# 1996–97 Serie B

The Serie B 1996–97 was the sixty-fifth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Ravenna, Empoli, Lecce and Castel di Sangro had been promoted from Serie C, while Bari, Torino, Cremonese and Padova had been relegated from Serie A.

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Brescia (P, C) | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 66 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Empoli (P) | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 64 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Lecce (P) | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 63 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Bari (P) | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 62 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 5 | Genoa | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 61 | |
| 6 | Pescara | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 54 | |
| 7 | Chievo | 38 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 54 | |
| 8 | Ravenna | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 52 | |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 50 | |
| 10 | Reggina | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 49 | |
| 11 | Foggia | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 48 | |
| 12 | Padova | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 48 | |
| 13 | Venezia | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 46 | |
| 14 | Lucchese | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 45 | |
| 15 | Salernitana | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 44 | |
| 16 | Castel di Sangro | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 44 | |
| 17 | Cosenza (R) | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 41 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 18 | Cesena (R) | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 40 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Palermo (R) | 38 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 35 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Cremonese (R) | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 32 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
* ↑ 3 points deducted

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BRE | CDS | CES | CHV | COS | CRE | EMP | FOG | GEN | LCE | LUC | PAD | PAL | PES | RAV | REG | SAL | TOR | VEN |
| Bari | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Brescia | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Castel di Sangro | 1–3 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Cesena | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Chievo | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Cosenza | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Cremonese | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Empoli | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Foggia | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 |
| Genoa | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Lecce | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Lucchese | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Padova | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Palermo | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Pescara | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Ravenna | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Reggina | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Salernitana | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Torino | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 4–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Venezia | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
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