Primera División 2006/07

Primera División 2006/07
master	real Madrid
Champions League	Real Madrid, FC Barcelona
Champions League qualification	FC Sevilla , Valencia
Uefa cup	Villarreal CF , Real Zaragoza , Getafe CF.
UI cup	Atlético Madrid
Cup winners	Sevilla FC
Relegated	Celta Vigo , Real Sociedad , Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	942  (ø 2.48 per game)
Top scorer	Ruud van Nistelrooy , (Real Madrid)
← Primera División 2005/06 Primera División 2007/08 →
Segunda División 2006/07 ↓

The 2006/07 Primera División was the 76th season of the highest Spanish football league . It started on August 26, 2006 and ended on June 17, 2007.

Real Madrid became Spanish champions for the 30th time.

Before the season

• The 18-time champions FC Barcelona entered the race as defending champions . Last year's runner-up was Real Madrid .
• Moved up from the Segunda División are Recreativo Huelva , Levante and Gimnàstic de Tarragona .

Attendees

In the 2006/07 season the following teams played in the Spanish Primera División :

Atl. Bilbao real Madrid Atlético Madrid Getafe CF. FC Barcelona Espanyol Barcelona Valencia CF Levante UD Sevilla FC Betis Sevilla Real Sociedad Dep. La Coruña RCD Mallorca Villarreal CF CA Osasuna Rac. Santander Real Zaragoza Celta Vigo Recr. Huelva Gimn. de Tarragona

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 2006/07

Liga BBVA - Primera División 2006/07
Surname	City, region	Stadion
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao , Basque Country	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid , Madrid region	Vicente Calderon
CA Osasuna	Pamplona , Navarre	Reyno de Navarre
Celta Vigo	Vigo , Galicia	Estadio Balaídos
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña , Galicia	Estadio Riazor
Espanyol Barcelona	Barcelona , Catalonia	Olímpic
FC Barcelona	Barcelona , Catalonia	Camp Nou
Getafe CF.	Getafe , Madrid region	Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
Gimnàstic de Tarragona	Tarragona , Catalonia	Nou Estadi de Tarragona
Racing Santander	Santander , Cantabria	El Sardinero
RCD Mallorca	Palma , Balearic Islands	ONO Estadi
Recreativo Huelva	Huelva , Andalusia	Nuevo Colombino
real Madrid	Madrid , Madrid region	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Real Betis	Seville , Andalusia	Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
Sevilla FC	Seville , Andalusia	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Valencia CF	Valencia , Region of Valencia	Mestalla
Villarreal CF	Villarreal , Valencia region	El Madrigal
Real Zaragoza	Saragossa , Aragon	La Romareda
Real Sociedad	Donostia-San Sebastian , Basque Country	Estadio Anoeta
Levante UD	Valencia , Region of Valencia	Ciudad de Valencia

Closing table

League leader

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	real Madrid	38	23	7th	8th	066:400	+26	76
2.	FC Barcelona (M)	38	22nd	10	6th	078:330	+45	76
3.	Sevilla FC	38	21st	8th	9	064:350	+29	71
4th	Valencia CF	38	20th	6th	12	057:420	+15	66
5.	Villarreal CF	38	18th	8th	12	048:440	+4	62
6th	Real Zaragoza	38	16	12	10	055:430	+12	60
7th	Atlético Madrid	38	17th	9	12	046:390	+7	60
8th.	Recreativo Huelva (N)	38	15th	9	14th	054:520	+2	54
9.	Getafe CF.	38	14th	10	14th	039:330	+6	52
10.	Racing Santander	38	12	14th	12	042:480	−6	50
11.	Espanyol Barcelona (P)	38	12	13	13	046:530	−7	49
12.	RCD Mallorca	38	14th	7th	17th	041:470	−6	49
13.	Deportivo La Coruña	38	12	11	15th	032:450	−13	47
14th	CA Osasuna	38	13	7th	18th	051:490	+2	46
15th	Levante UD (N)	38	10	12	16	037:530	−16	42
16.	Betis Seville	38	8th	16	14th	036:490	−13	40
17th	Athletic Bilbao	38	10	10	18th	044:620	−18	40
18th	Celta Vigo	38	10	9	19th	040:590	−19	39
19th	Real Sociedad	38	8th	11	19th	032:470	−15	35
20th	Gimnàstic de Tarragona (N)	38	7th	7th	24	034:690	−35	28

