2006–07 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

2006–07 season

Chairman

Daniel Levy

Manager

5th

Top goalscorer

League:
Dimitar Berbatov (12)
All:
Dimitar Berbatov (23)

Highest home attendance

36,162 (vs. West Ham United, 22 October)

Lowest home attendance

34,154 (vs. Middlesbrough, 5 December)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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During the 2006–07 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Expectations were high at the beginning of the season, after only a bout of food poisoning amongst the squad prevented Spurs from pipping arch-rivals Arsenal to fourth place in the Premiership and UEFA Champions League qualification at the end of the previous season. However, the season was marred by injuries, particularly in defense, with Ledley King, Paul Stalteri, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Lee Young-pyo, 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 during 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 a vast improvement in the second half saw just two away losses from January to the end of the season, including one (narrow) defeat in their final six away games, against Chelsea, just 36 hours after playing a UEFA Cup tie in Spain. The improvement in Spurs' away form, good home performances and an excellent end to the season lifted Spurs into fifth position in the final table and UEFA Cup qualification for the second year running. Tottenham played attractive and effective football as Martin Jol made his mark on the squad, reaching the FA Cup quarter-final before losing 1–2 to Chelsea having drawn 3–3 away, and the League Cup semi-finals, where they were knocked out by Arsenal after drawing 2–2 at home and losing 3–1 away in extra time. In the UEFA Cup, Tottenham progressed to the quarter-finals, where they faced holders and eventual winners Sevilla in the quarter-finals, eliminated from the competition 4–3 on aggregate.

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

The highly effective Dimitar Berbatov–Robbie Keane strike partnership was rewarded when they were named joint Player of the Month for April.

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	Champions League Group stage
3	Liverpool	38	20	8	10	57	27	+30	68	Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Arsenal	38	19	11	8	63	35	+28	68	Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	9	12	57	54	+3	60	UEFA Cup First 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 Third 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

Team kit

Tottenham's team kit for the 2006-07 season was produced by German company Puma. The main shirt sponsor was Mansion, an Internet gambling establishment.

Home kit

Away kit

European kit

European kit variant

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous club	Cost
June 2006	Benoît Assou-Ekotto	Lens	£3,500,000
July 2006	Didier Zokora	Saint-Étienne	£8,600,000
July 2006	Dimitar Berbatov	Bayer Leverkusen	£10,900,000
July 2006	Tomáš Pekhart	Slavia Prague	Free
July 2006	Dorian Dervite	Lille	Undisclosed
August 2006	Mido	Roma	Undisclosed
August 2006	Steed Malbranque	Fulham	£2,000,000
August 2006	Pascal Chimbonda	Wigan Athletic	£4,500,000
January 2007	Ben Alnwick	Sunderland	Player exchange
January 2007	Adel Taarabt	Lens	Undisclosed
January 2007	Ricardo Rocha	Benfica	£3,200,000

			Total
			£32,700,000+

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 City	Undisclosed
June 2006	Stephen Kelly	Birmingham City	£750,000
June 2006	Michael Carrick	Manchester United	£18,600,000
August 2006	Andy Reid	Charlton Athletic	£3,000,000
January 2007	Edgar Davids	Ajax	Free
January 2007	Calum Davenport	West Ham United	£3,000,000
January 2007	Márton Fülöp	Sunderland	£500,000^[1]


			£25,850,000

Loaned out

Date	Player	Club	Loan length
August 2006	Wayne Routledge	Fulham	Season
August 2006	Rodrigo Defendi	Roma	Season
August 2006	Mark Yeates	Hull City	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]

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Paul Robinson
2	DF	Pascal Chimbonda
3	DF	Lee Young-pyo
4	MF	Didier Zokora
6	MF	Teemu Tainio
7	MF	Paul Stalteri
8	MF	Jermaine Jenas
9	FW	Dimitar Berbatov
10	FW	Robbie Keane
11	FW	Mido
12	GK	Radek Černý (on loan from Slavia Prague)
13	MF	Danny Murphy
14	MF	Hossam Ghaly
15	MF	Steed Malbranque^[3]
16	DF	Reto Ziegler
17	GK	Ben Alnwick
18	FW	Jermain Defoe

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	Adel Taarabt^[4]
20	DF	Michael Dawson
22	MF	Tom Huddlestone
24	MF	Jamie O'Hara
25	MF	Aaron Lennon
26	DF	Ledley King (captain)
28	FW	Lee Barnard
29	DF	Philip Ifil
30	DF	Anthony Gardner
32	DF	Benoît Assou-Ekotto^[5]
33	DF	Ricardo Rocha
35	DF	Dorian Dervite
38	MF	Charlie Lee
39	FW	Andy Barcham
40	GK	Robert Burch
45	FW	Simon Dawkins

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
5		MF	Edgar Davids (to Ajax)
17		GK	Márton Fülöp (to Sunderland)

No.		Position	Player
21		MF	Wayne Routledge (on loan to Fulham)
27		DF	Calum Davenport (to West Ham United)

Match results

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 City	A	0 – 2	Berbatov 12', 14'	N/A
25 July 2006	Stevenage Borough	A	0 – 3	Defoe 33', 87', Berbatov 81'	N/A
30 July 2006	Internazionale	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

