1938–39 Serie B

The Serie B 1938–39 was the tenth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B

Season	1938–39
Champions	Fiorentina 2nd title
← 1937–38 1939–40 →

Alessandria

Anconitana

Atalanta

Casale

Fanfulla

Fiorentina

Padova

Pisa

Palermo

P. Vercelli

Salernitana

Sanremese

Siena

Spal

Spezia

Venezia

Verona

Vigevano

Serie B 1938-39 team distribution

Teams

Casale, Fanfulla, SPAL, Siena and Salernitana had been promoted from Serie C, while Novara and Alessandria had been relegated from Serie A.

Events

The league was expanded to eighteen clubs to allow a wider representation of Southern Italy.

The goal average substituted the tie-breaker in event of equal points, to save time considering the risk of war. This change greatly helped Venezia.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fiorentina (P, C)	34	16	13	5	62	30	2.067	45	Promotion to Serie A[a]
2	Venezia (P)	34	16	11	7	39	23	1.696	43
3	Atalanta	34	15	13	6	43	26	1.654	43
4	Siena	34	17	8	9	43	35	1.229	42
5	Verona	34	16	8	10	46	36	1.278	40
6	Pro Vercelli	34	14	9	11	50	44	1.136	37
7	Palermo	34	13	10	11	35	34	1.029	36
8	Alessandria	34	14	7	13	57	43	1.326	35
9	Padova	34	15	5	14	56	51	1.098	35
10	Fanfulla	34	12	10	12	39	32	1.219	34
11	Sanremese	34	14	6	14	41	45	0.911	34
12	Anconitana	34	13	7	14	50	44	1.136	33
13	Pisa	34	13	7	14	52	46	1.130	33
14	Vigevano	34	11	11	12	43	48	0.896	33
15	Spezia (R)	34	12	7	15	43	50	0.860	31	Relegation to Serie C
16	S.P.A.L. (R)	34	10	6	18	37	55	0.673	26
17	Salernitana (R)	34	10	3	21	40	58	0.690	23
18	Casale (R)	34	2	5	27	12	88	0.136	9

Source: goal average officially used in event of equal points.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Venezia promoted on goal average.

Results

Home \ Away	ALE	ANC	ATA	CSL	FAN	FIO	PAD	PAL	PIS	PVE	SAL	SNR	SIE	SPA	SPE	VEN	HEL	VIG
Alessandria		4–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	4–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	4–1
Anconitana	3–1		2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–0	6–1	2–0	4–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	3–0
Atalanta	2–1	1–1		6–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1
Casale	1–1	2–2	0–2		1–3	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–3
Fanfulla	1–3	1–2	0–1	3–0		0–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	5–0
Fiorentina	4–1	2–0	0–3	3–0	4–0		3–1	7–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–1
Padova	5–1	4–1	1–2	4–0	1–3	1–3		1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–3	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–1	1–0	3–2
Palermo	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1		1–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	4–1	0–0	4–0	0–0
Pisa	4–2	3–2	1–1	8–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	1–0		1–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0
Pro Vercelli	0–1	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	4–1		3–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	0–2	1–1
Salernitana	3–1	2–0	1–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–3		7–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–4	2–1
Sanremese	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		3–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	3–1
Siena	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–3	1–1	3–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
SPAL	1–0	1–2	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	3–2		1–4	0–0	3–3	3–2
Spezia	0–0	1–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	0–3	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–2	3–0		1–1	2–0	1–1
Venezia	1–0	1–3	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0		0–1	1–1
Hellas Verona	1–0	0–0	2–0	7–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0		4–2
Vigevano	1–1	3–2	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	4–3	0–0	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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