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2006–07 RCD Espanyol season

The 2006–07 RCD Espanyol season was the club's 13th consecutive season in the top division of the Spanish football league, La Liga, and the 107th in the club's history.

RCD Espanyol
2006–07 season
PresidentDaniel Sánchez Llibre
Head coachErnesto Valverde
StadiumEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
La Liga11th
Copa del ReyRound of 16
Supercopa de EspañaRunners-up
UEFA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Spain Raúl Tamudo (15)[1]
All: Uruguay Walter Pandiani (18)

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
La Liga 27 August 2006 17 June 2007 Matchday 1 12th 38 12 13 13 46 53 −7 031.58
Copa del Rey 25 October 2006 8 November 2006 Round of 32 Round of 32 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Supercopa de España 17 August 2006 20 August 2006 Final Runners-up 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 000.00
UEFA Cup 14 September 2006 16 May 2007 First round Runners-up 15 11 4 0 34 11 +23 073.33
Total 57 23 18 16 81 70 +11 040.35

Source: [2]

La Liga edit

Main article: 2006–07 La Liga

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Getafe 38 14 10 14 39 33 +6 52 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
10 Racing Santander 38 12 14 12 42 48 −6 50
11 Espanyol 38 12 13 13 46 53 −7 49[b]
12 Mallorca 38 14 7 17 41 47 −6 49[b]
13 Deportivo La Coruña 38 12 11 15 32 45 −13 47
Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Sevilla, winners of 2006–07 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, so losing cup finalists Getafe earned a spot in the first round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.
  2. ^ a b MLL 1–0 ESP; ESP 3–1 MLL

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 12 13 13 46 53  −7 49 7 6 6 26 27  −1 5 7 7 20 26  −6

Source: [2]

Matches edit

Copa del Rey edit

Main article: 2006–07 Copa del Rey
Round Opponent Aggregate First leg Second leg
Date Venue Score Date Venue Score
Round of 32 Rayo Vallecano 1–2 25 October A 1–1 8 November H 0–1

Supercopa de España edit

Main article: 2006 Supercopa de España
17 August 2006 First leg Espanyol 0–1 Barcelona Barcelona
21:00 Report Giuly   43' Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 22,560
Referee: Bernardino González Vázquez
20 August 2006 Second leg Barcelona 3–0 Espanyol Barcelona
21:00 Xavi   2'
Deco   12', 62'		 Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 57,512
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González

Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.

UEFA Cup edit

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup

First round edit

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup first round
14 September 2006 First leg Artmedia Petržalka   2–2   Espanyol Bratislava
18:45 (CET) Halenár   36'
Tchuř   41'		 Report Riera   31'
Pandiani   53'		 Stadium: Tehelné pole
Attendance: 3,480
Referee: Nikolai Ivanov (Russia)
28 September 2006 Second leg Espanyol   3–1   Artmedia Petržalka Barcelona
21:30 (CET) Pandiani   19', 79'
L. García   67'		 Report Buryán   13' Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Espanyol won 5–3 on aggregate.

Group stage edit

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESP AJX ZWA PRA AUS
1   Espanyol 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 12 Advance to knockout stage — — 6–2 — 1–0
2   Ajax 4 2 1 1 6 2 +4 7 0–2 — — — 3–0
3   Zulte Waregem 4 2 0 2 9 11 −2 6 — 0–3 — 3–1 —
4   Sparta Prague 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 4 0–2 0–0 — — —
5   Austria Wien 4 0 0 4 1 9 −8 0 — — 1–4 0–1 —
Source: [citation needed]
19 October 2006 1 Sparta Prague   0–2   Espanyol Prague
20:15 Report L. García   17' (pen.)
Riera   85'		 Stadium: Generali Arena
Attendance: 11,020
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
23 November 2006 2 Espanyol   6–2   Zulte Waregem Barcelona
21:30 Coro   9'
Pandiani   14', 83'
L. García   19', 27' (pen.), 73'		 Report Matthys   17'
D'Haene   62'		 Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 9,250
Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)
30 November 2006 3 Ajax   0–2   Espanyol Amsterdam
20:45 Report Pandiani   36'
Coro   78'		 Stadium: Amsterdam Arena
Attendance: 41,248
Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy)
13 December 2006 4 Espanyol   1–0   Austria Wien Barcelona
20:45 Pandiani   57' Report Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 5,575
Referee: Krzysztof Slupik (Poland)

Knockout stage edit

Main article: 2006–07 UEFA Cup knockout stage
14 February 2007 Round of 32
First leg		 Livorno   1–2   Espanyol Livorno
20:45 Galante   82' Report Pandiani   28' (pen.)
Moha   59'		 Stadium: Stadio Armando Picchi
Attendance: 400 (behind closed doors)
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
22 February 2007 Round of 32
Second leg		 Espanyol   2–0   Livorno Barcelona
21:30 Lacruz   15'
Coro   49'		 Report Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 12,134
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

Espanyol won 4–1 on aggregate.

