2006–07 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
2006–07 season
Chairman Peter Hill-Wood
Manager Arsène Wenger
Stadium Emirates Stadium
Premier League 4th
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Runners-up
UEFA Champions League Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Robin van Persie (11)
All:
Robin van Persie (13)
Highest home attendance 60,128 (vs. Manchester United, 21 January 2007, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance 56,761 (vs. Blackburn Rovers, 17 February 2007, FA Cup)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2006–07 season was the 109th season of competitive football played by Arsenal. This is first season with the new stadium Emirates Stadium, After last season at Highbury. This season Arsenal participate in the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and the UEFA Champions League.

Players

Squad stats

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League FA Cup League Cup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Germany Jens Lehmann 44 0 36+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 8+0 0
2 MF France Abou Diaby 18 1 9+3 1 1+0 0 3+1 0 0+1 0
4 MF Spain Cesc Fàbregas 54 4 34+4 2 2+0 0 3+1 0 10+0 2
5 DF Ivory Coast Kolo Touré 53 4 35+0 3 4+0 1 4+0 0 10+0 0
6 DF Switzerland Philippe Senderos 25 0 9+5 0 4+0 0 5+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF Czech Republic Tomáš Rosický 37 6 22+4 3 3+1 2 0+1 0 6+0 1
8 MF Sweden Fredrik Ljungberg 26 2 16+2 0 2+1 1 0+0 0 4+1 1
9 AM Brazil Júlio Baptista 35 10 11+13 3 2+2 0 3+0 6 1+3 1
10 DF France William Gallas 29 3 21+0 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 6+0 0
11 FW Netherlands Robin van Persie 31 13 17+5 11 1+0 0 0+0 0 7+1 2
12 DF Cameroon Lauren 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 AM Belarus Alexander Hleb 48 3 27+6 2 3+0 0 0+2 0 10+0 1
14 FW France Thierry Henry 27 12 16+1 10 3+0 1 0+0 0 5+2 1
15 MF Brazil Denílson 19 0 4+6 0 2+0 0 6+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF France Mathieu Flamini 32 4 9+11 3 3+0 0 2+1 0 3+3 1
17 DM Cameroon Alex Song 6 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 1 0+1 0
19 MF Brazil Gilberto Silva 47 11 34+0 10 3+0 0 1+0 0 8+1 1
20 DF Switzerland Johan Djourou 30 0 18+3 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
21 GK Estonia Mart Poom 2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
22 DF France Gaël Clichy 40 0 26+1 0 3+2 0 1+1 0 5+1 0
24 GK Spain Manuel Almunia 14 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 6+0 0 2+0 0
25 FW Togo Emmanuel Adebayor 44 12 21+8 8 2+1 2 3+1 2 6+2 0
27 DF Ivory Coast Emmanuel Eboué 35 1 23+1 0 2+0 0 1+2 0 6+0 1
30 FW France Jérémie Aliadière 23 4 4+7 0 2+2 0 6+0 4 0+2 0
31 DF England Justin Hoyte 36 1 18+4 1 2+2 0 4+0 0 5+1 0
32 FW England Theo Walcott 32 1 5+11 0 2+2 0 6+0 1 0+6 0
33 DF England Matthew Connolly 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
43 MF England Mark Randall 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
45 DF France Armand Traoré 7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 5+1 0 0+0 0

Transfers

In

N
P
Name
EU
Country
Age
Type
Moving from
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
17 DM Song Non-EU Cameroon18 Transferred Green tick Bastia France Summer Undisclosed £1M BBC
7 AM Rosický EU Czech Republic25 Transferred Green tick Borussia Dortmund Germany Summer Undisclosed Undisclosed BBC
9 AM Baptista Non-EU Brazil24 Loan Green tick Real Madrid Spain Summer May 2007 N/A BBC
10 CB Gallas EU France29 Swap Green tick Chelsea Summer Undisclosed Free
Swap
BBC
15 MF Denílson Non-EU Brazil18 Transferred Green tick São Paulo Brazil Summer Undisclosed £3.4M BBC

Out

N
P
Name
EU
Country
Age
Status
Moving to
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
10 SS Bergkamp EU Netherlands37 Retired Green tick BBC
7 AM Pires EU France32 Transferred Green tick Villarreal Summer Free BBC
MF Smith EU England19 Transferred Green tick Derby County Summer Undisclosed BBC
29 MF Larsson EU Sweden21 Loaned out Green tick Birmingham City Summer N/A BBC
23 CB Campbell EU England31 Transferred Green tick Portsmouth Summer Free BBC
CF Lupoli EU Italy19 Loaned out Green tick Derby County Summer N/A BBC
18 DF Cygan EU France32 Transferred Green tick Villarreal Summer £2M BBC
9 MF Reyes EU Spain22 Loaned out Green tick Real Madrid Spain Summer N/A (Included in Baptista transfer) BBC
3 LB Cole EU England25 Transferred Green tick Chelsea Summer £5M + Gallas BBC
FW Stokes EU Republic of Ireland18 Transferred Green tick Sunderland Winter £2M BBC
12 RB Lauren Non-EU Cameroon29 Transferred Green tick Portsmouth Winter £0.5M BBC
17 DM Song Non-EU Cameroon19 Loaned out Green tick Charlton Athletic Winter N/A BBC
29 MF Larsson EU Sweden21 Transferred Green tick Birmingham City Winter £1M BBC

Last updated: 2 August 2008
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Club

Coaching staff

This is Arsène Wenger's 11th seasons with Arsenal.
Position Staff
Manager France Arsène Wenger
Assistant manager Northern Ireland Pat Rice
First team coach Bosnia and Herzegovina Boro Primorac
Goalkeeping coach Republic of Ireland Gerry Peyton
Physiotherapist England Gary Lewin
Fitness coach England Tony Colbert
Chief scout England Steve Rowley

Last updated: 2 Aug 2008
Source: Arsenal FC

Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Fly Emirates

Home
Home alt.
Away
Goalkeeper 1
Goalkeeper alt.
Goalkeeper 2
Goalkeeper 3
Goalkeeper alt.

Kit information

All of the new Arsenal kit this season featured with new sponsor, Fly Emirates. After 4 season with previous sponsor O2.

Other information

The Emirates Stadium is the new Arsenal stadium and second largest stadium in the Premier League.
Chairman England Peter Hill-Wood
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Emirates Stadium (60,355 / 114x71 yards)

Last updated: 2 Aug 2008
Source: Arsenal and Emirates Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier League 4th 19 August13 May
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Round of 16 8 August7 March
Football League Cup 3rd round Runners up 24 October25 February
FA Cup 3rd round 5th round 6 January28 February

Last updated: 2 Aug 2008
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 38 28 5 5 83 27+56 89 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Chelsea 38 24 11 3 64 24+40 83
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
5 Tottenham Hotspur 38 17 9 12 57 54+3 60 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round 1

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Qualification for European competitions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 19 11 8 63 35 +28 68 12 6 1 43 16 +27 7 5 7 20 19 +1

Last updated: 2 Aug 2008.
Source: Premier League

Results by round

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Result D L D W W W W W D L W D L L W D W D W W L W W W D W W W L L L D W W D W D D

Last updated: 2 Aug 2008.
Source: Arsenal F.C.
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

UEFA Champions League

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Group G
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Arsenal 632173+411
Portugal Porto 632194+511
Russia CSKA Moscow 622245−18
Germany Hamburg 6105715−83

Knockout phase

Round of 16

FA Cup

Main article: 2006–07 FA Cup

League Cup

See also

References

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