2006–07 Atlético Madrid season

Atlético Madrid
2006–07 season
President	Enrique Cerezo
Head coach	Javier Aguirre
Stadium	Vicente Calderón
La Liga	7th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	Fernando Torres (15)
Biggest win	4–1 vs Athletic Bilbao (17 Sept. 2006); 4–1 vs Getafe (13 May 2007)
Biggest defeat	0–6 vs FC Barcelona (20 May 2007)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Atlético Madrid opened a new chapter in its history with the appointment of Mexican coach Javier Aguirre, who had been successful managing Osasuna. With the club-record signing of superstarlet Sergio Agüero as well as Mariano Pernía and Raúl García, Atlético emulated at repeating Aguirre's recent feat of taking Osasuna to UEFA Champions League. The end result was 60 points, the best points haul in its five-season La Liga return, although this was not enough even for UEFA Cup qualification, which resulted in captain Fernando Torres departing for Liverpool, the transfer causing fury among the support. It was the sole season that he and Sergio Agüero played together.

Kit[]

In March 2006, Nike announced that the home kit for the forthcoming season will leave the usual stripes and feature halves instead, with the home kit consisting of halves in red and white and the away kit consisting of halves in navy blue and white.^[1] However, due to a massive negative reception from the fans, the club refused to use the red and white kit as their home choice. Finally, Nike decided to bring back the 2005–06 kit as their home choice, while both new kits will serve as away choices, depending on the color combinations used by the opposing team.^[2]

Supplier: Nike, Inc.
Sponsor(s): Kia Motors

Home

Away

Third

Source: Diario AS

Squad[]

Goalkeepers[]

Defenders[]

Midfielders[]

Attackers[]

Fernando Torres
Sergio Agüero
Mista
Fernando Marqués
Rufino

Competitions[]

La Liga[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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^[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
7	Atlético Madrid	38	17	9	12	46	39	+7	60^[a]	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8	Recreativo	38	15	9	14	54	52	+2	54
9	Getafe	38	14	10	14	39	33	+6	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[b]

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ATM 0–1 ZAR; ZAR 1–0 ATM
^ 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.

Matches[]

27 August 2006 (2006-08-27) 1	Racing Santander	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Santander
19:00 (CEST)		Report	Torres 12'	Stadium: El Sardinero Referee: Iturralde González

9 September 2006 (2006-09-09) 2	Atlético Madrid	0–1	Valencia	Madrid
22:00 (CEST)		Report	Villa 7'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Medina Cantalejo

17 September 2006 (2006-09-17) 3	Athletic Bilbao	1–4	Atlético Madrid	Bilbao
20:00 (CEST)	Javi 85'	Report	Maxi Rodríguez 18' Petrov 36' Agüero 64' Galletti 89' (pen.)	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Pérez Burrull

24 September 2006 (2006-09-24) 4	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Sevilla	Madrid
19:00 (CEST)	Maxi Rodríguez 84', 87'	Report	Renato 40'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee:

1 October 2006 (2006-10-01) 5	Real Madrid	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Madrid
18:00 (CEST)	Raúl 36'	Report	Mista 5'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Undiano Mallenco

14 October 2006 (2006-10-14) 6	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Recreativo de Huelva	Madrid
22:00 (CEST)	Torres 71' (pen.) Agüero 77'	Report	Guerrero 62'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee:

21 October 2006 (2006-10-21) 7	Deportivo de La Coruña	1–0	Atlético Madrid	A Coruña
22:00 (CEST)	Arizmendi 65'	Report		Stadium: Riazor Referee:

29 October 2006 (2006-10-29) 8	Atlético Madrid	0–1	Real Zaragoza	Madrid
21:00 (CET)		Report	Óscar 87'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Muñiz Fernández

4 November 2006 (2006-11-04) 9	RCD Mallorca	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Palma de Mallorca
20:00 (CET)		Report		Stadium: Iberostar Referee:

