2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season, Player details
During the 2006–07 season, United used 29 different players, with a further three named as substitutes who did not make an appearance on the pitch. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.


2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season, Player details, Goalscorers
Twelve players scored for the United first team with the team scoring 44 goals in total. The top goalscorer was Barry Robson, who finished the season with 12 goals.


2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season, Player details, Discipline
During the 2006–07 season, five United players were sent off, and twenty players received at least one yellow card. In total, the team received seven dismissals and 70 cautions.


2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In
Nine players were signed during the 2006–07 season, with a total (public) transfer cost of just under £100,000, although three transfers were undisclosed or nominal fees.


2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In
The players that joined Dundee United during the 2006–07 season, along with their previous club, are listed below.


2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, In
Sean Dillon's fee was €20,000, which amounted to approximately £13,500 at the time of transfer


2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, Out
No players were loaned out during the 2006–07 season, with twelve leaving the club permanently. The club received no transfer fees as all players were released.


2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season, Transfers, Out
Listed below are the players that were released during the season, along with the club that they joined. Players did not necessarily join their next club immediately.


2006–07 Dundee United F.C. season, Playing kit
The strips were produced for the first time by Hummel and the jerseys were sponsored for the first time by Anglian Home Improvements (who also sponsored Motherwell in the same season). For the first time, the shorts were sponsored (by Ole International).


2006–07 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. season
The 2006–07 was Dunfermline Athletic's seventh season in the Scottish Premier League. Dunfermline Athletic competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Although being relegated at the end of the season, Dunfermline qualified for the following season's UEFA Cup after playing in the Scottish Cup final against Celtic.


2006–07 ECHL season
The 2006–07 ECHL season was the 19th season of the ECHL. The league had 25 teams for 2006–07. The Brabham Cup regular season champions were the Las Vegas Wranglers and the Kelly Cup playoff champions were the Idaho Steelheads.


2006–07 ECHL season, League changes
Two teams returned to the ECHL after suspensions: the Texas Wildcatters and the Cincinnati Cyclones. The Wildcatters had to suspend operations for the 2005–06 season as a byproduct of damage to their home arena caused by Hurricane Rita. The Cyclones returned after ceasing operations following the 2003–04 season in trying to secure an American Hockey League franchise.


2006–07 ECHL season, League changes
The Board of Governors revoked the Greenville Grrrowl franchise and the San Diego Gulls had returned its franchise.


2006–07 ECHL season, League changes
The New Jersey Devils purchased the Trenton Titans and the team became the ECHL affiliate of the Devils. The Titans still maintained their affiliation with the Philadelphia Flyers for the season. After the purchase of the Titans, the New Jersey Devils renamed the franchise's operator Trenton Titans, LLC to Trenton Devils, LLC.


2006–07 ECHL season, League changes, Realignment
At the 2006 pre-season meeting of the ECHL Board of Governors, the ECHL announced the alignment of the 25 teams. The Las Vegas Wranglers were moved from the West to the Pacific Division to replace the departed San Diego Gulls, the returning Texas Wildcatters replaced the Grrrowl in the South Division, and the Cincinnati Cyclones were re-added to the North Division.


2006–07 ECHL season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L= Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SOL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; Green shade = Clinched playoff spot; Blue shade = Clinched division; (z) = Clinched home-ice advantage


2006–07 ECHL season, Regular season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2006–07 ECHL season, Regular season, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; SOL = Shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2006–07 ECHL season, Kelly Cup playoffs, Format
The two unbalanced conferences had separate playoff formats. The 10-team National Conference had the top eight teams advance to the playoffs with the division winners awarded the first and second seeds. The remaining six teams were seeded by points and the four highest seeds faced the lowest remaining seeds. The four remaining teams in the second round would be reseeded by regular season points and the winners would play for a conference championship. All playoff series were best-of-seven. The 15-team American Conference had 10 teams advance to the playoffs but kept an inter-divisional playoff structure. The fourth and fifth seeded teams in each division had a play-in best-of-three series before moving on to the divisional semifinals which were a best-of-five series. The divisional and conference finals were a best-of-seven series. The two conference champions then met in a best-of-seven Kelly Cup final series.


2006–07 EDF Energy Cup
The 2006–07 EDF Energy Cup marked the 36th season of the English Rugby Union cup competition. It was the second season under the new Anglo-Welsh format and the first with EDF Energy as title sponsor. The competition began on 1 September and concluded with the final on Sunday 15 April at Twickenham, where Leicester Tigers beat the Ospreys 41-35.


2006–07 EDF Energy Cup
The teams competing remained the same as the previous season with the exception of newly promoted NEC Harlequins, replacing Leeds Tykes, who were relegated to National Division One.


2006–07 EDF Energy Cup, Broadcast rights
Television rights for the league are held exclusively by BBC Sport. The BBC show EDF Energy Cup games as part of Grandstand, Scrum V and on Welsh-language channel S4C.


2006–07 EHF Champions League
The EHF Champions League 2006–07 was the 2006-2007 edition of the EHF Champions League who is managed by EHF.


2006–07 EHF Champions League, Top scorers
The top scorers from the 2006–07 EHF Champions League are as follows:


2006–07 EHF Women's Cup Winner's Cup
The 2006–07 EHF Women's Cup Winner's Cup was the 31st season of the tournament organised by EHF.


2006–07 EHF Women's Cup Winner's Cup
The final was played between Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea and Byåsen Trondheim. Oltchim defeated Byåsen 59–53 and have earned the right to play in the EHF Champions Trophy in Romania.


2006–07 EIHL season
The 2006–07 Elite Ice Hockey League season commenced on September 9, 2006 and concluded on April 8, 2007. It was the Elite League's fourth season of competition.


2006–07 EIHL season
There was a reduction of one in the number of foreign trained players ('imports') a club was allowed to have signed at one time, with a limit of ten per team. The number of players requiring a work permit (non-British and European Union citizens) was increased from five to nine.


2006–07 EIHL season
Clubs also had a greater number of North American players to choose from. Previously, EIHL teams were only able to sign players who had played in the NHL, AHL and ECHL, something which essentially limited EIHL clubs to a small pool of ECHL players and inflated wage demands. These new rules allowed clubs to sign players from the CHL and the UHL.


2006–07 EIHL season
The Nottingham Panthers represented the United Kingdom in the 2006–07 Continental Cup because the 2005–06 champions Belfast Giants and runner-up Newcastle Vipers declined to take part in the tournament.


2006–07 EIHL season, Challenge Cup
The preliminary round saw Coventry, Hull, Manchester and Sheffield advance to the semifinals. Coventry were drawn to face Manchester and Hull drawn against Sheffield.


2006–07 East Bengal FC season
The 2006–07 season was East Bengal's 11th season in the National Football League and 87th season in existence.


2006–07 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Calcutta Football League
East Bengal finished the 2006 Calcutta Premier Division as the champions with 32 points from 14 matches. Captain Alvito D'Cunha scored the solitary goal in the final game against Eastern Railway to win back the Calcutta League title after losing out the previous year to arch-rivals Mohun Bagan.


2006–07 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Durand Cup
East Bengal was grouped alongside JCT, Dempo and Army XI in Group B. East Bengal drew 0–0 against Dempo in the opening fixture but 0–4 against JCT and 1–2 against Army XI as they were eliminated from the group stages.


2006–07 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, IFA Shield
East Bengal was grouped alongside Mahindra United and Sporting Club de Goa in Group A. East Bengal lost 1–0 against Sporting Club de Goa in the opening game and drew 1–1 against Mahindra United as they were eliminated from the group stages.


2006–07 East Bengal FC season, Competitions, Federation Cup
East Bengal started the Federation Cup campaign in the Pre-Quarter Finals against State Bank of Travancore and won 2–0 with goals from Syed Rahim Nabi and Alvito D'Cunha. In the quarter-final, however, East Bengal lost 0–1 against Dempo courtesy of a solitary strike from Ranti Martins in the 86th minute as they were eliminated from the competition.


2006–07 East Bengal FC season, Super Soccer Series 2007 (Friendly)
Brazilian giants São Paulo football club toured India for a series of friendly matches in January 2007. East Bengal played them on 27 January 2007 at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri and lost 0–3 with goals from Carlinhos, Paulo Matos and Jean Raphael Moreira.


2006–07 Eastern Counties Football League
The 2006–07 Eastern Counties Football League season was the 65th in the history of Eastern Counties Football League a football competition in England.


2006–07 Eastern Counties Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:


2006–07 Eastern Counties Football League, Division One
Division One featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.


2006–07 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team
The 2006–07 Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Michigan University during the 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by 2nd year head coach Charles E. Ramsey, played their home games at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center and were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 13–19, 6–10 in MAC play. They team finished 4th in the MAC West. They were knocked out in the 2nd round of the MAC Tournament by Toledo The team captains were Carlos Medlock, Craig Cashen.


2006–07 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires
The Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires, also known as the Great Divide Complex, were a series of bushfires that commenced in the Victorian Alps in Australia on 1 December 2006 due to lightning strikes, and continued for 69 days. They were the longest running bushfires in the state's history. Between 1.2 and 1.3 million hectares were burnt, most of it public land. Victorian fire personnel were assisted by others from all states and territories of Australia, as well as teams from New Zealand, the United States and Canada.


