# 2006–07 RCD Espanyol season

The 2006–07 RCD Espanyol season was the club's 13th consecutive season in the top division of the Spanish football league, La Liga, and the 107th in the club's history.

## 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 | 12th | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 031.58 |
| Copa del Rey | 25 October 2006 | 8 November 2006 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Supercopa de España | 17 August 2006 | 20 August 2006 | Final | Runners-up | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 14 September 2006 | 16 May 2007 | First round | Runners-up | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 11 | +23 | 073.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 57 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 81 | 70 | +11 | 040.35 |
Source:

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Getafe | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 52 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 10 | Racing Santander | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 50 | |
| 11 | Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 49 | |
| 12 | Mallorca | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 49 | |
| 13 | Deportivo La Coruña | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 47 | |
* ↑ Since Sevilla, winners of 2006–07 Copa del Rey, was qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, so losing cup finalists Getafe earned a spot in the first round of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup.
* 1 2 MLL 1–0 ESP; ESP 3–1 MLL

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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#### Matches

| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score |
| 27 August | H | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | 0–1 |
| 10 September | A | Real Zaragoza | 0–3 |
| 17 September | H | Celta de Vigo | 2–1 |
| 24 September | A | Mallorca | 0–1 |
| 1 October | H | Osasuna | 0–0 |
| 15 October | A | Villarreal | 0–0 |
| 22 October | H | Racing de Santander | 2–2 |
| 29 October | A | Levante | 0–0 |
| 5 November | H | Valencia | 1–1 |
| 12 November | A | Real Sociedad | 1–1 |
| 19 November | H | Athletic Bilbao | 3–2 |
| 26 November | A | Real Betis | 1–1 |
| 3 December | H | Sevilla | 2–1 |
| 10 December | A | Atlético Madrid | 2–1 |
| 17 December | H | Real Madrid | 0–1 |
| 20 December | A | Getafe | 1–0 |
| 7 January | H | Recreativo de Huelva | 0–1 |
| 13 January | H | Barcelona | 3–1 |
| 21 January | A | Deportivo de La Coruña | 0–0 |
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Score |
| 28 January | A | Gimnàstic de Tarragona | 0–4 |
| 3 February | H | Real Zaragoza | 1–2 |
| 11 February | A | Celta de Vigo | 2–0 |
| 18 February | H | Mallorca | 3–1 |
| 25 February | A | Osasuna | 2–0 |
| 4 March | H | Villarreal | 1–1 |
| 11 March | A | Racing de Santander | 1–1 |
| 18 March | H | Levante | 1–1 |
| 31 March | A | Valencia | 2–3 |
| 8 April | H | Real Sociedad | 1–0 |
| 15 April | A | Athletic Bilbao | 1–2 |
| 22 April | H | Real Betis | 2–2 |
| 29 April | A | Sevilla | 1–3 |
| 6 May | H | Atlético Madrid | 2–1 |
| 12 May | A | Real Madrid | 3–4 |
| 20 May | H | Getafe | 1–5 |
| 27 May | A | Recreativo de Huelva | 1–0 |
| 9 June | A | Barcelona | 2–2 |
| 17 June | H | Deportivo de La Coruña | 1–3 |

### Copa del Rey

| Round | Opponent | Aggregate | First leg | First leg | First leg | Second leg | Second leg | Second leg |
| Round | Opponent | Aggregate | Date | Venue | Score | Date | Venue | Score |
| Round of 32 | Rayo Vallecano | 1–2 | 25 October | A | 1–1 | 8 November | H | 0–1 |

### Supercopa de España

Barcelona won 4–0 on aggregate.

### UEFA Cup
#### First round

Espanyol won 5–3 on aggregate.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESP | AJX | ZWA | PRA | AUS |
| 1 | Espanyol | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 6–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Ajax | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Zulte Waregem | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | — |
| 4 | Sparta Prague | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Austria Wien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | | — | — | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage

Espanyol won 4–1 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 4–0 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 3–2 on aggregate.
Espanyol won 5–1 on aggregate.

#### Final
## Squad statistics

Last updated on 21 January 2024.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Supercopa | Supercopa | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Gorka Iraizoz | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Javi Chica | 37 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | David García | 18 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Jesús María Lacruz | 35 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8+3 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Costa | 25 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | URU | Walter Pandiani | 52 | 18 | 10+24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 12+2 | 11 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Pablo Zabaleta | 32 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ESP | Iván de la Peña | 38 | 1 | 22+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Luis García | 53 | 17 | 29+7 | 10 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 11+2 | 6 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Albert Riera | 44 | 7 | 23+5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 9+4 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Juan Velasco | 25 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | CMR | Carlos Kameni | 37 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Ito | 19 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Jônatas | 26 | 3 | 16+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+5 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Moha El Yaagoubi | 30 | 2 | 13+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Francisco Rufete | 42 | 1 | 27+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Marc Torrejón | 41 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Coro | 45 | 9 | 17+13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7+4 | 5 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Daniel Jarque | 53 | 0 | 33+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Moisés Hurtado | 42 | 2 | 28+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | ESP | Raúl Tamudo | 39 | 17 | 28+3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Biel Ribas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Julián López | 10 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Ángel | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Albert Serrán | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Miguel Palanca | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Héctor Simón | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have left the club after the start of the season: ||||||||||||
| | DF | MOZ | Armando Sá | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Sergio Sánchez | 8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | BRA | Fredson | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ESP | Miki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ESP | Jonathan Soriano | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |