| Season | 1939–40 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Atalanta 2nd title |
1940–41 → | |
TheSerie B 1939–40 was the eleventh tournament of this competition played inItaly since its creation.
Brescia,Udinese,Molinella andCatania had been promoted fromSerie C, whileLivorno andLucchese had been relegated fromSerie A.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atalanta(P, C) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 31 | 2.000 | 47 | Promotion toSerie A |
| 2 | Livorno(P) | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 84 | 35 | 2.400 | 46 | |
| 3 | Lucchese | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 45 | 1.400 | 44 | |
| 4 | Anconitana | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 34 | 1.588 | 41 | |
| 5 | Siena | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 34 | 1.441 | 40 | |
| 6 | Brescia | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 39 | 1.385 | 40 | |
| 7 | Alessandria | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 41 | 1.439 | 38 | |
| 8 | Padova | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 69 | 57 | 1.211 | 37 | |
| 9 | Pro Vercelli | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 62 | 67 | 0.925 | 34 | |
| 10 | Udinese | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 60 | 57 | 1.053 | 33 | |
| 11 | Fanfulla | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 44 | 1.023 | 32 | |
| 12 | Pisa | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 62 | 0.871 | 31 | |
| 13 | Verona | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 56 | 0.732 | 31 | |
| 14 | Palermo(E, R, R) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 69 | 0.565 | 29 | Revival in First Division[a] |
| 15 | Molinella(R) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 62 | 0.677 | 26 | Relegation toSerie C |
| 16 | Vigevano(R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 70 | 0.629 | 23 | |
| 17 | Sanremese(R) | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 60 | 0.450 | 21 | |
| 18 | Catania(R) | 34 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 69 | 0.348 | 19 |
| Home \ Away | ALE | ANC | ATA | BRE | CTN | FAN | LIV | LUC | MOL | PAD | PAL | PIS | PVE | SNR | SIE | UDI | HEL | VIG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandria | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Anconitana | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Atalanta | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | |
| Brescia | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Catania | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Fanfulla | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Livorno | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 3–1 | |
| Lucchese | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | |
| Molinella | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
| Padova | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | |
| Palermo | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Pisa | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | |
| Pro Vercelli | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | |
| Sanremese | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Siena | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | |
| Udinese | 2–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 1–2 | |
| Hellas Verona | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Vigevano | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 1–2 |