1936–37 Serie B
# 1936–37 Serie B

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

## 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 following the reform of the Serie C and 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 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Atalanta (P) | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 48 | 25 | 1.920 | 39 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 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 |
| 11 | Messina | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 52 | 0.750 | 28 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 12 | Venezia | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 1.000 | 28 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 13 | Catania (R) | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 42 | 0.833 | 28 | Serie C after tie-breaker |
| 14 | L'Aquila (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 0.706 | 24 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 15 | Catanzarese (R, E, R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 56 | 0.571 | 24 | Revival in First Division |
| 16 | Viareggio (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 60 | 0.350 | 14 | Relegation to Serie C |

* ↑ Catanzarese was unable to retain their professional status in summer 1937 and the FIGC disbanded the first team. The club continued in the Calabrian Championship with its reserve amatorial team, until the war break in 1939.
* ↑ 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 | |

## Relegation tie-breaker

### Classification

| | Team | Pts |
| - | - | - |
| 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 | |

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

### Tie-breaker

    Semifinal North played in Brescia on July 4:

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Pro Vercelli | 3-2 | Venezia |

    Semifinal South played in Palermo on July 4:

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Messina | 2-0 | Catania |

    Final played in Rome on July 11:

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Venezia | 4-0 | Catania |

Calcio Catania were relegated to Serie C.

