2006-07 season

2006-07 season
General information
Manager	Rafael Benitez
Captain	Steven Gerrard
Performance
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	Quarter-final
Europe	Champions League: Runner-up
Top scorers
League	Kuyt (12)
FA Cup	Kuyt (1)
League Cup	Fowler (2)
Europe	Champions League: Crouch (6)
Overall	Crouch (18)
Attendances
Average	43,561
←2005-06	2007-08→

The 2006-07 season was Liverpool's 115th season of football since they were established. After winning the FA Cup the previous season, Liverpool took part in the Community Shield where they beat Chelsea 2-1. They also reached the Champions League final, against AC Milan, but were beaten 2-1.

Competition performance

Competition	Result
Premier League	3rd
UEFA Champions League	Runners-up
FA Cup	3rd Round
League Cup	Quarter-final
Community Shield	Winners

Squad

• 1. Jerzy Dudek
• 2. Jan Kromkamp
• 2. Alvaro Arbeloa
• 3. Steve Finnan
• 4. Sami Hyypia
• 5. Daniel Agger
• 6. John Arne Riise
• 7. Harry Kewell
• 8. Steven Gerrard
• 9. Robbie Fowler
• 10. Luis Garcia
• 11. Mark Gonzalez
• 12. Fabio Aurelio
• 14. Xabi Alonso
• 15. Peter Crouch
• 16. Jermaine Pennant
• 17. Craig Bellamy
• 18. Dirk Kuyt
• 20. Javier Mascherano
• 22. Momo Sissoko
• 23. Jamie Carragher
• 24. Florent Sinama-Pongolle
• 25. Pepe Reina
• 26. Paul Anderson
• 28. Stephen Warnock
• 29 Gabriel Paletta
• 30. Daniele Padelli
• 32. Boudewijn Zenden
• 34. Miki Roque
• 35. Danny Guthrie
• 37. Lee Peltier
• 39. Stephen Darby
• 40. David Martin
• 42. Nabil El Zhar
• 45. James Smith
• 46. Jack Hobbs
• 48. Emiliano Insua

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
15 July 2006	Wrexham	2-0	Anderson (5), Bellamy (52)
22 July 2006	Crewe	1-0	Lindfield (18)
29 July 2006	Kaiserslautern	2-3	Bellamy (60), Garcia (68)
1 August 2006	Grasshoppers	0-2
4 August 2006	Mainz	0-5
16 August 2006	Lincoln City	2-1	Gonzalez (20), Idrizaj (45)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
19 August 2006	Sheffield United	1-1	Away	Fowler (pen 70)
26 August 2006	West Ham	2-1	Home	Agger (42), Crouch (45)
9 September 2006	Everton	0-3	Away
17 September 2006	Chelsea	0-1	Away
20 September 2006	Newcastle	2-0	Home	Kuyt (29), Alonso (79)
12 September 2006	Tottenham	3-0	Home	Gonzalez (63), Kuyt (73), Arne Riise (89)
30 September 2006	Bolton	0-2	Away
14 October 2006	Blackburn	1-1	Home	Bellamy (64)
22 October 2006	Man Utd	0-2	Away
28 October 2006	Aston Villa	3-1	Home	Kuyt (31), Crouch (38), Garcia (44)
4 November 2006	Reading	2-0	Home	Kuyt (14, 73)
12 November 2006	Arsenal	0-3	Away
18 November 2006	Middlesbrough	0-0	Away
25 November 2006	Man City	1-0	Home	Gerrard (67)
29 November 2006	Portsmouth	0-0	Home
2 December 2006	Wigan	4-0	Away	Bellamy (9, 26), Kuyt (40), McCulloch (og 45)
9 December 2006	Fulham	4-0	Home	Gerrard (54), Carragher (61), Garcia (66), Gonzalez (90)
16 December 2006	Charlton	3-0	Away	Alonso (pen 3), Bellamy (82), Gerrard (88)
23 December 2006	Watford	2-0	Home	Bellamy (47), Alonso (88)
26 December 2006	Blackburn	0-1	Away
30 December 2006	Tottenham	1-0	Away	Garcia (45)
1 January 2007	Bolton	3-0	Home	Crouch (61), Gerrard (63), Kuyt (83)
13 January 2007	Watford	3-0	Away	Bellamy (34), Crouch (40, 48)
20 January 2007	Chelsea	2-0	Home	Kuyt (4), Pennant (18)
30 January 2007	West Ham	2-1	Away	Kuyt (46), Crouch (53)
3 February 2007	Everton	0-0	Home
10 February 2007	Newcastle	1-2	Away	Bellamy (6)
24 February 2007	Sheffield United	4-0	Home	Fowler (pen 20, pen 25), Hyypia (70), Gerrard (73)
3 March 2007	Man Utd	0-1	Home
18 March 2007	Aston Villa	0-0	Away
31 March 2007	Arsenal	4-1	Home	Crouch (4, 35, 81), Agger (60)
7 April 2007	Reading	2-1	Away	Arbeloa (15), Kuyt (86)
14 April 2007	Man City	0-0	Away
18 April 2007	Middlesbrough	2-0	Home	Gerrard (58, pen 65)
21 April 2007	Wigan	2-0	Home	Kuyt (30, 68)
28 April 2007	Portsmouth	1-2	Away	Hyypia (59)
5 May 2007	Fulham	0-1	Away
13 May 2007	Charlton	2-2	Home	Alonso (62), Kewell (pen 90)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3	6 January 2007	Arsenal	1-3	Home	Kuyt (71)

