# 1979–80 Serie B

The Serie B 1979–80 was the forty-eighth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Como, Parma, Matera and Pisa had been promoted from Serie C, while Vicenza, Hellas Verona and Atalanta had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Como (P, C) | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 48 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Pistoiese (P) | 38 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 46 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Brescia (P) | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 45 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Cesena | 38 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 43 | |
| 5 | Lanerossi Vicenza | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 42 | |
| 5 | Monza | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 42 | |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 41 | |
| 8 | S.P.A.L. | 38 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 39 | |
| 9 | Atalanta | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 38 | |
| 9 | Palermo | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 38 | |
| 9 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 38 | |
| 9 | Bari | 38 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 38 | |
| 13 | Verona | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 37 | |
| 14 | Pisa | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 36 | |
| 14 | Lecce | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 36 | |
| 16 | Taranto | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 35 | |
| 17 | Sambenedettese (R) | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 34 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 18 | Ternana (R) | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Parma (R) | 38 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 27 | 49 | −22 | 27 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Matera (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 26 | Relegation to Serie C1 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BAR | BRE | CES | COM | GEN | LRV | LEC | MAT | MON | PAL | PAR | PSA | PST | SMB | SMP | SPA | TAR | TER | VER |
| Atalanta | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Bari | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Brescia | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Cesena | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Como | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Genoa | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| L.R. Vicenza | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Lecce | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Matera | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Monza | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Palermo | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Parma | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Pisa | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Pistoiese | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Samb. | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Sampdoria | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Spal | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Taranto | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Ternana | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Verona | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |

## References and sources

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