2006–07 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
2006–07 season
Chairman Daniel Levy
Manager Martin Jol
Premier League 5th
FA Cup Quarter-finals
Carling Cup Semi-finals
UEFA Cup Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Dimitar Berbatov (12)
All:
Dimitar Berbatov (23)
Highest home attendance 36,162 (vs. West Ham, 22 October 2006)
Lowest home attendance 34,154 (vs. Middlesbrough, 5 December 2006)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

During the 2006–07 season, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. participated in the FA Premier League.

Contents

Season summary

Expectations were high at the beginning of the season, after only a bout of food poisoning amongst the squad prevented Spurs from pipping arch-rivals Arsenal to fourth place in the Premiership and UEFA Champions League qualification at the end of the previous season. However, the season was marred by injuries, particularly in defense, with Ledley King, Paul Stalteri, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Young-Pyo Lee, Anthony Gardner, Jermaine Jenas, Steed Malbranque and Teemu Tainio all suffering long-term injuries, while Didier Zokora, Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane and Aaron Lennon all suffered short-term injuries during the season, causing Martin Jol to rarely have a settled first XI to pick for extended periods.

Tottenham's Premiership form in the first half of the season was erratic, although there was a famous home win over reigning champions Chelsea in November amongst the mire of mediocre results. Away form was poor during the first half of the season, but a vast improvement in the second half saw just two away losses from January to the end of the season, including one (narrow) defeat in their final six away games, against Chelsea, just 36 hours after playing a UEFA Cup tie in Spain. The improvement in Spurs' away form, good home performances and an excellent end to the season lifted Spurs into fifth position in the final table and UEFA Cup qualification for the second year running. Tottenham played attractive and effective football as Martin Jol made his mark on the squad, reaching the FA Cup quarter-final before losing 1-2 to Chelsea having drawn 3-3 away, and the League Cup semi-finals, where they were knocked out by Arsenal after drawing 2-2 at home and losing 3-1 away in extra time. In the UEFA Cup, Tottenham progressed to the quarter-finals, where they faced holders and eventual winners Sevilla in the quarter-finals, eliminated from the competition 4-3 on aggregate.

On 17 March 2007, Paul Robinson became only the third goalkeeper in Premiership history to score a goal, following his 80-yard lob in the 3-1 victory over Watford.

The highly effective Berbatov-Keane strike partnership was rewarded when they were named joint Player of the Month for April.

Premier League 2006-07 Team of the Season.

Premier League table

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1 Manchester United 38 28 5 5 83 27 +56 89 Champions League
Group Stage
2 Chelsea 38 24 11 3 64 24 +40 83
3 Liverpool 38 20 8 10 57 27 +30 68 Champions League
3rd Qualifying Round
4 Arsenal 38 19 11 8 63 35 +28 68
5 Tottenham Hotspur 38 17 9 12 57 54 +3 60 UEFA Cup
1st Round
6 Everton 38 15 13 10 52 36 +16 58
7 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 8 14 47 52 -5 56
8 Reading 38 16 7 15 52 47 +5 55
9 Portsmouth 38 14 12 12 45 42 +3 54
10 Blackburn Rovers 38 15 7 16 52 54 -2 52 Intertoto Cup 3rd Round
11 Aston Villa 38 11 17 10 43 41 +2 50
12 Middlesbrough 38 12 10 16 44 49 -5 46
13 Newcastle United 38 11 10 17 38 47 -9 43
14 Manchester City 38 11 9 18 29 44 -15 42
15 West Ham United 38 12 5 21 35 59 -24 41
16 Fulham 38 8 15 15 38 60 -22 39
17 Wigan Athletic 38 10 8 20 37 59 -22 38
18 Sheffield United 38 10 8 20 32 55 -23 38 Relegation to
Championship
19 Charlton Athletic 38 8 10 20 34 60 -26 34
20 Watford 38 5 13 20 29 59 -30 28

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Team kit

Tottenham's team kit for the 2006-07 season was produced by German company Puma. The main shirt sponsor was Mansion, an Internet gambling establishment.
Home kit
Away kit
European kit

