1934–35 Serie B

Serie B
Season	1934–35
Champions	Genoa; 1st title
	← 1933–34 1935–36 →

The Serie B 1934–35 was the sixth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation. This championship was organized with two groups.

Teams

Aquila Calcio, Pisa Calcio, Lucchese and Catania Calcio had been promoted from Prima Divisione, while Padova Calcio, Genoa CFC and Casale Calcio had been relegated from Serie A. Cagliari Calcio, Derthona, Vicenza Calcio and Venezia FC had been re-elected by the Higher Directory to expand the league.

Events

Eight teams for each group were relegated in order to restore the single table. Two teams (one for each group) retired during the tournament. In the Western group, A.C. Pavia retired after 20 days and only the matches played in the first half of the season (the andata) were considered valid. In the Eastern group Grion Pola retired after 15 matches and all their matches were voided.

Group A

Serie B 1934-35 Girone A team distribution

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Genova 1893 (P)	29	18	6	5	48	23	2.087	42	Promotion to Serie A
2	Novara	29	17	5	7	60	33	1.818	39
3	Pisa	29	15	7	7	52	34	1.529	37
3	Catania	29	16	5	8	45	35	1.286	37
5	Vigevanesi	29	14	7	8	67	34	1.971	35
5	Viareggio	29	15	5	9	43	32	1.344	35
7	Lucchese	29	13	8	8	40	31	1.290	34
8	Messina	29	12	8	9	52	45	1.156	32
9	Cagliari (R, E, R)	29	12	6	11	44	39	1.128	30	Phoenix in Sardinian League^[a]
10	Seregno (R)	29	9	10	10	42	41	1.024	28	Relegation to Serie C
11	Spezia (R)	29	10	4	15	37	41	0.902	24
12	Casale (R)	29	7	9	13	28	53	0.528	23
13	Legnano^[b] (R)	29	9	4	16	30	51	0.588	21
14	Pro Patria^[b] (R)	29	4	8	17	23	46	0.500	15
15	Derthona^[c] (R)	29	3	7	19	23	74	0.311	11
16	Pavia (D, R, E)	15	0	3	12	7	29	0.241	5	Bankruptcy^[d]

Source: Panini
(D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The old CS Cagliari went bankrupt in summer 1935. A new US Cagliari was then re-founded in the Sardinian Championship which was won in 1937.
^ ^a ^b 1 point deducted.
^ 2 points deducted.
^ Pavia retired after 20 days and only the matches played in the first half of the season were considered valid.
A new provisional team from Pavia was later founded in 1936 and restored in Serie C in 1937. AC Pavia was finally fully restored in 1942.

Results

Home \ Away	CAG	CSL	CTN	DER	GEN	LEG	LUC	MES	NOV	PAV	PIS	PPA	SER	SPE	VIA	VIG
Cagliari		4–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0	5–3	2–0	1-0^[a]	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1
Casale	3–2		2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–1		1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1
Catania	2–0	1–0		5–2	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0
Derthona	0–2	2–2	1–2		0–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	3–1		1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2
Genova 1893	2–0	4–1	3–1	1–0		4–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
Legnano	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–2		1–1	2–1	1–2		1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–2
Lucchese	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–0		4–2	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–2
Messina	0–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–1		3–2	2–0	4–4	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–2
Novara	1–0	6–1	3–0	4–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	2–2	5–1	5–0	3–1	3–1	3–2
Pavia^[a]	1–1	0–1	1-0^[a]	0–2		1–3	0-2^[a]	0-3^[a]			0–0	0–0		3–4
Pisa	2–1	4–0	1–0	8–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	0–0	3–1			2–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–1
Pro Patria	1–3	1–1	1–1	5–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	5-3^[a]	0–2		1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2
Seregno	3–3	1–1	1–1	7–1	2–3	3–1	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–1	2–2
Spezia	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–4		3–0	3–0	2–0		0–1	0–2
Viareggio	1–1	3–1	1–0	9–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1		1–0
Vigevanesi	4–0	6–0	2–0	6–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	6–0	1–1	3–0	7–1	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Pavia retired after 20 days and only the matches played in the first half of the season were considered valid.

