1989–90 Serie B

Serie B
Season	1989–90
Champions	Torino; 2nd title
Promoted	Pisa; Cagliari; Parma
Relegated	Monza; Licata; Como; Catanzaro
Matches played	380
Goals scored	674 (1.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andrea Silenzi (23 goals)
	← 1988–89 1990–91 →

Ancona

Avellino

Serie B 1989-90 team distribution

The Serie B 1989–90 was the fifty-eighth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Triestina, Reggiana, Cagliari and Foggia had been promoted from Serie C, while Torino, Pescara, Pisa and Como had been relegated from Serie A.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Torino (P, C)	38	19	15	4	63	24	+39	53	Promotion to Serie A
2	Pisa (P)	38	16	19	3	51	23	+28	51
3	Cagliari (P)	38	17	13	8	39	22	+17	47
4	Parma (P)	38	16	14	8	49	30	+19	46
5	Ancona	38	13	17	8	46	34	+12	43
6	Reggina	38	13	16	9	32	27	+5	42
7	Reggiana	38	11	18	9	33	31	+2	40
8	Foggia	38	15	9	14	45	38	+7	39
8	Pescara	38	14	11	13	34	39	−5	39
10	Brescia	38	10	17	11	31	34	−3	37
10	Padova	38	12	13	13	26	33	−7	37
12	Avellino	38	12	11	15	33	35	−2	35
12	Triestina	38	9	17	12	33	41	−8	35
14	Cosenza	38	9	16	13	27	40	−13	34
15	Barletta	38	9	16	13	24	37	−13	34
16	Messina	38	11	12	15	28	44	−16	34	Relegation tie-breaker^[a]
17	Monza (R)	38	11	12	15	26	37	−11	34	Serie C1 after tie-breaker
18	Licata (R)	38	6	16	16	22	38	−16	28	Relegation to Serie C1
19	Como (R)	38	7	13	18	16	32	−16	27
20	Catanzaro (R)	38	3	19	16	16	35	−19	25

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

^ Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Cosenza and Barletta.

Results

Home \ Away	ANC	AVE	BRL	BRE	CAG	CTZ	COM	COS	FOG	LIC	MES	MON	PAD	PAR	PES	PIS	REA	REG	TOR	TRI
Ancona		1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	5–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0
Avellino	0–0		0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
Barletta	1–1	0–2		1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Brescia	2–3	1–1	4–0		1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–4	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0
Cagliari	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0		4–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1
Catanzaro	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–4	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1
Como	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0		1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2
Cosenza	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–0		2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–4	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1
Foggia	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–2
Licata	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0		1–1	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	1–0
Messina	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1		1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0
Monza	1–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Padova	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–0		1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1
Parma	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–1	5–3	4–1	2–2	1–0	0–1		1–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–0
Pescara	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0		1–4	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0
Pisa	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	3–0		2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Reggiana	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	4–0	0–2	1–0	0–0		1–1	0–0	3–0
Reggina	0–2	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0		0–0	2–1
Torino	4–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	5–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	7–0	2–1	4–0	2–0		1–1
Triestina	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–0	3–3

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

7 June 1990

Messina	1–0	Monza
Doni 8'

Stadio Adriatico, Pescara

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Gianni Beschin

Monza relegated to Serie C1.

Footnotes

References and sources

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

[table_note_res_RP0.014703119180493-1] Qualified to the relegation tie-breaker for worst head-to-head points against Cosenza and Barletta.

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