2006–07 FC Barcelona season

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]

FC Barcelona
2006–07 season
PresidentJoan Laporta
Head CoachFrank Rijkaard
StadiumCamp Nou
La Liga2nd
Supercopa de EspañaWinners
Copa del ReySemi-finals
UEFA Champions LeagueRound of 16
UEFA Super CupRunners-up
FIFA Club World CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Ronaldinho (21)
All: Ronaldinho (24)

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.
 Nat.
 Name
 EU
 Since
 App
 Goals
 Ends
 Transfer fee
 Notes
1 GK Víctor ValdésEU 1998 163 0 2010 Youth system
2 DF BellettiEU 2004 96 1 2009 €6M
3 MF Thiago MottaEU 2002 138 9 Youth system
4 DF Rafael MárquezEU 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 GuðjohnsenEU 2006 41 10 2009 €12M
8 FW Ludovic GiulyEU 2004 117 23 2008 €7M
9 FW Samuel Eto'oNon-EU 2004 115 73 2010 €24M
10 FW Ronaldinho (VC)Non-EU 2003 170 80 2010 €30M
11 DF Gianluca ZambrottaEU 2006 42 3 2010 €14M
12 DF Giovanni van BronckhorstEU 2003 141 5 2008 Free Part-exchange for Cesc Fàbregas
15 MF EdmílsonEU 2004 79 0 2008 €10M
16 DF SylvinhoEU 2004 71 2 2008 €2M
18 FW Santiago EzquerroEU 2005 33 4 2008 Free
19 FW Lionel MessiEU 2004 65 25 2014 Youth system
20 MF DecoEU 2004 127 18 2008 €15M
21 DF Lilian ThuramEU 2006 28 0 2008 €5M
22 FW Javier SaviolaEU 2001 157 68 2007 loan
23 DF Oleguer PresasEU 2002 150 1 2010 Youth system
24 MF Andrés IniestaEU 2002 165 13 2010 Youth system
25 GK Albert JorqueraEU 2001 13 0 2008 Youth system
28 GK RubénEU 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).

Transfers

In
N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
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.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Transfer
fee		 Source
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 LeagueCopa del ReyOthers1
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 35 423 293 6 5 2
4 DF Márquez 36 371 211 6 5 5
5 DF Puyol 54 542 351 816 5
12 DF Gio 30 34 23 4 4 3
24 MF Iniesta 40 449 276 82514
6 MF Xavi 44 546 353 7 7251
20 MF Deco 47 476 311 823 53
19 FW Messi [lower-alpha 1] 31 3517 2614 51222
9 FW Eto'o [lower-alpha 2] 25 2713 1911 31213
10 FW Ronaldinho 49 4924 3221 824 51
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 4210 255 835141
8 FW Giuly 26 456 273 825 51
18 FW Ezquerro 6 183 91 2 3 42
22 FW Saviola 10 2410 185 1 55
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
  1. Injured for 3 months
  2. 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 NP Name App Goals Unused Sub. Notes
 ESP 26DF Olmo 102 On 90 min at Getafe 1x1 Barcelona for La Liga
 ESP 32MF Marc Crosas 002 On FIFA Club World Cup
No  MEX 31FW Giovani 002 On FIFA Club World Cup

Catalonia Cup
EU Country NP Name GS SB Goals Notes
 ESP 5DF Olmo 200
 ESP 4MF Marc Crosas 200
?  MEX 7FW Giovani 202
 ESP 14FW Víctor Vázquez 100
 ESP 11FW Orlandi 110
 ESP 15FW Toni Calvo 020
 ESP 12MF Sastre 110
 JOR 17FW Thaer 020
 ESP 6MF Marc Valiente 020
 ESP 20MF Sergio Busquets 010 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:

Kit information

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
1 Real Madrid (C) 38 23 7 8 66 40 +26 76[lower-alpha 1] 2007–08 UEFA 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 2007–08 UEFA 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 2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
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.
Notes:
  1. RMA 2–0 BAR; BAR 3–3 RMA

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWWWDWWLWDWWWDWDDLWDWDWLWLDWWLWLWWDWWDW
Position74332121211111222211112122211111122222
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

