KILMARNOCK F.C. SEASON 2006-07

In the 2006-07 season 'Kilmarnock Football Club' competed in their 7th Scottish Premier League campaign, and also in the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. Kilmarnock's competitive season opened with a 4-1 defeat against league champions Celtic, and drew to a close with a 1-0 win against Hearts on May 20. Kilmarnock finished in 5th place for the second consecutive season, and enjoyed both a win and a draw against Rangers, both their first under manager Jim Jefferies.
In the Scottish Cup they were beaten 3-1 by First Division club Greenock Morton in the 3rd round, although results fared better in the League Cup. They reached their first final since 2001, although they were resoundly beaten 5-1 by Hibernian.

Contents

Results

Goalscorers

Final Table

See also

Results

Kilmarnock's score is first. Opponents listed in 'bold' refer to a match played at home. Opponents listed in ''italics'' refer to a match played at a neutral ground.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Competition	Kilmarnock scorer(s)
Jul 11	Palmerston Park, Dumfries	Queen of the South	2-2	Friendly	Invincibile, Naismith
Jul 15	Borough Briggs, Elgin	Elgin City	3-0	Friendly	Di Giacomo (2), Barrowman (Trialist)
Jul 16	Victoria Park, Dingwall	Ross County	0-1	Friendly
Jul 20	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'West Bromwich Albion'	2-1	Friendly	Di Giacomo, Nish
Jul 22	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Preston North End'	1-1	Friendly	Di Giacomo
Jul 29	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Celtic	1-4	SPL Match 1	Naismith
Aug 5	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Hibernian'	2-1	SPL Match 2	Nish, Naismith
Aug 12	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Dundee United'	0-0	SPL Match 3
Aug 19	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk	Falkirk	2-1	SPL Match 4	Wales, Di Giacomo
Aug 22	Palmerston Park, Dumfries	Queen of the South	2-1 AET	SLC 2nd Round	G Murray, Naismith
Aug 27	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Rangers'	2-2	SPL Match 5	F Wright, Naismith
Sep 9	East End Park, Dunfermline	Dunfermline Athletic	2-3	SPL Match 6	Invincibile, Wales
Sep 16	St. Mirren Park, Paisley	St. Mirren	1-0	SPL Match 7	Broadfoot (O.G.)
Sep 19	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Livingston'	2-1 AET	SLC 3rd Round	Wales, F Wright
Sep 23	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Inverness C.T.'	1-1	SPL Match 8	Nish
Sep 30	Fir Park, Motherwell	Motherwell	0-5	SPL Match 9
Oct 14	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Aberdeen'	1-0	SPL Match 10	Wales
Oct 21	Tynecastle, Edinburgh	Heart of Midlothian	2-0	SPL Match 11	Invincibile, Wales
Oct 29	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Celtic	1-2	SPL Match 12	Nish
Nov 4	Easter Road, Edinburgh	Hibernian	2-2	SPL Match 13	Martis (O.G.), Naismith
Nov 7	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Motherwell'	3-2	SLC Quarter-final	F Wright (2), Invincibile
Nov 11	Tannadice Park, Dundee	Dundee United	0-1	SPL Match 14
Nov 18	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Falkirk'	2-1	SPL Match 15	Hay, O'Donnell (O.G.)
Nov 26	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Rangers	0-3	SPL Match 16
Dec 2	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Dunfermline Athletic'	5-1	SPL Match 17	Hay, Di Giacomo (2), Nish (2)
Dec 9	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'St. Mirren	1-1	SPL Match 18	Di Giacomo
Dec 16	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness	Inverness C.T.	4-3	SPL Match 19	Naismith (2), Nish (2)
Dec 23	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Motherwell	1-2	SPL Match 20	Naismith
Dec 26	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen	Aberdeen	1-3	SPL Match 21	Naismith
Dec 30	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Heart of Midlothian'	0-0	SPL Match 22
Jan 2	Celtic Park, Glasgow	Celtic	0-2	SPL Match 23
Jan 6	Cappielow Park, Greenock	Greenock Morton	1-3	SFA 3rd Round	Nish
Jan 15	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Hibernian'	0-2	SPL Match 24
Jan 20	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Dundee United'	1-0	SPL Match 25	Leven
Jan 27	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk	Falkirk	2-0	SPL Match 26	Nish, Naismith
Jan 30	Fir Park, Motherwell	''Falkirk	3-0	SLC Semi-final	Naismith (3)
Feb 11	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Rangers	1-3	SPL Match 27	Naismith
Feb 17	East End Park, Dunfermline	Dunfermline Athletic	1-1	SPL Match 28	Naismith
Mar 3	St. Mirren Park, Paisley	St. Mirren	2-0	SPL Match 29	Nish (2)
Mar 10	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Inverness C.T.'	3-2	SPL Match 30	Di Giacomo (2), Naismith
Mar 18	Hampden Park, Glasgow	''Hibernian''	1-5	SLC Final	Greer
Mar 31	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Aberdeen'	1-2	SPL Match 31	Naismith
Apr 3	Fir Park, Motherwell	Motherwell	1-0	SPL Match 32	Nish
Apr 7	Tynecastle, Edinburgh	Heart of Midlothian	0-1	SPL Match 33
Apr 22	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Celtic'	1-2	SPL Match 34	Nish
Apr 28	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen	Aberdeen	0-3	SPL Match 35
May 5	Easter Road, Edinburgh	Hibernian	1-0	SPL Match 36	Nish
May 13	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow	Rangers	1-0	SPL Match 37	Naismith
May 20	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock	'Heart of Midlothian'	1-0	SPL Match 38	Naismith

★ '''SPL' - Scottish Premier League 'SLC' - Scottish League Cup 'SFA' - Scottish Cup''

Goalscorers

''Stats for competitive matches only''

	Name	SPL	SFA	SLC	Total
1	Steven Naismith	15	0	4	'19'
2	Colin Nish	13	1	0	'14'
3	Paul Di Giacomo	6	0	0	'6'
4	Gary Wales	4	0	1	'5'
5	Frazer Wright	1	0	3	'4'
6	Danny Invincibile	2	0	1	'3'
7	Garry Hay	2	0	0	'2'
8	Gordon Greer	0	0	1	'1'
8	Peter Leven	1	0	0	'1'
8	Grant Murray	0	0	1	'1'
-	Own Goals	3	0	0	'3'

Final Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	'Celtic (C)'	38	26	6	6	65	34	+31	'84'
2	'Rangers'	38	21	9	8	61	32	+29	'72'
3	'Aberdeen'	38	19	8	11	56	37	+19	'65'
4	'Hearts'	38	17	10	11	47	35	+10	'61'
5	'Kilmarnock'	38	16	7	15	47	54	-7	'55'
6	'Hibernian'	38	13	10	15	56	46	+10	'49'
7	'Falkirk'	38	15	5	18	49	47	2	'50'
8	'Inverness CT'	38	11	13	14	42	48	-6	'47'
9	'Dundee United'	38	10	12	16	40	59	-19	'42'
10	'Motherwell'	38	10	8	20	44	57	-13	'38'
11	'St. Mirren'	38	8	12	18	31	51	-20	'36'
12	'Dunfermline' '(R)'	38	8	8	22	26	55	-29	'32'

See also

★ Kilmarnock F.C.

★ Scottish Premier League 2006-07

★ Scottish Cup 2006-07

★ Scottish League Cup 2006-07