1985–86 Serie B

The Serie B 1985–86 was the fifty-fourth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B

Season	1985–86
Champions	Ascoli 2nd title
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

Arezzo

Ascoli

Bologna

Brescia

Cagliari

Campobasso

Catania

Catanzaro

Cesena

Cremonese

Empoli

Genoa

LR Vicenza

Monza

Palermo

Perugia

Pescara

Lazio

Sambenedettese

Triestina

Serie B 1985-86 team distribution

Teams

Brescia, Vicenza, Catanzaro and Palermo had been promoted from Serie C, while Ascoli, Lazio and Cremonese had been relegated from Serie A.

Classification

Results were hugely affected by the 1986 Totonero.

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	Promotion to Serie A[a]
2	Brescia (P)	38	17	13	8	41	28	+13	47
3	Lanerossi Vicenza (D)	38	16	14	8	48	33	+15	46	Banned from playing in the Serie A for match fixing[b]
4	Empoli (P)	38	13	19	6	32	28	+4	45	Promotion to Serie A[a]
5	Triestina	38	15	15	8	40	30	+10	44[c]
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 (E, R, R)	38	7	20	11	27	35	−8	34	Bankruptcy[d]
17	Pescara (T)	38	10	13	15	33	37	−4	33	Re-admitted[e]
18	Perugia (R, D, R)	38	8	16	14	29	39	−10	32	Relegation to Serie C2[f]
19	Catanzaro (R)	38	9	12	17	33	45	−12	30	Relegation to Serie C1
20	Monza (R)	38	6	14	18	25	45	−20	26

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

1. Empoli promoted after Vicenza’s conviction.
2. Totonero 1986: Lanerossi Vicenza originally promoted to Serie A, then sent back to Serie B by the federation for alleged match fixing.
3. Totonero 1986: 1 point deducted to Triestina
4. Excluded by the FIGC for financial reasons. Palermo was later re-founded in 1987.
5. Originally relegated to Serie C1, then readmitted to Serie B to fill Palermo's vacancy.
6. 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