Group B

Serie B 1934-35 Girone B team distribution

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bari (P)	28	14	9	5	48	24	2.000	37	Promotion to Serie A
2	Modena	28	17	2	9	43	31	1.387	36
3	Pistoiese	28	15	4	9	47	27	1.741	34
4	L'Aquila	28	12	8	8	48	36	1.333	32
4	Verona	28	12	8	8	36	32	1.125	32
6	S.P.A.L.	28	13	5	10	45	42	1.071	31
7	Atalanta	28	12	6	10	38	35	1.086	30
8	Foggia	28	12	5	11	45	37	1.216	29	Relegation tie-breaker
8	Cremonese (R)	28	11	7	10	34	35	0.971	29	Serie C after tie-breaker
10	Padova (R)	28	10	7	11	45	35	1.286	27	Relegation to Serie C
11	Catanzarese (R)	28	9	4	15	33	41	0.805	22
11	Vicenza (R)	28	8	6	14	27	40	0.675	22
11	Venezia (R)	28	9	4	15	25	47	0.532	22
14	Comense (R)	28	7	6	15	27	55	0.491	20
15	Perugia (R, E, R)	28	6	5	17	25	49	0.510	17	Revival in First Division^[a]
16	Grion Pola^[b] (D, R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	7	Relegation to Serie C

Source: Panini
(D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Perugia was unable to retain their professional status in summer 1935 and the FIGC disbanded the first team. The club continued in the Regional championships with its reserve amatorial team, and it was restored in Serie C in 1938.
^ Grion Pola retired after 15 matches and all their matches were voided.

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BAR	CTZ	COM	CRE	FOG	GRP	LAQ	MOD	PAD	PER	PST	SPA	VEN	HEL	VIC
Atalanta		0–2	2–0	1–1	1–5	2–1		1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	6–0	1–0	2–0
Bari	0–0		3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2-0^[a]	4–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	5–0
Catanzarese	1–1	1–0		3–0	2–2	5–1	4-1^[a]	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–4	2–0	0–2	4–1	2–2
Comense	0–1	1–1	0–1		2–4	1–2	2-1^[a]	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	0–4	2–1	2–1	1–0
Cremonese	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	4-1^[a]	0–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	5–1	1–0	0–1	1–0
Foggia	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–1			2–3	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	5–1	0–1	1–1	5–0
Grion Pola^[a]	0-1^[a]					2-0^[a]		1-0^[a]	1-0^[a]	1-3^[a]		0-2^[a]		0-2^[a]		1-1^[a]
L'Aquila	0–1	1–1	4–0	5–1	0–0	3–1			1–0	2–1	5–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	3–2	2–0
Modena	4–3	4–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–0		2–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	0–0	1–0
Padova	2–1	0–1	1–1	6–0	5–0	3–1		4–2	3–0		3–1	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–0
Perugia	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	3-0^[a]	1–1	4–3	3–3		0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
Pistoiese	0–2	3–1	1–0	7–2	6–0	3–0		2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0		0–3	1–0	3–0	4–2
SPAL	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	4-2^[a]	2–4	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–1		6–2	3–1	2–1
Venezia	3–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1		1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–2		1–2	2–1
Hellas Verona	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–2	3–2	0–0	3-0^[a]	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	4–0		1–0
Vicenza	2–3	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0		2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Grion Pola retired after 15 matches and all their matches were voided.

Relegation tie-breaker

Played in Ancona on June 9

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cremonese	1-1	Foggia

Played in Fano on June 16

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cremonese	0-1	Foggia

U.S. Cremonese were relegated to Serie C.

Championship play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bari	1-4	Genova 1893	1-0	0-4

Genova 1893 were declared Serie B champions.

References and sources

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

[table_note_res_D0.16881089805104-1] The old CS Cagliari went bankrupt in summer 1935. A new US Cagliari was then re-founded in the Sardinian Championship which was won in 1937.

[table_note_LEG0.16881089805104-2] 1 point deducted.

[table_note_DER0.16881089805104-3] 2 points deducted.

[table_note_res_RET0.16881089805104-4] Pavia retired after 20 days and only the matches played in the first half of the season were considered valid.
A new provisional team from Pavia was later founded in 1936 and restored in Serie C in 1937. AC Pavia was finally fully restored in 1942.

[table_note_PAV0.671415428478-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Pavia retired after 20 days and only the matches played in the first half of the season were considered valid.

[table_note_res_RET0.44349218273698-6] Perugia was unable to retain their professional status in summer 1935 and the FIGC disbanded the first team. The club continued in the Regional championships with its reserve amatorial team, and it was restored in Serie C in 1938.

[table_note_GRP0.44349218273698-7] Grion Pola retired after 15 matches and all their matches were voided.

[table_note_GRP0.89004271379208-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Grion Pola retired after 15 matches and all their matches were voided.

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