# Serie B 1997/98

De Serie B 1997/98 was de 66ste editie van de strijd op het tweede niveau van het Italiaanse profvoetbal. Er namen in totaal twintig teams deel aan de competitie, waarvan vier gepromoveerde uit de Serie C (Treviso, Monza, Fidelis Andria en Ancona) en vier gedegradeerde uit de Serie A (Cagliari, Perugia, Hellas Verona en Reggiana). De competitie begon op 31 augustus 1997 en eindigde op 14 juni 1998. In de 380 gespeelde competitiewedstrijden werd in totaal 897 keer gescoord, goed voor een gemiddelde van 2,36 doelpunt per wedstrijd. Topscorer werd Marco Di Vaio van kampioen Salernitana met 21 treffers.

## Uitslagen

| | ANC | CAG | CAS | CHI | FIDE | FOG | GEN | LUC | MON | PAD | PER | PES | RAV | REG | RGG | SAL | TOR | TRE | VEN | VER |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | |

## Eindstand

| № | Club | WG | W | G | V | DV | DT | +/- | Punten |
| 1 | Salernitana | 38 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 72 |
| 2 | AC Venezia | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 64 |
| 3 | Cagliari Calcio | 38 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 63 |
| 4 | AC Perugia | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 62 |
| 5 | Torino FC | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 62 |
| 6 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 53 |
| 7 | Reggina Calcio | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 37 | 41 | –4 | 53 |
| 8 | Treviso FBC | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 52 |
| 9 | Genoa CFC | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 53 | –3 | 51 |
| 10 | AC Reggiana | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 50 |
| 11 | Chievo Verona | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 43 | 46 | –3 | 50 |
| 12 | AS Fidelis Andria | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 43 | –1 | 48 |
| 13 | Pescara Calcio | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 48 | –7 | 47 |
| 14 | Ravenna Calcio | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 43 | –2 | 45 |
| 15 | AC Monza | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 48 | 56 | –8 | 44 |
| 16 | Lucchese | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 47 | –12 | 44 |
| 17 | US Foggia | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 48 | 55 | –7 | 41 |
| 18 | AC Ancona | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 49 | 61 | –12 | 40 |
| 19 | Calcio Padova | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 49 | –19 | 36 |
| 20 | Castel di Sangro | 38 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 38 | 64 | –26 | 30 |

## Play-offs
### Promotie

Stadio Giglio, Reggio Emilia Toeschouwers: ?? Scheidsrechter: Graziano Cesari :
| 21 juni | Sandro Tovalieri 75' | 79' Marco Ferrante | Stadio Giglio, Reggio Emilia Toeschouwers: ?? Scheidsrechter: Graziano Cesari |

## Statistieken
### Meeste speelminuten

Geen enkele speler kwam dit seizoen in alle 38 competitieduels in actie, van de eerste tot en met de laatste minuut.

### Toeschouwers

| № | Club | Totaal | Duels | Gem | +/– |
| 1 | Salernitana | | 19 | 22.982 | +24,6% |
| 2 | Torino FC | | 19 | 19.505 | +44,9% |
| 3 | Cagliari Calcio | | 19 | 18.065 | –0,6% |
| 4 | Genoa CFC | | 19 | 12.484 | –4,6% |
| 5 | Hellas Verona FC | | 19 | 9.846 | –51,9% |
| 6 | AC Perugia | | 19 | 8.306 | –59,6% |
| 7 | Venezia | | 19 | 7.174 | +61,1% |
| 8 | AC Reggiana | | 19 | 6.027 | –55,7% |
| 9 | Calcio Padova | | 19 | 5.731 | –27,1% |
| 10 | AC Ancona | | 19 | 5.560 | NIEUW |
| 11 | US Foggia | | 19 | 5.448 | –0,9% |
| 12 | Reggina Calcio | | 19 | 5.285 | –21,6% |
| 13 | Pescara Calcio | | 19 | 4.988 | –41,5% |
| 14 | AS Lucchese Libertas | | 19 | 4.380 | –7,7% |
| 15 | AS Fidelis Andria | | 19 | 4.310 | NIEUW |
| 16 | Chievo Verona | | 19 | 4.135 | –19,8% |
| 17 | Ravenna Calcio | | 19 | 4.093 | –31,9% |
| 18 | Treviso FBC | | 19 | 3.946 | NIEUW |
| 19 | Castel de Sangro | | 19 | 3.282 | –13,0% |
| 20 | AC Monza | | 19 | 2.918 | NIEUW |
| Totaal | Totaal | 3.011.008 | 380 | 7.924 | –2,6% |