The 2006–07 season was the 115th season in Liverpool Football Clubs existence and was their 45th consecutive year in the top-flight, and covers the period between 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. Having finished third the previous season, Liverpool had qualified for the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.
Players First-team squad
Reserves These players did not appear for the first-team this season, but may have been a substitute.
Transfers
In #PlayerFromFeeWhen17 Craig Bellamy Blackburn Rovers£6,000,00022 June 200629 Gabriel Paletta Club Atlético Banfield£2,000,0005 July 200612 Fábio Aurélio ValenciaFree5 July 200616 Jermaine Pennant Birmingham City£6,700,00026 July 200618 Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord£9,000,000Summer42 Nabil El Zhar Saint-Étienne£200,000Summer Astrit Ajdarević Falkenberg£750,000Winter Jordy Brouwer AjaxUndisclosed24 January 2007 Francisco Durán Málaga£66,00031 January 20072 Álvaro Arbeloa Deportivo La Coruña£2,500,00031 January 2007
Out #PlayerToFeeWhen37 Zak Whitbread Millwall£200,000Summer28 Bruno Cheyrou RennesUndisclosed30 June 200642 Robbie Foy Scunthorpe UnitedFree23 August 200631 David Raven Carlisle UnitedUndisclosedSummer19 Fernando Morientes Valencia£3,000,0005 July 200616 Dietmar Hamann Bolton WanderersFree11 July 200622 Chris Kirkland Wigan AthleticSix-month loan11 July 200636 Antonio Barragán Deportivo La Coruña£680,0004 August 200621 Djimi Traoré Charlton Athletic£2,000,0008 August 200635 Carl Medjani LorientFreeSummer33 Neil Mellor Preston North End£500,00030 August 20062 Jan Kromkamp PSV Eindhoven£1,750,00031 August 200624 Florent Sinama Pongolle Recreativo de Huelva£2,700,00031 August 200615 Salif Diao Stoke CityFree10 October 200622 Chris Kirkland Wigan Athletic£3,500,00027 October 200634 Darren Potter Wolverhampton Wanderers£525,000Winter28 Stephen Warnock Blackburn Rovers£1,500,00022 January 2007
In on loan #PlayerFromFeeWhen30 Daniele Padelli SampdoriaSix-month loan10 January 200720 Javier Mascherano West Ham UnitedLoanFebruary
In: £16,400,000+ Out: £27,216,000+ Total spending: £10,816,000
Season summary August Liverpool began the season in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, beating Israel's Maccabi Haifa on a 3–2 aggregate score, in a 2–1 win at Anfield. The season started well for Craig Bellamy, a new signing from Blackburn Rovers, and Mark González, who returned from a loan spell at Real Sociedad: both made their debuts against Haifa, and both scored. Peter Crouch helped finish the operation in Kyiv (the match was not played in Haifa due to security concerns). Liverpool also won the Community Shield as goals from Crouch and John Arne Riise helped them beat Chelsea 2–1 at the Millennium Stadium.
Liverpool's Premier League campaign began with a 1–1 draw at Bramall Lane against newly promoted Sheffield United. Their first league win of the season came at home against West Ham United, a 2–1 win secured by goals from Crouch and Daniel Agger.
September Liverpool lost the Merseyside derby 3–0 at Goodison Park when Everton's Tim Cahill and Andrew Johnson scored once and twice respectively. In the opening match of the group stage of the Champions League the Reds drew 0–0 with PSV in Eindhoven. This was followed by a 1–0 loss away to Chelsea and two home wins against Newcastle United (2–0) and Tottenham Hotspur (3–0). The Newcastle game was especially notable for a long-range goal scored by Xabi Alonso from inside the Liverpool half. They also beat Galatasaray 3–2 at Anfield. Their last game of September ended in a 2–0 defeat away to Bolton Wanderers.
October Liverpool's next league match was a 1–1 home draw with Blackburn Rovers, a game where Craig Bellamy scored his first league goal for the club against his previous team. In the Champions League Liverpool beat Bordeaux 1–0 in France but lost a crucial derby match against Manchester United 2–0 at Old Trafford just four days later. after. They then faced Bordeaux at Anfield, a match they won 3–0 thanks to Luis García (2) and Steven Gerrard, the captain's first goal of the season. They also progressed in the League Cup after a 4–3 win over Reading, and beat Aston Villa 3–1 in the league, ending the away side's run of nine unbeaten matches from the beginning of the campaign.
November November started well with a 2–0 win over Reading in the Premier League and a League Cup victory (1–0) against Birmingham City. They beat PSV 2–0 in the Champions League.
December Liverpool started December with a 4–0 win against Wigan Athletic, their first away victory of the campaign. They achieved a second consecutive Premier League 4–0 against Fulham after a disappointing 3–2 defeat by Galatasaray in the Champions League. This was followed by two further wins with Charlton Athletic, beaten 3–0 at The Valley, and Watford, defeated 2–0 at Anfield. However, Liverpool lost their next match 1–0 away to Blackburn Rovers before ending the year with a 1–0 win at Tottenham Hotspur.
January In the first week of January, Liverpool faced Arsenal twice, both at Anfield, once in the FA Cup and once in the League Cup. Both times, the Gunners came away with victory, 3–1 and 6–3 respectively. However, Liverpool beat both Bolton Wanderers and Watford 3–0 either side of the Arsenal games. They also beat Chelsea 2–0 at Anfield on Petr Čech's first match back after his horrific head injury.
