# 1959–60 Serie B

The Serie B 1959–60 was the twenty-eighth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Mantova and Catanzaro had been promoted from Serie C, while Triestina and Torino had been relegated from Serie A.

## Events

Consequently, to the reform of the professional football in Italy following the Belfast Disaster, the first-ever elimination of the Italy football team into the World Cup Qualifiers, both a third promotion and relegation was introduced.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Torino (P, C) | 38 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 2.095 | 51 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Lecco (P) | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 51 | 28 | 1.821 | 50 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Catania (P) | 38 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 55 | 38 | 1.447 | 47 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Triestina | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 1.531 | 46 | |
| 5 | Reggiana | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 50 | 1.020 | 39 | |
| 5 | Ozo Mantova | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 38 | 1.105 | 39 | |
| 7 | Brescia | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 0.921 | 38 | |
| 8 | Verona | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 45 | 1.089 | 37 | |
| 8 | Como | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 48 | 1.063 | 37 | |
| 8 | Catanzaro | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 1.025 | 37 | |
| 8 | Marzotto | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 40 | 0.925 | 37 | |
| 8 | Messina | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 38 | 0.921 | 37 | |
| 13 | Novara | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 40 | 0.950 | 35 | |
| 14 | Sambenedettese | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 47 | 0.809 | 34 | |
| 14 | Parma | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 50 | 0.760 | 34 | |
| 16 | Simmenthal-Monza | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 53 | 0.868 | 33 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 17 | Venezia | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 42 | 0.810 | 33 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 18 | Taranto (R) | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 48 | 0.688 | 33 | Serie C after tie-breaker |
| 19 | Modena (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 51 | 0.745 | 32 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 20 | Cagliari (R) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 54 | 0.667 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BRE | CAG | CTN | CTZ | COM | LCO | MAR | MES | MOD | NOV | OZO | PAR | REA | SBN | SMN | TAR | TOR | TRI | VEN | HEL |
| Brescia | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Cagliari | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Catania | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Catanzaro | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Como | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Lecco | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Marzotto | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Messina | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Modena | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Novara | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Ozo Mantova | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Parma | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Reggiana | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Sambenedettese | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Simm.-Monza | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Taranto | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Torino | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Triestina | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Venezia | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |

## Relegation tie-breaker

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Simmenthal-Monza | 0-0 | Taranto |
| Simmenthal-Monza | 2-0 | Venezia |
| Taranto | 2-4 | Venezia |
Taranto relegated to Serie C.

## References and sources

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