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2003–04 Serie B

Italian football league season

Field	Value
competition	Serie B TIM
season	2003–04
promoted	Palermo (3rd title)
Cagliari
Messina
Livorno
Atalanta
Fiorentina
relegated	Como
Avellino
Napoli
league topscorer	ITA Luca Toni (30 goals)
matches	552
total goals	1287
prevseason	[2002–03](2002-03-serie-b)
nextseason	[2004–05](2004-05-serie-b)

Cagliari Messina Livorno Atalanta Fiorentina Avellino Napoli

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

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AlbinoLeffe	ITA Elio Gustinetti	Legea	SCAME
Ascoli	ITA Aldo Ammazzalorso	Uhlsport	Carisap
Atalanta	ITA Andrea Mandorlini	Asics	Promatech
Avellino	CZE Zdeněk Zeman	Devis	NewNet Gruppo Tufano
Bari	ITA Giuseppe Pillon	Lotto	Pasta Ambra
Cagliari	ITA Edoardo Reja	A-Line	Terra Sarda
Catania	ITA Nedo Sonetti	Galex	Toyota
Como	ITA Roberto Galia	Erreà	Integratori Integra Sport
Fiorentina	ITA Emiliano Mondonico	Adidas	Fondiaria-Sai
Genoa	ITA Luigi De Canio	Erreà	Costa Cruises
Hellas Verona	ITA Sergio Maddè	Legea	Clerman
Livorno	ITA Walter Mazzarri	Asics	Gruppo Banca Carige
Messina	ITA Bortolo Mutti	Legea	Confcommercio/Caffè Miscela d'Oro, Confcommercio
Napoli	ITA Luigi Simoni	Legea	Russo di Cicciano
Palermo	ITA Francesco Guidolin	Lotto	Provincia di Palermo, Regione Siciliana
Pescara	ITA Cetteo Di Mascio	Ennedue	Saquella Caffè
Piacenza	ITA Luigi Cagni	Lotto	UNICEF
Salernitana	ITA Stefano Pioli	Devis	Centrale del Latte di Salerno
Ternana	ITA Bruno Bolchi	Erreà	EnerTAD
Torino	ITA Ezio Rossi	Asics	Bavaria
Treviso	ITA Adriano Buffoni	Lotto	Segafredo, Provincia di Treviso
Triestina	ITA Attilio Tesser	Asics	San Marco Imaging
Venezia	ITA Angelo Gregucci	Sportika	Gioco Calcio
Vicenza	ITA Giuseppe Iachini	Biemme	Caffè Vero

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*

Biancolino

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	2,458

Source:

References

https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita04.htm

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