2006–07 A.S. Roma season

Roma
2006–07 season
President Rosella Sensi
Manager Luciano Spalletti
Stadium Stadio Olimpico
Serie A 2nd
Coppa Italia Winners
UEFA Champions League Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer League:
Francesco Totti (26)
All:
Francesco Totti (32)
Highest home attendance 61,292 vs Lazio
(29 April 2007, Serie A)
Average home league attendance 38,719[1]
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

During the 2006–07 football season, Associazione Sportiva Roma played its 74th Serie A league season, finishing 2nd. The club also competed in the UEFA Champions League, finishing as quarter-finalists, and the Coppa Italia, winning the trophy for the eighth time.

The season is mostly remembered for the collapse Roma suffered at the hands of Manchester United in the Champions League quarter-finals, United coming back from a 2–1 defeat in Rome to demolish the Italians 7–1 at Old Trafford.

Season review

The typical Roma formation during the season

Roma finished the 2005–06 Serie A in fifth place, but after the sentences of the 2006 Italian football scandal that deducted all of Juventus's points and thirty each from Milan and Fiorentina, Roma finished second, behind Internazionale, thus gaining the qualification to the Champions League group stage.

The summer transfer window brought some changes in the Roma tactical formation, the most important being the signing of David Pizarro, a deep-lying playmaker that coach Luciano Spalletti had managed at Udinese, and considered fundamental for Roma's passing play. Another important signing was Max Tonetto, who took the place of left-back Leandro Cufré, who was sold to Monaco. Other players such as Mirko Vučinić, Matteo Ferrari, Marco Cassetti and Ricardo Faty were signed to boost the squad.

The first match of the season was the Supercoppa Italiana, against Inter, played on 26 August 2006 at the San Siro. In the 34th minute Roma were leading 3–0 with two goals by Alberto Aquilani and one by Mancini. However, the physical condition of the giallorossi was still weak and so, the nerazzurri succeeded in reaching the draw with two goals by Patrick Vieira and one by Hernán Crespo; in extra-time Inter scored the fourth and winning goal with a free kick by Luís Figo.

In the first part of the season Roma, Inter and Palermo raced to the top of the league early, but Inter started to lead the Serie A and kept first place until the end.

During the winter transfer window, Vincenzo Montella was loaned to English club Fulham as he was lacking game time and wanted to try his luck in the Premier League. He was replaced by Francesco Tavano and Christian Wilhelmsson, both signed on loan.

Roma were drawn into Group D of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, along with Valencia, Shakhtar Donetsk and Olympiacos. They finished second, behind Valencia, with 10 points (three wins, one draw and two defeats).

In the first knockout round Roma were drawn against Lyon, who had already won 6 consecutive French championships and were the favourites to pass the round;[2] however, after a 0–0 draw at the Stadio Olimpico (with many controversial decisions by English referee Mike Riley, who yellow carded eleven players),[3] Roma won 2–0 in the Stade de Gerland with goals from Francesco Totti and Mancini, the latter of whom scored a sensational goal, performing a total of five stepovers in front of Lyon's dazed defender Anthony Réveillère.[4] In the quarter-finals Roma faced Manchester United. They won the first leg 2–1 with goals from Rodrigo Taddei and Mirko Vučinić, but, in the second leg, having been undefeated in 10 games in all competitions previously and having the then-best performing defense of the tournament, they suffered an amazing 7–1 defeat at Old Trafford.

The Coppa Italia shown in the last Roma's match of the 2006–07 season

Roma won their eighth Coppa Italia after beating Triestina, Parma, Milan and finally Internazionale. Roma won the two final games with an aggregate result of 7–4; the first leg ended with a surprising 6–2 win while the second leg, though Inter's president Massimo Moratti claimed that they didn't care about the Coppa Italia,[5] was played with animosity and determination by the nerazzurri,[6] but the 2–1 final score gave the trophy to Roma.

