UEFA Champions League 2006/07

UEFA Champions League 2006/07
Cup winners	AC Milan (7th title)
Beginning	July 11, 2006
final	May 23, 2007
Final stadium	Olympic Stadium , Athens
Teams	32 (73 with qualifying rounds)
Games	125
Gates	309  (ø 2.47 per game)
Top scorer	Kaka (10)
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The Olympic Stadium in Athens

The 2006/07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of the most important European competition for club teams in football under this name and the 52nd overall. 73 clubs from 49 national associations took part in the competition this year. The competition began with the first qualifying round on July 11, 2006 and ended with the final in the Olympic Stadium in Athens on May 23, 2007. The winner was AC Milan, who initially came second in Serie A , but after manipulation was discovered third place was downgraded and thus had to qualify for the group stage.

mode

There were no changes to the game mode compared to the previous season. If two or more teams were tied after the group matches, the placement was determined by the following criteria:

1. Points from direct games
2. Goal difference in direct games
3. Away goals in direct games
4. Goal difference from all group matches
5. Scored goals in all group matches
6. Higher club coefficient at the beginning of the competition

qualification

First qualifying round

The first leg took place on 11/12. July, the second legs on 18./19. July 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
KF Elbasani	1: 3	Ekranas Panevėžys	1-0	0: 3
FC TVMK Tallinn	3: 4	FH Hafnarfjörður	2: 3	1: 1
Linfield FC	3: 5	ND Gorica	1: 3	2: 2
FC Birkirkara	2: 5	B36 Tórshavn	0: 3	2: 2
Sioni Bolnissi	2: 1	FK Baku	2-0	0: 1
F91 Dudelange	0: 1	Rabotnički Skopje	0: 1	0-0
FC Pyunik Yerevan	0: 2	Sheriff Tiraspol	0-0	0: 2
Myllycosken Pallo -47	2-0	The New Saints FC	1-0	1-0
Cork City	2: 1	Apollon Limassol	1-0	1: 1
FK Liepājas Metalurgs	2: 1	FK Aqtöbe	1-0	1: 1
FK Shakhtsor Salihorsk	0: 2	NK Široki Brijeg	0: 1	0: 1

Second qualifying round

The first legs took place on 25/26. July, the second legs on 1/2. August 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ekranas Panevėžys	3: 9	Dinamo Zagreb	1: 4	2: 5
Sheriff Tiraspol	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Spartak Moscow	1: 1	0-0
FK Liepājas Metalurgs	1: 8	Dynamo Kiev	1: 4	0: 4
Levski Sofia	4-0	Sioni Bolnissi	2-0	2-0
Djurgårdens IF	2: 3	MFK Ružomberok	1-0	1: 3
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	9-0	B36 Tórshavn	4-0	5-0
FC Zurich	2: 3	FC Salzburg	2: 1	0: 2
FH Hafnarfjörður	0: 3	Legia Warsaw	0: 1	0: 2
Debreceni VSC	2: 5	Rabotnički Skopje	1: 1	1: 4
Cork City	0: 4	Red Star Belgrade	0: 1	0: 3
FK Mladá Boleslav	5: 3	Vålerenga IF	3: 1	2: 2
FC Copenhagen	4: 2	Myllycosken Pallo -47	2-0	2: 2
Heart of Midlothian	3-0	NK Široki Brijeg	3-0	0-0
ND Gorica	0: 5	Steaua Bucharest	0: 2	0: 3

Third qualifying round

The winners qualified for the group stage and the losers were allowed to continue playing in the first round of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup .

