2006–07 La Liga

La Liga
Season2006–07
Dates26 August 2006 – 17 June 2007
ChampionsReal Madrid
30th title
RelegatedCelta Vigo
Real Sociedad
Gimnàstic
Champions LeagueReal Madrid
Barcelona
Sevilla
Valencia
UEFA CupVillarreal
Zaragoza
Getafe (as Copa del Rey runners-up)
Intertoto CupAtlético Madrid
Matches played380
Goals scored942 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerRuud van Nistelrooy
(25 goals)
Biggest home winOsasuna 5–1 Real 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 La Coruña
(20 December 2006)[5]
Valencia 4–0 Gimnàstic
(1 October 2006)[6]
Valencia 4–0 Deportivo La Coruña
(10 December 2006)[7]
Biggest away winAtlético Madrid 0–6 Barcelona
(20 May 2007)[8]
Highest scoringRacing Santander 5–4 Athletic Bilbao
(1 April 2007)[9]

The 2006–07 La Liga season was the 76th since its establishment. It began on 27 August 2006, and concluded on 17 June 2007.

Real Madrid won La Liga thanks to a superior head-to-head record against runners-up Barcelona. Celta Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic were relegated.

Barcelona was in first place for much of the season while arch-rivals Real Madrid were six points behind and in fourth. However, Barcelona 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 after defeating Espanyol 4–3, coming back from a 3–1 first-half deficit. The following Sunday, Barcelona 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, Barcelona failed to overcome city rivals Espanyol in the Barcelona derby, drawing 2–2.[10] In the final La Liga matches, Barcelona thrashed Gimnàstic 5–1, but Madrid came back from a 1–0 deficit to beat Mallorca 3–1 and clinch the title thanks to head-to-head superiority.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Segunda División. The promoted teams were Recreativo, Gimnàstic and Levante, returning to the top flight after an absence of three, fifty-six and one years respectively. They replaced Alaves, Cádiz (both teams relegated after a season's presence) and Málaga (ending their seven-year top flight spell).

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Location of teams in La Liga 2006–07

Stadiums

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

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

Personnel and kits

Team Chairman Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Athletic Bilbao Fernando García Spain Mané 100% Athletic None None None None
Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo Mexico Javier Aguirre Nike Kia Kyocera None Asisa Salud
Barcelona Joan Laporta Netherlands Frank Rijkaard Nike UNICEF None TV3 None
Betis Leon Gomez France Luis Fernandez Kappa Andalucía/Grupo Azabache/Clipeus (in cup matches) Andalucía None Grupo Azabache
Celta de Vigo Horacio Gómez Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Umbro Citroën None Televisión de Galicia Citroën
Deportivo Augusto Lendoiro Spain Joaquín Caparrós Joma Fadesa None None None
Espanyol Daniel Sánchez Llibre Spain Ernesto Valverde uhlsport Quat Inversiones Interapuestas.com TV3 Hoteles Hesperia
Getafe Ángel Torres Germany Bernd Schuster Joma Grupo Galco Opción Centro de Ocio None Propietarios del Suelo de Getafe
Gimnàstic Raül Font Spain Paco Flores Nàstic Tarragona Pisoperfecto TV3 Costa Daurada, Hipoteca Mania
Levante Julio Romero Spain Abel Resino Luanvi Comunitat Valenciana None Canal Nou Top Recambios
Mallorca Vicenç Grande Spain Gregorio Manzano Reial Viajes Iberia Construcciones Llabrés Feliu IB3 Illes Balears
Osasuna Luis Sabalza Spain Cuco Ziganda Astore Restaura Reyno de Navarra Caja Navarra Yingli Solar
Racing Santander Francisco Pernía Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal Joma Santander Ciudad Excelente Cantabria 2006: Liébana Tierra de Júbilo None None
Real Sociedad Miguel Ángel Fuentes Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina Astore FIATC Seguros NGS Europe NGS Europe FIATC Seguros, NGS Europe
Real Madrid Ramón Calderón Italy Fabio Capello Adidas BenQ Siemens None None None
Recreativo Francisco Mendoza Spain Marcelino Cejudo Cepsa/Caja San Fernando Caja San Fernando/Andalucía None None
Sevilla José María del Nido Spain Juande Ramos Joma 888.com Andalucía Andalucía 888.com
Valencia Juan Bautista Soler Spain Quique Sánchez Flores Nike Toyota None Canal Nou None
Villarreal Fernando Roig Chile Manuel Pellegrini Puma Aeroport Castelló None Canal Nou None
Zaragoza Eduardo Bandrés Spain Víctor Fernández Lotto Expo Zaragoza 2008 Telefónica None None None

