75th season of second-tier football league in Italy
Football league season
Serie B 2003-04 team distribution
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.
Personnel and sponsoring
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
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; (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
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.
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