The first legs took place on 8/9. August, the second leg on 22./23. August 2006.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FK Austria Vienna	1: 4	Benfica Lisbon	1: 1	0: 3
Dinamo Zagreb	1: 5	Arsenal FC	0: 3	1: 2
CSKA Moscow	5-0	MFK Ružomberok	3-0	2-0
Dynamo Kiev	5: 3	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	3: 1	2: 2
Lille OSC	4-0	Rabotnički Skopje	3-0	1-0
Shakhtar Donetsk	4: 2	Legia Warsaw	1-0	3: 2
Levski Sofia	4: 2	Chievo Verona ( 1 )	2-0	2: 2
Galatasaray Istanbul	6: 3	FK Mladá Boleslav	5: 2	1: 1
Slovan Liberec	1: 2	Spartak Moscow	0-0	1: 2
Standard Liege	3: 4	Steaua Bucharest	2: 2	1: 2
FC Copenhagen	3: 2	Ajax Amsterdam	1: 2	2-0
Hamburger SV	( a ) 1: 1(a)	CA Osasuna	0-0	1: 1
FC Salzburg	1: 3	Valencia CF	1-0	0: 3
AC Milan ( 2 )	3: 1	Red Star Belgrade	1-0	2: 1
Liverpool FC	3: 2	Maccabi Haifa	2: 1	( 1 )1: 1 ( 3 )
Heart of Midlothian	1: 5	AEK Athens	1: 2	0: 3

¹ replaced Fiorentina
² was downgraded and had to qualify
³ Maccabi Haifa's home game was played in Kiev , as UEFA did not allow international matches in Israel at the time.

Group stage

32 teams took part in the group stage and played in 8 groups (A to H) of 4 teams each. The group stage draw took place on August 24, 2006. The champions from the top 10 national associations and the runners-up from the countries in 1st to 6th place in the UEFA five-year ranking were drawn from the 16 winners of the third qualifying round. The first and second-placed clubs from each group made it to the round of 16, while the third-placed team continued to play in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup . The last in the group was eliminated from the European competitions.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Chelsea FC	6th	4th	1	1	010: 400	+6	13
2.	FC Barcelona	6th	3	2	1	012: 400	+8	11
3.	Werder Bremen	6th	3	1	2	007: 500	+2	10
4th	Levski Sofia	6th	0	0	6th	001:170	−16	00

September 12, 2006
Chelsea FC	2-0	Werder Bremen	Stamford Bridge
FC Barcelona	5-0	Levski Sofia	Camp Nou
September 27, 2006
Levski Sofia	1: 3	Chelsea FC	Vasil Levski National Stadium
Werder Bremen	1: 1	FC Barcelona	Weser Stadium
October 18, 2006
Werder Bremen	2-0	Levski Sofia	Weser Stadium
Chelsea FC	1-0	FC Barcelona	Stamford Bridge
October 31, 2006
Levski Sofia	0: 3	Werder Bremen	Vasil Levski National Stadium
FC Barcelona	2: 2	Chelsea FC	Camp Nou
November 22, 2006
Werder Bremen	1-0	Chelsea FC	Weser Stadium
Levski Sofia	0: 2	FC Barcelona	Vasil Levski National Stadium
December 5, 2006
Chelsea FC	2-0	Levski Sofia	Stamford Bridge
FC Barcelona	2-0	Werder Bremen	Camp Nou

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Bayern Munich	6th	3	3	0	010: 300	+7	12
2.	Inter Milan	6th	3	1	2	005: 500	± 0	10
3.	Spartak Moscow	6th	1	2	3	007:110	−4	05
4th	Sporting Lisbon	6th	1	2	3	003: 600	−3	05

September 12, 2006
Sporting Lisbon	1-0	Inter Milan	Estádio José Alvalade XXI
FC Bayern Munich	4-0	Spartak Moscow	Allianz Arena
September 27, 2006
Spartak Moscow	1: 1	Sporting Lisbon	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium
Inter Milan	0: 2	FC Bayern Munich	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
October 18, 2006
Inter Milan	2: 1	Spartak Moscow	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Sporting Lisbon	0: 1	FC Bayern Munich	Estádio José Alvalade XXI
October 31, 2006
Spartak Moscow	0: 1	Inter Milan	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium
FC Bayern Munich	0-0	Sporting Lisbon	Allianz Arena
November 22, 2006
Spartak Moscow	2: 2	FC Bayern Munich	Luzhniki Olympic Stadium
Inter Milan	1-0	Sporting Lisbon	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
December 5, 2006
Sporting Lisbon	1: 3	Spartak Moscow	Estádio José Alvalade XXI
FC Bayern Munich	1: 1	Inter Milan	Allianz Arena

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Liverpool FC	6th	4th	1	1	011: 500	+6	13
2.	PSV Eindhoven	6th	3	1	2	006: 600	± 0	10
3.	Girondins Bordeaux	6th	2	1	3	006: 700	−1	07th
4th	Galatasaray Istanbul	6th	1	1	4th	007:120	−5	04th

