# 1998–99 Serie B

The Serie B 1998–99 was the sixty-seventh tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Cesena, Cremonese, Cosenza and Ternana had been promoted from Serie C, while Brescia, Atalanta, Lecce and Napoli had been relegated from Serie A.

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Atalanta | Bortolo Mutti | Asics | Somet |
| Brescia | Silvio Baldini | Garman | Ristora |
| Cesena | Alberto Cavasin | Adidas | Orogel |
| Chievo Verona | Lorenzo Balestro & Luciano Miani | Biemme | Paluani |
| Cosenza | Giuliano Sonzogni | Kappa | Provincia di Cosenza |
| Cremonese | Gaetano Salvemini | Puma | Bossini Docce |
| Fidelis Andria | Giorgio Rumignani | Biemme | Banca Popolare Andriese/Gruppo Ferri |
| Genoa | Luigi Cagni | Kappa | Festival Crociere |
| Hellas Verona | Cesare Prandelli | Erreà | Atreyu Immobiliare |
| Lecce | Nedo Sonetti | Asics | Banca del Salento |
| Lucchese | Tarcisio Burgnich | Erreà | Cremlat |
| Monza | Pierluigi Frosio | Adidas | Vismara Salumi |
| Napoli | Vincenzo Montefusco | Nike | Polenghi Lombardo |
| Pescara | Luigi De Canio | Puma | Gelati Gis |
| Ravenna | Sergio Santarini | Erreà | Valleverde Calzature |
| Reggiana | Angelo Gregucci & Fabiano Speggiorin | Erreà | Latte Giglio |
| Reggina | Bruno Bolchi | Asics | Caffè Mauro |
| Ternana | Vincenzo Guerini | Ennedue | TAD Metals Ambiente |
| Torino | Emiliano Mondonico | Kelme | SDA Express Courier |
| Treviso | Gianfranco Bellotto | Lotto | Segafredo |

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hellas Verona (P, C) | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 38 | +22 | 66 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Torino (P) | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 65 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Reggina (P) | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 64 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Lecce (P) | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 64 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 5 | Pescara | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 42 | +8 | 63 | |
| 6 | Atalanta | 38 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 61 | |
| 7 | Brescia | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 56 | |
| 8 | Treviso | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 56 | |
| 9 | Napoli | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 51 | |
| 10 | Ravenna | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 51 | |
| 11 | Chievo | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 48 | |
| 12 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 46 | |
| 13 | Cesena | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 45 | |
| 14 | Monza | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 45 | |
| 15 | Ternana | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 45 | |
| 16 | Cosenza | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 43 | |
| 17 | Reggiana (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 41 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 18 | Fidelis Andria (R) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 40 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Lucchese (R) | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 37 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Cremonese (R) | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 69 | −39 | 20 | Relegation to Serie C1 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BRE | CES | CHV | COS | CRE | FAN | GEN | LCE | LUC | MON | NAP | PES | RAV | REA | REG | TER | TOR | TRV | HEL |
| Atalanta | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Brescia | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Cesena | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 |
| Chievo | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Cosenza | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Cremonese | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Fidelis Andria | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Genoa | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Lecce | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Lucchese | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Monza | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Napoli | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Pescara | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Ravenna | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Reggiana | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Reggina | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Ternana | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Torino | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Treviso | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |
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