title: 1961–62 Serie B
text: # 1961–62 Serie B
  
  The Serie B 1961–62 was the thirtieth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.
  
  ## Teams
  
  Modena, Lucchese and Cosenza had been promoted from Serie C, while Bari, Napoli and Lazio had been relegated from Serie A.
  
  ## Final classification
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Genoa (P, C) | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 64 | 28 | 2.286 | 54 | Promotion to Serie A |
  | 2 | Napoli (P, Q) | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 44 | 35 | 1.257 | 43 | Cup Winners' Cup and promotion to Serie A |
  | 2 | Modena (P) | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 1.083 | 43 | Promotion to Serie A |
  | 4 | Lazio | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 50 | 28 | 1.786 | 42 | |
  | 4 | Verona | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 39 | 27 | 1.444 | 42 | |
  | 6 | Pro Patria | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 38 | 1.132 | 41 | |
  | 7 | Messina | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 53 | 46 | 1.152 | 39 | |
  | 8 | Brescia | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 36 | 1.028 | 37 | |
  | 8 | Simmenthal-Monza | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 44 | 0.841 | 37 | |
  | 10 | Alessandria | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 46 | 0.978 | 36 | |
  | 11 | Bari | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 38 | 1.263 | 35 | |
  | 12 | Parma | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 0.758 | 35 | |
  | 12 | Sambenedettese | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 42 | 0.714 | 35 | |
  | 14 | Lucchese | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 54 | 0.852 | 34 | |
  | 14 | Catanzaro | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 0.740 | 34 | |
  | 14 | Como | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 46 | 0.717 | 34 | |
  | 17 | Cosenza | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 46 | 0.630 | 33 | |
  | 18 | Reggiana (R) | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 34 | 40 | 0.850 | 32 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 18 | Prato (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 33 | 47 | 0.702 | 32 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 20 | Novara (D, R) | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 37 | 43 | 0.860 | 36 | Relegation to Serie C |
  
  * ↑ 6 points deducted.
  * ↑ Ranked last by the FIGC for a corruption case.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ALE | BAR | BRE | CTZ | COM | COS | GEN | LAZ | LUC | MES | MOD | NAP | NOV | PAR | PRA | PPA | REA | SBN | SMN | HEL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alessandria | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
  | Bari | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
  | Brescia | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
  | Catanzaro | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
  | Como | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
  | Cosenza | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
  | Genoa | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
  | Lazio | 7–2 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
  | Lucchese | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
  | Messina | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
  | Modena | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
  | Napoli | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
  | Novara | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
  | Parma | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
  | Prato | 0–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
  | Pro Patria | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
  | Reggiana | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
  | Sambenedettese | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
  | Simm.-Monza | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 |
  | Hellas Verona | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
  
  ## References and sources
  
  * Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
  
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