2005–06 Serie B

Serie B TIM
Season	2005–06
Promoted	Atalanta (5th title); Catania; Torino (via play-off)
Relegated	Catanzaro (to C2); Cremonese; Ternana; Avellino (via play-off)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,047 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Christian Bucchi (29 goals)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Serie B 2005-06 team distribution

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.

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
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	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	Relegation to 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) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Relegated directly to 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

June 1, 2006

Cesena	1-1	Torino
Salvetti 16'		Longo 45+'

June 1, 2006

Modena	0-0	Mantova

June 4, 2006

Torino	1-0	Cesena
Balestri 43'

June 4, 2006

Mantova	1-1	Modena
Gasparetto 5'		Bucchi 88'

Finals[]

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

June 8, 2006

Mantova	4-2	Torino
Cioffi 8' Caridi 22' Noselli 48' (pen) Caridi 67' (pen)		Longo 6' Abbruscato 74'

June 11, 2006

Torino	3-1	Mantova
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

June 3, 2006

Avellino	0-2	AlbinoLeffe
		Joelson 70' Regonesi 77'

June 7, 2006

AlbinoLeffe	2-3	Avellino
Russo 66' Regonesi 69' (pen)		Millesi 59' Millesi 79' 84'

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

External links[]

2005/2006 Serie B Squads - (www.footballsquads.co.uk)

[table_note_res_RC20.85925744746777-1] Relegated directly to Serie C2 by the Lodo Petrucci for financial problems.

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