# 2006–07 AC Milan season

During the 2006–07 season AC Milan competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Champions League.

## Summary

The 2006–07 season has had its ups and downs for Milan. Having started the 2006–07 Serie A season with an eight-point penalty due to the Calciopoli scandal, a poor run of results during which Milan only registered one win in nine matches left them in a lowly 15th place on only 11 points. After two consecutive losses against Atalanta and Roma, Milan had a streak of seven-straight undefeated matches. Two wins against Catania and Udinese left Milan only six points behind fourth place and qualification for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. Milan eventually finished fourth in Serie A, behind Lazio. After displaying poor physical condition throughout most of the fall, the team took a January retreat in Malta to regain condition and try to achieve a fourth-place finish in Serie A and further progression in the Champions League.
Milan's performances in the Champions League were a different story. Drawn in a group described as easy by some pundits, with AEK Athens, Lille and Anderlecht, Milan won the group with 10 points despite losing the last two games. In the Champions League, Milan overcame Celtic in the round of 16, Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals and Manchester United in the semi-finals. They would go on to beat Liverpool in the final, avenging their defeat in the 2005 final. Kaká was in strong form for Milan in the Champions League, scoring 10 goals in 12 matches and winning that year's Champions League Golden Boot.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Dida |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Paolo Maldini |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Kakha Kaladze |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Costacurta |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Ricardo Oliveira |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gennaro Gattuso |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Filippo Inzaghi |
| 10 | MF | NED | Clarence Seedorf |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Nesta |
| 15 | FW | ITA | Marco Borriello |
| 16 | GK | AUS | Zeljko Kalac |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Dario Šimić |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Marek Jankulovski |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Favalli |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Yoann Gourcuff |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Andrea Pirlo |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Kaká |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Massimo Ambrosini |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Leandro Grimi |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Daniele Bonera |
| 26 | GK | ITA | Marco Storari |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Serginho |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Alex Guerci |
| 29 | GK | ITA | Valerio Fiori |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Luca Antonelli |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Cristian Brocchi |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Davide Di Gennaro |
| 34 | MF | ITA | Gastone Bottini |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Matteo Darmian |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Matteo Lunati |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Massimo Oddo |

### Transfers

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Ricardo Oliveira | Real Betis | (€17 million ) |
| MF | Yoann Gourcuff | Rennes | (€3 million ) |
| DF | Daniele Bonera | Parma | |
| DF | Giuseppe Favalli | Inter | free |
| GK | Ferdinando Coppola | | free |
| GK | Christian Abbiati | Juventus | loan ended |
| DF | Ignazio Abate | Piacenza Calcio | loan ended |
| DF | Luca Antonini | Sampdoria | co-ownership |
| DF | Romano Perticone | Pizzighettone | loan ended |
| MF | Catilina Aubameyang | Chiasso | loan ended |
| MF | Cristian Brocchi | Fiorentina | loan ended |
| MF | Samuele Dalla Bona | Sampdoria | loan ended |
| MF | Massimo Donati | Messina | loan ended |
| MF | Pasquale Foggia | Ascoli Calcio | loan ended |
| FW | Marco Borriello | Treviso | loan ended |
| FW | Alessandro Matri | Lumezzane | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| FW | Andriy Shevchenko | Chelsea F.C. | (€42 million ) |
| DF | Jaap Stam | AFC Ajax | |
| MF | Rui Costa | Benfica | end of contract |
| MF | Samuele Dalla Bona | S.S.C. Napoli | |
| MF | Johann Vogel | Real Betis | |
| FW | Marcio Amoroso | SC Corinthians | |
| MF | Catilina Aubameyang | FC 105 Libreville | |
| GK | Christian Abbiati | Torino F.C. | loan |
| GK | Ferdinando Coppola | Piacenza Calcio | loan |
| DF | Ignazio Abate | Modena F.C. | loan |
| DF | Luca Antonini | A.C. Siena | loan |
| DF | Davide Astori | Pizzighettone | loan |
| DF | Lino Marzorati | Empoli F.C. | loan |
| DF | Romano Perticone | Hellas Verona | loan |
| MF | Massimo Donati | Atalanta B.C. | loan |
| MF | Pasquale Foggia | S.S. Lazio | loan |
| FW | Matteo Ardemagni | Perugia Calcio | loan |
| FW | Vitali Kutuzov | Sampdoria | co-ownership |
| FW | Alessandro Matri | Rimini | loan |

#### Winter

In :
| Pos. | Name | from | Type |
| FW | Ronaldo | Real Madrid | (€7,5 million ) |
| DF | Massimo Oddo | S.S. Lazio | (€7,7 million ) |
| GK | Marco Storari | Messina | |
| DF | Leandro Grimi | Racing Club | (€2 million ) |
| FW | Matteo Ardemagni | Perugia Calcio | loan ended |
Out :
| Pos. | Name | To | Type |
| MF | Pasquale Foggia | S.S. Lazio | |
| FW | Matteo Ardemagni | Pizzighettone | loan |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 74 | 34 | +40 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Milan | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 57 | 36 | +21 | 61 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Palermo | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 62 | 31 | +31 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 Milan qualified for 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage instead of third qualifying round as the title holders.
* 1 2 3 Fiorentina were docked 15 points, Reggina 11 points, Milan 8 points and Lazio 3 points, all for involvement in the 2006 Italian football scandal.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2007. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | P | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | - | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L |
| Position | 17 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Milan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Lille | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 8 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Final
## Statistics
### Players statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Champions League | Champions League | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Dida | 41 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu | 35 | 0 | 21+3 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Bonera | 36 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Simic | 34 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CZE | Jankulovski | 50 | 3 | 26+7 | 3 | 11+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Gattuso | 47 | 1 | 24+6 | 1 | 12+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ITA | Pirlo | 52 | 3 | 31+3 | 2 | 13+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Brocchi | 42 | 2 | 25+4 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | NED | Seedorf | 51 | 10 | 26+6 | 7 | 12+2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 22 | AM | BRA | Kaká | 48 | 18 | 30+1 | 8 | 14+1 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Gilardino | 45 | 16 | 25+5 | 12 | 7+4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | GK | AUS | Kalac | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Ambrosini | 34 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Oliveira | 37 | 5 | 16+10 | 3 | 4+2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Maldini | 27 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Kaladze | 26 | 1 | 14+4 | 1 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Ronaldo | 14 | 7 | 12+2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Favalli | 22 | 2 | 12+3 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ITA | Nesta | 22 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Inzaghi | 37 | 11 | 11+9 | 2 | 10+2 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Gourcuff | 34 | 2 | 9+12 | 1 | 5+4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | ITA | Oddo | 18 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | ITA | Borriello | 14 | 3 | 4+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Serginho | 9 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Costacurta | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | ITA | Storari | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ARG | Grimi | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ITA | Guerci | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ITA | Fiori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Antonelli | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | ITA | Di Gennaro | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | ITA | Bottini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Darmian | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | ITA | Lunati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* Source: http://calcio-seriea.net/presenze/2006/1302/