11 November 2006 (2006-11-11) 10	Atlético Madrid	3–1	Villarreal	Madrid
20:00 (CET)	Zé Castro 36' Torres 45' (pen.) Agüero 64'	Report	Fuentes 13'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Pérez Burrull

19 November 2006 (2006-11-19) 11	Levante UD	0–3	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
17:00 (CET)		Report	Torres 33' (pen.) Maniche 68', 75'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Referee: Clos Gómez

25 November 2006 (2006-11-25) 12	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
22:00 (CET)	Ansotegi 76' (o.g.)	Report	Gari 23'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

2 December 2006 (2006-12-02) 13	Real Betis	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Seville
22:00 (CET)		Report	Galletti 32'	Stadium: Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Referee:

10 December 2006 (2006-12-10) 14	Atlético Madrid	1–2	RCD Espanyol	Madrid
19:00 (CET)	Torres 56'	Report	Tamudo 8' García 61'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee:

17 December 2006 (2006-12-17) 15	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Getafe	Madrid
21:00 (CET)	Maniche 23'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Fernández Borbalán

21 December 2006 (2006-12-21) 16	FC Barcelona	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
22:00 (CET)	Ronaldinho 41'	Report	Agüero 59'	Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Medina Cantalejo

6 January 2007 (2007-01-06) 17	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Gimnàstic	Madrid
20:00 (CET)		Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee:

14 January 2007 (2007-01-14) 18	Celta de Vigo	1–3	Atlético Madrid	Vigo
19:00 (CET)	Nenê 70'	Report	Torres 12', 20' Agüero 53'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee:

20 January 2007 (2007-01-20) 19	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Osasuna	Madrid
20:00 (CET)	Zé Castro 82'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee:

27 January 2007 (2007-01-27) 20	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Racing Santander	Madrid
20:00 (CET)	Pablo 75'	Report	Žigić 73'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee:

3 February 2007 (2007-02-03) 21	Valencia	3–1	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
22:00 (CET)	Ayala 14' Morientes 53', 68'	Report	Mista 56'	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Pérez Burrull

11 February 2007 (2007-02-11) 22	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Madrid
21:00 (CET)	Agüero 63'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Clos Gómez

18 February 2007 (2007-02-18) 23	Sevilla	3–1	Atlético Madrid	Seville
21:00 (CET)	Kanouté 15', 73' Dani Alves 21'	Report	Pablo 82'	Stadium: Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

24 February 2007 (2007-02-24) 24	Atlético Madrid	1–1	Real Madrid	Madrid
22:00 (CET)	Torres 11'	Report	Higuaín 61'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Daudén Ibáñez

4 March 2007 (2007-03-04) 25	Recreativo Huelva	1–0	Atlético Madrid	Huelva
21:00 (CET)	Sinama Pongolle 10' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Nuevo Colombino Referee:

11 March 2007 (2007-03-11) 26	Atlético Madrid	2–0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Madrid
19:00 (CET)	Galletti 1' Mista 84'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Mejuto González

18 March 2007 (2007-03-18) 27	Real Zaragoza	1–0	Atlético Madrid	Zaragoza
17:00 (CET)	Milito 19'	Report		Stadium: La Romareda Referee:

1 April 2007 (2007-04-01) 28	Atlético Madrid	1–1	RCD Mallorca	Madrid
17:00 (CEST)	Torres 15'	Report	Arango 52'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee:

8 April 2007 (2007-04-08) 29	Villarreal	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Villarreal
21:00 (CEST)		Report	Eller 32'	Stadium: El Madrigal Referee: Muñiz Fernández

15 April 2007 (2007-04-15) 30	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Levante UD	Madrid
17:00 (CEST)	Torres 60'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

21 April 2007 (2007-04-21) 31	Real Sociedad	2–0	Atlético Madrid	San Sebastián
20:00 (CEST)	Kovačević 7' Sávio 84'	Report		Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Medina Cantalejo

