2006–07 La Liga

La Liga
Season 2006–07
Champions Real Madrid
30th title
Relegated Celta Vigo
Real Sociedad
Gimnàstic
Champions League Real Madrid (group stage)
Barcelona (group stage)
Sevilla (3rd qualifying round)
Valencia (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup Villarreal (first round)
Zaragoza (first round)
Getafe (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto Cup Atlético Madrid (third round)
Matches played 380
Goals scored 942 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer Ruud van Nistelrooy (25)
Biggest home win Osasuna 5–1 Betis
(14 January 2007)[1]
Gimnàstic 4–0 Espanyol
(28 January 2007)[2]
Barcelona 4–0 Villarreal
(25 November 2006)[3]
Sevilla 4–0 Levante
(29 August 2006)[4]
Sevilla 4–0 Deportivo
(20 December 2006)[5]
Valencia 4–0 Gimnàstic
(1 October 2006)[6]
Valencia 4–0 Deportivo
(10 December 2006)[7]
Biggest away win Atlético Madrid 0–6 Barcelona
(20 May 2007)[8]
Highest scoring Racing 5–4 Athletic Bilbao
(1 April 2007)[9]

La Liga 2006–07 season, the 76th since its establishment, started on 27 August 2006 and finished on 17 June 2007. Real Madrid won La Liga on the better head to head against Barcelona in one of its most thrilling seasons to date. Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic de Tarragona were relegated.

Barça was in first place for much of the season while arch-rivals Real Madrid were six points behind and in fourth. However, Barça began playing inconsistently after January, while Madrid's form improved in that same period. On 12 May 2007, Real Madrid took the league lead for the first time all season by defeating Espanyol 4-3, coming back from 1-3 first half deficit. The Sunday after Madrid won their epic battle with Espanyol, Barca dropped points with a 1-1 draw to struggling Real Betis. By virtue of their superior head to head record, Madrid sat at the top of La Liga with both teams having four league games left.[1] On the penultimate day of the season, Barça failed to overcome city-rivals Espanyol in the Barcelona derby, drawing 2-2. In the final La Liga match, Barca thrashed Gimnastic 5-1, but Madrid came back from a 0-1 deficit to beat Mallorca 3-1 and clinch the title on head-to-head superiority.

Contents

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 2006–07 Segunda División


Team Information

Stadia and locations

Athletic    
Racing    
Location of teams in La Liga 2008–09
Team Stadium Capacity
FC Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772
Real Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
RCD Espanyol Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 55,926
Atlético Madrid Vicente Calderón 55,005
Valencia CF Mestalla 55,000
Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera 52,132
Sevilla FC Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 45,500
Athletic Bilbao San Mamés 39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña Riazor 34,600
Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596
Celta de Vigo Estadio Balaídos 32,500
Real Sociedad Anoeta 32,200
Levante UD Ciudad de Valencia 25,354
RCD Mallorca ONO Estadi 23,142
Villarreal CF El Madrigal 23,000
Racing de Santander El Sardinero 22,400
Recreativo de Huelva Nuevo Colombino 19,860
CA Osasuna Estadio Reyno de Navarra 19,553
Getafe CF Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 16,300
Gimnàstic de Tarragona Nou Estadi 14,500

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 Real Madrid (C) 38 23 7 8 66 40 +26 76 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage RMA 2–0 BAR
BAR 3–3 RMA
2 Barcelona 38 22 10 6 78 33 +45 76
3 Sevilla 38 21 8 9 64 35 +29 71 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Valencia 38 20 6 12 57 42 +15 66
5 Villarreal 38 18 8 12 48 44 +4 62 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
6 Zaragoza 38 16 12 10 55 43 +12 60 ATM 0–1 ZAR
ZAR 1–0 ATM
7 Atlético Madrid 38 17 9 12 46 39 +7 60 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8 Recreativo 38 15 9 14 54 52 +2 54
9 Getafe 38 14 10 14 39 33 +6 52 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round 1
10 Racing Santander 38 12 14 12 42 48 −6 50
11 Espanyol 38 12 13 13 46 53 −7 49 MAL 1–0 ESP
ESP 3–1 MAL
12 Mallorca 38 14 7 17 41 47 −6 49
13 Deportivo La Coruña 38 12 11 15 32 45 −13 47
14 Osasuna 38 13 7 18 51 49 +2 46
15 Levante 38 10 12 16 37 53 −16 42
16 Betis 38 8 16 14 36 49 −13 40 BET 3–0 ATH
ATH 1–2 BET
17 Athletic Bilbao 38 10 10 18 44 62 −18 40
18 Celta de Vigo 38 10 9 19 40 59 −19 39 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Real Sociedad 38 8 11 19 32 47 −15 35
20 Gimnàstic 38 7 7 24 34 69 −35 28

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points.
1Since Sevilla, winners of 2006–07 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, losing cup finalists Getafe earned a spot in the first round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Last updated 17 June 2007 [2]

To read this table, the home team is listed in the left-hand column. Blue indicates a win to the home team while a red represents a loss to the home team.

