# 1997–98 Serie B

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 | 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

| 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 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Cagliari (P) | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 63 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 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 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Padova (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 36 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Castel di Sangro (R) | 38 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 30 | Relegation to Serie C1 |

## 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 | — |

## Promotion tie-breaker

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

## Top goalscorers

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