1972–73 Serie B

Serie B

1972–73 Genoa squad
Season	1972–73
Champions	Genoa 4th title
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Arezzo

Ascoli

Bari

Brescia

Brindisi

Catania

Catanzaro

Cesena

Como

Foggia

Genoa

Lecco

Mantova

Monza

Novara

Perugia

Reggiana

Reggina

Taranto

Varese

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Serie B 1972-73 team distribution

The Serie B 1972–73 was the forty-first tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Lecco, Ascoli and Brindisi had been promoted from Serie C, while Catanzaro, Mantova and Varese had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Genoa (P, C)	38	20	13	5	47	26	+21	53	Promotion to Serie A
2	Cesena (P)	38	17	15	6	36	21	+15	49
3	Foggia (P)	38	19	11	8	37	25	+12	49
4	Ascoli	38	20	8	10	45	31	+14	48
5	Catania	38	14	15	9	29	20	+9	43
6	Varese	38	13	16	9	30	26	+4	42
7	Brindisi	38	12	17	9	32	24	+8	41
8	Catanzaro	38	12	15	11	38	27	+11	39
9	Novara	38	13	12	13	37	37	0	38
10	Reggiana	38	11	15	12	31	31	0	37
11	Como	38	11	14	13	31	33	−2	36
12	Bari	38	10	16	12	29	33	−4	36
13	Arezzo	38	9	16	13	24	29	−5	34
14	Perugia	38	11	11	16	29	34	−5	33
15	Taranto	38	8	17	13	29	39	−10	33
16	Reggina	38	6	19	13	18	26	−8	31
17	Brescia	38	7	17	14	26	37	−11	31
18	Mantova (R)	38	8	15	15	19	32	−13	31	Relegation to Serie C
19	Monza (R)	38	8	15	15	24	39	−15	31
20	Lecco (R)	38	5	15	18	19	40	−21	25

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	ARE	ASC	BAR	BRE	BRI	CTN	CTZ	CES	COM	FOG	GEN	LCO	MAN	MON	NOV	PER	REA	REG	TAR	VAR
Arezzo		0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Ascoli	3–1		4–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1
Bari	1–0	1–1		2–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	0–0
Brescia	1–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–0
Brindisi	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0		1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0
Catania	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
Catanzaro	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1		3–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–0
Cesena	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0		1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1
Como	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1		2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–2	1–1
Foggia	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0		1–2	1–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0
Genoa	1–0	6–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–2
Lecco	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–0		2–0	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Mantova	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–0
Monza	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		3–3	1–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–1
Novara	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	5–3		4–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–2
Perugia	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0		1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2
Reggiana	2–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–3		0–0	1–0	2–0
Reggina	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1		1–0	0–0
Taranto	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–2		1–0
Varese	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References and sources

• Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005