February Liverpool drew 0–0 in the Merseyside derby at Anfield. They knocked Barcelona out of the Champions League in the round of 16 on away goals after Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise put two past Víctor Valdés at the Camp Nou.
March In between the Barça games, Liverpool beat Sheffield United 4–0, with Robbie Fowler scoring twice from the penalty spot, which proved to be his last goals for the club. However, they lost 1–0 to local rivals Manchester United courtesy to an injury time winner by United substitute John O'Shea. Liverpool then drew 0–0 with Aston Villa at Villa Park, before beating Arsenal 4–1 at Anfield, Peter Crouch scoring a hat trick with Daniel Agger scoring the other.
April Liverpool comfortably put PSV out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals, winning 4–0 on aggregate. A 3–0 victory in Eindhoven was followed by a 1–0 win in the return leg at Anfield. In between the two matches they travelled to Reading, a game which they won 2–1. The next three league games yielded a 0–0 draw away to Manchester City and two home wins against Middlesbrough and Wigan Athletic, both games ending 2–0. They lost 1–0 to Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final after a goal by Joe Cole. Ahead of the second leg against the London side, a much-changed Liverpool team lost 2–1 away to Portsmouth.
May Liverpool reached their second Champions League final in three years after beating Chelsea on penalties following a 1–0 win at Anfield. In the final, they faced AC Milan, their 2005 adversaries; Milan exacted their revenge, winning 2–1 with two goals from Filippo Inzaghi. Dirk Kuyt replied for the Reds but it was not enough to stop Milan.
Results Pre-season FriendliesKick OffOpponentsH/AResultScorersRefereeAttendance2006-07-15 15:00 WrexhamA2 – 0Anderson 5', Bellamy 52' Mike Jones11,3352006-07-22 15:00 Crewe AlexandraA1 – 0Lindfield 18' Tony Bates10,1012006-07-29 16:30 KaiserslauternN2 – 3Bellamy 60', L.García 67'2,8002006-08-01 16:00 Grasshopper ZürichA0 – 2 Rene Rogalla5,5002006-08-04 19:30 MainzA0 – 5 Jochen Drees FA Community ShieldKick OffOpponentsH/AResultScorersRefereeAttendance2006-08-13 15:00 ChelseaN2 – 1Riise 9', Crouch 80' Martin Atkinson56,275
Premier League
Premier League results by round
Classification
Results summary
Champions League
Third Qualifying Round
Group Stage
Knockout Stage Kick OffOpponentsH/AResultScorersRefereeAttendance2007-02-21, 20:45 BarcelonaA2–1Bellamy 43', Riise 74' Kyros Vassaras88,0002007-03-06, 20:45 BarcelonaH0–1 Herbert Fandel45,0002007-04-03, 20:45 PSV EindhovenA3–0Gerrard 27', Riise 49', Crouch 63' Bertrand Layec36,5002007-04-11, 20:45 PSV EindhovenH1–0Crouch 67' Roberto Rosetti41,4472007-04-25, 20:45 ChelseaA0–1 Markus Merk39,4832007-05-01, 20:45 ChelseaH1–0 (4–1 p)Agger 22'Pen:Zenden Alonso Gerrard Kuyt Manuel Mejuto González42,554
Final Kick-offOpponentsH/AResultScorersRefereeAttendance2007-05-23, 20:45 MilanN1–2Kuyt 89' Herbert Fandel74,000
FA Cup Kick-offRoundOpponentH/AResultScorersRefereeAttendance2007-01-06Third roundArsenalH1–3Kuyt 71'Steve Bennett43,619
League Cup Kick-offRoundOpponentH/AResultScorersRefereeAttendance2006-10-25, 20:00Third roundReadingH4–3Fowler 44', Riise 45', Paletta 49', Crouch 76'Peter Walton42,4452006-11-08, 19:45Fourth roundBirmingham CityA1–0Agger 45'Howard Webb23,0612007-01-09,Fifth roundArsenalH3–6Fowler 33', Gerrard 68', Hyypiä 80'Martin Atkinson42,614
Statistics Appearances
Top scorers PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupLeague CupChampions LeagueCommunity ShieldTotal 1 FW 15 Peter Crouch 9 0 1 7 1 18 2 FW 18 Dirk Kuyt 12 1 0 1 0 14 3 MF 8 Steven Gerrard 7 0 1 3 0 11 4 FW 17 Craig Bellamy 7 0 0 2 0 9 5 FW 9 Robbie Fowler 3 0 2 2 0 7 6 FW 10 Luis García 3 0 0 3 0 6 7 DF 6 John Arne Riise 1 0 1 2 1 5 8 DF 5 Daniel Agger 2 0 1 1 0 4 MF 14 Xabi Alonso 4 0 0 0 0 4 10 DF 4 Sami Hyypiä 2 0 1 0 0 3 MF 11 Mark González 2 0 0 1 0 3 12 DF 2 Álvaro Arbeloa 1 0 0 0 0 1 MF 7 Harry Kewell 1 0 0 0 0 1 MF 16 Jermaine Pennant 1 0 0 0 0 1 DF 23 Jamie Carragher 1 0 0 0 0 1 DF 29 Gabriel Paletta 0 0 1 0 0 1Own goals 1 0 0 0 0 1TOTALS 8 2 89
References
Notes
External links 2006–07 Season at Official Website 2007–07 Season at LFC History