Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season 2006–07

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Tottenham Hotspur

Season 2006–07
Manager	Martin Jol
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Quarter-Finals
Carling Cup	Semi-Finals
UEFA Cup	Quarter-Finals
Top goalscorer	League: Dimitar Berbatov (12) All: Dimitar Berbatov (23)
Highest home attendance	36,162 vs West Ham (22 October 2006)
Lowest home attendance	34,154 vs Middlesbrough (5 December 2006)

During the 2006-07 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League.

Contents 1 Season 2006-2007 2 Premier League Table 3 Team kit 4 Transfers 4.1 In 4.2 Out 4.3 Loaned Out 5 Squad List 6 Match results 6.1 Friendlies 6.2 Premier League 6.3 F.A. Cup 6.4 League Cup 6.5 UEFA Cup 6.5.1 First Round and Group Stage 6.5.2 Group B final standings 6.5.3 Knockout Rounds 7 Player statistics 7.1 Top scorers 7.2 Most 2007-08 Appearances 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Season 2006-2007

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For the 2006-07 Season expectations ran high following the last seasons placing of 5th, however the beginning, and somewhat remainder, of the season was marred by injuries, particularly in defensive areas with Ledley King, Paul Stalteri, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Young-Pyo Lee, Anthony Gardner, Jermaine Jenas, Steed Malbranque and Teemu Tainio all suffering long-term injuries while Didier Zokora, Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane and Aaron Lennon all suffered short-term injuries throughout the season, causing Martin Jol to rarely have a settled first XI to pick for extended periods.

Tottenham's Premiership form in the first half of the season was erratic, although there was a famous home win over reigning-champions Chelsea in November amongst the mire of mediocre results. Away form was poor during the first half of the season but saw a vast improvement in the second half with just two away losses from January to the end of the season and just one narrow defeat in their final six away games, against Chelsea just 36 hours after playing a UEFA Cup tie in Spain.

On 17 March 2007, Paul Robinson became only the third goalkeeper in the premier league history to score a goal following his 80-yard lob in the 3-1 victory over Watford.

The highly effective Berbatov-Keane strike partnership was rewarded when they were named joint Player of the Month for April, a rare occurrence and only the second time in the history of the award.

The improvement in Spurs' away form, good home performances and an excellent late season lifted Spurs into fifth position in the final table and therefore into the UEFA Cup for the second year running. Tottenham showed definite signs of attractive and effective football as Martin Jol made his mark on the squad. Spurs reached the FA Cup quarter-final round but lost to Chelsea 1-2 having drawn 3-3 away. The League Cup run took them to the semi-finals, where they faced Arsenal. The home leg ended 2-2, but hopes of glory ended in the away leg losing 3-1 in extra time. In the UEFA Cup, Tottenham progressed to the quarter-finals, where they faced the cup holders and eventual winners Sevilla in the quarter finals, and were eliminated from the competition 4-3 on aggregate.

Van der Sar Neville Vidić Ferdinand Evra Ronaldo Scholes Giggs Berbatov Drogba Gerrard Premier League 2006-07 Team of the Season.

[edit] Premier League Table

• As of End of 2006-07 Season

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester United	38	28	5	5	83	27	+56	89	Champions League Group Stage
2	Chelsea	38	24	11	3	64	24	+40	83
3	Liverpool	38	20	8	10	57	27	+30	68	Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	63	35	+28	68
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	9	12	57	54	+3	60	UEFA Cup 1st Round
6	Everton	38	15	13	10	52	36	+16	58
7	Bolton Wanderers	38	16	8	14	47	52	-5	56
8	Reading	38	16	7	15	52	47	+5	55
9	Portsmouth	38	14	12	12	45	42	+3	54
10	Blackburn Rovers	38	15	7	16	52	54	-2	52	Intertoto Cup 3rd Round
11	Aston Villa	38	11	17	10	43	41	+2	50
12	Middlesbrough	38	12	10	16	44	49	-5	46
13	Newcastle United	38	11	10	17	38	47	-9	43
14	Manchester City	38	11	9	18	29	44	-15	42
15	West Ham United	38	12	5	21	35	59	-24	41
16	Fulham	38	8	15	15	38	60	-22	39
17	Wigan Athletic	38	10	8	20	37	59	-22	38
18	Sheffield United	38	10	8	20	32	55	-23	38	Relegation to Championship
19	Charlton Athletic	38	8	10	20	34	60	-26	34
20	Watford	38	5	13	20	29	59	-30	28

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] Team kit

The team kit for the 2006-07 season was produced by Puma and the main shirt sponsor was Mansion, an Internet gambling establishment.

Home Kit

Away kit

Uefa Cup kit

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date Player Previous Club Cost June 2006 Benoit Assou-Ekotto RC Lens £3.5 million July 2006 Didier Zokora Saint-Étienne £8.6 million July 2006 Dimitar Berbatov Bayer Leverkusen £10.9 million July 2006 Tomas Pekhart Slavia Prague Free July 2006 Dorian Dervite Lille Undisclosed August 2006 Mido Roma Undisclosed August 2006 Steed Malbranque Fulham £2 million August 2006 Pascal Chimbonda Wigan £4.5 million January 2007 Ben Alnwick Sunderland Player Exchange January 2007 Adel Taarabt RC Lens Undisclosed January 2007 Ricardo Rocha Benfica £3.2 million Total £32.7 million [edit] Out Date Player New Club Cost June 2006 Marcel McKie Released Contract Expiry June 2006 Noureddine Naybet Released Contract Expiry June 2006 Goran Bunjevčević Released Contract Expiry June 2006 Mounir El Hamdaoui Willem II Free June 2006 Dean Marney Hull Undisclosed June 2006 Stephen Kelly Birmingham £750,000 June 2006 Michael Carrick Manchester United £18.6 million August 2006 Andy Reid Charlton £3 million January 2007 Edgar Davids Ajax Free January 2007 Calum Davenport West Ham £3 million January 2007 Marton Fulop Sunderland £500,000[1] Total £25.85 million [edit] Loaned Out Date Player Club Loan Length August 2006 Wayne Routledge Fulham End of 2006-07 season August 2006 Rodrigo Defendi AS Roma End of 2006-07 season August 2006 Mark Yeates Hull End of 2006-07 season November 2006 Charlie Lee Millwall Eight Months January 2007 Reto Ziegler Sampdoria Six Months January 2007 Robert Burch Barnet Six Months March 2007 Charlie Daniels Chesterfield One Month[2] [edit] Squad List No. Position Player 1 GK Paul Robinson 2 DF Pascal Chimbonda 3 DF Lee Young-Pyo 4 MF Didier Zokora 5 MF Edgar Davids 6 MF Teemu Tainio 7 DF Paul Stalteri 8 MF Jermaine Jenas 9 FW Dimitar Berbatov 10 FW Robbie Keane 11 FW Mido 12 GK Radek Černý (on loan from SK Slavia Praha) 13 MF Danny Murphy 14 MF Hossam Ghaly 15 MF Steed Malbranque 16 DF Reto Ziegler No. Position Player 17 GK Martin Fulop 18 FW Jermain Defoe 19 MF Adel Taarabt 20 DF Michael Dawson 21 MF Wayne Routledge 22 MF Tom Huddlestone 24 MF Jamie O'Hara 25 MF Aaron Lennon 26 DF Ledley King (captain) 27 DF Calum Davenport 28 FW Lee Barnard 29 DF Philip Ifil 30 DF Anthony Gardner 32 DF Benoît Assou-Ekotto 33 DF Ricardo Rocha 40 GK Rob Burch [edit] Match results [edit] Friendlies Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance 13 July 2006 Bordeaux A 1 – 2 Defoe  35', McKenna  87' N/A 14 July 2006 Nice A 0 – 1 Barnard 43' N/A 18 July 2006 Celta Vigo A 0 – 2 Defoe  50'  52' N/A 22 July 2006 Birmingham A 0 – 2 Berbatov  12'  14' N/A 25 July 2006 Stevenage A 0 – 3 Defoe 33'  87', Berbatov  81' N/A 30 July 2006 Inter Milan H 2 – 1 Tainio 36'  79' N/A 5 August 2006 Borussia Dortmund A 1 – 1 Berbatov  43' N/A 12 August 2006 Real Sociedad H 2 – 1 Defoe  27', Dawson   61' N/A [edit] Premier League Date Opponents H / A Result Spurs scorers Attendance 19 August 2006 Bolton A 2 – 0 22899 22 August 2006 Sheffield United H 2 – 0 Berbatov  7', Jenas  17' 35287 26 August 2006 Everton H 0 – 2 35540 9 September 2006 Manchester United A 1 – 0 75453 17 September 2006 Fulham H 0 – 0 36131 23 September 2006 Liverpool A 3 – 0 44330 1 October 2006 Portsmouth H 2 – 1 Murphy  2', Defoe  35' 36063 14 October 2006 Aston Villa A 1 – 1 Angel  76'O.G. 42551 22 October 2006 West Ham H 1 – 0 Mido  45' 36162 28 October 2006 Watford A 0 – 0 19660 5 November 2006 Chelsea H 2 – 1 Dawson  25', Lennon  52' 36070 12 November 2006 Reading A 3 – 1 Keane  24' 24110 19 November 2006 Blackburn A 1 – 1 Defoe  62' 18083 26 November 2006 Wigan H 3 – 1 Defoe  43', Berbatov  44', Lennon  90' 35205 2 December 