2006–07 A.C. Milan season

Milan
2006–07 season
Manager Carlo Ancelotti
Serie A 4th
Coppa Italia Semi-finals
Champions League Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Alberto Gilardino (12)
All:
Kaká (18)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006-07 season has had its ups and downs for Milan. Having started the season with an 8 point penalty due to the Calciopoli Scandal a bad run of results where Milan failed to win for 9 matches in a row had left them in a lowly 15th place on only 11 points. After two consecutive losses against Atalanta and Roma, Milan had a streak of 7 consecutive matches without loss. Two wins against Catania and Udinese on Matchday 17 and Matchday 18 respectively have left Milan only 6 points behind 4th place and qualification for the Champions League. Milan eventually finished fourth in the league, behind Lazio. After showing a bad physical condition throughout most Autumn, the team is looking forward for a January retreat in Malta, to regain condition and try to achieve a fourth place finish in Serie A and further progression in the Champions League.

Milan's performances in the Champions League have altogether been a different story. Drawn in a group described as easy by some pundits, with AEK Athens, Lille and Anderlecht, Milan comfortably won the group after Matchday 5, even after losing to AEK Athens in that round. Milan eventually won the Champions League, overcoming Celtic in the round of 16, Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, Manchester United in the semi finals and Liverpool in the final. Kaká himself has been in particular good form for Milan in the Champions League having scored 10 goals in 12 matches, winning this years Champions League Golden Boot.

Contents

2006-07 squad statistics

No. Nat Pos Player Total Serie A Champions League Coppa Italia
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Dida 41 -34 25 -19 13 -9 3 -6
2 DF Cafu 35 0 24 0 8 0 3 0
3 DF Paolo Maldini 27 1 18 1 9 0 0 0
4 DF Kakha Kaladze 26 1 18 1 7 0 1 0
5 DF Alessandro Costacurta 11 1 3 1 3 0 5 0
7 FW Ricardo Oliveira 37 5 26 3 6 0 5 2
8 MF Gennaro Ivan Gattuso 47 1 30 1 13 0 4 0
9 FW Filippo Inzaghi 37 11 20 2 12 6 5 3
10 MF Clarence Seedorf 51 10 32 7 14 3 5 0
11 FW Alberto Gilardino 45 16 30 12 11 2 4 2
13 DF Alessandro Nesta 22 0 14 0 8 0 0 0
15 FW Marco Borriello 14 3 9 1 3 0 2 2
16 GK Željko Kalac 16 -15 10 -10 3 -2 3 -3
17 DF Dario Šimić 34 0 22 0 6 0 6 0
18 DF Marek Jankulovski 50 3 33 3 13 0 4 0
19 DF Giuseppe Favalli 22 2 15 2 4 0 3 0
20 MF Yoann Gourcuff 34 2 21 1 9 1 4 0
21 MF Andrea Pirlo 52 3 34 2 14 1 4 0
22 MF Kaká 48 18 31 8 15 10 2 0
23 MF Massimo Ambrosini 34 3 19 3 12 0 3 0
24 DF Leandro Grimi 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
25 DF Daniele Bonera 36 0 25 0 6 0 5 0
26 GK Marco Storari 3 -7 3 -7 0 0 0 0
27 DF Serginho 9 0 6 0 3 0 0 0
28 MF Alex Guerci 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK Valerio Fiori 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Luca Antonelli 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
32 MF Cristian Brocchi 42 2 29 1 8 0 5 1
33 FW Davide Di Gennaro 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Gastone Bottini 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 DF Matteo Darmian 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
38 MF Matteo Lunati 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
44 DF Massimo Oddo 18 1 10 1 7 0 1 0
99 FW Ronaldo 18 9 14 7 4 2 0 0

Serie A 2006/2007

Week 1

September 10, 2006
 Milan 2 – 1 Lazio 15:00 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 52,530
Referee: Paolo Bertini
Inzaghi  26'
Cafu 35'
Inzaghi 45'
Oliveira  70'
Maldini 83'		 (Report) Mudingayi 32'
Ledesma 63'
Cribari 69'
Makinwa  73'

Week 2

September 17, 2006
 Parma 0 – 2 Milan 20:30 - Ennio Tardini, Parma
Attendance: 19,746
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
Paci 36' (Report) Seedorf  25'
Oliveira 29'
Bonera 32'
Kaká  85' (pen.)

