2006–07 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
2006–07 season
President	Joan Laporta
Head Coach	Frank Rijkaard
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	2nd
Supercopa de España	Winners
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
UEFA Super Cup	Runners-up
FIFA Club World Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ronaldinho (21); All: ; Ronaldinho (24)

The 2006–07 season was an overall unsuccessful time for Futbol Club Barcelona in almost all competitions. Although the team managed to snatch the Supercopa de España, and finish second in the domestic league, a lot more was expected from the team that had been European champion. It started with the team's defeat at the final of the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup Final near the end of 2006, and the team did worse in 2007. This was the first of two bad seasons for the club, which led to great changes in the roster and direction. This also marks both the last season FC Barcelona wore a jersey without a sponsor and the first time a sponsor appeared in it: UNICEF (this was a non-commercial agreement).^[1]

Events

30 June: Barça has reached the highest membership ever, with 156,366 members.^[2]

Squad information

Carles Puyol, Lionel Messi, and Ronaldinho were selected as part of FIFPro World XI for the 2006–07 season.^[3]

N	Pos.	Name	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Víctor Valdés	EU	1998	163	0	2010	Youth system
2	DF	Belletti	EU	2004	96	1	2009	€6M
3	MF	Thiago Motta	EU	2002	138	9		Youth system
4	DF	Rafael Márquez	EU	2003	134	6	2010	€5M
5	DF	Carles Puyol (captain)	EU	1992	263	5	2010	Youth system
6	MF	Xavi (VC)	EU	1994	240	20	2010	Youth system
7	FW	Eiður Guðjohnsen	EU	2006	41	10	2009	€12M
8	FW	Ludovic Giuly	EU	2004	117	23	2008	€7M
9	FW	Samuel Eto'o	Non-EU	2004	115	73	2010	€24M
10	FW	Ronaldinho (VC)	Non-EU	2003	170	80	2010	€30M
11	DF	Gianluca Zambrotta	EU	2006	42	3	2010	€14M
12	DF	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	EU	2003	141	5	2008	Free	Part-exchange for Cesc Fàbregas
15	MF	Edmílson	EU	2004	79	0	2008	€10M
16	DF	Sylvinho	EU	2004	71	2	2008	€2M
18	FW	Santiago Ezquerro	EU	2005	33	4	2008	Free
19	FW	Lionel Messi	EU	2004	65	25	2014	Youth system
20	MF	Deco	EU	2004	127	18	2008	€15M
21	DF	Lilian Thuram	EU	2006	28	0	2008	€5M
22	FW	Javier Saviola	EU	2001	157	68	2007	loan
23	DF	Oleguer Presas	EU	2002	150	1	2010	Youth system
24	MF	Andrés Iniesta	EU	2002	165	13	2010	Youth system
25	GK	Albert Jorquera	EU	2001	13	0	2008	Youth system
28	GK	Rubén	EU	2004	2	0		Youth system

Source:FC Barcelona, players' Wikipedia articles, ESPN (for appearances and goals) and footballdatabase.com (for EU passport)
Ordered by most frequent start and position on pitch (from back right to front left).

In / Out

In

N	Pos.	Name	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee
11	DF	Zambrotta	EU	Juventus	TransferY	Summer	2010	€14M
21	DF	Thuram	EU	Juventus	TransferY	Summer	2008	€5M
7	FW	Gudjohnsen	EU	Chelsea	TransferY	Summer	2009	€12m
22	FW	Saviola	EU	Sevilla	Return of loan	Summer	2007	—

Total expenditure: €31 million.

Out

N	Pos.	Name	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
17	MF	van Bommel	EU	Bayern Munich	TransferY	Summer	€6M
7	FW	Larsson	EU	Helsingborgs IF	Contract TerminationN	Summer	Free
11	FW	Maxi López	EU	Mallorca	Loan	Summer	N/A
	DF	Damia	EU	Betis	TransferY	Summer	€1M
	DF	F. Navarro	EU	Mallorca	TransferY	Summer	€6M
	DF	Óscar López	EU	Betis	TransferY	Summer	N/A
18	MF	Gabri	EU	Ajax	TransferY	Summer	Free
	GK	Rüştü	EU	Fenerbahçe	TransferY	Summer	Free
34	DF	Rodri	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	TransferY	Summer	Free

EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Total income: €13 million.

Expenditure: €18 million.