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3	25 October 2006	Reading	4-3	Home	Fowler (44), Arne Riise (45), Paletta (50), Crouch (77)
4	8 November 2006	Birmingham	1-0	Away	Agger (45)
Quarter-final	9 January 2007	Arsenal	3-6	Home	Fowler (33), Gerrard (68), Hyypia (80)

Champions League

Qualifying stages

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3 (1st leg)	9 August 2006	Macabbi Haifa	2-1	Home	Bellamy (33), Gonzalez (88)
3 (2nd leg)	22 August 2006	Macabbi Haifa	1-1	Away	Crouch (54)

Group stage

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
12 September 2006	PSV Eindhoven	0-0	Away
27 September 2006	Galatasaray	3-2	Home	Crouch (9, 52), Garcia (14)
18 October 2006	Bordeaux	1-0	Away	Crouch (58)
31 October 2006	Bordeaux	3-0	Home	Garcia (23, 76), Gerrard (71)
22 November 2006	PSV Eindhoven	2-0	Home	Gerrard (65), Crouch (89)
5 December 2006	Galatasaray	2-3	Away	Fowler (22, 90)

Knockout stages

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
Last 16 (1st leg)	21 February 2007	Barcelona	2-1	Away	Bellamy (43), Arne Riise (74)
Last 16 (2nd leg)	6 March 2007	Barcelona	0-1	Home
Quarter-final (1st leg)	3 April 2007	PSV Eindhoven	3-0	Away	Gerrard (27), Arne Riise (49), Crouch (63)
Quarter-final (2nd leg)	11 April 2007	PSV Eindhoven	1-0	Home	Crouch (68)
Semi-final (1st leg)	25 April 2007	Chelsea	0-1	Away
Semi-final (2nd leg)	1 May 2007	Chelsea	1-0	Home	Agger (22)
Final	23 May 2007	AC Milan	1-2	Neutral	Kuyt (89)

Other

Community Shield:

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
13 August 2006	Chelsea	2-1	Neutral	Arne Riise (9), Crouch (80)

