1996–97 Serie B

Serie B 1996-97 team distribution

This article contains information on the 1996-1997 season of Serie B, the second highest football league in Italy.

Final classification

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Brescia (P) 38 18 12 8 49 34 +15 66 Promotion to the 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 38 14 13 11 43 35 +8 052*
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 the 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

Updated to games played on September 29, 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.
(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 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
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.

Footnotes

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