Premier League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Spurs scorers	Attendance
19 August 2006	Bolton Wanderers	A	2 – 0		22,899
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	Ángel 76' (o.g.)	42551
22 October 2006	West Ham United	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 Rovers	A	1 – 1	Defoe 62'	18083
26 November 2006	Wigan Athletic	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 Athletic	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 United	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 Wanderers	H	4 – 1	Keane 11', 22', Jenas 19', Lennon 90'	35747
4 March 2007	West Ham United	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 Athletic	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 Athletic	A	0 – 2	Berbatov 7', Defoe 90'	26339
10 May 2007	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 – 1	Defoe 67'	35974
13 May 2007	Manchester City	H	2 – 1	Keane 10', Berbatov 32'	35426

H/A = Home/Away;

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3	7 January 2007	Cardiff City	A	0 - 0		20,376
3R	17 January 2007	Cardiff City	H	4 - 0	Lennon 27', Keane 30', Malbranque 41', Defoe 81'	27641
4	27 January 2007	Southend United	H	3 - 1	Keane 12', Jenas 50', Mido 76'	33,406
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

H/A = Home/Away;

Football 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 November 2006	Port Vale	H	3 - 1	Huddlestone 80', 99', Defoe 107'	34560
QF	20 December 2006	Southend United	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;

UEFA Cup

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 București	H	3 - 1	Berbatov 16', Defoe 39', 50'	34004

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 București	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

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	Braga	A	2 - 3	Keane 59', 90', Malbranque 72'	15000
L16	14 March 2007	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;

Player statistics

^[6]^[7]^[8]

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		UEFA Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Paul Robinson	38	1	4	0	3	0	9	0	54	1	1	0
2	DF	Pascal Chimbonda	33	1	4	0	2	0	10	0	49	1	8	0
3	DF	Lee Young-pyo	20+1	0	5	0	1	0	4	0	30+1	0	4	0
4	MF	Didier Zokora	26+5	0	5	0	2	0	9	0	42+5	0	5	1
5	MF	Edgar Davids	6+3	0	0	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	8+5	0	1	0
6	MF	Teemu Tainio	20+1	2	3+1	0	1	0	5+1	0	29+3	2	3	1
7	MF	Paul Stalteri	1+5	1	2+1	0	2	0	2+1	0	7+7	1	2	0
8	MF	Jermaine Jenas	24+1	6	2	1	1	0	6	1	33+1	8	8	0
9	FW	Dimitar Berbatov	30+3	12	4+1	3	1+2	1	8	7	43+6	23	3	0
10	FW	Robbie Keane	18+9	11	4+1	5	1+2	1	8+1	5	31+13	22	4	1
11	FW	Mido	7+5	1	2+1	1	2+2	3	2+2	0	13+10	5	4	0
12	GK	Radek Černý	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	5	0	1	0
13	MF	Danny Murphy	5+7	1	1	0	3	0	2+1	0	11+8	1	0	0
14	MF	Hossam Ghaly	17+4	1	2+2	1	2+1	0	3+3	1	24+10	3	8	1
15	MF	Steed Malbranque	18+7	2	4+2	1	4	0	4+2	2	30+11	5	7	0
16	MF	Reto Ziegler	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0	2+2	0	0	0
18	FW	Jermain Defoe	20+14	10	2+3	1	5	4	2+3	3	29+20	18	5	0
19	MF	Adel Taarabt	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
20	DF	Michael Dawson	37	1	6	0	4+1	0	10	0	57+1	1	8	0
22	MF	Tom Huddlestone	15+6	1	2+1	0	4+1	2	4+2	0	25+10	3	2	0
25	MF	Aaron Lennon	22+4	3	5+1	1	1+2	0	7+1	1	35+8	5	0	0
26	DF	Ledley King	21	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	27	0	1	0
27	DF	Calum Davenport	8+2	1	1	0	2	0	1+1	0	12+3	1	1	0
29	DF	Philip Ifil	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
30	DF	Anthony Gardner	6+2	0	2+2	0	3	0	1	0	12+4	0	3	0
32	DF	Benoît Assou-Ekotto	16	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	25	0	2	0
33	DF	Ricardo Rocha	9	0	3	0	0+1	0	2	0	12+1	0	2	0
35	DF	Dorian Dervite	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
39	FW	Andy Barcham	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	Premier League	FA Cup	League 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

Most appearances

P	Player	Position	Premier League	FA Cup	League 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

Starting 11

Considering a 4-4-2 formation

GK: #1, Paul Robinson, 54
RB: #2, Pascal Chimbonda, 49
CB: #20, Michael Dawson, 57
CB: #26, Ledley King, 27
LB: #3, Lee Young-pyo, 30
RM: #25, Aaron Lennon, 35
CM: #8, Jermaine Jenas, 33
CM: #4, Didier Zokora, 42
LM: #15, Steed Malbranque, 30
CF: #10, Robbie Keane, 31
CF: #9, Dimitar Berbatov, 43

References

↑ "Alnwick joins Spurs in swap move". BBC Sport. 2 January 2007.
↑ Spurs (2008-05-23). "Player transfers". Spurs. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
↑ Malbranque was born in Mouscron, Belgium, but has represented France at U-21 level and has been called up for the senior squad, although he has not been capped.
↑ Taarabt was born in Fes, Morocco, but grew up in France and has represented France at youth level. He would later opt to represent the country of his birth and make his full international debut for Morocco in February 2009.
↑ Assou-Ekotto was born in Arras, France, but also qualified to represent Cameroon at international level and would make his full international debut for Cameroon in February 2009.
↑ Spurs (2008-04-09). "First Team Players". Spurs. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
↑ Spurs Odyssey (2008-04-09). "2007-08 stats". Spurs Odyssey. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/tottenham-hotspur/tab/players/season/2007/comp/9

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