| 2006–07 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Giovanni Cobolli Gigli | |||
| Manager | Didier Deschamps (until 26 May 2007) Giancarlo Corradini (caretaker) | |||
| Stadium | Stadio Olimpico di Torino | |||
| Serie B | 1st (promoted) | |||
| Coppa Italia | Third round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Alessandro Del Piero (20) All: Alessandro Del Piero (23) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 18,085[1] | |||
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The 2006–07 season was Juventus F.C.'s 109th season in existence and first season in its history in Serie B following the 2006 Italian football scandal, leaving Internazionale as the only Italian club never to have been relegated. Juventus were docked nine points this season (repealed from the original 30-point deduction). Juventus finished the Serie B season in first place and were thus promoted back up to Serie A.
Following the enforced relegation, Juventus lost Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson to Real Madrid, Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta to Barcelona, Adrian Mutu to Fiorentina, and Patrick Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimović to Internazionale. Other players stayed at the club, however, including Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Pavel Nedvěd, David Trezeguet, Marcelo Zalayeta, and Mauro Camoranesi, for the following 2006–07 Serie B.
Squad
- Squad at end of season[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type | 
| MF | Cristiano Zanetti | Inter | |
| FW | Valeri Bojinov | Fiorentina | loan | 
| DF | Jean-Alain Boumsong | Newcastle United | |
| MF | Matteo Paro | Chievo Verona | |
| MF | Raffaele Palladino | AS Livorno | loan ended | 
| GK | Antonio Mirante | A.C. Siena | loan ended | 
| DF | Nicola Legrottaglie | A.C. Siena | loan ended | 
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | to | Type | 
| FW | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Inter | |
| MF | Patrick Vieira | Inter | |
| DF | Fabio Cannavaro | Real Madrid | |
| MF | Emerson Ferreira | Real Madrid | |
| DF | Lilian Thuram | FC Barcelona | |
| DF | Gianluca Zambrotta | FC Barcelona | |
| GK | Christian Abbiati | A.C. Milan | loan ended | 
| FW | Adrian Mutu | Fiorentina | |
| MF | Manuele Blasi | Fiorentina | loan | 
| GK | Landry Bonnefoi | FC Metz | loan | 
| MF | Rubén Olivera | Sampdoria | loan | 
Winter
| In | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | from | Type | 
| Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Name | to | Type | 
| FW | Tomás Guzmán | A.C. Siena | loan | 
Events
In July 2006, former player Didier Deschamps was announced as the new manager following the resignation of Fabio Capello, who left for Spanish club Real Madrid.
The club made its Serie B debut on 9 September 2006, earning their first ever point in Serie B with a 1–1 draw away to Rimini. After that, Juventus won its next eight games, scoring 16 goals and conceding just one. The winning streak ended with a 1–1 draw at Napoli. In that game, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon's streak of not conceding a goal ended at 733 minutes. Against Albinoleffe, Buffon was shown the red card for the first time in his career and conceded a penalty, but a 10-man Juve team managed to draw the game. They were undefeated in Serie B until the team lost at Mantova on 14 January 2007.
