1998–99 Serie B

Serie B
Season	1998–99
Promoted	Verona (3rd title); Torino; Lecce; Reggina
Relegated	Reggiana; Fidelis Andria; Lucchese; Cremonese
Matches played	380
Goals scored	865 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marco Ferrante (26 goals)
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Serie B 1998-99 team distribution

The Serie B 1998–99 was the sixty-seventh tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

Teams

Cesena, Cremonese, Cosenza and Ternana had been promoted from Serie C, while Brescia, Atalanta, Lecce and Napoli had been relegated from Serie A.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta	Bortolo Mutti	Asics	Somet
Brescia	Silvio Baldini	Garman	Ristora
Cesena	Alberto Cavasin	Adidas	Orogel
Chievo Verona	Lorenzo Balestro & Luciano Miani	Biemme	Paluani
Cosenza	Giuliano Sonzogni	Kappa	Provincia di Cosenza
Cremonese	Gaetano Salvemini	Puma	Bossini Docce
Fidelis Andria	Giorgio Rumignani	Biemme	Banca Popolare Andriese/Gruppo Ferri
Genoa	Luigi Cagni	Kappa	Festival Crociere
Hellas Verona	Cesare Prandelli	Erreà	Atreyu Immobiliare
Lecce	Nedo Sonetti	Asics	Banca del Salento
Lucchese	Tarcisio Burgnich	Erreà	Cremlat
Monza	Pierluigi Frosio	Adidas	Vismara Salumi
Napoli	Vincenzo Montefusco	Nike	Polenghi Lombardo
Pescara	Luigi De Canio	Puma	Gelati Gis
Ravenna	Sergio Santarini	Erreà	Valleverde Calzature
Reggiana	Angelo Gregucci & Fabiano Speggiorin	Erreà	Latte Giglio
Reggina	Bruno Bolchi	Asics	Caffè Mauro
Ternana	Vincenzo Guerini	Ennedue	TAD Metals Ambiente
Torino	Emiliano Mondonico	Kelme	SDA Express Courier
Treviso	Gianfranco Bellotto	Lotto	Segafredo

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hellas Verona (P, C)	38	18	12	8	60	38	+22	66	Promotion to Serie A
2	Torino (P)	38	19	8	11	58	36	+22	65
3	Reggina (P)	38	16	16	6	45	32	+13	64
4	Lecce (P)	38	18	10	10	47	39	+8	64
5	Pescara	38	18	9	11	50	42	+8	63
6	Atalanta	38	14	19	5	44	27	+17	61
7	Brescia	38	14	14	10	44	33	+11	56
8	Treviso	38	14	14	10	52	42	+10	56
9	Napoli	38	12	15	11	41	38	+3	51
10	Ravenna	38	13	12	13	47	51	−4	51
11	Chievo	38	11	15	12	37	40	−3	48
12	Genoa	38	10	16	12	53	53	0	46
13	Cesena	38	10	15	13	37	41	−4	45
14	Monza	38	10	15	13	32	38	−6	45
15	Ternana	38	10	15	13	39	50	−11	45
16	Cosenza	38	11	10	17	41	53	−12	43
17	Reggiana (R)	38	9	14	15	40	49	−9	41	Relegation to Serie C1
18	Fidelis Andria (R)	38	9	13	16	33	49	−16	40
19	Lucchese (R)	38	8	13	17	35	45	−10	37
20	Cremonese (R)	38	3	11	24	30	69	−39	20

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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BRE	CES	CHV	COS	CRE	FAN	GEN	LCE	LUC	MON	NAP	PES	RAV	REA	REG	TER	TOR	TRV	HEL
Atalanta	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–2
Brescia	1–1	—	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2
Cesena	0–0	1–0	—	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–0
Chievo	2–0	0–2	0–0	—	0–3	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–2	4–2	2–0
Cosenza	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–5	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1
Cremonese	1–3	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–3	—	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0
Fidelis Andria	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–2	2–3	0–1	2–0	1–4	1–3	1–1
Genoa	2–1	1–1	4–1	3–3	0–0	4–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	6–1	1–0	1–0	3–3
Lecce	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	—	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–2
Lucchese	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	—	1–2	3–2	2–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2
Monza	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	—	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0
Napoli	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	—	2–0	2–4	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
Pescara	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	—	1–0	1–0	0–2	5–1	2–1	0–1	1–1
Ravenna	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	2–3
Reggiana	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Reggina	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Ternana	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	3–2	2–0
Torino	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	5–3	2–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–3	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	—	0–0	3–1
Treviso	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	5–1	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	4–2	1–1	0–0	—	0–0
Hellas Verona	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	5–2	3–0	2–1	5–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	4–0	2–5	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	—

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Serie B seasons
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