September 12, 2006
Galatasaray Istanbul	0-0	Girondins Bordeaux	Ataturk Olympic Stadium
PSV Eindhoven	0-0	Liverpool FC	PSV stadium
September 27, 2006
Liverpool FC	3: 2	Galatasaray Istanbul	Anfield
Girondins Bordeaux	0: 1	PSV Eindhoven	Stade Chaban-Delmas
October 18, 2006
Girondins Bordeaux	0: 1	Liverpool FC	Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas
Galatasaray Istanbul	1: 2	PSV Eindhoven	Ataturk Olympic Stadium
October 31, 2006
Liverpool FC	3-0	Girondins Bordeaux	Anfield
PSV Eindhoven	2-0	Galatasaray Istanbul	PSV stadium
November 22, 2006
Girondins Bordeaux	3: 1	Galatasaray Istanbul	Stade Jacques-Chaban-Delmas
Liverpool FC	2-0	PSV Eindhoven	Anfield
December 5, 2006
Galatasaray Istanbul	3: 2	Liverpool FC	Ataturk Olympic Stadium
PSV Eindhoven	1: 3	Girondins Bordeaux	PSV stadium

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Valencia CF	6th	4th	1	1	012: 600	+6	13
2.	AS Roma	6th	3	1	2	008: 400	+4	10
3.	Shakhtar Donetsk	6th	1	3	2	006:110	−5	06th
4th	Olympiacos Piraeus	6th	0	3	3	006:110	−5	03

September 12, 2006
Olympiacos Piraeus	2: 4	Valencia CF	Karaiskakis Stadium
AS Roma	4-0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Olympic Stadium Rome
September 27, 2006
Shakhtar Donetsk	2: 2	Olympiacos Piraeus	RSK Olimpijskyi
Valencia CF	2: 1	AS Roma	Estadio Mestalla
October 18, 2006
Valencia CF	2-0	Shakhtar Donetsk	Estadio Mestalla
Olympiacos Piraeus	0: 1	AS Roma	Karaiskakis Stadium
October 31, 2006
Shakhtar Donetsk	2: 2	Valencia CF	RSK Olimpijskyi
AS Roma	1: 1	Olympiacos Piraeus	Olympic Stadium Rome
November 22, 2006
Valencia CF	2-0	Olympiacos Piraeus	Estadio Mestalla
Shakhtar Donetsk	1-0	AS Roma	RSK Olimpijskyi
December 5, 2006
Olympiacos Piraeus	1: 1	Shakhtar Donetsk	Karaiskakis Stadium
AS Roma	1-0	Valencia CF	Olympic Stadium Rome

Group E

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Olympique Lyon	6th	4th	2	0	012: 300	+9	14th
2.	real Madrid	6th	3	2	1	014: 800	+6	11
3.	Steaua Bucharest	6th	1	2	3	007:110	−4	05
4th	Dynamo Kiev	6th	0	2	4th	005:160	−11	02

September 13, 2006
Dynamo Kiev	1: 4	Steaua Bucharest	Kiev Olympic Stadium
Olympique Lyon	2-0	real Madrid	Stade Gerland
September 26, 2006
real Madrid	5: 1	Dynamo Kiev	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Steaua Bucharest	0: 3	Olympique Lyon	Ghencea Stadium
October 17, 2006
Steaua Bucharest	1: 4	real Madrid	Ghencea Stadium
Dynamo Kiev	0: 3	Olympique Lyon	Kiev Olympic Stadium
November 1, 2006
real Madrid	1-0	Steaua Bucharest	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Olympique Lyon	1-0	Dynamo Kiev	Stade Gerland
November 21, 2006
Steaua Bucharest	1: 1	Dynamo Kiev	Ghencea Stadium
real Madrid	2: 2	Olympique Lyon	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
December 6, 2006
Dynamo Kiev	2: 2	real Madrid	Kiev Olympic Stadium
Olympique Lyon	1: 1	Steaua Bucharest	Stade Gerland

Group F.

