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.
SS 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 promoted to the Serie A for the 2007–08 season with a 5–1 away win at SS 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 1911. 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 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 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 NameHome CityStadium NameFinal 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 Genoa 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 1911 Mantua Stadio Danilo Martelli 4th in Serie B Modena Modena Stadio Alberto Braglia 5th in Serie B Napoli Naples 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 TeamPresidentManagerKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAlbinoLeffe Gianfranco Andreoletti Emiliano MondonicoAcerbisBPU AssicurazioniArezzo Piero Mancini Antonio ConteLegeaBanca EtruriaBari Vincenzo Matarrese Giuseppe Materazzi ErreàGaudianelloBologna Alfredo Cazzola Luca CecconiMacronBologna Motor Show/Woolrich/Volvo, Istituto Ortopedico RizzoliBrescia Gino Corioni Serse CosmiAsicsBanco di BresciaCesena Giorgio Lugaresi Fabrizio CastoriLottoSolo AffittiCrotone Raffaele Vrenna Guido CarboniZeusSovreco, Mediaservice s.r.l./Provincia di CrotoneFrosinone Maurizio Stirpe Ivo IaconiLegeaBanca Popolare del Frusinate, Provincia di FrosinoneGenoa Enrico Preziosi Gian Piero GasperiniErreàEurobetHellas Verona Sergio Puglisi Maraja Gian Piero VenturaAsicsUnika GroupJuventus Giovanni Cobolli Gigli Didier DeschampsNikeTamoilLecce Quirico Semeraro Giuseppe PapadopuloAsicsSalento d'amareMantova 1911 Fabrizio Lori Domenico Di CarloErreàNuova Pansac, Banca Agricola MantovanaModena Luca Baraldi Bortolo MuttiErreàKerakoll, ImmergasNapoli Aurelio De Laurentiis Edoardo RejaDiadoraLetePescara Dante Paterna Luigi De RosaLegeaDelverde, Rete8Piacenza Fabrizio Garilli Giuseppe IachiniMacronUNICEFRimini Luca Benedettini Leonardo AcoriMacronBanca di Rimini (H)/COCIF (A)Spezia Giuseppe Ruggieri Antonio SodaMassHyundai, TecnocasaTreviso Ettore Setten Ezio RossiLottoGrigolin, Provincia di TrevisoTriestina Stefano Fantinel Franco VarrellaAsicsBossiniVicenza Sergio Cassingena Angelo GregucciA-LineGingerino (H)/Recoaro (A)
Final classification
Results
Relegation play-off First leg: 15 June, Stadio Alberto Picco, La Spezia Second leg: 21 June, Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona
Verona relegated to 2007–08 Serie C1
Top goalscorers Last updated 10 June 2007Italy - Serie B Top Scorers RSSSF ScorerGoalsTeam Alessandro Del Piero Claudio Bellucci Papa Waigo N'Diayè David Trezeguet Daniele Cacia Emanuele Calaiò Antonio Floro Flores Jeda Davide Possanzini Massimo Marazzina Robert Acquafresca Adaílton Gaetano Caridi Massimiliano Guidetti Francesco Lodi Massimo Margiotta Pavel Nedvěd Stefan Schwoch Matteo Serafini Simone Tiribocchi
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Napoli 30,150 2 Genoa 19,934 3 Juventus 18,085 4 Bologna 10,949 5 Hellas 9,444 6 Mantova 8,605 7 Cesena 8,561 8 Modena 8,509 9 Bari 7,679 10 Triestina 7,563 11 Spezia 7,374 12 Rimini 6,903 13 Lecce 6,188 14 Crotone 5,800 15 Vicenza 5,704 16 Frosinone 5,072 17 Piacenza 4,711 18 Arezzo 4,135 19 Brescia 3,772 20 Treviso 3,532 21 Pescara 3,299 22 AlbinoLeffe 2,351 Source:
References
External links
2006–07 Serie B Squads Football Squads