2006–07 Juventus FC season

Squad

:Squad at end of season

Transfers

Winter

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.

On 19 May 2007, after a 5–1 away win at Arezzo on the 39th matchday, Juventus confirmed their promotion 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.

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Last updated 10 June 2007

Competitions

Serie B

Main article: 2006–07 Serie B

League table

Results by matchday

Note: this table does not take point deductions, such as Juventus' 9-point one, into account.

Matches

Ricchiuti Del Piero Boumsong Del Piero Nedvěd Chiellini Colombo Palladino Palladino De Ceglie Diamoutene Palladino Terra Trezeguet Zebina Nedvěd Del Piero Gervasoni Nedvěd Paonessa Del Piero Balzaretti Del Piero Del Piero Palladino Bojinov Del Piero Marchisio Zalayeta Camoranesi Chiellini Trezeguet Waigo Nedvěd Trezeguet Chiellini Trezeguet Nedvěd Bianco Guidetti Padoin

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2006–07 Coppa Italia

Bojinov Nedvěd Del Piero Calaiò Cannavaro Grava Del Piero Camoranesi Bucchi Domizzi Dalla Bona P. Cannavaro Montervino Amodio Guzmán Birindelli Marchionni Del Piero Chiellini Balzaretti

References

References

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2. "Juventus – 2005/06". FootballSquads.
3. (12 September 2008). "Ranieri lancia il turn over, ecco Trezeguet e Amauri". la Repubblica.
4. (15 December 2006). "Tragedia al centro bianconero, muoiono due giovani della Berretti".
5. (4 June 2007). "Claudio Ranieri is the new Juventus coach". juventus.com.
6. "Gazzetta.it".