Week 3

September 20, 2006
 Milan 1 – 0 Ascoli 20:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 44,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
Jankulovski  68' (Report) Nastase 43'
Delvecchio 90'

Week 4

September 23, 2006
 Livorno 0 – 0 Milan 18:00 - Stadio Armando Picchi, Livorno
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
Passoni 33'
Balleri 40'		 (Report) Nesta 30'
Ambrosini 45'
Bonera 70'

Week 5

October 1, 2006
 Milan 0 – 0 Siena 15:00 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Nicola Stefanini
(Report) Bertotto 66'
Gastaldello 66'
Rinaudo 70'
Brevi 90'

Week 6

October 14, 2006
 Sampdoria 1 – 1 Milan 18:00 - Luigi Ferraris, Genoa
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
Bonazzoli  69'
Zenoni 71'
Delvecchio 84'		 (Report) Jankulovski 73'
Kaká 80'
Kaladze  84'
Bonera 90'

Week 7

October 22, 2006
 Milan 0 – 2 Palermo 20:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
Gattuso 31' (Report) Biava 26'
Bresciano  48'
Corini 57'
Diana 61'
Amauri  74'

Week 8

October 25, 2006
 Chievo 0 – 1 Milan 15:00 - Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
Luciano 22'
Mandelli 69'		 (Report) Jankulovski  30' 31'
Šimić 48'

Week 9

October 28, 2006
 Milan 3 – 4 Internazionale 20:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Stefano Farina
Gattuso 5'
Inzaghi 19'
Seedorf 30'  51'
Gilardino 51'  76'
Kaká  90'		 (Report) Vieira 4'
Crespo  17'
Stanković  22'
Ibrahimović  47'
Maicon 54'
Materazzi  68'  55', 69'
Júlio César 88'
Burdisso 95'

Week 10

November 5, 2006
 Atalanta 2 – 0 Milan 15:00 - Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Tiziano Pieri
Ventola  50'
Donati 61'
Soncin  90+2'		 (Report) Šimić 11'
Gourcuff 55'

Week 11

November 11, 2006
 Milan 1 – 2 Roma 20:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Domenico Messina
Brocchi  56'
Oliveira 61'
Brocchi 72'		 (Report) Totti  7', 83'
De Rossi 61'
Mancini 76'
Pizarro 85'

Week 12

November 18, 2006
 Empoli 0 – 0 Milan 18:00 - Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
Moro 38'
Balli 84'		 (Report) Costacurta 23'
Pirlo 28'
Brocchi 75'

Week 13

November 25, 2006
 Milan 1 – 0 Messina 20:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Gabriel Gava
Maldini  13' (Report) Iuliano 31'
De Vezze 36'
Lavecchia 47'
Zoro 71'
Di Napoli 78'

Week 14

December 3, 2006
 Cagliari 2 – 2 Milan 15:00 - Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Christian Brighi
Conti 42'
Suazo  54' (pen.)
Capone  65'		 (Report) Gilardino  49'
Borriello  69'
Pirlo  75'

Week 15

December 10, 2006
 Milan 0 – 0 Torino 15:00 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 54,022
Referee: Oscar Girardi
Jankulovski 43' (Report) Barone 41'
De Ascentis 44'

Week 16

December 16, 2006
 Fiorentina 2 – 2 Milan 18:00 - Artemio Franchi, Florence
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
Mutu  20' (pen.), 76'
Kroldrup 28'
Dainelli 67'		 (Report) Gilardino  3', 89'
Pirlo 29'
Šimić 65'
Gattuso 82'
Cafu 87'

