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 sponsorBari Eugenio FascettiAdidasCentro Europeo per la Preparazione Universitaria - CEPUBrescia Edoardo RejaABM SportBrescialatCastel di Sangro Osvaldo JaconiPienneSoviet JeansCesena Giampiero Ceccarelli & Corrado BenedettiAdidasOlidataChievo Verona Alberto MalesaniBiemmePaluaniCosenza Gianni De BiasiHummelCassa di Risparmio di Calabria e LucaniaCremonese Nedo SonettiUhlsportNegroni SalumiEmpoli Luciano SpallettiErreàSammontanaFoggia Tarcisio BurgnichEnnerreNoneGenoa Attilio PerottiErreàSantàlLecce Gian Piero VenturaAsicsBanca del SalentoLucchese Gaetano SalveminiErreàCremlatPadova Adriano FedeleDiadoraMillionaire MarketPalermo Giampiero VitaliKappaGiornale di SiciliaPescara Delio RossiPiemmeGelati GisRavenna Walter NovellinoErreàCambiaso Risso & C. AssicurazioniReggina Vincenzo GueriniAsicsCaffè MauroSalernitana Franco VarrellaAsicsSalumi SpieziaTorino Lido VieriKelmeSDA Express CourierVenezia Gianfranco BellottoVirmaEmmezeta
Final classification
Results
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
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