Serie B TIM
Season2006–07
ChampionsJuventus (1st title)
PromotedJuventus
Napoli
Genoa
RelegatedPescara
Crotone
Arezzo
Hellas Verona (via play-off)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,061 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerItaly Alessandro del Piero (20 goals)
Serie B 2006–07 teams distribution

The 2006–07 Serie B season is the 75th season since its establishment in 1929. It started on 9 September 2006 and ended on 10 June 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season. The 2006–07 season marked the first Serie B appearance for two clubs, Frosinone and then 27-time Italian champions Juventus, whose involvement in the league was a direct result of not winning competition in the previous Serie A season and the Calciopoli rulings.

A.C. Arezzo began the season with a six-point deficit and Juventus a nine-point deficit, due to their involvement in the 2006 Italian football scandal. In addition, U.S. Triestina Calcio were docked one point because of financial irregularities, and Pescara Calcio were penalized one point for late tax payments.

Events

Promotions

Despite the large deficit at the start of the league, Juventus coasted through the season with ease and became the first team mathematically promoted to the Serie A for the 2007–08 season with a 5–1 away win at Arezzo on 19 May 2007, with three games remaining in the schedule. One week later, they clinched the title of Serie B champions for 2006–07 with a 2–0 home win against Mantova. Juventus were awarded the first-ever Ali della Vittoria (Wings of Victory) Cup, designed this year for the winner of the Serie B championship.

On the last day of the season Napoli played Genoa. Napoli only needed a draw for automatic promotion, while Genoa needed a win to guarantee promotion. The match ended 0–0 and Napoli were promoted. However, Piacenza only managed a 1–1 draw with Triestina, leaving it ten points behind Genoa. A gap of ten or more points between the third and fourth-placed teams meant that no playoffs would be held, and Genoa became the third team promoted to Serie A.

Both Napoli and Genoa were promoted from Serie C1 to Serie B, and from Serie B to Serie A in successive seasons.

Relegations

On 12 May 2007 Pescara became the first team mathematically relegated to Serie C1 for the 2007–08 season with a 3–1 loss at Piacenza on Day 38 of the schedule. One week later, Crotone was also mathematically relegated with a 2–0 loss at Trieste. On the last match day, Arezzo became the third team relegated despite winning 3–1 at Treviso, as both Spezia and Hellas Verona won their games. Tied 2–2 with Juventus, Spezia was only seconds away from relegation, but a dramatic goal on the 91st minute by Nicola Padoin condemned Arezzo and qualified Spezia for the playoffs.

The fourth team to be relegated was decided in a two-legged playoff between Verona and Spezia. The first leg ended in a 2–1 win for Spezia, and a 0–0 tie in the return match condemned Verona to play Serie C1 in the 2007–08 season.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

These are the 22 teams which took part in the Serie B 2006–07:

Club Name Home City Stadium Name Final Placing in 2005–06 Season
AlbinoLeffe Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 18th in Serie B
Arezzo Arezzo Stadio Città di Arezzo 7th in Serie B
Bari Bari Stadio San Nicola 13th in Serie B
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato dall'Ara 8th in Serie B
Brescia Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti 10th in Serie B
Cesena Cesena Stadio Dino Manuzzi 6th in Serie B
Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida 9th in Serie B
Frosinone Frosinone Stadio Matusa Serie C1/B Playoff Winners
Genoa Genova Stadio Luigi Ferraris Serie C1/A Playoff Winners
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi 15th in Serie B
Juventus Turin Stadio Olimpico di Torino 20th in Serie A
Lecce Lecce Stadio Via del Mare 18th in Serie A
Mantova Mantova Stadio Danilo Martelli 4th in Serie B
Modena Modena Stadio Alberto Braglia 5th in Serie B
Napoli Napoli Stadio San Paolo Serie C1/B Champions
Pescara Pescara Stadio Adriatico 12th in Serie B
Piacenza Piacenza Stadio Leonardo Garilli 11th in Serie B
Rimini Rimini Stadio Romeo Neri 17th in Serie B
Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco Serie C1/A Champions
Treviso Treviso Stadio Omobono Tenni 19th in Serie A
Triestina Trieste Stadio Nereo Rocco 14th in Serie B
Vicenza Vicenza Stadio Romeo Menti 16th in Serie B

