2006–07 Arsenal F.C. season

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Arsenal

2006–07 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	Arsène Wenger
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	5th round
Carling Cup	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Robin van Persie (11) All: Robin van Persie (13)
Home colours Away colours
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 season was Arsenal's 15th year in the Premier League. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the season.

Players

Squad stats

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Jens Lehmann	44	0	36+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	8+0	0
2		MF	Abou Diaby	18	1	9+3	1	1+0	0	3+1	0	0+1	0
4		MF	Cesc Fàbregas	54	4	34+4	2	2+0	0	3+1	0	10+0	2
5		DF	Kolo Touré	53	4	35+0	3	4+0	1	4+0	0	10+0	0
6		DF	Phillipe Senderos	25	0	9+5	0	4+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0
7		MF	Tomáš Rosický	37	6	22+4	3	3+1	2	0+1	0	6+0	1
8		MF	Fredrik Ljungberg	26	2	16+2	0	2+1	1	0+0	0	4+1	1
9		AM	Júlio Baptista	35	10	11+13	3	2+2	0	3+0	6	1+3	1
10		DF	William Gallas	29	3	21+0	3	2+0	0	0+0	0	6+0	0
11		FW	Robin van Persie	31	13	17+5	11	1+0	0	0+0	0	7+1	2
12		DF	Lauren	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13		AM	Alexander Hleb	48	3	27+6	2	3+0	0	0+2	0	10+0	1
14		FW	Thierry Henry	27	12	16+1	10	3+0	1	0+0	0	5+2	1
15		MF	Denílson	19	0	4+6	0	2+0	0	6+0	0	1+0	0
16		MF	Mathieu Flamini	32	4	9+11	3	3+0	0	2+1	0	3+3	1
17		DM	Alexandre Song	6	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	1	0+1	0
19		MF	Gilberto Silva	47	11	34+0	10	3+0	0	1+0	0	8+1	1
20		DF	Johan Djourou	30	0	18+3	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	5+0	0
21		GK	Mart Poom	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
22		DF	Gaël Clichy	40	0	26+1	0	3+2	0	1+1	0	5+1	0
24		GK	Manuel Almunia	14	0	1+0	0	5+0	0	6+0	0	2+0	0
25		FW	Emmanuel Adebayor	44	12	21+8	8	2+1	2	3+1	2	6+2	0
27		DF	Emmanuel Eboué	35	1	23+1	0	2+0	0	1+2	0	6+0	1
30		FW	Jérémie Aliadière	23	4	4+7	0	2+2	0	6+0	4	0+2	0
31		DF	Justin Hoyte	36	1	18+4	1	2+2	0	4+0	0	5+1	0
32		FW	Theo Walcott	32	1	5+11	0	2+2	0	6+0	1	0+6	0
33		DF	Matthew Connolly	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
43		MF	Mark Randall	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
45		DF	Armand Traoré	7	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	5+1	0	0+0	0

Starting 11

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK GER Lehmann 44 27 RB CIV Eboué 32 5 CB CIV Touré 53 10 CB FRA Gallas 29 22 LB FRA Clichy 35 19 DM BRA Gilberto 46 4 CM ESP Fàbregas 49 13 RW BLR Hleb 40 11 SS NED Van Persie 25 7 LW CZE Rosický 31 14 FW FRA Henry 24 Captain . Lehmann Eboué Touré Gallas Clichy Gilberto Fàbregas Hleb Van Persie Rosický Henry (C) .

Last updated: 21 November 2011
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Transfers

In

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Type	Moving from	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
7	AM	Rosický	EU	CZE	25	Transferred Y	Borussia Dortmund	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	BBC
9	AM	Baptista	Non-EU	BRA	24	Loan Y	Real Madrid	Summer	May 2007	N/A	BBC
10	CB	Gallas	EU	FRA	29	Swap Y	Chelsea	Summer	Undisclosed	Free Swap	BBC

