# Serie B 1996/97

De Serie B 1996/97 was de 65ste 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 (Ravenna, Empoli, Lecce en Castel di Sangro) en vier gedegradeerde uit de Serie A (Bari, Torino, Cremonese en Padova). De competitie begon op 8 september 1996 en eindigde op 22 juni 1997. Topscorer werd Davide Dionigi van Reggina met 24 treffers.

## Uitslagen

| | BAR | BRE | CAS | CES | CHI | COS | CRE | EMP | FOG | GEN | LEC | 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 S. | 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 | 0–0 | 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 | 0–2 | 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 | |

## Eindstand

| № | Club | WG | W | G | V | DV | DT | +/- | Punten |
| 1 | Brescia Calcio | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 66 |
| 2 | Empoli FC | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 64 |
| 3 | US Lecce | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 52 | 39 | +13 | 63 |
| 4 | AS Bari | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 62 |
| 5 | Genoa CFC | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 61 |
| 6 | Pescara Calcio | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 54 |
| 7 | Chievo Verona | 38 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 54 |
| 8 | Ravenna Calcio | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 52 |
| 9 | Torino FC | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | –3 | 50 |
| 10 | Reggina Calcio | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 43 | –3 | 49 |
| 11 | US Foggia | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 48 |
| 12 | Calcio Padova | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 43 | –2 | 48 |
| 13 | AC 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 Calcio | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 44 | 55 | –11 | 41 |
| 18 | AC Cesena | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 45 | –9 | 40 |
| 19 | US Palermo | 38 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 40 | 55 | –15 | 35 |
| 20 | US Cremonese | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 55 | –25 | 32 |

## Statistieken
### Meeste speelminuten

| Naam | Club(s) | Duels | Min. | | |
| Daniele Balli | Empoli | 38 | 3.420 | 0 | 0 |

### Toeschouwers

| № | Club | Totaal | Duels | Gem | +/– |
| 1 | Salernitana | | 19 | 18.447 | +10,0% |
| 2 | US Lecce | | 19 | 13.476 | NIEUW |
| 3 | Torino FC | | 19 | 13.461 | –33,6% |
| 4 | Genoa CFC | | 19 | 13.084 | +16,5% |
| 5 | US Città di Palermo | | 19 | 12.749 | –27,0% |
| 6 | AS Bari | | 19 | 11.462 | –56,5% |
| 7 | Pescara Calcio | | 19 | 8.529 | +15,9% |
| 8 | Calcio Padova | | 19 | 7.866 | –46,5% |
| 9 | Brescia Calcio | | 19 | 7.687 | +34,0% |
| 10 | Reggina Calcio | | 19 | 6.737 | –8,6% |
| 11 | Ravenna Calcio | | 19 | 6.010 | NIEUW |
| 12 | AC Cesena | | 19 | 5.761 | –2,6% |
| 13 | US Foggia | | 19 | 5.498 | –32,0% |
| 14 | Empoli FC | | 19 | 5.404 | NIEUW |
| 15 | Chievo Verona | | 19 | 5.156 | +0,7% |
| 16 | Cosenza Calcio | | 19 | 5.085 | –7,7% |
| 17 | AS Lucchese Libertas | | 19 | 4.744 | –4,9% |
| 18 | Venezia | | 19 | 4.454 | –5,4% |
| 19 | Castel di Sangro | | 19 | 3.771 | NIEUW |
| 20 | US Cremonese | | 19 | 3.340 | –61,2% |
| Totaal | Totaal | 3.091.771 | 380 | 8.136 | –7,1% |