1956–57 Serie B

The Serie B 1956–57 was the twenty-fifth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B
Season1956–57
ChampionsVerona
1st title
Serie B 1956-57 team distribution

Teams

Venezia and Sambenedettese had been promoted from Serie C, while Novara and Pro Patria had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Verona (P, C) 34 17 10 7 46 29 1.586 44 Promotion to Serie A
2 Alessandria (P) 34 17 9 8 57 36 1.583 43 Serie A after tie-breaker
3 Brescia 34 19 5 10 42 29 1.448 43 Promotion tie-breaker
4 Catania 34 18 6 10 53 31 1.710 42
5 Venezia 34 15 11 8 46 27 1.704 41
6 Novara 34 11 14 9 39 38 1.026 36
6 Como 34 13 10 11 37 38 0.974 36
8 Simmenthal-Monza 34 14 6 14 44 44 1.000 34
9 Marzotto 34 10 13 11 38 40 0.950 33
10 Cagliari 34 11 10 13 30 34 0.882 32
10 Bari 34 12 8 14 31 41 0.756 32
12 Parma 34 9 13 12 33 38 0.868 31
12 Modena[lower-alpha 1] 34 11 9 14 32 37 0.865 31
14 Messina 34 9 11 14 28 35 0.800 29
14 Sambenedettese 34 8 13 13 32 45 0.711 29
16 Taranto 34 10 8 16 35 47 0.745 28
17 Pro Patria (R) 34 7 11 16 35 49 0.714 25 Relegation to Serie C
18 Legnano (R) 34 7 9 18 31 51 0.608 23
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Modena F.C. changed its name to Zenit Modena F.C. at the end of the season.

Results
Home \ Away ALE BAR BRE CAG CTN COM LEG MAR MES MOD NOV PAR PPA SBN SMN TAR VEN HEL
Alessandria 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–3 4–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–1
Bari 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–2 2–1
Brescia 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1
Cagliari 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–1
Catania 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1
Como 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 4–3
Legnano 3–2 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1
Marzotto 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–4 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–0
Messina 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0
Modena 2–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 1–1
Novara 0–4 5–3 4–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0
Parma 2–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 4–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–2
Pro Patria 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–3 1–3 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–2
Sambenedettese 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 0–2
Simm.-Monza 2–1 0–1 1–4 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 3–2 3–1 2–0
Taranto 2–1 3–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0
Venezia 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–0 0–0
Hellas Verona 1–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–1
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion tie-breaker
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Alessandria Italy 2-1 Italy Brescia

Alessandria promoted to Serie A.

References and sources
  • Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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