1985–86 Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ascoli (P, C)	38	17	16	5	56	33	+23	50	1986–87 Serie A
2	Brescia (P)	38	17	13	8	41	28	+13	47	1986–87 Serie A
3	Lanerossi Vicenza (D)	38	16	14	8	48	33	+15	46	Guilty^[a]
4	Empoli (P)	38	13	19	6	32	28	+4	45	1986–87 Serie A
5	Triestina	38	15	15	8	40	30	+10	44^[b]
6	Bologna	38	15	11	12	37	29	+8	41
7	Genoa	38	14	12	12	35	31	+4	40
8	Cesena	38	12	15	11	42	38	+4	39
9	Cremonese	38	10	17	11	35	31	+4	37
9	Campobasso	38	9	19	10	30	36	−6	37
11	Arezzo	38	9	18	11	37	40	−3	36
11	Lazio	38	11	14	13	38	42	−4	36
11	Catania	38	12	12	14	30	37	−7	36
14	Sambenedettese	38	10	15	13	26	26	0	35
14	Cagliari	38	13	9	16	27	38	−11	35
16	Palermo (D)	38	7	20	11	27	35	−8	34	Bankruptcy^[c]
17	Pescara (G)	38	10	13	15	33	37	−4	33	Re-admitted^[d]
18	Perugia (R, D, R)	38	8	16	14	29	39	−10	32	1986–87 Serie C2^[e]
19	Catanzaro (R)	38	9	12	17	33	45	−12	30	1986–87 Serie C1
20	Monza (R)	38	6	14	18	25	45	−20	26	1986–87 Serie C1

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (G) Guests; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Totonero 1986: Lanerossi Vicenza originally promoted to Serie A, then sent back to Serie B by the federation for alleged match fixing.
^ Totonero 1986: 1 point deducted to Triestina
^ Excluded by the FIGC for financial reasons. Palermo was later re-founded in 1987.
^ Originally relegated to Serie C1, then readmitted to Serie B to fill Palermo's vacancy.
^ Totonero 1986: Perugia relegated directly to Serie C2 by the federation for alleged match fixing.

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	ASC	BOL	BRE	CAG	CAM	CAL	CAT	CES	CRE	EMP	GEN	LRV	LAZ	MON	PAL	PER	PES	SAM	TRI
Arezzo	—	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0
Ascoli	3–3	—	1–0	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	4–0	3–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1
Bologna	1–1	4–0	—	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–2	0–0	2–1	1–0
Brescia	3–1	1–0	1–0	—	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1
Cagliari	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	—	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0
Campobasso	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
Calcio Catania	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	—	1–0	2–4	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2
Catanzaro	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–2
Cesena	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	—	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–1
Cremonese	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	—	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2
Empoli	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	—	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2
Genoa	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0
L.R. Vicenza	3–1	3–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	2–0	5–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
Lazio	2–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–4	—	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1
Monza	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	—	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0
Palermo	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0
Perugia	0–2	0–4	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	—	1–0	0–0	2–0
Pescara	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–1	—	1–0	1–2
Samb.	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–0
Triestina	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

[table_note_res_Q0.12804310821371-1] Totonero 1986: Lanerossi Vicenza originally promoted to Serie A, then sent back to Serie B by the federation for alleged match fixing.

[table_hth_TRI0.12804310821371-2] Totonero 1986: 1 point deducted to Triestina

[table_note_res_EX0.12804310821371-3] Excluded by the FIGC for financial reasons. Palermo was later re-founded in 1987.

[table_note_res_B0.12804310821371-4] Originally relegated to Serie C1, then readmitted to Serie B to fill Palermo's vacancy.

[table_note_res_R20.12804310821371-5] Totonero 1986: Perugia relegated directly to Serie C2 by the federation for alleged match fixing.

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

v t e Serie B seasons
Seconda Divisione	1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26
Prima Divisione	1926–27 1927–28
Serie B	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
1945–46 special postwar season: Serie A-B in Southern Italy