1945–46 Serie B-C

This special Serie B-C championship was organized with geographical criteria with Serie B and the best Serie C teams from Northern Italy taking part. For this reason, it is not included in the statistics even if it was an official tournament.

Serie B-C North

Season	1945–46
Champions	Alessandria 1st title
← 1942–43 B ← 1942–43 C 1946–47 →

Just after the Allied disbandment of the fascist Higher Directory, the major clubs from US-occupied Northern Italy replaced it by a provisional football league, the High Italy League (Lega Alta Italia), which organized the expanded local section of the Serie B.

Spezia asked to be admitted to Serie A. After the refusal of FIGC, Spezia decided to join the regional leagues. Ultimately, Spezia was admitted to Serie B in the following season.

Teams

Northern Italy had 12 Serie B clubs: six regular and three re-admitted teams of the last pre-war season, and three clubs promoted from Serie C. However, newly-promoted Varese obtained a yearly break for huge wartime damages, while Spezia Calcio did not join.

All Serie C guests advancing to the final round were granted a titular Serie B licence.

Three groups were created: Western, Central and Eastern.

Group A

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alessandria (A)	22	13	4	5	42	20	2.100	30	Qualification to Final round
1	Vigevano (G, A, P)	22	12	6	4	26	13	2.000	30
3	Pro Vercelli (G)	22	11	5	6	32	23	1.391	27
4	Piacenza (G)	22	12	2	8	44	36	1.222	26
5	Casale (G)	22	10	4	8	36	27	1.333	24
5	Novara	22	9	6	7	23	15	1.533	24
7	Biellese (G)	22	8	5	9	31	28	1.107	21
7	Vogherese (G)	22	7	7	8	31	33	0.939	21
9	Sestrese (G)	22	8	4	10	30	40	0.750	20
10	Savona	22	6	5	11	28	39	0.718	17
11	Ausonia Spezia (G, R)	22	3	6	13	14	38	0.368	12	Relegation to Serie C
12	Cuneo (G, R)	22	4	4	14	18	43	0.419	12

Source: Panini
(A) Advance to a further round; (G) Guests; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ALE	AUS	BIE	CSL	CUN	NOV	PIA	PVE	SVN	SES	VIG	VOG
Alessandria		8–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–3	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	5–0
Ausonia Spezia	0–0		0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–1
Biellese	0–0	1–2		1–1	4–0	1–0	4–0	0–4	4–2	1–1	0–0	3–0
Casale	3–1	1–0	2–1		3–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	4–1	8–1	0–1	2–1
Cuneo	0–1	3–2	0–0	2–0		1–1	4–0	0–2	3–4	1–0	0–1	1–2
Novara	0–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–0		3–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	0–0	0–0
Piacenza	2–5	1–0	1–2	4–2	7–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	6–1	1–0	7–2
Pro Vercelli	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–1		4–1	3–2	2–1	1–1
Savona	2–0	2–2	1–4	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	4–0		0–3	1–1	1–1
Sestrese	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2		1–0	4–0
Vigevano	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0		1–0
Vogherese	1–2	4–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0

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.

Group B

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cremonese (A)	22	12	9	1	39	11	3.545	33	Qualification to Final round
2	Pro Patria (A)	22	10	8	4	34	21	1.619	28
3	Lecco (G)	22	9	9	4	28	18	1.556	27
4	Legnano (G)	22	9	8	5	36	28	1.286	26
5	Como (G)	22	9	6	7	31	22	1.409	24
6	Crema (G)	22	8	7	7	32	25	1.280	23
7	Fanfulla	22	8	5	9	28	37	0.757	21
8	Pro Sesto (G)	22	6	7	9	20	21	0.952	19
9	Seregno (G)	22	8	2	12	23	33	0.697	18
10	Gallaratese (G)	22	4	8	10	18	29	0.621	16
10	Mantova (G)	22	6	4	12	22	42	0.524	16
12	Trento (G, R)	22	4	5	13	17	41	0.415	13	Relegation to Serie C

Source: Panini
(A) Advance to a further round; (G) Guests; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	COM	CRM	CRE	FAN	GLR	LCO	LEG	MAN	PPA	PSE	SER	TRN
Como		0–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	4–0
Crema	0–2		1–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	7–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	2–3	2–1
Cremonese	2–0	1–0		1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	5–0
Fanfulla	0–0	1–1	0–2		3–1	2–1	3–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0
Gallaratese	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–0
Lecco	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0		2–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–0
Legnano	2–1	2–0	0–0	5–1	3–0	2–0		5–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–0
Mantova	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2
Pro Patria	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	3–0	1–0		2–0	1–0	3–0
Pro Sesto	1–0	1–2	0–3	5–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0		3–0	1–1
Seregno	0–1	1–4	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–3	1–2		3–2
Trento	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–4	1–0	1–0

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.

Group C

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Padova (A)	22	11	7	4	35	18	1.944	29	Qualification to Final round
1	Reggiana (G, A, P)	22	11	7	4	32	19	1.684	29
3	Parma (G)	22	12	4	6	36	20	1.800	28
3	Verona	22	11	6	5	34	22	1.545	28
5	Suzzara (G)	22	11	4	7	25	18	1.389	26
6	Treviso (G)	22	9	5	8	30	28	1.071	23
7	Pro Gorizia	22	7	8	7	26	24	1.083	22
8	Cesena (G)	22	5	10	7	29	24	1.208	20
8	S.P.A.L. (G)	22	6	8	8	29	28	1.036	20
10	Udinese	22	6	6	10	21	32	0.656	18
11	Forlì (G)	22	4	5	13	21	48	0.438	13
12	Panigale (G, R)	22	2	4	16	19	56	0.339	8	Relegation to Serie C

Source: Panini
(A) Advance to a further round; (G) Guests; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	CES	FOR	PAD	PAN	PAR	PGO	REA	SPA	SUZ	TRV	UDI	HEL
Cesena		4–0	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	1–1
Forlì	2–1		2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	0–1
Padova	0–0	4–1		2–0	2–2	5–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	3–3	2–1
Panigale	2–2	4–2	1–1		1–7	0–2	0–5	0–3	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–4
Parma	1–0	4–0	0–3	1–0		1–0	0–2	4–1	0–0	4–0	3–1	4–1
Pro Gorizia	3–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0		2–4	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Reggiana	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–1
SPAL	0–0	5–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–0		1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0
Suzzara	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1		3–1	2–1	1–0
Treviso	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0		0–0	3–0
Udinese	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–3	1–0	2–1		0–0
Hellas Verona	1–1	4–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–0

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.

Final round

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion
1	Alessandria (P, C)	10	7	1	2	21	6	3.500	15	Promotion to Serie A
2	Pro Patria	10	4	3	3	10	6	1.667	11
3	Vigevano	10	4	2	4	11	11	1.000	10
4	Reggiana	10	4	1	5	8	13	0.615	9
5	Cremonese	10	3	2	5	7	12	0.583	8
6	Padova	10	3	1	6	10	19	0.526	7

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	ALE	CRE	PAD	PPA	REA	VIG
Alessandria		1–0	6–2	1–0	5–0	2–0
Cremonese	0–0		2–1	1–0	2–1	2–3
Padova	0–2	1–0		1–4	2–0	1–1
Pro Patria	1–1	0–0	3–1		1–0	0–0
Reggiana	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0		2–1
Vigevano	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0

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.

Footnotes

On 16 May 1946 the Lega Calcio was created. Under agreements between FIGC, Northern and Southern clubs, all clubs from this championship out of the last ones were admitted to the Northern Serie B.

References and sources

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