| Season | 2006–07 |
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| Champions | Manchester United 9th Premier League title 16th English title |
| Relegated | Sheffield United Charlton Athletic Watford |
| Champions League | Manchester United Chelsea Liverpool Arsenal |
| UEFA Cup | Tottenham Hotspur Everton Bolton Wanderers |
| Intertoto Cup | Blackburn Rovers |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 931 (2.45 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Didier Drogba (20 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Reading 6–0 West Ham United (1 January 2007) |
| Biggest away win | Middlesbrough 0–4 Portsmouth (28 August 2006) Reading 0–4 Arsenal (22 October 2006) Bolton Wanderers 0–4 Manchester United (28 October 2006) Wigan Athletic 0–4 Liverpool (2 December 2006) Tottenham Hotspur 0–4 Manchester United (4 February 2007) |
| Highest scoring | Arsenal 6–2 Blackburn Rovers (23 December 2006) |
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The 2006–07 FA Premier League was the fifteenth season of the FA Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 August 2006 and concluded on 13 May 2007.
Manchester United ended the season as Premiership champions for the ninth time in fifteen years, after Chelsea failed to win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. This left them seven points behind United, with two games to go, confirming the Manchester club as champions once more.
The three relegation spots were occupied by Watford and Sheffield United who each lasted one season in the league, along with Charlton Athletic who went down after eight seasons.
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
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| 1 | Manchester United (C) | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 83 | 27 | +56 | 89 | 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage1 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 24 | +40 | 83 | 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage1 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 68 | 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round |
| 4 | Arsenal | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 68 | 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 60 | 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round |
| 6 | Everton | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 58 | 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round1 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 56 | 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round1 |
| 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 | 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round2 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 38 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 50 | |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 46 | |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 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 (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 38 | Relegated to Football League Championship 2007–08 |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 34 | |
| 20 | Watford (R) | 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
1. Since the finalists of the 2006–07 FA Cup (Manchester United and Chelsea) and the League Cup winners (Chelsea) had already qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League through their Premier League positions, their 2007–08 UEFA Cup places were given to the 6th- and 7th-placed Premier League teams.
2.The highest-placed team who applied for the Intertoto Cup and not in an automatic UEFA Cup spot was awarded with a place in that competition. Blackburn Rovers occupied the Intertoto place, because Portsmouth and Reading did not apply.[1] A further place in the UEFA Cup was up for grabs via the Premiership Fair Play League. The winner is placed into a draw with the winners of Fair Play leagues in other countries. The representatives from the two countries that come out of the hat first are given a place in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. Since the winners of the Premiership Fair Play League, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the UEFA Cup by virtue of their league position, their place in the Fair Play draw was given to Aston Villa. However, the places in the UEFA Cup were awarded to the representatives from Finland and Norway.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Competition.
| FA Premier League 2006–07 winners |
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| Manchester United 9th Title |
(as of 13 May 2007)
| Home \ Away1 | ARS | AST | BLB | BOL | CHA | CHE | EVE | FUL | LIV | MNC | MNU | MID | NEW | POR | REA | SHE | TOT | WAT | WHU | WIG |
| Arsenal | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Aston Villa | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Bolton Wanderers | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | |
| Chelsea | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| Everton | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Fulham | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Liverpool | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Manchester City | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Manchester United | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| Middlesbrough | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Newcastle United | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |
| Portsmouth | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Reading | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 3–2 | |
| Sheffield United | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Watford | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| West Ham United | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
| Wigan Athletic | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
Source: League]
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
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The Premier League expected to have the league's 15,000th goal scored at some point in the period between Christmas and New Year. The target was reached on 30 December when Moritz Volz scored for Fulham against Chelsea. Barclays, the Premiership's sponsor, donated £15,000 to the Fulham Community Sports Trust in Volz' name. Additionally, a fan who correctly predicted that Volz would score the historic goal in a contest presented the player with a special award prior to Fulham's game against Watford at Craven Cottage on 1 January.[3] The honour of scoring the 15,000th goal has led to Volz being nicknamed "15,000 Volz" (his name is often pronounced in English as "Volts", although the proper German pronunciation would be "Folts").
