U.S. Città di Palermo season 2006-07

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Season 2006–07
U.S. Città di Palermo
Manager	Francesco Guidolin (Days 1-33, 36-38) Renzo Gobbo (Days 34-36)
Chairman	Maurizio Zamparini
League	Serie A
Final league position	5th (UEFA Cup)
UEFA Cup	Group stage
Coppa Italia	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Eugenio Corini (10) All: Eugenio Corini and David Di Michele (10)
Highest home attendance	34,261 (vs Catania – September 20, 2006)
Lowest home attendance	8,521 (vs Sampdoria – November 30, 2006)

U.S. Città di Palermo played the season 2006-07 in the Serie A league. It has been the third season in a row for Palermo in the top division of Italy.

1 Review and events
2 Match results
3 Player details
- 3.1 January transfer market bids
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Review and events

See also: Serie A 2006-07, UEFA Cup 2006-07, and 2007 Catania football violence

Palermo initially ended the 2005-06 season in eighth place, and thus was expected to play the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006. Meanwhile, Francesco Guidolin was re-hired at Giuseppe Papadopulo's place. However, due to the Serie A scandal of 2006, the FIGC had stated they would not enter Palermo into the Intertoto Cup.

After the verdicts penalized numerous clubs, Palermo's overall position for that season was elevated to 5th, meaning they had qualified for the 2006-2007 UEFA Cup. In the transfer window, Palermo spent millions adding players to their squad, including Aimo Diana, Mark Bresciano, Fábio Simplício and Amauri, but sold World Cup winner Fabio Grosso to Internazionale. Several football experts and pundits tipped Palermo to do well in the season ahead, including Alessandro Del Piero.^[1]

They started well by knocking out English side West Ham United in the UEFA Cup. However, this time around the group stage proved to be more difficult than the previous year, and Palermo finished last in a group that contained Celta de Vigo, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahçe SK and Newcastle United.

For the first time in its history Palermo sat on top of the Serie A table in September 2006 after beating Catania 5-3 at home in the Sicilian derby. Another notable victory, was a 2-0 away win to AC Milan at San Siro stadium. A serious knee injury for Amauri caused Palermo to replace the powerful striker, and Uruguayan Edison Cavani and Polish Radosław Matusiak were signed in the Winter transfer market, together with midfielders Maurizio Ciaramitaro and Guillermo Giacomazzi.

On February 2, 2007 Palermo was involved in a controversial away Sicilian derby match which was suspended for 30 minutes during the second half after some tear gas explosions from outside the stadium, used by the police to minimize hooliganism outside the Massimino Stadium, drifted onto the playing area. After the match, violence went on and policeman Filippo Raciti was killed by a small explosive launched by a Catania hooligan.^[2] This led Commissioner Luca Pancalli to suspend indefinitely football leagues and national team matches in the whole country. Following these events Palermo, which was clearly third-placed at the time, was not able to achieve a single victory, and dropped to sixth position in the Serie A. Maurizio Zamparini, the chairman, became more and more critical of Guidolin, who was finally sacked on April 23 following a 3-4 home defeat to third-last placed Parma which extended the run of poor results to 11 games without a single win. Assistant coach Renzo Gobbo and youth team coach Rosario Pergolizzi were subsequently appointed as caretaker coaches at Guidolin's place.^[3] On their debut match, Pergolizzi and Gobbo led Palermo to a 2-1 away win at Livorno, finally ending the negative run.^[4] The victory was however followed by two further defeats, including an upset 3-2 away loss against last-placed team Ascoli, already relegated to Serie B, which left the rosanero in seventh place, the last UEFA Cup spot, only three points above Atalanta. The events led Zamparini to reappoint Guidolin as head coach for the remaining two matches.^[5] Guidolin's return brought two victories, to Siena^[6] and Udinese, clinched fifth place in the final table, qualification to the UEFA Cup 2007-08 for the third consecutive time and broke its previous record of 53 points of two years before.^[7]