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Spanish champion and participation in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League

Participation in qualifying for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup

Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007

Relegation to the Segunda División

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Results

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	1-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1	3: 1	0: 1
FC 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 Seville	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 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 Barcelona	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 CF.	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 UD	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
RCD 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	1: 3	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 3	1-0
CA 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 Huelva	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 FC	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 CF	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 CF	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
Real 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

After the season

International competitions

• 1. - Real Madrid - UEFA Champions League
• 2. - FC Barcelona - UEFA Champions League
• 3rd - Sevilla FC - UEFA Champions League , qualification
• 4th - Valencia CF - UEFA Champions League , qualification
• Copa del Rey finalist - Getafe FC - UEFA Cup
• 5th - Villarreal CF - UEFA Cup
• 6th - Real Zaragoza - UEFA Cup
• 7th - Atlético Madrid - UEFA Intertoto Cup

Relegated to the Segunda División

• 18 - Celta Vigo
• 19th - Real Sociedad
• 20. - Gimnàstic de Tarragona

Promoted to the Primera División

• Real Valladolid
• UD Almería
• Real Murcia

Pichichi trophy

The Pichichi trophy is awarded annually to the best goalscorer of the season.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Ruud van Nistelrooy	real Madrid	25th
2		Diego Milito	Real Zaragoza	23
3		Frédéric Kanouté	Sevilla FC	21st
		Ronaldinho	FC Barcelona
5		Diego Forlan	Villarreal CF	19th
6th		David Villa	Valencia CF	16
		Raúl Tamudo	Espanyol Barcelona
8th		Fernando Baiano	Celta Vigo	15th
		Fernando Torres	Atlético Madrid
10		Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	14th

Zamora trophy

The Zamora trophy is awarded annually to the goalkeeper with the fewest goals per game. In order to get into the ranking, the player must play at least 28 encounters of 60 minutes each.

player	Gates	Games	cut	team
Roberto Abbondanzieri	30th	36	0.83	Getafe CF.
Víctor Valdés	33	38	0.87	FC Barcelona
Leo Franco	28	31	0.90	Atlético Madrid

Average audience

Stadion	society	Average audience
Camp Nou	FC Barcelona	73,466
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu	real Madrid	71,282
Vicente Calderon Stadium	Atlético Madrid	43,684
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	Sevilla FC	43,526
Mestalla Stadium	Valencia CF	41,908
League cut		29,018

The Real Madrid championship team

1.

real Madrid

Goal : Iker Casillas (38 / -) Defense : Sergio Ramos (33/5); Fabio Cannavaro (32 / -); Roberto Carlos (23/3); Iván Helguera (22/1); Miguel Torres (19 / -); Míchel Salgado (16 / -); Álvaro Mejía (9 / -); Raúl Bravo (8 / -); Marcelo (6 / -) Midfield : Mahamadou Diarra (33/3); Guti (30/1); José Antonio Reyes (29/6); Emerson (28/1); David Beckham (23/3); Fernando Gago (14 / -); Cicinho (7 / -); Ruben de la Red (7 / -); Miguel Ángel Nieto (2 / -) Storm : Ruud van Nistelrooy (37/25); Raúl (35/7); Robinho (32/6); Gonzalo Higuaín (19/2); Antonio Cassano (7/1) Coach : Fabio Capello

* Ronaldo (7/1) left the club during the season.

Web links

Commons : Primera División (Spain) 2006/07  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Spain - List of Champions rsssf.com
• 2006/07 season laliga.es

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2006/07 audience. In: weltfussball.de. Retrieved May 8, 2008 .