1947–48 Serie B

Serie B
Season	1947–48
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

This championship had three groups organized with geographical criteria for the last time. The round-robin system should be restored in 1948.

Teams

Six clubs had been promoted from the three Serie C leagues, while Brescia and Venezia had been relegated from Serie A, and US Cagliari was restored after 7 years following the end of the American occupation of Sardinia.

Events

11 out of 18 clubs per group should be relegated to restore the national round-robin tournament.^[1]

Group A

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Novara (P)	34	19	8	7	54	26	2.077	46	Promotion to Serie A
2	Brescia	34	15	12	7	42	26	1.615	42
3	Como	34	14	13	7	49	36	1.361	41
4	Seregno	34	15	10	9	52	36	1.444	40
4	Legnano	34	17	6	11	62	45	1.378	40
4	Spezia	34	17	6	11	46	35	1.314	40
7	Pro Sesto	34	14	11	9	45	33	1.364	39	Relegation tie-breaker
8	Crema (R)	34	14	11	9	44	34	1.294	39	Serie C after tie-breaker
9	Vigevano (R)	34	15	7	12	45	36	1.250	37	Relegation to Serie C
10	Gallaratese (R)	34	15	6	13	45	33	1.364	36
11	Fanfulla (R)	34	14	7	13	48	46	1.043	35
11	Viareggio (R)	34	16	3	15	51	58	0.879	35
13	Pro Vercelli (R)	34	11	9	14	46	44	1.045	31
14	Varese^[a] (R)	34	9	9	16	35	42	0.833	26
15	Vita Nova (R)	34	10	5	19	42	69	0.609	25
16	Magenta (R)	34	9	4	21	31	54	0.574	22
17	Vogherese (R)	34	6	7	21	36	73	0.493	19
18	Cagliari (R)	34	7	4	23	32	79	0.405	18

Source: Panini
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 1 point deducted

Results

Home \ Away	BRE	CAG	COM	CRM	FAN	GLR	LEG	MAG	NOV	PSE	PVE	SER	SPE	VAR	VIA	VIG	VTN	VOG
Brescia		3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	4–1
Cagliari	1–2		1–0	0–0	1–1	0–3	2–4	3–1	0–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	2–4	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–0
Como	1–0	4–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	4–1	3–0	1–1	3–0
Crema	3–0	5–1	1–1		2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1
Fanfulla	2–2	5–0	2–0	3–0		2–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	4–2	1–0	6–1	3–1
Gallaratese	1–0	6–0	1–1	3–0	0–0		0–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	4–1
Legnano	1–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0		4–0	0–4	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–2	4–0	4–0
Magenta	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	2–0		0–1	1–1	4–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–1	2–0
Novara	2–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–2		3–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–0
Pro Sesto	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–2	0–0		2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1
Pro Vercelli	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–1		1–2	3–0	2–2	3–1	1–4	3–3	2–0
Seregno	2–1	1–2	3–3	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0		3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0
Spezia	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–0		3–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–0
Varese	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	5–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0		3–0	2–3	1–4	3–1
Viareggio	2–0	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0		2–1	7–2	4–3
Vigevano	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	4–0		3–0	5–0
Vita Nova	0–2	0–1	1–4	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–4	4–2	0–1	0–4	4–1	4–0		1–3
Vogherese	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–5	5–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0

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.

Relegation tie-breaker

Played in Melzo:

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Crema	1-2	Pro Sesto

Crema relegated to Serie C.

Group B

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Padova (P)	34	21	9	4	71	29	2.448	51	Promotion to Serie A
2	Verona	34	18	10	6	50	25	2.000	46
3	S.P.A.L.	34	18	7	9	56	32	1.750	43
4	Venezia	34	16	8	10	48	36	1.333	40
5	Reggiana	34	13	13	8	52	37	1.405	39
6	Cremonese	34	15	8	11	52	28	1.857	38	Relegation tie-breaker
7	Parma	34	12	14	8	33	28	1.179	38	Relegation tie-breaker
8	Prato (R)	34	14	10	10	49	41	1.195	38	Serie C after tie-breaker
9	Piacenza (R)	34	15	6	13	47	55	0.855	36	Relegation to Serie C
10	Mantova (R)	34	13	9	12	46	40	1.150	35^[a]
11	Udinese (R)	34	13	7	14	45	44	1.023	33^[a]
12	Bolzano (R)	34	11	11	12	38	51	0.745	33
13	Treviso (R)	34	8	14	12	36	47	0.766	30
14	Pistoiese (R)	34	8	11	15	36	55	0.655	27
15	Pro Gorizia (R)	34	8	7	19	38	64	0.594	23
16	Carrarese (R)	34	6	10	18	32	65	0.492	22
17	Suzzara (R)	34	7	6	21	29	57	0.509	20
18	Centese (R)	34	5	10	19	28	56	0.500	20

Source: Panini
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The match Mantova-Udinese was voided because of irregular signings by both teams. The FIGC decided that both teams had lost the match 0-2. The original result was 2-2.