On 15 December 2006, two Berretti (U-18) youth players Alessio Ferramosca, age 17, and Riccardo Neri, age 16, drowned in a pond at the club's training ground in Vinovo, apparently when trying to recover a football that had fallen into the ice-cold water. The Juventus vs Cesena (Serie B) game scheduled for that day was cancelled and postponed until January due to the tragedy.[3][4]
On 19 May 2007, after a 5–1 away win at Arezzo on the 39th matchday, Juventus was mathematically promoted to Serie A. On Matchday 40, Juventus were then crowned Serie B champions following a 2–0 home win to Mantova On 26 May, it was confirmed that Deschamps had resigned as manager due to differences with the club hierarchy, especially director of football Alessio Secco. His assistant Giancarlo Corradini was appointed caretaker for the last two games. On 4 June, Claudio Ranieri was announced as the new manager on the club website as Corradini stepped down to take up another management job full-time.[5]
Squad statistics
- Sources:[6]
Appearances and goals
Goalscorers
Last updated 10 June 2007
| No. | Pos. | Player | Serie B | Coppa Italia | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | FW |  Alessandro Del Piero | 20 | 3 | 23 | 
| 17 | FW |  David Trezeguet | 15 | 0 | 15 | 
| 11 | MF |  Pavel Nedvěd | 11 | 1 | 12 | 
| 20 | FW |  Raffaele Palladino | 8 | 0 | 8 | 
| 9 | FW |  Valeri Bojinov | 5 | 2 | 7 | 
| 25 | FW |  Marcelo Zalayeta | 4 | 0 | 4 | 
| 16 | MF |  Mauro Camoranesi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 
| 3 | DF |  Giorgio Chiellini | 3 | 1 | 4 | 
| 6 | MF |  Cristiano Zanetti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 14 | DF |  Federico Balzaretti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 18 | DF |  Jean-Alain Boumsong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 
| 32 | MF |  Marco Marchionni | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 19 | MF |  Matteo Paro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 29 | MF |  Paolo De Ceglie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2 | DF |  Alessandro Birindelli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 42 | MF |  Raffaele Bianco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| Own goals | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| TOTALS | 83 | 8 | 91 | ||
Competitions
Serie B
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventus[lower-alpha 1] (C, P) | 42 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 83 | 30 | +53 | 85 | Promotion to Serie A | 
| 2 | Napoli (P) | 42 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 79 | |
| 3 | Genoa[lower-alpha 2] (P) | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 78 | |
| 4 | Piacenza | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 68 | |
| 5 | Rimini | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 67[lower-alpha 3] | 
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; (P) Promoted
Notes:
Results by matchday
Note: this table does not take point deductions, such as Juventus' 9-point one, into account.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 9 September 2006 1 | Rimini | 1–1 | Juventus | Romeo Neri, Rimini | 
| 16:00 CEST | Cristiano  -'  69' Ricchiuti  74' | Report |  60' Paro | Referee: Massimiliano Saccani | 
| 16 September 2006 2 | Juventus | 2–1 | Vicenza | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CEST | Trezeguet  45' Del Piero  53' | Report |  59' Raimondi | Referee: Luca Marelli | 
| 19 September 2006 3 | Crotone | 0–3 | Juventus | Ezio Scida, Crotone | 
| 20:30 CEST | Report |  30', 76' Bojinov  36' Boumsong | Referee: Andrea De Marco | 
| 23 September 2006 4 | Juventus | 4–0 | Modena | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CEST | Trezeguet  38', 70' Del Piero  42' Nedvěd  73' | Report | Referee: Tiziano Pieri | 
| 30 September 2006 5 | Piacenza | 0–2 | Juventus | Leonardo Garilli, Piacenza | 
| 16:00 CEST | Report |  30', 44' Trezeguet | Referee: Paolo Bertini | 
| 16 October 2006 7 | Treviso | 0–1 | Juventus | Omobono Tenni, Treviso | 
| 20:45 CEST | Report |  31' Zanetti | Referee: Stefano Farina | 
| 21 October 2006 8 | Triestina | 0–1 | Juventus | Nereo Rocco, Trieste | 
