2006–07 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
2006–07 season
President	Joan Laporta
Head Coach	Frank Rijkaard
Stadium	Camp Nou
La Liga	2nd
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
Supercopa de España	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
UEFA Supercup	Runners-up
FIFA Club World Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ronaldinho (21); All: ; Ronaldinho (24)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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

Events

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

Squad information

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

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Víctor Valdés	25	EU	2002	163	0	2010	Youth system
2	DF	Juliano Belletti	30	Non-EU	2004	96	1	2009	€6M
3	MF	Thiago Motta	24	EU	2002	138	9		Youth system
4	DF	Rafael Márquez	28	EU	2003	134	6	2010^[4]	€5M
5	DF	Carles Puyol (captain)	29	EU	1999	263	5	2010	Youth system
6	MF	Xavi (VC)	27	EU	1998	240	20	2010	Youth system
7	FW	Eiður Guðjohnsen	28	EU	2006	41	10	2009	€12M
8	FW	Ludovic Giuly	30	EU	2004	117	23	2008	€7M
9	FW	Samuel Eto'o	26	Non-EU	2004	115	73	2010	€24M
10	FW	Ronaldinho (VC)	27	EU	2003	170	80	2010	€30M
11	DF	Gianluca Zambrotta	30	EU	2006	42	3	2010	€14M
12	DF	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	32	EU	2003	141	5	2008	Free	Part-exchange for Cesc Fàbregas
15	MF	Edmílson	30	EU	2004	79	0	2008	€10M
16	DF	Sylvinho	33	EU	2004	71	2	2008	€2M
18	FW	Santiago Ezquerro	30	EU	2005	33	4	2008	Free
19	FW	Lionel Messi	19	EU	2004	65	25	2014	Youth system
20	MF	Deco	29	EU	2004	127	18	2008	€15M
21	DF	Lilian Thuram	35	EU	2006	28	0	2008	€5M
22	FW	Javier Saviola	25	EU	2001	157	68	2007	loan
23	DF	Oleguer	27	EU	2002	150	1	2010	Youth system
24	MF	Andrés Iniesta	23	EU	2002	165	13	2010	Youth system
25	GK	Albert Jorquera	28	EU	2001	13	0	2008	Youth system
28	GK	Rubén	22	EU	2004	2	0		Youth system

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

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee
11	DF	Zambrotta	29	EU	Juventus	TransferY	Summer	2010	€14M
21	DF	Thuram	34	EU	Juventus	TransferY	Summer	2008	€5M
7	FW	Gudjohnsen	27	EU	Chelsea	TransferY	Summer	2009	€12m
22	FW	Saviola	24	EU	Sevilla	Return of loan	Summer	2007	—

Total expenditure: €31 million.

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee
17	MF	van Bommel	29	EU	Bayern Munich	TransferY	Summer	€6M
7	FW	Larsson	34	EU	Helsingborgs IF	Contract TerminationN	Summer	Free
11	FW	Maxi López	22	EU	Mallorca	Loan →	Summer	N/A
	DF	Damia	24	EU	Betis	TransferY	Summer	€1M
	DF	F. Navarro	24	EU	Mallorca	TransferY	Summer	€6M
	DF	Óscar López	26	EU	Betis	TransferY	Summer	N/A
18	MF	Gabri	27	EU	Ajax	TransferY	Summer	Free
	GK	Rüştü	33	EU	Fenerbahçe	TransferY	Summer	Free
34	DF	Rodri	21	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	TransferY	Summer	Free

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

Total income: €13 million.

Expenditure: €18 million.

Squad stats

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

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

^ Injured for 3 months
^ Injured for 5 months

Coaching staff

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

Source: FC Barcelona

Players used from youth system

Appearances excluding Catalonia Cup

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

Catalonia Cup

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

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

Kit

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

Home

Away

Third

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Kit information

Home: The new home kit adorned the more wider stripes for the first time since 1994–95 season. The home shorts were reverted to usual blue after one season utilized the unusual claret shorts. The home socks were blue and clarets
Away: The new away kit featured a papaya orange colour that evoked memories of 1992 European Cup glory. The new feature of the away kit was the blue and claret detailing.
Third: Previous season's away kit were retained as a third kit as an alternate choice for certain away games.

