# 2005–06 Serie A

The 2005–06 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 104th season of top-tier Italian football, the 74th in a round-robin tournament. The league commenced on 28 August 2005 and finished on 14 May 2006. While Juventus were originally the first-placed team, this title was put sub judice due to their involvement in the Calciopoli scandal, with Inter Milan instead declared champions by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on 26 July 2006, thus winning the title for the first time in 17 years.

## Rule changes

Prior to the 2005–06 season, if two or more teams were tied in points for first place, for only one spot in a European tournament, or in the relegation zone, teams would play tie-breaking matches after the season was over to determine which team would be champion, or be awarded a European tournament spot, or be saved or relegated. However, 2005–06 saw the introduction of new rules. If two or more teams ended the season with the same number of points, the ordering was determined by their head-to-head records. If two or more teams had the same total points and head-to-head records, goal difference became the decisive factor.

## Team details
### Stadiums and locations

| Club | City | Stadium |
| Ascoli | Ascoli Piceno | Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca |
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Stadio Sant'Elia |
| Chievo | Verona | Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi |
| Empoli | Empoli | Stadio Carlo Castellani |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Stadio Artemio Franchi |
| Inter Milan | Milan | San Siro |
| Juventus | Turin | Stadio Delle Alpi |
| Lazio | Rome | Stadio Olimpico |
| Lecce | Lecce | Stadio Via del mare |
| Livorno | Livorno | Stadio Armando Picchi |
| Messina | Messina | Stadio San Filippo |
| Milan | Milan | San Siro |
| Palermo | Parma | Stadio Renzo Barbera |
| Parma | Palermo | Stadio Ennio Tardini |
| Reggina | Reggio Calabria | Stadio Oreste Granillo |
| Roma | Rome | Stadio Olimpico |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris |
| Siena | Siena | Stadio Artemio Franchi |
| Treviso | Treviso | Stadio Omobono Tenni |
| Udinese | Udine | Stadio Friuli |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Head Coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Ascoli | Marco Giampaolo | Lotto | Gaudì Jeans/Cult Shoes, Carisap |
| Cagliari | Nedo Sonetti | Asics | Terra Sarda, Sky |
| Chievo | Giuseppe Pillon | Lotto | Paluani/Cattolica Assicurazioni/Ferroli/Banca Popolare di Verona |
| Empoli | Luigi Cagni | Asics | Frutta, Computer Gross |
| Fiorentina | Cesare Prandelli | Lotto | Toyota |
| Inter Milan | Roberto Mancini | Nike | Pirelli |
| Juventus | Fabio Capello | Nike | Tamoil |
| Lazio | Delio Rossi | Puma | INA Assitalia |
| Lecce | Silvio Baldini | Asics | Salento |
| Livorno | Carlo Mazzone | Asics | Banca Carige |
| Messina | Giampiero Ventura | Legea | Caffè Miscela D'Oro, Air Malta |
| Milan | Carlo Ancelotti | Adidas | Opel Zafira |
| Palermo | Giuseppe Papadopulo | Lotto | Provincia di Palermo/Mandi, Provincia di Palermo |
| Parma | Mario Beretta | Champion/Errea | Fidenza Village/Tecnocasa |
| Reggina | Walter Mazzarri | Onze | Gicos, Stocco&Stocco/Regione Calabria |
| Roma | Luciano Spalletti | Diadora | Acqua Fiuggi/Banca Italease |
| Sampdoria | Walter Novellino | Kappa | Erg/LG Mobile (in UEFA matches) |
| Siena | Luigi De Canio | Mass | Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Quadrifoglio Vita |
| Treviso | Alberto Cavasin | Lotto | Segafredo Zanetti, Provincia di Treviso |
| Udinese | Serse Cosmi | Lotto | Kia Motors |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inter Milan (C) | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 30 | +38 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 85 | 31 | +54 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Chievo | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 54 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Palermo | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 52 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Livorno | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Parma | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 45 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 8 | Empoli | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 45 | |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 44 | |
| 10 | Ascoli | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 43 | |
| 11 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 43 | |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 41 | |
| 13 | Reggina | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 39 | 65 | −26 | 41 | |
| 14 | Cagliari | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 39 | |
| 15 | Siena | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 39 | |
| 16 | Lazio | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 32 | |
| 17 | Messina | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 33 | 59 | −26 | 31 | |
| 18 | Lecce (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 29 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Treviso (R) | 38 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 24 | 56 | −32 | 21 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Juventus (D, R) | 38 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 91 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 3 Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio were docked 30 points, all for involvement in the Calciopoli.
* ↑ Parma gained entry to the 2006–07 UEFA Cup because 2005–06 Coppa Italia finalists Inter and Roma qualified to the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League and 2006–07 UEFA Cup through their respective championship positions. The final positions of Parma and Empoli were decided by head-to-head record.
* ↑ Messina were restored to Serie A following Juventus's punishment.
* ↑ Juventus were originally the first-placed team, but were placed at the bottom of the league table (points were not deducted) due to the Calciopoli scandal, relegating them to Serie B. The title was put sub judice, then assigned to Internazionale, the team taking the first place after court hearings.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASC | CAG | CHV | EMP | FIO | INT | JUV | LAZ | LCE | LIV | MES | MIL | PAL | PAR | REG | ROM | SAM | SIE | TRV | UDI |
| Ascoli | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Cagliari | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Chievo | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Empoli | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Fiorentina | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Inter Milan | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Juventus | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Lazio | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Lecce | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Livorno | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Messina | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Milan | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| Palermo | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Parma | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Reggina | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Roma | 2–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Sampdoria | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Siena | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Treviso | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 |
| Udinese | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

The Capocannoniere (top scorer) of 2005–06 was Luca Toni of Fiorentina. His 31 goals was the highest tally since Antonio Valentín Angelillo scored 33 for Inter Milan in 1958–59.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Luca Toni | Fiorentina | 31 |
| 2 | David Trezeguet | Juventus | 23 |
| 3 | David Suazo | Cagliari | 22 |
| 4 | Cristiano Lucarelli | Livorno | 19 |
| 4 | Francesco Tavano | Empoli | 19 |
| 4 | Andriy Shevchenko | Milan | 19 |
| 7 | Alberto Gilardino | Milan | 17 |
| 8 | Tommaso Rocchi | Lazio | 16 |
| 9 | Julio Cruz | Inter Milan | 15 |
| 9 | Francesco Totti | Roma | 15 |

## Transfer

* Summer Transfer
* Winter Transfer
* co-ownership
* co-ownership