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2006–07 La Liga

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Season
  
2006–07

Champion
  
Real Madrid C.F.

Goals scored
  
942

Champions
  
Real Madrid30th title

Dates
  
27 Aug 2006 – 17 Jun 2007

Matches played
  
380

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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)

Top goalscorer
  
Relegated
  
Similar
  
2005–06 La Liga, 2007–08 La Liga, 2004–05 La Liga, 2008–09 La Liga, 2003–04 La Liga

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.

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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
  • Results

    Updated to games played on 17 June 2007.
    Source: LFP
    ^ The 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.

    Pichichi Trophy

    The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

    Source: LFP

    Zamora Trophy

    The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio. Last updated 17 June 2007 [2]

    Assists table

  • Source: ESPN Soccernet
  • Fair Play award

  • Source: Guia As de La Liga 2007-08, p. 140 (sports magazine)
  • Pedro Zaballa award

    Cuco Ziganda (Osasuna head coach) and David Belenguer (Getafe footballer)

    Overall

  • Most wins - Real Madrid (23)
  • Fewest wins - Gimnàstic (7)
  • Most draws - Betis (16)
  • Fewest draws - Valencia (6)
  • Most losses - Gimnàstic (24)
  • Fewest losses - Barcelona (6)
  • Most goals scored - Barcelona (78)
  • Fewest goals scored - Deportivo La Coruña and Real Sociedad (32)
  • Most goals conceded - Gimnàstic (69)
  • Fewest goals conceded - Barcelona and Getafe (33)
  • References

    2006–07 La Liga Wikipedia