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EspañolMANCHESTER UNITED F.C. SEASON 2006-07
The '2006-07 season' was 'Manchester United's' 115th season in the Football League, and their 32nd consecutive season in the top division of English football. United enjoyed a much more successful season than the season before, winning the Premier League by a six-point margin over Chelsea. They also reached the final of the FA Cup and the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League, losing to Chelsea and AC Milan respectively. However, for all their success in the major competitions, the club was unable to defend the Carling Cup title they had won in 2005-06, losing to Southend United in the Fourth Round.
Manchester United were not only dominant on a team level in 2006-07, but also on an individual level, with eight United players earning spots in the PFA Team of the Year, as well as Cristiano Ronaldo picking up no less than eight individual awards for his performances over the season and Sir Alex Ferguson winning the Premier League's Manager of the Season award.
The 2006-07 season also marked the 50th anniversary of the Busby Babes' first foray into European competition. The event was marked by a charity football match, organised in collaboration with UEFA, who were commemorating 50 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome, against a team of the best players from Europe's top clubs.
United began their pre-season in July 2006 with a friendly tournament in South Africa, their first time in the country for 13 years. The tournament involved matches against South Africa's top two teams, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs, followed by a further match against the winner of a play-off between the two host sides. The Red Devils started well, beating Orlando Pirates 4-0 in their first game, but almost came unstuck against Kaizer Chiefs, requiring an 83rd minute goal from Dong Fangzhuo to secure the 1-0 win. Kaiser Chiefs then beat Orlando Pirates in the play-off, and managed to hold a relatively sub-par United side to a 0-0 draw before beating them 4-3 on penalties.
The team then took their pre-season back to Britain, beating Celtic 3-0 at Parkhead. This was followed by a 2-1 defeat to Preston North End, but the team bounced back to defeat Macclesfield Town 2-1 two days later.
The start of August saw United take part in the Amsterdam Tournament, involving Ajax, Internazionale and FC Porto. The Reds played two games in Amsterdam, beating both Porto and Ajax, but the tournament will be remembered mostly for the sendings-off of both Paul Scholes - for a clumsy, mistimed challenge in the match against Porto - and Wayne Rooney - who inadvertently caught Porto defender Pepe in the face with his hand as he jumped uncontested for a high ball. In accordance with FIFA disciplinary procedure, the red cards resulted in the pair missing the first three games of the season.
Back to Britain again, and a fixture against Oxford United was next up, which United won comfortably 4-1. Finally, United returned home to Old Trafford on 12 August for their only home friendly of the 2006-07 pre-season. The visitors were Sevilla who helped mark the official opening of Old Trafford's new North-West and North-East quadrants with a 3-0 win to United in front of a half-capacity crowd.
United played one more friendly during the 2006-07 season, this final one marking the 50th anniversary of the Busby Babes' first foray into European competition as the Red Devils took on a European XI managed by Italian World Cup-winning manager Marcello Lippi. The match also celebrated 50 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome, the treaty that laid the foundations for what we know today as the European Union. The original squad selected by Lippi was hit by last minute injuries and withdrawals by some big names like Ronaldinho and David Beckham, forcing replacements to be drawn from Premiership teams like Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth at short notice. United started the game very brightly, finding themselves 4-1 up at half-time, thanks to goals from Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wes Brown. However, no further goals came for the home side as the visitors scored two consolation goals, leaving United as 4-3 winners.
'Pld' = Matches played; 'W' = Matches won; 'D' = Matches drawn; 'L' = Matches lost; 'F' = Goals for; 'A' = Goals against; 'GD' = Goal difference; 'Pts' = Points
★ Manchester United F.C. seasons
Manchester United were not only dominant on a team level in 2006-07, but also on an individual level, with eight United players earning spots in the PFA Team of the Year, as well as Cristiano Ronaldo picking up no less than eight individual awards for his performances over the season and Sir Alex Ferguson winning the Premier League's Manager of the Season award.
