2006–07 La Liga

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.

La Liga
Season2006–07
Dates27 August 2006 – 17 June 2007
ChampionsReal Madrid
30th title
RelegatedCelta Vigo
Real Sociedad
Gimnàstic
Champions LeagueReal Madrid (group stage)
Barcelona (group stage)
Sevilla (3rd qualifying round)
Valencia (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA CupVillarreal (first round)
Zaragoza (first round)
Getafe (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto CupAtlético Madrid (third round)
Matches played380
Goals scored942 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerRuud van Nistelrooy
(25 goals)
Biggest home winOsasuna 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 winAtlético Madrid 0–6 Barcelona
(20 May 2007)[8]
Highest scoringRacing 5–4 Athletic Bilbao
(1 April 2007)[9]

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 a 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.[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 on 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).

Location of teams in La Liga 2006–07
Team Stadium Capacity
BarcelonaCamp Nou98,772
Real MadridSantiago Bernabéu80,354
EspanyolEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys55,926
Atlético MadridVicente Calderón55,005
ValenciaMestalla55,000
Real BetisManuel Ruiz de Lopera52,132
SevillaRamón Sánchez Pizjuán45,500
Athletic BilbaoSan Mamés39,750
Deportivo de La CoruñaRiazor34,600
Real ZaragozaLa Romareda34,596
Celta de VigoEstadio Balaídos32,500
Real SociedadAnoeta32,200
Levante*Ciudad de Valencia25,354
MallorcaONO Estadi23,142
VillarrealEl Madrigal23,000
Racing de SantanderEl Sardinero22,400
Recreativo de Huelva*Nuevo Colombino19,860
OsasunaEstadio Reyno de Navarra19,553
GetafeColiseum Alfonso Pérez16,300
Gimnàstic de Tarragona*Nou Estadi14,500

(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 22 10 6 78 33 +45 76[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
7 Atlético Madrid 38 17 9 12 46 39 +7 60[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8 Recreativo 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[lower-alpha 3]
10 Racing Santander 38 12 14 12 42 48 −6 50
11 Espanyol 38 12 13 13 46 53 −7 49[lower-alpha 4]
12 Mallorca 38 14 7 17 41 47 −6 49[lower-alpha 4]
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[lower-alpha 5]
17 Athletic Bilbao 38 10 10 18 44 62 −18 40[lower-alpha 5]
18 Celta de 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. RMA 2–0 BAR; BAR 3–3 RMA
  2. 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. MLL 1–0 ESP; ESP 3–1 MLL
  5. 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 21
5 Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal 19
6 Spain David Villa Valencia 16
7 Spain Raúl Tamudo Espanyol 15
Brazil Fernando Baiano Celta 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 12
13 Spain Daniel Güiza Getafe 11
Spain Javier Portillo Gimnàstic 11
Serbia Nikola Žigić Racing 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 fewest goals to games ratio. Last updated 17 June 2007

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

Fair Play award
Rank Club Points
1Recreativo84
2Getafe103
3Mallorca104
4Barcelona106
5Villarreal108
6Real Sociedad110
7Gimnàstic116
8Zaragoza125
9Valencia126
10Athletic Bilbao129
11Deportivo La Coruña131
12Espanyol133
13Real Madrid135
14Celta Vigo137
15Racing Santander139
16Atlético Madrid144
17Osasuna145
18Levante150
19Sevilla151
20Betis189

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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