# 2006–07 Real Madrid CF season

The 2006–07 season was Real Madrid CF's 76th season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 2006–07 season, and also shows statistics of the club's players.

## Season summary

The summer of 2006 saw Real choose a new and returning coach, Fabio Capello coming from Juventus in the wake of Calciopoli.
Capello brought several recent and previous Juventus players with him to the club, but not all of them made a huge impact, the team instead relying on the goals of Ruud van Nistelrooy for the whole season.
Real returned to domestic league glory after a 3–1 victory against Mallorca in the last game of the season, but the club surprisingly sacked Capello shortly after winning the La Liga title after Capello refused to field David Beckham and Ronaldo as well as his defensive tactics. He was replaced by a surprise candidate Bernd Schuster from Getafe for the following season.
On the other hand, Real Madrid suffered painful exits in the Round of 16 of the Copa del Rey against Real Betis as well as in the UEFA Champions League against Bayern Munich in the Round of 16.

## Players

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 |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Iker Casillas |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Míchel Salgado |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roberto Carlos |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Sergio Ramos |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Fabio Cannavaro |
| 6 | MF | MLI | Mahamadou Diarra |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Raúl |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Emerson |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Ronaldo |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Robinho |
| 11 | DF | BRA | Cicinho |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Marcelo |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Diego López |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Guti |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Raúl Bravo |
| 16 | MF | ARG | Fernando Gago |
| 17 | FW | NED | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Antonio Cassano |
| 19 | MF | ESP | José Antonio Reyes |
| 20 | FW | ARG | Gonzalo Higuaín |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Iván Helguera |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Francisco Pavón |
| 23 | MF | ENG | David Beckham |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Mejía |
| 25 | DF | ESP | Oscar Minambres |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Javi García |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Rubén de la Red |
| 28 | GK | ESP | Antonio Adán |
| 29 | GK | ESP | Kiko Casilla |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Alberto Bueno |
| 31 | FW | ESP | Rayco García |
| 32 | MF | ESP | Adrián González |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Esteban Granero |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Juan Mata |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Nieto |
| 37 | FW | ESP | Marcos Tébar |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Miguel Torres |
| 39 | DF | ESP | Borja Valero |
| 44 | DF | ESP | Sergio Díaz |
| — | MF | BRA | Júlio Baptista |
| — | DF | ENG | Jonathan Woodgate |

### Transfers

Real Madrid 2006-07 – first team shirt numbers

#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 5 | DF | Fabio Cannavaro | 32 | EU | Juventus | Signed | Summer | 2009 | €10,000,000 | Realmadrid |
| 8 | DM | Emerson | 29 | EU | Juventus | Signed | Summer | 2009 | €10,000,000 | Realmadrid |
| 17 | FW | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 30 | EU | Manchester United | Signed | Summer | 2009 | €15,000,000 | Realmadrid |
| 6 | DM | Mahamadou Diarra | 25 | Non-EU | Lyon | Signed | Summer | 2011 | €26,000,000 | Realmadrid |
| 19 | MF | José Antonio Reyes | 22 | EU | Arsenal | Loaned | Summer | 1 year | Loan | Realmadrid |
| 16 | DM | Fernando Gago | 22 | EU | Boca Juniors | Signed | Winter | 2013 | €20,000,000 | Realmadrid |
| 20 | FW | Gonzalo Higuaín | 18 | EU | River Plate | Signed | Winter | 2013 | €13,000,000 | Realmadrid |
| 12 | DF | Marcelo | 18 | Non-EU | Fluminense | Signed | Winter | 2013 | €6,500,000 | Realmadrid |
Total spending: €100,500,000

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 5 | MF | Zinedine Zidane | 34 | EU | | Retired | Summer | n/a | Realmadrid |
| 9 | CF | Ronaldo | 31 | EU | Milan | Transfer | Winter | €7,500,000 | Realmadrid |
| 27 | CF | Roberto Soldado | | EU | Osasuna | Loan | Summer | | |
| 26 | RB | Álvaro Arbeloa | | EU | Deportivo La Coruña | Transfer | Summer | €1,300,000 | |
| 29 | MF | José Manuel Jurado | | EU | Atlético Madrid | Transfer | Summer | €3,000,000 | |
| 17 | FW | Javier Portillo | | EU | Gimnàstic | Free transfer | Summer | | |
| 35 | FW | Javier Balboa | | EU | Racing Santander | Loan | Summer | | |
| 28 | MF | Rubén | | EU | Racing Santander | Loan | Summer | | |
| 21 | MF | Carlos Diogo | | Non-EU | Real Zaragoza | Loan | Summer | | |
| 12 | MF | Pablo García | | Non-EU | Celta de Vigo | Loan | Summer | | |
| 32 | MF | Juanfran | | EU | Osasuna | Loan | Summer | | |
| 16 | MF | Thomas Gravesen | | EU | Celtic | Transfer | Summer | | |
| 18 | MF | Jonathan Woodgate | | EU | Middlesbrough | Loan | Summer | | |
| 4 | MF | Borja | | EU | Real Valladolid | Transfer | Summer | | |
| 8 | MF | Júlio Baptista | | Non-EU | Arsenal | Loan | Summer | | |

## Club
### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Fabio Capello |
| Second coach | Italo Galbiati |
| Third coach | Toni Grande |
| Physical trainer | Massimo Neri |
| Goalkeepers coach | Franco Tancredi |
Last updated: 24 Sep 2007 Source: Realmadrid and realmadridfans

### Kit

Supplier: Adidas Sponsor(s): BenQ-Siemens
| Home | Away | Third |
Source: "New Real Madrid 2006/2007 Kit". Real Madrid. Archived from the original on 2007-07-18. Retrieved 2007-09-14.

