2006–07 UEFA Champions League

The 2006–07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded from the European Cup, and the 52nd season overall. The final was contested by Milan and Liverpool on 23 May 2007. Beforehand, the match was billed as a repeat of the 2005 final, the only difference being that the 2007 final was to be played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Milan won the match 2–1 to claim their seventh European Cup, with both goals coming from Filippo Inzaghi. Dirk Kuyt scored for Liverpool.

2006–07 UEFA Champions League
The final was staged at Olympic Stadium in Athens.
Tournament details
Dates12 September 2006 – 23 May 2007 (competition proper)
Teams32 (group stage)
73 (total)
Final positions
Champions Milan (7th title)
Runners-up Liverpool
Tournament statistics
Matches played125
Goals scored309 (2.47 per match)
Attendance5,746,346 (45,971 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kaká (10 goals)

Barcelona were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Liverpool in the first knockout round.

Qualification

A total of 73 teams from 49 UEFA member associations participated in the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League. Liechtenstein (who don't have their own domestic league) as well as lowest-ranked Andorra and San Marino are not participating. Also wasn't admitted Montenegro, which didn't become UEFA member until January 2007. Each association enters a certain number of clubs to the Champions League based on its league coefficient, which takes into account the performance of its clubs in European competitions from 2000–01 to 2004–05;[1] associations with a higher league coefficients may enter more clubs than associations with a lower league coefficient, but no association may enter more than four teams. Italy's representatives were decided based on the revised table following the match-fixing scandal which saw Juventus relegated to Serie B after winning the league the previous season.

  • Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify.
  • Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 16–50 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

For the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2006 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2001–02 to 2005–06.[2]

Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1 Spain 73.717 4
2 England 63.224
3 Italy 61.186
4 France 49.469 3
5 Germany 48.989
6 Portugal 44.666
7 Netherlands 39.831 2
8 Greece 35.498
9 Belgium 31.750
10 Scotland 31.750
11 Turkey 29.916
12 Czech Republic 27.950
13 Russia 25.666
14 Austria 24.875
15 Ukraine 24.850
16 Israel 21.874 1
17 Serbia and Montenegro 21.249
18 Poland 21.000
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
19 Switzerland 20.875 1
20 Norway 20.200
21 Bulgaria 18.540
22 Croatia 18.125
23 Denmark 17.200
24 Hungary 16.331
25 Romania 15.457
26 Sweden 15.383
27 Slovakia 11.665
28 Slovenia 9.665
29 Cyprus 8.165
30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.165
31 Latvia 6.664
32 Finland 6.540
33 Moldova 6.332
34 Georgia 6.165
35 Lithuania 5.332
Rank Association Coeff. Teams
36 Iceland 4.832 1
37 Macedonia 4.497
38 Republic of Ireland 4.164
39 Belarus 4.082
40 Liechtenstein 4.000 0
41 Armenia 2.998 1
42 Malta 2.998
43 Albania 2.665
44 Estonia 2.498
45 Northern Ireland 2.165
46 Wales 1.832
47 Luxembourg 1.665
48 Azerbaijan 1.332
49 Kazakhstan 0.999
50 Faroe Islands 0.666
51 Andorra 0.000 0
52 San Marino 0.000

Distribution

Since the title holders (Barcelona) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, and the following changes to the default access list are made:[3]

  • The champions of association 10 (Scotland) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
  • The champions of association 16 (Israel) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
  • The champions of associations 26 and 27 (Sweden and Slovakia) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(22 teams)
  • 22 champions from associations 28–50 (except Liechtenstein)
Second qualifying round
(28 teams)
  • 11 champions from associations 17–27
  • 6 runners-up from associations 10–15
  • 11 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round
(32 teams)
  • 6 champions from associations 11–16
  • 3 runners-up from associations 7–9
  • 6 third-place finishers from associations 1–6
  • 3 fourth-place finishers from associations 1–3
  • 14 winners from the second qualifying round
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • 10 champions from associations 1–10 (including title holders Barcelona)
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 16 winners from the third qualifying round
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