Week 17

December 20, 2006
 Milan 3 – 0 Catania 20:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Paolo Dondarini
Kaká  4', 88'
Bonera 60'
Gilardino  82'
Gourcuff 90'		 (Report)

Week 18

December 23, 2006
 Udinese 0 – 3 Milan 15:00 - Stadio Friuli, Udine
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
Eremenko 16'
Pinzi 30'		 (Report) Kaká  28' (pen.)
Gilardino  35'
Seedorf 63'
Oliveira  76'
Gattuso 80'

Week 19

January 14, 2007
 Milan 3 – 1 Reggina 15:00 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 43,996
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
Pirlo  6'
Seedorf  35'
Gilardino  78'		 (Report) Bianchi  66'

Week 20

January 21, 2007
 Lazio 0 – 0 Milan 20:30 - Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 28,948
Referee: Massimiliano Saccali
Zauri 49' (Report) Bonera 49'

Week 21

January 28, 2007
 Milan 1 – 0 Parma 15:00 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 41,752
Referee: Gabriel Gava
Inzaghi  76' (Report) Grella 72'
Morfeo 72'

Week 22

Note: Matches of Week 22 were postponed due to the riots in Catania.

Week 23

February 11, 2007
 Milan 2 – 1 Livorno 15:00 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 21,649
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
Gattuso  29'
Jankulovski  68'		 (Report) Lucarelli  31'

Week 24

February 17, 2007
 Siena 3 – 4 Milan 15:00 - Artemio Franchi, Siena
Attendance: 11,191
Referee: Domenico Messina
Vergassola  19'
Maccarone  31', 89'
Gastaldello 52'
Codrea 58'
Galloppa 90'		 (Report) Ronaldo  15', 81'
Oliveira  29' 45'
Pirlo 57'
Brocchi  78'
Ambrosini  90+4'

Week 25

February 21, 2007
 Milan 1 – 0 Sampdoria 20:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 39,168
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
Oddo  10'
Bonera 71'
Ambrosini  90'		 (Report) Falcone 31'
Olivera  35', 39'
Bonazzoli 53'

Week 26

February 28, 2007
 Palermo 0 – 0 Milan 14:00 - Stadio Barbera, Palermo
Attendance: 25,361
Referee: Simone Trefoloni
Fontana 7'
Guana 82'
Pisano 91'		 (Report) Favalli 30'
Bonera 63'

Week 27

March 3, 2007
 Milan 3 – 1 Chievo 20:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: unknown
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento
Gilardino  33' 70'
Gattuso 44'
Oddo  55'
Seedorf  90+3'		 (Report) Pellissier  17'

Week 28

March 3, 2007
 Internazionale 2 – 1 Milan 20:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: unknown
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
Ibrahimović 30'  75'
Cruz  54'
Samuel 71'
Córdoba 86'		 (Report) Ronaldo  40'
Pirlo 72'

Week 29

March 18, 2007
 Milan 1 – 0 Atalanta 14:00 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 45,491
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
Ambrosini  40' 61'
Bonera 64'		 (Report) Bernardini 29'
Migliaccio 57'
Doni 68'

Week 30

March 31, 2007
 Roma 1 – 1 Milan 19:30 - Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 43,829
Referee: Domenico Messina
Mexès  3'
Cassetti 61'
Chivu 89'
Pizarro 90'		 (Report) Favalli 16'
Cafu 43'
Gilardino  61'

Week 31

April 7, 2007
 Milan 3 – 1 Empoli 19:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 45,847
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni
Ronaldo  12'
Gilardino  44' 45'
Gattuso 72'
Favalli  78'		 (Report) Saudati  43'
Pozzi 53'

Week 32

April 15, 2007
 Messina 1 – 3 Milan 14:00 - Stadio San Filippo, Messina
Attendance: 27,837
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
Rigano 28'
De Vezze 40'

Zanchi 45'
Álvarez 67'
Lavecchia 73'
Masiello  93'

 (Report) Kaká  14'
Favalli  30'
Gourcuff 33'

Pirlo 80'
Serginho 82'
Ronaldo  85'

Week 22 (Rescheduled)

April 18, 2007
 Ascoli 2 – 5 Milan 14:00 - Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, Ascoli Piceno
Attendance: 15,648
Referee: Nicola Ayroldi
Melara 14'
Eleftheropoulos 24'
Di Biagio  32' (pen.)

