2006–07 Juventus F.C. season

This is a list of Juventus Football Club's results during the 2006-07 season.

Juventus F.C.
2006–07 season
Chairman Giovanni Cobolli Gigli
Head Coach Didier Deschamps
(until 26 May 2007)
Giancarlo Corradini
(caretaker manager)
Serie B 1st
Coppa Italia Third round
Top goalscorer Alessandro Del Piero (20)
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Contents

Aftermath of calciopoli

Main article: 2006 Italian football scandal

Juventus were deducted nine points deducted and had their 2004-05 and 2005-06 Scudetti revoked among other punishments. The 2005-06 Scudetto was given to Internazionale as runners-up Milan were deducted points for their involvement in the scandal. Following the sanctions, Juventus played outside the top flight for the first time in their history, leaving Internazionale as the only Italian club never to have been relegated.

The club's relegation prompted a mass exodus of key players including defenders Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram, midfielder Patrick Vieira and striker Zlatan Ibrahimović.[1] Other important players such as captain Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon, Pavel Nedvěd, David Trezeguet and Mauro Camoranesi chose to remain. At the same time, a host of young players from the Primavera team were promoted after winning the Campionato Primavera the previous season and several of them went on to play a part in Juventus' promotion success.

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 September 9, 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 Jan. 14, 2007.

On December 15, 2006, two Berretti (U-18) youth players Alessio Ferramosca, age 17, and Riccardo Neri, age 16, drowned in a lake at the club's training ground in Vinovo, Turin, 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.

On May 19, 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 May 26, 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.[2]

Squad statistics

Sources: [3][4][5]

Appearances and goals

No. Nat Pos Player Total Serie B Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Gianluigi Buffon 40 -25 37 -21 3 -4
2 DF Alessandro Birindelli 40 1 37 1 3 0
3 DF Giorgio Chiellini 35 4 32 3 3 1
4 DF Robert Kovač 19 0 17 0 2 0
6 MF Cristiano Zanetti 28 2 25 2 3 0
8 MF Giuliano Giannichedda 23 0 20 0 3 0
9 FW Valeri Bojinov 21 7 18 5 3 2
10 FW Alessandro Del Piero 37 23 35 20 2 3
11 MF Pavel Nedvěd 36 12 33 11 3 1
12 GK Antonio Mirante 7 -8 7 -8 0 0
13 DF Felice Piccolo 7 0 7 0 0 0
14 DF Federico Balzaretti 40 2 37 2 3 0
15 MF Claudio Marchisio 26 0 25 0 1 0
16 MF Mauro Camoranesi 35 4 33 4 2 0
17 FW David Trézéguet 32 15 31 15 1 0
18 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong 33 2 33 2 0 0
19 MF Matteo Paro 30 1 28 1 2 0
20 FW Raffaele Palladino 25 8 25 8 0 0
22 GK Emanuele Belardi 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW Marcelo Zalayeta 17 4 16 4 1 0
27 DF Jonathan Zebina 24 0 24 0 0 0
29 MF Paolo De Ceglie 7 1 7 1 0 0
30 DF Nicola Legrottaglie 12 0 10 0 2 0
32 MF Marco Marchionni 28 2 25 1 3 1
40 MF Dario Venitucci 5 0 5 0 0 0
42 MF Raffaele Bianco 4 1 4 1 0 0
43 MF Sebastian Giovinco 3 0 3 0 0 0
44 FW Davide Lanzafame 1 0 1 0 0 0
Players sold or loaned out during the January transfer window:
23 FW Tomás Guzmán 3 0 1 0 2 0

Goalscorers

Last updated June 10, 2007

No. Pos. Player Serie B Coppa Italia Total
10 FW Alessandro Del Piero 20 3 23
17 FW David Trézéguet 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

Main article: 2006–07 Serie B

Final classification

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) (P) 42 28 10 4 83 30 +53 085[a] Promotion to the Serie A
2 Napoli (P) 42 21 16 5 52 29 +23 79
3 Genoa (P) 42 23 9 10 68 44 +24 078[b]
4 Piacenza 42 20 8 14 57 50 +7 68

Source:
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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

  1. ^ Juventus started the season with a penalization of 17 points, which was later reduced to 9 on appeal.
  2. ^ Third-placed team Genoa were directly promoted without a play-off being played as they finished 10 points ahead of fourth-placed Piacenza.

Matches

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2006–07 Coppa Italia

References

  1. ^ "Mourinho's pragmatism will not be enough to lift Inter and Serie A". guardian.co.uk. 24 February 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/feb/24/champions-league-manchester-united-internazionale. 
  2. ^ "Claudio Ranieri is the new Juventus coach". juventus.com. 4 June 2007. http://www.juventus.it/site/eng/MEDIA_comunicatostampa_AB121B4744EC4B00BED7DE9003A891FD.asp. 
  3. ^ Juventus.it
  4. ^ Juventus.it
  5. ^ Gazzetta.it
  6. ^ This match was rescheduled from 8 October due to the concomitance with National teams games.
  7. ^ Match rescheduled from 15 December due to the death of two Berretti squad's players (Riccardo Neri and Alessio Ferramosca) in Vinovo Sport Center.
  8. ^ Match rescheduled from 3 February due to Catania football violence.
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