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.

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

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

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
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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 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 —
Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio 2007, Panini Edizioni, Modena, November 2006
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off

Promotion play-off

hc = higher classified team in the regular season

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