title: 1967–68 Serie B
text: # 1967–68 Serie B
  
  The Serie B 1967–68 was the thirty-sixth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.
  
  ## Teams
  
  Monza, Perugia and Bari had been promoted from Serie C, while Lazio, Foggia, Venezia and Lecco had been relegated from Serie A.
  
  ## Events
  
  Transitional relegations were imposed to restore the format.
  
  ## Final classification
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Palermo (P, C) | 40 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 40 | 23 | 1.739 | 52 | Promotion to Serie A |
  | 2 | Verona (P) | 40 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 41 | 27 | 1.519 | 48 | Promotion to Serie A |
  | 2 | Pisa (P) | 40 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 48 | 32 | 1.500 | 48 | Promotion to Serie A |
  | 4 | Bari | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 55 | 41 | 1.341 | 47 | |
  | 4 | Foggia | 40 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 1.212 | 47 | |
  | 6 | Reggiana | 40 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 32 | 1.281 | 45 | |
  | 7 | Livorno | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 32 | 1.063 | 43 | |
  | 8 | Monza | 40 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 49 | 45 | 1.089 | 42 | |
  | 9 | Reggina | 40 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 45 | 47 | 0.957 | 41 | |
  | 10 | Catania | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 38 | 1.079 | 40 | |
  | 11 | Lazio | 40 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 0.818 | 38 | |
  | 12 | Modena | 40 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 39 | 41 | 0.951 | 37 | |
  | 12 | Padova | 40 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 33 | 0.939 | 37 | |
  | 12 | Catanzaro | 40 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 32 | 0.813 | 37 | |
  | 15 | Perugia | 40 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 38 | 45 | 0.844 | 36 | Relegation tie-breaker |
  | 16 | Lecco | 40 | 7 | 22 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 0.875 | 36 | Relegation tie-breaker |
  | 17 | Genoa | 40 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 36 | 31 | 1.161 | 36 | Relegation tie-breaker |
  | 18 | Venezia (R) | 40 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 30 | 0.833 | 36 | Serie C after tie-breaker |
  | 19 | Messina (R) | 40 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 0.568 | 36 | Serie C after tie-breaker |
  | 20 | Novara (R) | 40 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 0.775 | 35 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 21 | Potenza (R) | 40 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 55 | 0.436 | 23 | Relegation to Serie C |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | BAR | CTN | CTZ | FOG | GEN | LAZ | LCO | LIV | MES | MOD | MON | NOV | PAD | PAL | PER | PIS | POT | REA | REG | VEN | HEL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bari | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
  | Catania | 5–1 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
  | Catanzaro | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
  | Foggia | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
  | Genoa | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
  | Lazio | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
  | Lecco | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
  | Livorno | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
  | Messina | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
  | Modena | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
  | Monza | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
  | Novara | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
  | Padova | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
  | Palermo | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
  | Perugia | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
  | Pisa | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
  | Potenza | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
  | Reggiana | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
  | Reggina | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
  | Venezia | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 3–0 |
  | Hellas Verona | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
  
  ## Relegation tie-breaker
  
  ### First round
  
  **Classification**
  
  | | Team | Pts | Comments |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Genoa | 5 |
  | 1. | Lecco | 5 |
  | 1. | Perugia | 5 |
  | 1. | Venezia | 5 |
  | 5. | Messina | 0 | Relegated to Serie C |
  
  **Results**
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Genoa | 0-1 | Lecco |
  | Genoa | 3-0 | Messina |
  | Genoa | 1-1 | Perugia |
  | Genoa | 2-0 | Venezia |
  | Lecco | 1-0 | Messina |
  | Lecco | 1-2 | Perugia |
  | Lecco | 0-0 | Venezia |
  | Messina | 0-3 | Perugia |
  | Messina | 0-2 | Venezia |
  | Perugia | 0-3 | Venezia |
  
  ### Second round
  
  **Classification**
  
  | | Team | Pts | Comments |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Perugia | 5 |
  | 2. | Lecco | 4 |
  | 3. | Genoa | 3 |
  | 4. | Venezia | 0 | Relegated to Serie C |
  
  **Results**
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Genoa | 0-2 | Perugia |
  | Genoa | 2-1 | Venezia |
  | Genoa | 0-0 | Lecco |
  | Lecco | 0-0 | Perugia |
  | Lecco | 3-0 | Venezia |
  | Perugia | 2-1 | Venezia |
  
  ## References and sources
  
  * Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
  
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