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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 →

Venezia class=notpageimage| 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

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

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	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.

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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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