2006–07 Real Madrid CF season

Real Madrid

2006–07 season
President	Ramón Calderón
Head coach	Fabio Capello
Stadium	Santiago Bernabéu
La Liga	1st
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Ruud van Nistelrooy (25) All: Ruud van Nistelrooy (33)
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The 2006–07 season was Real Madrid CF's 76th season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 2006–07 season, and also shows statistics of the club's players.

Season summary

The summer of 2006 saw Real choose a new and returning coach, Fabio Capello coming from Juventus in the wake of Calciopoli.

Capello brought several recent and previous Juventus players with him to the club, but not all of them made a huge impact, the team instead relying on the goals of Ruud van Nistelrooy for the whole season.

Real returned to domestic league glory after a 3–1 victory against Mallorca in the last game of the season, but the club surprisingly sacked Capello shortly after winning the La Liga title after Capello refused to field David Beckham and Ronaldo as well as his defensive tactics. He was replaced by a surprise candidate Bernd Schuster from Getafe for the following season.

On the other hand, Real Madrid suffered painful exits in the Round of 16 of the Copa del Rey against Real Betis as well as in the UEFA Champions League against Bayern Munich in the Round of 16.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Iker Casillas 2 DF  ESP Míchel Salgado 3 DF  BRA Roberto Carlos 4 DF  ESP Sergio Ramos 5 DF  ITA Fabio Cannavaro 6 MF  MLI Mahamadou Diarra 7 FW  ESP Raúl 8 MF  BRA Emerson 9 FW  BRA Ronaldo 10 FW  BRA Robinho 11 DF  BRA Cicinho 12 DF  BRA Marcelo 13 GK  ESP Diego López 14 MF  ESP Guti 15 DF  ESP Raúl Bravo 16 MF  ARG Fernando Gago 17 FW  NED Ruud van Nistelrooy 18 FW  ITA Antonio Cassano 19 MF  ESP José Antonio Reyes 20 FW  ARG Gonzalo Higuaín 21 DF  ESP Iván Helguera

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  ESP Francisco Pavón 23 MF  ENG David Beckham 24 DF  ESP Álvaro Mejía 25 DF  ESP Oscar Minambres 26 DF  ESP Javi García 27 MF  ESP Rubén de la Red 28 GK  ESP Antonio Adán 29 GK  ESP Kiko Casilla 30 FW  ESP Alberto Bueno 31 FW  ESP Rayco García 32 MF  ESP Adrián González 33 MF  ESP Esteban Granero 34 MF  ESP Juan Mata 36 MF  ESP Nieto 37 FW  ESP Marcos Tébar 38 DF  ESP M. Torres 39 DF  ESP Borja Valero 44 DF  ESP Sergio Díaz — MF  BRA Júlio Baptista — DF  ENG Jonathan Woodgate

Transfers

Real Madrid 2006-07 – first team shirt numbers[1]

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
5	DF		Fabio Cannavaro	32	EU	Juventus	Signed	Summer	2009	€10,000,000	Realmadrid
8	DM		Emerson	29	EU	Juventus	Signed	Summer	2009	€10,000,000	Realmadrid
17	FW		Ruud van Nistelrooy	30	EU	Manchester United	Signed	Summer	2009	€15,000,000	Realmadrid
6	DM		Mahamadou Diarra	25	Non-EU	Lyon	Signed	Summer	2011	€26,000,000	Realmadrid
19	MF		José Antonio Reyes	22	EU	Arsenal	Loaned	Summer	1 year	Loan	Realmadrid
16	DM		Fernando Gago	22	EU	Boca Juniors	Signed	Winter	2013	€20,000,000	Realmadrid
20	FW		Gonzalo Higuaín	18	EU	River Plate	Signed	Winter	2013	€13,000,000	Realmadrid
12	DF		Marcelo	18	Non-EU	Fluminense	Signed	Winter	2013	€6,500,000	Realmadrid

Total spending: €100,500,000

Out

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
5	MF		Zinedine Zidane	34	EU		Retired	Summer	n/a	Realmadrid
9	CF		Ronaldo	31	EU	Milan	Transfer	Winter	€7,500,000	Realmadrid
27	CF		Roberto Soldado		EU	Osasuna	Loan	Summer
26	RB		Álvaro Arbeloa		EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Transfer	Summer	€1,300,000
29	MF		José Manuel Jurado		EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	€3,000,000
17	FW		Javier Portillo		EU	Gimnàstic	Free transfer	Summer
35	FW		Javier Balboa		EU	Racing Santander	Loan	Summer
28	MF		Rubén		EU	Racing Santander	Loan	Summer	[1]
21	MF		Carlos Diogo		Non-EU	Real Zaragoza	Loan	Summer	[2]
12	MF		Pablo García		Non-EU	Celta de Vigo	Loan	Summer		[3]
32	MF		Juanfran		EU	Osasuna	Loan	Summer		[2]
16	MF		Thomas Gravesen		EU	Celtic	Transfer	Summer		[3]
18	MF		Jonathan Woodgate		EU	Middlesbrough	Loan	Summer		[4]
4	MF		Borja		EU	Real Valladolid	Transfer	Summer		[5]
8	MF		Júlio Baptista		Non-EU	Arsenal	Loan	Summer

Club

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Fabio Capello
Second coach	Italo Galbiati
Third coach	Toni Grande
Physical trainer	Massimo Neri
Goalkeepers coach	Franco Tancredi

Kit

Supplier: Adidas
Sponsor(s): BenQ-Siemens

Home

Away

Third

Source: "New Real Madrid 2006/2007 Kit". Real Madrid. Archived from the original on 2007-07-18. Retrieved 2007-09-14.

Other information

President	Ramón Calderón
Honorary Life President	Alfredo Di Stéfano
Vice-president	José Ignacio Rivero Pradera
Vice-president	Vicente Boluda Fos
Director of football	Predrag Mijatović
Technical Secretary	Miguel Ángel Portugal
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Santiago Bernabéu (80.400 / 107x72m)
Budget	$478 m

Updated to match played 24 Sep 2007
Source: Realmadrid and Organizational Structure on Realmadrid Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and Budget

Pre-season and friendlies

Match	Date	Competition or tour	Ground	Opponent	Score1	GD
1	21 Jul 2006	Austria-Tour	N	Plymouth Argyle	1 - 0	1
2	25 Jul 2006	Austria-Tour	N	Bad Aussee	10 - 2	8
3	29 Jul 2006	Austria-Tour	N	Fulham	0 - 0	0
4	3 Aug 2006	Austria-Tour	N	Reggina	1 - 0	1
5	9 Aug 2006	US-Tour	N	D.C. United	1 - 1	0
6	12 Aug 2006	US-Tour	A	Real Salt Lake	2 - 0	2
7	18 Aug 2006	Trofeo Ramón de Carranza	N	Betis	3 - 3 (4-5 pen.)	0
8	19 Aug 2006	Trofeo Ramón de Carranza	N	Villarreal	0 - 1	-1
9	24 Aug 2006	Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu	H	Anderlecht	2 - 1	1
10	23 Dec 2006	Jesús Gil y Gil Memorial Trophy	H	Atlético Madrid	0 - 0 (3-4 pen.)	0
11	19 June 2007	Peace Match	N	Israel	8 - 0	8

Last updated: 26 Jul 2007
Source: Real Madrid, Real Madrid preseason 2006 Calendar and Real Madrid preseason 2006 Special Reports, Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu
¹Real Madrid goals come first.
Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Real Madrid.
Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

Competitions

La Liga

League table

Matches

Levante v Real Madrid

10 September 2006 2	Levante	1–4	Real Madrid	Valencia
	Ettien 37'		van Nistelrooy 16', 56', 90+1' Cassano 27'	Stadium: Ciudad de Valencia Attendance: 23,205[5] Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Real Madrid v Real Sociedad

17 September 2006 3	Real Madrid	2–0	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Reyes 69' Beckham 90+3'			Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 71,467[6] Referee: Muñiz Fernández

Betis v Real Madrid

23 September 2006 4	Betis	0–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
			Diarra 6'	Stadium: Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Attendance: 54,945[7]

Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid

1 October 2006 5	Real Madrid	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
	38' Raúl	Report	6' Mista	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[8] Referee: Undiano Mallenco

Getafe v Real Madrid

14 October 2006 6	Getafe	1–0	Real Madrid	Getafe
	Alexis 59'			Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 14,256[9] Referee: González Vázquez

Real Madrid v Barcelona

22 October 2006 7	Real Madrid	2–0	Barcelona	Madrid
	Raúl 2' van Nistelrooy 51'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[10] Referee: Pérez Burrull

Gimnàstic v Real Madrid

28 October 2006 8	Gimnàstic	1–3	Real Madrid	Tarragona
	Buades 29' (pen.)		Carlos 43' Helguera 49' Robinho 85'	Stadium: Nou Estadi de Tarragona Attendance: 11,520[11] Referee: Mejuto González

Real Madrid v Celta de Vigo

5 November 2006 9	Real Madrid	1–2	Celta de Vigo	Madrid
	Emerson 42'	Report	Nenê 35' Larena 82'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 77,088[12]

Osasuna v Real Madrid

12 November 2006 10	Osasuna	1–4	Real Madrid	Pamplona
	Valdo 63'		van Nistelrooy 11', 26', 44', 84'	Stadium: Reyno de Navarra Attendance: 17,910[13] Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

Real Madrid v Racing Santander

18 November 2006 11	Real Madrid	3–1	Racing Santander	Madrid
	Ramos 3' Reyes 59' Diarra 70'	Report	Garay 75'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 59,422[14] Referee: Lizondo Cortés

Valencia v Real Madrid

26 November 2006 12	Valencia	0–1	Real Madrid	Valencia
			Raúl 51'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 55,000[15] Referee: Medina Cantalejo

Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao

3 December 2006 13	Real Madrid	2–1	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
	Ronaldo 64' Carlos 81'		Luis Prieto 34'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 77,088[16] Referee: Rodríguez Santiago

Sevilla v Real Madrid

9 December 2006 14	Sevilla	2–1	Real Madrid	Sevilla
	Kanouté 17' Chevantón 77'		Beckham 12'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 45,500[17] Referee: Muñiz Fernández

Espanyol v Real Madrid

17 December 2006 15	Espanyol	0–1	Real Madrid	Barcelona
			van Nistelrooy 49'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 50,400[18] Referee: Pérez Lasa

Real Madrid v Recreativo

20 December 2006 16	Real Madrid	0–3	Recreativo	Madrid
		Report	Pongolle 35' Uche 51' Viqueira 90'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 64,240[19] Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Madrid

7 January 2007 17	Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	Real Madrid	A Coruña
	Capdevila 9' Cristian 55'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 31,140[20] Referee: Ramírez Domínguez

Real Madrid v Zaragoza

14 January 2007 18	Real Madrid	1–0	Zaragoza	Madrid
	van Nistelrooy 41'			Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 64,240[21] Referee: Ayza Gámez

Mallorca v Real Madrid

21 January 2007 19	Mallorca	0–1	Real Madrid	Mallorca
			Reyes 77'	Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 20,790[22] Referee: Fernández Borbalán

Villarreal v Real Madrid

27 January 2007 20	Villarreal	1–0	Real Madrid	Villarreal
	Senna 68'			Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 22,080[23] Referee: Clos Gómez

Real Madrid v Levante

4 February 2007 21	Real Madrid	0–1	Levante	Madrid
		Report	Salva 11' (pen.)	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 64,240[24] Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo

Real Sociedad v Real Madrid

10 February 2007 22	Real Sociedad	1–2	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
	Aranburu 7'		Beckham 37' van Nistelrooy 48'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 24,000[25]

Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid

25 February 2007 24	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
	Torres 11'		Higuaín 62'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 62,000[27] Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

Real Madrid v Getafe

4 March 2007 25	Real Madrid	1–1	Getafe	Madrid
	van Nistelrooy 45' (pen.)	Report	Güiza 38'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,255[28] Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

Barcelona v Real Madrid

10 March 2007 26	Barcelona	3–3	Real Madrid	Barcelona
	Messi 11', 28', 90'		van Nistelrooy 5', 13' (pen.) Ramos 73'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 98,200[29] Referee: Undiano Mallenco

