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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
Dates26 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)
Gimnàstic 4–0 Espanyol
(28 January 2007)
Barcelona 4–0 Villarreal
(25 November 2006)
Sevilla 4–0 Levante
(29 August 2006)
Sevilla 4–0 Deportivo
(20 December 2006)
Valencia 4–0 Gimnàstic
(1 October 2006)
Valencia 4–0 Deportivo
(10 December 2006)
Biggest away winAtlético Madrid 0–6 Barcelona
(20 May 2007)
Highest scoringRacing 5–4 Athletic Bilbao
(1 April 2007)

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.[1]

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 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).

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Location of teams in La Liga 2006–07
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.

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 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 22 10 6 78 33 +45 76
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
7 Atlético Madrid 38 17 9 12 46 39 +7 60 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
10 Racing Santander 38 12 14 12 42 48 −6 50
11 Espanyol 38 12 13 13 46 53 −7 49
12 Mallorca 38 14 7 17 41 47 −6 49
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
17 Athletic Bilbao 38 10 10 18 44 62 −18 40
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:

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 2006–07 La Liga  Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid 25
2 2006–07 La Liga  Diego Milito Zaragoza 23
3 2006–07 La Liga  Frédéric Kanouté Sevilla 21
2006–07 La Liga  Ronaldinho Barcelona 21
5 2006–07 La Liga  Diego Forlán Villarreal 19
6 2006–07 La Liga  David Villa Valencia 16
7 2006–07 La Liga  Raúl Tamudo Espanyol 15
2006–07 La Liga  Fernando Baiano Celta Vigo 15
9 2006–07 La Liga  Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid 14
2006–07 La Liga  Lionel Messi Barcelona 14
11 2006–07 La Liga  Fernando Morientes Valencia 12
2006–07 La Liga  Florent Sinama Pongolle Recreativo 12
13 2006–07 La Liga  Daniel Güiza Getafe 11
2006–07 La Liga  Javier Portillo Gimnàstic 11
2006–07 La Liga  Nikola Žigić Racing Santander 11
2006–07 La Liga  Roberto Soldado Osasuna 11
2006–07 La Liga  Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 11
18 2006–07 La Liga  Luís Fabiano Sevilla 10
2006–07 La Liga  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 [2]

Goalkeeper Goals Matches Average Team
2006–07 La Liga  Roberto Abbondanzieri 30 36 0.83 Getafe
2006–07 La Liga  Víctor Valdés 33 38 0.87 Barcelona
2006–07 La Liga  Leo Franco 28 32 0.88 Atlético Madrid
2006–07 La Liga  Sebastián Viera 25 28 0.89 Villarreal
2006–07 La Liga  Andrés Palop 32 34 0.94 Sevilla
2006–07 La Liga  Claudio Bravo 29 29 1 Real Sociedad
2006–07 La Liga  Santiago Cañizares 33 32 1.03 Valencia
2006–07 La Liga  Iker Casillas 40 38 1.05 Real Madrid
2006–07 La Liga  Toño 36 32 1.13 Racing Santander
2006–07 La Liga  José Francisco Molina 39 34 1.15 Levante

Fair Play award

Rank Club Points
1 Recreativo 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 Betis 189

Pedro Zaballa award

Cuco Ziganda (Osasuna head coach) and David Belenguer (Getafe footballer)

Overall

See also

References

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