1996–97 Serie B

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68th season of second-tier football league in Italy

Football league season

Serie B

Season	1996–97
Promoted	Brescia (3rd title) Empoli Lecce Bari
Relegated	Cosenza Cesena Palermo Cremonese
Matches played	380
Goals scored	852 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Davide Dionigi (24 goals)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Bari

Brescia

C. Sangro

Cremonese

Cesena

Chievo

Cosenza

Empoli

Foggia

Genoa

Lecce

Lucchese

Padova

Palermo

Pescara

Ravenna

Reggina

Salernitana

Torino

Venezia

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Serie B 1996-97 team distribution

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

Teams[edit]

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[edit]

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
3	Lecce (P)	38	16	15	7	52	39	+13	63
4	Bari (P)	38	15	17	6	52	35	+17	62
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[a]	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
19	Palermo (R)	38	6	17	15	40	55	−15	35
20	Cremonese (R)	38	7	11	20	30	55	−25	32

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ 3 points deducted

Results[edit]

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	—

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.