Scene of the game Benfica against Copenhagen

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester United	6th	4th	0	2	010: 500	+5	12
2.	Celtic Glasgow	6th	3	0	3	008: 900	−1	09
3.	Benfica Lisbon	6th	2	1	3	007: 800	−1	07th
4th	FC Copenhagen	6th	2	1	3	005: 800	−3	07th

September 13, 2006
Manchester United	3: 2	Celtic Glasgow	Old Trafford
FC Copenhagen	0-0	Benfica Lisbon	Park
September 26, 2006
Benfica Lisbon	0: 1	Manchester United	Estádio da Luz
Celtic Glasgow	1-0	FC Copenhagen	Celtic Park
October 17, 2006
Celtic Glasgow	3-0	Benfica Lisbon	Celtic Park
Manchester United	3-0	FC Copenhagen	Old Trafford
November 1, 2006
Benfica Lisbon	3-0	Celtic Glasgow	Estádio da Luz
FC Copenhagen	1-0	Manchester United	Park
November 21, 2006
Celtic Glasgow	1-0	Manchester United	Celtic Park
Benfica Lisbon	3: 1	FC Copenhagen	Estádio da Luz
December 6, 2006
Manchester United	3: 1	Benfica Lisbon	Old Trafford
FC Copenhagen	3: 1	Celtic Glasgow	Park

Group G

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Arsenal FC	6th	3	2	1	007: 300	+4	11
2.	FC Porto	6th	3	2	1	009: 400	+5	11
3.	CSKA Moscow	6th	2	2	2	004: 500	−1	08th
4th	Hamburger SV	6th	1	0	5	007:150	−8	03

September 13, 2006
FC Porto	0-0	CSKA Moscow	Estádio do Dragão
Hamburger SV	1: 2	Arsenal FC	Volksparkstadion
September 26, 2006
CSKA Moscow	1-0	Hamburger SV	Locomotive stadium
Arsenal FC	2-0	FC Porto	Emirates Stadium
October 17, 2006
CSKA Moscow	1-0	Arsenal FC	Locomotive stadium
FC Porto	4: 1	Hamburger SV	Estádio do Dragão
November 1, 2006
Arsenal FC	0-0	CSKA Moscow	Emirates Stadium
Hamburger SV	1: 3	FC Porto	Volksparkstadion
November 21, 2006
CSKA Moscow	0: 2	FC Porto	Locomotive stadium
Arsenal FC	3: 1	Hamburger SV	Emirates Stadium
December 6, 2006
FC Porto	0-0	Arsenal FC	Estádio do Dragão
Hamburger SV	3: 2	CSKA Moscow	Volksparkstadion

Group H.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AC Milan	6th	3	1	2	008: 400	+4	10
2.	Lille OSC	6th	2	3	1	008: 500	+3	09
3.	AEK Athens	6th	2	2	2	006: 900	−3	08th
4th	RSC Anderlecht	6th	0	4th	2	007:110	−4	04th

September 13, 2006
RSC Anderlecht	1: 1	Lille OSC	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
AC Milan	3-0	AEK Athens	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
September 26, 2006
AEK Athens	1: 1	RSC Anderlecht	Athens Olympic Stadium
Lille OSC	0-0	AC Milan	Stade Félix-Bollaert
October 17, 2006
Lille OSC	3: 1	AEK Athens	Stade Félix-Bollaert
RSC Anderlecht	0: 1	AC Milan	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
November 1, 2006
AEK Athens	1-0	Lille OSC	Athens Olympic Stadium
AC Milan	4: 1	RSC Anderlecht	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
November 21, 2006
Lille OSC	2: 2	RSC Anderlecht	Stade Félix-Bollaert
AEK Athens	1-0	AC Milan	Athens Olympic Stadium
December 6, 2006
RSC Anderlecht	2: 2	AEK Athens	Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
AC Milan	0: 2	Lille OSC	Giuseppe Meazza Stadium

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Real players celebrate the 2-1 in the first leg Real Madrid against Bayern Munich

The first legs took place on 20./21. February, the second legs on 6./7. March 2007.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Celtic Glasgow	0: 1	AC Milan	0-0	0: 1 a.d.
PSV Eindhoven	2: 1	Arsenal FC	1-0	1: 1
Lille OSC	0: 2	Manchester United	0: 1	0: 1
real Madrid	(a)4: 4 ( a )	FC Bayern Munich	3: 2	1: 2
AS Roma	2-0	Olympique Lyon	0-0	2-0
FC Barcelona	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Liverpool FC	1: 2	1-0
FC Porto	2: 3	Chelsea FC	1: 1	1: 2
Inter Milan	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Valencia CF	2: 2	0-0

