# 2006–07 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

During the 2006–07 English football season, Charlton Athletic competed in the FA Premier League.

## Season summary

Following Alan Curbishley's resignation after 10 years in charge of the Addicks, Northern Irishman Iain Dowie was snared from South London rivals Crystal Palace who were relegated in the previous season, but, despite being given more money to spend in the transfer market than any other previous Charlton manager, the club were in the relegation zone for most of his tenure and he was sacked in November. First-team coach Les Reed stepped into the breach, but also proved unsuitable for the job and was in turn replaced by former West Ham United manager Alan Pardew. Pardew was unable to stop the rot and after seven years in the top-flight, Charlton were relegated.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Fulham | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 39 | |
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 38 | |
| 18 | Sheffield United (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 38 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 34 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 20 | Watford (R) | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 28 | Relegation to Football League Championship |

## Kit

Charlton retained their kit manufacturing deal with Spanish apparel manufacturers Joma, who produced a new kit for the season. The kit sponsorship deal with Spanish real estate company Llanera.

## Players
### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Luke Young (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Hermann Hreiðarsson |
| 4 | MF | SEN | Amdy Faye |
| 5 | MF | IRL | Andy Reid |
| 6 | DF | BUL | Radostin Kishishev |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Marcus Bent |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Matt Holland |
| 9 | MF | CHN | Zheng Zhi (on loan from Shandong Luneng) |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Darren Bent |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Darren Ambrose |
| 12 | FW | JAM | Kevin Lisbie |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jerome Thomas |
| 15 | DF | MAR | Talal El Karkouri |
| 16 | MF | CMR | Alex Song (on loan from Arsenal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | NED | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Dennis Rommedahl |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Bryan Hughes |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Madjid Bougherra |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Souleymane Diawara |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Fortune |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Osei Sankofa |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Lloyd Sam |
| 32 | DF | WAL | Ben Thatcher |
| 33 | GK | IRL | Darren Randolph |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Nathan Ashton |
| 36 | GK | NOR | Thomas Myhre |
| 38 | GK | ENG | Scott Carson (on loan from Liverpool) |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Jason Euell (to Middlesbrough) |
| 13 | MF | URU | Omar Pouso (on loan from Peñarol) |
| 16 | GK | DEN | Stephan Andersen (to Brøndby) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | MLI | Djimi Traoré (to Portsmouth) |
| 25 | DF | URU | Gonzalo Sorondo (released) |
| 32 | FW | NIR | Michael Carvill (released) |

### Reserve squad

    The following players did not appear for the first team this season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | USA | Cory Gibbs |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Simon Walton |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Chris Dickson |
| 26 | DF | CTA | Kelly Youga |
| 27 | GK | IRL | Rob Elliot |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Myles Weston |
| 31 | MF | ENG | Alistair John |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | DF | FIN | Jani Tanska |
| 37 | FW | ENG | James Walker |
| 39 | MF | ISL | Rúrik Gíslason |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Rashid Yussuff |
| 41 | FW | ENG | Donovan Simmonds |
| 42 | DF | ENG | Aswad Thomas |

### Trialists

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | USA | Chris Konopka |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 33 | GK | IRL | Darren Randolph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | NOR | Thomas Myhre | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | ENG | Scott Carson | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Luke Young | 32 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ISL | Hermann Hreiðarsson | 33 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MAR | Talal El Karkouri | 39 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ALG | Madjid Bougherra | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Souleymane Diawara | 26 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Fortune | 13 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Osei Sankofa | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | WAL | Ben Thatcher | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | ENG | Nathan Ashton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SEN | Amdy Faye | 32 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BUL | Radostin Kishishev | 18 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Matt Holland | 36 | 1 | 27+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | CHN | Zheng Zhi | 12 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Darren Ambrose | 30 | 3 | 21+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jerome Thomas | 24 | 3 | 16+4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CMR | Alex Song | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | DEN | Dennis Rommedahl | 32 | 1 | 19+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Bryan Hughes | 27 | 1 | 15+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ENG | Lloyd Sam | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ENG | Marcus Bent | 35 | 2 | 17+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Darren Bent | 35 | 15 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | JAM | Kevin Lisbie | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | NED | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 29 | 4 | 11+14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 13 | MF | URU | Omar Pouso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MLI | Djimi Traoré | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | URU | Gonzalo Sorondo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2007 Source: Competitions

## Transfers
### In

* Cory Gibbs - Feyenoord, 8 May, free
* Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - Middlesbrough, 11 July, free
* Djimi Traoré - Liverpool, 8 August, £2,000,000
* Amdy Faye - Newcastle United, 8 August, £2,000,000
* Scott Carson - Liverpool, 14 August, season-long loan
* Andy Reid - Tottenham Hotspur, 16 August, £3,000,000
* Souleymane Diawara - Sochaux, 31 August, £3,700,000
* Zheng Zhi - Shandong Luneng Taishan, 29 December, season-long loan
* Ben Thatcher - Manchester City, 11 January, £500,000 (rising to £750,000)
* Madjid Bougherra - Sheffield Wednesday, 28 January, £2,500,000
* Alex Song - Arsenal, 30 January, season-long loan

