Liverpool FC Wiki
Register
Advertisement
2006-07 season
General information
Manager

Rafael Benitez

Captain

Steven Gerrard

Performance
Premier League

3rd

FA Cup

3rd round

League Cup

Quarter-final

Europe

Champions League: Runner-up

Top scorers
League

Kuyt (12)

FA Cup

Kuyt (1)

League Cup

Fowler (2)

Europe

Champions League: Crouch (6)

Overall

Crouch (18)

Attendances
Average

43,561

The 2006-07 season was Liverpool's 115th season of football since they were established. After winning the FA Cup the previous season, Liverpool took part in the Community Shield where they beat Chelsea 2-1. They also reached the Champions League final, against AC Milan, but were beaten 2-1.

Competition performance[]

Competition Result
Premier League 3rd
UEFA Champions League Runners-up
FA Cup 3rd Round
League Cup Quarter-final
Community Shield Winners

Squad[]

LiverpoolSquad2006-2007

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
15 July 2006 Wrexham 2-0 Anderson (5), Bellamy (52)
22 July 2006 Crewe 1-0 Lindfield (18)
29 July 2006 Kaiserslautern 2-3 Bellamy (60), Garcia (68)
1 August 2006 Grasshoppers 0-2
4 August 2006 Mainz 0-5
16 August 2006 Lincoln City 2-1 Gonzalez (20), Idrizaj (45)

Results[]

League[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
19 August 2006 Sheffield United 1-1 Fowler (pen 70)
26 August 2006 West Ham 2-1 Agger (42), Crouch (45)
9 September 2006 Everton 0-3
17 September 2006 Chelsea 0-1
20 September 2006 Newcastle 2-0 Kuyt (29), Alonso (79)
12 September 2006 Tottenham 3-0 Gonzalez (63), Kuyt (73), Arne Riise (89)
30 September 2006 Bolton 0-2
14 October 2006 Blackburn 1-1 Bellamy (64)
22 October 2006 Man Utd 0-2
28 October 2006 Aston Villa 3-1 Kuyt (31), Crouch (38), Garcia (44)
4 November 2006 Reading 2-0 Kuyt (14, 73)
12 November 2006 Arsenal 0-3
18 November 2006 Middlesbrough 0-0
25 November 2006 Man City 1-0 Gerrard (67)
29 November 2006 Portsmouth 0-0
2 December 2006 Wigan 4-0 Bellamy (9, 26), Kuyt (40), McCulloch (og 45)
9 December 2006 Fulham 4-0 Gerrard (54), Carragher (61), Garcia (66), Gonzalez (90)
16 December 2006 Charlton 3-0 Alonso (pen 3), Bellamy (82), Gerrard (88)
23 December 2006 Watford 2-0 Bellamy (47), Alonso (88)
26 December 2006 Blackburn 0-1
30 December 2006 Tottenham 1-0 Garcia (45)
1 January 2007 Bolton 3-0 Crouch (61), Gerrard (63), Kuyt (83)
13 January 2007 Watford 3-0 Bellamy (34), Crouch (40, 48)
20 January 2007 Chelsea 2-0 Kuyt (4), Pennant (18)
30 January 2007 West Ham 2-1 Kuyt (46), Crouch (53)
3 February 2007 Everton 0-0
10 February 2007 Newcastle 1-2 Bellamy (6)
24 February 2007 Sheffield United 4-0 Fowler (pen 20, pen 25), Hyypia (70), Gerrard (73)
3 March 2007 Man Utd 0-1
18 March 2007 Aston Villa 0-0
31 March 2007 Arsenal 4-1 Crouch (4, 35, 81), Agger (60)
7 April 2007 Reading 2-1 Arbeloa (15), Kuyt (86)
14 April 2007 Man City 0-0
18 April 2007 Middlesbrough 2-0 Gerrard (58, pen 65)
21 April 2007 Wigan 2-0 Kuyt (30, 68)
28 April 2007 Portsmouth 1-2 Hyypia (59)
5 May 2007 Fulham 0-1
13 May 2007 Charlton 2-2 Alonso (62), Kewell (pen 90)

FA Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 6 January 2007 Arsenal 1-3 Kuyt (71)

League Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 25 October 2006 Reading 4-3 Fowler (44), Arne Riise (45), Paletta (50), Crouch (77)
4 8 November 2006 Birmingham 1-0 Agger (45)
Quarter-final 9 January 2007 Arsenal 3-6 Fowler (33), Gerrard (68), Hyypia (80)

Champions League[]

Qualifying stages[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 (1st leg) 9 August 2006 Macabbi Haifa 2-1 Bellamy (33), Gonzalez (88)
3 (2nd leg) 22 August 2006 Macabbi Haifa 1-1 Crouch (54)

Group stage[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
12 September 2006 PSV Eindhoven 0-0
27 September 2006 Galatasaray 3-2 Crouch (9, 52), Garcia (14)
18 October 2006 Bordeaux 1-0 Crouch (58)
31 October 2006 Bordeaux 3-0 Garcia (23, 76), Gerrard (71)
22 November 2006 PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Gerrard (65), Crouch (89)
5 December 2006 Galatasaray 2-3 Fowler (22, 90)

Knockout stages[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
Last 16 (1st leg) 21 February 2007 Barcelona 2-1 Bellamy (43), Arne Riise (74)
Last 16 (2nd leg) 6 March 2007 Barcelona 0-1
Quarter-final (1st leg) 3 April 2007 PSV Eindhoven 3-0 Gerrard (27), Arne Riise (49), Crouch (63)
Quarter-final (2nd leg) 11 April 2007 PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Crouch (68)
Semi-final (1st leg) 25 April 2007 Chelsea 0-1
Semi-final (2nd leg) 1 May 2007 Chelsea 1-0 Agger (22)
Liverpool win 4-1 on penalties.
Final 23 May 2007 AC Milan 1-2 Kuyt (89)

