1990–91 Serie B

Serie B
Season	1990–91
Champions	Foggia; 1st title
Promoted	Verona; Cremonese; Ascoli
Relegated	Salernitana; Reggina; Triestina; Barletta
Matches played	380
Goals scored	745 (1.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Francesco Baiano; Abel Balbo; Walter Casagrande (22 goals each)
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Ancona

Ascoli

Serie B 1990-91 team distribution

The Serie B 1990–91 was the fifty-ninth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Modena, Lucchese, Taranto and Salernitana had been promoted from Serie C, while Udinese, Verona, Cremonese and Ascoli had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Foggia (C, P)	38	21	9	8	67	36	+31	51	Promotion to Serie A
2	Verona (P)	38	15	15	8	42	29	+13	45
3	Cremonese (P)	38	12	19	7	28	21	+7	43
4	Ascoli (P)	38	13	16	9	48	34	+14	42
5	Padova	38	13	15	10	41	36	+5	41
6	Lucchese	38	10	20	8	29	30	−1	40
7	Reggiana	38	12	15	11	52	45	+7	39
8	Udinese^[a]	38	13	17	8	53	43	+10	38
9	Brescia	38	9	19	10	29	32	−3	37
10	Ancona	38	11	15	12	38	43	−5	37
11	Taranto	38	10	17	11	28	33	−5	37
12	Messina	38	9	19	10	34	45	−11	37
13	Modena	38	10	16	12	35	35	0	36
14	Pescara	38	9	18	11	36	32	+4	36
15	Avellino	38	11	14	13	27	36	−9	36
16	Cosenza	38	11	14	13	38	50	−12	36	Relegation tie-breaker^[b]
17	Salernitana (R)	38	7	22	9	29	38	−9	36	Serie C1 after tie-breaker
18	Reggina (R)	38	7	16	15	29	37	−8	30	Relegation to Serie C1
19	Triestina (R)	38	7	16	15	33	43	−10	30
20	Barletta (R)	38	8	12	18	29	47	−18	28

Source: Head-to-head points used for three or more clubs finishing at the same result.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ 5 points deducted for bribery.
^ Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Modena, Pescara and Avellino.

Results

Home \ Away	ANC	ASC	AVE	BRL	BRE	COS	CRE	FOG	LUC	MES	MOD	PAD	PES	REA	REG	SAL	TAR	TRI	UDI	HEL
Ancona		2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–3	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–1
Ascoli	1–1		2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–0	5–2	2–0	5–1	3–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
Avellino	1–0	1–1		3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–0
Barletta	1–0	0–0	3–0		1–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–5
Brescia	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0		1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1
Cosenza	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–0
Cremonese	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1		2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1
Foggia	2–0	2–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	5–0	1–0		3–0	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	5–1	2–2	1–0
Lucchese	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0		0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Messina	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0		0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–1
Modena	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	1–1		2–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–2
Padova	1–2	1–0	1–0	4–3	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	5–1	1–1		1–0	3–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0
Pescara	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–2		2–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	0–1
Reggiana	1–2	3–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	7–4	0–0	1–2	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–1		2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0
Reggina	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1
Salernitana	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	2–0		0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2
Taranto	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–1	1–0
Triestina	5–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–1		1–1	1–1
Udinese	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–1		2–0
Hellas Verona	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0

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

Relegation tie-breaker

26 June 1991

Cosenza	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Salernitana
Marulla 98'

Stadio Adriatico, Pescara

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Tullio Lanese

Salernitana relegated to Serie C1.

Footnotes

References and sources

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

[table_note_UDI0.87356636387928-1] 5 points deducted for bribery.

[table_note_res_RP0.87356636387928-2] Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Modena, Pescara and Avellino.

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1945–46 special postwar season: Serie A-B in Southern Italy