# 1970–71 Serie B

The Serie B 1970–71 was the thirty-ninth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Novara, Massese and Casertana had been promoted from Serie C, while Brescia, Palermo and Bari had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Mantova (P, C) | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 48 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Atalanta (P) | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 47 | Serie A after tie-breaker |
| 3 | Catanzaro (P) | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 47 | Serie A after tie-breaker |
| 4 | Bari | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 47 | Promotion tie-breaker |
| 5 | Brescia | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 46 | |
| 6 | Perugia | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 42 | |
| 7 | Arezzo | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 39 | |
| 8 | Reggina | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 38 | |
| 9 | Modena | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 38 | |
| 10 | Como | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 38 | |
| 11 | Novara | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 37 | |
| 12 | Ternana | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 37 | |
| 13 | Palermo | 38 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 37 | |
| 14 | Livorno | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 36 | |
| 15 | Monza | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 35 | |
| 16 | Cesena | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 33 | |
| 17 | Taranto | 38 | 6 | 20 | 12 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 32 | |
| 18 | Pisa (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 32 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 19 | Casertana (R) | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 27 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 20 | Massese (R) | 38 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 43 | −23 | 22 | Relegation to Serie C |
* ↑ 2 points deducted.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARE | ATA | BAR | BRE | CST | CTZ | CES | COM | LIV | MAN | MAS | MOD | MON | NOV | PAL | PER | PIS | REG | TAR | TER |
| Arezzo | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Atalanta | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Bari | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Brescia | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Casertana | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Catanzaro | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Cesena | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Como | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Livorno | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Mantova | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Massese | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Modena | 2–0 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 |
| Monza | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Novara | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Palermo | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Perugia | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Pisa | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Reggina | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Taranto | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Ternana | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | |

## Promotion tie-breaker

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Atalanta | 2-0 | Bari |
| Atalanta | 1-0 | Catanzaro |
| Bari | 0-1 | Catanzaro |
Atalanta and Catanzaro promoted to Serie A.

## References and sources

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