# 1988–89 Serie B

The Serie B 1988–89 was the fifty-seventh tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Ancona, Monza, Licata, Cosenza and Reggina had been promoted from Serie C, while Avellino and Empoli had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Genoa (P) | 38 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 51 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 1 | Bari (P) | 38 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 51 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Udinese (P) | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 45 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Cremonese (P) | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 44 | Serie A after tie-breaker |
| 5 | Reggina | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 44 | Promotion tie-breaker |
| 6 | Cosenza | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 44 | |
| 7 | Avellino | 38 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 41 | |
| 8 | Messina | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 38 | |
| 9 | Licata | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 37 | |
| 9 | Parma | 38 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Catanzaro | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 24 | 26 | −2 | 35 | |
| 11 | Barletta | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 35 | |
| 11 | Ancona | 38 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 35 | |
| 11 | Padova | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 35 | |
| 15 | Monza | 38 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 34 | |
| 16 | Brescia | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 34 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 17 | Empoli (R) | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 34 | Serie C1 after tie-breaker |
| 18 | Sambenedettese (R) | 38 | 7 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Taranto (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 29 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Piacenza (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 26 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
* ↑ Qualified to the promotion tie-breaker for best head-to-head points against Cosenza.
* ↑ Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Monza.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANC | AVE | BRI | BRL | BRE | CAT | COS | CRE | EMP | GEN | LIC | MES | MON | PAD | PAR | PIA | REG | SAM | TAR | UDI |
| Ancona | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Avellino | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Bari | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Barletta | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Brescia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Catanzaro | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| Cosenza | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Cremonese | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Empoli | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Genoa | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Licata | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Messina | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Monza | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Padova | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Parma | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Piacenza | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Reggina | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Samb. | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Taranto | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 |
| Udinese | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — |

## Tie-breakers
### Promotion tie-breaker

Cremonese promoted to Serie A.

### Relegation tie-breaker

Empoli relegated to Serie C1.

## References and sources

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