Teams
Group stage
BarcelonaTH (1st) Internazionale (1st)[Note ITA] Bayern Munich (1st) PSV Eindhoven (1st)
Real Madrid (2nd) Roma (2nd)[Note ITA] Werder Bremen (2nd) Olympiacos (1st)
Chelsea (1st) Lyon (1st) Porto (1st) Anderlecht (1st)
Manchester United (2nd) Bordeaux (2nd) Sporting CP (2nd) Celtic (1st)
Third qualifying round
Valencia (3rd) Chievo (4th)[Note ITA] AEK Athens (2nd) CSKA Moscow (1st)
Osasuna (4th) Lille (3rd) Standard Liège (2nd) Austria Wien (1st)
Liverpool (3rd) Hamburg (3rd) Galatasaray (1st) Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)
Arsenal (4th) Benfica (3rd) Slovan Liberec (1st) Maccabi Haifa (1st)
Milan (3rd)[Note ITA] Ajax (PO)
Second qualifying round
Hearts (2nd) Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Vålerenga (1st) Debrecen (1st)
Fenerbahçe (2nd) Red Star Belgrade (1st)[Note SER] Levski Sofia (1st) Steaua București (1st)
Mladá Boleslav (2nd) Legia Warsaw (1st) Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Djurgården (1st)
Spartak Moscow (2nd) Zürich (1st) Copenhagen (1st) Ružomberok (1st)
Red Bull Salzburg (2nd)
First qualifying round
Gorica (1st) Sioni Bolnisi (1st) Pyunik (1st) The New Saints (1st)
Apollon Limassol (1st) Ekranas (1st) Birkirkara (1st) F91 Dudelange (1st)
Široki Brijeg (1st) FH (1st) Elbasani (1st) Baku (1st)
Liepājas Metalurgs (1st) Rabotnički (1st) TVMK (1st) B36 (1st)
MyPa (1st) Cork City (1st) Linfield (1st) Aktobe (1st)
Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Shakhtyor Soligorsk (1st)
Notes
  1. ^
    Italy (ITA): Based on the initial final league positions, Juventus and Milan earned direct entries to the Group Stage, while Internazionale and Fiorentina earned berths in a Third qualifying round. Following 2006 Italian football scandal investigations (resulting in a massive points deductions), Juventus and Fiorentina lost their entries entirely while Milan was demoted to Third qualifying round. Internazionale were promoted to the Group Stage. Roma were promoted from UEFA Cup to Champions League Group stage. Chievo were promoted from UEFA Cup to Champions League Third qualifying round.[4]
  2. ^
    Serbia (SER): Red Star Belgrade qualified for this season's UEFA competitions though Serbia and Montenegro domestic league, but represented its official successor Serbia.[5]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[6]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First qualifying round 23 June 2006 11–12 July 2006 18–19 July 2006
Second qualifying round 25–26 July 2006 1–2 August 2006
Third qualifying round 28 July 2006 8–9 August 2006 22–23 August 2006
Group stage Matchday 1 24 August 2006
(Monaco)		 12–13 September 2006
Matchday 2 26–27 September 2006
Matchday 3 17–18 October 2006
Matchday 4 31 October – 1 November 2006
Matchday 5 21–22 November 2006
Matchday 6 5–6 December 2006
Knockout phase Round of 16 15 December 2006 20–21 February 2007 6–7 March 2007
Quarter-finals 9 March 2007 3–4 April 2007 10–11 April 2007
Semi-finals 24–25 April 2007 1–2 May 2007
Final 23 May 2007 at Olympic Stadium, Athens

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

The first legs were played on 11 and 12 July 2006, with the second legs on 18 and 19 July.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Elbasani 1–3 Ekranas 1–0 0–3
TVMK 3–4 FH 2–3 1–1
Liepājas Metalurgs 2–1 Aktobe 1–0 1–1
MyPa 2–0 The New Saints 1–0 1–0
Cork City 2–1 Apollon Limassol 1–0 1–1
Sioni Bolnisi 2–1 Baku 2–0 0–1
F91 Dudelange 0–1 Rabotnički 0–1 0–0
Shakhtyor Salihorsk 0–2 Široki Brijeg 0–1 0–1
Birkirkara 2–5 B36 0–3 2–2
Linfield 3–5 Gorica 1–3 2–2
Pyunik 0–2 Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 0–2

Second qualifying round

The first legs were played on 25 and 26 July 2006, with the second legs on 1 and 2 August.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gorica 0–5 Steaua București 0–2 0–3
Levski Sofia 4–0 Sioni Bolnisi 2–0 2–0
Zürich 2–3 Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 0–2
Djurgården 2–3 Ružomberok 1–0 1–3
Debrecen 2–5 Rabotnički 1–1 1–4
Cork City 0–4 Red Star Belgrade 0–1 0–3
Fenerbahçe 9–0 B36 4–0 5–0
Mladá Boleslav 5–3 Vålerenga 3–1 2–2
Sheriff Tiraspol 1–1 (a) Spartak Moscow 1–1 0–0
Liepājas Metalurgs 1–8 Dynamo Kyiv 1–4 0–4
FH 0–3 Legia Warsaw 0–1 0–2
Copenhagen 4–2 MyPa 2–0 2–2
Ekranas 3–9 Dinamo Zagreb 1–4 2–5
Hearts 3–0 Široki Brijeg 3–0 0–0