Squad stats

				Total			La Liga		UEFA Champions League		Copa del Rey		Others¹
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Valdés	50	50		38		8				4
11	DF		Zambrotta	35	42	3	29	3	6		5		2
4	DF		Márquez	36	37	1	21	1	6		5		5
5	DF		Puyol	54	54	2	35	1	8	1	6		5
12	DF		Gio	30	34		23		4		4		3
24	MF		Iniesta	40	44	9	27	6	8	2	5	1	4
6	MF		Xavi	44	54	6	35	3	7		7	2	5	1
20	MF		Deco	47	47	6	31	1	8	2	3		5	3
19	FW		Messi ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	31	35	17	26	14	5	1	2	2	2
9	FW		Eto'o ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	25	27	13	19	11	3	1	2	1	3
10	FW		Ronaldinho	49	49	24	32	21	8	2	4		5	1
25	GK		Jorquera	9	9						6		3
2	DF		Belletti	18	23		13		2		2		6
21	DF		Thuram	27	29		23		4		1		1
23	DF		Oleguer	22	38		25		5		5		3
16	DF		Sylvinho	20	22		13		2		3		4
3	MF		Motta	19	29		14		6		2		7
15	MF		Edmílson	26	32		26		2		4
7	FW		Gudjohnsen	21	42	10	25	5	8	3	5	1	4	1
8	FW		Giuly	26	45	6	27	3	8	2	5		5	1
18	FW		Ezquerro	6	18	3	9	1	2		3		4	2
22	FW		Saviola	10	24	10	18	5	1		5	5
28	GK		Rubén

Source: FC Barcelona and ESPN
Ordered by most frequent start and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
0 shown as blank
¹ Other Competitions: Spanish Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Copa Catalunya

↑ Injured for 3 months
↑ Injured for 5 months

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Frank Rijkaard
Assistant coach	Johan Neeskens / Eusebio Sacristán
Goalkeeping coach	Juan Carlos Unzué
Fitness coach	Paco Seirul·lo / Albert Roca
Doctors	Ricard Pruna / Gil Rodas / Toni Tramullas
Representative	Carles Naval

Source: FC Barcelona

Players used from youth system

Appearances excluding Catalonia Cup

EU	Country	N	P	Name	App	Unused Sub.	Notes
	ESP	26	DF	Olmo	1	2	On 90 min at Getafe 1x1 Barcelona for La Liga
	ESP	32	MF	Marc Crosas	0	2	On FIFA Club World Cup
No	MEX	31	FW	Giovani	0	2	On FIFA Club World Cup

Catalonia Cup

EU	Country	N	P	Name	GS	SB	Goals	Notes
	ESP	5	DF	Olmo	2	0	0
	ESP	4	MF	Marc Crosas	2	0	0
?	MEX	7	FW	Giovani	2	0	2
	ESP	14	FW	Víctor Vázquez	1	0	0
	ESP	11	FW	Orlandi	1	1	0
	ESP	15	FW	Toni Calvo	0	2	0
	ESP	12	MF	Sastre	1	1	0
	JOR	17	FW	Thaer	0	2	0
	ESP	6	MF	Marc Valiente	0	2	0
	ESP	20	MF	Sergio Busquets	0	1	0	From FC Barcelona Youth A

Source: FC Barcelona
Only competitive matches.
All players from FC Barcelona B unless expressed.
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: 1st flag=country of birth, 2nd flag=country that plays for internationally (if different); N = number on jersey; P = Position; Name = Name on jersey (for full name, pause the mouse pointer on the name); App = Appearances; GS = Game started; SB = Used as Substitute;

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Features: UNICEF (a noncommercial agreement, see FC Barcelona)

Home

Away

Third

Source:

Other information

President	Joan Laporta
Technical Secretary	Txiki Beguiristáin
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Camp Nou (98,787 / ?)
Profit	€19.5 million^[4]

Source:

Competitions

La Liga

Classification


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Real Madrid	38	23	7	8	66	40	+26	76	2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage	Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona Barcelona 3-3 Real Madrid
2	Barcelona	38	22	10	6	78	33	+45	76	2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage	Real Madrid 2-0 Barcelona Barcelona 3-3 Real Madrid
3	Sevilla	38	21	8	9	64	35	+29	71	2007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round

Source: La Liga 2006-07
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(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 by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W

Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

La Liga

Goalscorers

Celta Vigo–Barcelona 2-3
1-0 Fernando Baiano 42'
1-1 Samuel Eto'o 56'
1-2 Lionel Messi 60'
2-2 Gustavo López 65'
2-3 Eiður Guðjohnsen 88'
Barcelona–Osasuna 3-0
1-0 Samuel Eto'o 2'
2-0 Samuel Eto'o 27'
3-0 Lionel Messi 37'
Racing Santander–Barcelona 0-3
0-1 Samuel Eto'o 18'
0-2 Ludovic Giuly 84'
0-3 Ronaldinho 90' (pen.)
Barcelona–Valencia 1-1
0-1 David Villa 17'
1-1 Andrés Iniesta 49'
Athletic Bilbao–Barcelona 1-3
1-0 Francisco Yeste 12'
1-1 Carles Puyol 45'
1-2 Eiður Guðjohnsen 61'
1-3 Javier Saviola 77'
Barcelona–Sevilla 3-1
1-0 Ronaldinho 28' (pen.)
1-1 Frédéric Kanouté 37'
2-1 Ronaldinho 39'
3-1 Lionel Messi 80'
Real Madrid–Barcelona 2-0
1-0 Raúl 3'
2-0 Ruud van Nistelrooy 51'
Barcelona–Recreativo Huelva 3-0
1-0 Ronaldinho 28' (pen.)
2-0 Ronaldinho 57'
3-0 Xavi 60'
Deportivo–Barcelona 1-1
0-1 Ronaldinho 39' (pen.)
1-1 Juan Rodríguez 73'
Barcelona–Real Zaragoza 3-1
0-1 Gabriel Milito 17'
1-1 Ronaldinho 30'
2-1 Ronaldinho 86'
3-1 Javier Saviola 90'
Mallorca–Barcelona 1-4
0-1 Eiður Guðjohnsen 41'
0-2 Eiður Guðjohnsen 58'
1-2 Víctor 69'
1-3 Andrés Iniesta 85'
1-4 Santiago Ezquerro 90'
Barcelona–Villareal 4-0
1-0 Ronaldinho 34' (pen.)
2-0 Eiður Guðjohnsen 54'
3-0 Andrés Iniesta 70'
4-0 Ronaldinho 88'
Levante–Barcelona 1-1
0-1 Deco 41'
1-1 Álvaro 76'
Barcelona–Real Sociedad 1-0
1-0 Ronaldinho 60'
Barcelona–Atlético Madrid 1-1
1-0 Ronaldinho 40'
1-1 Sergio Agüero 60'
Getafe–Barcelona 1-1
1-0 Daniel Güiza 54'
1-1 Xavi 65'
Espanyol–Barcelona 3-1
1-0 Luis García 31'
1-1 Javier Saviola 60'
2-1 Raúl Tamudo 66'
3-1 Francisco Rufete 90'
Barcelona–Gimnàstic 3-0
1-0 Javier Saviola 17'
2-0 Ludovic Giuly 67'
3-0 Andrés Iniesta 81'
Betis–Barcelona 1-1
1-0 Robert 37'
1-1 Rafael Márquez 61'
Barcelona–Celta Vigo 3-1
1-0 Javier Saviola 34'
1-1 Nenê 66' (pen.)
2-1 Ronaldinho 77' (pen.)
3-1 Ludovic Giuly 86'
Osasuna–Barcelona 0-0
Barcelona–Racing Santander 2-0
1-0 Ronaldinho 51'
2-0 Ronaldinho 67'
Valencia–Barcelona 2-1
1-0 Angulo 52'
2-0 David Silva 55'
2-1 Ronaldinho 90'
Barcelona–Athletic Bilbao 3-0
1-0 Fernando Amorebieta 23' (o.g.)
2-0 Xavi 29'
3-0 Samuel Eto'o 40'
Sevilla–Barcelona 2-1
0-1 Ronaldinho 13'
1-1 Alexandr Kerzhakov 39'
2-1 Dani Alves 60'
Barcelona–Real Madrid 3-3
0-1 Ruud van Nistelrooy 5'
1-1 Lionel Messi 11'
1-2 Ruud van Nistelrooy 13' (pen.)
2-2 Lionel Messi 27'
2-3 Sergio Ramos 73'
3-3 Lionel Messi 90'
Recreativo–Barcelona 0-4
0-1 Samuel Eto'o 3'
0-2 Gianluca Zambrotta 39'
0-3 Samuel Eto'o 44'
0-4 Lionel Messi 84'
Barcelona–Deportivo 2-1
1-0 Lionel Messi 44'
2-0 Samuel Eto'o 51'
2-1 Adrián 66'
Real Zaragoza–Barcelona 1-0
1-0 Diego Milito 57'
Barcelona–Mallorca 1-0
1-0 Fernando Navarro 89' (o.g.)
Villareal–Barcelona 2-0
1-0 Robert Pirès 56'
2-0 Marquitos 85'
Barcelona–Levante 1-0
1-0 Samuel Eto'o 27'
Real Sociedad–Barcelona 0-2
0-1 Andrés Iniesta 47'
0-2 Samuel Eto'o 87'
Barcelona–Betis 1-1
1-0 Ronaldinho 5' (pen.)
1-1 Rafael Sóbis 90'
Atlético Madrid–Barcelona 0-6
0-1 Lionel Messi 39'
0-2 Gianluca Zambrotta 43'
0-3 Samuel Eto'o 45'
0-4 Ronaldinho 58'
0-5 Lionel Messi 80'
0-6 Andrés Iniesta 90'
Barcelona–Getafe 1-0
1-0 Ronaldinho 2'
Barcelona–Espanyol 2-2
0-1 Raúl Tamudo 30'
1-1 Lionel Messi 43'
2-1 Lionel Messi 57'
2-2 Raúl Tamudo 90'
Gimnàstic–Barcelona 1-5
0-1 Carlos Puyol 20'
0-2 Lionel Messi 34'
0-3 Ronaldinho 37'
0-4 Lionel Messi 51'
1-4 Tobias Grahn 83'
1-5 Gianluca Zambrotta 90'

