2006–07 FC Barcelona season

FC Barcelona
2006–07 season
Chairman	Joan Laporta
Manager	Frank Rijkaard
La Liga	2nd
Supercopa de España	Winner
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
Champions League	Round of 16
UEFA Super Cup	Runners-up
Club World Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Ronaldinho (21); All: Ronaldinho (24)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2005-06 2007-08 →

The 2006–2007 season was an overall unsuccessful time for FC 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).

Events

30 June: Barça has reached the highest membership ever, with 156,366 members.^[1]

Squad information

Carles Puyol, Lionel Messi, and Ronaldinho were selected as part of FIFPro World XI for the 2006–07 season.^[2]

N	Pos.	Name	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Valdés	EU	1998	163	0	2010	Youth system
11	DF	Zambrotta	EU	2006	42	3	2010	€14M
4	DF	Márquez	EU	2003	134	6	2010	€5M
5	DF	Puyol (captain)	EU	1992	263	5	2010	Youth system
12	DF	Gio	EU	2003	141	5	2008	Free	Part-exchange for Cesc Fàbregas
24	MF	Iniesta	EU	2002	165	13	2010	Youth system
6	MF	Xavi (VC)	EU	1994	240	20	2010	Youth system
20	MF	Deco	EU	2004	127	18	2008	€15M	€15M + Quaresma
19	FW	Messi	EU	2004	65	25	2014	Youth system
9	FW	Eto'o	Non-EU	2004	115	73	2010	€24M
10	FW	Ronaldinho (VC)	Non-EU	2003	170	80	2010	€30M
25	GK	Jorquera	EU	2001	13	0	2008	Youth system
2	DF	Belletti	EU	2004	96	1	2009	€6M
21	DF	Thuram	EU	2006	28	0	2008	€5M
23	DF	Oleguer	EU	2002	150	1	2010	Youth system
16	DF	Sylvinho	EU	2004	71	2	2008	€2M
3	MF	Motta	EU	2002	138	9		Youth system
15	MF	Edmílson	EU	2004	79	0	2008	€10M
7	FW	Gudjohnsen	EU	2006	41	10	2009	€12M
8	FW	Giuly	EU	2004	117	23	2008	€7M
18	FW	Ezquerro	EU	2005	33	4	2008	Free
22	FW	Saviola	EU	2001	157	68	2007	loan
28	GK	Rubén	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).

In / Out

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Squad stats

				Total			La Liga		UCL		Copa del Rey		Others
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Sts	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls
1	GK		Valdés	50	50		38		8				4
11	DF		Zambrotta	35	42	3	29	3	6		5		2
4	DF		Márquez	36	37	1	21	1	6		5		5
5	DF		Puyol	54	54	2	35	1	8	1	6		5
12	DF		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	31	35	17	26	14	5	1	2	2	2		Injured for 3 months
9	FW		Eto'o	25	27	13	19	11	3	1	2	1	3		Injured for 5 months
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

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Frank Rijkaard
Assistant manager	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Other information

President	Joan Laporta
Technical Secretary	Txiki Beguiristáin
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Camp Nou (98,787 / ?)
Profit	€19.5 million^[3]

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
61	4-3-3	All matches

Source: FC Barcelona
Only competitive matches.

Most frequent start

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
1	GK	Valdés	50
11	RB	Zambrotta	35
4	CB	Márquez	36
5	CB	Puyol	54
12	LB	Gio	30
6	RM	Xavi	42
15	DM	Edmilson	40
20	LM	Deco	47
19	RW	Messi	31
9	CF	Eto'o	25
10	LW	Ronaldinho	49

Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Most frequent pitch formation (field formation)

Gio

Source: Most frequent start

Competitions

Overall

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Source: Competitions

La Liga

Classification

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Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	22	10	6	78	33	+45	76	14	5	0	41	12	+29	8	5	6	37	21	+16

Source: LFP

Results by round

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Match facts

La Liga

Goalscorers

Celta Vigo–Barcelona 2-3
1-0 Fernando Baiano 42'
1-1 Samuel Eto'o 56'
1-2 Lionel Messi 60'
2-2 Gustavo López 65'
2-3 Eiður Guðjohnsen 88'

Barcelona–Osasuna 3-0
1-0 Samuel Eto'o 2'
2-0 Samuel Eto'o 27'
3-0 Lionel Messi 37'

Racing Santander–Barcelona 0-3
0-1 Samuel Eto'o 18'
0-2 Ludovic Giuly 84'
0-3 Ronaldinho 90' (pen.)

