# 2006–07 FC Utrecht season

The 2006–07 season saw FC Utrecht's compete in the Eredivise where they finished in 9th position with 48 points. They entered the end of season play-offs where they won the UEFA Intertoto Cup ticket after beating Vitesse Arnhem.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Feyenoord | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 66 | −10 | 53 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round playoff |
| 8 | Groningen | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 51 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round playoff |
| 9 | Utrecht | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 48 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round playoff |
| 10 | NEC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round playoff |
| 11 | NAC Breda | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 43 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round playoff |

## Results
### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Eredivisie

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 19 August 2006 | Willem II | A | 1 – 2 | 11,300 | Fortuné 2' |
| 2 | 26 August 2006 | Sparta Rotterdam | H | 2 – 2 | 19,000 | Caluwé (2) 25', 45' |
| 3 | 10 September 2006 | RKC Waalwijk | H | 5 – 0 | 19,000 | Fortuné 15', Kopteff (2) 19', 41', Cornelisse 43' |
| 4 | 16 September 2006 | Heracles Almelo | A | 0 – 3 | 8,500 | |
| 5 | 24 September 2006 | Heerenveen | H | 1 – 0 | 19,000 | van Dijk 90' |
| 6 | 1 October 2006 | Ajax | H | 2 – 3 | 24,000 | van Dijk 80', Fortuné 85' |
| 7 | 15 October 2006 | Excelsior | A | 1 – 0 | 2,835 | van der Gun 45' |
| 8 | 22 October 2006 | ADO Den Haag | H | 2 – 0 | 20,000 | Kruys 37', van der Gun 37' |
| 9 | 26 October 2006 | NAC Breda | A | 1 – 2 | 14,834 | Fortuné 50' |
| 10 | 29 October 2006 | AZ | A | 1 – 5 | 15,297 | Fortuné 90' |
| 11 | 2 November 2006 | Twente | H | 0 – 0 | 19,700 | |
| 12 | 12 November 2006 | Vitesse Arnhem | A | 2 – 4 | 17,850 | Kopteff 71', Nelisse 76' |
| 13 | 19 November 2006 | Roda JC | H | 2 – 0 | 17,250 | Kruys 25', van Dijk 69' |
| 14 | 25 November 2006 | PSV Eindhoven | A | 0 – 5 | 33,114 | |
| 15 | 3 December 2006 | Groningen | H | 3 – 0 | 20,000 | Keller 4', van der Gun (2) 32', 52' |
| 16 | 9 December 2006 | NEC | A | 0 – 2 | 12,000 | |
| 17 | 17 December 2006 | Feyenoord | H | 2 – 1 | 21,750 | van Dijk 9', Nelisse 17' |
| 18 | 24 December 2006 | RKC Waalwijk | A | 1 – 1 | 5,000 | Caluwé 24' |
| 19 | 27 December 2006 | Heracles Almelo | H | 0 – 0 | 19,500 | |
| 20 | 27 December 2006 | Heerenveen | A | 0 – 0 | 25,200 | |
| 21 | 21 January 2007 | Ajax | A | 0 – 2 | 44,940 | |
| 22 | 27 January 2007 | Excelsior | H | 1 – 0 | 18,500 | Somers 42' |
| 23 | 4 February 2007 | ADO Den Haag | A | 1 – 1 | 7,160 | Caluwé 17' |
| 24 | 11 February 2007 | NAC Breda | H | 1 – 0 | 18,750 | Kopteff 76' |
| 25 | 18 February 2007 | Feyenoord | A | 0 – 2 | 38,000 | |
| 26 | 23 February 2007 | NEC | H | 3 – 0 | 19,000 | Somers 45', Rossini 48', Caluwé 63' |
| 27 | 4 March 2007 | AZ | H | 0 – 4 | 19,000 | |
| 28 | 9 March 2007 | Roda JC | A | 0 – 0 | 13,823 | |
| 29 | 18 March 2007 | Vitesse Arnhem | H | 2 – 0 | 21,400 | Dickoh 20', Caluwé 51' |
| 30 | 1 April 2007 | Twente | A | 0 – 3 | 13,350 | |
| 31 | 8 April 2007 | Willem II | H | 3 – 0 | 21,230 | Caluwé 14', Somers 29', Cornelisse 66' |
| 32 | 13 April 2007 | Sparta Rotterdam | A | 1 – 1 | 10,000 | George 68' |
| 33 | 22 April 2007 | PSV Eindhoven | H | 1 – 1 | 23,000 | Schut 86' |
| 34 | 29 April 2007 | Groningen | A | 2 – 0 | 19,500 | Loval 6', Keller 33' |

### UEFA Cup play-offs

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 9 May 2007 | Roda JC | H | 0 – 0 | 12,500 | |
| 2 | 12 May 2007 | Roda JC | A | 1 – 1 | 14,521 | Cornelisse 38' |
| 3 | 17 May 2007 | Groningen | H | 0 – 2 | 15,500 | |
| 4 | 20 May 2007 | Groningen | A | 1 – 2 | 19,345 | van Dijk 79' |

### UEFA Intertoto Cup play-off

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 24 May 2007 | Vitesse Arnhem | A | 2 – 2 | 8,750 | Rossini 64', Loval 67' |
| 2 | 27 May 2007 | Vitesse Arnhem | H | 0 – 0 | 13,500 | |

### KNVB Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R1 | 19 September 2006 | AGOVV Apeldoorn | H | 3 – 1 | 5,500 | Fortuné 14', Caluwé 43', Dickoh 71' |
| R2 | 9 November 2006 | Rijnsburgse Boys | H | 5 – 0 | 5,000 | van Dijk 37', Kruys 71', Nelisse (2) 73', 78', Fortuné 75' |
| R3 | 24 January 2007 | RBC Roosendaal | H | 1 – 0 | 7,100 | Kruys 68' |
| QF | 28 February 2007 | AZ | H | 1 – 2 | 14,500 | Loval 54' |

## Squad statistics

| No. | Pos. | Name | Eredivisie | Eredivisie | KNVB Cup | KNVB Cup | Play-offs | Play-offs | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Joost Terol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Tim Cornelisse | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | Leen van Steensel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Etienne Shew-Atjon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jean-Paul de Jong | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Darl Douglas | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ali Boussaboun | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Joost Broerse | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Robin Nelisse | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | Tom Caluwé | 33 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 8 |
| 11 | FW | Cedric van der Gun | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
| 12 | MF | Dwight Tiendalli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Lucian Sânmărtean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Michel Vorm | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Peter Kopteff | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 4 |
| 15 | FW | Marc-Antoine Fortuné | 22 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 |
| 16 | GK | Franck Grandel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Alje Schut | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | Gregoor van Dijk | 28 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 6 |
| 19 | FW | Giuseppe Rossini | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | Loïc Loval | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 3 |
| 20 | DF | Edson Braafheid | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Rick Kruys | 27 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| 22 | DF | Sander Keller | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | Hans Somers | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| 24 | FW | Nassir Maachi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Francis Dickoh | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | Jasper Bolland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Erik Pieters | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Ramon Leeuwin | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 41 | MF | Leroy George | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 |