This article contains information on the 2005-2006 season of 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...

, the second highest football

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 league in Italy

Italy

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.

Final classification

1. Relegated directly to Serie C2

Serie C2

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 for financial problems.

Results

Semifinals

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Finals

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Relegation play-off

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Topscorers

Place	Scorer	Scored	Team	Penalties
1.	Cristian Bucchi Cristian Bucchi Cristian Bucchi is a retired Italian football striker. He was best known for his goal-scoring ability in Serie B during the peak of his career.-Early career:...	29	Modena Modena F.C. Modena Football Club is an Italian football club based in Modena, Emilia-Romagna. The club was formed in 1912 and currently plays in Italian Serie B, after being relegated from a two year period in Serie A in the year 2004. The team's previous stay in Italy's top division ended in 1964. The team...	12
2.	Claudio Bellucci Claudio Bellucci Claudio Bellucci is an Italian association football striker who currently plays for Modena.-Football career:He started his career with Sampdoria, making his Serie A debut against A.C. Milan on 13 March 1994, at the age of 18. He made one more appearance for the Genoa-based side, before being...	25	Bologna Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna Football Club 1909, known simply as Bologna, is an Italian Football League club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1993. The club are nicknamed the rossoblù because of the red and blue striped shirts they wear. Red and Blue are the official colours of the town.During its history...	5
3.	Gionatha Spinesi Gionatha Spinesi Gionatha Spinesi is an Italian former footballer.-Career:Spinesi started playing for Pisa Calcio. In November 1995 he signed for Inter Milan, however, he was not able to make appearance in the first team. Sold in January 1997 to Castel di Sangro, he played two unimpressive Serie B seasons for the...	23	Catania Calcio Catania Calcio Catania is an Italian football club founded in 1908 and based in Catania, Sicily. The club has spent much of its history in Serie B, gaining promotion to Italy's top league Serie A five times...	6
4.	Daniele Cacia Daniele Cacia Daniele Cacia is an Italian football player. He currently plays for U.S. Lecce.Cacia was team leading goalscorer for Piacenza in 2005-06 and 2006-07 season, after the loan spell at Pistoiese of Serie C1....	18	Piacenza Piacenza Calcio Piacenza Calcio is an Italian association football club based in Piacenza. The club was formed in 1919 and currently plays in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione B. The team's colors are red and white, prompting one of the team's nicknames, the Biancorossi. They are also known as the Papaveri , and...	3
5.	Tomas Danilevičius Tomas Danilevicius Tomas Danilevičius is a Lithuanian professional footballer currently playing for Juve Stabia. A striker, he stands 1.91m tall and weighs 82 kg.-Club career:...	17	Avellino U.S. Avellino Associazione Sportiva Avellino 1912 , since summer 2010, is the new name of the Italian football club, based in Avellino, Campania. The club was founded in 1912 and its traditional colours are green and white...	2
5.	Emiliano Salvetti Emiliano Salvetti Emiliano Salvetti was an Italian football midfielderHe is best known for his time as a Cesena mainstay from 1996 to 1999, and again from 2004 to 2008. He scored 18 goals in Serie B 2005-06 season with them, one of the record for midfielder...	17	Cesena A.C. Cesena Associazione Calcio Cesena is an Italian football club based in Cesena, Romagna. The club was formed in 1940 and won the first promotion to Serie A in 1973. Since then, the club have been in the Italian Premier League for a total of in 11 seasons, reaching the best achievement in 1976 with the 6th...	7
7.	Marco Carparelli Marco Carparelli Marco Carparelli is an Italian footballer. He plays for A.C. Pisa 1909 S.S.D..-Career:Carparelli started his career at Vado of Serie D. He then transferred to Sampdoria, and made his Serie A debut on 21 September 1996, A.S. Roma 1-4 lose to Sampdoria, after spent a year at Serie B for Chievo...	15	Cremonese U.S. Cremonese Unione Sportiva Cremonese is an Italian football club, based in Cremona. The club was founded in 1903. Cremonese played the 2005/2006 season in Serie B, having won Serie C1/A the previous season. However, in the 2005/2006 Serie B campaign, Cremonese came out twenty-first, being therefore relegated...	4
7.	Nicola Ventola Nicola Ventola Nicola Ventola is an Italian footballer playing as a striker. He was a member of the Italian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and represented Italy in the under-21s team.He plays for Novara....	15	Atalanta Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...	4
7.	Adaílton Adaílton Martins Bolzan Adaílton Martins Bolzan, best known as Adaílton is a left footed Brazilian footballer who currently plays as striker for FC Vaslui in Romania.-Career:...	15	Hellas Verona Hellas Verona F.C. Hellas Verona Football Club is a professional Italian association football team, based in Verona, Veneto. The team's colours are yellow and blue and gialloblu is the team's most widely used nickname...	5
7.	Mario Frick Mario Frick (footballer) Mario Frick is a Swiss-born Liechtensteiner football striker, who plays for Liechtenstein side FC Balzers in the Swiss 1st League.-Liechtenstein:...	15	Ternana Ternana Calcio Ternana Calcio is an Italian football club based in the city of Terni, Umbria.The team's colours are red and green.The club was founded in 1925 and refounded in 1993. In its history, Ternana have twice played in Serie A...	6

External links

• 2005/2006 Serie B Squads - (www.footballsquads.co.uk)