Results

Home \ Away	BLZ	CAR	CEN	CRE	MAN	PAD	PAR	PIA	PST	PRA	PGO	REA	SPA	SUZ	TRV	UDI	VEN	HEL
Bolzano		0–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–2	4–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1
Carrarese	2–2		2–1	1–5	2–3	0–4	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–5	2–0	0–1
Centese	0–1	1–0		0–0	3–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–4	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0
Cremonese	2–0	3–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	0–1	8–0	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1
Mantova	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	–^[a]	1–2	3–0
Padova	6–2	4–0	2–1	1–0	4–1		1–1	3–3	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1
Parma	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0		2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1
Piacenza	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–2		3–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	4–1	0–3	0–0
Pistoiese	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–0		1–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	0–2
Prato	2–2	2–2	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–2		4–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–0
Pro Gorizia	2–2	1–2	5–1	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–2		0–2	3–4	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0
Reggiana	1–0	3–1	5–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	4–2		0–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1
SPAL	3–1	5–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1		4–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	0–1
Suzzara	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	0–0		0–1	4–3	0–0	1–1
Treviso	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–5	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	4–3	1–1	0–0	2–1		3–0	1–1	1–3
Udinese	3–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	5–0		3–2	1–0
Venezia	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	5–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–1		0–1
Hellas Verona	5–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1

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.
Notes:

^ The match Mantova-Udinese was voided because of irregular signings by both teams. The FIGC decided that both teams had lost the match 0-2. The original result was 2-2.

Relegation tie-breaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cremonese	5-1	Parma
Cremonese	1-1	Prato
Parma	2-1	Prato

A.C. Prato relegated to Serie C.

Group C

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Palermo (P)	34	19	8	7	66	30	2.200	46	Promotion to Serie A
2	Pisa	34	19	7	8	62	34	1.824	45
3	Lecce	34	18	7	9	70	36	1.944	43
3	ArsenalTaranto	34	17	9	8	65	39	1.667	43
5	Empoli	34	17	6	11	50	36	1.389	40
5	Siracusa	34	16	8	10	36	33	1.091	40
7	Pescara	34	16	6	12	49	42	1.167	38
8	Siena (R)	34	13	10	11	47	34	1.382	36	Relegation to Serie C
9	Anconitana (R)	34	16	3	15	51	52	0.981	35
10	Cosenza (R)	34	12	9	13	38	48	0.792	33
11	Ternana (R)	34	11	9	14	54	63	0.857	31
12	Nocerina (R)	34	13	4	17	39	42	0.929	30
12	Torrese (R)	34	11	8	15	48	59	0.814	30
12	Scafatese (R)	34	11	8	15	30	46	0.652	30
15	Rieti (R, E, R)	34	9	8	17	44	67	0.657	26	Relegation to Promozione^[a]
16	Perugia (R)	34	9	7	18	38	57	0.667	25	Relegation to Serie C
17	Gubbio (R)	34	9	5	20	38	69	0.551	22^[b]
18	Brindisi (R)	34	5	8	21	21	59	0.356	18

Source: Panini
(E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Rieti went bankrupt at the end of the season and lost their professional status, so they were relegated directly to the amatorial championship.
^ 1 point deducted

Results

Home \ Away	ANC	ARS	BRI	COS	EMP	GUB	LCE	NOC	PAL	PER	PES	PIS	RIE	SCF	SIE	SIR	TER	TRS
Anconitana		1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–6	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	4–1
ArsenalTaranto	2–3		3–2	5–1	3–1	9–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–0
Brindisi	0–1	0–4		2–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cosenza	4–1	0–0	3–0		1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0
Empoli	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1		1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	4–2	1–0
Gubbio	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2		1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	6–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Lecce	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–1		1–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	6–0
Nocerina	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	1–0		0–3	2–0	2–0	4–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–4	3–0
Palermo	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	5–1	2–2	1–0		2–0	3–1	2–0	4–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	8–0	2–1
Perugia	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–3		1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1
Pescara	0–2	3–3	3–2	3–1	6–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0		3–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	1–0
Pisa	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	5–1	3–1	2–1	3–0		6–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	4–1
Rieti	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–4	1–1	1–1	5–1		1–0	1–0	5–2	2–0	2–2
Scafatese	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0		2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Siena	3–0	0–0	6–0	3–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	5–1	1–0		1–0	5–2	3–0
Siracusa	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1		2–0	3–0
Ternana	4–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	4–3	4–0	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	5–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		2–1
Torrese	1–0	2–1	3–1	4–1	2–4	5–0	4–3	1–0	1–2	4–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–1

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.

References and sources

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

^ More, a relegation play-off between the seventh placed teams was planned, but it was cancelled by the FIGC at the end of the season to restore the peace between the North and the South of the country during the struggles around a corruption case involving SSC Napoli in Serie A.

[table_note_VAR0.047148922014585-2] 1 point deducted

[table_hth_MAN0.24153090419319-3] The match Mantova-Udinese was voided because of irregular signings by both teams. The FIGC decided that both teams had lost the match 0-2. The original result was 2-2.

[table_note_1_MAN_UDI0.68933428157556-4] The match Mantova-Udinese was voided because of irregular signings by both teams. The FIGC decided that both teams had lost the match 0-2. The original result was 2-2.

[table_note_res_RR0.24226035561518-5] Rieti went bankrupt at the end of the season and lost their professional status, so they were relegated directly to the amatorial championship.

[table_hth_GUB0.24226035561518-6] 1 point deducted

[1] More, a relegation play-off between the seventh placed teams was planned, but it was cancelled by the FIGC at the end of the season to restore the peace between the North and the South of the country during the struggles around a corruption case involving SSC Napoli in Serie A.

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