Out

N	P	Name	EU	Country	Age	Status	Moving to	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
7	AM	Pires	EU	FRA	32	Transferred Y	Villarreal	Summer	Free	BBC
	MF	Smith	EU	ENG	19	Transferred Y	Derby County	Summer	Undisclosed	BBC
29	MF	Larsson	EU	SWE	21	Loaned out Y	Birmingham City	Summer	N/A	BBC
23	CB	Campbell	EU	ENG	31	Transferred Y	Portsmouth	Summer	Free	BBC
	CF	Lupoli	EU	ITA	19	Loaned out Y	Derby County	Summer	N/A	BBC
18	DF	Cygan	EU	FRA	32	Transferred Y	Villarreal	Summer	£2M	BBC
9	MF	Reyes	EU	ESP	22	Loaned out Y	Real Madrid	Summer	N/A (Included in Baptista transfer)	BBC
3	LB	Cole	EU	ENG	25	Transferred Y	Chelsea	Summer	£5M + Gallas	BBC
	FW	Stokes	EU	IRE	18	Transferred Y	Sunderland	Winter	£2M	BBC
12	RB	Lauren	Non-EU	CMR	29	Transferred Y	Portsmouth	Winter	£0.5M	BBC
17	DM	Song	Non-EU	CMR	19	Loaned out Y	Charlton Athletic	Winter	N/A	BBC
29	MF	Larsson	EU	SWE	21	Transferred Y	Birmingham City	Winter	£1M	BBC

Last updated: 2 August 2008
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = Position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = Name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Age = age on the day of the signing; Moving from = only indicate the club the player was playing before start playing for this club in this season, for the type of the moving see Status column; Moving to = only indicates the club the player is going to play next, for the type of the moving see Status column; Ends = when the player's current contract ends; n/a = Not applicable.

Club

Coaching staff

Arsène Wenger, 11 seasons with Arsenal.

Position	Staff
Manager	Arsène Wenger
Assistant manager	Pat Rice
First team coach	Boro Primorac
Goalkeeping coach	Gerry Peyton
Physiotherapist	Gary Lewin
Fitness coach	Tony Colbert
Chief scout	Steve Rowley

Last updated: 2 Aug 2008
Source: Arsenal FC

Kit

Supplier: Nike
Sponsor(s): Fly Emirates

Source: arsenal.com

Other information

Emirates Stadium, Arsenal's new home and the second largest in Premier League.^[1]

Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Emirates Stadium (60,355 / 114x71 yards)

Last updated: 2 Aug 2008
Source: Arsenal and Emirates Stadiium

Premier League

Overall

Last updated: 2 Aug 2008
Source: Competitions

Classification

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For further information on European qualification see Premier League – Qualification for European competitions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Last updated: 2 Aug 2008
Source: Barclays Premier League

Results by round

Last updated: 2 Aug 2008.
Source: Arsenal F.C.
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

1 19 August 2006	Arsenal	1–1	Aston Villa	London
15:00 BST	Silva  84'	Report	Mellberg  53'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,023 Referee: Graham Poll

2 26 August 2006	Manchester City	1–0	Arsenal	Manchester
17:15 BST	Barton  41' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 40,699 Referee: Uriah Rennie

3 9 September 2006	Arsenal	1–1	Middlesbrough	London
15:00 BST	Henry  67' (pen.)	Report	Morrison  22'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,007 Referee: Rob Styles

4 17 September 2006	Manchester United	0–1	Arsenal	Manchester
16:00 BST		Report	Adebayor  86'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,595 Referee: Graham Poll

5 23 September 2006	Arsenal	3–0	Sheffield United	London
15:00 BST	Gallas  65' Jagielka  69' (o.g.) Henry  80'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,912 Referee: Alan Wiley

6 30 September 2006	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Arsenal	London
15:00 BST	Bent  22'	Report	van Persie  32', 49'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,770 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

7 14 October 2006	Arsenal	3–1	Watford	London
15:00 BST	Stewart  33' (o.g.) Henry  43' Adebayor  67'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,018 Referee: Howard Webb

8 22 October 2006	Reading	0–4	Arsenal	Reading
16:00 BST		Report	Henry  1', 70' (pen.) Hleb  39' van Persie  50'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 24,004 Referee: Alan Wiley

9 28 October 2006	Arsenal	1–1	Everton	London
15:00 BST	van Persie  71'	Report	Cahill  11'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,047 Referee: Mike Riley

10 5 November 2006	West Ham United	1–0	Arsenal	London
13:30 GMT	Harewood  89'	Report		Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,969 Referee: Rob Styles