Other information

President	Joan Laporta
Technical Secretary	Txiki Beguiristáin
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Camp Nou (98,787 / ?)
Profit	€19.5 million^[5]

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Competitions

Supercopa de España

17 August 2006 First leg	Espanyol	0–1	Barcelona	Sants-Montjuïc, Barcelona
22:00	Pandiani 61' Fredson 88' Lacruz 89'		Motta 26' Giuly 43' Xavi 58'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 26,550 Referee: González Vázquez

20 August 2006 Second leg	Barcelona	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Espanyol	Les Corts, Barcelona
22:00	Xavi 2' Deco 12', 62' Motta 42'		Lacruz 34' Pandiani 47' Jarque 65' Fredson 88'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 57,512 Referee: Mejuto González

UEFA Super Cup

25 August 2006	Barcelona	0–3	Sevilla	Monaco
20:45	Sylvinho 47'		Renato 7' Kanouté 45', 49' Dani Alves 54' Navarro 60' Palop 77' Escudé 85' Maresca 89' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 17,480 Referee: Stefano Farina

FIFA Club World Cup

14 December 2006 Semi-final	América	0–4	Barcelona	Yokohama
19:20	Fabiano 57' López 69'	Report	Guðjohnsen 11' Márquez 30' Ronaldinho 65' Deco 85'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 62,316 Referee: Óscar Ruiz

17 December 2006 Final	Internacional	1–0	Barcelona	Yokohama
19:20	Índio 45' Adriano Gabiru 82', 84' Iarley 90+3'	Report	Motta 55'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 67,128 Referee: Carlos Batres

La Liga

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Madrid (C)	38	23	7	8	66	40	+26	76^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Barcelona	38	22	10	6	78	33	+45	76^[a]	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Sevilla	38	21	8	9	64	35	+29	71	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Valencia	38	20	6	12	57	42	+15	66
5	Villarreal	38	18	8	12	48	44	+4	62	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b RMA 2–0 BAR; BAR 3–3 RMA

Results by round

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

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

Matches

28 August 2006 1	Celta Vigo	2–3	Barcelona	Vigo
	Fernando Baiano 42' Gustavo López 65'		Samuel Eto'o 56' Lionel Messi 60' Eiður Guðjohnsen 88'	Stadium: Balaídos

9 September 2006 2	Barcelona	3–0	Osasuna	Barcelona
	Samuel Eto'o 2', 27' Lionel Messi 37'			Stadium: Camp Nou

17 September 2006 3	Racing Santander	0–3	Barcelona	Santander
			Samuel Eto'o 18' Ludovic Giuly 84' Ronaldinho 90' (pen.)	Stadium: El Sardinero

24 September 2006 4	Barcelona	1–1	Valencia	Barcelona
	Andrés Iniesta 49'		David Villa 17'	Stadium: Camp Nou

30 September 2006 5	Athletic Bilbao	1–3	Barcelona	Bilbao
	Francisco Yeste 12'		Carles Puyol 45' Eiður Guðjohnsen 61' Javier Saviola 77'	Stadium: Estadio San Mames

15 October 2006 6	Barcelona	3–1	Sevilla	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho 28' (pen.), 39' Lionel Messi 80'		Frédéric Kanouté 37'	Stadium: Camp Nou

22 October 2006 7	Real Madrid	2–0	Barcelona	Madrid
	Raúl 3' Ruud van Nistelrooy 51'			Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

28 October 2006 8	Barcelona	3–0	Recreativo Huelva	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho 28' (pen.), 57' Xavi 60'			Stadium: Camp Nou

4 November 2006 9	Deportivo	1–1	Barcelona	A Coruña
	Juan Rodríguez 73'		Ronaldinho 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Riazor

12 November 2006 10	Barcelona	3–1	Real Zaragoza	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho 30', 86' Javier Saviola 90'		Gabriel Milito 17'	Stadium: Camp Nou

19 November 2006 11	Mallorca	1–4	Barcelona	Palma de Mallorca
	Víctor 69'		Eiður Guðjohnsen 41', 58' Santiago Ezquerro 90' Andrés Iniesta 85'	Stadium: Ono Estadi

25 November 2006 12	Barcelona	4–0	Villarreal	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho 34' (pen.), 88' Eiður Guðjohnsen 54' Andrés Iniesta 70'			Stadium: Camp Nou

2 December 2006 13	Levante	1–1	Barcelona	Valencia
	Álvaro 76'		Deco 41'	Stadium: Ciutat de València

9 December 2006 14	Barcelona	1–0	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho 60'			Stadium: Camp Nou

21 December 2006 15	Barcelona	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho 40'		Agüero 60'	Stadium: Camp Nou

7 January 2007 16	Getafe	1–1	Barcelona	Getafe
	Daniel Güiza 54'		Xavi 65'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez

13 January 2007 17	Espanyol	3–1	Barcelona	Barcelona
	Luis García 31' Raúl Tamudo 66' Francisco Rufete 90'		Javier Saviola 60'	Stadium: Olímpic Lluís Companys

21 January 2007 18	Barcelona	3–0	Gimnàstic	Barcelona
	Javier Saviola 17' Ludovic Giuly 67' Andrés Iniesta 81'			Stadium: Camp Nou

24 January 2007 19	Betis	1–1	Barcelona	Sevilla
	Robert 37'		Rafael Márquez 61'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín

28 January 2007 20	Barcelona	3–1	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
	Javier Saviola 34' Ronaldinho 77' (pen.) Ludovic Giuly 86'		Nenê 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Camp Nou

4 February 2007 21	Osasuna	0–0	Barcelona	Pamplona
				Stadium: Reyno de Navarra

11 February 2007 22	Barcelona	2–0	Racing Santander	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho 51', 67'			Stadium: Camp Nou

