2006–07 PSV Eindhoven season

PSV Eindhoven

2006–07 season
Manager	Ronald Koeman
Stadium	Philips Stadion
Eredivisie	1st
KNVB Cup	Quarter-final
Champions League	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Jefferson Farfán (21) All: Jefferson Farfán (24)
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During the 2006–07 Dutch football season, PSV Eindhoven competed in the Eredivisie.

Season summary

PSV clinched a third successive Eredivisie title. The club had been 11 points ahead of second-placed AZ after 20 matches, but their lead disappeared in the next 13 until, following PSV's draw at FC Utrecht in the penultimate round, PSV, AZ and Ajax all stood equal on 72 points from 33 matches, with AZ leading the Eredivisie on goal difference. AZ suffered a shock defeat at Excelsior in the final round, playing with 10 men after 15 minutes in the game. Ajax won 0-2 at Willem II, and PSV beat Vitesse 5-1. PSV and Ajax both finished on 75 points, but PSV finished first due to a better goal difference (+50, against +49 for Ajax) to end one of the most exciting and closest title races in many years.

PSV enjoyed decent form in the Champions League as well. Entering in the group stage, the club finished second in Group C, behind Liverpool and ahead of Bordeaux and Galatasaray. PSV went on to face the previous season's runners-up Arsenal in the first knockout round. Édison Méndez, who had been nominated for the 2006 Ballon D'Or, scored PSV's goal in a 1-0 win in the Philips Stadion, and an Alex goal in the Emirates Stadium gave PSV a 2-1 aggregate win. Liverpool then made a return to the Netherlands to face the club in the quarter-finals, and recorded a solid 3-0 win. A 1-0 win in the return leg at Anfield saw PSV knocked out; Liverpool would progress to the final in Athens, where they were defeated by AC Milan.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Heurelho Gomes 2 DF Jan Kromkamp 3 DF Michael Reiziger 4 DF Alex 6 MF Timmy Simons 7 MF Mika Väyrynen 8 MF Phillip Cocu (captain) 9 FW Patrick Kluivert 10 FW Arouna Koné 11 MF Édison Méndez (on loan from LDU Quito) 13 DF Alcides (on loan from Chelsea) 14 DF Manuel da Costa[2] 15 MF Jason Culina 17 FW Jefferson Farfán 18 DF Eric Addo 19 DF Michael Lamey

No. Position Player 20 MF Ibrahim Afellay 21 GK Oscar Moens 22 MF Csaba Fehér 23 DF Carlos Salcido 24 MF Lee Nguyen 25 MF John de Jong 26 FW Diego Tardelli (on loan from São Paulo) 27 FW Género Zeefuik 28 DF Sun Xiang (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua) 30 DF Pepe Pla 31 GK Ruud Boffin 38 DF Rens van Eijden 39 DF Dirk Marcellis 40 MF Bilal El Jacoubi 44 DF Olivier ter Horst 52 MF Tijani Belaid[3] (on loan from Inter Milan)

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF André Ooijer (to Blackburn Rovers) 5 DF Michael Ball (to Manchester City) 9 FW Jan Vennegoor of Hesselinkto Celtic 11 MF DaMarcus Beasley (on loan to Manchester City)

No. Position Player 16 MF Ismaïl Aissati (on loan to FC Twente) 29 MF Arvid Smit (to Marítimo) 32 MF Jelle de Bock (on loan to Red Star Waasland) 33 FW Roy Beerens (on loan to NEC Nijmegen)

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[4][5]

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Heurelho Gomes 44 2 RB Jan Kromkamp 27 4 CB Alex 39 14 CB Manuel da Costa 20 23 LB Carlos Salcido 44 11 RM Édison Méndez 27 6 CM Timmy Simons 35 8 CM Phillip Cocu 39 20 LM Ibrahim Afellay 32 10 CF Arouna Koné 40 17 CF Jefferson Farfán 39 References http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/holland/2006-2007/ere/psv.htm da Costa was born in Saint-Max, France. Belaid was born in Paris, France. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/team/squad/_/id/148/season/2006/league/all/psv-eindhoven?cc=3436 http://www.football-lineups.com/team/PSV_Eindhoven/Eredivisie_2006-2007/Fixture/