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)

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.

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

Perugia1–1 (a.e.t.)Torino
Tovalieri 76' Ferrante 79'
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

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

Top goalscorers

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