Series B 1997/98
The Series B in 1997/98 was the 66th season of the second highest Italian soccer league since its prototyping 1929. As relegated from Serie A came of Cagliari Calcio , the AC Perugia , Hellas Verona and AC Reggiana to the championship added. The field of participants consisting of a total of twenty teams completed twelve teams from Serie B 1996/97 as well as the four newly promoted Fidelis Andria , FBC Treviso , AC Ancona and AC Monza Brianza .
The season began on August 31, 1997 and ended on June 14, 1998 with the last game day. Salernitana Sport , AC Venice and Cagliari Calcio secured direct promotion to Serie A in 1998/99 . In a playoff game against Torino Calcio , AC Perugia reached fourth place.
Attendees
A total of 20 teams took part in the 1997/98 season. Twelve of them already played last season in the Serie B while the remaining eight participants by climbing out of the Serie C1 or as of relegation from the Serie A were added.
statistics
table
| rank | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Pt. |
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| 1. | Salernitana Sport | 38 | 19th | 15th | 4th | 65:32 | +33 | 72 |
| 2. | AC Venice | 38 | 17th | 13 | 8th | 51:31 | +20 | 64 |
| 3. | Cagliari Calcio (A) | 38 | 15th | 18th | 5 | 53:36 | +17 | 63 |
| 4th | AC Perugia (A) | 38 | 16 | 14th | 8th | 46:37 | + 9 | 62 |
| 5. | Torino Calcio | 38 | 17th | 11 | 10 | 50:40 | +10 | 62 |
| 6th | Reggina Calcio | 38 | 13 | 14th | 11 | 37:41 | - 4th | 53 |
| 7th | Hellas Verona (A) | 38 | 15th | 8th | 15th | 51:38 | +13 | 53 |
| 8th. | FBC Treviso (N) | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 43:42 | + 1 | 52 |
| 9. | CFC genoa | 38 | 14th | 9 | 15th | 50:53 | - 3 | 51 |
| 10. | Chievo Verona | 38 | 12 | 14th | 12 | 43:46 | - 3 | 50 |
| 11. | AC Reggiana (A) | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14th | 36:35 | + 1 | 50 |
| 12. | Fidelis Andria (N) | 38 | 11 | 15th | 12 | 42:43 | - 1 | 48 |
| 13. | Pescara Calcio | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15th | 41:48 | - 7th | 47 |
| 14th | Ravenna Calcio | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15th | 41:43 | - 2nd | 45 |
| 15th | AS Lucchese Libertas | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 35:47 | −12 | 44 |
| 16. | AC Monza Brianza (N) | 38 | 9 | 17th | 12 | 48:56 | - 8 | 44 |
| 17th | US Foggia | 38 | 9 | 14th | 15th | 48:55 | - 7th | 41 |
| 18th | AC Ancona (N) | 38 | 8th | 16 | 14th | 49:61 | −12 | 40 |
| 19th | Calcio Padova | 38 | 8th | 12 | 18th | 30:49 | −19 | 36 |
| 20th | Castel di Sangro Calcio | 38 | 5 | 15th | 18th | 38:64 | −26 | 30th |
| Legend | |
| Promotion to Serie A | |
| Participation in the play-offs for promotion | |
| Relegation to the C1 series | |
| (A) | Relegated from Serie A |
| (N) | Newcomers from the C1 series |
| In the event of a tie, the direct comparison counts | |
Playoffs
The AC Perugia and Torino Calcio played the fourth promoted to Serie A in 1998/99 due to a tie .
AC Perugia - Torino Calcio 5: 4 n.e. (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0)
Perugia followed the already promoted Salernitana Sport, AC Venice and Cagliari Calcio into the first division and returned to this after only one year of abstinence.
Crosstab
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| Cagliari Calcio | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | |
| AC Perugia | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | |
| Hellas Verona | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 4: 2 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 5: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | |
| AC Reggiana | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | |
| CFC genoa | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 4-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | |
| Pescara Calcio | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | |
| Chievo Verona | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | |
| Ravenna Calcio | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | |
| Torino Calcio | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 4 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | |
| Reggina Calcio | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
| US Foggia | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 5: 1 | |
| Calcio Padova | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | |
| AC Venice | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0: 3 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | |
| AS Lucchese Libertas | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 3 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | |
| Salernitana Sport | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 5: 1 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | |
| Castel di Sangro Calcio | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 4 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 3: 5 | 3: 3 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | |
| Fidelis Andria | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | |
| FBC Treviso | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 5 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 5-0 | 3-0 | |
| AC Ancona | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 3 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 4 | 0: 1 | |
| AC Monza Brianza | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 5: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 3 |
List of goalscorers
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Salernitana Sport | 21st |
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Fidelis Andria | 18th |
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US Foggia | 17th |
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AC Venice | ||
| 8th |
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AS Lucchese Libertas | 16 |
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CFC genoa | 15th |
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Cagliari Calcio | 13 |