2006–07 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires, Timeline
On 11 December it was reported that the fires had reached Mount Stirling, and destroyed Craig's Hut, well known as the setting for the film The Man from Snowy River. The bushfire smoke spread across the state, and by 20 December visibility in Melbourne was reduced to two kilometres, causing disruption to flights at Melbourne Airport On 11 January a number of buildings and stock were lost at Tambo Crossing as the firefront crossed to the east of the Great Alpine Road and climbed Mount Elizabeth.


2006–07 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires, Tawonga Gap and Tatong fires
Two separate large fires were burning nearby during the same period, one at Tawonga Gap (33,500 hectares) and another at Tatong (33,000 hectares).


2006–07 Eccellenza
This is a list of division winners and playoff matches in the regionally organized Eccellenza 2006–2007.


2006–07 Eccellenza, Regional playoffs, Rules
In the regional playoffs, each Regional Committee can decide its own rules to admit a single team to the national phase. In the 2006–07 season, Liguria, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna and Lazio opted not to organize any regional playoff, preferring instead to admit the runner-up team directly to the national phase, whereas all other regional committees organized playoffs between teams from second to fifth place, with the exception of Piedmont, that organized a playoff between only three teams (from second to fourth place).


2006–07 Eccellenza, National playoffs, Rules
The national playoffs involved a total of 28 teams, respectively the regional playoff winners or the second-placed teams in case regional playoffs were not organized by the correspondent committee. A total of two two-legged rounds are played in order to fill the remaining seven Serie D spots.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season
The 2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season began on October 5, 2006. It was the Oilers' 35th season, 28th in the NHL. After making it to the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, the club had a disappointing season, finishing out of the playoffs.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season
Prior to the season the club experience the stunning loss of star defenceman Chris Pronger. After helping the Oilers to the Stanley Cup final in the 2005–06 season, Pronger requested a trade due to personal reasons. In early July, Pronger was sent to the Anaheim Ducks for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid and various draft picks.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season
Not only did Pronger leave, but another major acquisition from the previous season, Michael Peca, was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent. Despite the losses in personnel, the Oilers had a very strong start to the season, briefly propelling them to the top of the Northwest Division standings. The Oilers would slowly fall back of the pack however, finding themselves well out of a playoff spot by the trade deadline.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season
At the deadline, the Oilers again stunned the NHL by trading their leading scorer, and pending Unrestricted free agent, Ryan Smyth to the New York Islanders for two prospects and a first-round draft pick. Reports later indicated that Smyth and the Oilers were only $100,000 apart in contract negotiations when the Oilers chose to make the trade.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season
On the same night as the Smyth trade, the Oilers retired former captain Mark Messier's number 11 sweater. The celebration of Messier also included having a street named after him in Edmonton. Oilers general manager, and Messier's former teammate, Kevin Lowe was noticeably absent from the retirement ceremony. Messier won five Stanley Cups with the Oilers during his time in Edmonton.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season
The Oilers set new marks in this season for both success and failure. Edmonton recorded its 1,000th regular season win in the NHL on January 2, 2007, while late in the season, the Oilers lost 12 consecutive games, a mark that surpassed Edmonton's previous record of 11. However, the NHL does not now consider an overtime loss a true loss, thus the feat did not officially break the franchise record for losses.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season
In May 2007, Daryl Katz offered $145 million towards the purchase of the team. Sources close to the Edmonton Journal state that, as part of the deal, the team will remain in Edmonton. No negotiations took place as the owners immediately responded that the Oilers were not for sale.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season
Excluding shootout goals scored, the Oilers had the fewest goals scored of all 30 NHL teams, with just 192.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season, Schedule and results
Legend:   Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season, Playoffs
The Oilers were eliminated from playoff contention for the third time in their last five seasons. With the Carolina Hurricanes also failing to qualify for the post-season, it marked the first time in NHL history that the previous season's finalists both failed to qualify for the playoffs.


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season, Player statistics, Skaters
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Edmonton. Stats reflect time with the Oilers only. ‡Denotes player traded mid-season


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season, Player statistics, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average


2006–07 Edmonton Oilers season, Transactions, Draft picks
Edmonton's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver. The Oilers did not draft a player until the 45th pick.


2006–07 Eerste Divisie
The 2006/2007 season of the Eerste Divisie began on August 11, 2006 and ended in May 2007.


2006–07 Eerste Divisie, Promoted teams
The following teams were promoted to the Eredivisie at the end of the season:


2006–07 Eerste Divisie, New team
This team was relegated out of the Eredivisie at the start of the season:


2006–07 Eerste Divisie, Playoffs
VVV Venlo and Excelsior will play in the 2007–08 Eredivisie


2006–07 Eerste Klasse
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2006–07 Eerste Klasse
2006–07 Eerste Klasse was a Dutch association football season of the Eerste Klasse.


2006–07 Egyptian Premier League
The 2006–07 Egyptian Premier League started on 3 August 2006, and the season ended on 25 May 2007. Al Ahly were crowned champions for the third year in a row and for the thirty-second time in total since the league start in 1948.


2006–07 Egyptian Premier League, Stadiums
Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria opened recently and it will be the home of majority of the Alexandria clubs. The stadium has a capacity of 80,000. In 2007, Damanhour Stadium in the city of Damanhour will go into construction. Its capacity will be 60,000. In 2009, Mubarak International Stadium will go into construction in Six October City & its capacity will be 65,000. In 2009 the Cairo Military Academy Stadium will be rebuilt and its capacity will be 65,000. As well Ismailia has future plans for expansion or a new venue with a capacity of a minimum of 45,000.


2006–07 Egyptian Super Cup
The 2006–07 Egyptian Super Cup was the 6th edition of the Egyptian Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Egyptian Premier League and Egypt Cup. The match is usually contested by the winners of the Premier League and the Egypt Cup, but since Al Ahly won the double (2005–06 Egyptian Premier League and 2005–06 Egypt Cup), ENPPI qualified instead of Zamalek (second-placed in the league and cup), who was prevented from playing the match by decision of the football association. The match was played at the Cairo International Stadium. Al Ahly defended the trophy they won in the previous edition and defeated Enppi 1–0.


2006–07 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The 2006–07 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 107th season in the club's football history. In 2006–07 the club played in the Bundesliga, the first tier of German football. It was the club's 102nd season in the first tier.


2006–07 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Eintracht Frankfurt season, Players, Eintracht Frankfurt II
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Ekstraklasa
The 2006–07 Ekstraklasa started on 28 July 2006 and finished on 26 May 2007. Zagłębie Lubin were crowned champions.


2006–07 Ekstraklasa
For the second time league was sponsored by cell phone operator Orange Polska and official name for championship was Orange Ekstraklasa 2006–07.


2006–07 Ekstraklasa, Corruption
On 12 April 2007 PZPN decided about degradation of Górnik Łęczna (two class degradation and 270,000 PLN fine) and Arka Gdynia (one class degradation and 200,000 PLN fine and minus 5 points on the start of next season) due to their involvement in corruption scandal.


2006–07 Ekstraklasa, Annual awards
These were given out by the weekly magazine Piłka Nożna


2006–07 Elite Women's Hockey League
The 2006–07 Elite Women's Hockey League season was the third season of the Elite Women's Hockey League, a multi-national women's ice hockey league. HC Slovan Bratislava of Slovakia won the league title for the second time in a row.


2006–07 Elitserien (men's handball)
The 2006–07 Elitserien was the 73rd season of the top division of Swedish handball. 14 teams competed in the league. The eight highest placed teams qualified for the playoffs, whereas teams 11–12 had to play relegation playoffs against teams from the second division, and teams 13–14 were relegated automatically. Hammarby IF won the regular season and also won the playoffs to claim their second Swedish title.


2006–07 Elitserien season
The 2006–07 Elitserien season was the 32nd season of Elitserien. It began on September 18, 2006, with the regular season ending March 2, 2007. The playoffs of the 84th Swedish Championship concluded on April 14, with Modo Hockey defeating Linköpings HC to win their second championship title.


2006–07 Elitserien season, Regular season, Final standings
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points


2006–07 Elitserien season, Regular season, Final standings
x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched regular season league title, e - eliminated from playoff contention, r - play in relegation series


2006–07 Elitserien season, Playoffs
After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs.


2006–07 Elitserien season, Playoffs, Playoff bracket
In the first round, the highest remaining seed chose which of the four lowest remaining seeds to be matched against. In the second round, the highest remaining seed was matched against the lowest remaining seed. In each round the higher-seeded team was awarded home ice advantage. Each best-of-seven series followed a 1–1–1–2–1–1 format: the higher-seeded team played at home for games 2 and 4 (plus 5 and 7 if necessary), and the lower-seeded team was at home for game 1, 3 and 6 (if necessary).


2006–07 England Hockey League season
The 2006–07 English Hockey League season took place from September 2006 until April 2007. The league was sponsored by Slazenger and the men's title was won by Reading with the women's title going to Leicester. There were no play offs during the season.


2006–07 England Hockey League season
The Men's Cup was won by Cannock and the Women's Cup was won by Bowdon Hightown.