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on 3rd / 4th. April, the second leg on 10./11. April 2007.

	total		First leg	Return leg
AC Milan	4: 2	FC Bayern Munich	2: 2	2-0
PSV Eindhoven	0: 4	Liverpool FC	0: 3	0: 1
AS Roma	3: 8	Manchester United	2: 1	1: 7
Chelsea FC	3: 2	Valencia CF	1: 1	2: 1

Semifinals

The first legs took place on 24./25. April, the second leg on 1/2. May 2007.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Manchester United	3: 5	AC Milan	3: 2	0: 3
Chelsea FC	1: 1 (1: 4 i. E.)	Liverpool FC	1-0	0: 1 a.d.

final

AC Milan		Liverpool FC		Lineup
	May 23, 2007 in Athens ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 2: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 71,030 Referee: Herbert Fandel ( Germany )
	Dida - Massimo Oddo , Alessandro Nesta , Paolo Maldini , Marek Jankulovski (80th Kacha Kaladse ) - Gennaro Gattuso , Andrea Pirlo , Massimo Ambrosini , Clarence Seedorf (90th + 2 ' Giuseppe Favalli ) - Kaká - Filippo Inzaghi (88th Alberto Gilardino ) Coach: Carlo Ancelotti	Pepe Reina - Steve Finnan (88th Álvaro Arbeloa ), Jamie Carragher , Daniel Agger , John Arne Riise - Xabi Alonso , Javier Mascherano (78th Peter Crouch ) - Jermaine Pennant , Steven Gerrard , Boudewijn Zenden (59th Harry Kewell ) - Dirk Kuyt Coach: Rafael Benítez ( Spain )
	1: 0 Filippo Inzaghi (45.) 2: 0 Filippo Inzaghi (82.)	2: 1 Dirk Kuyt (89th)
	Gennaro Gattuso, Marek Jankulovski	Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher

The AC Milan players celebrate after the final.

Best goal scorers

rank player club Gates 1  Kaká AC Milan 10 2  Didier Drogba Chelsea FC 6th  Ruud van Nistelrooy real Madrid 6th  Fernando Morientes Valencia CF 6th  Peter Crouch Liverpool FC 6th 6th  Raúl real Madrid 5 7th  Francesco Totti AS Roma 4th  David Villa Valencia CF 4th  Claudio Pizarro FC Bayern Munich 4th  Nicolae Dică Steaua Bucharest 4th  Filippo Inzaghi AC Milan 4th  Wayne Rooney Manchester United 4th  Louis Saha Manchester United 4th

Kaká

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

Players used AC Milan

See main article: UEFA Champions League 2006/07 / AC Milan

AC Milan

Goal: Dida (11 / -); Zeljko Kalac (3 / -) Defense: Marek Jankulovski (13 / -); Paolo Maldini (9 / -); Kacha Kaladze (8 / -); Alessandro Nesta (8 / -); Massimo Oddo (7 / -); Daniele Bonera (6 / -); Cafu (6 / -); Dario Simic (4 / -); Giuseppe Favalli (3 / -); Alessandro Costacurta (1 / -); Serginho (1 / -) Midfield: Kaká (13/10); Clarence Seedorf (12/2); Andrea Pirlo (12/1); Gennaro Gattuso (11 / -); Massimo Ambrosini (10 / -); Yoann Gourcuff (8/1); Cristian Brocchi (7 / -) Storm: Filippo Inzaghi (10/4); Alberto Gilardino (9/2); Ricardo Oliveira (6 / -); Marco Borriello (1 / -) Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

See also

• 2006/07 UEFA Cup
• UEFA Women's Cup 2006/07
• UEFA Champions League 2006-2007 (computer game series)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} FC Red Bull Salzburg is only listed as FC Salzburg by UEFA.

Web links

Commons : UEFA Champions League 2006-07  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website for the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League
• Game details for the 2006/07 season on fussballdaten.de