Third qualifying round

The first legs were played on 8 and 9 August 2006, with the second legs on 22 and 23 August.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slovan Liberec 1–2 Spartak Moscow 0–0 1–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 4–2 Legia Warsaw 1–0 3–2
Red Bull Salzburg 1–3 Valencia 1–0 0–3
Levski Sofia 4–2 Chievo 2–0 2–2
Hearts 1–5 AEK Athens 1–2 0–3
CSKA Moscow 5–0 Ružomberok 3–0 2–0
Milan 3–1 Red Star Belgrade 1–0 2–1
Galatasaray 6–3 Mladá Boleslav 5–2 1–1
Standard Liège 3–4 Steaua București 2–2 1–2
Austria Wien 1–4 Benfica 1–1 0–3
Dinamo Zagreb 1–5 Arsenal 0–3 1–2
Copenhagen 3–2 Ajax 1–2 2–0
Hamburg 1–1 (a) Osasuna 0–0 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv 5–3 Fenerbahçe 3–1 2–2
Liverpool 3–2 Maccabi Haifa 2–1 1–1*
Lille 4–0 Rabotnički 3–0 1–0

The teams eliminated in this round qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

* Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice.[7] The match was played at Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine.[8]

Group stage
Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage
Location of teams of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;
Green: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.

The draw for this round was held on 24 August 2006 in Monaco.[9] The first matches were played on 12 September 2006, and the stage concluded on 6 December.

The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage, and the third-placed teams entered the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. Based on paragraph 4.05 in the UEFA regulations for the current season, if two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. superior goal difference from all group matches played;
  5. higher number of goals scored in all group matches played;
  6. higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

Levski Sofia and Copenhagen made their debut appearance in the group stage.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CHE BAR BRM LSO
1 Chelsea 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 2–0 2–0
2 Barcelona 6 3 2 1 12 4 +8 11 2–2 — 2–0 5–0
3 Werder Bremen 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–0 1–1 — 2–0
4 Levski Sofia 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0 1–3 0–2 0–3 —
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAY INT SPA SCP
1 Bayern Munich 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 4–0 0–0
2 Internazionale 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10 0–2 — 2–1 1–0
3 Spartak Moscow 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup 2–2 0–1 — 1–1
4 Sporting CP 6 1 2 3 3 6 −3 5 0–1 1–0 1–3 —
Source:

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV PSV BDX GAL
1 Liverpool 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 3–0 3–2
2 PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10 0–0 — 1–3 2–0
3 Bordeaux 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 0–1 — 3–1
4 Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4 3–2 1–2 0–0 —
Source:

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VAL ROM SHA OLY
1 Valencia 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 2–0 2–0
2 Roma 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10 1–0 — 4–0 1–1
3 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 3 2 6 11 −5 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup 2–2 1–0 — 2–2
4 Olympiacos 6 0 3 3 6 11 −5 3 2–4 0–1 1–1 —
Source:

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OL RM STE DK
1 Lyon 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 1–1 1–0
2 Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11 2–2 — 1–0 5–1
3 Steaua București 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–3 1–4 — 1–1
4 Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 2 4 5 16 −11 2 0–3 2–2 1–4 —
Source:

Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MU CEL BEN FCK
1 Manchester United 6 4 0 2 10 5 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 3–2 3–1 3–0
2 Celtic 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 9 1–0 — 3–0 1–0
3 Benfica 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 Transfer to UEFA Cup 0–1 3–0 — 3–1
4 Copenhagen 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7 1–0 3–1 0–0 —
Source:

Group G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARS POR CSK HAM
1 Arsenal 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 0–0 3–1
2 Porto 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 0–0 — 0–0 4–1
3 CSKA Moscow 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–0 0–2 — 1–0
4 Hamburg 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3 1–2 1–3 3–2 —
Source:

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIL LIL AEK AND
1 Milan 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage — 0–2 3–0 4–1
2 Lille 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9 0–0 — 3–1 2–2
3 AEK Athens 6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 8 Transfer to UEFA Cup 1–0 1–0 — 1–1
4 Anderlecht 6 0 4 2 7 11 −4 4 0–1 1–1 2–2 —
Source:

Knockout stage
Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Champions League knockout stage

All knockout rounds are two-legged, except for the final. In the event of aggregate scores being equal after normal time in the second leg, the winning team will be that which scored more goals on their away leg: if the scores in the two matches were identical, extra time is played. The away goals rule also applies if scores are equal at the end of extra time. If there are no goals scored in extra time, the tie is decided on a penalty shoot out.

