# 2005–06 Serie B

The 2005–06 Serie B is the 74th season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highest football league in Italy.

## Teams

Cremonese, Rimini, Mantova and Avellino had been promoted from Serie C, while Bologna, Brescia and Atalanta had been relegated from Serie A.

### Stadiums and locations

These are the 22 teams which took part in the Serie B 2005-06:
| Club Name | Home City | Stadium | 2004-05 season |
| AlbinoLeffe | Bergamo | Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 11th in Serie B |
| Arezzo | Arezzo | Stadio Città di Arezzo | 14th in Serie B |
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 20th in Serie A |
| Avellino | Avellino | Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi | Serie C1/B Playoffs winners |
| Bari | Bari | Stadio San Nicola | 10th in Serie B |
| Bologna | Bologna | Stadio Renato dall'Ara | 18th in Serie A |
| Brescia | Brescia | Stadio Mario Rigamonti | 19th in Serie A |
| Catania | Catania | Stadio Angelo Massimino | 12th in Serie B |
| Catanzaro | Catanzaro | Stadio Nicola Ceravolo | 21st in Serie B |
| Cesena | Cesena | Stadio Dino Manuzzi | 15th in Serie B |
| Cremonese | Cremona | Stadio Giovanni Zini | Serie C1/A Champions |
| Crotone | Crotone | Stadio Ezio Scida | 9th in Serie B |
| Hellas Verona | Verona | Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi | 6th in Serie B |
| Mantova | Mantova | Stadio Danilo Martelli | Serie C1/A Playoffs winners |
| Modena | Modena | Stadio Alberto Braglia | 7th in Serie B |
| Pescara | Pescara | Stadio Adriatico | 19th in Serie B |
| Piacenza | Piacenza | Stadio Leonardo Garilli | 9th in Serie B |
| Rimini | Rimini | Stadio Romeo Neri | Serie C1/B Champions |
| Ternana | Terni | Stadio Libero Liberati | 8th in Serie B |
| Torino | Turin | Stadio delle Alpi | 2nd in Serie B |
| Triestina | Trieste | Stadio Nereo Rocco | 18th in Serie B |
| Vicenza | Vicenza | Stadio Romeo Menti | 17th in Serie B |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | President | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| AlbinoLeffe | Gianfranco Andreoletti | Emiliano Mondonico | Legea | BPU Assicurazioni |
| Arezzo | Piero Mancini | Elio Gustinetti | Legea | Banca Etruria |
| Atalanta | Ivan Ruggeri | Stefano Colantuono | Asics | Sit-in Sport, Elesite |
| Avellino | Marco Pugliese | Franco Colomba | Legea | AIR Autoservizi Irpini |
| Bari | Vincenzo Matarrese | Guido Carboni | Erreà | Gaudianello |
| Bologna | Alfredo Cazzola | Renzo Ulivieri | Macron | Europonteggi |
| Brescia | Gino Corioni | Zdeněk Zeman | Kappa | Banco di Brescia |
| Catania | Antonino Pulvirenti | Pasquale Marino | Legea | SP Energia Siciliana |
| Catanzaro | Claudio Parente | Franco Cittadino | Asics | Siamo tutti calabresi/Catanzaro nel cuore/Prendo.it/Radio Catanzaro Classic (in cup matches), Catanzaro Città tra due mari |
| Cesena | Giorgio Lugaresi | Fabrizio Castori | Lotto | Solo Affitti |
| Cremonese | Luigi Gualco | Giovanni Dellacasa | Macron | Air Seychelles |
| Crotone | Raffaele Vrenna | Gian Piero Gasperini | Zeus | Frais Monde/Sovreco, Mediaservice s.r.l. |
| Hellas Verona | Giambattista Pastorello | Massimo Ficcadenti | Legea | Clerman |
| Mantova | Fabrizio Lori | Domenico Di Carlo | Erreà | Nuova Pansac |
| Modena | Romano Amadei | Stefano Pioli | Erreà | Immergas, Alberti & Tagliazucchi |
| Pescara | Dante Paterna | Maurizio Sarri | Lotto | Eurovision TV/Mait, Rete8 |
| Piacenza | Fabrizio Garilli | Giuseppe Iachini | Macron | UNICEF |
| Rimini | Luca Benedettini | Leonardo Acori | Hummel | Banca di Rimini/Riviera di Rimini |
| Ternana | Luca Ferramosca | Domenico Caso | Macron | Imhotep s.r.l. |
| Torino | Urbano Cairo | Gianni De Biasi | Asics | Il Buon Riso/MG K.Vis/Professionecasa/Dipiù/Reale Mutua, Fratelli Beretta |
| Triestina | Flaviano Tonellotto | Andrea Agostinelli | Asics | Bossini |
| Vicenza | Sergio Cassingena | Giancarlo Camolese | A-Line | Recoaro |

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Atalanta (P, C) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 81 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Catania (P) | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 78 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Torino (O, P) | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 76 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Mantova | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 69 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Modena | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 67 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 6 | Cesena | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 66 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 7 | Arezzo | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 66 | |
| 8 | Bologna | 42 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 64 | |
| 9 | Crotone | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 63 | |
| 10 | Brescia | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 60 | |
| 11 | Pescara | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 54 | |
| 12 | Piacenza | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 54 | |
| 13 | Bari | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 51 | |
| 14 | Triestina | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 51 | |
| 15 | Hellas Verona | 42 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 49 | |
| 16 | Vicenza | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 49 | |
| 17 | Rimini | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 48 | |
| 18 | AlbinoLeffe | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 46 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 19 | Avellino (R) | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 46 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 20 | Ternana (R) | 42 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 39 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 21 | Cremonese (R) | 42 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 30 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 22 | Catanzaro (R, E, R) | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 28 | Revival in Serie C2 |
* ↑ Relegated and then restored directly in Serie C2 by the Lodo Petrucci for financial problems.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALB | ARE | ATA | AVE | BAR | BOL | BRE | CTN | CTZ | CES | CRE | CRO | MAN | MOD | PES | PIA | RIM | TER | TOR | TRI | HEL | VIC |
| AlbinoLeffe | — | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Arezzo | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Atalanta | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Avellino | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Bari | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Bologna | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Brescia | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Catania | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Catanzaro | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Cesena | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Cremonese | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Crotone | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Mantova | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Modena | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Pescara | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Piacenza | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Rimini | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Ternana | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Torino | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Triestina | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 |
| Vicenza | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — |

## Play-off
### Promotion play-off

hc = higher classified team in the regular season

#### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Cesena | 1-2 | Torino | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Modena | 1-1 (hc) | Mantova | 0-0 | 1-1 |

#### Finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mantova | 5-5(hc) | Torino | 4-2 | 1-3(aet) |

### Relegation play-off

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Avellino | 3-4 | AlbinoLeffe | 0-2 | 3-2 |

## Topscorers

| Place | Scorer | Scored | Team | Penalties |
| 1. | Cristian Bucchi | 29 | Modena | 12 |
| 2. | Claudio Bellucci | 25 | Bologna | 5 |
| 3. | Gionatha Spinesi | 23 | Catania | 6 |
| 4. | Daniele Cacia | 18 | Piacenza | 3 |
| 5. | Tomas Danilevičius | 17 | Avellino | 2 |
| 5. | Emiliano Salvetti | 17 | Cesena | 7 |
| 7. | Marco Carparelli | 15 | Cremonese | 4 |
| 7. | Nicola Ventola | 15 | Atalanta | 4 |
| 7. | Adaílton | 15 | Hellas Verona | 5 |
| 7. | Mario Frick | 15 | Ternana | 6 |