1976–77 Serie B
# 1976–77 Serie B

The Serie B 1976–77 was the forty-fifth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Monza, Rimini and Lecce had been promoted from Serie C, while Ascoli, Como and Cagliari had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lanerossi Vicenza (P, C) | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 51 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Pescara (P) | 38 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 49 | Serie A after tie-breaker |
| 3 | Atalanta (P) | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 49 | Serie A after tie-breaker |
| 4 | Cagliari | 38 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 49 | Promotion tie-breaker |
| 5 | Monza | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 48 | |
| 6 | Como | 38 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 41 | |
| 7 | Lecce | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 39 | |
| 8 | Varese | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 38 | |
| 9 | Taranto | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 37 | |
| 10 | Ascoli | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Sambenedettese | 38 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 37 | |
| 12 | Rimini | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 33 | |
| 13 | Palermo | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 33 | |
| 14 | Modena | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 32 | |
| 15 | Avellino | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 32 | |
| 16 | Brescia | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 32 | |
| 17 | Ternana | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 32 | |
| 18 | S.P.A.L. (R) | 38 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 19 | Catania (R) | 38 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 31 | Relegation to Serie C |
| 20 | Novara (R) | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 29 | Relegation to Serie C |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASC | ATA | AVE | BRE | CAG | CTN | COM | LRV | LCE | MOD | MON | NOV | PAL | PES | RIM | SBN | SPA | TAR | TER | VAR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ascoli | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Atalanta | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 |
| Avellino | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Brescia | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Cagliari | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Catania | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Como | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| L.R. Vicenza | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Lecce | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Modena | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Monza | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Novara | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Palermo | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Pescara | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Rimini | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Sambenedettese | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| SPAL | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Taranto | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Ternana | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 |
| Varese | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |

## Promotion tie-breaker

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Atalanta | 2-1 | Cagliari |
| Atalanta | 0-0 | Pescara |
| Cagliari | 0-0 | Pescara |

Atalanta and Pescara promoted to Serie A.

## References and sources

* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

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