Personnel and kits

Team President Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AlbinoLeffe Italy Gianfranco Andreoletti Italy Emiliano Mondonico Acerbis BPU Assicurazioni
Arezzo Italy Piero Mancini Italy Antonio Conte Legea Banca Etruria
Bari Italy Vincenzo Matarrese Italy Giuseppe Materazzi Erreà Gaudianello
Bologna Italy Alfredo Cazzola Italy Luca Cecconi Macron Bologna Motor Show/Woolrich/Volvo, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Brescia Italy Gino Corioni Italy Serse Cosmi Asics Banco di Brescia
Cesena Italy Giorgio Lugaresi Italy Fabrizio Castori Lotto Solo Affitti
Crotone Italy Raffaele Vrenna Italy Guido Carboni Zeus Sovreco, Mediaservice s.r.l.
Frosinone Italy Maurizio Stirpe Italy Ivo Iaconi Legea Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Provincia di Frosinone
Genoa Italy Enrico Preziosi Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Erreà Eurobet
Hellas Verona Italy Sergio Puglisi Maraja Italy Gian Piero Ventura Asics Unika Group
Juventus Italy Giovanni Cobolli Gigli France Didier Deschamps Nike Tamoil
Lecce Italy Quirico Semeraro Italy Giuseppe Papadopulo Asics Salento d'amare
Mantova Italy Fabrizio Lori Italy Domenico Di Carlo Erreà Nuova Pansac
Modena Italy Luca Baraldi Italy Bortolo Mutti Erreà Immergas, Kerakoll
Napoli Italy Aurelio De Laurentiis Italy Edoardo Reja Diadora Lete
Pescara Italy Dante Paterna Italy Luigi De Rosa Legea Delverde, Rete8
Piacenza Italy Fabrizio Garilli Italy Giuseppe Iachini Macron UNICEF
Rimini Italy Luca Benedettini Italy Leonardo Acori Macron Banca di Rimini (H)/COCIF (A)
Spezia Italy Giuseppe Ruggieri Italy Antonio Soda Mass Hyundai, Tecnocasa
Treviso Italy Ettore Setten Italy Ezio Rossi Lotto Grigolin, Provincia di Treviso
Triestina Italy Stefano Fantinel Italy Franco Varrella Asics Bossini
Vicenza Italy Sergio Cassingena Italy Angelo Gregucci A-Line Gingerino (H)/Recoaro (A)

