| Season | 1955–56 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Udinese 2nd title |
1956–57 → | |
TheSerie B 1955–56 was the twenty-fourth tournament of this competition played inItaly since its creation.
Bari andLivorno had been promoted fromSerie C, whileUdinese andCatania had been relegated fromSerie A.
| 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 toSerie 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 toSerie C |
| 18 | Salernitana(R) | 34 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 57 | 0.526 | 19 |
| 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 |