Serie A 2005-06 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

In the 2005–06 season, Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

, the major professional football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

league in Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, was contested for the second year in a row by 20 teams. The league commenced on August 28, 2005 and finished on May 14, 2006. While Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

were originally declared champions, this was later revoked due to the 2006 Calciopoli Scandal with Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

on July 26, 2006 declared champions by the Italian Football Federation.

Rule changes

Before the 2005–06 season if two or more teams were tied in points for first place, for only one spot in a European tournament, or in the relegation zone, teams would play tie-breaking games after the season was over to determine which team would be champion, or be awarded a European tournament spot, or be saved or relegated. However, 2005–06 saw the introduction of new rules. If two or more teams ended the season with the same number of points, the ordering was determined by their head-to-head records. If two or more teams had the same total points and head-to-head records, goal difference became the decisive factor.

Scudetto winner and match-fixing scandal

The 29th scudetto originally won by Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

thanks to a decisive 2-0 away victory against Reggina

Reggina Calcio

Reggina Calcio are an Italian association football club, the main club of the city of Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in the Italian Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo...

on the final day of the season was later awarded to Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

after Juventus were found guilty of, and punished for, their involvement in a major scandal

2006 Serie A scandal

The 2006 Italian football scandal involved Italy's top professional football leagues, Serie A and Serie B...

involving its board of administration and its managing director Luciano Moggi

Luciano Moggi

Luciano Moggi is an Italian football managing director. He was the general director of Juventus F.C. from 1994 until May 2006, years that anointed him as one of the most successful football managing director except the last two club seasons that were involved in Calciopoli...

. A number of wiretappings involving Luciano Moggi and some other leading figures of Italian football shows how Moggi managed and arranged several matches at the very least during 2004–05 season. This led to official FIGC tribunals being opened in both Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

and Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

to investigate the matter. Three other clubs–Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

, Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

and Lazio

S.S. Lazio

Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

–were implicated in the scandal when it broke, with Inter later being linked to the scandal but eventually being fully exonerated. Juventus, Fiorentina, Lazio and Milan were officially charged, while Lecce

U.S. Lecce

Unione Sportiva Lecce or simply U.S. Lecce is an Italian football club based in Lecce, Apulia who play in the Italian Serie A. After being crowned Serie B champions in 2009–10, the team successfully managed to avoid relegation in 2010-11....

, Reggina, Siena

A.C. Siena

Associazione Calcio Siena is an Italian football club based in Siena.The club currently plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2010-2011 season....

, Empoli

Empoli F.C.

Empoli Football Club is an Italian association football club located in Empoli, Tuscany, founded in 1920 and played its first official match in 1921.In recent years, the club has all too often been bouncing between Italy's two top divisions...

and Serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

side Arezzo

A.C. Arezzo

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Atletico Arezzo is an Italian association football club based in Arezzo, Tuscany...

have been the targets of new investigations 1.

After an initial trial, Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio were relegated to Serie B for the 2006/2007 season with additional points penalties for the following Serie B season, whilst Milan were deducted 44 points from their 2005/06 tally, leaving them with a mid-table finish for the 2005/2006 season. The initial trial also stripped the last two Serie A championships from Juventus while Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio were all removed from entry to all European competition for the 2006/2007 (due to their new Serie A standing in the 2005/2006 not being high enough for European qualification).

All four penalized teams appealed the decision, and their appeals all resulted in reduced punishments. Juve's reduction was by far the smallest. They were relegated to Serie B and had 17 points deducted from the next campaign (-30 before appeal), and two of their last Scudetti stripped. Fiorentina and Lazio played in Serie A after the appeal, each with 19 and 11 points deducted from the campaign. Milan's points penalty for 2005-06 was reduced from 44 to 30, putting Milan in third place and provisionally making them eligible for the third qualifying round of the Champions League (they eventually won it). (UEFA would later confirm Milan's place in the Champions League competition.) Milan's points penalty for 2006-07 was reduced to only 8. Fiorentina and Lazio also had 30 points deducted from their 2005-06 season campaign.

On July 26, 2006, the FIGC awarded Internazionale with the 2005/2006 Scudetto. http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Altro_Calcio/Primo_Piano/2006/07_Luglio/14/SENTENZEOK.shtml.

See the table below for actual European access and tentative relegation information.

