The 2003–04 Serie B is the 72nd season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy.
This 46 matchdays championship was the longest tournament in all the history of the Italian football.
Teams Treviso, Avellino, AlbinoLeffe and Pescara had been promoted from Serie C, while Atalanta, Piacenza, Como, and Torino had been relegated from Serie A. Following the Caso Catania, Fiorentina was added.
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Events Following the Caso Catania, the league had been expanded to 24 clubs, and six special promotions were decided to descend to 22.
Relegation play-offs were also introduced.
Final classification
Results
Promotion play-offs Fiorentina had to play a qualification match with 15th-placed team of Serie A, Perugia.
A.C. Perugia relegated to Serie B, while ACF Fiorentina was promoted to Serie A.
Relegation play-off*
A.S. Bari was relegated but was later readmitted in place of S.S.C. Napoli.
Top scorers Luca Toni, Palermo: 30
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Fiorentina 25,887 2 Palermo 23,559 3 Genoa 17,347 4 Napoli 14,603 5 Cagliari 12,111 6 Atalanta 11,680 7 Hellas 10,667 8 Livorno 10,643 9 Salernitana 10,469 10 Catania 10,171 11 Messina 10,162 12 Torino 9,831 13 Ternana 8,645 14 Avellino 8,348 15 Triestina 7,905 16 Vicenza 7,170 17 Bari 6,620 18 Ascoli 5,962 19 Piacenza 5,239 20 Pescara 4,786 21 Treviso 3,421 22 Como 2,834 23 Venezia 2,790 24 AlbinoLeffe 2,458Source:
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