2006–07 PSV Eindhoven season

PSV

2006–07 season
Head coach	Ronald Koeman
Stadium	Philips Stadion
Eredivisie	1st
KNVB Cup	Quarter-final
Champions League	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Jefferson Farfán (21) All: Jefferson Farfán (24)
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During the 2006–07 Dutch football season, PSV competed in the Eredivisie.

Season summary[]

PSV clinched a third successive Eredivisie title. The club had been 11 points ahead of second-placed AZ after 20 matches, but their lead disappeared in the next 13 until, following PSV's draw at FC Utrecht in the penultimate round, PSV, AZ and Ajax all stood equal on 72 points from 33 matches, with AZ leading the Eredivisie on goal difference. AZ suffered a shock defeat at Excelsior in the final round, playing with 10 men after 15 minutes in the game. Ajax won 0–2 at Willem II, and PSV beat Vitesse 5–1. PSV and Ajax both finished on 75 points, but PSV finished first due to a superior goal difference (+50, against +49 for Ajax) to end one of the most exciting and closest title races in many years.

PSV enjoyed decent form in the UEFA Champions League as well. Entering directly into the group stage, the club finished second in Group C, behind Liverpool and ahead of Bordeaux and Galatasaray. PSV went on to face the previous season's runners-up Arsenal in the first knockout round. Édison Méndez, who had been nominated for the 2006 Ballon d'Or, scored PSV's goal in a 1–0 win at the Philips Stadion, and an Alex goal in the Emirates Stadium gave PSV a 2–1 aggregate win. Liverpool then made a return to the Netherlands to face the club in the quarter-finals, and recorded a solid 3–0 win. A 1–0 win in the return leg at Anfield saw PSV eliminated.

Squad[]

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Heurelho Gomes 2 DF  NED Jan Kromkamp 3 DF  NED Michael Reiziger 4 DF  BRA Alex 6 MF  BEL Timmy Simons 7 MF  FIN Mika Väyrynen 8 MF  NED Phillip Cocu (captain) 9 FW  NED Patrick Kluivert 10 FW  CIV Arouna Koné 11 MF  ECU Édison Méndez (on loan from LDU Quito) 13 DF  BRA Alcides (on loan from Chelsea) 14 DF  POR Manuel da Costa[2] 15 MF  AUS Jason Culina 17 FW  PER Jefferson Farfán 18 DF  GHA Eric Addo 19 DF  NED Michael Lamey

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  NED Ibrahim Afellay 21 GK  NED Oscar Moens 22 MF  HUN Csaba Fehér 23 DF  MEX Carlos Salcido 24 MF  USA Lee Nguyen 25 MF  NED John de Jong 26 FW  BRA Diego Tardelli (on loan from São Paulo) 27 FW  NED Género Zeefuik 28 DF  CHN Sun Xiang (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua) 30 DF  ESP 31 GK  BEL Ruud Boffin 38 DF  NED Rens van Eijden 39 DF  NED Dirk Marcellis 40 MF  MAR Bilal El Jacoubi 44 DF  NED Olivier ter Horst 52 MF  TUN Tijani Belaid[3] (on loan from Inter Milan)

Left club during season[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  NED André Ooijer (to Blackburn Rovers) 5 DF  ENG Michael Ball (to Manchester City) 9 FW  NED Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (to Celtic) 11 MF  USA DaMarcus Beasley (on loan to Manchester City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  NED Ismaïl Aissati (on loan to Twente) 29 MF  NED Arvid Smit (to Marítimo) 32 MF  BEL Jelle de Bock (on loan to Red Star Waasland) 33 FW  NED Roy Beerens (on loan to NEC)

Statistics[]

Starting 11[]

Considering starts in all competitions^[4][5]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK		Heurelho Gomes	44
2	RB		Jan Kromkamp	27
4	CB		Alex	39
14	CB		Manuel da Costa	20
23	LB		Carlos Salcido	44
11	RM		Édison Méndez	27
6	CM		Timmy Simons	35
8	CM		Phillip Cocu	39
20	LM		Ibrahim Afellay	32
10	CF		Arouna Koné	40
17	CF		Jefferson Farfán	39

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