The 2006-07 season also marked the 50th anniversary of the Busby Babes' first foray into European competition. The event was marked by a charity football match, organised in collaboration with UEFA, who were commemorating 50 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome, against a team of the best players from Europe's top clubs.
| Contents |
| Pre-season and Friendlies |
| Premier League |
| FA Cup |
| Carling Cup |
| Champions League |
| Group stage |
| Knock-out stage |
| Squad statistics |
| Transfers |
| In |
| Out |
| Loan in |
| Loan out |
| See also |
Pre-season and Friendlies
United began their pre-season in July 2006 with a friendly tournament in South Africa, their first time in the country for 13 years. The tournament involved matches against South Africa's top two teams, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs, followed by a further match against the winner of a play-off between the two host sides. The Red Devils started well, beating Orlando Pirates 4-0 in their first game, but almost came unstuck against Kaizer Chiefs, requiring an 83rd minute goal from Dong Fangzhuo to secure the 1-0 win. Kaiser Chiefs then beat Orlando Pirates in the play-off, and managed to hold a relatively sub-par United side to a 0-0 draw before beating them 4-3 on penalties.
The team then took their pre-season back to Britain, beating Celtic 3-0 at Parkhead. This was followed by a 2-1 defeat to Preston North End, but the team bounced back to defeat Macclesfield Town 2-1 two days later.
The start of August saw United take part in the Amsterdam Tournament, involving Ajax, Internazionale and FC Porto. The Reds played two games in Amsterdam, beating both Porto and Ajax, but the tournament will be remembered mostly for the sendings-off of both Paul Scholes - for a clumsy, mistimed challenge in the match against Porto - and Wayne Rooney - who inadvertently caught Porto defender Pepe in the face with his hand as he jumped uncontested for a high ball. In accordance with FIFA disciplinary procedure, the red cards resulted in the pair missing the first three games of the season.
Back to Britain again, and a fixture against Oxford United was next up, which United won comfortably 4-1. Finally, United returned home to Old Trafford on 12 August for their only home friendly of the 2006-07 pre-season. The visitors were Sevilla who helped mark the official opening of Old Trafford's new North-West and North-East quadrants with a 3-0 win to United in front of a half-capacity crowd.
United played one more friendly during the 2006-07 season, this final one marking the 50th anniversary of the Busby Babes' first foray into European competition as the Red Devils took on a European XI managed by Italian World Cup-winning manager Marcello Lippi. The match also celebrated 50 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome, the treaty that laid the foundations for what we know today as the European Union. The original squad selected by Lippi was hit by last minute injuries and withdrawals by some big names like Ronaldinho and David Beckham, forcing replacements to be drawn from Premiership teams like Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth at short notice. United started the game very brightly, finding themselves 4-1 up at half-time, thanks to goals from Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wes Brown. However, no further goals came for the home side as the visitors scored two consolation goals, leaving United as 4-3 winners.
