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]

The 2006–07 La Liga 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.

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 by defeating Espanyol 4–3, coming back from 3–1 first half deficit. The Sunday after Madrid won their epic battle with Espanyol, 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. On the penultimate day of the season, Barcelona failed to overcome city-rivals Espanyol in the Barcelona derby, drawing 2–2. In the final La Liga match, Barcelona thrashed Gimnàstic 5–1, but Madrid came back from a 1–0 deficit to beat Mallorca 3–1 and clinch the title on head-to-head superiority.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 2006–07 Segunda División

Team information

Stadia and locations

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

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 42 486 50
11 Espanyol 38 12 13 13 46 537 49 MLL 1–0 ESP
ESP 3–1 MLL
12 Mallorca 38 14 7 17 41 476 49
13 Deportivo La Coruña 38 12 11 15 32 4513 47
14 Osasuna 38 13 7 18 51 49+2 46
15 Levante 38 10 12 16 37 5316 42
16 Betis 38 8 16 14 36 4913 40 BET 3–0 ATH
ATH 1–2 BET
17 Athletic Bilbao 38 10 10 18 44 6218 40
18 Celta de Vigo (R) 38 10 9 19 40 5919 39 Relegation to Segunda División
19 Real Sociedad (R) 38 8 11 19 32 4715 35
20 Gimnàstic (R) 38 7 7 24 34 6935 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, so losing cup finalists Getafe earned a spot in the first round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.
(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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away ATH ATM BARBETCELDEPESPGETLEVMLLGIMOSARACRMARSORECSEVVALVILZAR
Athletic Bilbao 14 13 12 01 11 21 20 20 10 02 03 00 14 11 42 13 10 01 00
Atlético Madrid 10 06 00 23 20 12 10 21 11 00 10 11 11 11 21 21 01 31 00
Barcelona 30 11 11 31 21 22 10 10 10 30 30 20 33 10 30 31 11 40 31
Betis 30 01 11 10 11 11 02 21 01 11 05 11 01 01 00 00 21 33 11
Celta de Vigo 11 13 23 21 10 02 21 12 03 11 02 22 12 00 12 12 32 11 11
Deportivo La Coruña 02 10 11 01 01 00 10 00 10 10 10 00 20 20 25 12 12 20 32
Espanyol 32 21 31 22 21 13 15 11 31 01 00 22 01 10 01 21 11 11 12
Getafe 00 14 11 11 10 20 01 00 10 01 20 10 10 10 11 00 30 30 22
Levante 00 03 11 11 11 20 00 11 01 20 14 20 14 20 21 24 42 02 00
Mallorca 13 00 14 20 22 00 10 20 31 10 31 12 01 00 21 00 01 12 21
Gimnàstic 23 02 15 01 12 00 40 13 21 23 23 22 13 01 11 10 11 03 10
Osasuna 11 12 00 51 01 41 02 02 21 30 20 01 14 20 11 00 11 14 22
Racing Santander 54 01 03 02 11 00 11 10 23 02 41 10 21 10 43 00 10 21 02
Real Madrid 21 11 20 00 12 31 43 11 01 31 20 20 31 20 03 32 21 00 10
Real Sociedad 02 20 02 00 31 01 11 00 10 31 32 21 00 12 23 13 01 01 13
Recreativo 00 10 04 20 42 11 01 12 01 11 21 20 42 23 10 13 20 21 11
Sevilla 41 31 21 32 20 40 31 10 40 12 21 20 00 21 00 21 30 01 31
Valencia 11 31 21 21 10 40 32 20 30 31 40 10 02 01 33 20 20 23 20
Villarreal 31 01 20 32 10 02 00 10 11 21 20 14 21 10 11 01 00 01 32
Zaragoza 43 10 10 21 20 11 30 31 22 20 30 12 00 22 32 00 21 01 10

Updated to games played on 17 June 2007.
Source: LFP
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

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 C.F. 25
2 Argentina Diego Milito Real Zaragoza 23
3 Mali Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla 21
Brazil Ronaldinho Barcelona 21
5 Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal 19
6 Spain David Villa Valencia 16
7 Spain Raúl Tamudo Espanyol 15
Brazil Fernando Baiano Celta de Vigo 15
9 Spain Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid 14
Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 14
11 Spain Fernando Morientes Valencia 12
France Florent Sinama Pongolle Recreativo Huelva 12
13 Spain Dani Güiza Getafe 11
Spain Javier Portillo Gimnàstic de Tarragona 11
Serbia Nikola Žigić Racing de Santander 11
Spain Roberto Soldado Osasuna 11
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 11
18 Brazil Luís Fabiano Sevilla 10
Spain Luis García Espanyol 10

Source: LFP

Zamora Trophy

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

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

Assists table

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

Fair Play award

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

Pedro Zaballa award

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

Overall

See also

References

  1. "Osasuna 5-1 Betis" (in Spanish). RFEF. 14 January 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  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. "Premio a los mejores (RFEF Magazine, page 52)" [Prize for the best] (PDF) (in Spanish). RFEF. July 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  11. "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

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