2006–07 Eredivisie
The 2006–07 Eredivisie season began on August 18, 2006. The season saw PSV Eindhoven quickly building a gap with the other teams. After 20 matches, the club was 11 points ahead of AZ and 12 points ahead of Ajax. The lead quickly dissipated in the 13 matches that followed. A draw of PSV at FC Utrecht in the penultimate round saw AZ and Ajax catching up. The three clubs were all on 72 points from 33 matches, with the AZ on top due to goal difference. Ajax were second, PSV were third.


2006–07 Eredivisie
AZ suffered a shock defeat at league minnows Excelsior Rotterdam in the final round, playing with 10 men after 15 minutes in the game. Ajax won 0–2 at Willem II, and PSV beat Vitesse 5–1. PSV and Ajax both finished on 75 points, but PSV finished first due to a better goal difference (+50, against +49 for Ajax) to end one of the most exciting and closest title races in many years.


2006–07 Eredivisie, Promoted team
This team was promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the start of the season:


2006–07 Eredivisie, Relegated teams
The following teams were relegated to the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:


2006–07 Eredivisie, Promoted teams
The following teams were promoted from the Eerste Divisie at the end of the season:


2006–07 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions
For one Champions League ticket and three UEFA Cup tickets


2006–07 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions
Ajax have qualified for 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. AZ, FC Twente and Heerenveen have qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.


2006–07 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions
For one UEFA Cup ticket and possibly one Intertoto Cup ticket


2006–07 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions
FC Groningen have qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. FC Utrecht faced Vitesse (the team winning match J) for one ticket to the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007.


2006–07 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions
Vitesse faced FC Utrecht (the team losing match G) for one ticket to the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007.


2006–07 Eredivisie, Play-offs, For UEFA competitions
FC Utrecht have qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007.


2006–07 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Relegation playoffs
All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal amount of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg.


2006–07 Eredivisie, Play-offs, Relegation playoffs
All teams play a home and an away match, with the possibility of a third match in case of a tie. The team that has scored the most away goals in the first two legs will play the deciding third leg at home. If both teams have scored an equal amount of away goals, a penalty shootout after the second leg will decide who plays at home in the third leg. The winners of matches G and H will play in the Eredivisie 2007/2008


2006–07 Eredivisie (basketball)
The 2006–07 Eredivisie season was the 48th season of the Eredivisie in basketball, the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands. EiffelTowers Den Bosch won their 14th national title.


2006–07 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 2006–07 Eredivisie season was the 47th season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Six teams participated in the league, and the Tilburg Trappers won the championship.


2006–07 Ergotelis F.C. season
The 2006–07 season was Ergotelis' 77th season in existence, first season in the Super League following the club's promotion as champions of last year's Beta Ethniki, and second season overall in the competition. Ergotelis also participated in the Greek Cup, entering the competition in the Fourth Round. The club managed to achieve its pre-season goal to stay clear of relegation, finishing 9th overall and thus secured its participation in next year's edition of the top football competition in Greece. Furthermore, Ergotelis advanced to the Greek Cup Round of 16 (Fifth Round) for the second consecutive time before being eliminated by Greek giants PAOK.


2006–07 Ergotelis F.C. season, Players, The following players have departed in mid-season
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Essex Senior Football League
The 2006–07 Essex Senior Football League season was the 36th in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.


2006–07 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs
The league featured 13 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with three new clubs:


2006–07 Esteghlal F.C. season
The 2006–07 season are the Esteghlal Football Club's 6th season in the Iran Pro League, and their 13th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They are also competing in the Hazfi Cup and 62nd year in existence as a football club.


2006–07 Esteghlal F.C. season, Player
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Esteghlal F.C. season, Transfers
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Esteghlal F.C. season, Transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Esteghlal F.C. season, Competitions, AFC Champions League, Group Stage
Esteghlal Tehran was disqualified from Group B for failing to register their players list in time.


2006–07 Euro Hockey Tour
The 2006-07 Euro Hockey Tour was the 11th season of the Euro Hockey Tour. The season consisted of four tournaments, the Česká Pojišťovna Cup, Karjala Tournament, Channel One Cup, and the LG Hockey Games. The top two teams met in the final, and the third and fourth place teams met for the third place game.


2006–07 EuroLeague Women
The EuroLeague Women is an international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe. The 2006–2007 season features 18 competing teams from 10 different countries. The draw for the groups was held on August 6, 2006 in Munich. The competition began on November 1, 2006.


2006–07 EuroLeague Women
Note that the competition is operated by FIBA Europe — unlike the men's Euroleague, which is run by a body known as Euroleague Basketball (company).


2006–07 EuroLeague Women, Final four, Final
Euroleague Women 2007 Final Four MVP —   Tina Thompson, Spartak Moscow Region


2006–07 Euroleague
The 2006–07 Euroleague was the 7th season of the professional basketball competition for elite clubs throughout Europe, organised by Euroleague Basketball Company, and it was the 50th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs overall. The season featured 24 competing teams from 13 different countries.


2006–07 Euroleague
The competition began on October 24, 2006, at the Olympic Pavilion in Badalona, Spain, with Panathinaikos winning 82-79 against DKV Joventut. The final of the competition was held on May 6, 2007, in the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, the home court of Panathinaikos, with Panathinaikos defeating the defending champions, CSKA Moscow, by a score of 93-91.


2006–07 Euroleague, Regular season
The first phase was a regular season, in which the competing teams were drawn into three groups, each containing eight teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away, resulting in 14 games for each team in the first stage. The top 5 teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team advanced to the next round. The complete list of tiebreakers was provided in the lead-in to the Regular Season results.


2006–07 Euroleague, Regular season
If one or more clubs were level on won-lost record, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:


2006–07 Euroleague, Top 16
The surviving teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, and again a round robin system was adopted, resulting in 6 games each, with the two top teams advancing to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers were identical to those used in the Regular Season.


2006–07 Euroleague, Top 16
The draw was held February 5, at 13:00 CET (1200 UTC) in Barcelona, in accordance with Euroleague rules.


2006–07 Euroleague, Top 16
Level 1: The three group winners, plus the top-ranked second-place team


2006–07 Euroleague, Top 16
Level 2: The remaining second-place teams, plus the top two third-place teams


2006–07 Euroleague, Top 16
Level 3: The remaining third-place team, plus the three fourth-place teams


2006–07 Euroleague, Top 16
Level 4: The fifth-place teams, plus the top ranked sixth-place team


2006–07 Euroleague, Top 16
Each Top 16 group included one team from each pool. The draw was conducted under the following restrictions:


2006–07 Euroleague, Top 16
Another draw was held to determine the order of fixtures. In the case of two teams from the same city in the Top 16 (CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos, FC Barcelona and Joventut Badalona) they were scheduled so that every week only one team would be at home.


2006–07 Euroleague, Top 16, Group G
*Unicaja won the group over Dynamo Moscow. The teams split their regular-season matches, but Unicaja scored 5 more points head-to-head.


2006–07 Euroleague, Quarterfinals
Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three series between a first-place team in the Top 16 and a second-place team from a different group, with the first-place team receiving home advantage. Quarterfinals were played on April 3 and 5, 2007, with third games to be played April 12 if necessary.


2006–07 Euroleague, Awards, All-Euroleague Team 2006–07
*A tie resulted in the voting for the best point guard of the season, between Dimitris Diamantidis and Theo Papaloukas. Consequently, the 2006–07 All-Euroleague First Team included six players.


2006–07 Euroleague Regular Season Group A
Standings and results for Group A of the Regular Season phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2006–07 Euroleague Regular Season Group B
Standings and results for Group B of the Regular Season phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2006–07 Euroleague Regular Season Group C
Standings and results for Group C of the Regular Season phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2006–07 Euroleague Top 16 Group D
Standings and results for Group D of the Top 16 phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2006–07 Euroleague Top 16 Group E
Standings and results for Group E of the Top 16 phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2006–07 Euroleague Top 16 Group F
Standings and results for Group F of the Top 16 phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2006–07 Euroleague Top 16 Group G
Standings and results for Group G of the Top 16 phase of the 2006-07 Euroleague basketball tournament.


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals
The quarterfinals of the 2006-07 Euroleague were the third of four stages of the annual Europe-wide club basketball competition.


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals
Each quarterfinal was a best-of-three series between a first-place team in the Top 16 and a second-place team from a different group, with the first-place team receiving home advantage. Quarterfinals were played on April 3 and April 5, 2007, with third games played April 12 if necessary.


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals
The winning teams advanced to the Final Four, held May 4 through May 6, 2007 at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens.


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 1, Statistics
Leading scorer: 41 points - Igor Rakočević , TAU Cerámica (1st game - 24 po., 2nd game - 17 po.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 1, Statistics
Leading rebounder: 19 rebounds (DEF - 14, OFF - 5) - Luis Scola , TAU Cerámica (1st game - 9 reb., 2nd game - 10 reb.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 1, Statistics
Assists leader: 8 assists - Scoonie Penn , Olympiacos (1st game - 3 ass., 2nd game - 5 ass.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 1, Statistics
Leading shot blocker: 3 blocks - Luis Scola , TAU Cerámica (2nd game - 3 blocks).