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous club Cost
June 2006 Benoit Assou-Ekotto RC Lens £3,500,000
July 2006 Didier Zokora Saint-Étienne £8,600,000
July 2006 Dimitar Berbatov Bayer Leverkusen £10,900,000
July 2006 Tomas Pekhart Slavia Prague Free
July 2006 Dorian Dervite Lille Undisclosed
August 2006 Mido Roma Undisclosed
August 2006 Steed Malbranque Fulham £2,000,000
August 2006 Pascal Chimbonda Wigan £4,500,000
January 2007 Ben Alnwick Sunderland Player exchange
January 2007 Adel Taarabt RC Lens Undisclosed
January 2007 Ricardo Rocha Benfica £3,200,000
Total
£32,700,000+

Out

Date Player New club Cost
June 2006 Marcel McKie Released Contract expiry
June 2006 Noureddine Naybet Released Contract expiry
June 2006 Goran Bunjevčević Released Contract expiry
June 2006 Mounir El Hamdaoui Willem II Free
June 2006 Dean Marney Hull City Undisclosed
June 2006 Stephen Kelly Birmingham City £750,000
June 2006 Michael Carrick Manchester United £18,600,000
August 2006 Andy Reid Charlton Athletic £3,000,000
January 2007 Edgar Davids Ajax Free
January 2007 Calum Davenport West Ham £3,000,000
January 2007 Márton Fülöp Sunderland £500 000[1]
£25,850,000

Loaned out

Date Player Club Loan length
August 2006 Wayne Routledge Fulham Season
August 2006 Rodrigo Defendi AS Roma Season
August 2006 Mark Yeates Hull City Season
November 2006 Charlie Lee Millwall Eight months
January 2007 Reto Ziegler Sampdoria Six months
January 2007 Robert Burch Barnet Six months
March 2007 Charlie Daniels Chesterfield One month[2]

Squad list

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Paul Robinson
2 DF Pascal Chimbonda
3 DF Lee Young-Pyo
4 MF Didier Zokora
5 MF Edgar Davids
6 MF Teemu Tainio
7 DF Paul Stalteri
8 MF Jermaine Jenas
9 FW Dimitar Berbatov
10 FW Robbie Keane
11 FW Mido
12 GK Radek Černý (on loan from SK Slavia Praha)
13 MF Danny Murphy
14 MF Hossam Ghaly
15 MF Steed Malbranque
16 DF Reto Ziegler
No. Position Player
17 GK Márton Fülöp (until January)
18 FW Jermain Defoe
19 MF Adel Taarabt
20 DF Michael Dawson
21 MF Wayne Routledge (on loan to Fulham)
22 MF Tom Huddlestone
24 MF Jamie O'Hara
25 MF Aaron Lennon
26 DF Ledley King (captain)
27 DF Calum Davenport (until January)
28 FW Lee Barnard
29 DF Philip Ifil
30 DF Anthony Gardner
32 DF Benoît Assou-Ekotto
33 DF Ricardo Rocha (from January)
40 GK Robert Burch

Match results

Friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
13 July 2006 Bordeaux A 1 – 2 Defoe  35', McKenna  87' N/A
14 July 2006 Nice A 0 – 1 Barnard 43' N/A
18 July 2006 Celta Vigo A 0 – 2 Defoe  50', 52' N/A
22 July 2006 Birmingham City A 0 – 2 Berbatov  12', 14' N/A
25 July 2006 Stevenage Borough A 0 – 3 Defoe  33', 87', Berbatov  81' N/A
30 July 2006 Inter Milan H 2 – 1 Tainio  36', 79' N/A
5 August 2006 Borussia Dortmund A 1 – 1 Berbatov  43' N/A
12 August 2006 Real Sociedad H 2 – 1 Defoe  27', Dawson  61' N/A

