1955–56 Serie B

27th season of second-tier football league in Italy
Football league season
Serie B
Season1955–56
ChampionsUdinese
2nd title
← 1954–55
1956–57 →
1955–56 Serie B is located in Italy
Bari
Bari
Brescia
Brescia
Cagliari
Cagliari
Catania
Catania
Como
Como
Legnano
Legnano
Modena
Modena
Parma
Parma
Salernitana
Salernitana
Taranto
Taranto
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Serie B 1955-56 team distribution

The Serie B 1955–56 was the twenty-fourth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Bari and Livorno had been promoted from Serie C, while Udinese and Catania had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Udinese (P, C) 34 21 7 6 66 31 2.129 49 Promotion to Serie A
2 Palermo (P) 34 17 13 4 41 34 1.206 47
3 Como 34 17 9 8 54 33 1.636 43
3 Simmenthal-Monza 34 17 9 8 44 29 1.517 43
5 Catania 34 14 12 8 42 28 1.500 40
5 Cagliari 34 15 10 9 51 45 1.133 40
7 Brescia 34 11 12 11 34 43 0.791 34
8 Modena 34 10 13 11 46 38 1.211 33
9 Alessandria 34 11 10 13 40 36 1.111 32
9 Verona 34 12 8 14 45 49 0.918 32
11 Bari 34 13 5 16 45 44 1.023 31
11 Messina 34 11 9 14 41 45 0.911 31
11 Taranto 34 10 11 13 34 39 0.872 31
14 Legnano 34 10 10 14 40 47 0.851 30
15 Parma 34 10 8 16 36 46 0.783 28
16 Marzotto 34 10 7 17 30 48 0.625 27
17 Livorno (R) 34 7 8 19 37 64 0.578 22 Relegation to Serie C
18 Salernitana (R) 34 4 11 19 30 57 0.526 19
Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ALE BAR BRE CAG CTN COM LEG LIV MAR MES MOD PAL PAR SAL SMN TAR UDI HEL
Alessandria 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–2
Bari 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–4 3–2 3–1
Brescia 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1
Cagliari 4–3 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
Catania 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0
Como 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 5–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–0
Legnano 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–2
Livorno 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–2
Marzotto 1–1 0–4 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–4 0–1 0–2 1–0
Messina 1–0 1–0 2–0 7–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 3–1
Modena 4–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 8–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–3 0–2
Palermo 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Parma 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–1
Salernitana 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–3 5–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1
Simm.-Monza 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 2–1
Taranto 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 5–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–1
Udinese 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–2 5–1 3–1 5–1 2–0 2–1 3–2
Hellas Verona 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2
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
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