| Season | 2005–06 |
|---|---|
| Promoted | Atalanta (5th title) Catania Torino (via play-off) |
| Relegated | Catanzaro (to C2) Cremonese Ternana Avellino (via play-off) |
| Matches | 462 |
| Goals | 1,047 (2.27 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | |
2006–07 → | |

The2005–06Serie B is the 74th season since its establishment in 1929. It is the second highestfootball league inItaly.
Cremonese,Rimini,Mantova andAvellino had been promoted fromSerie C, whileBologna,Brescia andAtalanta had been relegated fromSerie A.
These are the 22 teams which took part in the Serie B 2005-06:
| Team | President | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlbinoLeffe | Legea | BPU Assicurazioni | ||
| Arezzo | Legea | Banca Etruria | ||
| Atalanta | Asics | Sit-in Sport, Elesite | ||
| Avellino | Legea | AIR Autoservizi Irpini | ||
| Bari | Erreà | Gaudianello | ||
| Bologna | Macron | Europonteggi | ||
| Brescia | Kappa | Banco di Brescia | ||
| Catania | Legea | SP Energia Siciliana | ||
| Catanzaro | Asics | Siamo tutti calabresi/Catanzaro nel cuore/Prendo.it/Radio Catanzaro Classic (in cup matches),Catanzaro Città tra due mari | ||
| Cesena | Lotto | Solo Affitti | ||
| Cremonese | Macron | Air Seychelles | ||
| Crotone | Zeus | Frais Monde/Sovreco, Mediaservice s.r.l. | ||
| Hellas Verona | Legea | Clerman | ||
| Mantova | Erreà | Nuova Pansac | ||
| Modena | Erreà | Immergas, Alberti & Tagliazucchi | ||
| Pescara | Lotto | Eurovision TV/Mait, Rete8 | ||
| Piacenza | Macron | UNICEF | ||
| Rimini | Hummel | Banca di Rimini/Riviera di Rimini | ||
| Ternana | Macron | Imhotep s.r.l. | ||
| Torino | Asics | Il Buon Riso/MG K.Vis/Professionecasa/Dipiù/Reale Mutua, Fratelli Beretta | ||
| Triestina | Asics | Bossini | ||
| Vicenza | A-Line | Recoaro |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atalanta(P, C) | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 81 | Promotion toSerie A |
| 2 | Catania(P) | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 78 | |
| 3 | Torino(O, P) | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 76 | Qualification topromotion play-offs |
| 4 | Mantova | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 69 | |
| 5 | Modena | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 67 | |
| 6 | Cesena | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 66 | |
| 7 | Arezzo | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 66 | |
| 8 | Bologna | 42 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 55 | 42 | +13 | 64 | |
| 9 | Crotone | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 63 | |
| 10 | Brescia | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 60 | |
| 11 | Pescara | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 54 | |
| 12 | Piacenza | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 54 | |
| 13 | Bari | 42 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 51 | |
| 14 | Triestina | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 51 | |
| 15 | Hellas Verona | 42 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 49 | |
| 16 | Vicenza | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 49 | |
| 17 | Rimini | 42 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 48 | |
| 18 | AlbinoLeffe(O) | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 46 | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 19 | Avellino(R) | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 46 | |
| 20 | Ternana(R) | 42 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 39 | Relegation toSerie C1 |
| 21 | Cremonese(R) | 42 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 30 | |
| 22 | Catanzaro(R, E, R) | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 63 | −37 | 28 | Relegation toSerie C2[a] |
| Home \ Away | ALB | ARE | ATA | AVE | BAR | BOL | BRE | CTN | CTZ | CES | CRE | CRO | MAN | MOD | PES | PIA | RIM | TER | TOR | TRI | HEL | VIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlbinoLeffe | — | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Arezzo | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Atalanta | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Avellino | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Bari | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Bologna | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Brescia | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Catania | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Catanzaro | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Cesena | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Cremonese | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Crotone | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Mantova | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Modena | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Pescara | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Piacenza | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Rimini | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Ternana | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Torino | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Triestina | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 |
| Vicenza | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — |
hc = higher classified team in the regular season
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesena | 1-2 | Torino | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Modena | 1-1 (hc) | Mantova | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Modena | 0-0 | Mantova |
|---|---|---|
| Torino | 1-0 | Cesena |
|---|---|---|
| Balestri |
| Mantova | 1-1 | Modena |
|---|---|---|
| Gasparetto | Bucchi |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mantova | 5-5(hc) | Torino | 4-2 | 1-3(aet) |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avellino | 3-4 | AlbinoLeffe | 0-2 | 3-2 |
| Place | Scorer | Scored | Team | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 29 | Modena | 12 | |
| 2. | 25 | Bologna | 5 | |
| 3. | 23 | Catania | 6 | |
| 4. | 18 | Piacenza | 3 | |
| 5. | 17 | Avellino | 2 | |
| 5. | 17 | Cesena | 7 | |
| 7. | 15 | Cremonese | 4 | |
| 7. | 15 | Atalanta | 4 | |
| 7. | 15 | Hellas Verona | 5 | |
| 7. | 15 | Ternana | 6 |