### Other information

| President | Ramón Calderón |
| Honorary Life President | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| Vice-president | José Ignacio Rivero Pradera |
| Vice-president | Vicente Boluda Fos |
| Director of football | Predrag Mijatović |
| Technical Secretary | Miguel Ángel Portugal |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Santiago Bernabéu (80.400 / 107x72m) |
| Budget | $478 m |
Updated to match played 24 Sep 2007 Source: Realmadrid and Organizational Structure on Realmadrid Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and Budget

### Pre-season and friendlies

| Match | Date | Competition or tour | Ground | Opponent | Score$^1$ | GD |
| 1 | 21 Jul 2006 | Austria-Tour | N | Plymouth Argyle | 1 - 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 25 Jul 2006 | Austria-Tour | N | Bad Aussee | 10 - 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 29 Jul 2006 | Austria-Tour | N | Fulham | 0 - 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 Aug 2006 | Austria-Tour | N | Reggina | 1 - 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 Aug 2006 | US-Tour | N | D.C. United | 1 - 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 12 Aug 2006 | US-Tour | A | Real Salt Lake | 2 - 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 18 Aug 2006 | Trofeo Ramón de Carranza | N | Betis | 3 - 3 (4-5 pen.) | 0 |
| 8 | 19 Aug 2006 | Trofeo Ramón de Carranza | N | Villarreal | 0 - 1 | -1 |
| 9 | 24 Aug 2006 | Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu | H | Anderlecht | 2 - 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 23 Dec 2006 | Jesús Gil y Gil Memorial Trophy | H | Atlético Madrid | 0 - 0 (3-4 pen.) | 0 |
| 11 | 19 June 2007 | Peace Match | N | Israel | 8 - 0 | 8 |
Last updated: 26 Jul 2007 Source: Real Madrid, Real Madrid preseason 2006 Calendar and Real Madrid preseason 2006 Special Reports, Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu $^1$Real Madrid goals come first. Country's flag depict country of foreign team to that of Real Madrid. Ground: H = Home; A = Away; N = Neutral; HR = Home replacement; AR = Away replacement; GD = Goal difference

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid (C) | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Barcelona | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 78 | 33 | +45 | 76 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Sevilla | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Valencia | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 62 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 RMA 2–0 BAR; BAR 3–3 RMA

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LFP

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Points evolution

Source: LPF

#### Position evolution

Source: LPF

### Champions League
#### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 2 | |

#### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Squad stats

| | | | | Total | Total | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Others$^1$ | Others$^1$ | |
| N | Pos. | Name | Nat. | GS | App | Gls | Min | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | App | Gls | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Casillas | | 45 | 45 | | | 38 | | 7 | | | | | | |
| 4 | RB | Sergio Ramos | | 41 | 39 | 7 | | 33 | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Cannavaro | | 38 | 38 | | | 32 | | 6 | | | | | | |
| 21 | DF | Iván Helguera | | 28 | 23 | 1 | | 23 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | LB | Roberto Carlos | | 31 | 31 | 3 | | 23 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | |
| 6 | DM | M. Diarra | | 39 | 40 | 4 | | 33 | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | |
| 8 | DM | Emerson | | 33 | 28 | 1 | | 28 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | MF | Guti | | 26 | 30 | 1 | | 30 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | SS | Raúl | | 39 | 42 | 17 | | 35 | 12 | 7 | 5 | | | | | |
| 10 | LW | Robinho | | 25 | 32 | 8 | | 32 | 8 | | | | | | | |
| 17 | FW | Ruud van Nistelrooy | | 45 | 47 | 33 | | 37 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | |
| 2 | DF | M. Salgado | | 16 | 17 | | | 16 | | 1 | | | | | | |
| 9 | FW | Ronaldo | | 13 | 13 | 4 | | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| 11 | RB | Cicinho | | 6 | 7 | | | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | DF | Marcelo | | 1 | 6 | | | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | GK | Diego López | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | RB | Raúl Bravo | | 4 | 8 | | | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | DM | Gago | | 17 | 15 | | | 13 | | 2 | | | | | | |
| 18 | FW | Cassano | | 7 | 7 | 1 | | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 19 | SS | Reyes | | 17 | 30 | 7 | | 30 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 20 | FW | Higuaín | | 17 | 19 | 2 | | 19 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 22 | DF | Francisco Pavón | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | MF | David Beckham | | 17 | 23 | 3 | | 23 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 24 | DF | Álvaro Mejía | | 5 | 9 | | | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | RB | Oscar Minambres | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | DM | Javi García | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | CM | Rubén de la Red | | 1 | 7 | | | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | GK | Antonio Adán | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | GK | Kiko Casilla | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | FW | Alberto Bueno | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | FW | Rayco García | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | AM | Adrián González | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | AM | Esteban Granero | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 34 | FW | Juan Mata | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | RW | Nieto | | 1 | 2 | | | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | MF | Marcos Tébar | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | LB | M. Torres | | 2 | 18 | | | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| 39 | MF | Borja Valero | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | DF | Sergio Díaz | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MF | Baptista | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On loan to Arsenal |
| | CB | Woodgate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | On Loan to Middlesbrough |