1978–79 Serie B

Bari

Brescia

Cagliari

Cesena

Foggia

Genoa
Sampdoria

Lecce

Monza

Nocerina

Palermo

Pescara

Pistoiese

Rimini

Sambenedettese

Spal

Taranto

Ternana

Udinese

Varese

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Serie B 1978-79 team distribution

This article contains information on the 1978–1979 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.

Final classification

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1.	Udinese	38	21	13	4	52	22	+30	55	Promoted to Serie A
2.	Cagliari	38	16	17	5	46	24	+22	49
3.	Pescara	38	16	16	6	44	27	+17	48	Promotion tie-breaker
3.	Monza	38	16	16	6	39	20	+19	48
5.	Pistoiese	38	15	14	9	38	28	+10	44
6.	Lecce	38	14	15	9	33	33	0	43
7.	Palermo	38	11	19	8	38	34	+4	41
8.	Brescia	38	11	17	10	41	41	0	39
9.	Sampdoria	38	9	18	11	37	39	-2	36
9.	Ternana	38	8	20	10	33	39	-6	36
9.	Sambenedettese	38	9	18	11	35	42	-7	36
12.	Genoa	38	11	13	14	34	35	-1	35
12.	Cesena	38	9	17	12	27	29	-2	35
12.	S.P.A.L.	38	9	17	12	34	37	-3	35
12.	Taranto	38	7	21	10	25	30	-5	35
12.	Bari	38	6	23	9	29	36	-7	35
17.	Foggia	38	8	17	13	39	45	-6	33	Relegated to Serie C1
18.	Nocerina	38	8	13	17	24	39	-15	29
19.	Rimini	38	3	18	17	17	39	-22	24
19.	Varese	38	6	12	20	29	55	-26	24

Promotion tie-breaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Monza	0-2	Pescara

Pescara promoted to Serie A.

References and sources

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