1996–97 Serie B

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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

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
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:

^ 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	—

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.

v t e Serie B seasons
Seconda Divisione	1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26
Prima Divisione	1926–27 1927–28
Serie B	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
1945–46 special postwar season: Serie A-B in Southern Italy

1996–97 in Italian football

Domestic leagues	Serie A Serie B Serie C1 Serie C2
Domestic cups	Coppa Italia Final Supercoppa Italiana
European competitions	Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Club seasons
Serie A	Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Fiorentina Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Parma Perugia Piacenza Reggiana Roma Sampdoria Verona Vicenza Udinese
Serie B	Cremonese

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