| 16:00 CEST | Marchini  85' | Report |  33' Zanetti  -'  70' Chiellini | Referee: Mauro Bergonzi | 
| 28 October 2006 9 | Juventus | 1–0 | Frosinone | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CEST | Del Piero  73' | Report | Referee: Francesco Squillace | 
| 1 November 2006 6 | Juventus | 2–0 | Brescia | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 17:30 CET | Del Piero  7' Colombo  22' (o.g.) | Report |  88' Zambelli | Referee: Paolo Tagliavento | 
| Note: Postponed due to the concomitant with national team matches; originally scheduled for 8 October 2006. | ||||
| 6 November 2006 10 | Napoli | 1–1 | Juventus | San Paolo, Naples | 
| 21:00 CET | Bogliacino  73' | Report |  67' Del Piero | Referee: Nicola Rizzoli | 
| 11 November 2006 11 | Juventus | 2–0 | Pescara | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CET | Nedvěd  18', 57' | Report | Referee: Maurizio Ciampi | 
| 18 November 2006 12 | AlbinoLeffe | 1–1 | Juventus | Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo | 
| 16:00 CET | Joelson  25' (pen.) | Report |  24' Buffon  52' Palladino | Referee: Christian Brighi | 
| 25 November 2006 13 | Juventus | 4–1 | Lecce | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CET | Bojinov  64', 75' Palladino  90+1' De Ceglie  90+4' | Report |  62' Osvaldo  -'  69' Diamoutene | Referee: Andrea Gervasoni | 
| 1 December 2006 14 | Genoa | 1–1 | Juventus | Luigi Ferraris, Genoa | 
| 20:45 CET | Jurić  74' | Report |  71'  -'  90+3' Nedvěd | Referee: Stefano Farina | 
| 9 December 2006 15 | Juventus | 1–0 | Hellas Verona | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CET | Camoranesi  55' | Report | Referee: Nicola Pierpaoli | 
| 19 December 2006 17 | Bologna | 0–1 | Juventus | Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna | 
| 20:30 CET | Report |  73' Zalayeta | Referee: Domenico Messina | 
| 22 December 2006 18 | Juventus | 2–2 | Arezzo | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 20:30 CET | Trezeguet  58' Palladino  65' | Report |  80' (pen.), 84' Martinetti  90' Terra | Referee: Domenico Celi | 
| 13 January 2007 19 | Mantova | 1–0 | Juventus | Danilo Martelli, Mantua | 
| 16:00 CET | Kovač  53' (o.g.) | Report | Referee: Antonio Giannoccaro | 
| 16 January 2007 16 | Juventus | 2–1 | Cesena | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 20:45 CET | Del Piero  17' Trezeguet  25' Zebina  67' | Report |  62' Papa Waigo | Referee: Luca Banti | 
| Note: Postponed due to the death of two Berretti squad's players (Riccardo Neri and Alessio Ferramosca) in Vinovo Sport Center; originally scheduled for 15 December 2006. | ||||
| 20 January 2007 20 | Juventus | 4–2 | Bari | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CET | Trezeguet  35' Nedvěd  46', 73' Del Piero  68' | Report |  1' Santoruvo  89' Gervasoni | Referee: Andrea De Marco | 
| 27 January 2007 21 | Spezia | 1–1 | Juventus | Alberto Picco, La Spezia | 
| 16:00 CET | Confalone  39' | Report |  -'  79' Giannichedda  90+2' Nedvěd | Referee: Gianluca Rocchi | 
| 10 February 2007 23 | Vicenza | 2–2 | Juventus | Romeo Menti, Vicenza | 
| 15:00 CET |  73' Nastos  78' Paonessa | Report | Palladino  6' Del Piero  60' | Referee: Paolo Tagliavento | 
| 17 February 2007 24 | Juventus | 5–0 | Crotone | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 15:00 CET | Nedvěd  17' Balzaretti  23' Del Piero  44', 65', 79' | Report | Referee: Antonio Damato | 
| 26 February 2007 25 | Modena | 0–1 | Juventus | Alberto Braglia, Modena | 
| 20:45 CET | Report |  86' (o.g.) Centurioni | Referee: Luca Marelli | 
| 4 March 2007 26 | Juventus | 4–0 | Piacenza | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 20:30 CET | Trezeguet  1' Del Piero  50' (pen.), 68', 90+2' | Report |  -'  74' Campagnaro | Referee: Paolo Bertini | 
| 10 March 2007 27 | Brescia | 3–1 | Juventus | Danilo Martelli, Mantua | 
| 15:00 CET | Serafini  4', 26', 46' | Report |  9'Del Piero | Referee: Andrea De Marco | 
| 13 March 2007 28 | Juventus | 1–0 | Treviso | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 15:00 CET | Palladino  71' | Report | Referee: Mauro Bergonzi | 
| 19 March 2007 29 | Juventus | 5–1 | Triestina | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 21:00 CET | Camoranesi  8' Palladino  27', 47', 60' Bojinov  81' | Report |  7' Piovaccari | Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni | 
