# 2006–07 Serie B

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 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 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 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 | Gianfranco Andreoletti | Emiliano Mondonico | Acerbis | BPU Assicurazioni |
| Arezzo | Piero Mancini | Antonio Conte | Legea | Banca Etruria |
| Bari | Vincenzo Matarrese | Giuseppe Materazzi | Erreà | Gaudianello |
| Bologna | Alfredo Cazzola | Luca Cecconi | Macron | Bologna Motor Show/Woolrich/Volvo, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli |
| Brescia | Gino Corioni | Serse Cosmi | Asics | Banco di Brescia |
| Cesena | Giorgio Lugaresi | Fabrizio Castori | Lotto | Solo Affitti |
| Crotone | Raffaele Vrenna | Guido Carboni | Zeus | Sovreco, Mediaservice s.r.l./Provincia di Crotone |
| Frosinone | Maurizio Stirpe | Ivo Iaconi | Legea | Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Provincia di Frosinone |
| Genoa | Enrico Preziosi | Gian Piero Gasperini | Erreà | Eurobet |
| Hellas Verona | Sergio Puglisi Maraja | Gian Piero Ventura | Asics | Unika Group |
| Juventus | Giovanni Cobolli Gigli | Didier Deschamps | Nike | Tamoil |
| Lecce | Quirico Semeraro | Giuseppe Papadopulo | Asics | Salento d'amare |
| Mantova | Fabrizio Lori | Domenico Di Carlo | Erreà | Nuova Pansac, Banca Agricola Mantovana |
| Modena | Luca Baraldi | Bortolo Mutti | Erreà | Kerakoll, Immergas |
| Napoli | Aurelio De Laurentiis | Edoardo Reja | Diadora | Lete |
| Pescara | Dante Paterna | Luigi De Rosa | Legea | Delverde, Rete8 |
| Piacenza | Fabrizio Garilli | Giuseppe Iachini | Macron | UNICEF |
| Rimini | Luca Benedettini | Leonardo Acori | Macron | Banca di Rimini (H)/COCIF (A) |
| Spezia | Giuseppe Ruggieri | Antonio Soda | Mass | Hyundai, Tecnocasa |
| Treviso | Ettore Setten | Ezio Rossi | Lotto | Grigolin, Provincia di Treviso |
| Triestina | Stefano Fantinel | Franco Varrella | Asics | Bossini |
| Vicenza | Sergio Cassingena | 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 (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 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Genoa (P) | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 78 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 4 | Piacenza | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 68 | |
| 5 | Rimini | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 67 | |
| 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 | 48 | −2 | 53 | |
| 11 | Vicenza | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 50 | |
| 12 | Frosinone | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 50 | |
| 13 | Treviso | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 50 | |
| 14 | Bari | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 50 | |
| 15 | Cesena | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 49 | |
| 16 | Modena | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 49 | |
| 17 | Triestina | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 48 | |
| 18 | Hellas Verona (R) | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 48 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Spezia | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 46 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 20 | Arezzo (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 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 22 | Pescara (R) | 42 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 77 | −41 | 24 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
* ↑ Juventus started the season with a penalization of 30 points, which was later reduced to 9 on appeal
* ↑ Third-placed team Genoa were directly promoted without a play-off being played as they finished 10 points ahead of fourth-placed Piacenza
* 1 2 RIM 2–0 BRE; BRE 0–2 RIM
* 1 2 3 4 VIC: 9 pts ; FRO: 8 pts ; TRE: 7 pts ; BAR: 6 pts
* 1 2 CES 1–0 MOD; MOD 0–1 CES
* ↑ 1-point deduction
* 1 2 TRI 1–1 VER; VER 0–1 TRI
* ↑ 6-points deduction
* ↑ 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 | — |

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