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Madrid (C) 38 23 7 8 66 40 +26 76[a] Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 22 10 6 78 33 +45 76[a]
3 Sevilla 38 21 8 9 64 35 +29 71 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Zaragoza 38 16 12 10 55 43 +12 60[b]
7 Atlético Madrid 38 17 9 12 46 39 +7 60[b] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Recreativo Huelva 38 15 9 14 54 52 +2 54
9 Getafe 38 14 10 14 39 33 +6 52 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[c]
10 Racing Santander 38 12 14 12 42 48 −6 50
11 Espanyol 38 12 13 13 46 53 −7 49[d]
12 Mallorca 38 14 7 17 41 47 −6 49[d]
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 Real Betis 38 8 16 14 36 49 −13 40[e]
17 Athletic Bilbao 38 10 10 18 44 62 −18 40[e]
18 Celta Vigo (R) 38 10 9 19 40 59 −19 39 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Real Sociedad (R) 38 8 11 19 32 47 −15 35
20 Gimnàstic (R) 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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b RMA 2–0 BAR; BAR 3–3 RMA
  2. ^ a b ATM 0–1 ZAR; ZAR 1–0 ATM
  3. ^ Since Sevilla, winners of 2006–07 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, so losing cup finalists Getafe earned a spot in the first round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.
  4. ^ a b MLL 1–0 ESP; ESP 3–1 MLL
  5. ^ a b BET 3–0 ATH; ATH 1–2 BET

Results

Home \ Away ATH ATM FCB BET CEL RCD ESP GET LEV MLL GIM OSA RAC RMA RSO REC SFC VCF 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 0–0
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 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
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 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 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
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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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
Source: LFP
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid 25
2 Argentina Diego Milito Zaragoza 23
3 Mali Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla 21
Brazil Ronaldinho Barcelona
5 Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal 19
6 Spain David Villa Valencia 16
7 Brazil Fernando Baiano Celta Vigo 15
Spain Raúl Tamudo Espanyol
9 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 14
Spain Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid

Source: LFP

Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played. [2]

Rank Player Club Goals against Matches Average
1 Argentina Roberto Abbondanzieri Getafe 30 36 0.83
2 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona 33 38 0.87
3 Argentina Leo Franco Atlético Madrid 28 32 0.88
4 Uruguay Sebastián Viera Villarreal 25 28 0.89
5 Spain Andrés Palop Sevilla 32 34 0.94
6 Chile Claudio Bravo Real Sociedad 29 29 1
7 Spain Santiago Cañizares Valencia 33 32 1.03
8 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid 40 38 1.05
9 Spain Toño Racing Santander 36 32 1.13
10 Spain José Francisco Molina Levante 39 34 1.15

Fair Play award

Rank Club Points
1 Recreativo Huelva 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 Real Betis 189

Pedro Zaballa award

Cuco Ziganda (Osasuna head coach) and David Belenguer (Getafe footballer)[11][12]

Overall

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Nàstic 4-0 Espanyol" (in Spanish). RFEF. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 4-0 Villarreal" (in Spanish). RFEF. 25 November 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Sevilla 4-0 Levante" (in Spanish). RFEF. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Sevilla 4-0 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Valencia 4-0 Gimnàstic" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Valencia 4-0 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  8. ^ "Atlético Madrid 0-6 Barcelona" (in Spanish). RFEF. 20 May 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  9. ^ "Racing Santander 5-4 Athletic Bilbao" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 April 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  10. ^ Sharma, Rik (27 March 2014). "Remembering the Tamudazo When Espanyol Dashed Barcelona's La Liga Title Dream". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Premio a los mejores (RFEF Magazine, page 52)" [Prize for the best] (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
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