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 2, Statistics
Leading scorer: 47 points - Trajan Langdon , CSKA Moscow (1st game - 16 po. 2nd game - 11 po. 3rd game - 20 po.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 2, Statistics
Leading rebounder: 23 rebounds (DEF - 18, OFF - 4) - Nikola Vujčić , Maccabi Tel Aviv (1st game - 9 reb. 2nd game - 9 reb. 3rd game - 4 reb.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 2, Statistics
Assists leader: 21 assists - Theodoros Papaloukas , CSKA Moscow (1st game - 8 ass. 2nd game - 3 ass. 3rd game - 10 ass.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 2, Statistics
Leading shot blocker: 4 blocks - Thomas van den Spiegel , CSKA Moscow (1st game - 2 blocks, 3rd game - 2 blocks).


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 3, Statistics
Leading scorer: 35 points - Ramūnas Šiškauskas , Panathinaikos (1st game - 16 po. 2nd game - 19 po.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 3, Statistics
Leading rebounder: 13 rebounds (DEF - 7, OFF - 6) - Lazaros Papadopoulos , Dynamo Moscow (1st game - 7 reb. 2nd game - 6 reb.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 3, Statistics
Assists leader: 7 assists - Dimitris Diamantidis , Panathinaikos (1st game - 6 ass. 2nd game - 1 ass.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 3, Statistics
Leading shot blocker: 4 blocks - Dimitris Diamantidis , Panathinaikos (1st game - 3 blocks, 2nd game - 1 block).


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 4, Statistics
Leading scorer: 49 points - Juan Carlos Navarro , Winterthur FCB (1st game - 15 po. 2nd game - 25 po. 3rd game - 9 po.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 4, Statistics
Leading rebounder: 20 rebounds (DEF - 15, OFF - 5) - Jordi Trias , Winterthur FCB (1st game - 5 reb. 2nd game - 6 reb. 3rd - 9 reb.)


2006–07 Euroleague quarterfinals, Quarterfinal 4, Statistics
Leading shot blocker: 4 blocks - Iñaki de Miguel , Unicaja Málaga (2nd game - 1 block, 3rd game - 3 blocks).


2006–07 European Badminton Circuit season
The 2006–07 European Badminton Circuit season started in September 2006 and ended in April 2007.


2006–07 European Badminton Circuit season, Results, Performance by countries
Tabulated below are the Circuit performances based on countries. Only countries who have won a title are listed:


2006–07 European Challenge Cup
The 2006–07 European Challenge Cup was the 11th year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between October 2006 and May 2007.


2006–07 European Challenge Cup pool stage
The 2006–07 European Challenge Cup pool stage was the opening stage of the 11th season of the European Challenge Cup, the second-tier competition for European rugby union clubs. It began with five matches on 20 October 2006 and ended with the final seven pool games on 20 January 2007.


2006–07 European Challenge Cup pool stage
Twenty teams participated in this phase of the competition; they were divided into five pools of four teams each, with each team playing the others home and away. Competition points were earned using the standard bonus point system. The five pool winners and the best three runners-up advanced to the knockout stage. These teams then competed in a single-elimination tournament that ended with the final at the Twickenham Stoop in London on 19 May 2007.


2006–07 Everton F.C. season
The 2006–07 English football season saw Everton compete in the FA Premier League.


2006–07 Everton F.C. season, Season summary
Everton finished in sixth place in the Premier League table – enough for participation in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.


2006–07 Everton F.C. season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 Everton F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season
F.C. Copenhagen won the Danish Superliga throphy and competed in UEFA Champions League in the season 2006-07. The championship was secured on 9 May 2007 after winning 1–0 at Brøndby Stadion against arch rivals Brøndby IF.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season
On August 23, Copenhagen qualified for the UEFA Champions League as the first Danish team since 1998 after eliminating Ajax 3–2 on aggregate. In the group stage, they finished last in their group despite earning seven points.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season
Copenhagen lost the finals in both the Royal League and Danish Cup against Brøndby and Odense Boldklub respectively.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions
For the 2006–07 season, Copenhagen competed in the Danish Superliga, Danish Cup, UEFA Champions League and Royal League.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
In the Superliga they were at the winter break placed first, with only one defeat and four draws after 18 matches. Their biggest wins was with 3–0 against Viborg FF and Vejle Boldklub at Parken on respectively 22 and October 29.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
The only autumn defeat was against Aalborg BK on August 27, where they lost 2–0 at Parken.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
On 5 May 2007 they got their second defeat, again against Aalborg BK at Parken. That match ended 1–2. Their final loss was 19 days later against Esbjerg fB home with 1–2.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
The championship was secured on May 9 after winning 1–0 at Brøndby Stadion against arch rivals Brøndby IF.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Superliga
In season's last match, on 27 May, Copenhagen played a 0–0 draw against already-relegated Vejle at Vejle Stadion.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup
In the Danish Cup, Copenhagen began in the third round against Thisted FC at Lerpytter Stadion. Copenhagen won 4–1 on penalty shootout following a 1–1 draw after full-time. Hjalte Nørregaard scored for FCK and Daniel Kristensen scored for Thisted.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup
In the fourth round, Copenhagen played at home against Esbjerg fB, winning 3–1. Former FCK player Jesper Bech scored for Esbjerg after four minutes, but Fredrik Berglund and Hjalte Nørregaard scored the three goals for FCK in front of 10,000 spectators at Parken Stadium.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup
In the quarter-finals, FC Midtjylland awaited at SAS Arena in Herning. After 90 minutes, the scoreline was 2–2, after FCK-goals by Fredrik Berglund and Dan Thomassen and in the extra time Brede Hangeland made it 3–2 for FCK.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup
In the semi finals the opponent was 1st Division leaders Lyngby Boldklub. The first match at Lyngby Stadion ended with a 3–2 win for FCK, where Berglund had scored twice, and Nørregaard score 6 minutes before full-time. The second leg at Parken was a display of skills as FCK won 4–0; Aílton José Almeida, Fredrik Berglund and Hjalte Nørregaard scored for FCK, while the goal for 2–0 was an own goal by Lyngby debutant Brian Hämäläinen.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Danish Cup
In the final Odense Boldklub was waiting, and Michael Hemmingsen's troops showed that FCK still had a hangover after the championship was secured 8 days earlier. The match ended 1–2, although Atiba Hutchinson made it 1–0 for FCK after 15 minutes.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
In the Champions League, FCK started in the 2nd qualifying round, where they faced Finnish MyPa. First match was played at Parken Stadium, and FCK won 2–0 after goals by André Bergdølmo, a penalty kick, and Michael Gravgaard. The return match were played at Saviniemi, and that match ended 2–2 after goals by Fredrik Berglund, Eero Peltonen (MyPa), Tobias Linderoth and Saku Puhakainen (MyPa). FCK went through to next round with 4–2 agg.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
In the third qualifying round, Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam was waiting, but after a strong start, FCK lost 1–2 at home ground Parken Stadium, after goals by Ajax's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (twice) and FCK's Brede Hangeland. In the return match at Amsterdam ArenA on August 23 FC Copenhagen turned the tie around by defeating Ajax 0–2, including an own goal by Thomas Vermaelen, and thereby qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 3–2 aggregate scoreline.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
The draw was made on August 24 and FCK came out of the hat in Group F along with Manchester United, Benfica & Celtic.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
The first group stage match were against Benfica at Parken Stadium. That match ended with a 0–0 draw. The second match were played at Celtic Park against Celtic, who won 1–0. The goal was scored on a penalty kick. In the third match they played, they lost 3–0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford. They however went on to beat Manchester United 1–0 in the fourth match, thanks to a Marcus Allbäck goal. Copenhagen lost their hope on further European matches at Estádio da Luz against Benfica where the match was closed after only 16 minutes where Benfica came in front 2–0, in a match that ended 3–1. Allbäck scored Copenhagen's goal in the 89th minute.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, UEFA Champions League
Their most successful and least important match was the last, where they beat Celtic by 3 to 1 at Parken, after goals by Atiba Hutchinson, Jesper Grønkjær and Marcus Allbäck.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Royal League
In the group stage F.C. Copenhagen were in group 2 with the archrivals Brøndby IF, Swedish Hammarby IF and Norwegian Lillestrøm S.K. in the group 2. FCK won three matches and FCK qualified for the quarter finals, where they met IF Elfsborg.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Royal League
The match ended 1–2 at Borås Arena after goals by Hjalte Nørregaard and Michael Silberbauer. In the semi finals, FCK drew the Swedish team, Helsingborgs IF, who was without their big star Henrik Larsson. The match was played at Parken and FCK won 3–1. Fredrik Berglund score twice in the first 15 minutes and Aílton José Almeida scored the game's last goal in the 32nd minute.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Competitions, Royal League
F.C. Copenhagen lost in the 2007 Royal League Final, after Martin Ericsson scored on a penalty shoot for Brøndby at Brøndby Stadion. This was the only goal in the quite boring final. For the first time, FCK did not win the Royal League.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squads
The following squads, are lists with all the players, who have played in FC København in the 2006-07 season.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squads, First team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 F.C. Copenhagen season, Squads, Reserve team
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2006–07 FA Cup
The 2006–07 FA Cup (known as The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON for sponsorship reasons) was the 126th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition; the FA Cup. This season's edition was the first to be sponsored by E.ON.


