| Season | 1959–60 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Torino 1st title |
1960–61 → | |
TheSerie B 1959–60 was the twenty-eighth tournament of this competition played inItaly since its creation.
Mantova andCatanzaro had been promoted fromSerie C, whileTriestina andTorino had been relegated fromSerie A.
Consequently, to the reform of the professional football in Italy following theBelfast Disaster, the first-ever elimination of theItaly football team into the World Cup Qualifiers, both a third promotion and relegation was introduced.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torino(P, C) | 38 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 2.095 | 51 | Promotion toSerie A |
| 2 | Lecco(P) | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 51 | 28 | 1.821 | 50 | |
| 3 | Catania(P) | 38 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 55 | 38 | 1.447 | 47 | |
| 4 | Triestina | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 49 | 32 | 1.531 | 46 | |
| 5 | Reggiana | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 50 | 1.020 | 39 | |
| 5 | Ozo Mantova | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 38 | 1.105 | 39 | |
| 7 | Brescia | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 35 | 38 | 0.921 | 38 | |
| 8 | Verona | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 45 | 1.089 | 37 | |
| 8 | Como | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 48 | 1.063 | 37 | |
| 8 | Catanzaro | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 1.025 | 37 | |
| 8 | Marzotto | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 40 | 0.925 | 37 | |
| 8 | Messina | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 38 | 0.921 | 37 | |
| 13 | Novara | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 40 | 0.950 | 35 | |
| 14 | Sambenedettese | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 38 | 47 | 0.809 | 34 | |
| 14 | Parma | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 50 | 0.760 | 34 | |
| 16 | Simmenthal-Monza | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 53 | 0.868 | 33 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 17 | Venezia | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 42 | 0.810 | 33 | |
| 18 | Taranto(R) | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 48 | 0.688 | 33 | Serie C aftertie-breaker |
| 19 | Modena(R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 51 | 0.745 | 32 | Relegation toSerie C |
| 20 | Cagliari(R) | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 54 | 0.667 | 31 |
| Home \ Away | BRE | CAG | CTN | CTZ | COM | LCO | MAR | MES | MOD | NOV | OZO | PAR | REA | SBN | SMN | TAR | TOR | TRI | VEN | HEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brescia | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Cagliari | 2–2 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Catania | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | |
| Catanzaro | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Como | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Lecco | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| Marzotto | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | |
| Messina | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Modena | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| Novara | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Ozo Mantova | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Parma | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Reggiana | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Sambenedettese | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Simm.-Monza | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Taranto | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | |
| Torino | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Triestina | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Venezia | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Hellas Verona | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Simmenthal-Monza | 0-0 | |
| Simmenthal-Monza | 2-0 | |
| Taranto | 2-4 |