2006–07 Premier League

Premier League 2006-07
Season information
Winners	Manchester United
Relegated	Sheffield United Charlton Athletic Watford
Domestic cup winners
FA Cup	Chelsea
Carling Cup	Chelsea
FA Community Shield	Liverpool
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Manchester United Chelsea Liverpool Arsenal
UEFA Cup	Tottenham Hotspur Everton Bolton Wanderers
Intertoto Cup	Blackburn Rovers
Season statistics
Matches played	380
Goals scored	931
Average	(2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Didier Drogba (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Reading 6-0 West Ham United
Biggest away win	Middlesbrough 0-4 Portsmouth Reading 0-4 Arsenal Bolton 0-4 Man Utd Wigan 0-4 Liverpool Tottenham 0-4 Man Utd
Highest scoring	Arsenal 6-2 Blackburn Rovers
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The 2006–07 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclays Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th season of the FA Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 19 August 2006 and concluded on 13 May 2007. On 12 February 2007, the FA Premier League renamed itself simply the Premier League, complete with new logo, sleeve patches and typeface. The sponsored name remains the Barclays Premier League.

Manchester United ended the season as Premiership champions for the ninth time in fifteen years, after Chelsea failed to win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on 6 May 2007. This left them seven points behind United, with two games to go, confirming the Manchester club as champions once more.

The three relegation spots were occupied by Watford and Sheffield United who each lasted one season in the league, along with Charlton Athletic who went down after seven seasons.

Promotion and relegation

Start of season

Teams promoted from The Championship 2005-06

• Reading (Champions)
• Sheffield United (Runners-up)
• Watford (Playoff winners)

End of season

Teams relegated to The Championship 2007-08

• Sheffield United
• Charlton Athletic
• Watford

Final league table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Manchester United	38	28	5	5	83	27	+56	89	Champions League Group stage
2	Chelsea	38	24	11	3	64	24	+40	83
3	Liverpool	38	20	8	10	57	27	+30	68	Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	63	35	+28	68
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	9	12	57	54	+3	60	UEFA Cup First round
6	Everton	38	15	13	10	52	36	+16	58
7	Bolton Wanderers	38	16	8	14	47	52	-5	56
8	Reading	38	16	7	15	52	47	+5	55
9	Portsmouth	38	14	12	12	45	42	+3	54
10	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	7	16	52	54	-2	52	Intertoto Cup Third round
11	Aston Villa	38	11	17	10	43	41	+2	50
12	Middlesbrough	38	12	10	16	44	49	-5	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	38	47	-9	43
14	Manchester City	38	11	9	18	29	44	-15	42
15	West Ham United	38	12	5	21	35	59	-24	41
16	Fulham	38	8	15	15	38	60	-22	39
17	Wigan Athletic	38	10	8	20	37	59	-22	38
18	Sheffield United	38	10	8	20	32	55	-23	38	Relegated to The Championship
19	Charlton Athletic	38	8	10	20	34	60	-26	34
20	Watford	38	5	13	20	29	59	-30	28

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd goal difference; 3^rd goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Premier League 2006-07 Winners
Manchester United 9th Premier League title 16th English title

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Didier Drogba	20	Chelsea
Benni McCarthy	18	Blackburn Rovers
Cristiano Ronaldo	17	Manchester United
Wayne Rooney	14	Manchester United
Mark Viduka		Middlesbrough
Darren Bent	13	Charlton Athletic
Kevin Doyle		Reading
Dimitar Berbatov	12	Tottenham Hotspur
Dirk Kuyt		Liverpool
Yakubu Aiyegbeni		Middlesbrough

External links

• 2006-07 Premier League Season at RSSSF