Guberti  41'
Corallo 43'
Lombardi 55'
Foglio 61'

 (Report) Gilardino  2', 27'
Kaká  25' (pen.), 35'
Gattuso 58'
Bonera 59'

Seedorf  78'

Week 33

April 21, 2007
 Milan 3 – 1 Cagliari 19:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 45,592
Referee: Mauro Bergonzi
Ronaldo  14', 69'
Kaladze  73', 85'
Pirlo  80'		 (Report) López 33'
Conti 43'
Pisano 43'
Suazo  32' (pen.)

Week 34

April 28, 2007
 Torino 0 – 1 Milan 19:30 - Stadio Olimpico, Turin
Attendance: 21,461
Referee: Domenico Messina
Brevi  58', 73' (Report) Seedorf  26'
Gilardino 57'
Ronaldo 90'

Week 35

May 6, 2007
 Milan 0 – 0 Fiorentina 14:00 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: unknown
Referee: Roberto Rosetti
(Report) Gamberini 25'
Liverani 58'
Blasi 66'
Mutu 89'

Week 36

May 13, 2007
 Catania 1 – 1 Milan 14:00 - Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
Attendance: unknown
Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
Spinesi  61' (Report) Seedorf  6'
Inzaghi 56'
Gattuso 78'
Brocchi 90'

Week 37

May 19, 2007
 Milan 2 – 3 Udinese 19:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: unknown
Referee: Andrea Gervasoni
Gourcuff  36' 36'
Costacurta  57' (pen.)
Oliveira 87'		 (Report) Asamoah  10'
Di Natale  53'
Barreto  61' 62'

Week 38

May 27, 2007
 Reggina 2 – 0 Milan 14:00 - Stadio Oreste Granillo, Reggio Calabria
Attendance: unknown
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi
Amoruso  10'
Di Dio 59'
Amerini  67'		 (Report) Gattuso 83'

UEFA Champions League

Final Group H Standings

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Milan 10 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4
2. Lille 9 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3
3. AEK Athens 8 6 2 2 2 6 9 -3
4. Anderlecht 4 6 0 4 2 7 11 -4

Matchday 1

September 13, 2006
20:45
 Milan 3 – 0 AEK Athens San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Riley (ENG)
Inzaghi  17'
Gourcuff  41'
Kaká  77' (pen.)		 (Report)

Matchday 2

September 26, 2006
20:45
 Lille 0 – 0 Milan Stade Félix Bollaert, Lens
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Mejuto (ESP)
(Report)

Matchday 3

October 17, 2006
20:45
 Anderlecht 0 – 1 Milan Constant Vanden Stock, Anderlecht
Attendance: 20,129
Referee: Medina (ESP)
(Report) Kaká  58'

Matchday 4

November 1, 2006
20:45
 Milan 4 – 1 Anderlecht San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 42,300
Referee: Fandel (GER)
Kaká  7' (pen.), 22', 56'
Gilardino  88'		 (Report) Juhász  61'

Matchday 5

November 21, 2006
20:45
 AEK Athens 1 – 0 Milan Olympic Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 56,203
Referee: Braamhaar (NED)
Júlio César  32' (Report)

Matchday 6

December 6, 2006
20:45
 Milan 0 – 2 Lille San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 27,067
Referee: Poll (ENG)
(Report) Odemwingie  7'
Keïta  67'

Round of 16

1st Leg

February 20, 2007
20:45
 Celtic 0 – 0 Milan Celtic Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 58,785 [1]
Referee: Hauge (NOR)
Nakamura 36' (Report) Maldini 10'
Gilardino 71'

