# 1942–43 Serie B

The Serie B 1942–43 was the fourteenth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Cremonese, Anconitana, M.A.T.E.R. and Palermo had been promoted from Serie C, while Napoli and Modena had been relegated from Serie A.

## Events

Goal average was abolished.
This was the last championship before a two-years break due to World War II.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Modena (P, C) | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 31 | 2.097 | 45 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Brescia (P) | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 30 | 1.767 | 43 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Napoli | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 27 | 1.704 | 41 | |
| 4 | Pro Patria | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 39 | 25 | 1.560 | 37 | |
| 4 | Pisa (J) | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 37 | 1.216 | 37 | Back to B in 1946 |
| 6 | Spezia | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 34 | 1.618 | 35 | |
| 7 | Cremonese | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 39 | 0.974 | 32 | |
| 8 | Fanfulla | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 46 | 1.304 | 31 | |
| 8 | Pescara | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 50 | 0.880 | 31 | |
| 10 | Padova | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 42 | 1.143 | 30 | |
| 10 | Anconitana | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 58 | 0.776 | 30 | |
| 12 | Alessandria | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 55 | 0.673 | 28 | |
| 12 | M.A.T.E.R. (E) | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 66 | 0.606 | 28 | Disbanded in 1945 |
| 14 | Siena | 32 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 49 | 68 | 0.721 | 27 | |
| 15 | Udinese (T) | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 50 | 53 | 0.943 | 26 | 1943–44 Serie C never played |
| 16 | Novara (T) | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 40 | 0.875 | 25 | 1943–44 Serie C never played |
| 17 | Savona (T) | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 26 | 74 | 0.351 | 18 | 1943–44 Serie C never played |
| 18 | Palermo–Juve (D, T) | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | – | – | — | 17 | Retired |
* ↑ Palermo–Juventina had to retire after 29 played matches because of the American invasion of Sicily. All their matches were voided.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALE | ANC | BRE | CRE | FAN | MAT | MOD | NAP | NOV | PAD | PAL | PES | PIS | PPA | SVN | SIE | SPE | UDI |
| Alessandria | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1-0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Anconitana | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2-0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Brescia | 5–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2-1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Cremonese | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2-0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Fanfulla | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3-1 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| MATER | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1-0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Modena | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Napoli | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3-1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Novara | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3-1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Padova | 7–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0-1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Palermo–Juventina | 2-0 | | 0-0 | | 3-0 | | 1-0 | | | 0-0 | | 1-0 | 1-1 | | | | 0-2 | 2-2 |
| Pescara | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Pisa | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Pro Patria | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1-0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Savona | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2-2 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Siena | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1-2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Spezia | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3-0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 5–0 |
| Udinese | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 9–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1-0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Palermo–Juventina had to retire after 29 days because of the American debarkation in Sicily. All their matches were voided.

## References and sources

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