1976–77 Serie B

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

Serie B

Season	1976–77
Champions	Vicenza 2nd title
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Ascoli

Atalanta

Avellino

Brescia

Cagliari

Catania

Como

LR Vicenza

Lecce

Modena

Monza

Novara

Palermo

Pescara

Rimini

Sambenedettese

Spal

Taranto

Ternana

Varese

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Serie B 1976-77 team distribution

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
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
20	Novara (R)	38	7	15	16	34	48	−14	29

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

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

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.

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