Roma ended the 2006–07 Serie A season as runners-up, securing second place with three games to go, behind Internazionale. Although the nerazzurri dominated the championship, they lost the match against 'giallorossi' 3–1 at San Siro, the same stadium in which Roma also beat the 2007 Champions League winner Milan 2–1, with two goals from Francesco Totti. Totti scored a total of 32 goals in the season, and became the Serie A topscorer with 26 goals. He also won the European Golden Shoe, the trophy awarded to the top league goalscorer in Europe.

Players

Squad information

As of 28 May 2007:
In italics, players involved in transfer during the season

No. Nat Player Pos Lge
Apps		 Lge
Gls		 CL
Apps		 CL
Gls		 CI
Apps		 CI
Gls		 Tot
Apps		 Tot
Gls		 First Match with Roma Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Italy Gianluca Curci GK 6 0 - - 5 0 11 0 19 December 2004 Roma Primavera
12 Italy Pietro Pipolo GK - - - - - - - - - Roma Primavera
27 Brazil Júlio Sérgio GK - - - - - - - - - América
32 Brazil Doni GK 31 0 10 0 2 0 43 0 23 October 2005 Juventude
Defenders
2 Italy Christian Panucci RB 29+5 5 9 1 6 0 44+5 6 23 September 2001 Monaco
5 France Philippe Mexès CB 26 3 7 0 5 0 38 3 12 September 2004 Auxerre
13 Romania Cristian Chivu CB 25 0 8 0 5+1 0 38+1 0 14 September 2003 Ajax
19 Brazil Rodrigo Defendi CB 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 1+1 0 2006 Tottenham Hotspur
21 Italy Matteo Ferrari CB 23+3 1 6 0 4 0 33+3 1 19 September 2004 Parma
22 Italy Max Tonetto LB 27+3 0 7 0 4+2 0 38+5 0 9 September 2006 Sampdoria
25 Argentina Leandro Cufré LB 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 22 September 2002 Gimnasia
33 Italy Gianluca Freddi CB - - - - - - - - 2005 Roma Primavera
77 Italy Marco Cassetti RB 18+10 2 7+1 0 1+4 0 26+15 2 24 September 2006 Lecce
Midfielders
4 Sweden Christian Wilhelmsson W 12+7 1 2+1 0 2+1 0 16+9 1 9 September 2006 Nantes
7 Chile David Pizarro PM 29+2 1 5+2 1 5+1 3 39+5 5 9 September 2006 Internazionale
8 Italy Alberto Aquilani MF 8+4 1 4+1 0 4 2 14+5 3 10 May 2003 Roma Primavera
11 Brazil Rodrigo Taddei W 24+4 5 8 2 5 0 37+4 7 28 August 2005 Siena
14 Senegal Ricardo Faty DM 3+7 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 4+10 0 17 September 2006 Strasbourg
16 Italy Daniele De Rossi MF 33+2 2 10 2 7 1 50+2 5 25 January 2003 Roma Primavera
18 Italy Valerio Virga W 1+2 0 1 0 1 1 3+2 1 10 April 2005 Roma Primavera
20 Italy Simone Perrotta MF 32+2 8 7+2 1 5+2 4 44+6 13 12 September 2004 Chievo
28 Italy Aleandro Rosi W 4+13 2 0+4 0 1+3 0 5+20 2 28 May 2005 Roma Primavera
30 Brazil Mancini W 25+4 8 7 1 7 3 39+4 12 31 August 2003 Venezia
34 Italy Massimiliano Marsili MF 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 10 April 2005 Roma Primavera
Forwards
9 Italy Vincenzo Montella FW 5+7 3 0+3 0 1 1 6+10 4 29 August 1999 Sampdoria
10 Italy Francesco Totti FW 35 26 (5 pen.) 9 4 5 2 49 32 28 March 1993 Roma Primavera
17 Italy Francesco Tavano FW 7+7 2 0 0 0+2 0 7+9 2 12 September 2004 Valencia
23 Montenegro Mirko Vučinić FW 5+19 2 2+4 1 1 0 8+23 3 22 October 2006 Lecce
35 Italy Stefano Okaka WF 0+6 1 0+3 0 1+1 0 1+10 1 10 December 2005 Roma Primavera
82 Croatia Marijano Darijović FW 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 22 October 2006 Zagreb
99 Egypt Mido FW 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 19 September 2004 Marseille