| 'Date' | 'Opponents' | 'H / A' | 'Result F – A' | 'Scorers' | 'Attendance' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07-15 | Orlando Pirates | ABSA Stadium | 4 – 0 | Solskjær (2) 4', 43', Richardson 57', Seema 60' (o.g.) | |
| 2006-07-18 | Kaizer Chiefs | Newlands | 1 – 0 | Dong 83' | |
| 2006-07-22 | Kaizer Chiefs | Loftus Versfeld | 0 – 0 (3-4p) | ||
| 2006-07-26 | Celtic | A | 3 – 0 | Evans 8', Scholes (2) 61', 85' | |
| 2006-07-29 | Preston North End | A | 1 – 2 | Solskjær 85' (pen.) | 12,541 |
| 2006-07-31 | Macclesfield Town | A | 2 – 1 | Rooney 46', Campbell 71' | |
| 2006-08-04 | FC Porto | Amsterdam ArenA | 3 – 1 | Scholes 11', Rooney 19', Solskjær 73' | 25,000 |
| 2006-08-05 | Ajax | Amsterdam ArenA | 1 – 0 | Giggs 76' | |
| 2006-08-08 | Oxford United | A | 4 – 1 | Solskjær 6', Ronaldo (2) 13', 58', Fletcher 15' | |
| 2006-08-12 | Sevilla | H | 3 – 0 | Saha 63', Ronaldo 88', D. Jones 90' | 40,134 |
| 2007-03-13 | Europe XI | H | 4 – 3 | Rooney (2) 6', 43', Brown 9', Ronaldo 35' | 74,343 |
Premier League
| 'Manchester United' | |||||||||
| Chelsea | |||||||||
| Liverpool |
'Pld' = Matches played; 'W' = Matches won; 'D' = Matches drawn; 'L' = Matches lost; 'F' = Goals for; 'A' = Goals against; 'GD' = Goal difference; 'Pts' = Points
FA Cup
| 'Date' | 'Round' | 'Opponents' | 'H / A' | 'ResultF – A' | 'Scorers' | 'Attendance' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2007 | Round 3 | Aston Villa | H | 2 – 1 | Larsson 55', Solskjær 90' | 74,924 |
| 27 January 2007 | Round 4 | Portsmouth | H | 2 – 1 | Rooney (2) 77', 83' | 71,137 |
| 17 February 2007 | Round 5 | Reading | H | 1 – 1 | Carrick 45' | 70,608 |
| 27 February 2007 | Round 5 Replay | Reading | A | 3 – 2 | Heinze 2', Saha 4', Solskjær 6' | 23,821 |
| 10 March 2007 | Round 6 | Middlesbrough | A | 2 – 2 | Rooney 23', Ronaldo 68' (pen.) | 33,308 |
| 19 March 2007 | Round 6 Replay | Middlesbrough | H | 1 – 0 | Ronaldo 76' | 61,325 |
| 14 April 2007 | Semi-final | Watford | Villa Park | 4 – 1 | Rooney (2) 7', 66', Ronaldo 28', Richardson 82' | 37,425 |
| 19 May 2007 | Final | Chelsea | Wembley | 0 – 1 | 89,826 |
Carling Cup
| 'Date' | 'Round' | 'Opponents' | 'H / A' | 'ResultF – A' | 'Scorers' | 'Attendance' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 October 2006 | Round 3 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 2 – 1 | Solskjær 26', Lee 119' | 10,046 |
| 7 November 2006 | Round 4 | Southend United | A | 0 – 1 | 11,532 |
Champions League
Group stage
| 'Date' | 'Opponents' | 'H / A' | 'ResultF – A' | 'Scorers' | 'Attendance' | 'Groupposition' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2006 | Celtic | H | 3 – 2 | Saha 30' (pen.), 40', Solskjær 47' | 74,031 | 1st |
| 26 September 2006 | SL Benfica | A | 1 – 0 | Saha 60' | 61,000 | 1st |
| 17 October 2006 | FC København | H | 3 – 0 | Scholes 39', O'Shea 46', Richardson 83' | 72,020 | 1st |
| 1 November 2006 | FC København | A | 0 – 1 | 40,000 | 1st | |
| 21 November 2006 | Celtic | A | 0 – 1 | 60,632 | 1st | |
| 6 December 2006 | SL Benfica | H | 3 – 1 | Vidić 45', Giggs 61', Saha 75' | 74,955 | 1st |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '1' | 'Manchester United' | '6' | '4' | '0' | '2' | '10' | '5' | '5' | '12' |
| 2 | Celtic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | '9' |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | '7' |
| 4 | København | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | '7' |
Knock-out stage
| 'Date' | 'Round' | 'Opponents' | 'H / A' | 'ResultF – A' | 'Scorers' | 'Attendance' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 February 2007 | First Knockout Round First leg | LOSC Lille Metropole | A | 1 – 0 | Giggs 83' | 41,000 |
| 7 March 2007 | First Knockout Round Second leg | LOSC Lille Metropole | H | 1 – 0 | Larsson 72' | 75,182 |
| 4 April 2007 | Quarter-final First leg | AS Roma | A | 1 – 2 | Rooney 60' | 77,000 |
| 10 April 2007 | Quarter-final Second leg | AS Roma | H | 7 – 1 | Carrick (2) 11', 60', Smith 17', Rooney 18' Ronaldo (2) 44', 49', Evra 81' | 74,476 |
| 24 April 2007 | Semi-final First leg | Milan | H | 3 – 2 | Ronaldo 5', Rooney (2) 59', 90' | 73,820 |
| 2 May 2007 | Semi-final Second leg | Milan | A | 0 – 3 | 78,500 |
Squad statistics