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Juventus[lower-alpha 1] (C, P) 42 28 10 4 83 30 +53 85 Promotion to Serie A
2 Napoli (P) 42 21 16 5 52 29 +23 79
3 Genoa[lower-alpha 2] (P) 42 23 9 10 68 44 +24 78
4 Piacenza 42 20 8 14 57 50 +7 68
5 Rimini 42 17 16 9 55 38 +17 67[lower-alpha 3]
6 Brescia 42 19 10 13 51 43 +8 67[lower-alpha 3]
7 Bologna 42 18 11 13 52 43 +9 65
8 Mantova 42 15 19 8 47 36 +11 64
9 Lecce 42 17 7 18 56 53 +3 58
10 AlbinoLeffe 42 11 20 11 46 48 −2 53
11 Vicenza 42 12 14 16 42 43 −1 50[lower-alpha 4]
12 Frosinone 42 12 14 16 44 54 −10 50[lower-alpha 4]
13 Treviso 42 11 17 14 44 47 −3 50[lower-alpha 4]
14 Bari 42 12 14 16 40 46 −6 50[lower-alpha 4]
15 Cesena 42 12 13 17 51 66 −15 49[lower-alpha 5]
16 Modena 42 12 13 17 38 46 −8 49[lower-alpha 5]
17 Triestina[lower-alpha 6] 42 11 16 15 37 48 −11 48[lower-alpha 7]
18 Hellas Verona (R) 42 12 12 18 34 46 −12 48[lower-alpha 7] Qualification to relegation play-offs
19 Spezia 42 11 13 18 50 61 −11 46
20 Arezzo[lower-alpha 8] (D, R) 42 12 15 15 42 46 −4 45 Relegation to Serie C1
21 Crotone (R) 42 7 11 24 36 67 −31 32
22 Pescara[lower-alpha 9] (R) 42 5 10 27 36 77 −41 24
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2008 (in Italian). Panini Edizioni. November 2007.
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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Juventus started the season with a penalization of 30 points, which was later reduced to 9 on appeal
  2. ↑ Third-placed team Genoa were directly promoted without a play-off being played as they finished 10 points ahead of fourth-placed Piacenza
  3. 1 2 RIM 2–0 BRE; BRE 0–2 RIM
  4. 1 2 3 4 VIC: 9 pts ; FRO: 8 pts ; TRE: 7 pts ; BAR: 6 pts
  5. 1 2 CES 1–0 MOD; MOD 0–1 CES
  6. ↑ 1-point deduction
  7. 1 2 TRI 1–1 VER; VER 0–1 TRI
  8. ↑ 6-points deduction
  9. ↑ 1-point deduction for late tax payment

Results

Home \ Away ALB ARE BAR BOL BRE CES CRO FRO GEN JUV LEC MAN MOD NAP PES PIA RIM SPE TRE TRI VER VIC
AlbinoLeffe — 0–0 2–3 2–5 2–3 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0
Arezzo 2–1 — 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–5 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 2–1
Bari 0–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
Bologna 1–0 1–0 2–0 — 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1
Brescia 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 4–2 2–2 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–0
Cesena 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 — 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2
Crotone 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 — 2–3 0–3 0–3 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1
Frosinone 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 — 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2
Genoa 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 4–3 1–1 3–2 — 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–0
Juventus 1–1 2–2 4–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 1–0 3–1 — 4–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 5–1 1–0 2–1
Lecce 3–1 1–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 5–0 3–2 1–3 — 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2
Mantova 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 4–3 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–0 — 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0
Modena 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–2 — 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1
Napoli 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–0 0–0
Pescara 2–3 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–3 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–6 0–1 — 0–2 0–5 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0
Piacenza 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–2 3–2 3–4 5–1 2–1 3–1 — 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–3
Rimini 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 — 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Spezia 3–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 3–3 3–4 — 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0
Treviso 3–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 — 0–0 1–1 1–1
Triestina 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–0
Verona 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 — 2–1
Vicenza 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

First leg: 15 June, Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia
Second leg: 21 June, Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Spezia 2–1 Verona 2–1 0–0
Verona relegated to 2007–08 Serie C1

Top goalscorers

Last updated 10 June 2007[1]

Scorer Goals Team
Italy Alessandro Del Piero
20
Italy Claudio Bellucci
19
Senegal Papa Waigo N'Diayè
15
France David Trezeguet
15
Italy Daniele Cacia
14
Italy Emanuele Calaiò
14
Italy Antonio Floro Flores
14
Brazil Jeda
13
Italy Davide Possanzini
13
Italy Massimo Marazzina
12
Italy Robert Acquafresca
11
Brazil Adaílton
11
Italy Gaetano Caridi
11
Italy Massimiliano Guidetti
11
Italy Francesco Lodi
11
Venezuela Massimo Margiotta
11
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd
11
Italy Stefan Schwoch
11
Italy Matteo Serafini
11
Italy Simone Tiribocchi
11

References

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