1997–98 Serie B

Serie B
Season	1997–98
Promoted	Salernitana (1st title); Venezia; Cagliari; Perugia
Relegated	Foggia; Ancona; Padova; Castel di Sangro
Matches played	380
Goals scored	897 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Italy Marco Di Vaio (21 goals)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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

Teams

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

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

Final classification

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

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

21 June 1998

17:00 CEST

Perugia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Torino
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Penalties
Bernardini soccer ball with check mark Rapaić soccer ball with check mark Materazzi soccer ball with check mark Colonnello soccer ball with check mark Tovalieri soccer ball with check mark	5–4	soccer ball with check mark Ferrante soccer ball with check mark Lentini soccer ball with check mark Cravero soccer ball with red X Dorigo soccer ball with check mark Carparelli

Stadio Giglio, Reggio Emilia

Referee: Graziano Cesari

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

Top goalscorers

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

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