La Liga

Matches
Celta Vigo2-3Barcelona
Fernando Baiano  42'
Gustavo López  65'		 Samuel Eto'o  56'
Lionel Messi  60'
Eiður Guðjohnsen  88'
Barcelona3-0Osasuna
Samuel Eto'o  2'
Racing Santander0-3Barcelona
Samuel Eto'o  18'
Barcelona1-1Valencia
Andrés Iniesta  49' David Villa  17'
Athletic Bilbao1-3BarcelonaBilbao
Francisco Yeste  12'
Eiður Guðjohnsen  61'		 Carles Puyol  45'
Javier Saviola  77'		 Stadium: Estadio San Mames
Barcelona3-1SevillaBarcelona
Ronaldinho  28' (pen.)
Ronaldinho  39'
Lionel Messi  80'		 Frédéric Kanouté  37' Stadium: Camp Nou
Real Madrid2-0BarcelonaMadrid
Raúl  3'
Ruud van Nistelrooy  51'		 Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
Barcelona3-0Recreativo Huelva
Ronaldinho  28' (pen.)
Ronaldinho  57'
Xavi  60'
Deportivo1-1Barcelona
Ronaldinho  39' (pen.) Juan Rodríguez  73'
Barcelona3-1Real Zaragoza
Ronaldinho  30'
Ronaldinho  86'
Javier Saviola  90'		 Gabriel Milito  17'
Mallorca1-4Barcelona
Santiago Ezquerro  90' Eiður Guðjohnsen  41'
Barcelona4-0Villareal
Ronaldinho  34' (pen.)
Levante1-1Barcelona
Álvaro  76' Deco  41'
Barcelona1-0Real Sociedad
Ronaldinho  60'