Final classification

{| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

!Post-trial
Place
!Team
!GP
!P
!W
!D
!L
!GF
!GA
!+/-

!Post-trial
Pts

!Post-trial Status
|-style="background: #90EE90;"
| 3.
| 1.
|align="left"|Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

|38
|23
|7
|8
|68
|30
|+38
|76
|76
|style="background: #D0F0C0;"|CL Qualifying

UEFA Champions League 2006-07

The 2006–07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded from the European Cup, and the 52nd season overall. The final was contested by Milan and Liverpool on 23 May 2007...

|Champions

UEFA Champions League 2006-07

A.S. Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

|38
|19
|12
|7
|70
|42
|+28
|69
|69
|style="background: #97DEFF;"|UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup 2006-07

The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time...

|Champions League

UEFA Champions League 2006-07

A.C. Milan

|38
|28
|4
|6
|85
|31
|+54
|88
|58
|style="background: #90EE90;"|Champions League

UEFA Champions League 2006-07

|CL Qualifying

UEFA Champions League 2006-07

A.C. ChievoVerona

Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...

|38
|13
|15
|10
|54
|49
|+5
|54
|54
|style="background: #97DEFF;"|UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup 2006-07

|CL Qualifying

UEFA Champions League 2006-07

U.S. Città di Palermo

Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo is an Italian football club from Palermo, Sicily which currently plays in Serie A, the top level of Italian football. Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently...

|38
|13
|13
|12
|50
|52
|-2
|52
|52
|style="background: #CCCCFF;"|Intertoto Cup

UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006

The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006 was the first after a major change of the competition format. There were only three rounds instead of five, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup...

|UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup 2006-07

A.S. Livorno Calcio

Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio is an Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. The club was formed in 1915 and currently plays in Italian Serie B. The team's colors are dark red or maroon...

|38
|12
|13
|13
|37
|44
|-7
|49
|49
|style="background: #FFF;"|
|UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup 2006-07

Parma F.C.

Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...

|38
|12
|9
|17
|46
|60
|-14
|45
|45
|style="background: #FFF;"|
|UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup 2006-07

|-
| 11.
| 8.
|align="left"|Empoli

Empoli F.C.

|38
|13
|6
|19
|47
|61
|-14
|45
|45
|
|
|-
| 4.
| 9.
|align="left"|Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina

|38
|22
|8
|8
|66
|41
|+25
|74
|44
|style="background: #D0F0C0;"|CL Qualifying

UEFA Champions League 2006-07

|
|-
| 12.
| 10.
|align="left"|Ascoli

Ascoli Calcio 1898

Ascoli Calcio 1898 is an Italian football club based in Ascoli Piceno, Marche. The club was formed in 1898 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, having returned to it after two seasons spent in Serie A...

|38
|9
|16
|13
|43
|53
|-10
|43
|43
|
|
|-
| 13.
| 11.
|align="left"|Udinese

Udinese Calcio

Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....

|38
|11
|10
|17
|40
|54
|-14
|43
|43
|
|
|-
| 14.
| 12.
|align="left"|Sampdoria

U.C. Sampdoria

Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...

|38
|10
|11
|17
|47
|51
|-4
|41
|41
|
|
|-
| 15.
| 13.
|align="left"|Reggina

Reggina Calcio

|38
|11
|8
|19
|39
|65
|-26
|41
|41
|
|
|-
| 16.
| 14.
|align="left"|Cagliari

Cagliari Calcio

Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....

|38
|8
|15
|15
|42
|55
|-13
|39
|39
|
|
|-
| 17.
| 15.
|align="left"|Siena

A.C. Siena

Associazione Calcio Siena is an Italian football club based in Siena.The club currently plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B at the end of the 2010-2011 season....

|38
|9
|12
|17
|42
|60
|-18
|39
|39
|
|
|-
| 6.
| 16.
|align="left"|Lazio

S.S. Lazio

|38
|16
|14
|8
|57
|47
|+10
|62
|32
|style="background: #97DEFF;"|UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup 2006-07

|
|-
| 18.
| 17.
|align="left"|Messina

F.C. Messina Peloro

Associazione Calcio Rinascita Messina is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D.- Brief history :The origins of the team go back to 1900 when Messina F.C was founded in the city. The club has spent most of its history in the lower Italian football leagues...

|38
|6
|13
|19
|33
|59
|-26
|31
|31
|style="background: #FFCCCC;"|Relegated

Serie B 2006-07

The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season....

U.S. Lecce

|38
|7
|8
|23
|30
|57
|-27
|29
|29
|Relegated

Serie B 2006-07

The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season....

|Relegated

Serie B 2006-07

The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season....

Treviso F.B.C. 1993

Football Club Treviso is an Italian football club based in Treviso. The club was formed in 1909, and refounded in 1993 and in 2009. The club currently plays in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione.Treviso's official colours are light blue and white.-History:...

|38
|3
|12
|23
|24
|56
|-32
|21
|21
|Relegated

Serie B 2006-07

The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season....

|Relegated

Serie B 2006-07

The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season....

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

|38
|27
|10
|1
|71
|24
|+47
|91
|0
|style="background: #90EE90;"|Champions

UEFA Champions League 2006-07

|Relegated

Serie B 2006-07

The 2006-07 Serie B season started on September 9, 2006 and ended on June 10, 2007. The 22 clubs in Serie B each played 42 matches during the regular season....

