2006–07 Serie B

Serie B 2006–07 teams distribution

The 2006–07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 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 32-time Italian champions Juventus, whose involvement in the league was a direct result of the 'Calciopoli' rulings and not competition in the previous Serie A season.

A.C. Arezzo began the season with a six-point deficit and Juventus F.C. 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

Juventus 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 playout.

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

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

Official Club Name Home City Stadium Name Final Placing in 2005–06 Season
U.C. AlbinoLeffe Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 18th in Serie B
A.C. Arezzo Arezzo Stadio Città di Arezzo 7th in Serie B
A.S. Bari Bari Stadio San Nicola 13th in Serie B
Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna Stadio Renato dall'Ara 8th in Serie B
Brescia Calcio Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti 10th in Serie B
A.C. Cesena Cesena Stadio Dino Manuzzi 6th in Serie B
F.C. Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida 9th in Serie B
Frosinone Calcio Frosinone Stadio Matusa Serie C1/B Playoff Winners
Genoa C.F.C. Genova Stadio Luigi Ferraris Serie C1/A Playoff Winners
Juventus F.C. Turin Stadio Olimpico di Torino 20th in Serie A
U.S. Lecce Lecce Stadio Via del Mare 18th in Serie A
A.C. Mantova Mantova Stadio Danilo Martelli 4th in Serie B
Modena F.C. Modena Stadio Alberto Braglia 5th in Serie B
S.S.C. Napoli Napoli Stadio San Paolo Serie C1/B Champions
Pescara Calcio Pescara Stadio Adriatico 12th in Serie B
Piacenza Calcio Piacenza Stadio Leonardo Garilli 11th in Serie B
Rimini Calcio F.C. Rimini Stadio Romeo Neri 17th in Serie B
Spezia Calcio 1906 La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco Serie C1/A Champions
Treviso F.B.C. 1993 Treviso Stadio Omobono Tenni 19th in Serie A
U.S. Triestina Calcio Trieste Stadio Nereo Rocco 14th in Serie B
Hellas Verona F.C. Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi 15th in Serie B
Vicenza Calcio Vicenza Stadio Romeo Menti 16th in Serie B

Final classification

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Juventus (C) (P) 42 28 10 4 83 30+53 085[a] Promotion to Serie A
2 Napoli (P) 42 21 16 5 52 29+23 79
3 Genoa (P) 42 23 9 10 68 44+24 078[b]
4 Piacenza 42 20 8 14 57 50+7 68
5 Rimini 42 17 16 9 55 38+17 67 RIM 2–0 BRE
BRE 0–2 RIM
6 Brescia 42 19 10 13 51 43+8 67
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 46 482 53
11 Vicenza 42 12 14 16 42 431 50 VIC: 9 pts
FRO: 8 pts
TRE: 7 pts
BAR: 6 pts
12 Frosinone 42 12 14 16 44 5410 50
13 Treviso 42 11 17 14 44 473 50
14 Bari 42 12 14 16 40 466 50
15 Cesena 42 12 13 17 51 6615 49 CES 1–0 MOD
MOD 0–1 CES
16 Modena 42 12 13 17 38 468 49
17 Triestina 42 11 16 15 37 4811 048[d] TRI 1–1 VER
VER 0–1 TRI
18 Hellas Verona (R) 42 12 12 18 34 4612 48 Qualification to Relegation play-off
19 Spezia 42 11 13 18 50 6111 46
20 Arezzo (R) 42 12 15 15 42 464 045[e] Relegation to Serie C1
21 Crotone (R) 42 7 11 24 36 6731 32
22 Pescara (R) 42 5 10 27 36 7741 024[f]

Updated to games played on October 9, 2008.
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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Notes:

^[a] Juventus started the season with a penalization of 30 points, which was later reduced to 9 on appeal.
^[b] Third-placed team Genoa were directly promoted without a play-off being played as they finished 10 points ahead of fourth-placed Piacenza.
^[d] 1-point deduction.
^[e] 6-points deduction.
^[f] 1-point deduction for late tax payment.

Results

  AlbinoLeffe Arezzo Bari Bologna Brescia Cesena Crotone Frosinone Genoa Juventus Lecce Mantova Modena Napoli Pescara Piacenza Rimini Spezia Treviso Triestina Verona Vicenza
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  

Relegation play-off

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

Top goalscorers

Last updated June 10, 2007[1]

Scorer Goals Team
Italy Alessandro Del Piero
20
Juventus
Italy Claudio Bellucci
19
Bologna
Senegal Papa Waigo N'Diayè
15
Cesena
France David Trézéguet
15
Juventus
Italy Daniele Cacia
14
Piacenza
Italy Emanuele Calaiò
14
Napoli
Italy Antonio Floro Flores
14
Arezzo
Brazil Jeda
13
Rimini
Italy Davide Possanzini
13
Brescia
Italy Massimo Marazzina
12
Bologna
Italy Robert Acquafresca
11
Treviso
Brazil Adaílton
11
Genoa
Italy Gaetano Caridi
11
Mantova
Italy Massimiliano Guidetti
11
Spezia
Italy Francesco Lodi
11
Frosinone
Venezuela Massimo Margiotta
11
Frosinone
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd
11
Juventus
Italy Stefan Schwoch
11
Vicenza
Italy Matteo Serafini
11
Brescia
Italy Simone Tiribocchi
11
Lecce

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