1997–98 Serie B

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The Serie B 1997–98 was the sixty-sixth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Serie B
Season1997–98
PromotedSalernitana (1st title)
Venezia
Cagliari
Perugia
RelegatedFoggia
Ancona
Padova
Castel di Sangro
Matches played380
Goals scored897 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorerItaly Marco Di Vaio (21 goals)

Teams

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Treviso, Monza, Fidelis Andria and Ancona had been promoted from Serie C, while Cagliari, Perugia, Hellas Verona and Reggiana had been relegated from Serie A.

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ancona   Francesco Giorgini Kappa None
Cagliari   Gian Piero Ventura Biemme Pecorino Sardo
Castel di Sangro   Franco Selvaggi Pienne Soviet Jeans
Chievo Verona   Silvio Baldini Biemme Paluani
Fidelis Andria   Giuseppe Papadopulo Biemme Banca Popolare Andriese
Foggia   Domenico Caso Kappa None
Genoa   Tarcisio Burgnich Erreà Festival Crociere
Hellas Verona   Sergio Maddè Erreà Z.G. Camini
Lucchese   Luigi De Canio Erreà Cremlat
Monza   Pierluigi Frosio Reebok Firestone
Padova   Mario Colautti Diadora Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo
Perugia   Ilario Castagner Galex Colussi
Pescara   Adriano Buffoni Puma Gelati Gis
Ravenna   Sergio Santarini Erreà Lloyd Italico
Reggiana   Franco Varrella Asics Latte Giglio
Reggina   Franco Colomba Asics Caffè Mauro
Salernitana   Delio Rossi Asics Exigo Jeans & Casual
Torino   Edoardo Reja Kelme SDA Express Courier
Treviso   Gianfranco Bellotto Lotto Segafredo
Venezia   Walter Novellino Virma Emmezeta

Final classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Salernitana (P, C) 38 19 15 4 65 32 +33 72 Promotion to Serie A
2 Venezia (P) 38 17 13 8 51 31 +20 64
3 Cagliari (P) 38 15 18 5 53 36 +17 63
4 Perugia (P) 38 15 17 6 52 35 +17 62 Serie A after tie-breaker
5 Torino 38 17 11 10 50 40 +10 62 Promotion tie-breaker
6 Hellas Verona 38 15 8 15 51 38 +13 53
7 Reggina 38 13 14 11 37 41 −4 53
8 Treviso 38 12 16 10 43 42 +1 52
9 Genoa 38 14 9 15 50 53 −3 51
10 Reggiana 38 13 11 14 36 35 +1 50
11 Chievo 38 12 14 12 43 46 −3 50
12 Fidelis Andria 38 11 15 12 42 43 −1 48
13 Pescara 38 12 11 15 41 48 −7 47
14 Ravenna 38 11 12 15 41 43 −2 45
15 Monza 38 9 17 12 48 56 −8 44
16 Lucchese 38 11 11 16 35 47 −12 44
17 Foggia (R) 38 9 14 15 48 55 −7 41 Relegation to Serie C1
18 Ancona (R) 38 8 16 14 49 61 −12 40
19 Padova (R) 38 8 12 18 30 49 −19 36
20 Castel di Sangro (R) 38 5 15 18 38 64 −26 30
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ANC CAG CDS CHV FAN FOG GEN LUC MON PAD PER PES RAV REA REG SAL TOR TRV VEN HEL
Ancona 4–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–2 4–3 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 3–3 1–0 4–4 0–1 0–0
Cagliari 3–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1
Castel di Sangro 1–1 0–3 0–4 3–3 0–1 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–5 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–2
Chievo 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0
Fidelis Andria 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–0
Foggia 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 3–2 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–0
Genoa 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0
Lucchese 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0
Monza 3–3 0–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–1
Padova 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Perugia 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1
Pescara 3–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1
Ravenna 2–0 0–0 1–3 2–0 0–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1
Reggiana 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–1
Reggina 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–3
Salernitana 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–0
Torino 1–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–4 2–1
Treviso 5–0 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–5 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0
Venezia 1–1 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–0
Hellas Verona 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 2–0 3–2 5–1 0–1 2–0 4–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 4–0 1–1 0–1
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.

Promotion tie-breaker

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Perugia1–1 (a.e.t.)Torino
Tovalieri   76' Ferrante   79'
Penalties
Bernardini  
Rapaić  
Materazzi  
Colonnello  
Tovalieri  
5–4   Ferrante
  Lentini
  Cravero
  Dorigo
  Carparelli

A.C. Perugia promoted to 1998–99 Serie A.

Top goalscorers

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Scorer Goals Team
  Marco Di Vaio
21
  Cosimo Francioso
18
Monza (14) Ravenna (4)
  Marco Ferrante
18
  Roberto Muzzi
17
  Stefan Schwoch
14