2006–07 Serie B
The Season 2006/ 07 Serie B launched on September 9, 2006 and ended on 10 June 2007. Frosinone Calcio and for the 27 - time champions Juventus, it was the first season in the second-highest Italian league. Juventus managed as First prize the direct promotion back to the A. series with the SSC Napoli and Genoa also rose two traditional clubs along with Juve in the highest league, both of which had been demoted a few years earlier to the third league.
As the fourth-placed FC Piacenza end of the season was more than nine points behind third-placed Genoa, no playoffs were played. The AC Arezzo, FC Crotone and Pescara Calcio rose directly from the Serie C1. The fourth and fifth last-place teams Hellas Verona and AC Spezia met each other in the play- outs, in which Spezia prevailed and the league managed. Scorer with 20 goals scored season Alessandro Del Piero of Juventus.
Table
In case of equality, the direct comparison decides
** Juventus started with a penalty of - 17 points in the season, this sentence was later reduced to -9 points.
*** The third -to six- placed teams of the Series B normally play in a play-off for promotion to the Serie A. In season 2006/ 07 but were 10 points between the third-placed Genoa and the fourth-placed FC Piacenza what Genoa the direct ascent without play-off enabled, see special case play-off.
***** The fourth and fifth last-place teams play by play-out against relegation to Serie C1. The AC Spezia won and managed to avoid relegation.
Promoted to Serie A - relegated from Serie A
Relegated to Serie C1 - promoted from Serie C1
Top scorers
Champion team
(in brackets the matches and goals are specified)
- Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon ( 37 / -); Antonio Mirante (7 / -)
- Defense: Federico Balzaretti (37/ 2); Alessandro Birindelli (10 / -); Jean -Alain Boumsong (33/ 2); Giorgio Chiellini (32/ 3); Robert Kovač (17 / - ); Nicola Legrottaglie (10 / -); Felice Piccolo (7 / - ); Jonathan Zebina (24 / -)
- Midfielders: Raffaele Bianco ( 4/1); Mauro Camoranesi (33/ 4); Paolo De Ceglie (8/ 1); Giuliano Giannichedda (20 / - ); Marco Marchionni (25/ 1); Claudio Marchisio (25 / - ); Pavel Nedvěd (33/ 11); Matteo Paro ( 28/1 ); Dario Venitucci (5 / - ); Cristiano Zanetti ( 25/2 )
- Storm: Valeri Boschinow (18/ 5); Alessandro Del Piero (35/ 20); Sebastian Giovinco (3 / - ); Tomás Guzmán (1 / - ); Davide Lanzafame (1 / - ); Raffaele Palladino (25/ 8); David Trezeguet (31/ 15); Marcelo Zalayeta (16/ 4)
- Coach Didier Deschamps ( 1st to 40th Round ); Giancarlo Corradini ( 41st and 42nd Round )
See also
- Serie A 2006/ 07
- Coppa Italia 2006/ 07