Clubs ATH ATM BAR BET CEL DEP ESP GET LEV MAL NAS OSA RAC RMA RSO REC SEV VAL VIL ZAR
Athletic Bilbao 1-4 1-3 1-2 0-1 1-1 2-1 2-0 2-0 1-0 0-2 0-3 0-0 1-4 1-1 4-2 1-3 1-0 0-1 0-0
Atlético Madrid 1-0 0-6 0-0 2-3 2-0 1-2 1-0 2-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 0-1 3-1 0-1
FC Barcelona 3-0 1-1 1-1 3-1 2-1 2-2 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 3-3 1-0 3-0 3-1 1-1 4-0 3-1
Betis 3-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-2 2-1 0-1 1-1 0-5 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 3-3 1-1
Celta de Vigo 1-1 1-3 2-3 2-1 1-0 0-2 2-1 1-2 0-3 1-1 0-2 2-2 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-2 3-2 1-1 1-1
Deportivo de La Coruña 0-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 2-5 1-2 1-2 2-0 3-2
RCD Espanyol 3-2 2-1 3-1 2-2 2-1 1-3 1-5 1-1 3-1 0-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 1-0 0-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-2
Getafe CF 0-0 1-4 1-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 3-0 3-0 2-2
Levante UD 0-0 0-3 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-0 1-1 0-1 2-0 1-4 2-0 1-4 2-0 2-1 2-4 4-2 0-2 0-0
RCD Mallorca 1-3 0-0 1-4 2-0 2-2 0-0 1-0 2-0 3-1 1-0 3-1 1-2 0-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-1 1-2 2-1
Gimnàstic de Tarragona 2-3 0-2 1-5 0-1 1-2 0-0 4-0 1-3 2-1 2-3 2-3 2-2 1-3 0-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 0-3 1-0
CA Osasuna 1-1 1-2 0-0 5-1 0-1 4-1 0-2 0-2 2-1 3-0 2-0 0-1 1-4 2-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-4 2-2
Racing de Santander 5-4 0-1 0-3 0-2 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 2-3 0-2 4-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 4-3 0-0 1-0 2-1 0-2
Real Madrid 2-1 1-1 2-0 0-0 1-2 3-1 4-3 1-1 0-1 3-1 2-0 2-0 3-1 2-0 0-3 3-2 2-1 0-0 1-0
Real Sociedad 0-2 2-0 0-2 0-0 3-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 3-1 3-2 2-1 0-0 1-2 2-3 1-3 0-1 0-1 1-3
Recreativo de Huelva 0-0 1-0 0-4 2-0 4-2 1-1 0-1 1-2 0-1 1-1 2-1 2-0 4-2 2-3 1-0 1-3 2-0 2-1 1-1
Sevilla FC 4-1 3-1 2-1 3-2 2-0 4-0 3-1 1-0 4-0 1-2 2-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 3-0 0-1 3-1
Valencia CF 1-1 3-1 2-1 2-1 1-0 4-0 3-2 2-0 3-0 3-1 4-0 1-0 0-2 0-1 3-3 2-0 2-0 2-3 2-0
Villarreal CF 3-1 0-1 2-0 3-2 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 1-4 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 3-2
Zaragoza 4-3 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-0 1-1 3-0 3-1 2-2 2-0 3-0 1-2 0-0 2-2 3-2 0-0 2-1 0-1 1-0

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. Last updated 17 June 2007 [3]

Goalscorers Goal Team
Ruud van Nistelrooy
25
 Real Madrid
Diego Milito
23
 Zaragoza
Frédéric Kanouté
21
 Sevilla
Ronaldinho
21
 Barcelona
Diego Forlán
19
 Villarreal CF
David Villa
16
 Valencia
Raúl Tamudo
16
 Espanyol
Fernando Baiano
15
 Celta de Vigo
Fernando Torres
15
 Atlético Madrid
Lionel Messi
14
 Barcelona
Fernando Morientes
13
 Valencia
Dani Güiza
11
 Getafe
Javier Portillo
11
 Gimnastic Tarragona
Nikola Žigić
11
 Racing Santander
Roberto Soldado
11
 Osasuna
Samuel Eto'o
11
 Barcelona
Florent Sinama-Pongolle
11
 Recreativo de Huelva
Luís Fabiano
10
 Sevilla
Luis García
10
 Espanyol

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio. Last updated 17 June 2007 [4]

Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
Roberto Abbondanzieri
30
36
0.83
 Getafe CF
Víctor Valdés
33
38
0.87
 FC Barcelona
Leo Franco
28
32
0.88
 Atlético Madrid
Sebastián Viera
25
28
0.89
 Villarreal CF
Andrés Palop
32
34
0.94
 Sevilla FC
Claudio Bravo
29
29
1
 Real Sociedad
Santiago Cañizares
33
32
1.03
 Valencia CF
Iker Casillas
40
38
1.05
 Real Madrid
Toño
36
32
1.13
 Racing de Santander
José Francisco Molina
39
34
1.15
 Levante UD