Other[]

Community Shield:

Date Opponent Score Scorers
13 August 2006 Chelsea 2-1 Arne Riise (9), Crouch (80)

Player stats[]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Jerzy Dudek 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 0
2[1] DF Jan Kromkamp 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 DF Alvaro Arbeloa 9 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 14 1
3 DF Steve Finnan 33 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 47 0
4 DF Sami Hyypia 23 2 0 0 1 1 5 0 29 3
5 DF Daniel Agger 27 2 1 0 2 1 13 1 43 4
6 DF John Arne Riise 33 1 1 0 1 1 13 3 48 5
7 MF Harry Kewell 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1
8 MF Steven Gerrard 36 7 1 0 1 1 13 3 51 11
9 FW Robbie Fowler 16 3 0 0 3 2 4 2 23 7
10 MF Luis Garcia 17 3 1 0 1 0 8 3 29 6
11 MF Mark Gonzalez 25 2 0 0 2 0 9 1 36 3
12 DF Fabio Aurelio 17 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 25 0
14 MF Xabi Alonso 32 4 1 0 2 0 16 0 51 4
15 FW Peter Crouch 32 9 1 0 1 1 15 8 49 18
16 MF Jermaine Pennant 34 1 1 0 2 0 15 0 52 1
17 FW Craig Bellamy 27 7 0 0 2 0 13 2 42 9
18 MF Dirk Kuyt 34 12 1 1 2 0 11 1 48 14
20 MF Javier Mascherano 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11 0
22 MF Momo Sissoko 16 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 28 0
23 DF Jamie Carragher 35 1 1 0 1 0 14 0 51 1
24 FW Florent Sinama-Pongolle 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
25 GK Pepe Reina 35 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 51 0
28 DF Stephen Warnock 1 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 7 0
29 DF Gabriel Paletta 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 8 1
30 GK Daniele Padelli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
32 MF Boudewijn Zenden 16 0 0 0 2 0 12 0 30 0
34 DF Miki Roque 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
35 MF Danny Guthrie 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 7 0
37 DF Lee Peltier 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 0
42 FW Nabil El Zhar 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
45 DF James Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
48 DF Emiliano Insua 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Tables[]

League[]

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
2 Chelsea 38 24 11 3 64 24 40 83
3 Liverpool 38 20 8 10 57 27 30 68
4 Arsenal 38 19 11 8 63 35 28 68

Europe[]

Champions League group stage

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1 Liverpool 6 4 1 1 11 5 6 13
2 PSV Eindhoven 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10
3 Bordeaux 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7
4 Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4

Transfers[]

In[]

Player From Fee Date
Craig Bellamy Blackburn £6,000,000 1 July 2006
Gabriel Paletta Banfield £2,000,000 4 July 2006
Fabio Aurelio Valencia Free 5 July 2006
Jermaine Pennant Birmingham £6,700,000 26 July 2006
Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord £9,000,000 18 August 2006
Nabil El Zhar St Etienne £200,000 21 August 2006
Astrit Ajdarevic Falkenberg £750,000 11 January 2007
Daniele Padelli Sampdoria Loan 12 January 2007
Jordy Brouwer Ajax Undisclosed 24 January 2007
Francisco Manuel Duran Malaga £66,000 30 January 2007
Alvaro Arbeloa Deportivo £2,500,000 31 January 2007
Javier Mascherano West Ham Loan 20 February 2007

Out[]

Player To Fee Date
Zak Whitbread Millwall £200,000 13 June 2006
Bruno Cheyrou Rennes Undisclosed 29 June 2006
Robbie Foy Unknown Free 1 July 2006
David Raven Carlisle Undisclosed 3 July 2006
Fernando Morientes Valencia £3,000,000 5 July 2006
Dietmar Hamann Bolton Free 11 July 2006
Antonio Barragan Deportivo £675,000 3 August 2006
Djimi Traore Charlton £2,000,000 9 August 2006
Carl Medjani Lorient Free 12 August 2006
Neil Mellor Preston £500,000 30 August 2006
Jan Kromkamp PSV £1,750,000 31 August 2006
Darren Potter Wolves £525,000 18 January 2007
Stephen Warnock Blackburn £1,500,000 22 January 2007
Salif Diao Stoke Free 25 January 2007
Florent Sinama-Pongolle Recreativo £2,700,000 4 May 2007
Chris Kirkland Wigan £3,500,000 27 October 2007

Notes[]

  1. Prior to his transfer


Liverpool F.C. seasons
1892-931893-941894-951895-961896-971897-981898-991899-19001900-011901-021902-031903-041904-051905-061906-071907-081908-091909-101910-111911-121912-131913-141914-151915-161916-171917-181918-191919-201920-211921-221922-231923-241924-251925-261926-271927-281928-291929-301930-311931-321932-331933-341934-351935-361936-371937-381938-391939-401941-421942-431943-441944-451945-461946-471947-481948-491949-501950-511951-521952-531953-541954-551955-561956-571957-581958-591959-601960-611961-621962-631963-641964-651965-661966-671967-681968-691969-701970-711971-721972-731973-741974-751975-761976-771977-781978-791979-801980-811981-821982-831983-841984-851985-861986-871987-881988-891989-901990-911991-921992-931993-941994-951995-961996-971997-981998-991999-20002000-012001-022002-032003-042004-052005-062006-072007-082008-092009-102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24

Grey seasons indicate war years

Advertisement