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | Carling Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1 | GK | Edwin van der Sar | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Gary Neville (c) | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Patrice Evra | 22(2) | 1 | 3(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 4(3) | 1 | 28(7) | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Gabriel Heinze | 17(5) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7(1) | 0 | 30(6) | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Rio Ferdinand | 33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(1) | 0 | 47(1) | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Wes Brown | 17(5) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30(5) | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Cristiano Ronaldo | 31(3) | 17 | 6(1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 48(3) | 23 |
| 8 | FW | Wayne Rooney | 33(2) | 14 | 5(2) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 49(4) | 23 |
| 9 | FW | Louis Saha | 18(6) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5(3) | 4 | 25(9) | 13 |
| 11 | MF | Ryan Giggs (vc) | 25(5) | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 38(5) | 6 |
| 13 | MF | Park Ji-Sung | 8(6) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 12(8) | 5 |
| 14 | FW | Alan Smith | 6(3) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1(3) | 1 | 10(6) | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Nemanja Vidić | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 4 |
| 16 | MF | Michael Carrick | 29(4) | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 46(4) | 6 |
| 17 | FW | Henrik Larsson | 5(2) | 1 | 3(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10(3) | 3 |
| 18 | MF | Paul Scholes | 29(1) | 6 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(1) | 1 | 41(2) | 7 |
| 20 | FW | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 9(10) | 7 | 3(3) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2(4) | 1 | 14(16) | 11 |
| 21 | FW | Dong Fangzhuo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | John O'Shea | 16(16) | 4 | 2(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8(3) | 1 | 26(21) | 5 |
| 23 | MF | Kieran Richardson | 8(7) | 1 | 2(1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0(4) | 1 | 11(12) | 3 |
| 24 | MF | Darren Fletcher | 16(8) | 3 | 2(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(3) | 0 | 24(14) | 3 |
| 25 | MF | David Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Mikaël Silvestre | 6(8) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13(8) | 1 |
| 29 | GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Chris Eagles | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 1 |
| 34 | DF | Ryan Shawcross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Kieran Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 1 |
| 36 | DF | David Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | Phil Marsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Michael Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 49 | MF | Ritchie Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Transfers
In
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07-31 | MF | Michael Carrick | Tottenham Hotspur | £14m |
Out
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-07-01 | FW | David Bellion | OGC Nice | Undisclosed |
| 2006-07-14 | FW | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake | Plymouth Argyle | £200k |
| 2006-07-28 | FW | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Real Madrid | £10.3m |
| 2006-08-10 | DF | Paul McShane | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed |
| 2006-08-10 | GK | Luke Steele | West Bromwich Albion | Undisclosed |
| 2006-08-31 | MF | Liam Miller | Sunderland | Undisclosed |
| 2007-01-03 | MF | David Jones | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 2007-02-14 | GK | Tim Howard | Everton | Undisclosed |
Loan in
| Date From | Date To | Position | Name | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-08-10 | 2007-06-30 | GK | Tomasz Kuszczak | West Bromwich Albion |
| 2007-01-02 | 2007-03-12 | FW | Henrik Larsson | Helsingborgs |
Loan out
See also
★ Manchester United F.C. seasons
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