Results

Top scorers

The capocannoniere (top scorer) of 2005-06 is Luca Toni

Luca Toni

Luca Toni, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He has had successful spells at top clubs such as Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich, and Roma...

, forward of Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina

and of the national team. His 31 goals set a record in recent Italian football, since it is necessary to go back to 1958/59 season

Serie A 1958-59

The 1958/1959 Serie A season was the 29th edition of Serie A, the top-level football competition in Italy. The championship was won by A.C...

to find a capocannoniere with a higher record (Angelillo, 33 goals).

{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin:0 auto;"
!Place
!Scorer
!Scored
!Team
!Penalties
|-
|1.
|

Luca Toni

|31
|Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina

|2
|-
|2.
|

David Trezeguet

David Trézéguet

David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....

|23
|Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

|0
|-
|3.
|

David Suazo

Óscar David Suazo Velázquez is a Honduran football striker who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A. He is also a member of the Honduran national team.-Early career:...

|22
|Cagliari

Cagliari Calcio

|5
|-
|4.
|

Cristiano Lucarelli

He is a staunch admirer of Che Guevara, whose face is frequently displayed on Livorno fans' banners and T-shirts during matches. This first came to the fore in 1997, when, after scoring for Italy's Under-21 side, he celebrated by pulling his jersey over his face to reveal a shirt bearing the...

|19
|Livorno

A.S. Livorno Calcio

|4
|-
|
|

Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C...

|19
|Milan

A.C. Milan

|5
|-
|
|

Francesco Tavano

Francesco "Ciccio" Tavano is an Italian football a striker who currently plays for Empoli of Serie B.- Career :...

|19
|Empoli

Empoli F.C.

|4
|-
|7.
|

Alberto Gilardino

Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team....

|17
|Milan

A.C. Milan

|1
|-
|8.
|

Tommaso Rocchi

Tommaso Rocchi is an Italian footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Lazio. Rocchi has also been capped for the Italian national team.-Early years:...

|16
|Lazio

S.S. Lazio

|0
|-
|9.
|

Julio Cruz

Julio Ricardo Cruz

Julio Ricardo Cruz is a former Argentine footballer.-Early career:A tall, physical striker at , Cruz started his career with Banfield in 1993. He moved to River Plate in 1996.-Feyenoord:...

|15
|Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

|3
|-
|
|

Francesco Totti

Francesco Totti, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian footballer who is the captain of Serie A club Roma. His primary position is that of a trequartista, though he has also been successfully utilized as a lone striker. Totti has spent his entire career at Roma, is the number-one goalscorer and the most...

|15
|Roma

A.S. Roma

|6
|}

Derby statistics

These are the results http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/soccer/fixtures?categoryId=435 of the many derbies played in the Serie A(home team listed first)
Derby d'Italia
Derby d'Italia
The Derby d'Italia was coined back in 1967 by the famous Italian sports journalist Gianni Brera as the biannual football fixture in Italian football between Internazionale of Milan and Juventus of Turin...

- Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

v Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

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Derby della Madonnina
Derby della Madonnina
Derby della Madonnina, or the Milan Derby as it is sometimes known, is a football match between the Italian clubs Associazione Calcio Milan and Football Club Internazionale Milano. It is a hotly contested local derby and is one of the most followed derbies in football...

- Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

v Milan

A.C. Milan

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Rome Derby - Roma

A.S. Roma

v Lazio

S.S. Lazio

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Derby dello Stretto
Derby dello Stretto
The Derby dello Stretto is a derby between FC Messina v Reggina, two football clubs in Italy. Derby dello Stretto translates in English to the Derby of the Strait, specifically the Strait of Messina that separates mainland Italy from Sicily. Currently, Reggina play in Serie A, while FC Messina have...

- Messina

F.C. Messina Peloro

v Reggina

Reggina Calcio

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Derby delle Isole
Derby delle Isole
The Derby delle Isole is an Italian Serie A and Serie B derby between the two football clubs U.S. Città di Palermo and Cagliari Calcio. It is played twice a year, unless the two sides do not play in the same division that season. Derby delle Isole translates in English to the Derby of the Islands....

- Cagliari

Cagliari Calcio

v Palermo

U.S. Città di Palermo

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Transfer

External links

:it:Classifica calcio Serie A italiana 2006 - Italian version with pictures and info.
http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/ital06.html - All results on RSSSF
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation is an international amateur organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football...

Website.
2005/2006 Serie A Squads - (www.footballsquads.com)
2005-2006 Serie A Final Season, Team, and Player Statistics in .PDF format - (www.worldcupadvice.com)

Footnotes

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