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

Serie B TIM
Season2005–06
PromotedAtalanta (5th title)
Catania
Torino (via play-off)
RelegatedCatanzaro (to C2)
Cremonese
Ternana
Avellino (via play-off)
Matches played462
Goals scored1,047 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorerItaly Christian Bucchi (29 goals)
Serie B 2005-06 team distribution

Teams edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
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
5 Modena 42 17 16 9 59 41 +18 67
6 Cesena 42 18 12 12 66 54 +12 66
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
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
22 Catanzaro (R, E, R) 42 7 7 28 26 63 −37 28 Revival in Serie C2[a]
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2007, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2006
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) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Relegated and then restored directly in Serie C2 by the Lodo Petrucci for financial problems.

Results edit

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
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2007, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2006
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off edit

Promotion play-off edit

hc = higher classified team in the regular season

Semifinals edit

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
Cesena1-1Torino
Salvetti   16' Longo   45+'

Modena0-0Mantova

Torino1-0Cesena
Balestri   43'

Mantova1-1Modena
Gasparetto   5' Bucchi   88'

Finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mantova 5-5(hc) Torino 4-2 1-3(aet)
Mantova4-2Torino
Cioffi   8'
Caridi   22'
Noselli   48' (pen)
Caridi   67' (pen)
Longo   6'
Abbruscato   74'

Torino3-1Mantova
Rosina   36' (pen)
Muzzi   63'
Nicola   95'
Poggi   101' (pen)

Relegation play-off edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Avellino 3-4 AlbinoLeffe 0-2 3-2
Avellino0-2AlbinoLeffe
Joelson   70'
Regonesi   77'
AlbinoLeffe2-3Avellino
Russo   66'
Regonesi   69' (pen)
Millesi   59'
Millesi   79'
Monticciolo   84'

Topscorers edit

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

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