18 February 2007 23	Valencia	2–1	Barcelona	Valencia
	Angulo 52' David Silva 55'		Ronaldinho 90+2'	Stadium: Mestalla

25 February 2007 24	Barcelona	3–0	Athletic Bilbao	Barcelona
	Fernando Amorebieta 23' (o.g.) Xavi 29' Samuel Eto'o 40'			Stadium: Camp Nou

3 March 2007 25	Sevilla	2–1	Barcelona	Sevilla
	Alexandr Kerzhakov 39' Dani Alves 60'		Ronaldinho 13'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

10 March 2007 26	Barcelona	3–3	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Lionel Messi 11', 27', 90'		Ruud van Nistelrooy 5', 13' (pen.) Sergio Ramos 73'	Stadium: Camp Nou

17 March 2007 27	Recreativo	0–4	Barcelona	Huelva
			Samuel Eto'o 3', 44' Gianluca Zambrotta 39' Lionel Messi 84'	Stadium: Nuevo Colombino

31 March 2007 28	Barcelona	2–1	Deportivo	Barcelona
	Lionel Messi 44' Samuel Eto'o 51'		Adrián 66'	Stadium: Camp Nou

7 April 2007 29	Real Zaragoza	1–0	Barcelona	Zaragoza
	Diego Milito 57'			Stadium: La Romareda

15 April 2007 30	Barcelona	1–0	Mallorca	Barcelona
	Fernando Navarro 89' (o.g.)			Stadium: Camp Nou

22 April 2007 31	Villarreal	2–0	Barcelona	Vila-real
	Robert Pires 56' Marquitos 85'			Stadium: El Madrigal

29 April 2007 32	Barcelona	1–0	Levante	Barcelona
	Samuel Eto'o 27'			Stadium: Camp Nou

5 May 2007 33	Real Sociedad	0–2	Barcelona	San Sebastián
			Andrés Iniesta 47' Samuel Eto'o 87'	Stadium: Anoeta

13 May 2007 34	Barcelona	1–1	Betis	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho 5' (pen.)		Rafael Sóbis 90'	Stadium: Camp Nou

20 May 2007 35	Atlético Madrid	0–6	Barcelona	Madrid
			Lionel Messi 39', 80' Gianluca Zambrotta 43' Samuel Eto'o 45' Ronaldinho 58' Andrés Iniesta 90'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón

26 May 2007 36	Barcelona	1–0	Getafe	Barcelona
	Ronaldinho 2'			Stadium: Camp Nou

9 June 2007 37	Barcelona	2–2	Espanyol	Barcelona
	Lionel Messi 43', 57'		Raúl Tamudo 30', 90'	Stadium: Camp Nou

17 June 2007 38	Gimnàstic	1–5	Barcelona	Tarragona
	Tobias Grahn 83'		Carlos Puyol 20' Lionel Messi 34', 51' Ronaldinho 37' Gianluca Zambrotta 90'	Stadium: Nou Estadi

Points evolution

Source: LPF

Position evolution

Source: LPF

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

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

Source: RSSSF

12 September 2006 1	Barcelona	5–0	Levski Sofia	Barcelona
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Iniesta 7' Giuly 39' Puyol 49' Eto'o 58' Ronaldinho 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 91,000 Referee: Konrad Plautz

27 September 2006 2	Werder Bremen	1–1	Barcelona	Bremen
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Puyol 56' (o.g.)	Report	Messi 89'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,256 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

18 October 2006 3	Chelsea	1–0	Barcelona	London
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)	Drogba 47'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,599 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere

31 October 2006 4	Barcelona	2–2	Chelsea	Barcelona
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Deco 3' Guðjohnsen 58'	Report	Lampard 52' Drogba 90+3'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 98,000 Referee: Stefano Farina

22 November 2006 5	Levski Sofia	0–2	Barcelona	Sofia
20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)		Report	Giuly 5' Iniesta 65'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Yuri Baskakov

5 December 2006 6	Barcelona	2–0	Werder Bremen	Barcelona
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Ronaldinho 13' Guðjohnsen 18'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 95,500 Referee: Massimo Busacca

Knockout phase

Round of 16

21 February 2007 First leg	Barcelona	1–2	Liverpool	Barcelona
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1)	Deco 14'	Report	Bellamy 43' Riise 74'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 88,000 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

6 March 2007 Second leg	Liverpool	0–1 (2a–2 agg.)	Barcelona	Liverpool
20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)		Report	Guðjohnsen 75'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel

Competitive results

Game

Date

Tournament

Round

Ground

Opponent

Score¹

Report

1

17 August

Spanish Super Cup

1st leg

A

Espanyol

1 – 0

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

2

20 August

Spanish Super Cup

2nd leg

H

Espanyol

3 – 0

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

3

25 August

UEFA Super Cup

N

Sevilla

0 – 3

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

4

28 August