# 2006–07 AS Roma season

During the 2006–07 football season, Associazione Sportiva Roma played its 74th Serie A league season, finishing 2nd. The club also competed in the UEFA Champions League, finishing as quarter-finalists, and the Coppa Italia, winning the trophy for the eighth time.
The season is mostly remembered for the collapse Roma suffered at the hands of Manchester United in the Champions League quarter-finals, United coming back from a 2–1 defeat in Rome to demolish the Italians 7–1 at Old Trafford.

## Season review

Roma finished the 2005–06 Serie A in fifth place, but after the sentences of the 2006 Italian football scandal that deducted all of Juventus's points and thirty each from Milan and Fiorentina, Roma finished second, behind Internazionale, thus gaining the qualification to the Champions League group stage.
The summer transfer window brought some changes in the Roma tactical formation, the most important being the signing of David Pizarro, a deep-lying playmaker that coach Luciano Spalletti had managed at Udinese, and considered fundamental for Roma's passing play. Another important signing was Max Tonetto, who took the place of left-back Leandro Cufré, who was sold to Monaco. Other players such as Mirko Vučinić, Matteo Ferrari, Marco Cassetti and Ricardo Faty were signed to boost the squad.
The first match of the season was the Supercoppa Italiana, against Inter, played on 26 August 2006 at the San Siro. In the 34th minute Roma were leading 3–0 with two goals by Alberto Aquilani and one by Mancini. However, the physical condition of the giallorossi was still weak and so, the nerazzurri succeeded in reaching the draw with two goals by Patrick Vieira and one by Hernán Crespo; in extra-time Inter scored the fourth and winning goal with a free kick by Luís Figo.
In the first part of the season Roma, Inter and Palermo raced to the top of the league early, but Inter started to lead the Serie A and kept first place until the end.
During the winter transfer window, Vincenzo Montella was loaned to English club Fulham as he was lacking game time and wanted to try his luck in the Premier League. He was replaced by Francesco Tavano and Christian Wilhelmsson, both signed on loan.
Roma were drawn into Group D of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, along with Valencia, Shakhtar Donetsk and Olympiacos. They finished second, behind Valencia, with 10 points (three wins, one draw and two defeats).
In the first knockout round Roma were drawn against Lyon, who had already won 6 consecutive French championships and were the favourites to pass the round; however, after a 0–0 draw at the Stadio Olimpico (with many controversial decisions by English referee Mike Riley, who yellow carded eleven players), Roma won 2–0 in the Stade de Gerland with goals from Francesco Totti and Mancini, the latter of whom scored a sensational goal, performing a total of five stepovers in front of Lyon's dazed defender Anthony Réveillère. In the quarter-finals Roma faced Manchester United. They won the first leg 2–1 with goals from Rodrigo Taddei and Mirko Vučinić, but, in the second leg, having been undefeated in 10 games in all competitions previously and having the then-best performing defense of the tournament, they suffered an amazing 7–1 defeat at Old Trafford.
Roma won their eighth Coppa Italia after beating Triestina, Parma, Milan and finally Internazionale. Roma won the two final games with an aggregate result of 7–4; the first leg ended with a surprising 6–2 win while the second leg, though Inter's president Massimo Moratti claimed that they didn't care about the Coppa Italia, was played with animosity and determination by the nerazzurri, but the 2–1 final score gave the trophy to Roma.
Roma ended the 2006–07 Serie A season as runners-up, securing second place with three games to go, behind Internazionale. Although the nerazzurri dominated the championship, they lost the match against 'giallorossi' 3–1 at San Siro, the same stadium in which Roma also beat the 2007 Champions League winner Milan 2–1, with two goals from Francesco Totti. Totti scored a total of 32 goals in the season, and became the Serie A topscorer with 26 goals. He also won the European Golden Shoe, the trophy awarded to the top league goalscorer in Europe.