2nd Leg

March 7, 2007
20:45
 Milan 1 – 0
(a.e.t.)		 Celtic San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 65,000 [2]
Referee: Plautz (AUS)
Ambrosini 42'
Kaká  93'		 (Report) McManus 41'
Naylor 56'
McGeady 86'
Lennon 104'

Quarter-final

1st Leg

April 3, 2007
20:45
 Milan 2 – 2 Bayern Munich San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 77,700 [3]
Referee: Baskakov (RUS)
Pirlo  40'
Gilardino 53'
Kaká  84' (pen.)		 (Report) Salihamidžić 33'
Van Buyten  78', 90+4' 84'

2nd Leg

April 11, 2007
19:45
 Bayern Munich 0 – 2 Milan Allianz Arena, Munich
Attendance: 65,000 [4]
Referee: Gonzalez (ESP)
van Bommel 47'
Salihamidžić 63'		 (Report) Seedorf  27'
Inzaghi  31'

Semi-final

1st Leg

April 24, 2007
19:45
 Manchester United 3 – 2 Milan Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 73,820[5]
Referee: Vassaras (GRE)
Ronaldo  6'
Evra 42'
Rooney  59', 90+1'
Giggs 62'		 (Report) Kaká  22', 37' 62'
Bonera 74'

2nd Leg

May 2, 2007
19:45
 Milan 3 – 0 Manchester United San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 78,500[6]
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)
Kaká  11'
Seedorf  30'
Ambrosini 75'
Gilardino  78'
Gattuso 81'		 (Report) Ronaldo 84'

Final

23 May 2007
20:45 CEST
 Milan 2 – 1 Liverpool OACA Spyro Louis Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Herbert Fandel
Inzaghi  45', 82'
Gattuso 40'
Jankulovski 54'		 (Report) Mascherano 58'
Carragher 60'
Kuyt  89'

Coppa Italia 2006/07

Round of 16

1st Leg

November 8, 2006
 Milan 4 – 2 Brescia 20:30 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni
Cafu 31'
Borriello  60', 86'
Brocchi  67'
Inzaghi  78'		 (Report) Serafini  34'
Alfageme  37'

2nd Leg

November 28, 2006
 Brescia 1 – 2 Milan 21:00 - Mario Rigamonti, Brescia
Attendance: 2,700
Hamšík  43' (Report) Oliveira  15'
Zoboli  19' (o.g.)
Borriello 62'

Milan advance 6 - 3 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

1st Leg

January 11, 2007
 Milan 2 – 0 Arezzo 21:00 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Andrea De Marco
Gilardino  35'
Inzaghi  50'		 (Report) Martinetti 24'
Bricca 55'

2nd Leg

January 18, 2007
 Arezzo 1 – 0 Milan 21:00 - Stadio Comunale, Arezzo
Attendance: 9,121
Referee: Oberdan Pantana
Floro Flores  53' (Report) Brocchi 45'
Jankulovski 61'

Milan advance 2 - 1 on aggregate

Semi-finals

1st Leg

January 25, 2007
 Milan 2 – 2 Roma 21:15 - San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 6,045
Referee: Paolo Bertini
Oliveira  4'
Ambrosini 10'
Inzaghi  23'
Pirlo 65'		 (Report) Perrotta  29'
Pizarro  39'
Mexès 53'

2nd Leg

January 31, 2007
 Roma 3 – 1 Milan 21:15 - Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 39,249
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
Mancini  8'
Perrotta  23'
Pizarro  46'		 (Report) Gilardino  18'
Costacurta 33'
Roma advance 5 - 3 on aggregate
Milan knocked out of Coppa Italia

References

  1. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | Celtic 0-0 AC Milan
  2. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | AC Milan 1-0 Celtic (agg 1-0)
  3. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | AC Milan 2-2 Bayern Munich
  4. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | B Munich 0-2 AC Milan (agg 2-4)
  5. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | Man Utd 3-2 AC Milan
  6. ^ BBC SPORT | Football | Europe | AC Milan 3-0 Man Utd (Agg: 5-3)