8 March 2007 Round of 16
First leg		 Maccabi Haifa   0–0   Espanyol Tel Aviv
18:45 Report Stadium: Bloomfield Stadium
Attendance: 14,750
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
15 March 2007 Round of 16
Second leg		 Espanyol   4–0   Maccabi Haifa Barcelona
21:30 de la Peña   53'
Tamudo   59'
L. García   61'
Pandiani   90'		 Report Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 16,150
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Espanyol won 4–0 on aggregate.

5 April 2007 Quarter-finals
First leg		 Espanyol   3–2   Benfica Barcelona
20:45 Tamudo   15'
Riera   33'
Pandiani   59'		 Report Nuno Gomes   64'
Simão   66'		 Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 25,100
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
12 April 2007 Quarter-finals
Second leg		 Benfica   0–0   Espanyol Lisbon
20:45 Report Stadium: Estádio da Luz
Attendance: 51,102
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

Espanyol won 3–2 on aggregate.

26 April 2007 Semi-finals
First leg		 Espanyol   3–0   Werder Bremen Barcelona
20:45 Hurtado   21'
Pandiani   50'
Coro   88'		 Report Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Attendance: 40,250
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
3 May 2007 Semi-finals
Second leg		 Werder Bremen   1–2   Espanyol Bremen
20:45 Almeida   4' Report Coro   50'
Lacruz   61'		 Stadium: Weserstadion
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Espanyol won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final edit

Main article: 2007 UEFA Cup final
16 May 2007 Final Espanyol   2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		   Sevilla Glasgow
19:45 (BST) Riera   28'
Jônatas   115'		 Report Adriano   18'
Kanouté   105'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 47,602
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Penalties
L. García  
Pandiani  
Jônatas  
Torrejón  		   Kanouté
  Dragutinović
  Dani Alves
  Puerta

Squad statistics edit

Last updated on 21 January 2024.[1][3][4][5][6]

No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey Supercopa UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ESP Gorka Iraizoz 20 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 15 0
2 DF   ESP Javi Chica 37 0 26 0 0+1 0 0 0 8+2 0
3 DF   ESP David García 18 0 8+2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
4 DF   ESP Jesús María Lacruz 35 2 20 0 2 0 2 0 8+3 2
6 MF   BRA Eduardo Costa 25 1 8+8 1 0 0 2 0 4+3 0
7 FW   URU Walter Pandiani 52 18 10+24 7 2 0 1+1 0 12+2 11
8 MF   ARG Pablo Zabaleta 32 0 17+3 0 1 0 2 0 8+1 0
9 MF   ESP Iván de la Peña 38 1 22+4 0 0+1 0 1 0 9+1 1
10 MF   ESP Luis García 53 17 29+7 10 1+1 1 1+1 0 11+2 6
11 MF   ESP Albert Riera 44 7 23+5 4 1 0 0+2 0 9+4 3
12 DF   ESP Juan Velasco 25 0 16+4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
13 GK   CMR Carlos Kameni 37 0 36 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
14 MF   ESP Ito 19 0 3+5 0 1 0 0 0 5+5 0
16 MF   BRA Jônatas 26 3 16+4 2 1 0 0 0 0+5 1
17 MF   MAR Moha El Yaagoubi 30 2 13+6 1 2 0 1 0 5+3 1
18 MF   ESP Francisco Rufete 42 1 27+2 1 0 0 2 0 8+3 0
19 DF   ESP Marc Torrejón 41 0 26+3 0 1 0 0+1 0 10 0
20 FW   ESP Coro 45 9 17+13 4 2 0 1+1 0 7+4 5
21 DF   ESP Daniel Jarque 53 0 33+3 0 1 0 2 0 14 0
22 MF   ESP Moisés Hurtado 42 2 28+1 1 1+1 0 0 0 10+1 1
23 FW   ESP Raúl Tamudo 39 17 28+3 15 0 0 1 0 6+1 2
26 GK   ESP Biel Ribas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   ESP Julián López 10 0 1+6 0 0 0 0 0 0+3 0
31 MF   ESP Ángel 9 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
32 DF   ESP Albert Serrán 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF   ESP Miguel Palanca 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ESP Héctor Simón 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who have left the club after the start of the season:
DF   MOZ Armando Sá 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF   ESP Sergio Sánchez 8 0 2+1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
MF   BRA Fredson 8 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
MF   ESP Miki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ESP Jonathan Soriano 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Espanyol Barcelona » Appearances Primera División 2006/2007". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Espanyol Barcelona » Fixtures & Results 2006/2007". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Espanyol Barcelona » Squad 2006/2007". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Espanyol Barcelona » Appearances Copa del Rey 2006/2007". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Espanyol Barcelona » Apperances Supercopa 2006". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Espanyol Barcelona » Apperances Europa League League 2006/2007". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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