Season | 2003–04 |
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Promoted | Palermo (3rd title) Cagliari Messina Livorno Atalanta Fiorentina |
Relegated | Como Avellino Napoli |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,287 (2.33 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Luca Toni (30 goals) |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → |
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.
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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Palermo (P, C) | 46 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 83 | Promotion to Serie A |
2 | Cagliari (P) | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 80 | 51 | +29 | 83 | |
3 | Livorno (P) | 46 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 75 | 45 | +30 | 79 | |
4 | Messina (P) | 46 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 79 | |
5 | Atalanta (P) | 46 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 77 | |
6 | Fiorentina (P) | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 73 | Promotion play-offs |
7 | Ternana | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 64 | 52 | +12 | 69 | |
8 | Piacenza | 46 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 68 | |
9 | Catania | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 67 | |
10 | Triestina | 46 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 64 | |
11 | Ascoli | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 60 | |
12 | Torino | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 59 | |
13 | Vicenza | 46 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 56 | |
14 | Napoli[lower-alpha 1] (D, R, E) | 46 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 56 | Revival in Serie C1 |
15 | Treviso | 46 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 55 | |
16 | Genoa | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 57 | 62 | −5 | 55 | |
17 | Salernitana | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 55 | |
18 | AlbinoLeffe | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 54 | |
19 | Hellas Verona | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 53 | |
20 | Venezia | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 51 | Relegation play-offs |
21 | Bari[lower-alpha 2] (T) | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 50 | Spared from relegation |
22 | Pescara[lower-alpha 3] (T) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 46 | |
23 | Avellino (R) | 46 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 37 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
24 | Como (R) | 46 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 34 | 71 | −37 | 33 |
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) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
- ↑ Folded after bankruptcy, new entity re-admitted to Serie C1 by Lodo Petrucci.
- ↑ Relegated after relegation play-off and later readmitted in place of Napoli.
- ↑ Relegated and later readmitted after newly relegated Ancona's bankruptcy.
Results
Promotion play-offs
Fiorentina had to play a qualification match with 15th-placed team of Serie A, Perugia.
Perugia | 0–1 | Fiorentina |
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Fantini 10' |
Fiorentina | 1–1 | Perugia |
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Fantini 47' | do Prado 82' |
A.C. Perugia relegated to Serie B, while ACF Fiorentina was promoted to Serie A.
Relegation play-off*
Venezia | 2–0 | Bari |
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Brellier 50' Biancolino 90+4' |
A.S. Bari was relegated but was later readmitted in place of S.S.C. Napoli.