2006–07 FA Cup
The competition started on 18 August 2006 with the first of the record number of 687 teams entering in the Extra Preliminary Round and concluded on 19 May 2007 with the Final, held at the new Wembley Stadium.


2006–07 FA Cup
For information on the matches played from the Extra Preliminary Round to the final Qualifying Round, see FA Cup 2006-07 Qualifying Rounds.


2006–07 FA Cup
Chelsea claimed this season's FA Cup with a hard-fought 1–0 victory over Manchester United, with Didier Drogba scoring the winning goal in the dying minutes of extra-time. Manchester United had played against top-flight opponents in each round, as they had when they won the Cup in 1948.


2006–07 FA Cup, Calendar
The results below detail the results from the First Round Proper onwards.


2006–07 FA Cup, First round proper
Matches played on weekend of Saturday, 11 November 2006. The draw was made by Will Greenwood and Neil Back, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking.


2006–07 FA Cup, Second round proper
Matches played on weekend of Saturday, 2 December 2006. The draw was made on 12 November by Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC One.


2006–07 FA Cup, Second round proper
As mentioned below, Bury defeated Chester City 3–1 at the Deva Stadium but it was soon revealed that Bury had fielded an ineligible player, resulting in them being expelled from the competition and Chester City being reinstated.


2006–07 FA Cup, Third round proper
This round marks the entry of the top-flight teams to the competition. Matches were played on the weekend of Saturday, 6 January 2007. The draw was made on 3 December 2006 by Amir Khan and Ricky Hatton, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC One. Replays were held in the week of 16 and 17 January, with the exception of the Luton – QPR replay, which was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.


2006–07 FA Cup, Fourth round proper
Matches played on weekend of Saturday, 27 January 2007. The draw was made on 8 January by Hope Powell and Faye White, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC Two and Sky Sports News.


2006–07 FA Cup, Fifth round proper
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday, 17 February 2007. The draw took place on Monday, 29 January 2007 and was made by Darren Campbell and Roger Black, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking, and televised live on BBC Two and Sky Sports News.


2006–07 FA Cup, Sixth round proper
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday, 10 March 2007. The draw for the round, also known as the quarter-finals, took place on Monday, 19 February 2007 at 1:30pm GMT. The draw was made by Steve McClaren and Terry Venables, adjudicated by Trevor Brooking and televised live on BBC Two. This was the last round in which matches were held on the home grounds of one of the teams. The only non-Premier League team to reach the quarter-finals this season were Plymouth Argyle.


2006–07 FA Cup, Semi-finals
Unlike earlier rounds, matches were played on neutral grounds on the weekend of Saturday, 14 April 2007. There would be no replays even if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. Only if extra time did not decide the winners, a penalty shootout would decide winners. The draw for the semi-finals took place on Monday, 12 March 2007 at 1:30pm GMT. The draw was made by Ray Clemence, and adjudicated by Trevor Brooking.


2006–07 FA Cup, Final
The 126th FA Cup Final was played at the new Wembley Stadium and it was the first FA Cup Final to be played in London since 2000. Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties. Chelsea's victory ended Manchester United's hopes of becoming the only English club to win the double four times (having previously won it in 1994, 1996 and 1999), and in doing so, completed their own cup-double.


2006–07 FA Cup, Media coverage
In the United Kingdom, the BBC were the free to air broadcasters for the six consecutive season while Sky Sports were the subscription broadcasters for the nineteenth consecutive season.


2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The 2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 126th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 687 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 13 from the previous season’s 674.


2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 11) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. South Western Football League was the only level 11 league represented in the Cup, eleven clubs from the South Western Football League were the lowest-ranked clubs in competition. The 32 winning teams from Fourth qualifying round progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.


2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Extra preliminary round
Matches played on Friday/Saturday/Sunday 18 to 20 August 2006. 258 clubs from Level 9, Level 10 and Level 11 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition, while other 91 clubs from levels 9-11 get a bye to the preliminary round.


2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Preliminary round
Matches played on weekend of Saturday 2 September 2006. A total of 332 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 129 winners from the Extra preliminary round, 91 clubs from Levels 9-11, who get a bye in the extra preliminary round and 112 entering at this stage from the five divisions at Level 8 of English football. The round featured seven clubs from Level 11 (all from the South Western Football League) still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.


2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
Matches on weekend of Saturday 16 September 2006. A total of 232 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 166 winners from the Preliminary round and 66 entering at this stage from the top division of the three leagues at Level 7 of English football. The round featured four clubs from Level 11 (all from the South Western Football League) still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.


2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
Matches played on weekend of Saturday 30 September 2006. A total of 160 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 116 winners from the First qualifying round and 44 Level 6 clubs, from Conference North and Conference South, entering at this stage. St Blazey from Level 11 of English football were the lowest-ranked club to qualify for this round of the competition.


2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
Matches played on weekend of Saturday 14 October 2006. A total of 80 clubs took part, all having progressed from the Second qualifying round. Haverhill Rovers from Level 10 of English football were the lowest-ranked club to qualify for this round of the competition.


2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Fourth qualifying round
Matches played on weekend of Saturday 28 October 2006. A total of 64 clubs took part, 40 having progressed from the Third qualifying round and 24 clubs from Conference Premier, forming Level 5 of English football, entering at this stage. Haverhill Rovers from Level 10 of English football were the lowest-ranked club to qualify for this round of the competition.


2006–07 FA Cup qualifying rounds, Competition proper
See 2006–07 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.


2006–07 FA Premier Academy League
The 2006–07 Premier Academy League Under–18 season was the tenth edition since the establishment of The Premier Academy League, and the 3rd under the current make-up. The first match of the season was played in August 2006, and the season ended on May 2007.


2006–07 FA Premier League
The 2006–07 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the FA Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 August 2006 and concluded on 13 May 2007. On 12 February 2007, the FA Premier League renamed itself simply the Premier League, complete with new logo, sleeve patches and typeface. The sponsored name remains the Barclays Premier League.


2006–07 FA Premier League
Manchester United ended the season as Premiership champions for the ninth time in fifteen years, after Chelsea failed to win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on 6 May 2007. This left them seven points behind United, with two games to go, confirming the Manchester club as champions once more.


2006–07 FA Premier League
The three relegation spots were occupied by Watford and Sheffield United who each lasted one season in the league, along with Charlton Athletic who went down after seven seasons.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Reading (playing in the top flight for the first time ever), Sheffield United (playing top flight football for the first time in twelve years) and Watford (returning after a six-year absence). They replaced Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland, ending their top flight spells of four, two and one year respectively.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Statistics, Historic goals, 15,000th goal
The Premier League expected to have the league's 15,000th goal scored at some point in the period between Christmas and New Year. The target was reached on 30 December when Moritz Volz scored for Fulham against Chelsea. Barclays, the Premiership's sponsor, donated £15,000 to the Fulham Community Sports Trust in Volz' name. Additionally, a fan who correctly predicted that Volz would score the historic goal in a contest presented the player with a special award prior to Fulham's game against Watford at Craven Cottage on 1 January. The honour of scoring the 15,000th goal led to Volz being nicknamed "15,000 Volz".


2006–07 FA Premier League, Statistics, Historic goals, Goalkeeper scores
On 17 March 2007, Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Paul Robinson scored against Watford from an 83-yard free kick, which bounced over his England teammate Ben Foster, who was in goal for the Hornets, leading Spurs to a 3–1 win at White Hart Lane. This was the third goal scored by a goalkeeper in Premiership history. The other two were scored by Peter Schmeichel, for Aston Villa against Everton on 21 October 2001, and Brad Friedel, for Blackburn Rovers against Charlton Athletic on 21 February 2004. In those two cases, the teams they played for lost. Robinson became the first keeper to score for the winning team in a Premiership match.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Relegation controversy
West Ham escaped relegation on the final day of the season with a 1–0 win over Manchester United, with Carlos Tevez scoring the winner. Sheffield United were relegated, along with Charlton and Watford. Tevez was subsequently found to have been ineligible to play, as he was not owned by West Ham, but by a third party. Sheffield United sued to keep their Premier League status and, when that failed, went to an FA arbitration panel seeking up to £30m compensation. The arbitration panel found in favour of Sheffield. The two clubs subsequently settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards
This season's awards were dominated by Manchester United, who, as a team, picked up a total of eight individual awards, five of which went to Cristiano Ronaldo. They also had eight players in the Team of the Year.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Players' Player of the Year
The PFA Players' Player of the Year award for 2007 was won by Cristiano Ronaldo. He had won the PFA Young Player of the Year award earlier on in the awards ceremony, making him the first player to win both awards in the same year since Andy Gray managed the same feat in 1977. Didier Drogba came second, while Paul Scholes was third.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Players' Player of the Year
The shortlist for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, in alphabetical order, is as follows:


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Young Player of the Year
The PFA Young Player of the Year award was also won by Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United. Cesc Fàbregas came in second place, and Aaron Lennon was third. Wayne Rooney was going for a hat-trick of Young Player of the Year awards, having won this award for both of the two preceding seasons, but didn't even feature in the top three for the 2006–07 season.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Team of the Year
Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)Defence: Gary Neville, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidić (all Manchester United)Midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo (all Manchester United)Attack: Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspur)


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Merit Award
The PFA Merit Award was awarded to Sir Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United, for his commitment to the club, the Premiership, and as recognition of the nineteen major trophies he has won in his time in England.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, PFA Fans' Player of the Year
This award was voted for in an online poll run by the PFA on their website. With four days of voting left before the closing date of midnight on 15 April, the five players with the most votes in the poll were Cristiano Ronaldo, Steven Gerrard, Dimitar Berbatov, Thierry Henry and Frank Lampard, but it was Ronaldo who managed to fend off the challenges of the other four.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, FWA Footballer of the Year
The FWA Footballer of the Year award for 2007 was also won by Cristiano Ronaldo. The award is presented by the Football Writers' Association and voted for by its members. This year, Didier Drogba came second and Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes came third and fourth respectively.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, Premier League Manager of the Season
The Premier League Manager of the Season award was presented to Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson before the club's final game of the season against West Ham United.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, Premier League Player of the Season
The Premier League Player of the Season award was also presented before Manchester United's game with West Ham United on the last day of the season, and was awarded to Cristiano Ronaldo, granting him the sextuple of PFA Players' Player, Young Player, Fans' Player of the Year, Barclays Premiership Player of the Season, Football Writers' Association Player of the Year and a place in the Team of the Year.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, Premier League Merit Award
Ryan Giggs was presented with this special award at the same time as the Manager and Player of the Season Awards were given out, in recognition of his record of nine Premier League titles.


