# 1990–91 Serie B

The Serie B 1990–91 was the fifty-ninth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Modena, Lucchese, Taranto and Salernitana had been promoted from Serie C, while Udinese, Verona, Cremonese and Ascoli had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Foggia (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 51 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Verona (P) | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 45 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Cremonese (P) | 38 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 43 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Ascoli (P) | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 42 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 5 | Padova | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 41 | |
| 6 | Lucchese | 38 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 40 | |
| 7 | Reggiana | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 39 | |
| 8 | Udinese | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 38 | |
| 9 | Brescia | 38 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 37 | |
| 10 | Ancona | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 37 | |
| 11 | Taranto | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 37 | |
| 12 | Messina | 38 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 37 | |
| 13 | Modena | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 36 | |
| 14 | Pescara | 38 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 36 | |
| 15 | Avellino | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 36 | |
| 16 | Cosenza | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 36 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 17 | Salernitana (R) | 38 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 36 | Serie C1 after tie-breaker |
| 18 | Reggina (R) | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 30 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Triestina (R) | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 30 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Barletta (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 28 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
* ↑ 5 points deducted for bribery.
* ↑ Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Modena, Pescara and Avellino.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANC | ASC | AVE | BRL | BRE | COS | CRE | FOG | LUC | MES | MOD | PAD | PES | REA | REG | SAL | TAR | TRI | UDI | HEL |
| Ancona | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Ascoli | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Avellino | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Barletta | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 |
| Brescia | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Cosenza | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Cremonese | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Foggia | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Lucchese | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Messina | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Modena | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Padova | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Pescara | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Reggiana | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 7–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Reggina | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Salernitana | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Taranto | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Triestina | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Udinese | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |

## Relegation tie-breaker

Salernitana relegated to Serie C1.

## References and sources

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