title: 1940–41 Serie B
text: # 1940–41 Serie B
  
  The Serie B 1940–41 was the twelfth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.
  
  ## Teams
  
  Reggiana, Savona, Vicenza and Macerata had been promoted from Serie C, while Liguria and Modena had been relegated from Serie A. Additionally, Spezia was admitted from Serie C to fill a vacancy.
  
  ## Final classification
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Liguria (P, C) | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 32 | 2.219 | 49 | Promotion to Serie A |
  | 2 | Modena (P) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 74 | 33 | 2.242 | 48 | Promotion to Serie A |
  | 3 | Brescia | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 32 | 2.094 | 46 | |
  | 4 | Savona | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 48 | 23 | 2.087 | 44 | |
  | 5 | Padova | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 64 | 47 | 1.362 | 39 | |
  | 6 | Vicenza | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 66 | 58 | 1.138 | 38 | |
  | 7 | Alessandria | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 58 | 54 | 1.074 | 35 | |
  | 8 | Siena | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 41 | 1.024 | 34 | |
  | 9 | Reggiana | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 43 | 1.186 | 33 | |
  | 10 | Lucchese | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 47 | 0.894 | 33 | |
  | 11 | Udinese | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 50 | 0.900 | 31 | |
  | 12 | Spezia | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 51 | 0.882 | 30 | |
  | 13 | Fanfulla | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 61 | 0.787 | 30 | |
  | 14 | Pisa | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 40 | 60 | 0.667 | 30 | |
  | 15 | Verona (R) | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 47 | 76 | 0.618 | 26 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 16 | Anconitana (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 44 | 74 | 0.595 | 25 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 17 | Macerata (R) | 34 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 35 | 78 | 0.449 | 21 | Relegation to Serie C |
  | 18 | Pro Vercelli (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 42 | 69 | 0.609 | 20 | Relegation to Serie C |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ALE | ANC | BRE | FAN | LIG | LUC | MAC | MOD | PAD | PIS | PVE | REA | SVN | SIE | SPE | UDI | HEL | VIC |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Alessandria | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
  | Anconitana | 1–1 | | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
  | Brescia | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 |
  | Fanfulla | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–5 |
  | Liguria | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
  | Lucchese | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 4–0 | 2–6 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
  | Macerata | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
  | Modena | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 |
  | Padova | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 |
  | Pisa | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 |
  | Pro Vercelli | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
  | Reggiana | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
  | Savona | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
  | Siena | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
  | Spezia | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
  | Udinese | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 |
  | Hellas Verona | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 |
  | Vicenza | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 3–0 | |
  
  ## References and sources
  
  * Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
  
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