Points evolution

Source: LPF

Position evolution

Source: LPF

Matches

Competitive results

M

Opponent

Score¹

Report

1

17 August

Spanish Super Cup

1st leg

A

Espanyol

1 – 0

Espanyol	Barcelona
Kick off	22:00 CEST
Attendance	26,550
Referee	González Vázquez
61' Pandiani 89' Fredson	26' Motta 43' Giuly 58' Xavi

2

20 August

Spanish Super Cup

2nd leg

H

Espanyol

3 – 0

Barcelona	Espanyol
Kick off	22:00 CEST
Attendance	57,512
Referee	Mejuto González
3' Xavi 13' Deco 42', 61' Deco	33' Lacruz 47' Pandiani 64' Jarque

3

25 August

UEFA Super Cup

N

Sevilla

0 – 3

Barcelona	Sevilla
Report	Report link
Kick off	20:45 CET
Attendance	17,480
Referee	Stefano Farina
47' Sylvinho	7' Renato 45', 49' Kanoué 54' Alves 60' Navarro 77' Palop 85' Escudé 89', 90' Maresca

4

28 August

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	GD
1	28 Jul 2006	Pre-season	A	AGF	3 - 0	3
2	6 Aug 2006	American Tour	N	Guadalajara	1 - 1	0
3	9 Aug 2006	American Tour	N	América	4 - 4	0
4	12 Aug 2006	American Tour	A	New York Red Bulls	4 - 1	3
5	24 Apr 2007	Friendly	A	Al Ahly	4 - 0	4
6	20 June 2007	Friendly	A	Mamelodi Sundowns	2 - 1	1

Futbol Club Barcelona
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Other teams	FC Barcelona B FCB (women's) FCB B (women's) FC Barcelona Juvenil A FC Barcelona C (defunct)
Home stadium	Camp Nou Camp de Les Corts Camp de la Indústria Mini Estadi Palau Blaugrana Nou Palau Blaugrana Palau de Gel
Training ground	Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper La Masia
Rivalries	El Clásico Derbi barceloní Athletic rivalry El Clásico (basketball)
Other sports	Basketball (current season) Basketball (reserves) Wheelchair basketball Beach soccer Futsal Handball Ice hockey Roller hockey Rugby union Rugby league Volleyball (men's) Volleyball (women's) American football (defunct)
Related articles	Supporters (Boixos Nois) Museum Cant del Barça Joan Gamper Trophy TV and radio

2006–07 FC Barcelona season

Events

Squad information

In / Out

In

Out

Squad stats

Coaching staff

Players used from youth system

Appearances excluding Catalonia Cup

Catalonia Cup

Kit

Other information

Competitions

La Liga

Classification

Results by round

La Liga

Goalscorers

Points evolution

Position evolution

Matches

Competitive results

Friendly

Results

See also

References

External links