Barcelona–Valencia 1-1
0-1 David Villa 17'
1-1 Andrés Iniesta 49'

Barcelona–Sevilla 3-1
1-0 Ronaldinho 28' (pen.)
1-1 Frédéric Kanouté 37'
2-1 Ronaldinho 39'
3-1 Lionel Messi 80'

Real Madrid–Barcelona 2-0
1-0 Raúl 3'
2-0 Ruud van Nistelrooy 51'

Barcelona–Recreativo Huelva 3-0
1-0 Ronaldinho 28' (pen.)
2-0 Ronaldinho 57'
3-0 Xavi 60'

Deportivo–Barcelona 1-1
0-1 Ronaldinho 39' (pen.)
1-1 Juan Rodríguez 73'

Barcelona–Real Zaragoza 3-1
0-1 Gabriel Milito 17'
1-1 Ronaldinho 30'
2-1 Ronaldinho 86'
3-1 Javier Saviola 90'

Barcelona–Villareal 4-0
1-0 Ronaldinho 34' (pen.)
2-0 Eiður Guðjohnsen 54'
3-0 Andrés Iniesta 70'
4-0 Ronaldinho 88'

Levante–Barcelona 1-1
0-1 Deco 41'
1-1 Álvaro 76'

Barcelona–Real Sociedad 1-0
1-0 Ronaldinho 60'

Getafe–Barcelona 1-1
1-0 Dani Güiza 54'
1-1 Xavi 65'

Espanyol–Barcelona 3-1
1-0 Luis García 31'
1-1 Javier Saviola 60'
2-1 Raúl Tamudo 66'
3-1 Francisco Rufete 90'

Barcelona–Gimnàstic 3-0
1-0 Javier Saviola 17'
2-0 Ludovic Giuly 67'
3-0 Andrés Iniesta 81'

Betis–Barcelona 1-1
1-0 Robert 37'
1-1 Rafael Márquez 61'

Barcelona–Celta Vigo 3-1
1-0 Javier Saviola 34'
1-1 Nenê 66' (pen.)
2-1 Ronaldinho 77' (pen.)
3-1 Ludovic Giuly 86'

Osasuna–Barcelona 0-0

Barcelona–Racing Santander 2-0
1-0 Ronaldinho 51'
2-0 Ronaldinho 67'

Valencia–Barcelona 2-1
1-0 Angulo 52'
2-0 David Silva 55'
2-1 Ronaldinho 90'

Barcelona–Athletic Bilbao 3-0
1-0 Fernando Amorebieta 23' (o.g.)
2-0 Xavi 29'
3-0 Samuel Eto'o 40'

Sevilla–Barcelona 2-1
0-1 Ronaldinho 13'
1-1 Alexandr Kerzhakov 39'
2-1 Dani Alves 60'

Recreativo–Barcelona 0-4
0-1 Samuel Eto'o 3'
0-2 Gianluca Zambrotta 39'
0-3 Samuel Eto'o 44'
0-4 Lionel Messi 84'

Barcelona–Deportivo 2-1
1-0 Lionel Messi 44'
2-0 Samuel Eto'o 51'
2-1 Adrián 66'

Real Zaragoza–Barcelona 1-0
1-0 Diego Milito 57'

Barcelona–Mallorca 1-0
1-0 Fernando Navarro 89' (o.g.)

Villareal–Barcelona 2-0
1-0 Robert Pirès 56'
2-0 Marquitos 85'

Barcelona–Levante 1-0
1-0 Samuel Eto'o 27'

Barcelona–Betis 1-1
1-0 Ronaldinho 5' (pen.)
1-1 Rafael Sóbis 90'

Atlético Madrid–Barcelona 0-6
0-1 Lionel Messi 39'
0-2 Gianluca Zambrotta 43'
0-3 Samuel Eto'o 45'
0-4 Ronaldinho 58'
0-5 Lionel Messi 80'
0-6 Andrés Iniesta 90'

Barcelona–Getafe 1-0
1-0 Ronaldinho 2'

Barcelona–Espanyol 2-2
0-1 Raúl Tamudo 30'
1-1 Lionel Messi 43'
2-1 Lionel Messi 57'
2-2 Raúl Tamudo 90'

Gimnàstic–Barcelona 1-5
0-1 Carlos Puyol 20'
0-2 Lionel Messi 34'
0-3 Ronaldinho 37'
0-4 Lionel Messi 51'
1-4 Tobias Grahn 83'
1-5 Gianluca Zambrotta 90'

Points evolution

Source: LPF

Position evolution

Source: LPF

Matches

Competitive Results

Game

Date

Tournament

Round

Ground

Opponent

Score¹

Report

1

17 August

Spanish Super Cup

1st leg

A

Espanyol

1 – 0

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' Deco 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' Kanoué 49' Kanouté 54' Dani Alves 60' Javi Navarro 77' Palop 85' Escudé 89' Maresca 90' Maresca

4

28 August

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score¹	GD
1	28 Jul 2006	Pre-season	A	AGF Aarhus	3 - 0	3
2	6 Aug 2006	American Tour	N	Chivas	1 - 1	0
3	9 Aug 2006	American Tour	N	Club América	4 - 4	0
4	12 Aug 2006	American Tour	A	New York Red Bulls	4 - 1	3
5	24 Apr 2007	Friendly	A	Al Ahly	4 - 0	4
6	20 Jun 2007	Friendly	A	Mamelodi Sundowns	2 - 1	1

Events

Squad information

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In

Out

Squad stats

Coaching staff

Players used from youth system

Appearances excluding Catalonia Cup

Catalonia Cup

Kit

Other information

Start formations

Most frequent start

Most frequent pitch formation (field formation)

Competitions

Overall

La Liga

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

Match facts

La Liga

Goalscorers

Points evolution

Position evolution

Matches

Competitive Results

Friendly

See also

References

External links