[edit] Match results

[edit] Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

[edit] Serie A

Date and time	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
September 10, 2006 – 15.00	Reggina	Home	Won 4-3	Bresciano, Biava, Corini, Amauri	24,509
September 17, 2006 – 15.00	Lazio	Away	Won 2-1	Di Michele (2)	20,395
September 20, 2006 – 20.30	Catania	Home	Won 5-3	Tedesco, Simplício, Corini, Amauri, Barzagli	34,261
September 24, 2006 – 15.00	Empoli	Away	Lost 0-2		4,672
October 1, 2006 – 20.30	Chievo	Away	Won 1-0	Corini	6,184
October 15, 2006 – 15.00	Atalanta	Home	Lost 2-3	Bresciano, Corini	21,716
October 22, 2006 – 20.30	AC Milan	Away	Won 2-0	Bresciano, Amauri	50,028
October 25, 2006 – 20.30	Messina	Home	Won 2-1	Zaccardo, Di Michele	28,547
October 29, 2006 – 15.00	Fiorentina	Away	Won 3-2	Di Michele, Amauri (2)	34,050
November 5, 2006 – 15.00	Sampdoria	Home	Won 2-0	Corini, Zaccardo	22,244
November 12, 2006 – 15.00	Torino	Home	Won 3-0	Corini, Di Michele, Amauri	26,642
November 18, 2006 – 20.30	Cagliari	Away	Lost 0-1	Bresciano, Biava, Corini, Amauri	?
November 26, 2006 – 20.30	Inter	Home	Lost 1-2	Amauri	34,095
December 3, 2006 – 15.00	Parma	Away	Drew 0-0		14,173
December 9, 2006 – 20.30	Livorno	Home	Won 3-0	Simplício (2), Amauri	20,441
December 17, 2006 – 20.30	AS Roma	Away	Lost 0-4		40,124
December 20, 2006 – 20.30	Ascoli	Home	Won 4-0	Bresciano, Corini, Tedesco, Capuano	19,485
December 23, 2006 – 15.00	Siena	Away	Drew 1-1	Simplício	6,411
January 14, 2007 – 15.00	Udinese	Home	Won 2-0	Caracciolo, Zaccardo	20,913
January 20, 2007 – 20.30	Reggina	Away	Drew 0-0		11,745
January 27, 2007 – 20.30	Lazio	Home	Lost 0-3		22,453
February 2, 2007 – 18.00	Catania	Away	Won 2-1	Caracciolo, Di Michele	21,000
February 11, 2007 – 15.00	Empoli	Home	Lost 0-1		19,144
February 18, 2007 – 15.00	Chievo	Home	Drew 1-1	Di Michele	22,057
February 24, 2007 – 20.30	Atalanta	Away	Drew 1-1	Diana	8,092
February 28, 2007 – 15.00	AC Milan	Home	Drew 0-0		25,361
March 4, 2007 – 15.00	Messina	Away	Lost 0-2		11,521
March 11, 2007 – 15.00	Fiorentina	Home	Drew 1-1	Cavani	22,476
March 17, 2007 – 20.30	Sampdoria	Away	Drew 1-1	Cavani	17,596
April 1, 2007 – 15.00	Torino	Away	Drew 0-0		20,932
April 7, 2007 – 15.00	Cagliari	Home	Lost 1-3	Bresciano	21,655
April 15, 2007 – 20.30	Inter	Away	Drew 2-2	Caracciolo, Zaccardo	46,611
April 22, 2007 – 20.30	Parma	Home	Lost 3-4	Bresciano, Di Michele, Zaccardo	21,472
April 29, 2007 – 15.00	Livorno	Away	Won 2-1	Corini, Di Michele	7,750
May 6, 2007 – 15.00	AS Roma	Home	Lost 1-2	Tedesco	24,680
May 13, 2007 – 15.00	Ascoli	Away	Lost 2-3	Simplício, Matusiak	4,352
May 20, 2007 – 15.00	Siena	Home	Won 2-1	Corini, Caracciolo	20,043
May 27, 2007 – 15.00	Udinese	Away	Won 2-1	Caracciolo, Corini	5,000

