1997–98 Serie B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Salernitana (P)	38	19	15	4	65	32	+33	72	Promotion to Serie A
2	Venezia (P)	38	17	13	8	51	31	+20	64
3	Cagliari (P)	38	15	18	5	53	36	+17	63
4	Perugia (P)	38	15	17	6	52	35	+17	62	Promotion tie-breaker
5	Torino	38	17	11	10	50	40	+10	62	Promotion tie-breaker
6	Hellas Verona	38	15	8	15	51	38	+13	53
7	Reggina	38	13	14	11	37	41	−4	53
8	Treviso	38	12	16	10	43	42	+1	52
9	Genoa	38	14	9	15	50	53	−3	51
10	Reggiana	38	13	11	14	36	35	+1	50
11	Chievo	38	12	14	12	43	46	−3	50
12	Fidelis Andria	38	11	15	12	42	43	−1	48
13	Pescara	38	12	11	15	41	48	−7	47
14	Ravenna	38	11	12	15	41	43	−2	45
15	Monza	38	9	17	12	48	56	−8	44
16	Lucchese	38	11	11	16	35	47	−12	44
17	Foggia (R)	38	9	14	15	48	55	−7	41	Relegation to Serie C1
18	Ancona (R)	38	8	16	14	49	61	−12	40
19	Padova (R)	38	8	12	18	30	49	−19	36
20	Castel di Sangro (R)	38	5	15	18	38	64	−26	30

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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away	ANC	CAG	CDS	CHV	FAN	FOG	GEN	LUC	MON	PAD	PER	PES	RAV	REA	REG	SAL	TOR	TRV	VEN	HEL
Ancona		4–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–2	4–3	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–3	3–3	1–0	4–4	0–1	0–0
Cagliari	3–0		1–1	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1
Castel di Sangro	1–1	0–3		0–4	3–3	0–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–5	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–2
Chievo	0–1	2–1	1–1		1–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0
Fidelis Andria	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0		2–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0
Foggia	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1		3–1	2–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	3–2	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0
Genoa	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–2		1–1	5–1	1–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	1–0
Lucchese	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–3		0–0	2–0	0–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–0
Monza	3–3	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1		2–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–1
Padova	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2		3–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Perugia	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–3		1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1
Pescara	3–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	4–0	1–2		1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
Ravenna	2–0	0–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1		2–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1
Reggiana	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1		1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1
Reggina	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0		1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–3
Salernitana	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–0	4–0	2–0		2–1	4–0	0–0	2–0
Torino	1–1	3–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0		4–0	0–4	2–1
Treviso	5–0	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–3	2–1	3–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–5	2–0	1–1	0–0		1–1	1–0
Venezia	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–3	0–0	0–0		1–0
Hellas Verona	2–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–2	4–0	2–0	3–2	5–1	0–1	2–0	4–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–1

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
1 ^{^} The 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.

Promotion tie-breaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Perugia	1-1 6-5 pen	Torino

A.C. Perugia promoted to Serie A 1998-99.

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Marco Di Vaio	21	Salernitana
Cosimo Francioso	18	Monza (14) Ravenna (4)
Marco Ferrante	18	Torino
Roberto Muzzi	17	Cagliari
Stefan Schwoch	14	Venezia

Footnotes

v t e Serie B
2023–24 clubs	Ascoli Bari Brescia Catanzaro Cittadella Como Cosenza Cremonese Feralpisalò Lecco Modena Palermo Parma Pisa Reggiana Sampdoria Spezia Südtirol Ternana Venezia
Former clubs	Acireale Alba Trastevere AlbinoLeffe Alessandria Alzano Virescit Ancona Arezzo Arsenale Taranto Atalanta Avellino Barletta Benevento Biellese Bologna Bolzano Brindisi Cagliari Campobasso Carpi Carrarese Casale Casertana Castel di Sangro Catania Cavese Centese Cesena Chievo Crema Crotone Derthona Empoli Fanfulla Fermana Fidelis Andria Fiorentina Fiumana Foggia Forlì Frosinone Gallaratese Gallipoli Genoa Grion Pola Grosseto Gubbio Hellas Verona Juve Stabia Juventus L'Aquila Latina Lazio Lecce Legnano Licata Livorno Lucchese Maceratese Magenta Mantova Marzotto Massese MATER Matera Messina Mestre AC Milan Molinella Monfalcone Monza Napoli Nocerina Novara Padova Pavia Perugia Pescara Piacenza Piombino Pistoiese Pordenone Portogruaro Potenza Prato Pro Gorizia Pro Patria Pro Sesto Pro Vercelli Ravenna Reggina Rieti Rimini Roma Salernitana Sambenedettese Sanremese Sassuolo Savoia Savona Scafatese Seregno Sestrese Siena Siracusa Sorrento SPAL Suzzara Taranto Torino Trani Trapani Treviso Triestina Udinese Varese Viareggio Vicenza Vigevano Virtus Entella Virtus Lanciano Vita Nova Vogherese
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