# 1978–79 Serie B

The Serie B 1978–79 was the forty-seventh tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Udinese, SPAL and Nocerina had been promoted from Serie C, while Genoa, Foggia and Pescara had been relegated from Serie A.

## Events

Relegations rose to four following the reform of the Serie C. The winners joined the Mitropa Cup.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Udinese (P, C) | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 55 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Cagliari (P) | 38 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 49 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Pescara (P) | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 48 | Serie A after tie-breaker |
| 4 | Monza | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 48 | Promotion tie-breaker |
| 5 | Pistoiese | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 44 | |
| 6 | Lecce | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 43 | |
| 7 | Palermo | 38 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 41 | |
| 8 | Brescia | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 39 | |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 36 | |
| 10 | Ternana | 38 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 36 | |
| 11 | Sambenedettese | 38 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 36 | |
| 12 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 35 | |
| 13 | Cesena | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 35 | |
| 14 | S.P.A.L. | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 35 | |
| 15 | Taranto | 38 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 35 | |
| 16 | Bari | 38 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 35 | |
| 17 | Foggia (R) | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 33 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 18 | Nocerina (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 29 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Rimini (R) | 38 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 24 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Varese (R) | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 24 | Relegation to Serie C1 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BRE | CAG | CES | FOG | GEN | LEC | MON | NOC | PAL | PES | PIS | RIM | SMB | SMP | SPA | TAR | TER | UDI | VAR |
| Bari | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Brescia | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Cagliari | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Cesena | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Foggia | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Genoa | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Lecce | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Monza | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Nocerina | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Palermo | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Pescara | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Pistoiese | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Rimini | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Samb. | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Sampdoria | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Spal | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Taranto | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Ternana | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Udinese | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Varese | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — |

## Promotion tie-breaker

Played in Bologna on July 1st
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Monza | 0-2 | Pescara |
Pescara promoted to Serie A.

## References and sources

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