2006–07 Juventus FC season

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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Gianluigi Buffon 2 DF  ITA Alessandro Birindelli 3 DF  ITA Giorgio Chiellini 6 DF  CRO Robert Kovač 7 DF  ITA Gianluca Pessotto 8 MF  ITA Giuliano Giannichedda 9 FW  BUL Valeri Bojinov 10 FW  ITA Alessandro Del Piero (captain) 11 MF  CZE Pavel Nedvěd 12 GK  ITA Antonio Mirante 13 DF  ITA Felice Piccolo 14 DF  ITA Federico Balzaretti 15 MF  ITA Claudio Marchisio 16 MF  ITA Mauro Camoranesi 17 FW  FRA David Trezeguet

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  FRA Jean-Alain Boumsong 19 MF  ITA Matteo Paro 20 FW  ITA Raffaele Palladino 22 GK  ITA Emanuele Belardi 25 FW  URU Marcelo Zalayeta 27 DF  FRA Jonathan Zebina 29 DF  ITA Paolo De Ceglie 30 DF  ITA Nicola Legrottaglie 32 MF  ITA Marco Marchionni 40 MF  ITA Dario Venitucci 42 MF  ITA Raffaele Bianco 43 FW  ITA Sebastian Giovinco 44 FW  ITA Michele Paolucci 45 GK  ITA Matteo Trini

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.[3][4]

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.[5]

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Appearances and goals

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

Goalscorers

Last updated 10 June 2007

No.	Pos.	Player	Serie B	Coppa Italia	Total
10	FW	Alessandro Del Piero	20	3	23
17	FW	David Trezeguet	15	0	15
11	MF	Pavel Nedvěd	11	1	12
20	FW	Raffaele Palladino	8	0	8
9	FW	Valeri Bojinov	5	2	7
25	FW	Marcelo Zalayeta	4	0	4
16	MF	Mauro Camoranesi	4	0	4
3	DF	Giorgio Chiellini	3	1	4
6	MF	Cristiano Zanetti	2	0	2
14	DF	Federico Balzaretti	2	0	2
18	DF	Jean-Alain Boumsong	2	0	2
32	MF	Marco Marchionni	1	1	2
19	MF	Matteo Paro	1	0	1
29	MF	Paolo De Ceglie	1	0	1
2	DF	Alessandro Birindelli	1	0	1
42	MF	Raffaele Bianco	1	0	1
Own goals			2	0	2
TOTALS			83	8	91