2006–07 FA Premier League, Annual awards, Premier League Golden Glove
The Premier League Golden Glove award was presented to Liverpool's Pepe Reina for the second successive season after keeping 19 clean sheets, ahead of Tim Howard of Everton (14) and Marcus Hahnemann of Reading (13).


2006–07 FA Premier Reserve League
The 2006–07 FA Premier Reserve League season was the eighth season of the Premier Reserve League since its establishment. Reigning champions of the Northern Division Manchester United had won two consecutive Northern Premier Reserve League titles and three in total but were looking to become the first side ever to win three years in a row. Reigning champions of the Southern League Tottenham Hotspur were looking to match Derby County and Charlton Athletic by winning two Southern Reserve League titles in a row.


2006–07 FA Premier Reserve League
Both failed to meet their objectives, with Bolton Wanderers winning the Northern Division on the final day with a 3–1 home win against Newcastle United, and Reading winning the Southern Division after a 4–0 win away to West Ham United.


2006–07 FA Premier Reserve League
The Premier Reserve League Play-off Final to determine the overall winner was contested between the two champions – Bolton and Reading – at the Madejski Stadium, with Reading winning the game 2-0 and being crowned overall reserve champions.


2006–07 FA Premier Reserve League
Watford, Charlton and Sheffield United's relegation from the senior league meant that, despite their performances in the reserve league, all three teams were relegated from the Premier Reserve League and replaced by the promoted teams Birmingham, Derby County, and Sunderland for the 2007–08 season.


2006–07 FA Premier Reserve League, League table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points


2006–07 FA Trophy
The 2006–07 FA Trophy was the thirty-eighth season of the FA Trophy.


2006–07 FA Women's Premier League, National Division
1 Since Arsenal had won the 2006-07 European Cup, Everton qualify as League runner-up. 2 Qualifies by winning the Welsh Women's Cup.


2006–07 FAW Premier Cup
The 2006–07 FAW Premier Cup was the tenth season of the tournament since its founding in 1997. The New Saints were the eventual winners, beating Newport County 1–0 in the final to win the competition for the first time in the club's history. Losing semi-final teams each receive £25,000. The losing finalists receive £50,000 with the winners receiving £100,000.


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).


2006–07 FC Barcelona season, Squad information
Carles Puyol, Lionel Messi, and Ronaldinho were selected as part of FIFPro World XI for the 2006–07 season.


2006–07 FC Barcelona season, Transfers, Out
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2006–07 FC Barcelona season, Players used from youth system, Catalonia Cup
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2006–07 FC Barcelona season, Matches, Competitive results
Source: 1Barcelona goals come first.National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different from that of Barcelona.M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.


2006–07 FC Barcelona season, Matches, Friendly
Source: 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


2006–07 FC Basel season
The 2006–07 season is Fussball Club Basel 1893's 114th in existence and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. FCB played their home matches in the St. Jakob-Park, in the Basel quarter St. Alban in the south-east of the city. After four season as Basel's chairman Werner Edelmann stood down and Mrs Gisela Oeri was voted as the club's very first chairwoman at the AGM.


2006–07 FC Basel season, Overview
Christian Gross was head coach for the eighth successive season. Ahead of the new season Basel made a number of transfers. The most notable was the replacement of Swiss international goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbühler, who transferred to West Bromwich Albion, with the Argentinian international Franco Costanzo who came from Deportivo Alavés. Delron Buckley was signed on loan from Borussia Dortmund. Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues was signed in from Roda JC and Franz Burgmeier was signed in from FC Aarau.


2006–07 FC Basel season, Overview
Other players who transferred out were Matias Emilio Delgado who went to Beşiktaş Istanbul. Djamel Mesbah and Samuele Preisig both moved onto FC Aarau and both on a free transfer. Zdravko Kuzmanović left the club during the winter break for Fiorentina. Mikhail Kavelashvili also left the club in the winter break and retired from his active football career.


2006–07 FC Basel season, Overview
FCB started the season with various warm-up matches. These included teams from the Swiss lower league as well as teams from France, Croatia and the Ukraine. The FC Basel had set three aims for the 2006–07 season, these were to win back the league and cup titles and thirdly to stay in the UEFA Cup over the winter break.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League
Following the last minute loss of the 2005–06 Super League Championship as a result of the 1–2 home defeat against FC Zürich on 13 May 2006 and the subsequent riots, the so-called Basel Hooligan Incident, the club had to carry consequences. As well as the big fine, the first two home games of the 2006–07 Super League season were held completely without fans, as so called "ghost matches". The following three matches were held with just a part of the stadium capacity, without the fans from the "Muttenzer Kurve" (the eastern fan block).


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League
There were ten teams competing in the top tier 2006–07 Swiss Super League. The teams played a double round-robin in the first half of the season and then another double round-robin in the second half. There were three points for a victory and one each for a draw. The champions would enter the third qualifying round of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. The championship runners-up would enter the UEFA Cup second qualifying round. The third placed team would enter the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. The bottom placed team would be relegated, the second last team would play a play-off against relegation.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic League
Following a very poor start to the season, five defeats in the first ten rounds, Basel were ten championship points behind the table leaders. They started a catch up race after the winter break and finished the league campaign as runners-up, just one point behind champions FC Zürich. This was despite the fact that they defeated Zürich in three of the four direct matches during that league season. Basel missed their championship aim.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup
In the early rounds of the 2006–07 Swiss Cup Basel were drawn with away games against lower league teams. Basel started in the third round against local team FC Liestal. Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues played his team debut on 26 August 2006 in the Cup match against local club FC Liestal. He scored three goals for his new club, during the first 27 minutes of the game, as Basel advanced with the end score 6–1 to the next round. Delron Buckley (19), captain Ivan Ergić (20) and Daniel Majstorović (66) scored the other goals. It was also Majstorović who was responsible for the final result with an own goal in the 70th minute.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup
In the second-round opponents were second tier Lugano. Basel clearly won this tie as well 4–0 and goal scorers were Delron Buckley, Filipe Caicedo, Mladen Petrić and Franz Burgmeier, whereas the last three goals weren't scored until the last 15 minutes of the match. The match was noted as being very rough, referee René Rogalla showed the yellow card to five Lugano players.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup
However, in the third-round game on 12 November away against second tier FC Baulmes extra time was needed before the tie was decided. Basel played a bad first half, Bruno Berner had to clear a ball off the line, with goalkeeper Franco Costanzo already beaten. Head coach Christian Gross made three early substitutions, but despite these changes, the hosts went two goals up in the 72nd minute. Filipe Caicedo, who had been substituted in at half time, reacted quickly and scored within a minute and Mladen Petrić equalised within another few minutes. During the extra time the hosts were visibly tired and Mile Sterjovski was able to score the winning goal for the visitors.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup
After the New Year, the quarterfinal was a home tie against FC Aarau on the 14 March 2007. The match was decided very early, Mile Sterjovski netted the first attacking move in the first minute of the game. Aarau tried everything afterwards to get level. Goalkeeper Franco Costanzo had a good day and made good saves. Aarau complained for a penalty as Demetrio Greco was brought down five minutes from the end, but referee Sascha Kever did not blow his whistle. Two minutes into the over-time nearly the decider, but Eren Derdiyok's shot hit the post. Four minutes into the over-time Costanzo made another good save and Basel were through to the next round.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup
The semifinal was an away tie against FC Wil on 26 April. Basel took the lead 5 minutes before half-time as Scott Chipperfield netted and Franz Burgmeier netted the second five minutes after the break. Kristian Nushi pulled one back for the home team after 57 minutes. But Delron Buckley put his side two goals ahead again some 10 minutes later. This was the final score and Basel advanced to the final


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup
The Final took place at Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf in Bern on Whit Monday 28 May 2007 in front of 30,000 spectators. Basel won the Cup by beating Luzern 1–0.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup
Most of the time it was a close game, Basel controlled the game, both teams had chances. Luzern's keeper David Zibung became the tragic hero in the sold-out Stade de Suisse in Bern, who, according to the interpretation of referee Nicole Petignat, in the 90th minute pulled Scott Chipperfield off his feet. Zibung was sent off and Besnik Zukaj was substituted in. The winning goal came from the penalty spot through Daniel Majstorović in the 93rd minute, Zukaj had no chance of saving it. Basel manager Christian Gross said the game afterwards: "We really didn't have an easy task with FC Luzern, they managed to close the room very well."