Player stats

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Jerzy Dudek	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
2	DF	Jan Kromkamp	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	Alvaro Arbeloa	9	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	14	1
3	DF	Steve Finnan	33	0	1	0	0	0	13	0	47	0
4	DF	Sami Hyypia	23	2	0	0	1	1	5	0	29	3
5	DF	Daniel Agger	27	2	1	0	2	1	13	1	43	4
6	DF	John Arne Riise	33	1	1	0	1	1	13	3	48	5
7	MF	Harry Kewell	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1
8	MF	Steven Gerrard	36	7	1	0	1	1	13	3	51	11
9	FW	Robbie Fowler	16	3	0	0	3	2	4	2	23	7
10	MF	Luis Garcia	17	3	1	0	1	0	8	3	29	6
11	MF	Mark Gonzalez	25	2	0	0	2	0	9	1	36	3
12	DF	Fabio Aurelio	17	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	25	0
14	MF	Xabi Alonso	32	4	1	0	2	0	16	0	51	4
15	FW	Peter Crouch	32	9	1	0	1	1	15	8	49	18
16	MF	Jermaine Pennant	34	1	1	0	2	0	15	0	52	1
17	FW	Craig Bellamy	27	7	0	0	2	0	13	2	42	9
18	MF	Dirk Kuyt	34	12	1	1	2	0	11	1	48	14
20	MF	Javier Mascherano	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	11	0
22	MF	Momo Sissoko	16	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	28	0
23	DF	Jamie Carragher	35	1	1	0	1	0	14	0	51	1
24	FW	Florent Sinama-Pongolle	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
25	GK	Pepe Reina	35	0	0	0	1	0	15	0	51	0
28	DF	Stephen Warnock	1	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	7	0
29	DF	Gabriel Paletta	3	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	8	1
30	GK	Daniele Padelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	MF	Boudewijn Zenden	16	0	0	0	2	0	12	0	30	0
34	DF	Miki Roque	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
35	MF	Danny Guthrie	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	7	0
37	DF	Lee Peltier	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	4	0
42	FW	Nabil El Zhar	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
45	DF	James Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
48	DF	Emiliano Insua	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
2	Chelsea	38	24	11	3	64	24	40	83
3	Liverpool	38	20	8	10	57	27	30	68
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	63	35	28	68

Europe

Champions League group stage

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	6	4	1	1	11	5	6	13
2	PSV Eindhoven	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10
3	Bordeaux	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	7
4	Galatasaray	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Craig Bellamy	Blackburn	£6,000,000	1 July 2006
Gabriel Paletta	Banfield	£2,000,000	4 July 2006
Fabio Aurelio	Valencia	Free	5 July 2006
Jermaine Pennant	Birmingham	£6,700,000	26 July 2006
Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord	£9,000,000	18 August 2006
Nabil El Zhar	St Etienne	£200,000	21 August 2006
Astrit Ajdarevic	Falkenberg	£750,000	11 January 2007
Daniele Padelli	Sampdoria	Loan	12 January 2007
Jordy Brouwer	Ajax	Undisclosed	24 January 2007
Francisco Manuel Duran	Malaga	£66,000	30 January 2007
Alvaro Arbeloa	Deportivo	£2,500,000	31 January 2007
Javier Mascherano	West Ham	Loan	20 February 2007

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Zak Whitbread	Millwall	£200,000	13 June 2006
Bruno Cheyrou	Rennes	Undisclosed	29 June 2006
Robbie Foy	Unknown	Free	1 July 2006
David Raven	Carlisle	Undisclosed	3 July 2006
Fernando Morientes	Valencia	£3,000,000	5 July 2006
Dietmar Hamann	Bolton	Free	11 July 2006
Antonio Barragan	Deportivo	£675,000	3 August 2006
Djimi Traore	Charlton	£2,000,000	9 August 2006
Carl Medjani	Lorient	Free	12 August 2006
Neil Mellor	Preston	£500,000	30 August 2006
Jan Kromkamp	PSV	£1,750,000	31 August 2006
Darren Potter	Wolves	£525,000	18 January 2007
Stephen Warnock	Blackburn	£1,500,000	22 January 2007
Salif Diao	Stoke	Free	25 January 2007
Florent Sinama-Pongolle	Recreativo	£2,700,000	4 May 2007
Chris Kirkland	Wigan	£3,500,000	27 October 2007