Assists table

Rank Player Club Assists
1 David Villa Valencia 12
2 Daniel Alves Sevilla 11
Pedro Munitis Racing Santander 11
4 Deco Barcelona 10
5 Juan Arango Mallorca 9
Andrés D'Alessandro Zaragoza 9
Ariel Ibagaza Mallorca 9
8 Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 8
Gustavo López Celta Vigo 8
Ronaldinho Barcelona 8

Fair Play award

Rank Club Points
1 Recreativo 84
2 Getafe 103
3 Mallorca 104
4 Barcelona 106
5 Villarreal 108
6 Real Sociedad 110
7 Gimnàstic 116
8 Zaragoza 125
9 Valencia 126
10 Athletic Bilbao 129
11 Deportivo La Coruña 131
12 Espanyol 133
13 Real Madrid 135
14 Celta Vigo 137
15 Racing Santander 139
16 Atlético Madrid 144
17 Osasuna 145
18 Levante 150
19 Sevilla 151
20 Betis 189

Pedro Zaballa award

Cuco Ziganda (Osasuna head coach) and David Belenguer (Getafe footballer)[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Osasuna 5-1 Betis" (in Spanish). RFEF. 14 January 2007. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=2956. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
  2. ^ "Nàstic 4-0 Espanyol" (in Spanish). RFEF. 28 January 2007. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=2982. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
  3. ^ "Barcelona 4-0 Villarreal" (in Spanish). RFEF. 25 November 2006. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=2896. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
  4. ^ "Sevilla 4-0 Levante" (in Spanish). RFEF. 29 August 2006. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=2786. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
  5. ^ "Sevilla 4-0 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 20 December 2006. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=2941. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
  6. ^ "Valencia 4-0 Gimnàstic" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 October 2006. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=2830. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
  7. ^ "Valencia 4-0 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 10 December 2006. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=2920. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
  8. ^ "Atlético Madrid 0-6 Barcelona" (in Spanish). RFEF. 20 May 2007. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=3124. Retrieved 7 September 2010. 
  9. ^ "Racing Santander 5-4 Athletic Bilbao" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 April 2007. http://actas.rfef.es/actas/RFEF_CmpPartido?cod_primaria=1000144&CodActa=3061. Retrieved 6 September 2010. 
  10. ^ "Premio a los mejores (RFEF Magazine, page 52) [Prize for the best]" (in Spanish). RFEF. July 2007. http://www.rfef.es/FCKeditor/UserFiles/File/noticias/Rev%20RFEF%2099.pdf. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
  11. ^ "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa [Pedro Zaballa award Winners]" (in Spanish). RFEF. http://www.rfef.es/index.jsp?nodo=298#ancla8. Retrieved 5 September 2010. 
2011–12 teams
Former teams
Competition
Clubs  · Seasons & winners  · Players (foreign) · Managers  · Stadia · Broadcasters · Referees
Statistics and awards
Finances
Associated competitions
La Liga seasons
1929 · 1929–30 · 1930–31 · 1931–32 · 1932–33 · 1933–34 · 1934–35 · 1935–36 · 1939–40 · 1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1944–45 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 · 1949–50 · 1950–51 · 1951–52 · 1952–53 · 1953–54 · 1954–55 · 1955–56 · 1956–57 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–60 · 1960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–70 · 1970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1980–81 · 1981–82 · 1982–83 · 1983–84 · 1984–85 · 1985–86 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1993–94 · 1994–95 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1997–98 · 1998–99 · 1999–2000 · 2000–01 · 2001–02 · 2002–03 · 2003–04 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12
2006–07 in Spanish football
 « 2005–06
2007–08 » 
Domestic leagues
Domestic cups
Copa del Rey · Supercopa de España · Copa Federación de España
European competitions
Related to national team
Club seasons
Primera
Athletic · Barcelona · Real Madrid
2006–07 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues
Albania · Andorra · Armenia '06 '07 · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus '06 '07 · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia '06 '07 · Faroe Islands '06 '07 · Finland '06 '07 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '06 '07 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '06 '07 · Latvia '06 '07 · Lithuania '06 '07 · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '06 '07 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '06 '07 · Romania · Russia '06 '07 · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '06 '07 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales
Domestic cups
Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands '06 '07 · Finland '06 '07 · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland '06 '07 · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan '06 '07 · Latvia '06 '07 · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Rep. of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway '06 '07 · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland '06 '07 · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden '06 '07 · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales
League cups
England · Finland '06 '07 · France · Iceland '06 '07 · Israel · Northern Ireland · Republic of Ireland '06 '07 · Scotland · Wales
UEFA competitions
AFE · ANEF · CSD · COE · LFP · RFEF
National teams
Spain (women's) · U-23 · U-21 · U-20 · U-19 · U-18 · U-17 · U-16 · Youth
League system
Women's league system
Youth league system
Domestic cups
Women's domestic cups
Youth domestic cups
Clubs: 1/2 · List of venues · (by capacity) · Records · All-time La Liga table · Foreign players · Champions