2006–07 La Liga

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The 2006–07 La Liga season was the 76th since its establishment. It began on 27 August 2006, and concluded on 17 June 2007.

Season2006–07
Dates26 August 2006 – 17 June 2007
ChampionsReal Madrid
30th title
RelegatedCelta Vigo
Real Sociedad
Gimnàstic
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La Liga
Season2006–07
Dates26 August 2006 – 17 June 2007
ChampionsReal Madrid
30th title
RelegatedCelta Vigo
Real Sociedad
Gimnàstic
Champions LeagueReal Madrid
Barcelona
Sevilla
Valencia
UEFA CupVillarreal
Zaragoza
Getafe (as Copa del Rey runners-up)
Intertoto CupAtlético Madrid
Matches380
Goals941 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorerRuud van Nistelrooy
(25 goals)
Biggest home winOsasuna 5–1 Real 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 La Coruña
(20 December 2006)[5]
Valencia 4–0 Gimnàstic
(1 October 2006)[6]
Valencia 4–0 Deportivo La Coruña
(10 December 2006)[7]
Biggest away winAtlético Madrid 0–6 Barcelona
(20 May 2007)[8]
Highest scoringRacing Santander 5–4 Athletic Bilbao
(1 April 2007)[9]
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Real Madrid won La Liga thanks to a superior head-to-head record against runners-up Barcelona. Celta Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic 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 after defeating Espanyol 4–3, coming back from a 3–1 first-half deficit. The following Sunday, 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.[10]

On the penultimate day of the season, Barcelona failed to overcome city rivals Espanyol in the Barcelona derby, drawing 2–2.[11] 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 thanks to 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

Stadiums

More information Team, Stadium ...
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
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(*) Promoted from Segunda División.

Personnel and kits

More information Team, Chairman ...
Team Chairman Head Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Shorts sponsor
Athletic Bilbao Fernando García Spain Mané 100% Athletic None None None None
Atlético Madrid Enrique Cerezo Mexico Javier Aguirre Nike Kia Kyocera None Asisa Salud
Barcelona Joan Laporta Netherlands Frank Rijkaard Nike UNICEF None TV3 None
Betis Leon Gomez France Luis Fernandez Kappa Andalucía/Grupo Azabache/Clipeus (in cup matches) Andalucía None Grupo Azabache
Celta de Vigo Horacio Gómez Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Umbro Citroën None Televisión de Galicia Citroën
Deportivo Augusto Lendoiro Spain Joaquín Caparrós Joma Fadesa None None None
Espanyol Daniel Sánchez Llibre Spain Ernesto Valverde uhlsport Quat Inversiones Interapuestas.com TV3 Hoteles Hesperia
Getafe Ángel Torres Germany Bernd Schuster Joma Grupo Galco Opción Centro de Ocio None Propietarios del Suelo de Getafe
Gimnàstic Raül Font Spain Paco Flores Nàstic Tarragona Pisoperfecto TV3 Costa Daurada, Hipoteca Mania
Levante Julio Romero Spain Abel Resino Luanvi Comunitat Valenciana None Canal Nou Top Recambios
Mallorca Vicenç Grande Spain Gregorio Manzano Reial Viajes Iberia Construcciones Llabrés Feliu IB3 Illes Balears
Osasuna Luis Sabalza Spain Cuco Ziganda Astore Restaura Reyno de Navarra Caja Navarra Yingli Solar
Racing Santander Francisco Pernía Spain Miguel Ángel Portugal Joma Santander Ciudad Excelente Cantabria 2006: Liébana Tierra de Júbilo None None
Real Sociedad Miguel Ángel Fuentes Spain Miguel Ángel Lotina Astore FIATC Seguros NGS Europe NGS Europe FIATC Seguros, NGS Europe
Real Madrid Ramón Calderón Italy Fabio Capello Adidas BenQ Siemens None None None
Recreativo Francisco Mendoza Spain Marcelino Cejudo Cepsa/Caja San Fernando Caja San Fernando/Andalucía None None
Sevilla José María del Nido Spain Juande Ramos Joma 888.com Andalucía Andalucía 888.com
Valencia Juan Bautista Soler Spain Quique Sánchez Flores Nike Toyota None Canal Nou None
Villarreal Fernando Roig Chile Manuel Pellegrini Puma Aeroport Castelló None Canal Nou None
Zaragoza Eduardo Bandrés Spain Víctor Fernández Lotto Expo Zaragoza 2008 Telefónica None None None
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
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[a] Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Barcelona 38 22 10 6 78 33 +45 76[a]
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[b]
7 Atlético Madrid 38 17 9 12 47 40 +7 60[b] 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[c]
10 Racing 38 12 14 12 42 48 −6 50
11 Espanyol 38 12 13 13 46 53 −7 49[d]
12 Mallorca 38 14 7 17 41 47 −6 49[d]
13 RC Deportivo 38 12 11 15 32 45 −13 47
14 Osasuna 38 13 7 18 51 49 +2 46
15 Levante 38 10 12 16 38 54 −16 42
16 Real Betis 38 8 16 14 36 49 −13 40[e]
17 Athletic Bilbao 38 10 10 18 44 62 −18 40[e]
18 Celta (R) 38 10 9 19 40 59 −19 39 Relegation to the Segunda División
19 Real Sociedad (R) 38 8 11 19 30 46 −16 35
20 Gimnàstic (R) 38 7 7 24 33 67 −34 28
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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. [a]
    RMA 2–0 BAR; BAR 3–3 RMA
  2. [b]
    ATM 0–1 ZAR; ZAR 1–0 ATM
  3. [c]
    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. [d]
    MLL 1–0 ESP; ESP 3–1 MLL
  5. [e]
    BET 3–0 ATH; ATH 1–2 BET