## Players
### Squad information

    Last updated on 27 May 2007
    Appearances include league matches only
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age at end of season) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Gianluca Curci | GK | (1985-07-12)12 July 1985 (aged 21) | Youth Sector | 2004 | 27 | 0 |
| 27 | Júlio Sérgio | GK | (1978-11-08)8 November 1978 (aged 28) | América | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Doni | GK | (1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 27) | Juventude | 2005 | 60 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Christian Panucci (Vice-Captain) | RB / CB | (1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 34) | Monaco | 2001 | 180 | 12 |
| 3 | Gilberto Martínez | RB / CB | (1979-10-01)1 October 1979 (aged 27) | Brescia | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Philippe Mexès | CB | (1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 25) | Auxerre | 2004 | 82 | 6 |
| 13 | Cristian Chivu | LB / CB | (1980-10-26)26 October 1980 (aged 26) | Ajax | 2003 | 85 | 6 |
| 19 | Rodrigo Defendi | CB | (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 21) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Matteo Ferrari | CB | (1979-12-05)5 December 1979 (aged 27) | Parma | 2004 | 62 | 2 |
| 22 | Max Tonetto | LB | (1974-11-18)18 November 1974 (aged 32) | Sampdoria | 2006 | 30 | 0 |
| 28 | Aleandro Rosi | RB | (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 20) | Youth Sector | 2004 | 37 | 2 |
| 77 | Marco Cassetti | RB | (1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 30) | Lecce | 2006 | 28 | 2 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Christian Wilhelmsson | LW | (1979-12-08)8 December 1979 (aged 27) | Nantes | 2007 | 19 | 1 |
| 7 | David Pizarro | CM / DM | (1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 27) | Internazionale | 2006 | 32 | 1 |
| 8 | Alberto Aquilani | CM / AM | (1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 22) | Youth Sector | 2002 | 67 | 4 |
| 11 | Rodrigo Taddei | LM / RM / AM | (1980-03-06)6 March 1980 (aged 27) | Siena | 2005 | 67 | 13 |
| 14 | Ricardo Faty | DM / CM | (1986-08-04)4 August 1986 (aged 20) | Strasbourg | 2006 | 11 | 0 |
| 16 | Daniele De Rossi | DM / CM | (1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 23) | Youth Sector | 2001 | 121 | 12 |
| 18 | Valerio Virga | CM | (1986-06-06)6 June 1986 (aged 21) | Youth Sector | 2004 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | Simone Perrotta | LM / CM / AM | (1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (aged 29) | Chievo | 2004 | 99 | 16 |
| 30 | Mancini | LW / RW / AM | (1980-08-01)1 August 1980 (aged 26) | Venezia | 2003 | 123 | 32 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 10 | Francesco Totti (Captain) | AM / LW / SS / CF / ST | (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 30) | Youth Sector | 1992 | 360 | 139 |
| 17 | Francesco Tavano | CF / ST | (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 28) | Empoli | 2007 | 14 | 2 |
| 23 | Mirko Vučinić | CF / ST | (1983-10-01)1 October 1983 (aged 23) | Lecce | 2006 | 25 | 2 |
| 35 | Stefano Okaka | CF / ST | (1989-08-09)9 August 1989 (aged 17) | Youth Sector | 2005 | 14 | 1 |
| Players transferred during the season |||||||||
| 9 | Vincenzo Montella | CF / ST | (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 33) | Sampdoria | 1999 | 180 | 83 |
| 24 | Carlo Zotti | GK | (1982-09-03)3 September 1982 (aged 24) | Palermo | 2001 | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Leandro Cufré | LB | (1978-05-09)9 May 1978 (aged 29) | Gimnasia La Plata | 2002 | 69 | 1 |
| 99 | Mido | CF / ST | (1983-02-23)23 February 1983 (aged 24) | Marseille | 2004 | 8 | 0 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position | First match | Last match |
| Serie A | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 9 September 2006 | 27 May 2007 |
| Supercoppa Italiana | Final | Runners-up | 26 August 2006 | 26 August 2006 |
| Coppa Italia | Round of 16 | Winners | 8 November 2006 | 17 May 2007 |
| Champions League | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 12 September 2006 | 10 April 2007 |
Last updated: 27 May 2007

### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internazionale (C) | 38 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 34 | +46 | 97 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 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 |
* 1 2 Milan qualified for 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage instead of third qualifying round as the title holders.
* 1 2 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Valencia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Roma | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Olympiacos | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 3 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Supercoppa Italiana | Supercoppa Italiana | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Curci | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | BRA | Júlio Sérgio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | BRA | Doni | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Christian Panucci | 34 | 5 | 30+3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CRC | Gilberto Martínez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Philippe Mexès | 28 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ROU | Cristian Chivu | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BRA | Rodrigo Defendi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ITA | Matteo Ferrari | 27 | 2 | 24+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ITA | Max Tonetto | 31 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Aleandro Rosi | 19 | 2 | 5+14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Marco Cassetti | 29 | 2 | 18+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SWE | Christian Wilhelmsson | 19 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CHI | David Pizarro | 32 | 1 | 30+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Alberto Aquilani | 14 | 3 | 9+4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo Taddei | 30 | 5 | 25+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Ricardo Faty | 11 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ITA | Daniele De Rossi | 37 | 2 | 34+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Valerio Virga | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Simone Perrotta | 35 | 8 | 32+2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Mancini | 30 | 9 | 25+4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | ITA | Francesco Totti | 36 | 26 | 35 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ITA | Francesco Tavano | 14 | 2 | 7+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | MNE | Mirko Vučinić | 25 | 2 | 5+20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ITA | Stefano Okaka | 6 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Vincenzo Montella | 17 | 6 | 5+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARG | Leandro Cufré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | EGY | Mido | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 27 May 2007 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Supercoppa | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Francesco Totti | 26 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 32 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | | Simone Perrotta | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 30 | MF | | Mancini | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | DF | | Christian Panucci | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Rodrigo Taddei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Vincenzo Montella | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 16 | MF | | Daniele De Rossi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | | David Pizarro | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Philippe Mexès | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Alberto Aquilani | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 23 | FW | | Mirko Vučinić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 17 | FW | | Francesco Tavano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 21 | DF | | Matteo Ferrari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 28 | MF | | Aleandro Rosi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 77 | DF | | Marco Cassetti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 4 | MF | | Christian Wilhelmsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 18 | MF | | Valerio Virga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 35 | FW | | Stefano Okaka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 74 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 110 |
Last updated: 27 May 2007

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Supercoppa | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | Total |
| 1 | 32 | GK | | Doni | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Gianluca Curci | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
Last updated: 27 May 2007

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Serie A | Serie A | Serie A | Supercoppa | Supercoppa | Supercoppa | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | UEFA CL | Total | Total | Total |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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