2003–04 Serie B

This article contains information on the 2003-2004 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.

Contents

Final classification

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Palermo (P) 46 22 17 7 75 39 +36 83 Promotion to the Serie A
2 Cagliari (P) 46 23 14 9 80 51 +29 83
3 Livorno (P) 46 20 19 7 75 45 +30 79
4 Messina (P) 46 21 16 9 71 45 +26 79
5 Atalanta (P) 46 19 20 7 59 36 +23 77
6 Fiorentina (P) 46 19 16 11 53 48 +5 73 Serie A qualification
7 Ternana 46 18 15 13 64 52 +12 69
8 Piacenza 46 17 17 12 50 47 +3 68
9 Catania 46 18 13 15 53 53 0 67
10 Triestina 46 15 19 12 50 50 0 64
11 Ascoli 46 14 18 14 54 54 0 60
12 Torino 46 14 17 15 57 54 +3 59
13 Vicenza 46 12 20 14 48 51 −3 56
14 Napoli (R) 46 10 26 10 35 43 −8 0561 Relegation to the Serie C1
15 Treviso 46 12 19 15 48 51 −3 55
16 Genoa 46 13 16 17 57 62 −5 55
17 Salernitana 46 14 13 19 36 53 −17 55
18 AlbinoLeffe 46 13 15 18 47 59 −12 54
19 Verona 46 13 14 19 54 65 −11 53
20 Venezia 46 12 15 19 40 57 −17 0512
21 Bari 46 13 11 22 50 63 −13 0503
22 Pescara 46 13 11 22 50 63 −13 0504
23 Avellino (R) 46 8 13 25 51 69 −18 37 Relegation to the Serie C1
24 Como (R) 46 7 12 27 34 71 −37 33

Updated to games played on October 6, 2008
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.
1Relegated to Serie C1 after bankruptcy.
2Saved after relegation play-off.
3Relegated after relegation play-off and later readmitted in place of Napoli.
4Relegated and later readmitted after newly relegated Ancona's bankruptcy.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home \ Away1 ALB ASC ATA AVE BAR CAG CTN COM FIO GEN LIV MES NAP PAL PES PIA SAL TER TOR TRV TRI VEN VER VIC
AlbinoLeffe 3–3 0–4 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1
Ascoli 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–1
Atalanta 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–0 0–2 3–2
Avellino 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–3 1–0 1–0 6–0 0–1
Bari 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–2 1–2 2–1
Cagliari 1–0 3–0 5–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0
Catania 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1
Como 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–3 1–3 1–4 0–2 1–3 3–5 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1
Fiorentina 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Genoa 4–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–0 4–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–0
Livorno 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–2
Messina 4–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1
Napoli 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1
Palermo 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 4–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–3 3–1 4–0 3–1 3–0
Pescara 4–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Piacenza 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 4–4 1–3 1–0 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0
Salernitana 0–3 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–0
Ternana 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 5–2 2–0 1–0
Torino 4–0 3–1 0–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 2–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
Treviso 2–1 3–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1
Triestina 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 4–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–1
Venezia 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–3 3–1 0–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1
Verona 2–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 4–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–3 3–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–3
Vicenza 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Serie A qualification

Fiorentina had to play a qualification match with 15th-placed team of Serie A, Perugia.

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Perugia 1-2 Fiorentina 0-1 1-1

A.C. Perugia relegated to Serie B, while ACF Fiorentina was promoted to Serie A.

Relegation play-off

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Bari 1-2 Venezia 1-0 0-2

A.S. Bari was relegated to Serie C1 2004-05 but was later readmitted to Serie B in place of S.S.C. Napoli.

Top scorers

1. Luca Toni, Palermo: 30

Footnotes