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position		 Final
position		 First match Last match
Serie A Matchday 1 — Runners-up 9 September 2006 27 May 2007
Supercoppa Italiana Final — Runners-up 26 August 2006
Coppa Italia Round of 16 — Winners 8 November 2006 17 May 2007
Champions League Group stage — Quarter-finals 12 September 2006 10 April 2007

Last updated: 27 May 2007

Supercoppa Italiana

Serie A

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 38 30 7 1 80 34+46 97 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Roma 38 22 9 7 74 34+40 75
3 Lazio 38 18 11 9 59 33+26 0621 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Milan 38 19 12 7 57 36+21 0611 2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage
5 Palermo 38 16 10 12 58 51+7 58 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
6 Fiorentina 38 21 10 7 62 31+31 0581
7 Empoli 38 14 12 12 42 43−1 54
8 Atalanta 38 12 14 12 56 54+2 50
9 Sampdoria 38 13 10 15 44 48−4 49 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
10 Udinese 38 12 10 16 49 55−6 46
11 Livorno 38 10 13 15 41 54−13 43
12 Parma 38 10 12 16 41 56−15 42
13 Catania 38 10 11 17 46 68−22 41
14 Reggina 38 12 15 11 52 50+2 0401
15 Siena 38 9 14 15 35 45−10 0401
16 Torino 38 10 10 18 27 47−20 40
17 Cagliari 38 9 13 16 35 46−11 40
18 Chievo (R) 38 9 12 17 38 48−10 39 Relegation to Template:Fb competition 2007-08 Serie B
19 Ascoli (R) 38 5 12 21 36 67−31 27
20 Messina (R) 38 5 11 22 37 69−32 26

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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 22 9 7 74 34  +40 75 13 4 2 43 12  +31 9 5 5 31 22  +9

Last updated: 27 May 2007.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
Result W W L W W L D D W W W W W W L W W W D D W W W L W D D W D D W W L D W L L W

Last updated: 27 May 2007.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Coppa Italia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Valencia 6411126+613
Italy Roma 631284+410
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6132611−56
Greece Olympiacos 6033611−53

Knockout phase

Round of 16
Quarter-finals

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalSerie A Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Players transferred out during the season

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Supercoppa Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total
1 10 FW Italy Francesco Totti 26 0 2 4 32
2 20 MF Italy Simone Perrotta 8 0 4 1 13
30 MF Brazil Mancini 8 1 3 1 13
4 2 DF Italy Christian Panucci 5 0 2 1 8
5 11 MF Brazil Rodrigo Taddei 5 0 0 2 7
6 9 FW Italy Vincenzo Montella 3 0 3 0 6
16 MF Italy Daniele De Rossi 2 0 2 2 6
8 7 MF Chile David Pizarro 1 0 3 1 5
9 5 DF France Philippe Mexès 3 0 0 0 3
8 MF Italy Alberto Aquilani 1 2 0 0 3
23 FW Montenegro Mirko Vučinić 2 0 0 1 3
12 17 FW Italy Francesco Tavano 2 0 0 0 2
21 DF Italy Matteo Ferrari 2 0 0 0 2
28 MF Italy Aleandro Rosi 2 0 0 0 2
77 DF Italy Marco Cassetti 2 0 0 0 2
16 4 MF Sweden Christian Wilhelmsson 1 0 0 0 1
18 MF Italy Valerio Virga 0 0 1 0 1
35 FW Italy Stefano Okaka 1 0 0 0 1
Own goal 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 74 3 20 13 110

Last updated: 27 May 2007

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Serie A Supercoppa Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total
1 32 GK Brazil Doni 13 0 0 5 18
2 1 GK Italy Gianluca Curci 1 0 1 0 2
Totals 14 0 1 5 20

Last updated: 27 May 2007

Disciplinary record

No. Pos Nat Player Serie A Supercoppa Coppa Italia UEFA CL Total
YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card YC Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated:

References

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