1965–66 Serie B

The Serie B 1965–66 was the thirty-fourth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B

Season	1965–66
Champions	Venezia 2nd title
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

Alessandria

Catanzaro

Genoa

Lecco

Livorno

Mantova

Messina

Modena

Monza

Novara

Padova

Palermo

Pisa

Potenza

Pro Patria

Reggiana

Reggina

Trani

Venezia

Verona

Serie B 1965-66 team distribution

Teams

Novara, Pisa and Reggina had been promoted from Serie C, while Genoa, Messina and Mantova had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Venezia (P, C)	38	18	13	7	53	34	1.559	49	Promotion to Serie A
2	Lecco (P)	38	17	14	7	43	26	1.654	48
3	Mantova (P)	38	14	18	6	45	26	1.731	46
4	Reggina	38	16	13	9	46	32	1.438	45
5	Genoa	38	15	14	9	44	35	1.257	44
6	Verona	38	11	18	9	35	32	1.094	40
7	Livorno	38	12	14	12	33	32	1.031	38
7	Messina	38	9	20	9	27	29	0.931	38
9	Padova	38	13	11	14	45	42	1.071	37
10	Catanzaro	38	10	16	12	38	40	0.950	36
10	Potenza	38	13	10	15	37	40	0.925	36
10	Novara	38	8	20	10	31	42	0.738	36
13	Modena	38	6	23	9	32	32	1.000	35
13	Alessandria	38	10	15	13	26	37	0.703	35
15	Palermo	38	9	16	13	34	34	1.000	34
15	Reggiana	38	9	16	13	32	39	0.821	34
15	Pisa	38	12	10	16	30	37	0.811	34
18	Pro Patria (R)	38	10	13	15	38	50	0.760	33	Relegation to Serie C
19	Monza (R)	38	12	8	18	32	45	0.711	32
20	Trani (R)	38	6	18	14	31	48	0.646	30

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALE	CTZ	GEN	LCO	LIV	MAN	MES	MOD	MON	NOV	PAD	PAL	PIS	POT	PPA	REA	REG	TRN	VEN	HEL
Alessandria		0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–2
Catanzaro	0–0		2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	5–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–0
Genoa	1–1	1–0		1–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1
Lecco	3–1	1–1	0–1		1–1	0–5	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0
Livorno	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	0–0	5–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
Mantova	2–2	6–1	1–0	0–0	2–0		2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–2
Messina	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–0
Modena	4–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–3		0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Monza	1–0	0–2	1–4	0–2	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0		2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	3–2
Novara	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–1		1–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–4	3–0	1–1	2–1
Padova	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	3–1		1–3	2–1	2–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	5–0	1–2	1–1
Palermo	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	4–1		0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0
Pisa	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–2		3–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–2
Potenza	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	4–1		0–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0
Pro Patria	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0		2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1
Reggiana	1–2	3–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	2–0	2–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1
Reggina	4–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–1	0–0
Trani	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	2–2		2–1	0–0
Venezia	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	2–1	2–3	3–1	5–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	6–1	1–0	2–0	3–0		2–1
Hellas Verona	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–2	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