1936–37 Serie B

The Serie B 1936–37 was the eighth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B
Season1936–37
ChampionsLivorno
2nd title
Serie B 1936-37 team distribution

Teams

Cremonese, Venezia, Spezia and Catanzaro had been promoted from Serie C, while Palermo and Brescia had been relegated from Serie A.

Events

Four teams were relegated in order to expand the number of participants to seventeen.

Final classification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Livorno (P, C) 30 17 8 5 66 20 3.300 42 1937–38 Serie A
2 Atalanta (P) 30 14 11 5 48 25 1.920 39
3 Modena 30 12 11 7 46 33 1.394 35
4 Spezia 30 10 14 6 35 23 1.522 34
5 Pisa 30 13 7 10 40 36 1.111 33
5 Cremonese 30 13 7 10 40 42 0.952 33
7 Palermo 30 9 12 9 43 32 1.344 30
7 Brescia 30 10 10 10 33 34 0.971 30
9 Verona 30 8 13 9 33 36 0.917 29
10 Pro Vercelli 30 9 10 11 40 45 0.889 28 Relegation tie-breaker
10 Messina 30 11 6 13 39 52 0.750 28
12 Venezia 30 9 10 11 35 35 1.000 28
13 Catania (R) 30 9 10 11 35 42 0.833 28 Relegation tie-breaker
14 L'Aquila (R) 30 8 8 14 36 51 0.706 24 1937–38 Serie C
14 Catanzarese (R) 30 8 8 14 32 56 0.571 24
16 Viareggio (R) 30 5 5 20 21 60 0.350 14[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Panini
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 point deducted.

Results
Home \ Away ATA BRE CTN CTZ CRE LAQ LIV MES MOD PAL PIS PVE SPE VEN HEL VIA
Atalanta 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 6–2 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 4–1 0–0 2–0
Brescia 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 5–1
Catania 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 4–2 0–3 5–0 1–1 1–0
Catanzarese 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–4 0–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1
Cremonese 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 6–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–2
L'Aquila 1–1 5–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 1–5 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 4–2
Livorno 0–1 2–0 4–1 5–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 4–1 3–1 6–0 3–0
Messina 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 3–0 2–1 4–3 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–4 1–1 2–1 1–0
Modena 1–0 1–0 5–0 4–0 0–0 6–1 1–5 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 4–0
Palermo 1–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 6–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 8–2
Pisa 2–0 3–1 1–3 5–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–1
Pro Vercelli 2–3 0–0 2–1 6–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–1
Spezia 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 4–0
Venezia 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0
Hellas Verona 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1
Viareggio 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation tie-breaker

Since all the sides finished the play-off at 6 points, a tie-breaker was needed.

Classification
TeamPts
1. Catania 6
1. Messina 6
1. Pro Vercelli 6
1. Venezia 6

Results
Home \ Away CTN MES PVE VEN
Catania 2–1 3–1 2–1
Messina 4–3 3–0 2–1
Pro Vercelli 6–2 5–3 3–2
Venezia 4–0 3–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 January 2009. Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Tie-breaker
Semifinal North played in Brescia:
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pro Vercelli 3-2 Venezia
Semifinal South played in Palermo:
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Messina 2-0 Catania
Final played in Rome:
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Venezia 4-0 Catania

Calcio Catania were relegated to Serie C.

See also

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