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 goals)
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]
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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 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).

Team information

Stadia and locations

Athletic

Racing

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

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]	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
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]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

RMA 2–0 BAR; BAR 3–3 RMA
ATM 0–1 ZAR; ZAR 1–0 ATM
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.
MLL 1–0 ESP; ESP 3–1 MLL
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	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Real Madrid	25
2	Diego Milito	Zaragoza	23
3	Frédéric Kanouté	Sevilla	21
3	Ronaldinho	Barcelona	21
5	Diego Forlán	Villarreal	19
6	David Villa	Valencia	16
7	Raúl Tamudo	Espanyol	15
7	Fernando Baiano	Celta Vigo	15
9	Fernando Torres	Atlético Madrid	14
9	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	14
11	Fernando Morientes	Valencia	12
11	Florent Sinama Pongolle	Recreativo	12
13	Daniel Güiza	Getafe	11
	Javier Portillo	Gimnàstic	11
	Nikola Žigić	Racing Santander	11
	Roberto Soldado	Osasuna	11
	Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona	11
18	Luís Fabiano	Sevilla	10
18	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
Roberto Abbondanzieri	30	36	0.83	Getafe
Víctor Valdés	33	38	0.87	Barcelona
Leo Franco	28	32	0.88	Atlético Madrid
Sebastián Viera	25	28	0.89	Villarreal
Andrés Palop	32	34	0.94	Sevilla
Claudio Bravo	29	29	1	Real Sociedad
Santiago Cañizares	33	32	1.03	Valencia
Iker Casillas	40	38	1.05	Real Madrid
Toño	36	32	1.13	Racing Santander
José Francisco Molina	39	34	1.15	Levante

Assists table

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

Source: ESPN Soccernet

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

Source: Guia As de La Liga 2007–08, p. 140 (sports magazine)

Pedro Zaballa award

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

Overall

Most wins - Real Madrid (23)
Fewest wins - Gimnàstic (7)
Most draws - Betis (16)
Fewest draws - Valencia (6)
Most losses - Gimnàstic (24)
Fewest losses - Barcelona (6)
Most goals scored - Barcelona (78)
Fewest goals scored - Deportivo La Coruña and Real Sociedad (32)
Most goals conceded - Gimnàstic (69)
Fewest goals conceded - Barcelona and Getafe (33)

References

"Osasuna 5-1 Betis" (in Spanish). RFEF. 14 January 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"Nàstic 4-0 Espanyol" (in Spanish). RFEF. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"Barcelona 4-0 Villarreal" (in Spanish). RFEF. 25 November 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"Sevilla 4-0 Levante" (in Spanish). RFEF. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"Sevilla 4-0 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"Valencia 4-0 Gimnàstic" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"Valencia 4-0 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"Atlético Madrid 0-6 Barcelona" (in Spanish). RFEF. 20 May 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
"Racing Santander 5-4 Athletic Bilbao" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 April 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
Sharma, Rik (27 March 2014). "Remembering the Tamudazo When Espanyol Dashed Barcelona's La Liga Title Dream". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
"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.
"Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

External links

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[table_hth_RMA0.76804699924218-11] RMA 2–0 BAR; BAR 3–3 RMA

[table_hth_ATM0.76804699924218-12] ATM 0–1 ZAR; ZAR 1–0 ATM

[table_note_res_UC1b0.76804699924218-13] 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.

[table_hth_MLL0.76804699924218-14] MLL 1–0 ESP; ESP 3–1 MLL

[table_hth_BET0.76804699924218-15] BET 3–0 ATH; ATH 1–2 BET

[Osasuna_5-1_Betis-1] "Osasuna 5-1 Betis" (in Spanish). RFEF. 14 January 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[Nàstic_4-0_Espanyol-2] "Nàstic 4-0 Espanyol" (in Spanish). RFEF. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[Barcelona_4-0_Villarreal-3] "Barcelona 4-0 Villarreal" (in Spanish). RFEF. 25 November 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[Sevilla_4-0_Levante-4] "Sevilla 4-0 Levante" (in Spanish). RFEF. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[Sevilla_4-0_Deportivo-5] "Sevilla 4-0 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[Valencia_4-0_Gimnàstic-6] "Valencia 4-0 Gimnàstic" (in Spanish). RFEF. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[Valencia_4-0_Deportivo-7] "Valencia 4-0 Deportivo" (in Spanish). RFEF. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[Atlético_Madrid_0-6_Barcelona-8] "Atlético Madrid 0-6 Barcelona" (in Spanish). RFEF. 20 May 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

[Racing_Santander_5-4_Athletic_Bilbao-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.

[PedroZaballa-16] "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.

[17] "Ganadores del Trofeo Pedro Zaballa" [Pedro Zaballa award Winners] (in Spanish). RFEF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

2006–07 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '06 '07 Finland '06 '07 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '06 '07 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '06 '07 Latvia '06 '07 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '06 '07 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '06 '07 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '06 '07 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '06 '07 France Germany Iceland '06 '07 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '06 '07 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, group stage, knockout stage, final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying, First round, Group stage, knockout stage, final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup