2006–07 La Liga

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La Liga 2006-07
Season information
Winners	Real Madrid (30th title)
Relegated	Celta Vigo Real Sociedad Gimnàstic
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Real Madrid (group stage) Barcelona (group stage) Sevilla (3rd qualifying round) Valencia (3rd qualifying round)
UEFA Cup	Villarreal (first round) Zaragoza (first round) Getafe (first round) (via Copa del Rey)
Intertoto Cup	Atlético Madrid (third round)
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	942
Average	2.48
Top goalscorer	Ruud van Nistelrooy (25)
Biggest home win	Osasuna 5–1 Betis (14 January 2007) Gimnàstic 4–0 Espanyol (28 January 2007) Barcelona 4–0 Villarreal (25 November 2006) Sevilla 4–0 Levante (29 August 2006) Sevilla 4–0 Deportivo (20 December 2006) Valencia 4–0 Gimnàstic (1 October 2006) Valencia 4–0 Deportivo (10 December 2006)
Biggest away win	Atlético Madrid 0–6 Barcelona (20 May 2007)
Highest scoring	Racing 5–4 Athletic Bilbao (1 April 2007)
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The 2006–07 La Liga season, the 76th since its establishment, started on 27 August 2006 and finished on 17 June 2007. Real Madrid won La Liga on the better head to head against Barcelona in one of its most thrilling seasons to date. Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic de Tarragona were relegated.

Barcelona was in first place for much of the season while arch-rivals Real Madrid were six points behind and in fourth. However, Barcelona began playing inconsistently after January, while Madrid's form improved in that same period. On 12 May 2007, Real Madrid took the league lead for the first time all season by defeating Espanyol 4–3, coming back from 3–1 first half deficit. The Sunday after Madrid won their epic battle with Espanyol, Barcelona dropped points with a 1–1 draw to struggling Real Betis. By virtue of their superior head to head record, Madrid sat at the top of La Liga with both teams having four league games left.[1] On the penultimate day of the season, Barcelona failed to overcome city-rivals Espanyol in the Barcelona derby, drawing 2–2. In the final La Liga match, Barcelona thrashed Gimnàstic 5–1, but Madrid came back from a 1–0 deficit to beat Mallorca 3–1 and clinch the title on head-to-head superiority.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2005–06 Segunda División

• Recreativo de Huelva
• Gimnàstic de Tarragona
• Levante UD

Teams relegated to 2006–07 Segunda División

• Deportivo Alavés
• Cádiz CF
• Málaga CF

Team information

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Barcelona	Camp Nou	98,772
Real Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu	80,354
Espanyol	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	55,926
Atlético Madrid	Vicente Calderón	55,005
Valencia	Mestalla	55,000
Real Betis	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera	52,132
Sevilla	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	45,500
Athletic Bilbao	San Mamés	39,750
Deportivo de La Coruña	Riazor	34,600
Real Zaragoza	La Romareda	34,596
Celta de Vigo	Estadio Balaídos	32,500
Real Sociedad	Anoeta	32,200
Levante	Ciudad de Valencia	25,354
Mallorca	ONO Estadi	23,142
Villarreal	El Madrigal	23,000
Racing de Santander	El Sardinero	22,400
Recreativo de Huelva	Nuevo Colombino	19,860
Osasuna	Estadio Reyno de Navarra	19,553
Getafe	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez	16,300
Gimnàstic de Tarragona	Nou Estadi	14,500

League table

2006–07 La Liga Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Real Madrid  (C)	38	23	7	8	66	40	+26	76	2007–08 UEFA Champions League Group stage	RMA 2–0 BAR BAR 3–3 RMA
2	Barcelona	38	22	10	6	78	33	+45	76
3	Sevilla	38	21	8	9	64	35	+29	71	2007–08 UEFA 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	2007–08 UEFA Cup First round
6	Zaragoza	38	16	12	10	55	43	+12	60		ATM 0–1 ZAR ZAR 1–0 ATM
7	Atlético Madrid	38	17	9	12	46	39	+7	60	2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
8	Recreativo	38	15	9	14	54	52	+2	54
9	Getafe	38	14	10	14	39	33	+6	52	2007–08 UEFA Cup First round 1
10	Racing Santander	38	12	14	12	42	48	−6	50
11	Espanyol	38	12	13	13	46	53	−7	49		MLL 1–0 ESP ESP 3–1 MLL
12	Mallorca	38	14	7	17	41	47	−6	49
13	Deportivo La Coruña	38	12	11	15	32	45	−13	47
14	Osasuna	38	13	7	18	51	49	+2	46
15	Levante	38	10	12	16	37	53	−16	42
16	Betis	38	8	16	14	36	49	−13	40		BET 3–0 ATH ATH 1–2 BET
17	Athletic Bilbao	38	10	10	18	44	62	−18	40
18	Celta de Vigo	38	10	9	19	40	59	−19	39	Relegation to the  Segunda División
19	Real Sociedad	38	8	11	19	32	47	−15	35
20	Gimnàstic	38	7	7	24	34	69	−35	28

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) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results

Home \ Away

ATH

ATM

BAR

BET

CEL

DEP

ESP

GET

LEV

MAL

GIM

OSA

RAC

RMA

RSO

REC

SEV

VAL

VIL

ZAR

Athletic Bilbao

1–4

1–3

1–2

0–1

1–1

2–1

2–0

2–0

1–0

0–2

0–3

0–0

1–4

1–1

4–2

1–3

1–0

0–1

0–0

Atlético Madrid

1–0

0–6

0–0

2–3

2–0

1–2

1–0

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–1

2–1

0–1

3–1

0–0

Barcelona

3–0

1–1

1–1

3–1

2–1

2–2

1–0

1–0

1–0

3–0

3–0

2–0

3–3

1–0

3–0

3–1

1–1

4–0

3–1

Betis

3–0

0–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–1

0–2

2–1

0–1

1–1

0–5

1–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

0–0

2–1

3–3

1–1

Celta de Vigo

1–1

1–3

2–3

2–1

1–0

0–2

2–1

1–2

0–3

1–1

0–2

2–2

1–2

0–0

1–2

1–2

3–2

1–1

1–1

Deportivo La Coruña

0–2

1–0

1–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

2–0

2–0

2–5

1–2

1–2

2–0

3–2

Espanyol

3–2

2–1

3–1

2–2

2–1

1–3

1–5

1–1

3–1

0–1

0–0

2–2

0–1

1–0

0–1

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

Getafe

0–0

1–4

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–1

0–0

1–0

0–1

2–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

3–0

3–0

2–2

Levante

0–0

0–3

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

0–0

1–1

0–1

2–0

1–4

2–0

1–4

2–0

2–1

2–4

4–2

0–2

0–0

Mallorca

1–3

0–0

1–4

2–0

2–2

0–0

1–0

2–0

3–1

1–0

3–1

1–2

0–1

0–0

2–1

0–0

0–1

1–2

2–1

Gimnàstic

2–3

0–2

1–5

0–1

1–2

0–0

4–0

1–3

2–1

2–3

2–3

2–2

1–3

0–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–3

1–0

Osasuna

1–1

1–2

0–0

5–1

0–1

4–1

0–2

0–2

2–1

3–0

2–0

0–1

1–4

2–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–4

2–2

Racing Santander

5–4

0–1

0–3

0–2

1–1

0–0

1–1

1–0

2–3

0–2

4–1

1–0

2–1

1–0

4–3

0–0

1–0

2–1

0–2

Real Madrid

2–1

1–1

2–0

0–0

1–2

3–1

4–3

1–1

0–1

3–1

2–0

2–0

3–1

2–0

0–3

3–2

2–1

0–0

1–0

Real Sociedad

0–2

2–0

0–2

0–0

3–1

0–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

3–1

3–2

2–1

0–0

1–2

2–3

1–3

0–1

0–1

1–3

Recreativo

0–0

1–0

0–4

2–0

4–2

1–1

0–1

1–2

0–1

1–1

2–1

2–0

4–2

2–3

1–0

1–3

2–0

2–1

1–1

Sevilla

4–1

3–1

2–1

3–2

2–0

4–0

3–1

1–0

4–0

1–2

2–1

2–0

0–0

2–1

0–0

2–1

3–0

0–1

3–1

Valencia

1–1

3–1

2–1

2–1

1–0

4–0

3–2

2–0

3–0

3–1

4–0

1–0

0–2

0–1

3–3

2–0

2–0

2–3

2–0

Villarreal

3–1

0–1

2–0

3–2

1–0

0–2

0–0

1–0

1–1

2–1

2–0

1–4

2–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

0–0

0–1

3–2

Zaragoza

4–3

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

1–1

3–0

3–1

2–2

2–0

3–0

1–2

0–0

2–2

3–2

0–0

2–1

0–1

1–0

Updated to games played on 17 June 2007
Source: LFP
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

External links

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