cremonese (R) | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 33 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Como (R) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Modena (R) | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 20 | Relegation to Serie C1 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASC | AVE | BAR | BRE | CAG | CTZ | CES | COM | CRE | LCE | MOD | MON | PAL | PST | RIM | SBN | SAM | TAR | TER | VAR |
| Ascoli | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Avellino | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Bari | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Brescia | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Cagliari | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| Catanzaro | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Cesena | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Como | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Cremonese | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Lecce | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Modena | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Monza | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Palermo | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Pistoiese | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Rimini | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Sambenedettese | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Sampdoria | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Taranto | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Ternana | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Varese | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |

## References and sources

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