# 2006–07 Villarreal CF season

The 2006–07 season was Villarreal Club de Fútbol's 84th season in existence and the club's 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Villarreal participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | URU | Sebastián Viera |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Gonzalo Rodríguez |
| 4 | DF | ESP | José Enrique |
| 5 | FW | URU | Diego Forlán |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Josico |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Robert Pirès |
| 9 | FW | MEX | Guillermo Franco |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Cani |
| 11 | FW | DEN | Jon Dahl Tomasson (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) |
| 12 | DF | FRA | Pascal Cygan |
| 14 | MF | ITA | Alessio Tacchinardi (on loan from Juventus) |
| 15 | FW | TUR | Nihat Kahveci |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Quique Álvarez captain |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Javi Venta |
| 18 | MF | ARG | Leandro Somoza |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Marcos Senna |
| 20 | DF | ARG | Fabricio Fuentes |
| 21 | MF | CHI | Matías Fernández |
| 22 | DF | BOL | Juan Manuel Peña |
| 23 | FW | ESP | José Mari |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Josemi |
| 25 | GK | ARG | Mariano Barbosa |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Marcos García |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Bruno Soriano |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Jonathan Pereira |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 27 August 2006 | 17 June 2007 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 047.37 |
| Copa del Rey | 25 October 2006 | 17 January 2007 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 15 July 2006 | 22 July 2006 | Third round | Third round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 045.45 |
Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Zaragoza | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 60 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round |
* 1 2 ATM 0–1 ZAR; ZAR 1–0 ATM

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 |