### Out

* Chris Powell - Watford, 1 July, free
* Francis Jeffers - Blackburn Rovers, 3 July, free
* Chris Perry - West Bromwich Albion, 4 July, free
* Jay Bothroyd - Wolverhampton Wanderers, 26 July, free
* Jason Euell - Middlesbrough, 31 August, £300,000
* Djimi Traoré - Portsmouth, 13 January, £1,000,000
* Shaun Bartlett - Kaizer Chiefs, free
    Transfers in: £13,700,000
    Transfers out: £1,300,000
    Total spending: £12,400,000

## Results
### Results per matchday

| Matchday | 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 16 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 |

### Premier League

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 1 | 19 August 2006 | West Ham United | Away | 1–3 | D. Bent 15' (pen.) | 34,937 |
| 2 | 23 August 2006 | Manchester United | Home | 0–3 | — | 25,422 |
| 3 | 26 August 2006 | Bolton Wanderers | Home | 2–0 | D. Bent 65' (pen.), 85' | 23,638 |
| 4 | 9 September 2006 | Chelsea | Away | 1–2 | Hasselbaink 54' | 41,194 |
| 5 | 16 September 2006 | Portsmouth | Home | 0–1 | — | 26,130 |
| 6 | 23 September 2006 | Aston Villa | Away | 0–2 | — | 35,513 |
| 7 | 30 September 2006 | Arsenal | Home | 1–2 | D. Bent 22' | 26,770 |
| 8 | 16 October 2006 | Fulham | Away | 1–2 | D. Bent 78' | 19,179 |
| 9 | 21 October 2006 | Watford | Home | 0–0 | — | 27,011 |
| 10 | 28 October 2006 | Newcastle | Away | 0–0 | — | 48,642 |
| 11 | 4 November 2006 | Manchester City | Home | 1–0 | D. Bent 28' | 26,011 |
| 12 | 11 November 2006 | Wigan Athletic | Away | 2–3 | de Zeeuw 52' (o.g.), M. Bent 90' | 16,572 |
| 13 | 18 November 2006 | Reading | Away | 0–2 | — | 24,093 |
| 14 | 25 November 2006 | Everton | Home | 1–1 | Reid 68' | 26,435 |
| 15 | 2 December 2006 | Sheffield United | Away | 1–2 | Reid 17' | 27,368 |
| 16 | 5 December 2006 | Blackburn Rovers | Home | 1–0 | El Karkouri 90' | 23,423 |
| 17 | 9 December 2006 | Tottenham Hotspur | Away | 1–5 | Dawson 43' (o.g.) | 35,565 |
| 18 | 16 December 2006 | Liverpool | Home | 0–3 | — | 27,111 |
| 19 | 23 December 2006 | Middlesbrough | Away | 0–2 | — | 32,013 |
| 20 | 27 December 2006 | Fulham | Home | 2–2 | Ambrose 19', D. Bent 45' | 25,203 |
| 21 | 30 December 2006 | Aston Villa | Home | 2–1 | D. Bent 57', Hughes 90' | 26,699 |
| 22 | 2 January 2007 | Arsenal | Away | 0–4 | — | 60,057 |
| 23 | 13 January 2007 | Middlesbrough | Home | 1–3 | Hasselbaink 27' | 26,384 |
| 24 | 20 January 2007 | Portsmouth | Away | 1–0 | Faye 79' | 19,567 |
| 25 | 31 January 2007 | Bolton Wanderers | Away | 1–1 | El Karkouri 12' | 22,357 |
| 26 | 3 February 2007 | Chelsea | Home | 0–1 | — | 27,111 |
| 27 | 10 February 2007 | Manchester United | Away | 0–2 | — | 75,883 |
| 28 | 24 February 2007 | West Ham United | Home | 4–0 | Ambrose 24', Thomas 34', 80', D. Bent 41' | 27,111 |
| 29 | 3 March 2007 | Watford | Away | 2–2 | Young 67', Ambrose 89' | 19,782 |
| 30 | 18 March 2007 | Newcastle United | Home | 2–0 | Zheng 53', Thomas 88' (pen.) | 27,028 |
| 31 | 31 March 2007 | Wigan Athletic | Home | 1–0 | D. Bent 86' (pen.) | 26,500 |
| 32 | 6 April 2007 | Manchester City | Away | 0–0 | — | 41,424 |
| 33 | 9 April 2007 | Reading | Home | 0–0 | — | 26,271 |
| 34 | 15 April 2007 | Everton | Away | 1–2 | D. Bent 89' | 34,028 |
| 35 | 21 April 2007 | Sheffield United | Home | 1–1 | El Karkouri 59' | 27,111 |
| 36 | 28 April 2007 | Blackburn Rovers | Away | 1–4 | D. Bent 71' | 24,921 |
| 37 | 7 May 2007 | Tottenham Hotspur | Home | 0–2 | — | 26,339 |
| 38 | 13 May 2007 | Liverpool | Away | 2–2 | Holland 2', D. Bent 72' | 43,134 |

### FA Cup

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
| Third round | 6 January 2007 | Nottingham Forest | Away | 0–2 | — | 19,017 | |

### League Cup

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| Second round | 19 September 2006 | Carlisle United | Home | 1–0 | D. Bent 57' | 8,190 |
| Third round | 25 October 2006 | Bolton Wanderers | Home | 1–0 | M. Bent 17' | 10,788 |
| Fourth round | 7 November 2006 | Chesterfield | Away | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Hasselbaink 40', 93', D. Bent 73' | 7,000 |
| Quarter-finals | 19 December 2006 | Wycombe Wanderers | Home | 0–1 | — | 18,940 |