2006–07 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton F.C.
2006–07 season
Chairman Rupert Lowe
Manager George Burley
Stadium St Mary's
Championship 6th (qualified for playoffs)
Play-offs Semi-finals
FA Cup Fourth round proper
Carling Cup Third round
Top goalscorer League:
Grzegorz Rasiak (18)
All:
Grzegorz Rasiak (20)
Highest home attendance 32,008 (vs. Southend United, 6 May 2007)
Lowest home attendance 18,736 (vs. Colchester United, 16 March 2007)
Average home attendance 23,556

During the 2006–07 English football season, Southampton F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.

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Season summary

Southampton improved in their second consecutive season in the Championship, although their overall form was inconsistent and they were soon out of the race for automatic promotion. Their inconsistency threatened to put them out of the play-off picture too, but eventually Southampton scraped to sixth position in the final table. Southampton were drawn against manager George Burley's old club Derby County, who managed to defeat Southampton 4–3 in a penalty shootout after a 4–4 aggregate draw over two legs.

Kit

The season's kit was manufactured by the club's own brand, Saints; a new kit was introduced for the season. The kit was sponsored by English life insurance company Friends Provident.

Squad

Squad at end of season[1]

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 Kelvin Davis
2 DF Alexander Östlund
3 DF Pelé
4 MF Marek Saganowski (on loan from Troyes)
5 DF Claus Lundekvam
6 DF Darren Powell
7 MF Rudi Skácel
8 MF Matt Oakley
9 FW Grzegorz Rasiak
10 MF Jermaine Wright
11 DF Michael Svensson
11 MF Mario Lička
14 MF Iñigo Idiakez
15 FW Kenwyne Jones
16 DF Martin Cranie
17 MF Djamel Belmadi
No. Position Player
18 MF Nathan Dyer
19 DF Chris Makin
20 MF David Prutton
21 DF Chris Baird
22 DF Gareth Bale
23 MF Jhon Viáfara
24 MF Danny Guthrie (on loan from Liverpool)
25 GK Michael Poke
26 GK Kevin Miller
27 FW Leon Best
28 GK Bartosz Białkowski
29 MF Andrew Surman
34 MF Lloyd James
35 FW David McGoldrick
36 MF Simon Gillett
41 FW Adam Lallana

Left club during season

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
14 FW Ricardo Fuller (to Stoke City)
24 FW Dexter Blackstock (to Queens Park Rangers)
No. Position Player
37 MF Tim Sparv (to Halmstads)
45 DF Kyle Critchell (to Chesterfield)

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

References