2006–07 Juventus F.C. 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 League: Alessandro Del Piero (20)
All: Alessandro Del Piero (23)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2006–07 season was Juventus Football Club's 109th season in existence and first season in its history in Serie B.

Aftermath of Calciopoli

Juventus were docked nine points 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 docked 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.

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.

No. Position Player
1 Italy GK Gianluigi Buffon
2 Italy DF Alessandro Birindelli
3 Italy DF Giorgio Chiellini
6 Croatia DF Robert Kovač
7 Italy DF Gianluca Pessotto
8 Italy MF Giuliano Giannichedda
9 Bulgaria FW Valeri Bojinov
10 Italy FW Alessandro Del Piero (captain)
11 Czech Republic MF Pavel Nedvěd
12 Italy GK Antonio Mirante
13 Italy DF Felice Piccolo
14 Italy DF Federico Balzaretti
15 Italy DF Claudio Marchisio
16 Italy MF Mauro Camoranesi
17 France FW David Trezeguet
No. Position Player
18 France DF Jean-Alain Boumsong
19 Italy MF Matteo Paro
20 Italy FW Raffaele Palladino
22 Italy GK Emanuele Belardi
25 Uruguay FW Marcelo Zalayeta
27 France DF Jonathan Zebina
29 Italy DF Paolo De Ceglie
30 Italy DF Nicola Legrottaglie
32 Italy MF Marco Marchionni
40 Italy MF Dario Venitucci
42 Italy MF Raffaele Bianco
43 Italy FW Sebastian Giovinco
44 Italy FW Michele Paolucci
45 Italy GK Matteo Trini

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 Jan. 2007.

On 15 December 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 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.[3]

Squad statistics

Sources: [4][5][6]

Appearances and goals

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

Goalscorers

Last updated June 10, 2007

No. Pos. Player Serie B Coppa Italia Total
10 FW Italy Alessandro Del Piero 20 3 23
17 FW France David Trézéguet 15 0 15
11 MF Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd 11 1 12
20 FW Italy Raffaele Palladino 8 0 8
9 FW Bulgaria Valeri Bojinov 5 2 7
25 FW Uruguay Marcelo Zalayeta 4 0 4
16 MF Italy Mauro Camoranesi 4 0 4
3 DF Italy Giorgio Chiellini 3 1 4
6 MF Italy Cristiano Zanetti 2 0 2
14 DF Italy Federico Balzaretti 2 0 2
18 DF France Jean-Alain Boumsong 2 0 2
32 MF Italy Marco Marchionni 1 1 2
19 MF Italy Matteo Paro 1 0 1
29 MF Italy Paolo De Ceglie 1 0 1
2 DF Italy Alessandro Birindelli 1 0 1
42 MF Italy 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 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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
 Notes:

^[a] Juventus started the season with a penalization of 17 points, which was later reduced to 9 on appeal.
^[b] 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

References

  1. ↑ "Mourinho's pragmatism will not be enough to lift Inter and Serie A". guardian.co.uk. 24 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "Juventus - 2005/06". FootballSquads. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  3. ↑ "Claudio Ranieri is the new Juventus coach". juventus.com. 4 June 2007.
  4. ↑ Juventus.it
  5. ↑ Juventus.it
  6. ↑ Gazzetta.it
  7. ↑ This match was rescheduled from 8 October due to the concomitance with National teams games.
  8. ↑ Match rescheduled from 15 December due to the death of two Berretti squad's players (Riccardo Neri and Alessio Ferramosca) in Vinovo Sport Center.
  9. ↑ Match rescheduled from 3 February due to Catania football violence.
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