1978–79 Serie B

Italian football league season Serie B 1978–79 Udinese3rd title 1977–78 1979–80 Italy right 325 Serie B 1978-79 team distribution Italy 41.133333 16.866667 Bari Italy 45.533333 10.233333 Brescia Italy 39.246389 9.0575 Cagliari Italy 44.133333 12.233333 Cesena left Italy 41.464167 15.546111 Foggia Italy 44.4 8.916667 Italy 44.3 8.916667 GenoaSampdoria bottom Italy 40.35 18.166667 Lecce bottom Italy 45.583333 9.266667 Monza bottom Italy 40.75 14.633333 Nocerina left Italy 38.116667 13.366667 Palermo Italy 42.466667 14.2 Pescara Italy 43.933333 10.916667 Pistoiese bottom Italy 44.05 12.566667 Rimini Italy 42.95 13.883333 Sambenedettese Italy 44.833333 11.616667 Spal Italy 40.466667 17.233333 Taranto left Italy 42.566667 12.65 Ternana left Italy 46.066667 13.233333 Udinese left Italy 45.816667 8.833333 Varese left The Serie B 1978–79 was the forty-seventh tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation. Teams Udinese, SPAL and Nocerina had been promoted from Serie C, while Genoa, Foggia and Pescara had been relegated from Serie A. Events Relegations rose to four following the reform of the Serie C. The winners joined the Mitropa Cup. Final classification main WDL PR 2 UDI Udinese CAG Cagliari PES Pescara MON Monza PIS Pistoiese LEC Lecce PAL Palermo BRE Brescia SMP Sampdoria TER Ternana SMB Sambenedettese GEN Genoa CES Cesena SPA S.P.A.L. TAR Taranto BAR Bari FOG Foggia NOC Nocerina RIM Rimini VAR Varese 21 13 4 52 22 PC 16 17 5 46 24 P 16 16 6 44 27 P 16 16 6 39 20 15 14 9 38 28 14 15 9 33 33 11 19 8 38 34 11 17 10 41 41 9 18 11 37 39 8 20 10 33 39 9 18 11 35 42 11 13 14 34 35 9 17 12 27 29 9 17 12 34 37 7 21 10 25 30 6 23 9 29 36 8 17 13 39 45 R 8 13 17 24 39 R 3 18 17 17 39 R 6 12 20 29 55 R green1 Promotion to Serie A P P green1 Serie A after tie-breaker PP Promotion tie-breaker PPL red1 Relegation to Serie C1 R R R R complete Panini Results main FBR complete BAR BRE CAG CES FOG GEN LEC MON NOC PAL PES PIS RIM SMB SMP SPA TAR TER UDI VAR Bari Brescia Cagliari Cesena Foggia Genoa Lecce Monza Nocerina Palermo Pescara Pistoiese Rimini Samb. Sampdoria Spal Taranto Ternana Udinese Varese 1-0 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 3-3 0-0 1-2 1-0 1-1 3-1 1-1 4-3 1-0 3-1 0-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 2-2 1-0 2-0 2-2 0-1 0-0 2-1 5-1 0-1 1-0 2-2 1-1 2-0 1-0 2-1 3-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 0-2 0-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-1 2-3 3-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 4-2 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-3 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 0-1 2-1 2-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-2 2-2 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-2 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 3-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 3-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 3-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 2-1 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-2 1-1 0-1 1-0 2-0 1-2 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 2-2 1-1 2-1 1-1 3-1 0-1 0-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 3-0 2-0 3-1 1-1 0-0 2-0 2-1 0-2 2-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-2 1-0 2-2 2-1 3-1 2-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-2 0-0 2-1 1-2 1-3 1-1 1-1 3-2 1-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-0 0-0 1-1 3-1 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 3-1 3-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-3 1-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 2-0 0-0 3-2 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-1 4-0 3-2 0-2 1-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 3-2 2-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 4-1 1-0 3-1 1-0 2-2 0-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 3-2 2-0 3-1 4-0 1-0 1-1 3-3 0-2 0-3 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-2 1-1 0-0 2-1 0-1 1-0 2-2 2-2 0-1 1-1 1-0 2-2 Promotion tie-breaker Played in Bologna on July 1st Monza ITA 0-2 Pescara ITA Pescara promoted to Serie A. Attendances # Club Average 1 Cagliari 25,048 2 Bari 20,089 3 Pescara 19,794 4 Genoa 19,709 5 Udinese 18,085 6 Palermo 15,429 7 Sampdoria 13,348 8 Foggia 12,741 9 Taranto 11,179 10 Lecce 11,057 11 SPAL 11,043 12 Pistoiese 10,010 13 Brescia 9,802 14 Ternana 9,607 15 Cesena 8,366 16 Nocerina 7,569 17 Sambenedettese 7,238 18 Rimini 6,148 19 Monza 5,630 20 Varese 3,588 Source:Attendances Georgia average https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita79.htm 2026-09-27 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References and sources Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 Specific Category:Serie B seasons 2 Italy