Bracket
  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
  Roma 0 2 2  
  Lyon 0 0 0  
    Roma 2 1 3  
    Manchester United 1 7 8  
  Lille 0 0 0
  Manchester United 1 1 2  
    Manchester United 3 0 3  
    Milan 2 3 5  
  Celtic 0 0 0  
  Milan (a.e.t.) 0 1 1  
    Milan 2 2 4
    Bayern Munich 2 0 2  
  Real Madrid 3 1 4
  Bayern Munich (a) 2 2 4  
    Milan 2
    Liverpool 1
  Porto 1 1 2  
  Chelsea 1 2 3  
    Chelsea 1 2 3
    Valencia 1 1 2  
  Internazionale 2 0 2
  Valencia (a) 2 0 2  
    Chelsea 1 0 1(1)
    Liverpool (p) 0 1 1(4)  
  PSV Eindhoven 1 1 2  
  Arsenal 0 1 1  
    PSV Eindhoven 0 0 0
    Liverpool 3 1 4  
  Barcelona 1 1 2
  Liverpool (a) 2 0 2  

Safety issues

On 8 February 2007, the Italian Government announced that San Siro Stadium in Milan was unsafe for spectators in light of riots that took place during and following an Italian Serie A match in Sicily. As a result, the venues of the first leg of the Inter-Valencia tie scheduled for 21 February and the second leg of the Celtic-Milan tie scheduled for 7 March were thrown into doubt. Various proposals and offers of the use of stadia outside Italy were made,[10][11] but it was finally agreed that the Inter-Valencia tie would be played at the San Siro with a reduced capacity of 36,000. After further work at the San Siro, Italian authorities and UEFA announced that the second leg of Celtic-Milan would go ahead at the stadium, at its full capacity of 85,700. 4,500 seats were reserved for Celtic supporters.[12]

First knockout round

The draw for the first knockout round of the competition took place on 15 December 2006 in Nyon, Switzerland.[13] The team first out of the hat in each tie plays the first leg of their tie at home, and the second leg away. This team is denoted as "Team #1" below.

The first legs were played on 20 and 21 February 2007, with the second legs on 6 and 7 March.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Porto 2–3 Chelsea 1–1 1–2
Celtic 0–1 Milan 0–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
PSV Eindhoven 2–1 Arsenal 1–0 1–1
Lille 0–2 Manchester United 0–1 0–1
Roma 2–0 Lyon 0–0 2–0
Barcelona 2–2 (a) Liverpool 1–2 1–0
Real Madrid 4–4 (a) Bayern Munich 3–2 1–2
Internazionale 2–2 (a) Valencia 2–2 0–0

Quarter-finals

The draw for the final stages, including the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, was held on Friday, 9 March 2007 in Athens, Greece. The draw was conducted by ad interim UEFA CEO Gianni Infantino, assisted by Friedrich Stickler, chairman of the UEFA Club Competitions Committee. Theodoros Zagorakis, the captain of Greece in Euro 2004, was appointed ambassador for the final.

The first legs were played on 3 and 4 April, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 April 2007.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan 4–2 Bayern Munich 2–2 2–0
PSV Eindhoven 0–4 Liverpool 0–3 0–1
Roma 3–8 Manchester United 2–1 1–7
Chelsea 3–2 Valencia 1–1 2–1

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 24 and 25 April, with the second legs on 1 and 2 May 2007.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea 1–1 (1–4 p) Liverpool 1–0 0–1 (aet)
Manchester United 3–5 Milan 3–2 0–3

Final
Main article: 2007 UEFA Champions League Final

The Final took place on 23 May 2007 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Unlike the other knockout rounds, the final was played over just one match, with extra time in case of a draw after 90 minutes. If the teams were still level following extra time, a penalty shootout would have determined the winner.

Milan scored first through Filippo Inzaghi just before half time. Inzaghi scored again in the 82nd minute, before Dirk Kuyt scored a late consolation goal a minute before full-time.

Milan went on to represent Europe at the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

Milan 2–1 Liverpool
Inzaghi  45', 82' Report MatchCentre Kuyt  89'
Attendance: 74,000

2006–07 UEFA Club Football Player Awards

Statistics

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

See also

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