2006 Arsenal A 3 – 0 60115 5 December 2006 Middlesbrough H 2 – 1 Berbatov  48', Keane  84' 34154 9 December 2006 Charlton H 5 – 1 Berbatov  31'  66', Tainio  33', Malbranque  55', Defoe  63' 35565 17 December 2006 Manchester City A 1 – 2 Davenport  16', Huddlestone  24' 39825 23 December 2006 Newcastle United A 3 – 1 Keane  19' 52079 26 December 2006 Aston Villa H 2 – 1 Defoe  58'  77' 35293 30 December 2006 Liverpool H 0 – 1 36170 1 January 2007 Portsmouth A 1 – 1 Malbranque  50' 20194 14 January 2007 Newcastle H 2 – 3 Defoe  14', Berbatov  54' 35942 20 January 2007 Fulham A 1 – 1 Chimbonda  88' 23580 4 February 2007 Manchester United H 0 – 4 36146 10 February 2007 Sheffield United A 2 – 1 Jenas 2' 32144 21 February 2007 Everton A 1 – 2 Berbatov  35', Jenas  89' 34121 25 February 2007 Bolton H 4 – 1 Keane  11'  22', Jenas  19', Lennon  90' 35747 4 March 2007 West Ham A 3 – 4 Defoe  51', Tainio  63', Berbatov  89', Stalteri  90' 34966 17 March 2007 Watford H 3 – 1 Jenas  41', Robinson  63', Ghaly  85' 36051 1 April 2007 Reading H 1 – 0 Keane 41' 36067 7 April 2007 Chelsea A 1 – 0 41864 15 April 2007 Wigan A 3 – 3 Berbatov  4', Keane  35'  68' 16506 21 April 2007 Arsenal H 2 – 2 Keane  30', Jenas  90' 36050 28 April 2007 Middlesbrough A 2 – 3 Keane  12'  83', Berbatov  47' 27861 7 May 2007 Charlton A 0 – 2 Berbatov  7', Defoe  90' 26339 10 May 2007 Blackburn H 1 – 1 Defoe  67' 35974 13 May 2007 Manchester City H 2 – 1 Keane  10', Berbatov  32' 35426 H/A = Home/Away; Final updated: End of 2006-07 season [edit] F.A. Cup Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance 3 7 January 2007 Cardiff A 0 - 0 20376 3R 17 January 2007 Cardiff H 4 - 0 Lennon  27',Keane  30', Malbranque  41', Defoe  81' 27641 4 27 January 2007 Southend H 3 - 1 Keane  12', Jenas  50', Mido  76' 33406 5 18 February 2007 Fulham A 0 - 4 Keane  6'  68', Berbatov  77'  90' 18655 QF 11 March 2007 Chelsea A 3 - 3 Berbatov  5', Essien  28' o.g., Ghaly  36' 41517 QF R 19 March 2007 Chelsea H 1 - 2 Keane  79' pen 35519 Eliminated H/A = Home/Away; Final update: End of 2006-07 season [edit] League Cup Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance 3 25 October 2006 MK Dons A 0 - 5 Mido  36'  60', Defoe  44'  51', Keane  90' 8306 4 8 October 2006 Port Vale H 3 - 1 Huddlestone  80'  99', Defoe  107' 34560 QF 20 December 2006 Southend H 1 - 0 Defoe  115' 35811 SF L1 24 January 2007 Arsenal H 2 - 2 Berbatov  12', Baptista  21' o.g 35485 SF L2 31 January 2007 Arsenal A 1 - 3 Mido  85' 55872 Eliminated H/A = Home/Away; Final update: End of 2006-07 season [edit] UEFA Cup [edit] First Round and Group Stage Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance FR 14 September 2006 Slavia Prague A 0 - 1 Jenas  37' 14869 FR 28 September 2006 Slavia Prague H 1 - 0 Keane  80' 35191 B 19 October 2006 Beşiktaş A 0 - 2 Ghaly  32', Berbatov  63' 26800 B 2 November 2006 Club Brugge H 3 - 1 Berbatov  63'  63', Keane  63' 35716 B 23 November 2006 Bayer Leverkusen A 0 - 1 Berbatov  36' 22500 B 14 December 2006 Dinamo Bucharest H 3 - 1 Berbatov  16', Defoe  39'  50' 34004 [edit] Group B final standings Group B Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Tottenham Hotspur 12 4 4 0 0 9 2 7 Dinamo Bucharest 7 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 Bayer Leverkusen 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 -1 Beşiktaş 3 4 1 0 3 4 7 -3 Club Brugge 2 4 0 2 2 4 7 -3 [edit] Knockout Rounds Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance L32 14 February 2007 Feyenoord A N/A Win by Default L16 8 March 2007 Sporting Braga A 2 - 3 Keane  59'  90', Malbranque  72' 15000 L16 14 March 2007 Sporting Braga H 3 - 2 Berbatov  28'  42', Huddlestone  76' 33761 QF L1 5 