[edit] UEFA Cup

Date and time	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
September 14, 2006 – 21.00	1st Round – 1st Leg	West Ham	Away	Won 1-0	Caracciolo	32,222^[8]
September 28, 2006 – 20.45	1st Round – 2nd Leg	West Ham	Home	Won 3-0	Simplício (2), Di Michele	19,284^[9]
October 19, 2006 – 18.15	Group Stage	Eintracht Frankfurt	Away	Won 2-1	Brienza, Zaccardo	50,000^[10]
November 2, 2006 – 20.45	Group Stage	Newcastle	Home	Lost 0-1		16,091^[11]
November 23, 2006 – 19.00	Group Stage	Fenerbahçe	Away	Lost 0-3		39,071^[12]
December 13, 2006 – 20.45	Group Stage	Celta Vigo	Home	Drew 1-1	Tedesco	10,222^[13]

[edit] Coppa Italia

Date and time	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
November 8, 2006 – 20.30	Round of 16 – 1st Leg	Sampdoria	Away	Lost 0-1		9,120
November 30, 2006 – 21.00	Round of 16 – 2nd Leg	Sampdoria	Home	Lost 2-3	Guana, Brienza	8,521

[edit] Player details

No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Total		Serie A		UEFA Cup		Coppa Italia
No.	Nat.	Position	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Federico Agliardi	11	-17	9	-13	1	-1	1	-3
12		GK	Alberto Fontana	35	-36	31	-38	4	2	0	0
20		GK	Salvatore Sirigu	2	-4	0	0	1	-3	1	-1
2		DF	Cristian Zaccardo	42	6	36	5	5	1	1	0
15		DF	Hernán Paolo Dellafiore	13	0	7	0	4	0	2	0
16		DF	Mattia Cassani	37	0	30	0	5	0	2	0
21		DF	Giuseppe Biava	26	1	23	1	3	0	0	0
26		DF	Marco Pisano	39	0	33	0	5	0	1	0
32		DF	Ciro Capuano	9	1	7	1	2	0	0	0
43		DF	Andrea Barzagli (vice-captain)	42	1	36	1	5	0	1	0
53		DF	Alberto Cossentino	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
4		MF	Giovanni Tedesco	31	4	26	3	3	1	2	0
5		MF	Eugenio Corini (captain)	29	10	27	10	2	0	0	0
8		MF	Aimo Diana	29	1	26	1	3	0	0	0
14		MF	Roberto Guana	40	1	33	0	6	0	1	1
18		MF	Guillermo Giacomazzi	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
22		MF	Maurizio Ciaramitaro	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
23		MF	Mark Bresciano	39	6	34	6	4	0	1	0
30		MF	Fábio Simplício	41	7	33	5	6	2	2	0
50		MF	Nicola Ficano	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
90		MF	Franco Brienza	29	2	22	0	5	1	2	1
7		FW	Edison Cavani	7	2	7	2	0	0	0	0
9		FW	Radosław Matusiak	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
10		FW	Andrea Caracciolo	35	6	27	5	6	1	2	0
11		FW	Amauri	19	8	18	8	0	0	1	0
17		FW	David Di Michele	33	10	29	9	4	1	0	0
Players sold or loaned out during the January transfer market:
3		DF	Cesare Bovo	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Francesco Parravicini	14	0	8	0	5	0	1	0
22		MF	Gianni Munari	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	0

[edit] January transfer market bids

In

18	MF	Guillermo Giacomazzi (on loan from Lecce)
22	MF	Maurizio Ciaramitaro (loan return from Parma)
7	FW	Edison Cavani (from Danubio)
9	FW	Radosław Matusiak (from GKS Bełchatów)