1971–72 Serie B

Serie B
	1971–72 Ternana squad
Season	1971–72
Champions	Ternana; 1st title
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Serie B 1971-72 team distribution

The Serie B 1971–72 was the fortieth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Genoa, Reggiana and Sorrento had been promoted from Serie C, while Foggia, Lazio and Catania had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ternana (P, C)	38	18	14	6	43	28	+15	50	Promotion to Serie A
2	Lazio (P)	38	18	13	7	48	28	+20	49
3	Palermo (P)	38	17	14	7	35	22	+13	48
4	Como	38	14	18	6	35	24	+11	46
5	Reggiana	38	14	17	7	42	23	+19	45
6	Cesena	38	13	17	8	36	25	+11	43
7	Perugia	38	15	13	10	35	29	+6	43
8	Catania	38	14	13	11	34	27	+7	41
9	Foggia	38	13	15	10	39	33	+6	41
10	Genoa	38	14	13	11	35	34	+1	41
11	Bari	38	12	16	10	36	31	+5	40
12	Brescia	38	11	16	11	29	25	+4	38
13	Taranto	38	11	14	13	29	31	−2	36
14	Novara	38	14	8	16	40	45	−5	36
15	Arezzo	38	8	17	13	28	37	−9	33
16	Reggina	38	8	13	17	23	41	−18	29
17	Monza	38	6	16	16	20	37	−17	28
18	Livorno (R)	38	7	12	19	21	42	−21	26	Relegation to Serie C
19	Sorrento (R)	38	8	9	21	23	42	−19	25
20	Modena (R)	38	5	12	21	22	49	−27	22

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	BAR	BRE	CTN	CES	COM	FOG	GEN	LAZ	LIV	MOD	MON	NOV	PAL	PER	REA	REG	SOR	TAR	TER
Arezzo		1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0
Bari	2–0		1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	3–0
Brescia	2–0	1–2		0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–1	1–0
Catania	1–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Cesena	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		0–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	0–2
Como	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0		0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2
Foggia	2–1	2–2	0–0	4–1	2–0	0–0		2–1	1–0	3–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1
Genoa	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1
Lazio	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0		3–1	2–1	2–0	5–2	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1
Livorno	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1		1–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
Modena	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1		2–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2
Monza	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0
Novara	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–3	1–1		2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1
Palermo	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	0–0
Perugia	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1		0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Reggiana	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–1		2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1
Reggina	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1		2–2	0–0	1–2
Sorrento	0–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0		0–2	1–2
Taranto	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–0		2–0
Ternana	2–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0

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.

Attendances

#	Club	Average
1	Lazio	26,132
2	Palermo	18,637
3	Genoa	15,357
4	Taranto	11,634
5	Reggiana	11,347
6	Ternana	10,934
7	Bari	9,739
8	Foggia	9,624
9	Cesena	8,002
10	Livorno	7,882
11	Catania	7,083
12	Perugia	6,669
13	Brescia	6,642
14	Modena	5,318
15	Como	5,148
16	Reggina	5,136
17	Arezzo	4,952
18	Novara	4,533
19	Monza	3,559
20	Sorrento	2,322

Source:^[1]

References and sources

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

Specific

^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita72.htm

[1] ttps://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita72.htm

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