# 1965–66 Serie B

The Serie B 1965–66 was the thirty-fourth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Novara, Pisa and Reggina had been promoted from Serie C, while Genoa, Messina and Mantova had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Venezia (P, C) | 38 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 1.559 | 49 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Lecco (P) | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 43 | 26 | 1.654 | 48 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Mantova (P) | 38 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 45 | 26 | 1.731 | 46 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Reggina | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 46 | 32 | 1.438 | 45 | |
| 5 | Genoa | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 44 | 35 | 1.257 | 44 | |
| 6 | Verona | 38 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 1.094 | 40 | |
| 7 | Livorno | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 32 | 1.031 | 38 | |
| 7 | Messina | 38 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 0.931 | 38 | |
| 9 | Padova | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 42 | 1.071 | 37 | |
| 10 | Catanzaro | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 38 | 40 | 0.950 | 36 | |
| 10 | Potenza | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 40 | 0.925 | 36 | |
| 10 | Novara | 38 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 31 | 42 | 0.738 | 36 | |
| 13 | Modena | 38 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 32 | 32 | 1.000 | 35 | |
| 13 | Alessandria | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 37 | 0.703 | 35 | |
| 15 | Palermo | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 1.000 | 34 | |
| 15 | Reggiana | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 32 | 39 | 0.821 | 34 | |
| 15 | Pisa | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 37 | 0.811 | 34 | |
| 18 | Pro Patria (R) | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 50 | 0.760 | 33 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 19 | Monza (R) | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 45 | 0.711 | 32 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 20 | Trani (R) | 38 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 0.646 | 30 | Relegation to Serie C |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALE | CTZ | GEN | LCO | LIV | MAN | MES | MOD | MON | NOV | PAD | PAL | PIS | POT | PPA | REA | REG | TRN | VEN | HEL |
| Alessandria | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Catanzaro | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Genoa | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Lecco | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Livorno | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Mantova | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Messina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Modena | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Monza | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Novara | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Padova | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Palermo | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Pisa | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Potenza | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Pro Patria | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Reggiana | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Reggina | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Trani | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Venezia | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |

## References and sources

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