| 31 March 2007 32 | Pescara | 0–1 | Juventus | Adriatico, Pescara | 
| 16:00 CEST | Report |  74' Birindelli | Referee: Oscar Girardi | 
| 6 April 2007 33 | Juventus | 1–1 | AlbinoLeffe | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CEST | Balzaretti  38' | Report |  32' Ruopolo | Referee: Antonio Damato | 
| 10 April 2007 31 | Juventus | 2–0 | Napoli | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 17:30 CEST | Camoranesi  18' Del Piero  50' Marchisio  62' | Report | Referee: Nicola Ayroldi | 
| 14 April 2007 34 | Lecce | 1–3 | Juventus | Via del Mare, Lecce | 
| 16:00 CEST | Polenghi  15' | Report |  11' Marchionni  47' Zalayeta  64' Camoranesi | Referee: Oberdan Pantana | 
| 17 April 2007 22 | Juventus | 0–0 | Rimini | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 20:30 CEST | Balzaretti  46' | Report | Referee: Maurizio Ciampi | |
| Note: Postponed due to Catania football violence; originally scheduled for 3 February 2007. | ||||
| 21 April 2007 35 | Juventus | 3–1 | Genoa | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CEST | Nedvěd  19' Chiellini  38' Trezeguet  66' | Report |  46' Di Vaio | Referee: Emidio Morganti | 
| 27 April 2007 36 | Hellas Verona | 0–1 | Juventus | Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona | 
| 19:00 CEST | Report |  43' Boumsong | Referee: Matteo Trefoloni | 
| 1 May 2007 30 | Frosinone | 0–2 | Juventus | Matusa, Frosinone | 
| 15:00 CEST | Report | Zalayeta  59', 90+3' | Referee: Massimiliano Saccani | 
| 6 May 2007 37 | Cesena | 2–2 | Juventus | Dino Manuzzi, Cesena | 
| 20:30 CEST | Salvetti  11' Waigo  55' | Report |  40' Trezeguet  42' Nedvěd | Referee: Nicola Stefanini | 
| 12 May 2007 38 | Juventus | 3–1 | Bologna | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CEST | Del Piero  37', 86' (pen.) Trezeguet  90+2' | Report |  27' Bellucci | Referee: Nicola Ayroldi | 
| 19 May 2007 39 | Arezzo | 1–5 | Juventus | Comunale, Arezzo | 
| 16:00 CEST | Floro Flores  45' | Report |  19', 76' Del Piero  34', 49' Chiellini  87' Trezeguet | Referee: Nicola Rizzoli | 
| 26 May 2007 40 | Juventus | 2–0 | Mantova | Olimpico, Turin | 
| 16:00 CEST | Trezeguet  55' Nedvěd  73' | Report | Referee: Andrea Romeo | 
| 3 June 2007 41 | Bari | 1–0 | Juventus | San Nicola, Bari | 
| Carrus  57' | Report |  86' Legrottaglie | Referee: Andrea De Marco | 
Coppa Italia
| 19 August 2006 First round | Martina | 0–3 | Juventus | Bari | 
| 20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Report | Marchionni  7' Bojinov  35' Nedvěd  82' | Stadium: Stadio San Nicola Referee: Nicola Rizzoli | 
| 23 August 2006 Second round | Cesena | 1–2 | Juventus | Cesena | 
| 20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Balzaretti  23' (o.g.) | Report | Bojinov  45' Del Piero  74' | Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi Referee: Paolo Bertini | 
| 27 August 2006 Third round | Napoli | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Juventus | Naples | 
| 21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Bucchi  38' Calaiò  53' Cannavaro  107' Grava  -'  114' | Report | Chiellini  27' Del Piero  78', 105' Camoranesi  -'  107' | Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Referee: Matteo Trefoloni | 
| Penalties | ||||
| Trotta  Bucchi  Domizzi  Dalla Bona  P. Cannavaro  Montervino  Amodio  |  Buffon  Guzmán  Birindelli  Marchionni  Del Piero  Chiellini  Balzaretti | |||
References
- ↑ "Statistiche Spettatori Serie B 2006-2007 Attendance Statistics of Serie B (2nd Div) 2006-2007: Arezzo,Bari,Bologna,Genoa,Juventus".
- ↑ "Juventus – 2005/06". FootballSquads. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ↑ "Ranieri lancia il turn over, ecco Trezeguet e Amauri" (in Italian). la Repubblica. 12 September 2008.
- ↑ "Tragedia al centro bianconero, muoiono due giovani della Berretti" (in Italian). 15 December 2006.
- ↑ "Claudio Ranieri is the new Juventus coach". juventus.com. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 November 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ↑ "Gazzetta.it". Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2007.





















