The Serie B 1997–98 was the sixty-sixth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.
Teams Treviso, Monza, Fidelis Andria and Ancona had been promoted from Serie C, while Cagliari, Perugia, Hellas Verona and Reggiana had been relegated from Serie A.
Personnel and sponsoring TeamManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAncona Francesco GiorginiKappaNoneCagliari Gian Piero VenturaBiemmePecorino SardoCastel di Sangro Franco SelvaggiPienneSoviet JeansChievo Verona Silvio BaldiniBiemmePaluaniFidelis Andria Giuseppe PapadopuloBiemmeBanca Popolare AndrieseFoggia Domenico CasoKappaNoneGenoa Tarcisio BurgnichErreàFestival CrociereHellas Verona Sergio MaddèErreàZ.G. CaminiLucchese Luigi De CanioErreàCremlatMonza Pierluigi FrosioReebokFirestonePadova Mario ColauttiDiadoraCassa di Risparmio di Padova e RovigoPerugia Ilario CastagnerGalexColussiPescara Adriano BuffoniPumaGelati GisRavenna Sergio SantariniErreàLloyd ItalicoReggiana Franco VarrellaAsicsLatte GiglioReggina Franco ColombaAsicsCaffè MauroSalernitana Delio RossiAsicsExigo Jeans & CasualTorino Edoardo RejaKelmeSDA Express CourierTreviso Gianfranco BellottoLottoSegafredoVenezia Walter NovellinoVirmaEmmezeta
Final classification
Results
Promotion tie-breaker
A.C. Perugia promoted to 1998–99 Serie A.
Top goalscorers ScorerGoalsTeam Marco Di Vaio Cosimo Francioso Marco Ferrante Roberto Muzzi Stefan Schwoch
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Salernitana 22,982 2 Torino 19,505 3 Cagliari 18,065 4 Genoa 12,484 5 Hellas 9,846 6 Perugia 8,306 7 Venezia 7,174 8 Reggiana 6,027 9 Padova 5,731 10 Ancona 5,560 11 Foggia 5,448 12 Reggina 5,285 13 Pescara 4,988 14 Lucchese 4,380 15 Fidelis Andria 4,310 16 Chievo 4,135 17 Ravenna 4,093 18 Treviso 3,946 19 Castel de Sangro 3,282 20 Monza 2,918
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