28 April 2007 (2007-04-28) 32	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Real Betis	Madrid
20:00 (CEST)		Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee:

6 May 2007 (2007-05-06) 33	Espanyol	2–1	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona
19:00 (CEST)	Moha 9' Pandiani 74'	Report	Petrov 89'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Referee: Fernández Borbalán

13 May 2007 (2007-05-13) 34	Getafe	1–4	Atlético Madrid	Getafe
17:00 (CEST)	Manu 59'	Report	Torres 2', 65' Maniche 17' Galletti 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Referee:

20 May 2007 (2007-05-20) 35	Atlético Madrid	0–6	FC Barcelona	Madrid
21:00 (CEST)		Report	Messi 39', 80' Zambrotta 43' Eto'o 44' Ronaldinho 57' Iniesta 88'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Muñiz Fernández

27 May 2007 (2007-05-27) 36	Gimnàstic	0–2	Atlético Madrid	Tarragona
19:00 (CEST)		Report	Torres 10', 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Nou Estadi Referee:

9 June 2007 (2007-06-09) 37	Atlético Madrid	2–3	Celta de Vigo	Madrid
21:00 (CEST)	Maxi Rodríguez 28', 70'	Report	Baiano 30' (pen.), 67' Yago 47'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Pérez Burrull

17 June 2007 (2007-06-17) 38	Osasuna	1–2	Atlético Madrid	Pamplona
21:00 (CEST)	Milošević 46'	Report	Maxi Rodríguez 38' Monreal 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Reyno de Navarra Referee: Medina Cantalejo

Topscorers[]

Fernando Torres – 15
Sergio Agüero – 6
Maxi Rodríguez – 6
Maniche – 4
Luciano Galletti – 4

Copa del Rey[]

Matches[]

24 October 2006 (2006-10-24) R32, Leg 1	Atlético Madrid	0–1	Levante UD	Madrid
21:00 (CET)		Report	Nino 86'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Ramírez Domínguez

13 December 2006 (2006-12-13) R32, Leg 2	Levante UD	0–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (2–4 p)	Atlético Madrid	Valencia
21:00 (CET)		Report Report	Agüero 89'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 7,436 Referee: Mejuto González
	Penalties
	Álvaro Kapó Courtois Zé María		Luccin Pernía Torres Jurado Agüero

9 January 2007 (2007-01-09) R16, Leg 1	Atlético Madrid	1–1	CA Osasuna	Madrid
21:00 (CET)	Torres 79'	Report	Webó 36'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Iturralde González

17 January 2007 (2007-01-17) R16, Leg 2	CA Osasuna	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Atlético Madrid	Pamplona
21:00 (CET)	Puñal 16', 27'	Report		Stadium: Reyno de Navarra Referee: Muñiz Fernández

Topscorers[]

Sergio Agüero – 1
Fernando Torres – 1

References[]

^ Barbero, Alberto (28 March 2006). "El Atlético de Madrid se quedará sin rayas la temporada 2006-2007" [Atlético Madrid will run out of stripes for the 2006–2007 season] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
^ Cazón, Patricia (5 July 2006). "El Atlético vestirá en casa a rayas y fuera, la camiseta partida" [Atlético will wear the stripes jersey at home, and the halves jersey as guests] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

[table_hth_ATM0.011441178159528-3] ATM 0–1 ZAR; ZAR 1–0 ATM

[table_note_res_UC1b0.011441178159528-4] 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] Barbero, Alberto (28 March 2006). "El Atlético de Madrid se quedará sin rayas la temporada 2006-2007" [Atlético Madrid will run out of stripes for the 2006–2007 season] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

[2] Cazón, Patricia (5 July 2006). "El Atlético vestirá en casa a rayas y fuera, la camiseta partida" [Atlético will wear the stripes jersey at home, and the halves jersey as guests] (in Spanish). Diario AS. Retrieved 26 August 2018.

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