Premier League

Date Opponents H / A Result Spurs scorers Attendance
19 August 2006 Bolton Wanderers A 2 – 0 22899
22 August 2006 Sheffield United H 2 – 0 Berbatov  7', Jenas  17' 35287
26 August 2006 Everton H 0 – 2 35540
9 September 2006 Manchester United A 1 – 0 75453
17 September 2006 Fulham H 0 – 0 36131
23 September 2006 Liverpool A 3 – 0 44330
1 October 2006 Portsmouth H 2 – 1 Murphy  2', Defoe  35' 36063
14 October 2006 Aston Villa A 1 – 1 Ángel  76' (o.g.) 42551
22 October 2006 West Ham United H 1 – 0 Mido  45' 36162
28 October 2006 Watford A 0 – 0 19660
5 November 2006 Chelsea H 2 – 1 Dawson  25', Lennon  52' 36070
12 November 2006 Reading A 3 – 1 Keane  24' 24110
19 November 2006 Blackburn Rovers A 1 – 1 Defoe  62' 18083
26 November 2006 Wigan Athletic H 3 – 1 Defoe  43', Berbatov  44', Lennon  90' 35205
2 December 2006 Arsenal A 3 – 0 60115
5 December 2006 Middlesbrough H 2 – 1 Berbatov  48', Keane  84' 34154
9 December 2006 Charlton Athletic H 5 – 1 Berbatov  31', 66', Tainio  33', Malbranque  55', Defoe  63' 35565
17 December 2006 Manchester City A 1 – 2 Davenport  16', Huddlestone  24' 39825
23 December 2006 Newcastle United A 3 – 1 Keane  19' 52079
26 December 2006 Aston Villa H 2 – 1 Defoe  58', 77' 35293
30 December 2006 Liverpool H 0 – 1 36170
1 January 2007 Portsmouth A 1 – 1 Malbranque  50' 20194
14 January 2007 Newcastle United H 2 – 3 Defoe  14', Berbatov  54' 35942
20 January 2007 Fulham A 1 – 1 Chimbonda  88' 23580
4 February 2007 Manchester United H 0 – 4 36146
10 February 2007 Sheffield United A 2 – 1 Jenas  2' 32144
21 February 2007 Everton A 1 – 2 Berbatov  35', Jenas  89' 34121
25 February 2007 Bolton Wanderers H 4 – 1 Keane  11', 22', Jenas  19', Lennon  90' 35747
4 March 2007 West Ham United A 3 – 4 Defoe  51', Tainio  63', Berbatov  89', Stalteri  90' 34966
17 March 2007 Watford H 3 – 1 Jenas  41', Robinson  63', Ghaly  85' 36051
1 April 2007 Reading H 1 – 0 Keane 41' 36067
7 April 2007 Chelsea A 1 – 0 41864
15 April 2007 Wigan Athletic A 3 – 3 Berbatov  4', Keane  35', 68' 16506
21 April 2007 Arsenal H 2 – 2 Keane  30', Jenas  90' 36050
28 April 2007 Middlesbrough A 2 – 3 Keane  12', 83', Berbatov  47' 27861
7 May 2007 Charlton Athletic A 0 – 2 Berbatov  7', Defoe  90' 26339
10 May 2007 Blackburn Rovers H 1 – 1 Defoe  67' 35974
13 May 2007 Manchester City H 2 – 1 Keane  10', Berbatov  32' 35426

H/A = Home/Away;

FA Cup

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
3 7 January 2007 Cardiff City A 0 - 0 20376
3R 17 January 2007 Cardiff City H 4 - 0 Lennon  27', Keane  30', Malbranque  41', Defoe  81' 27641
4 27 January 2007 Southend United H 3 - 1 Keane  12', Jenas  50', Mido  76' 33406
5 18 February 2007 Fulham A 0 - 4 Keane  6'  68', Berbatov  77', 90' 18655
QF 11 March 2007 Chelsea A 3 - 3 Berbatov  5', Essien  28' o.g., Ghaly  36' 41517
QF R 19 March 2007 Chelsea H 1 - 2 Keane  79' pen 35519

Eliminated

H/A = Home/Away;

Football League Cup

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
3 25 October 2006 MK Dons A 0 - 5 Mido  36', 60', Defoe  44', 51', Keane  90' 8306
4 8 November 2006 Port Vale H 3 - 1 Huddlestone  80', 99', Defoe  107' 34560
QF 20 December 2006 Southend United H 1 - 0 Defoe  115' 35811
SF L1 24 January 2007 Arsenal H 2 - 2 Berbatov  12', Baptista  21' o.g 35485
SF L2 31 January 2007 Arsenal A 1 - 3 Mido  85' 55872

Eliminated

H/A = Home/Away;

UEFA Cup

First round and group stage

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
FR 14 September 2006 Slavia Prague A 0 - 1 Jenas  37' 14869
FR 28 September 2006 Slavia Prague H 1 - 0 Keane  80' 35191
B 19 October 2006 Beşiktaş A 0 - 2 Ghaly  32', Berbatov  63' 26800
B 2 November 2006 Club Brugge H 3 - 1 Berbatov  63', 63', Keane  63' 35716
B 23 November 2006 Bayer Leverkusen A 0 - 1 Berbatov  36' 22500
B 14 December 2006 Dinamo Bucharest H 3 - 1 Berbatov  16', Defoe  39', 50' 34004