|team1=Barcelona–Atlético Madrid 1-1

|team1=Getafe–Barcelona 1-1

Points evolution

Source: LPF

Position evolution

Source: LPF

Matches

Competitive results
Game
 Date
 Tournament
 Round
 Ground
 Opponent
 Score1
 Report
1 17 August Spanish Super Cup 1st leg A Espanyol 1 – 0
Kick off
22:00 CEST
Attendance
26,550
Referee
González Vázquez
Espanyol Barcelona
 61' Pandiani
 89' Fredson
 26' Motta
 43' Giuly
 58' Xavi
2 20 August Spanish Super Cup 2nd leg H Espanyol 3 – 0
Kick off
22:00 CEST
Attendance
57,512
Referee
Mejuto González
Barcelona Espanyol
 3' Xavi
 13' Deco
 42',  61' Deco
 33' Lacruz
 47' Pandiani
 64' Jarque
3 25 August UEFA Super Cup N Sevilla 0 – 3
Report Report link
Kick off
20:45 CET
Attendance
17,480
Referee
Stefano Farina
Barcelona Sevilla
 47' Sylvinho
 7' Renato
 45',  49' Kanoué
 54' Alves
 60' Navarro
 77' Palop
 85' Escudé
 89',  90' Maresca
4 28 August La Liga 1 A Celta de Vigo 3 – 2
Report Report link
Kick off
21:00 CEST
Attendance
31,000
Referee
Pérez Lasa
Celta de Vigo Barcelona
 42' Baiano
 64' López
 43'  86' Iriney
 52' Motta
 55' Eto'o
 60' Messi
 87' Guðjohnsen
 90' Iniesta
5 9 September La Liga 2 H Osasuna 3 – 0
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 CEST
Attendance
63,720
Referee
Rodríguez Santiago
Barcelona Osasuna
 1', 27' Eto'o
 36' Messi
 30' Muñoz
6 12 September UEFA Champions League Group stage H Levski Sofia 5 – 0
Report Report link
Kick off
20:45 CEST
Attendance
62,839
Referee
Konrad Plautz
Barcelona Levski Sofia
 7' Iniesta
 39' Giuly
 49' Puyol
 58' Eto'o
 93' Ronaldinho
 64' Ivanov
 74' Milanov
7 17 September La Liga 3 A Racing Santander 3 – 0
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 CEST
Attendance
19,241
Referee
Velasco Carballo
Racing Santander Barcelona
 14' Rubén
 26' Álvarez
 62' Vitolo
 77' Fernández
 82' Juanjo
 90' Toño
 18',  62' Eto'o
 38' Zambrotta
 81' Oleguer
 82' Giuly
 92' (pen.) Ronaldinho
8 24 September La Liga 4 H Valencia 1 – 1
Report Report link
Kick off
21:00 CEST
Attendance
83,331
Referee
Daudén Ibáñez
Barcelona Valencia
 33' Márquez
 48' Iniesta
 16' Villa
 19' Albelda
 38' Moretti
 90' Joaquín
9 27 September UEFA Champions League Group stage A Werder Bremen 1 – 1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:45 CEST
Attendance
37,500
Referee
Roberto Rosetti
Werder Bremen Barcelona
 26' Frings
 56' (o.g.) Puyol
 73' Naldo
 86' Baumann
 89' Messi
10 30 September La Liga 5 A Athletic Bilbao 3 – 1
Report Report link
Kick off
22:00 CEST
Attendance
39,000
Referee
Fernández Borbalán
Athletic Bilbao Barcelona
 11' Yeste
 19' Casas
 45+2' Puyol
 60' Guðjohnsen
 68' Messi
 77' Saviola
11 15 October La Liga 6 H Sevilla 3 – 1
Report Report link
Kick off
19:00 CEST
Attendance
91,220
Referee
Muñiz Fernández
Barcelona Sevilla
 28' (pen.), 39' Ronaldinho
 72' Motta
 80' Messi
 24' Luís Fabiano
 25' Escudé
 31' Puerta
 37',  81' Kanouté
 70' Palop
 90' Alves
12 18 October UEFA Champions League Group stage A Chelsea 0 – 1
Report Report link
Kick off
20:45 CEST
Attendance
40,549
Referee
Frank de Bleeckere
Chelsea Barcelona
 47' Drogba
 52' Lampard
 45' Van Bronckhorst
 65' Xavi
 85' Deco
13 22 October La Liga 7 A Real Madrid 0 – 2
Report Report link
Kick off
21:00 CEST
Attendance
80,000
Referee
Pérez Burrull
Real Madrid Barcelona
 2' Raúl
 21' Emerson
 50',  56' Van Nistelrooy
 70' Guti
 86' Beckham
 54' Zambrotta
 82' Ronaldinho
14 25 October Copa del Rey Round of 32 A Badalona 2 – 1
Kick off
22:00 CEST
Attendance
8,000
Referee
Badalona Barcelona
 90+3' Tarradellas
 45' Zambrotta
 63', 77' Guðjohnsen
15 28 October La Liga 8 H Recreativo 3 – 0
Report Report link
Kick off
20:00 CEST
Attendance
72,630
Referee
González Vázquez
Barcelona Recreativo
 17' Edmílson
 28' (pen.), 56' Ronaldinho
 53' Deco
 59' Xavi
 27' Mario
 73' Vázquez
16 31 October UEFA Champions League Group stage H Chelsea 2 – 2
17 4 November La Liga 9 A Deportivo La Coruña 1 – 1
18 8 November Copa del Rey Round of 32 H Badalona 4 – 0
19 12 November La Liga 10 H Zaragoza 3 – 1
20 19 November La Liga 11 A Mallorca 4 – 1
21 22 November UEFA Champions League Group stage A Levski Sofia 2 – 0
22 25 November La Liga 12 H Villarreal 4 – 0
23 2 December La Liga 13 A Levante 1 – 1
24 5 December UEFA Champions League Group stage H Werder Bremen 2 – 0
25 9 December La Liga 14 H Real Sociedad 1 – 0
26 14 December FIFA Club World Cup Semi-final N América 4 – 0
27 17 December FIFA Club World Cup Final N Internacional 0 – 1
28 21 December La Liga 15 H Atlético Madrid 1 – 1
29 7 January La Liga 16 A Getafe 1 – 1
30 10 January Copa del Rey Round of 16 A Alavés 2 – 0
31 13 January La Liga 17 A Espanyol 1 – 3
32 16 January Copa del Rey Round of 16 H Alavés 3 – 2
33 21 January La Liga 18 H Gimnàstic 3 – 0
34 24 January La Liga 19 A Betis 1 – 1
35 28 January La Liga 20 H Celta de Vigo 3 – 1
36 31 January Copa del Rey Quarter final H Zaragoza 0 – 1
37 4 February La Liga 21 A Osasuna 0 – 0
38 11 February La Liga 22 H Racing Santander 2 – 0
39 18 February La Liga 23 A Valencia 1 – 2
40 21 February UEFA Champions League Round of 16 H Liverpool 1 – 2
41 25 February La Liga 24 H Athletic Bilbao 3 – 0
42 28 February Copa del Rey Quarter final A Zaragoza 2 – 1
43 3 March La Liga 25 A Sevilla 1 – 2
44 6 March UEFA Champions League Round of 16 A Liverpool 1 – 0
45 10 March La Liga 26 H Real Madrid 3 – 3
46 17 March La Liga 27 A Recreativo 4 – 0
47 31 March La Liga 28 H Deportivo La Coruña 2 – 1
48 7 April La Liga 29 A Zaragoza 0 – 1
49 15 April La Liga 30 H Mallorca 1 – 0
50 18 April Copa del Rey Semi-final H Getafe 5 – 2
51 22 April La Liga 31 A Villarreal 0 – 2
52 29 April La Liga 32 H Levante 1 – 0
53 5 May La Liga 33 A Real Sociedad 2 – 0
54 10 May Copa del Rey Semi-final A Getafe 0 – 4
55 13 May La Liga 34 H Betis 1 – 1
56 20 May La Liga 35 A Atlético Madrid 6 – 0
57 26 May La Liga 36 H Getafe 1 – 0
58 31 May Copa Catalunya Semi-final A Gimnàstic 4 – 3
59 5 June Copa Catalunya Final A Espanyol 1 – 1
(5-4 pen.)
60 9 June La Liga 37 H Espanyol 2 – 2
61 17 June La Liga 38 A Gimnàstic 5 – 1

Source: FC Barcelona
1Barcelona goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Barcelona.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Friendly
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

Source: FC Barcelona
1Barcelona goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Barcelona.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

Results

See also

References
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  2. "FCBarcelona.cat: More than 156,000 members". Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  3. "FCBarcelona.cat: Puyol, Messi and Ronaldinho in FIFPro eleven". Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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