11 12 November 2006	Arsenal	3–0	Liverpool	London
16:00 GMT	Flamini  41' Touré  56' Gallas  80'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,110 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

12 18 November 2006	Arsenal	1–1	Newcastle United	London
15:00 GMT	Henry  70'	Report	Dyer  30'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,058 Referee: Martin Atkinson

13 25 November 2006	Bolton Wanderers	3–1	Arsenal	Bolton, Greater Manchester
17:15 GMT	A.D. Faye  9' Anelka  45', 76'	Report	Silva  45+2'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 24,409 Referee: Mike Dean

14 29 November 2006	Fulham	2–1	Arsenal	London
19:45 GMT	McBride  6' Radzinski  19'	Report	van Persie  36'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,510 Referee: Howard Webb

15 2 December 2006	Arsenal	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	London
12:45 GMT	Adebayor  20' Silva  42' (pen.), 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,115 Referee: Graham Poll

16 10 December 2006	Chelsea	1–1	Arsenal	London
16:00 GMT	Essien  84'	Report	Flamini  78'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 41,917 Referee: Alan Wiley

17 13 December 2006	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Arsenal	Wigan
19:45 GMT		Report	Adebayor  88'	Stadium: JJB Stadium Attendance: 15,311 Referee: Rob Styles

18 16 December 2006	Arsenal	2–2	Portsmouth	London
15:00 GMT	Adebayor  58' Silva  60'	Report	Pamarot  45+2' Taylor  47'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,037 Referee: Steve Bennett

19 23 December 2006	Arsenal	6–2	Blackburn Rovers	London
15:00 GMT	Silva  10' Hleb  23' Adebayor  27' (pen.) van Persie  85', 88' Flamini  90+3'	Report	Nonda  3' (pen.), 69'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,913 Referee: Howard Webb

20 26 December 2006	Watford	1–2	Arsenal	Watford
17:30 GMT	T. Smith  23'	Report	Silva  19' van Persie  83'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 19,750 Referee: Mike Dean

21 30 December 2006	Sheffield United	1–0	Arsenal	Sheffield
17:15 GMT	Nade  41'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 32,086 Referee: Lee Mason

22 2 January 2007	Arsenal	4–0	Charlton Athletic	London
19:45 GMT	Henry  30' (pen.) Hoyte  45' van Persie  76' (pen.), 90'	Report	Sankofa  29'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,057 Referee: Mike Riley

23 13 January 2007	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Arsenal	Blackburn
17:15 GMT		Report	Silva  13' Touré  37' Henry  71'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 21,852 Referee: Rob Styles

24 21 January 2007	Arsenal	2–1	Manchester United	London
16:00 GMT	van Persie  83' Henry  90+3'	Report	Rooney  53'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,128 Referee: Steve Bennett

25 3 February 2007	Middlesbrough	1–1	Arsenal	Middlesbrough
	Yakubu  63' (pen.)		Henry  77'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium

26 11 February 2007	Arsenal	2–1	Wigan Athletic	London
	Hall  81' (o.g.) Rosický  85'		Landzaat  35'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium

27 3 March 2007	Arsenal	2–1	Reading	London
	Silva  51' (pen.) J. Baptista  62'		Fàbregas  87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Emirates Stadium

28 14 March 2007	Aston Villa	0–1	Arsenal	Birmingham
			Diaby  10'	Stadium: Villa Park

29 18 March 2007	Everton	1–0	Arsenal	Liverpool
	A. Johnson  90'			Stadium: Goodison Park

30 31 March 2007	Liverpool	4–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
	Crouch  4', 35', 81' Agger  60'	Report	Gallas  73'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 43,958 Referee: Steve Bennett

31 7 April 2007	Arsenal	0–1	West Ham United	London
			Zamora  45'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium

33 14 April 2007	Arsenal	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	London
	Rosický  31' Fàbregas  46'		Anelka  11'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium

34 17 April 2007	Arsenal	3–1	Manchester City	London
	Rosický  12' Fàbregas  73' J. Baptista  80'		Beasley  41'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium

35 21 April 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Arsenal	London
	Keane  30' Jenas  90'		Touré  64' Adebayor  78'	Stadium: White Hart Lane

36 29 April 2007	Arsenal	3–1	Fulham	London
	J. Baptista  4' Adebayor  84' Silva  87'		S. Davies  78'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium

37 6 May 2007	Arsenal	1–1	Chelsea	London
	Silva  43' (pen.)		Essien  70'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium

Top scorers

• Robin van Persie 11
• Thierry Henry 10
• Gilberto Silva 9
• Emmanuel Adebayor 8

Champions League

Play-off round

1 8 August 2006	Dinamo Zagreb	0–3	Arsenal	Zagreb, Croatia
		Report	Fàbregas  63', 79' van Persie  64'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 28,500 Referee: Kyros Vassaras

2 23 August 2006	Arsenal	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb	London, England
	Ljungberg  77' Flamini  90'	Report	Eduardo  12'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 58,418 Referee: Bertrand Layec

Group stage

1 13 September 2006	Hamburg	1–2	Arsenal	Hamburg, Germany
	Kirschstein , 10' Sanogo  90'	Report	Silva  12' (pen.) Rosický  53'	Stadium: Hamburg Arena Attendance: 51,258 Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt

2 26 September 2006	Arsenal	2–0	Porto	London, England
	Henry  38' Hleb  48'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,861 Referee: Template:Flagcion Stefano Farina

3 17 October 2006	CSKA Moscow	1–0	Arsenal	Moscow, Russia
	D. Carvalho  24'	Report		Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 36,500 Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez

4 1 November 2006	Arsenal	0–0	CSKA Moscow	London, England
		Report		Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,003 Referee: Lubos Michel

5 21 November 2006	Arsenal	3–1	Hamburg	London, England
	van Persie  52' Eboué  83' J. Baptista  88'	Report	van der Vaart  4'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,962 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

6 6 December 2006	Porto	0–0	Arsenal	Porto, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Markus Merk

Last 16

1 20 February 2007	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	Arsenal	Eindhoven, Netherlands
	Méndez  61'	Report		Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø

2 7 March 2007	Arsenal	1–1	PSV Eindhoven	London, England
	Alex  58' (o.g.)	Report	Alex  83'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 60,073 Referee: Alain Hamer

FA Cup

Third Round 6 January 2007	Liverpool	1–3	Arsenal	Liverpool
	Kuyt  71'	Report	Rosický  37', 45' Henry  84'	Stadium: Anfield Referee: Steve Bennett

Fourth Round 28 January 2007	Arsenal	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	London
	Touré  78'	Report	Kevin Nolan  50'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,778 Referee: Mike Dean

Fourth Round Replay 14 February 2007	Bolton Wanderers	1–3 (aet)	Arsenal	Bolton, Greater Manchester
	Meite  90'	Report	Emmanuel Adebayor  13', 120' Ljungberg  108'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 21,088 Referee: Chris Foy

Fifth Round Replay 28 February 2007	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Arsenal	Blackburn
	Benni McCarthy  87'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 18,882 Referee: Graham Poll

League Cup

Third Round 24 October 2006	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Arsenal	West Bromwich
		Report	Jérémie Aliadière  34', 49' (pen.)	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 21,566 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Fourth Round 8 November 2006	Everton	0–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
		Report	Emmanuel Adebayor  85'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 31,045 Referee: Graham Poll

Quarter-finals 9 January 2007	Liverpool	3–6	Arsenal	Liverpool
	Fowler  33' Gerrard  68' Hyypiä  80'	Report	Aliadière  27' Baptista  40', 45+2', 60', 84' Song  45'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 42,614 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Semi-finals, 1st leg 24 January 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Arsenal	London
	Berbatov  12' Baptista  20' (o.g.)	Report	Baptista  64', 77'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,485 Referee: Graham Poll

Semi-finals, 1st leg 31 January 2007	Arsenal	3–1 (aet) (5-3 agg.)	Tottenham Hotspur	London
	Adebayor  77' Aliadière  105' Chimbonda  113' (o.g.)	Report	Mido  85'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,872 Referee: Alan Wiley

Final 25 February 2007	Arsenal	1-2	Chelsea	Cardiff
	Walcott  12'	Report	Drogba  20', 84'	Stadium: Millennium Stadium Attendance: 70,073 Referee: Howard Webb

See also

English football portal

• 2006–07 in English football
• List of Arsenal F.C. seasons

References

External links

• Arsenal 2006-07 on statto.com