Group B final standings

Knockout rounds

Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
L32 14 February 2007 Feyenoord A N/A Win by default
L16 8 March 2007 Sporting Braga A 2 - 3 Keane  59', 90', Malbranque  72' 15000
L16 14 March 2007 Sporting Braga H 3 - 2 Berbatov  28', 42', Huddlestone  76' 33761
QF L1 5 April 2007 Sevilla A 2 - 1 Keane  2' 32000
QF L2 12 April 2007 Sevilla H 2 - 2 Defoe  65', Lennon 67' 35384

Eliminated

H/A = Home/Away;

Player statistics

[3][4]

No. Pos. Nationality Player Apps Goals YC RC
1 GK England Robinson, PaulPaul Robinson 54 1 0 0
2 DF France Chimbonda, PascalPascal Chimbonda 51 1 8 0
3 DF South Korea Lee, Young-PyoYoung-Pyo Lee 31 0 0 0
4 MF Ivory Coast Zokora, DidierDidier Zokora 47 0 4 1
5 MF Netherlands Davids, EdgarEdgar Davids 13 0 1 0
6 DF Finland Tainio, TeemuTeemu Tainio 32 2 2 1
7 DF Canada Stalteri, PaulPaul Stalteri 14 1 2 0
8 MF England Jenas, JermaineJermaine Jenas 34 8 5 0
9 FW Bulgaria Berbatov, DimitarDimitar Berbatov 43 23 3 0
10 FW Ireland Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane 44 22 4 1
11 FW Egypt Mido 23 5 4 0
12 GK Czech Republic Cerny, RadekRadek Cerny 5 0 1 0
13 MF England Murphy, DannyDanny Murphy 19 2 1 0
14 MF Egypt Ghaly, HossamHossam Ghaly 34 3 7 1
15 MF France Malbranque, SteedSteed Malbranque 39 5 7 0
16 DF Switzerland Ziegler, RetoReto Ziegler 4 0 0 0
17 GK Hungary Fülöp, MártonMárton Fülöp 0 0 0 0
18 FW England Defoe, JermainJermain Defoe 48 18 5 0
19 MF France Taarabt, AdelAdel Taarabt 1 0 0 0
20 DF England Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson 57 1 8 0
21 MF England Routledge, WayneWayne Routledge 0 0 0 0
22 MF England Huddlestone, TomTom Huddlestone 35 3 1 0
24 MF England O'Hara, JamieJamie O'Hara 0 0 0 0
25 MF England Lennon, AaronAaron Lennon 43 3 0 0
26 DF England King, LedleyLedley King 27 0 1 0
27 DF England Davenport, CalumCalum Davenport 15 1 1 1
28 FW England Barnard, LeeLee Barnard 0 0 0 0
29 DF Republic of Ireland Ifil, PhilipPhilip Ifil 2 0 0 0
30 DF England Gardner, AnthonyAnthony Gardner 16 0 3 0
32 DF Cameroon Assou-Ekotto, BenoîtBenoît Assou-Ekotto 29 0 1 0
33 DF Portugal Rocha, RicardoRicardo Rocha 13 0 2 0
40 GK England Burch, RobRob Burch 0 0 0 0
  • Data includes all competitions

Top scorers

P Player Position Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 Dimitar Berbatov Forward 12 3 1 7 23
2 Robbie Keane Forward 11 5 1 5 22
3 Jermain Defoe Forward 10 1 4 3 18
4 Jermaine Jenas Midfielder 6 1 0 1 8
5 Mido Forward 1 1 3 0 5

Most appearances

P Player Position Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup UEFA Cup Total
1 Michael Dawson Defender 37 6 4 10 57
2 Paul Robinson Goalkeeper 38 4 3 9 54
3 Pascal Chimbonda Defender 33 4 4 10 51
4 Jermain Defoe Forward 33 5 5 5 48
5 Robbie Keane Forward 27 5 3 9 44

References

  1. ^ "Alnwick joins Spurs in swap move". BBC Sport. 2 January 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/6226103.stm. 
  2. ^ Spurs (2008-05-23). "Player transfers". Spurs. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/players/players_transfers.html. Retrieved 2008-05-23. 
  3. ^ Spurs (2008-04-09). "First Team Players". Spurs. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/players/players_firstteam.html. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 
  4. ^ Spurs Odyssey (2008-04-09). "2007-08 stats". Spurs Odyssey. http://www.spursodyssey.com/0708/apps.html. Retrieved 2008-04-09. 

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