April 2007 Sevilla A 2 - 1 Keane  2' 32000 QF L2 12 April 2007 Sevilla H 2 - 2 Defoe  65' Lennon 67' 35384 Eliminated H/A = Home/Away; Final update: End of 2006-07 season [edit] Player statistics [3][4] No. Pos. Nationality Player Apps Goals YC RC 1 GK England Robinson, PaulPaul Robinson 54 1 0 0 2 DF France Chimbonda, PascalPascal Chimbonda 51 1 8 0 3 DF South Korea Lee, Young-PyoYoung-Pyo Lee 31 0 0 0 4 MF Ivory Coast Zokora, DidierDidier Zokora 47 0 4 1 5 MF Netherlands Davids, EdgarEdgar Davids 13 0 1 0 6 DF Finland Tainio, TeemuTeemu Tainio 32 2 2 1 7 DF Canada Stalteri, PaulPaul Stalteri 14 1 2 0 8 MF England Jenas, JermaineJermaine Jenas 34 8 5 0 9 FW Bulgaria Berbatov, DimitarDimitar Berbatov 43 23 3 0 10 FW Ireland Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane 44 22 4 1 11 FW Egypt Mido 23 5 4 0 12 GK Czech Republic Cerny, RadekRadek Cerny 5 0 1 0 13 MF England Murphy, DannyDanny Murphy 19 2 1 0 14 MF Egypt Ghaly, HossamHossam Ghaly 34 3 7 1 15 MF France Malbranque, SteedSteed Malbranque 39 5 7 0 16 DF Switzerland Ziegler, RetoReto Ziegler 4 0 0 0 17 GK Hungary Fulop, MartinMartin Fulop 0 0 0 0 18 FW England Defoe, JermainJermain Defoe 48 18 5 0 19 MF France Taarabt, AdelAdel Taarabt 1 0 0 0 20 DF England Dawson, MichaelMichael Dawson 57 1 8 0 21 MF England Routledge, WayneWayne Routledge 0 0 0 0 22 MF England Huddlestone, TomTom Huddlestone 35 3 1 0 24 MF England O'Hara, JamieJamie O'Hara 0 0 0 0 25 MF England Lennon, AaronAaron Lennon 43 3 0 0 26 DF England King, LedleyLedley King 27 0 1 0 27 DF England Davenport, CalumCalum Davenport 15 1 1 1 28 FW England Barnard, LeeLee Barnard 0 0 0 0 29 DF Republic of Ireland Ifil, PhilipPhilip Ifil 2 0 0 0 30 DF England Gardner, AnthonyAnthony Gardner 16 0 3 0 32 DF Cameroon Assou-Ekotto, BenoîtBenoît Assou-Ekotto 29 0 1 0 33 DF Portugal Rocha, RicardoRicardo Rocha 13 0 2 0 40 GK England Burch, RobRob Burch 0 0 0 0 Final Update: End of 2006-07 season Data includes all competitions [edit] Top scorers As of End of 2006-07 season. P Player Position Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup UEFA Cup Total 1 Dimitar Berbatov Forward 12 3 1 7 23 2 Robbie Keane Forward 11 5 1 5 22 3 Jermain Defoe Forward 10 1 4 3 18 4 Jermaine Jenas Midfielder 6 1 0 1 8 5 Mido Forward 1 1 3 0 5 [edit] Most 2007-08 Appearances As of End of 2006-07 season. P Player Position Premier League FA Cup Carling Cup UEFA Cup Total 1 Michael Dawson Defender 37 6 4 10 57 2 Paul Robinson Goalkeeper 38 4 3 9 54 3 Pascal Chimbonda Defender 33 4 4 10 51 4 Jermain Defoe Forward 33 5 5 5 48 5 Robbie Keane Forward 27 5 3 9 44 [edit] References Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season 2006-07 References ^ "Alnwick joins Spurs in swap move". BBC Sport. 2 January 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/6226103.stm.  ^ Spurs (2008-05-23). "Player transfers". Spurs. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/players/players_transfers.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.  ^ Spurs (2008-04-09). "First Team Players". Spurs. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/players/players_firstteam.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.  ^ Spurs Odyssey (2008-04-09). "2007-08 stats". Spurs Odyssey. http://www.spursodyssey.com/0708/apps.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-09.  [edit] External links Official Club site Spurs Odyssey Spurs Match Reports Spurs First Team BBC Tottenham Homepage v • d • e Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Players · Managers · Statistics · White Hart Lane · North London derby · Seasons · Europe History: 2006–07 · 2007–08 · 2008–09 · 2009-10 Teams: First team squad · Reserves and Academy