1996–97 Serie B

Italian football league season October 2025 Serie B 1996–97 Brescia (3rd title)EmpoliLecceBari CosenzaCesenaPalermoCremonese ITA Davide Dionigi (24 goals) 380 852 1995–96 1997–98 Italy right 325 Serie B 1996-97 team distribution Italy 41.133333 16.866667 Bari Italy 45.533333 10.233333 Brescia left Italy 41.774722 14.104444 C. Sangro left Italy 45.133333 10.033333 Cremonese bottom Italy 44.133333 12.233333 Cesena Italy 45.433333 10.983333 Chievo bottom Italy 39.3 16.25 Cosenza left Italy 43.716667 10.95 Empoli Italy 41.464167 15.546111 Foggia Italy 44.4 8.916667 Genoa left Italy 40.35 18.166667 Lecce bottom Italy 43.85 10.5 Lucchese left Italy 45.416667 11.866667 Padova top Italy 38.116667 13.366667 Palermo left Italy 42.466667 14.2 Pescara Italy 44.416667 12.2 Ravenna Italy 38.111389 15.661944 Reggina Italy 40.683333 14.766667 Salernitana left Italy 45.066667 7.7 Torino Italy 45.433333 12.316667 Venezia 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. Personnel and sponsoring TeamManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsorBariITA Eugenio FascettiAdidasCentro Europeo per la Preparazione Universitaria - CEPUBresciaITA Edoardo RejaABM SportBrescialatCastel di SangroITA Osvaldo JaconiPienneSoviet JeansCesenaITA Giampiero Ceccarelli & ITA Corrado BenedettiAdidasOlidataChievo VeronaITA Alberto MalesaniBiemmePaluaniCosenzaITA Gianni De BiasiHummelCassa di Risparmio di Calabria e LucaniaCremoneseITA Nedo SonettiUhlsportNegroni SalumiEmpoliITA Luciano SpallettiErreàSammontanaFoggiaITA Tarcisio BurgnichEnnerreNoneGenoaITA Attilio PerottiErreàSantàlLecceITA Gian Piero VenturaAsicsBanca del SalentoLuccheseITA Gaetano SalveminiErreàCremlatPadovaITA Adriano FedeleDiadoraMillionaire MarketPalermoITA Giampiero VitaliKappaGiornale di SiciliaPescaraITA Delio RossiPiemmeGelati GisRavennaITA Walter NovellinoErreàCambiaso Risso & C. AssicurazioniRegginaITA Vincenzo GueriniAsicsCaffè MauroSalernitanaITA Franco VarrellaAsicsSalumi SpieziaTorinoITA Lido VieriKelmeSDA Express CourierVeneziaITA Gianfranco BellottoVirmaEmmezeta Final classification main WDL PR 5 BRE Brescia EMP Empoli LCE Lecce BAR Bari GEN Genoa PES Pescara CHV Chievo RAV Ravenna TOR Torino REG Reggina FOG Foggia PAD Padova VEN Venezia LUC Lucchese SAL Salernitana CDS Castel di Sangro COS Cosenza CES Cesena PAL Palermo CRE Cremonese 18 12 8 49 34 PC 17 13 8 45 34 P 16 15 7 52 39 P 15 17 6 52 35 P 15 16 7 58 31 14 12 12 50 38 12 18 8 44 40 14 13 11 43 35 -3 13 11 14 45 48 12 13 13 40 43 11 15 12 40 40 11 15 12 41 43 10 16 12 47 49 10 15 13 36 44 10 14 14 31 44 12 8 18 29 45 9 14 15 44 55 R 9 13 16 36 45 R 6 17 15 40 55 R 7 11 20 30 55 R 3 points deducted green1 Promotion to Serie A P P P P red1 Relegation to Serie C1 R R R R complete 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. Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 Results main FBR 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 complete Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 Attendances # Club Average 1 Salernitana 18,447 2 Lecce 13,476 3 Torino 13,461 4 Genoa 13,084 5 Palermo 12,749 6 Bari 11,462 7 Pescara 8,529 8 Padova 7,866 9 Brescia 7,687 10 Reggina 6,737 11 Ravenna 6,010 12 Cesena 5,761 13 Foggia 5,498 14 Empoli 5,404 15 Chievo 5,156 16 Cosenza 5,085 17 Lucchese 4,744 18 Venezia 4,454 19 Castel de Sangro 3,771 20 Cremonese 3,340 Source:Archive Italy 1996-1997 https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita97.htm 2026-09-01 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk References Category:Serie B seasons 2 Italy