Real Madrid v Gimnàstic

18 March 2007 27	Real Madrid	2–0	Gimnàstic	Madrid
	Robinho 56' García 82' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[30] Referee: Iturralde González

Celta de Vigo v Real Madrid

1 April 2007 28	Celta de Vigo	1–2	Real Madrid	Vigo
	Ángel 44'	Report	van Nistelrooy 27' (pen.) Robinho 83'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 31,482[31] Referee: Pérez Burrull

Real Madrid v Osasuna

8 April 2007 29	Real Madrid	2–0	Osasuna	Madrid
	Raúl 23' Robinho 80'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 72,270[32] Referee: Ramírez Domínguez

Racing Santander v Real Madrid

14 April 2007 30	Racing Santander	2–1	Real Madrid	Santander
	Garay 73' (pen.), 90'	Report	Raúl 33'	Stadium: El Sardinero Attendance: 21,658[33] Referee: Turienzo Álvarez

Real Madrid v Valencia

21 April 2007 31	Real Madrid	2–1	Valencia	Madrid
	van Nistelrooy 17' Ramos 73'	Report	Morientes 51'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[34] Referee: Pérez Lasa

Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid

29 April 2007 32	Athletic Bilbao	1–4	Real Madrid	Bilbao
	Llorente 80'	Report	Ramos 14' van Nistelrooy 34', 49' Guti 83'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,000[35] Referee: Muñiz Fernández

Real Madrid v Sevilla

6 May 2007 33	Real Madrid	3–2	Sevilla	Madrid
	van Nistelrooy 62', 85' Robinho 78'	Report	Maresca 41' Chevantón 94'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[36] Referee: Pérez Burrull

Real Madrid v Espanyol

12 May 2007 34	Real Madrid	4–3	Espanyol	Madrid
	van Nistelrooy 29' Raúl 48' Reyes 56' Higuaín 89'	Report	Walter Pandiani 15', 26', 34'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[37] Referee: Undiano Mallenco

Recreativo v Real Madrid

20 May 2007 35	Recreativo	2–3	Real Madrid	Huelva
	Vázquez 74' (pen.) Uche 86'	Report	Robinho 9' van Nistelrooy 53' (pen.) Carlos 90+1'	Stadium: Nuevo Colombino Attendance: 19,800[38] Referee: Mejuto González

Real Madrid v Deportivo La Coruña

26 May 2007 36	Real Madrid	3–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Madrid
	Ramos 29' Raúl 58' van Nistelrooy 75'	Report	Capdevila 55'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[39] Referee: Fernández Borbalán

Real Zaragoza v Real Madrid

9 June 2007 37	Real Zaragoza	2–2	Real Madrid	Zaragoza
	Milito 32' (pen.), 64'	Report	van Nistelrooy 57', 89'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 34,500[40] Referee: Undiano Mallenco

Real Madrid v Mallorca

17 June 2007 38	Real Madrid	3–1	Mallorca	Madrid
	Reyes 68', 83' Diarra 80'	Report	Varela 17'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[41] Referee: Muñiz Fernández

Results summary

Results by round

Points evolution

Source: LPF

Position evolution

Source: LPF

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Écija v Real Madrid

25 October 2006 1	Écija	1–1	Real Madrid	Écija
	Nolito 81'		Cassano 66'	Stadium: Estadio San Pablo Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago

Real Madrid v Écija

9 November 2006 2	Real Madrid	5–1 (6–2 agg.)	Écija	Madrid
	Beckham 48' Ronaldo 68' Van Nistelrooy 72', 78' De la Red 88'		Carrizosa 77'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo

Round of 16

Real Madrid v Real Betis

18 January 2007 2	Real Madrid	1–1 (1–1 (a) agg.)	Real Betis	Madrid
	Robinho 4'		Dani 36'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González

Champions League

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lyon	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14	Advance to knockout stage
2	Real Madrid	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11
3	Steaua București	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	5	Transfer to UEFA Cup
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	2	4	5	16	−11	2

Lyon v Real Madrid

13 September 2006 1	Lyon	2–0	Real Madrid	Lyon
	Fred 11' Tiago 31'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 42,000[42] Referee: Stark

Real Madrid v FC Dynamo Kyiv

26 September 2006 2	Real Madrid	5–1	FC Dynamo Kyiv	Madrid
20:45	Van Nistelrooy 20', 70' (pen.) Raúl 27', 61' Reyes 45+1'	Report	Milevskyi 47'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[43] Referee: Poll

Steaua București v Real Madrid

17 October 2006 3	Steaua București	1–4	Real Madrid	Bucharest
20:45	Badea 64'	Report	Ramos 9' Raúl 34' Robinho 56' Van Nistelrooy 76'	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Attendance: 28,000[44] Referee: Rosetti

Real Madrid v Steaua București

1 November 2006 4	Real Madrid	1–0	Steaua București	Madrid
20:45	Nicoliță 70' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[45] Referee: Plautz

Real Madrid v Lyon

21 November 2006 5	Real Madrid	2–2	Lyon	Madrid
20:45 CET	Diarra 39' Van Nistelrooy 83'	Report	Carew 11' Malouda 31'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[46] Referee: Hauge

FC Dynamo Kyiv v Real Madrid

6 December 2006 6	FC Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	Real Madrid	Kyiv
20:45 CET	Shatskikh 13', 27'	Report	Ronaldo 86', 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Valeriy Lobanovskyi Stadium Attendance: 80,300[47] Referee: Riley

Round of 16

Real Madrid v Bayern Munich

20 February 2007 1	Real Madrid	3–2	Bayern Munich	Madrid
20:45	Raúl 10', 28' Van Nistelrooy 34'	Report	Lúcio 23' Van Bommel 88'	Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300[47] Referee: De Bleeckere

Bayern Munich v Real Madrid

7 March 2007 2	Bayern Munich	2–1	Real Madrid	Munich
20:45	Makaay 1' Lúcio 66'	Report	Van Nistelrooy 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 69,500[47] Referee: Micheľ

Statistics

Squad stats

				Total				La Liga		UEFA Champions League		Copa del Rey		Others1
N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
1	GK	Casillas		45	45			38		7
4	RB	Sergio Ramos		41	39	7		33	6	6	1
5	DF	Cannavaro		38	38			32		6
21	DF	Iván Helguera		28	23	1		23	1
3	LB	Roberto Carlos		31	31	3		23	3	8
6	DM	M. Diarra		39	40	4		33	3	7	1
8	DM	Emerson		33	28	1		28	1
14	MF	Guti		26	30	1		30	1
7	SS	Raúl		39	42	17		35	12	7	5
10	LW	Robinho		25	32	8		32	8
17	FW	Ruud van Nistelrooy		45	47	33		37	25	7	6	3	2
2	DF	M. Salgado		16	17			16		1
9	FW	Ronaldo		13	13	4		7	1	4	2	2	1
11	RB	Cicinho		6	7			7
12	DF	Marcelo		1	6			6
13	GK	Diego López		3
15	RB	Raúl Bravo		4	8			8
16	DM	Gago		17	15			13		2
18	FW	Cassano		7	7	1		7	1
19	SS	Reyes		17	30	7		30	7
20	FW	Higuaín		17	19	2		19	2
22	DF	Francisco Pavón
23	MF	David Beckham		17	23	3		23	3
24	DF	Álvaro Mejía		5	9			9
25	RB	Oscar Minambres
26	DM	Javi García
27	CM	Rubén de la Red		1	7			7
28	GK	Antonio Adán
29	GK	Kiko Casilla
30	FW	Alberto Bueno
31	FW	Rayco García
32	AM	Adrián González
33	AM	Esteban Granero
34	FW	Juan Mata
36	RW	Nieto		1	2			2
37	MF	Marcos Tébar
38	LB	M. Torres		2	18			18
39	MF	Borja Valero
44	DF	Sergio Díaz
	MF	Baptista														On loan to Arsenal
	CB	Woodgate														On Loan to Middlesbrough

See also

• 2006–07 La Liga
• 2006–07 Copa del Rey
• 2006–07 UEFA Champions League

Notes and references