27th season of second-tier football league in Italy
Football league season
Serie B 1955-56 team distribution
The Serie B 1955–56 was the twenty-fourth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.
Teams
Bari and Livorno had been promoted from Serie C , while Udinese and Catania had been relegated from Serie A .
Final classification
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GR
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1
Udinese (P, C)
34
21
7
6
66
31
2.129
49
Promotion to Serie A
2
Palermo (P)
34
17
13
4
41
34
1.206
47
3
Como
34
17
9
8
54
33
1.636
43
3
Simmenthal-Monza
34
17
9
8
44
29
1.517
43
5
Catania
34
14
12
8
42
28
1.500
40
5
Cagliari
34
15
10
9
51
45
1.133
40
7
Brescia
34
11
12
11
34
43
0.791
34
8
Modena
34
10
13
11
46
38
1.211
33
9
Alessandria
34
11
10
13
40
36
1.111
32
9
Verona
34
12
8
14
45
49
0.918
32
11
Bari
34
13
5
16
45
44
1.023
31
11
Messina
34
11
9
14
41
45
0.911
31
11
Taranto
34
10
11
13
34
39
0.872
31
14
Legnano
34
10
10
14
40
47
0.851
30
15
Parma
34
10
8
16
36
46
0.783
28
16
Marzotto
34
10
7
17
30
48
0.625
27
17
Livorno (R)
34
7
8
19
37
64
0.578
22
Relegation to Serie C
18
Salernitana (R)
34
4
11
19
30
57
0.526
19
Source: Panini(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Results
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
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