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Domestic Cup
Basel had missed the championship just four days earlier, but they achieved their aim of winning the cup on this Whit Monday.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
FC Basel's European campaign started in the first qualifying stage of the UEFA Cup, here they beat Kazakhi side FC Tobol 3–1 on aggregate. In the second qualifying round they drawn against FC Vaduz from Liechtenstein, narrowly progressing on the away goals rule after a 2–2 aggregate draw. In the first round of the competition Basel were drawn against Macedonians FK Rabotnički. Basel won 6–2 at St. Jakob-Park and 1–0 at the Skopje City Stadium. Thus they qualified for the group stages where they faced tough opposition. Together with Blackburn Rovers of England, AS Nancy of France, Feyenoord of The Netherlands and Wisła Kraków of Poland, Basel were drawn into Group E. In the Group stage, the teams played a single round-robin, each with two home games.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Basel's first game was at home against Feyenoord. The Dutch side were second best for much of the game and the only surprise was that it took Basel an hour before they edged ahead. A draw had looked highly unlikely for much of the match and goalkeeper Henk Timmer was the busiest man on the field. Mladen Petrić, Scott Chipperfield and Mile Sterjovski all had shots at his goal in the opening 12 minutes. With more accuracy Petrić could have had a hat-trick inside 20 minutes, as he headed wide and then drove over the crossbar.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Basel dominated the match and it was not a surprise as Eduardo struck on the hour, tapping in after Timmer could only parry Petrić's shot. Stein Huysegems came off the substitutes' bench to earn Feyenoord a 1-1 draw with a goal within five minutes of coming on and with only 14 minutes remaining. The last action belonged to Timmer, who acrobatically keept out Petrić's free-kick as the Dutch side held on.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Their next group match was an away tie at Ewood Park against Blackburn Rovers. Basel played reasonably well but shaky defending towards the end of the game sealed their downfall. Australian defender Lucas Neill had the first goal chance for the home team after four minutes, but goalkeeper Franco Costanzo held. Turckish midfielder Tugay Kerimoğlu tried an overhead kick after eight minutes, but it went far off. Zdravko Kuzmanović saw the yellow card just after that, but only the referee knew why. Morten Gamst Pedersen tried a wide range shot one minute later again Costanzo held.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Eduardo had Basel's first chance, the Blackburn defence could clear, but it went off for a corner. There was a great chance after Eduardo crossed, but Mladen Petrić put the ball next to the goal. 32nd Minute offside, a clear wrong decision, as Eduardo started off alone towards the Blackburn goal. There were chances on both sides. Blackburn had 20 attempts, 11 of which on target. Basel had ten, but only four on target. 15 minutes from time Tugay Kerimoğlu scored in the top left corner with a good 25 meter Sunday shot. The disastrous referee Oleh Oriekhov gave a penalty against Basel after a clear dive and Francis Jeffers scored from the spot in the 90th minute. Benni McCarthy added a third goal in the third minute of over time as the defence over saw him.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Their next opponents were AS Nancy in a home game at the St. Jakob-Park on 23 November. Basel went behind twice, but were able to draw level both times. Basel had two early chances, captain Ivan Ergić in the 14th minute and another in the 21st, but the game started rather slow. It exploded into life just after the half-hour when Monsef Zerka broke down the right for the French team and cut into the area before laying off a perfectly weighted pass for Kim, who finished off nicely.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
The lead did not quite correspond to the course of the game. The Basel response was immediate, Reto Zanni supplying Scott Chipperfield as the Australian international broke from midfield to fire past Olivier Sorin from inside the area. But Nancy were back in front within two minutes. Pascal Berenguer curled in a superb free-kick after he had been upended by Papa Malick Ba. After the restart, Basel pressed for the second equaliser through a shot from Kōji Nakata. Parity was restored, however, on 56 minutes as Mile Sterjovski got the final touch to a free-kick from the influential Mladen Petrić.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Basel were pushing for the winning goal, as during the last minute of the game they were caught by a counterattack. Goalkeeper Franco Costanzo was only able to stop the Nancy attack by fouling Issiar Dia, which resulted in his sending off and a penalty against Basel. They had already used all three substitutes, therefore striker Mladen Petrić donned the goalkeeper shirt and stood between the posts. He was able to save the penalty kick taken by Mickaël Chrétien, thus helping his team to the 2–2 draw.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Basel's last group game was played away against Wisła Kraków at the Wisła Stadium. FCB needed a win to qualify for the next round. The hosts had the first good chance, but Basel started better into the game. Basel's striker Mladen Petrić netted the first goal after a corner in the 8th minute. Daniel Majstorović header was a very good pass and Petrić easily pushed the ball over the line. Wisla, who lost the other three games in the grouüp stage, but had scored one goal in each, pressed hard and scored the equaliser within just two minutes.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Paweł Brożek pushed the ball between goalkeeper Louis Crayton legs in their next attack. Paweł Brożek then had another three or four good chances before the half time whistle from Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai. In the second period  Wisła central defender Cléber saw a yellow card for a foul in the 46th minute. Then midfielder Radosław Sobolewski saw a yellow card in the 50th minute and five minutes later he had a good chance, but he took a hand to help and the referee had seen this.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Paweł Brożek's twin brother and striking campagnion Piotr Brożek had had a good first half, but after the break he wasn't in the game any longer and was substituted out after 67 minutes. His replacement was Jean Paulista and he had the first good scene in the second half and scored Wisla's second goal on 71 minutes. Paweł Brożek then had another good chance in the 80th minute. Crayton rescues sensationally, but remained somewhat dazed lying on the pitch, because Brozek did not jump up properly and accidentally hit him on the head with his boot. Paweł Brożek became man of the match just three minutes later as he took the pass from Jakub Błaszczykowski and netted the team's third goal, for Wisla to win, with the end result 3–1.


2006–07 FC Basel season, The Campaign, Europe
Basel's poor European campaign came to an end after losing 3–1 to Wisla, despite taking an early lead. Basel missed their aim to remain in European competition over the winter break. Despite everything, it was a disappointing European campaign.


2006–07 FC Basel season, Players, First team squad
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2006–07 FC Bayern Munich season
Bayern Munich went into the 2006–07 season with head coach Felix Magath. On 1 February 2007, Magath was sacked after disappointing domestic results including a third round exit from the cup. His predecessor, Ottmar Hitzfeld, was appointed to be his successor, too.


2006–07 FC Bayern Munich season, Results, Bundesliga
Bayern hosted Borussia Dortmund in the opener of the 44th Bundesliga season on 11 August 2006. On the last day of play, on 19 May 2007, they won against Mainz 05, finishing in the fourth place, a position they held almost all through the second half of the season. The fourth-place finish qualified Bayern for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.


2006–07 FC Bayern Munich season, Results, Champions League
Bayern was qualified for the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League. Their opponents in Group B were Spartak Moscow, Sporting CP and Internazionale.


2006–07 FC Bayern Munich season, Statistics, Bookings
Last updated: 1 February 2010Source: , . Only competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2006–07 FC Dinamo București season
The 2006-07 season was FC Dinamo București's 58th season in Liga I. Dinamo qualified for the European Spring by beating Beşiktaş and Bayer Leverkusen 2–1 in Bucharest, drawing 1–1 at Club Brugge and losing 3–1 in London to Tottenham Hotspur. In the next round they faced Benfica, but were eliminated after a 0–1 loss at Da Luz and a 1–2 loss at home. Domestically, the team crushed most of its opponents in the first 19 rounds, ending up autumn champions, 13 points ahead of second place. After two spectacular away wins against the rivals, 4–2 with Steaua and 4–1 with Rapid, Dinamo relaxed and let some points slip in other matches. Nevertheless, they secured their 18th title with four rounds to spare.


2006–07 FC Dinamo București season, UEFA Cup
1Due to the armed conflict going on in Israel, UEFA decided that no European matches could be staged in the country until further notice. Beitar Jerusalem's home match was moved to Sofia, Bulgaria.


2006–07 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Goalkeepers: Uladzimir Hayew  (11 / 0); Bogdan Lobonț (14 / 0); Florin Matache (7 / 0); Glen Moss  (1 / 0); Deniss Romanovs  (1 / 0). Defenders: George Blay  (31 / 0); Silviu Bălace (9 / 0); Eugen Crăciun (1 / 0); George Galamaz (1 / 0); Lucian Goian (7 / 0); Sergiu Homei (1 / 0); Dorin Mihuț (5 / 0); Cosmin Moți (29 / 1); Nicolae Mușat (2 / 0); Cosmin Pașcovici (4 / 0); Cristian Pulhac (32 / 0); Ștefan Radu (32 / 1); Adrian Scarlatache (6 / 0); Māris Smirnovs  (1 / 0).