Results

More information Home \ Away, ATH ...
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 0–1
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
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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.

More information Rank, Player ...
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
5 Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal 19
6 Spain David Villa Valencia 16
7 Brazil Fernando Baiano Celta Vigo 15
Spain Raúl Tamudo Espanyol
9 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 14
Spain Fernando Torres Atlético Madrid
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Zamora Trophy

The Ricardo Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with the lowest ratio of goals conceded to matches played.

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals against Matches Average
1 Argentina Roberto Abbondanzieri Getafe 30 36 0.83
2 Spain Víctor Valdés Barcelona 33 38 0.87
3 Argentina Leo Franco Atlético Madrid 28 32 0.88
4 Uruguay Sebastián Viera Villarreal 25 28 0.89
5 Spain Andrés Palop Sevilla 32 34 0.94
6 Chile Claudio Bravo Real Sociedad 29 29 1
7 Spain Santiago Cañizares Valencia 33 32 1.03
8 Spain Iker Casillas Real Madrid 40 38 1.05
9 Spain Toño Racing Santander 36 32 1.13
10 Spain José Francisco Molina Levante 39 34 1.15
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Fair Play award

More information Rank, Club ...
Rank Club Points
1Recreativo Huelva84
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
20Real Betis189
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Pedro Zaballa award

Cuco Ziganda (Osasuna head coach) and David Belenguer (Getafe footballer)[12][13]

Overall

Attendances

Source:[14]

More information No., Club ...
No.ClubAverageChangeHighest
1FC Barcelona74,0781,2%97,823
2Real Madrid71,5260,0%80,000
3Sevilla FC43,6328,4%45,500
4Atlético de Madrid42,3169,4%56,000
5Valencia CF40,368-6,3%52,000
6Real Betis38,7370,8%50,000
7Athletic Club37,1580,7%40,000
8Real Zaragoza27,868-1,0%34,500
9Real Sociedad23,0762,5%31,450
10RCD Espanyol20,193-9,6%33,052
11Villarreal CF18,6320,8%25,000
12Recreativo de Huelva18,22559,6%20,096
13Levante UD16,79949,5%25,000
14CA Osasuna16,7124,0%18,545
15Deportivo de La Coruña16,620-13,0%34,600
16RCD Mallorca16,6054,8%21,000
17Racing de Santander16,22210,2%21,741
18Celta de Vigo14,479-14,6%25,000
19Gimnàstic de Tarragona12,45350,3%14,600
20Getafe CF11,053-13,4%14,000
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