On 17 March, Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Paul Robinson scored against Watford from an 83-yard free kick, which bounced over his England team-mate Ben Foster, who was in goal for the Hornets, leading Spurs to a 3–1 win at White Hart Lane.[4] This was the third goal scored by a goalkeeper in Premiership history. The other two were scored by Peter Schmeichel, for Aston Villa against Everton on 21 October 2001,[5] and Brad Friedel, for Blackburn Rovers against Charlton Athletic on 21 February 2004.[6] In those two cases, the teams they played for lost. Robinson became the first keeper to score for the winning team in a Premiership match.
| Month | Manager | Player |
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| August 2006 | Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) | Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) |
| September 2006 | Steve Coppell (Reading) | Andrew Johnson (Everton) |
| October 2006 | Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) | Paul Scholes (Manchester United) |
| November 2006 | Steve Coppell (Reading) | Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) |
| December 2006 | Sam Allardyce (Bolton) | Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) |
| January 2007 | Rafael Benítez (Liverpool) | Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal) |
| February 2007 | Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United) | Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) |
| March 2007 | José Mourinho (Chelsea) | Petr Čech (Chelsea) |
| April 2007 | Martin O'Neill (Aston Villa) | Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur) Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspur)1 |
1. Keane and Berbatov became the first joint winners of the Player of the Month award since Arsenal's Dennis Bergkamp and Edu in February 2004[7]
This season's awards were dominated by Manchester United, who, as a team, picked up a total of eight individual awards, five of which went to Cristiano Ronaldo. They also had eight players in the Team of the Year.
The PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2007 was won by Cristiano Ronaldo. He had won the PFA Young Player of the Year award earlier on in the awards ceremony, making him the first player to win both awards in the same year since Andy Gray managed the same feat in 1977. Didier Drogba came second, while Paul Scholes was third.
The shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, in alphabetical order, is as follows:
The PFA Young Player of the Year award was also won by Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United. Cesc Fàbregas came in second place, and Aaron Lennon was third. Wayne Rooney was going for a hat-trick of Young Player of the Year awards, having won this award for both of the two preceding seasons, but didn't even feature in the top three for the 2006–07 season.
The shortlist for the award was as follows:
Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)
Defence: Gary Neville, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidić (all Manchester United)
Midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo (all Manchester United)
Attack: Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspur)
The PFA Merit Award was awarded to Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United, for his commitment to the club, the Premiership, and as recognition of the nineteen major trophies he has won in his time in England.
This award was voted for in an online poll run by the PFA on their website GiveMeFootball.com. With four days of voting left before the closing date of midnight on 15 April, the five players with the most votes in the poll were Cristiano Ronaldo, Steven Gerrard, Dimitar Berbatov, Thierry Henry and Frank Lampard, but it was Ronaldo who managed to fend off the challenges of the other four.
The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award for 2007 was also won by Cristiano Ronaldo. The award is presented by the Football Writers' Association and voted for by its members. This year, Didier Drogba came second and Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes came third and fourth respectively.
This award was presented to Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson before the club's final game of the season against West Ham United.
This award was also presented before Manchester United's game with West Ham United on the last day of the season, and was awarded to Cristiano Ronaldo, granting him the sextuple of PFA Players' Player, Young Player, Fans' Player of the Year, Barclays Premiership Player of the Season, Football Writers' Association Player of the Year and a place in the Team of the Year.
Ryan Giggs was presented with this special award at the same time as the Manager and Player of the Season Awards were given out, in recognition of his record of nine Premier League titles.
This award was presented to Liverpool's José Manuel Reina for the second successive season after keeping 19 clean sheets, ahead of Tim Howard of Everton (14) and Marcus Hahnemann of Reading (13).[8][9]
Online gambling sites have joined the traditional industries of automakers, breweries, electronics and financial institutions as team sponsors. For the 2006–07 season, there are no fewer than three Internet betting sites as new kit sponsors, joining Middlesbrough with 888.com. Here are the current lists (as of 12 June 2006) of changes:
| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Manchester United | Old Trafford | 76,212 |
| Arsenal | Emirates Stadium | 60,355 |
| Newcastle United | St James' Park | 52,387 |
| Manchester City | City of Manchester Stadium | 48,000 |
| Liverpool | Anfield | 45,276[16] |
| Aston Villa | Villa Park | 42,553 |
| Chelsea | Stamford Bridge | 42,360 |
| Everton | Goodison Park | 40,569 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | White Hart Lane | 36,240 |
| West Ham United | Boleyn Ground | 35,146 |
| Middlesbrough | Riverside Stadium | 35,049 |
| Sheffield United | Bramall Lane | 32,609 |
| Blackburn Rovers | Ewood Park | 31,367 |
| Bolton Wanderers | Reebok Stadium | 28,723 |
| Charlton Athletic | The Valley | 27,111 |
| Wigan Athletic | JJB Stadium | 25,138 |
| Fulham | Craven Cottage | 24,600 |
| Reading | Madejski Stadium | 24,250 |
| Portsmouth | Fratton Park | 20,220 |
| Watford | Vicarage Road | 19,920 |
On 12 February 2007, the FA Premier League renamed itself simply the Premier League, complete with new logo, sleeve patches and typeface. The sponsored name remains the Barclays Premier League.
These three teams were promoted from the Football League Championship at the start of the season:
These three teams were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the season:
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