2006–07 FC Dinamo București season, Squad
Midfielders: Adrian Cristea (28 / 3); Fabrice Fernandes  (5 / 0); Leo Lerinc  (1 / 0); Andrei Mărgăritescu (31 / 1); Cătălin Munteanu (32 / 4); Andrei Nițu (2 / 0); Cornel Predescu (8 / 0); Adrian Ropotan (21 / 0); Sreten Stanić  (1 / 0); Dennis Șerban (7 / 2); Iulian Tameș (15 / 0); Vojislav Vranjković  (9 / 0); Zé Kalanga  (21 / 2). Forwards: Ionel Dănciulescu (31 / 15); Ionel Ganea (18 / 14); Liviu Ganea (9 / 2); Valentin Lemnaru (1 / 0); Jean-Philippe Mendy  (9 / 0); Claudiu Niculescu (31 / 18). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


2006–07 FC Dinamo București season, Transfers
New players: Summer break – Glen Moss -New Zealand (New Zealand Knights FC), George Blay -Ghana- (RAAL La Louviere), Cosmin Paşcovici (Farul Constanţa), Lucian Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Iulian Tameş (FC Naţional), Zé Kalanga Nsimba Paulo Baptista -Angola- (Atlético Petróleos Luanda), Leo Lerinc -Serbia- (Ethnikos Achnas), Sreten Stanić -Serbia- (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Ionel Ganea (Wolverhampton Wanderers)


2006–07 FC Dinamo București season, Transfers
Winter break – Bogdan Lobonţ (AC Fiorentina), Deniss Romanovs -Latvia- (SK Ditton Daugavpils), Maris Smirnovs -Latvia- (SK Ditton Daugavpils), Sergiu Homei (FC Sopron), Silviu Bălace (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Vojislav Vranjković -Serbia- (Pandurii Târgu-Jiu), Fabrice Fernandes -Franţa- (Beitar Jerusalem).


2006–07 FC Dinamo București season, Transfers
Left team: Summer break – Cosmin Bărcăuan (PAOK Thessaloniki), Szabolcs Perenyi (Farul Constanţa), Daniel Florea (APOEL Nicosia), Tiberiu Curt (retired), Florentin Petre (CSKA Sofia), Dan Alexa (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Alin Ilin (FC Naţional București), Ştefan Grigorie (FCU Politehnica Timișoara), Vlad Munteanu (FC Energie Cottbus), Ianis Zicu (Rapid București), Florin Bratu (FC Nantes-Atlantique), Claudiu Drăgan (FC Naţional București)


2006–07 FC Dinamo București season, Transfers
Winter break – Vladimir Gaev -Belarus (Chornomorets Odesa), Florin Matache (FC Vaslui), Mircea Oltean (Unirea Urziceni), George Galamaz (Unirea Urziceni), Cosmin Paşcovici (FCM UTA Arad), Lucian Goian (Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ), Dorin Mihuţ (FCM UTA Arad), Cornel Predescu (Gloria Bistriţa), Iulian Tameş (FC Argeş Piteşti), Dennis Şerban (free player), Dan Codreanu (Gloria Bistriţa), Mihai Damaschin (Gloria Bistriţa), Ionel Ganea (Rapid București)


2006–07 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season
The 2006–07 season is the 126th season in the existence of FC Girondins de Bordeaux and the club's 44th consecutive season in the top-flight of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Bordeaux participated in this season's editions of the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup.


2006–07 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, First-team squad
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2006–07 FC Girondins de Bordeaux season, First-team squad, Left club during season
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2006–07 FC Groningen season
During the 2006–07 Dutch football season, FC Groningen competed in the Eredivisie.


2006–07 FC Groningen season, First-team squad
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2006–07 FC Groningen season, First-team squad, Left club during season
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2006–07 FC Inter Baku season
The Inter Baku 2006–07 season was Inter Baku's sixth Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their first season under manager Valentin Khodukin. They finished 4th in the league and were knocked out of the Azerbaijan Cup at the Semi-Final stage by Khazar Lankaran.


2006–07 FC Inter Baku season, Squad
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2006–07 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2006–07 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Summer
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2006–07 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2006–07 FC Inter Baku season, Transfers, Winter
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2006–07 FC Oțelul Galați season, Players, Transfers, Out
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2006–07 FC Porto season
The 2006–07 season was Futebol Clube do Porto's 96th competitive season, 73rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football, and 113th year in existence as a football club.


2006–07 FC Porto season
Porto's victory in the 2005–06 Primeira Liga, qualified them for the 2006 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira and the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League group stage. Porto won their first piece of silverware of the season by winning the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira against Vitória de Setúbal. Jesualdo Ferreira would be appointed as manager shortly afterwards, after Rui Barros had been appointed caretaker manager after Dutch coach Co Adriaanse left the club in August.


2006–07 FC Porto season
The Dragões would progress through the Champions League group stage by finishing second in their group behind Arsenal. The Portistas would be eliminated in the following round, the first knockout round, by English side Chelsea who were led at the time by former Porto coach José Mourinho. Porto were defeated 3–2 on aggregate over two legs.


2006–07 FC Porto season
In the last game of the league season, the Azuis e Brancos would claim a twenty-second league title after a 4–1 home victory over Desportivo das Aves.


2006–07 FC Porto season, Squads, First team squad
Stats as of the end of the 2006–07 season. Games played and goals scored only refers to appearances and goals in the Primeira Liga.


2006–07 FC Schalke 04 season
During the 2006–07 German football season, FC Schalke 04 competed in the Bundesliga.


2006–07 FC Schalke 04 season, First-team squad
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2006–07 FC Schalke 04 season, First-team squad, Left club during season
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2006–07 FC Steaua București season
The 2006–07 season was the 59th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României, the Supercupa României, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.


2006–07 FC Steaua București season, Players, First-team squad
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2006–07 FC Utrecht season
The 2006–07 season saw FC Utrecht's compete in the Eredivise where they finished in 9th position with 48 points. They entered the end of season play-offs where they won the UEFA Intertoto Cup ticket after beating Vitesse Arnhem.


2006–07 FC Vaslui season
The 2006–07 season is FC Vaslui's 5th season of its existence, and its second in a row, in Liga I. With only 8 players from the previous season, FC Vaslui started the season with a new coach, and without a sponsor. A few players from the relegated FCM Bacău, were signed, with also a few foreign players. The new coach was Gheorghe Mulţescu. The team started very bad, and it seemed the previous season, will repeat. However, after a 1–1 draw with Poli Iasi, Mulţescu was sacked and the new coach was named Viorel Hizo.


2006–07 FC Vaslui season
Also, in the same time, Adrian Porumboiu revealed, that he did not leave FC Vaslui, and he was sponsoring it in secret. Hizo made one of the strongest team, in that moment, taking the team, from 17th place, to 7th place in the end of the first half of the season. But because the most important two players left the team, in the winter break  Marius Croitoru and Viorel Frunză, the team did not play as same as the end of the first half of the season. In the end, FC Vaslui finished 8th in Liga I. Adrian Porumboiu wanted Hizo to be the team manager in the next season, but because of the team's poor infrastructure, he decided to leave FC Vaslui, for Ceahlaul.


2006–07 FFHG Division 1 season
The 2006-07 FFHG Division 1 season was contested by 16 teams, and saw the Diables Noirs de Tours win the championship. They were promoted to the Ligue Magnus as result. The Corsaires de Dunkerque, Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise and Jets de Viry-Châtillon were relegated to FFHG Division 2.


2006–07 FIBA EuroCup
The 2006–07 FIBA EuroCup was a professional basketball tournament in Europe. The competition is regarded as the third-strongest pan-European club basketball competition. Akasvayu Girona became the champion, after beating Azovmash Mariupol in the final.


2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge
The 2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge was the 5th edition of Europe's fourth-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs. The season had the participation of 16 teams. The Russian club CSK VVS-Samara won the title, after beating the Cypriot club Keravnos in the Final.


2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge, Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs was played on January 11. All return legs were played on January 18.


2006–07 FIBA EuroCup Challenge, Semifinals
The quarterfinals were two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first legs was played on February 28 and on March 1. All return legs were played on March 8.


2006–07 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
The 41st World Cup season was scheduled to begin on 28 October 2006, but cancellation of the opening races in Sölden delayed the season's start by two weeks. A very poor snowpack in the Alps, along with stormy weather in January, caused numerous races to be moved and rescheduled throughout the winter. The schedule included a mid-season break during the first 3 weeks of February for the World Championships in Åre, Sweden. The season concluded on 18 March 2007, at the World Cup Finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.


2006–07 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Summary
The top two finishers from last season, Benjamin Raich of Austria and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, at the top of the standings for most of the season. With consistent podium performances in the speed races, which won him the Cup title in downhill, Didier Cuche of Switzerland finished a solid third overall. The 2005 overall champion and last year's third-place finisher, American Bode Miller, won four speed events but struggled in the technical events, keeping him from the top spots in the overall standings throughout the season.


2006–07 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Summary
Before the final four individual races of the season, these four athletes still had a mathematical chance to win the overall World Cup title. The strongest newcomer was Jens Byggmark of Sweden, who won the first two races of his career on consecutive days in late January to vault  temporarily into the top ranks in the slalom standings. Also in slalom, Mario Matt of Austria came back to win three races in 2007, regaining his top form from the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Matt ultimately lost the slalom title to Raich by just 5 points.