2006-07 La Liga

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The 2006-07 La Liga season, the 76th since its establishment, started on 27 August 2006 and finished on 17 June 2007. Real Madrid won La Liga on the better head to head against Barcelona in one of its most thrilling seasons to date. Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnàstic de Tarragona were relegated.

Barcelona was in first place for much of the season while arch-rivals Real Madrid were six points behind and in fourth. However, Barcelona began playing inconsistently after January, while Madrid's form improved in that same period. On 12 May 2007, Real Madrid took the league lead for the first time all season by defeating Espanyol 4-3, coming back from 3-1 first half deficit. The Sunday after Madrid won their epic battle with Espanyol, Barcelona dropped points with a 1-1 draw to struggling Real Betis. By virtue of their superior head to head record, Madrid sat at the top of La Liga with both teams having four league games left.[1] On the penultimate day of the season, Barcelona failed to overcome city-rivals Espanyol in the Barcelona derby, drawing 2-2. In the final La Liga match, Barcelona thrashed Gimnàstic 5-1, but Madrid came back from a 1-0 deficit to beat Mallorca 3-1 and clinch the title on head-to-head superiority.

Video 2006-07 La Liga

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2005-06 Segunda División

• Recreativo de Huelva
• Gimnàstic de Tarragona
• Levante UD

Teams relegated to 2006-07 Segunda División

• Deportivo Alavés
• Cádiz CF
• Málaga CF

Maps 2006-07 La Liga

Team information

Stadia and locations

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League table

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
¹Since Sevilla, winners of 2006-07 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League, so losing cup finalists Getafe earned a spot in the first round of the 2007-08 UEFA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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Results

Updated to games played on 17 June 2007.
Source: LFP
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

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Awards

Pichichi Trophy

The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season.

Source: LFP

Zamora Trophy

The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio. Last updated 17 June 2007 [2]

Assists table

• Source: ESPN Soccernet

Fair Play award

• Source: Guia As de La Liga 2007-08, p. 140 (sports magazine)

Pedro Zaballa award

Cuco Ziganda (Osasuna head coach) and David Belenguer (Getafe footballer)

Overall

• Most wins - Real Madrid (23)
• Fewest wins - Gimnàstic (7)
• Most draws - Betis (16)
• Fewest draws - Valencia (6)
• Most losses - Gimnàstic (24)
• Fewest losses - Barcelona (6)
• Most goals scored - Barcelona (78)
• Fewest goals scored - Deportivo La Coruña and Real Sociedad (32)
• Most goals conceded - Gimnàstic (69)
• Fewest goals conceded - Barcelona and Getafe (33)

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See also

• List of transfers of La Liga - 2006-07 season
• 2006-07 Segunda División
• 2006-07 Copa del Rey

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References

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External links

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